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By Ralph Nader
Dear George W. Bush,
Cong. Barney Frank said recently that Barack Obama's declaration that "there is only one president at a time" over-estimated the number. He was referring to the economic crisis. But where are you on the Gaza crisis where the civilian population of Gaza, its civil servants and public facilities are being massacred and destroyed respectively by U.S built F-16s and U.S. built helicopter gunships.
The deliberate suspension of your power to stop this terrorizing of 1.5 million people, mostly refugees, blockaded for months by air, sea and land in their tiny slice of land, is in cowardly contrast to the position taken by President Dwight Eisenhower in 1956. That year he single handedly stopped the British, French and Israeli aircraft attack against Egypt during the Suez Canal dispute.
Fatalities in Gaza are already over 400 and injuries close to 2000 so far as is known. Total Palestinian civilian casualties are 400 times greater then the casualties incurred by Israelis. But why should anyone be surprised at your blanket support for Israel's attack given what you have done to a far greater number of civilians in Iraq and now in Afghanistan?
Confirmed visual reports show that Israeli warplanes and warships have destroyed or severely damaged police stations, homes, hospitals, pharmacies, mosques, fishing boats, and a range of public facilities providing electricity and other necessities.
Why should this trouble you at all? It violates international law, including the Geneva Conventions and the UN Charter. You too have repeatedly violated international law and committed serious constitutional transgressions.
Then there is the matter of the Israeli government blocking imports of critical medicines, equipment such as dialysis machines, fuel, food, water, spare parts and electricity at varying intensities for almost two years. The depleted UN aid mission there has called this illegal blockade a humanitarian crisis especially devastating to children, the aged and the infirm. Chronic malnutrition among children is rising rapidly. UN rations support eighty percent of this impoverished population.
How do these incontrovertible facts affect you? Do you have any empathy or what you have called Christian charity?
What would a vastly shrunken Texas turned in an encircled Gulag do up against the 4th most powerful military in the world? Would these embattled Texans be spending their time chopping wood?
Gideon Levy, the veteran Israeli columnist for Ha'aretz, called the Israeli attack a "brutal and violent operation" far beyond what was needed for protecting the people in its south. He added: "The diplomatic efforts were just in the beginning, and I believe we could have got to a new truce without this bloodshed…..to send dozens of jets to bomb a total helpless civilian society with hundreds of bombs—just today, they were burying five sisters. I mean, this is unheard of. This cannot go on like this. And this has nothing to do with self-defense or with retaliation even. It went out of proportion, exactly like two-and-a-half years ago in Lebanon."
Apparently, thousands of Israelis, including some army reservists, who have demonstrated against this destruction of Gaza agree with Mr. Levy. However, their courageous stands have not reached the mass media in the U.S. whose own reporters cannot even get into Gaza due to Israeli prohibitions on the international press.
Your spokespeople are making much ado about the breaking of the six month truce. Who is the occupier? Who is the most powerful military force? Who controls and blocks the necessities of life? Who has sent raiding missions across the border most often? Who has sent artillery shells and missiles at close range into populated areas? Who has refused the repeated comprehensive peace offerings of the Arab countries issued in 2002 if Israel would agree to return to the 1967 borders and agree to the creation of a small independent Palestinian state possessing just twenty two percent of the original Palestine?
The "wildly inaccurate rockets", as reporters describe them, coming from Hamas and other groups cannot compare with the modern precision armaments and human damage generated from the Israeli side.
There are no rockets coming from the West Bank into Israel. Yet the Israeli government is still sending raiders into that essentially occupied territory, still further entrenching its colonial outposts, still taking water and land and increasing the checkpoints This is going on despite a most amenable West Bank leader, Mahmoud Abbas, whom you have met with at the White House and praised repeatedly. Is it all vague words and no real initiatives with you and your emissary Condoleezza Rice?
Peace was possible, but you provided no leadership, preferring instead to comply with all wishes and demands by the Israeli government—even resupplying it with the still active cluster bombs in south Lebanon during the invasion of that country in 2006.
The arguments about who started the latest hostilities go on and on with Israel always blaming the Palestinians to justify all kinds of violence and harsh treatment against innocent civilians.
From the Palestinian standpoint, you would do well to remember the origins of this conflict which was the dispossession of their lands. To afford you some empathy, recall the oft-quoted comment by the founder of Israel, David Ben-Gurion, who told the Zionist leader, Nahum Goldmann:
"There has been anti-Semitism the Nazis Hitler Auschwitz but was that their [the Palestinians] fault? They only see one thing: We have come here and stolen their country. Why should they accept that?"
Alfred North Whitehead once said: "Duty arises out of the power to alter the course of events." By that standard, you have shirked mightily your duty over the past eight years to bring peace to both Palestinians and Israelis and more security to a good part of the world.
The least you can do in your remaining days at the White House is adopt a modest profile in courage, and vigorously demand and secure a ceasefire and a solidly based truce. Then your successor, President-elect Obama can inherit something more than the usual self-censoring Washington puppet show that eschews a proper focus on the national interests of the United States.
-Ralph Nader is a consumer advocate and three-time presidential candidate. His articles are regularly featured in PalestineChronicle.com.

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ZORK (this mainframe version) is a huge game. I spent maybe five hours just working on the game and making maps before I started to feel stuck. I finally gave in and starting using some hint files (life's too short to not use hint files). It is frustrating to find that you had the right idea - just not the right verb/noun. For example I tried to "eat Eat-Me cake" and apparently my version wanted "eat eatme cake". Yeah, those are the kinds of things that you're glad you used a hint file for!
I spent about 2-3 weeks working my way through the game and putting together a solution & hint file guide. When I was finally finished, I really felt a sense of accomplishment! Not only was there 616 treasure-hunting points to earn, but also an additional 100 point end game. It really is a wonder of its time... and even more interesting knowing that only a small minority of people had access or knowledge about this behemoth growing to the limits of its maximum 1MB file size.
While the individual ZORK games underwent further refinement, and indeed became better games in focus, fun and functionality... it was a real treat to go back to the origins of ZORK. Like many others, ZORK was my introduction to Interactive-Fiction... so it was a heady mix of nostalgia and new discovery. All the major players are here - the Troll, the Thief, the Rainbow Bridge, the Flood Control Dam, etc. It's just bigger and longer than you remember (especially since your memory is likely ZORK I).
It's definitely worth playing, and even more fun if you haven't revisited the old treadworn land of Zork in some time. But from an IF history perspective, this was a milestone in the making. Zork became the killer-app for a number of early computers... and Infocom went on to produce some of the greatest works ever in this genre.
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Fireplace Cleaning in Emleys Hill, NJ: Everything You Need to Know
Fireplace cleaning and chimney sweeping in Emleys Hill, NJ are two services that go hand in hand; both are concerned with the maintenance of your home and the safety of your family. Fireplace cleaning is important because a dirty or malfunctioning fireplace can cause dangerous fires or fumes in your Monmouth home. Here is everything you need to know about having a clean, safe fireplace that you can enjoy. When you are done reading through this information, consider calling the experienced professionals at Apex Air Duct Cleaning and Chimney Services so we can help you achieve exactly that.
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The first question you may ask is, "Could I just do this myself?" If you're trying to save money this might seem like the perfect solution, but you must do your research first. You can make your own cleaning solution and remove all the logs and stones from your fireplace and just start scrubbing, and you might get the results you want. However, you should consider the possible drawbacks. Some people are born for DIY, and some people would be better off having others do it for them. Cleaning a fireplace is a task that requires a lot of elbow grease, and you want the job done well to prevent unwanted fires in your Monmouth home. If you do not think you are up to it, just give us a call at Apex Air Duct Cleaning and Chimney Services.
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There are other things concerning fireplaces that you may need to seek out the help of a professional in Emleys Hill, NJ for; namely, the maintenance and replacement of certain parts. One of the most important elements of a fireplace that may need to be replaced occasionally are the panels on the inside of the hearth. The main sign that the panels or bricks need to be replaced is the appearance of cracks. According to the CSIA, it is time to replace the panels of your fireplace if you can fit a dime into the cracks. Furthermore, you should consider installing refractory panels, which are resistant to heat and designed to reflect warmth back into your home. This can be a wonderful feature to have during the colder months in Monmouth.
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Below is a listing of mental health facilities in Cassia County, ID. Many of the treatment centers also provide co-occurring mental health and addiction treatment for dual diagnosis disorders. Mental health centers in Cassia County, Idaho provide residential and outpatient treatment for various mental health issues including eating disorders such as bulimia and anorexia, panic disorders, schizophrenia, ADHD, PTSD, mood disorders, depression, personality disorders, phobias and other mental illness.
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Leyline Advocates Mental Health Burley Office is a mental health treatment center in Cassia County, ID, located at 1321 Oakley Avenue, Suite 2, 83318 zip code area. Leyline Advocates Mental Health Burley Office provides telemedicine/telehealth and outpatient treatment. Leyline Advocates Mental Health Burley Office offers group therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy and couples/family therapy to children / adolescents, young adults and seniors 65 or older. Leyline Advocates Mental Health Burley Office also supports people with trauma, children/adolescents with serious emotional disturbance and people with serious mental illness. Additional services at Leyline Advocates Mental Health Burley Office consist of court-ordered outpatient treatment, psychosocial rehabilitation services and mentoring/peer support/consumer-run services.
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Proactive Behavioral Health is a mental health clinic in Cassia County, Idaho, located at 2223 Overland Sh Center, 83318 zip code. Proactive Behavioral Health offers outpatient treatment and telemedicine/telehealth. Proactive Behavioral Health provides behavior modification, trauma therapy and integrated dual diagnosis disorder treatment to children / adolescents, young adults and adults. Proactive Behavioral Health also supports people with serious mental illness, people with traumatic brain injury and people with HIV or AIDS. Some other services provided by Proactive Behavioral Health include illness management and recovery, suicide prevention services and case management.
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Pathways Inc is a mental health facility in Cassia County, ID, located at 2311 Parke Avenue, Suite 8, 83318. Pathways Inc provides outpatient treatment and telemedicine/telehealth. Pathways Inc provides activity therapy, behavior modification and individual psychotherapy to adults, young adults and seniors 65 or older. Some other services available at Pathways Inc include psychosocial rehabilitation services, court-ordered outpatient treatment and mentoring/peer support/consumer-run services.
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Idhw Region 5 Burley is one of mental health facilities in Cassia County, Idaho, located at 2241 Overland Avenue, 83318 zip code. Idhw Region 5 Burley provides outpatient treatment. Idhw Region 5 Burley provides cognitive behavioral therapy, trauma therapy and psychotropic medication to adults, seniors 65 or older and young adults. Idhw Region 5 Burley also supports clients referred from the court/judicial system. Additional services provided at Idhw Region 5 Burley include family psychoeducation, court-ordered outpatient treatment and psychosocial rehabilitation services.
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Preferred Child And Family Services Burley is a mental health clinic in Cassia County, ID, located at 2271 Overland Avenue, Suite 5, 83318. Preferred Child And Family Services Burley provides outpatient treatment. Preferred Child And Family Services Burley offers individual psychotherapy, couples/family therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy to young adults, seniors 65 or older and adults. Preferred Child And Family Services Burley also supports people requiring dual diagnosis treatment, clients referred from the court/judicial system and people with traumatic brain injury. Additional services offered at Preferred Child And Family Services Burley include court-ordered outpatient treatment and case management.
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Your mental health is important to improving your life and making you healthy and happy for years to come. Finding the answers you need to common questions about mental health treatment in Cassia County will make it easier to take care of yourself. Some common questions and answers you may have to mental health include:
For some patients, residential treatment in Cassia County is a better option to help handle the mental illness. Inpatient treatment provides the patient with full-time recovery since they move into the facility for one to three months. They will eat there, sleep there, and meet others working on their mental health, making it very effective. Not all patients need inpatient treatment though. Inpatient treatment is best for severe mental health disorders, especially if nothing else has worked. Many minor mental illnesses like anxiety and depression do best with outpatient treatment.
Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, the major medical insurance providers may help with the costs of mental health treatment in Cassia County. The major providers like Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, and Aetna, along with other local insurance providers and even Medicaid, may provide a level of coverage to the patients who need them. The exact amount of coverage will depend on the policy in place and the current premium.
Many types of mental health disorders may be treated in Cassia County. Treating the mental health disorder is a great way to help the patient get better and not have to deal with the long-term implications. Some of the mental health disorders that you may receive treatment for include: bipolar disorder, depression (both minor and major), anxiety of all kinds, dissociative disorders, eating disorders like anorexia and bulimia, schizophrenia, PTSD, ADHD, mood disorders, binge eating disorder, BPD (borderline personality disorder), panic disorder and all phobias.
Mental health clinics in Cassia County may be able to help you with dual diagnosis treatment. The dual diagnosis happens when the patient has a mental health condition and an addiction to drugs or alcohol. Most mental health clinics can work on both the illness and addiction at the same time, but the patient should double-check before they choose one. If either disorder is left untreated, it sets the patient up for failure with getting better overall. If there is a specific mental health disorder and addiction that needs treated, the patient can look for one that can handle those specifically.
Everyone can benefit from mental health treatment, whether they reside in Cassia County or in other parts of Idaho or elsewhere in the country. Teenagers, adolescents or adults with severe forms of mental illness will benefit the most, especially if they attend inpatient residential treatment. These severe mental conditions include bipolar disorder, depression, and schizophrenia. Less severe forms of mental illness deserve some treatment too. Those with anxiety or depression can consider outpatient therapy. This gives them time to work one on one with a therapist, learning more about the condition and how they can get better.
The cost of mental health care in Cassia County will depend on the type of facility you attend. Inpatient treatment is more in-depth and includes sleeping and eating arrangements, meaning it will cost more overall compared to outpatient treatment. On average, one month of inpatient treatment in Cassia County will cost $10,000 before insurance. There are also luxury facilities that can cost a lot more each month. For outpatient therapy, the costs are usually per hour, ranging from $65 to $250 per hour. Patients will often need one to two sessions a week per session. Insurance can help to lower these costs and make it more affordable.
There are different methodologies that are used to help with mental health treatment in Cassia County, but they can usually be categorized as somatic or psychotherapeutic. The somatic options are going to include drugs, electroconvulsive therapy, and other options that are going to stimulate the brain. If the patient is given an anti-depressant, then they will be given a somatic option, for example. There are also psychotherapeutic treatments. Therapy for marriages, family, or groups can fit in here, hypnotherapy, and behavior therapy techniques, like exposure therapy and relaxation therapy. For most patients, the most effective treatment will be one that can successfully merge both of these types of treatment into one. Some patients will need medication to help them manage their condition while also going through some form of therapy to help when the condition tries to show up again.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ten more former students have sued Ohio State University over alleged sexual misconduct by a now-dead team doctor, accusing school officials of facilitating abuse by ignoring complaints and requiring some athletes to get physicals from him to maintain their sports participation and scholarships.
The case filed Thursday is the third federal lawsuit brought by men alleging sexual abuse by Dr. Richard Strauss, who worked at Ohio State from 1978 until he retired in 1998.
"Beginning his very first year of employment at OSU — and spanning his entire two-decade tenure — Dr. Strauss preyed on male students, fondling, groping, sexually assaulting, and harassing them. He did so with OSU's knowledge and support," the lawsuit said, adding that many of the students didn't speak up then because they were embarrassed or unsure whether it was abuse.
The lawsuit accuses the university of having "a culture of institutional indifference" about students' safety and rights and failing to appropriately address Strauss' behavior in violation of federal Title IX law, which bars sex discrimination in education.
An independent investigation is ongoing at Ohio State, which says it's committed to learning the truth.
The allegations that people at Ohio State didn't respond appropriately "are troubling and are a critical focus of the current investigation," university spokesman Benjamin Johnson said.
All three lawsuits seek unspecified monetary damages, but unlike the first two, the newest case doesn't propose to represent all Ohio State students mistreated by Strauss.
"Our clients think that they're entitled to an individual response from the university and individual accountability," said Jack Landskroner, one of the plaintiffs' attorneys.
The plaintiffs include Steve Snyder-Hill, who lodged a complaint in 1995 about being inappropriately touched by Strauss during an exam at the student health center and recalls being told that Strauss denied it. Ohio State has a record of that complaint and the response sent by the health center's director, who said it was the first such complaint he'd received about Strauss.
Another of the new plaintiffs, former wrestling team captain David Mulvin, said he was fondled by Strauss during an exam and complained back in the late 1970s to another Ohio State doctor, but nothing came of it.
The lawsuit describes the other plaintiffs — most of whom aren't named — as members of the tennis, soccer, basketball and track and field teams during the 1980s who repeatedly experienced sexual misconduct by Strauss. In some cases, it says they complained to their coaches or trainers about his behavior.
Strauss killed himself in 2005. His relatives have said they were shocked by the sexual abuse allegations against him.
His employment records released by the university referenced no reprimands or disciplinary action over any such concerns.
Since Ohio State announced the independent investigation in April after allegations were brought forward, more than 100 former students have provided firsthand accounts of sexual misconduct by Strauss. The allegations range from 1979 to 1997 and involve male athletes from 14 sports, as well as his work at the student health center and his off-campus medical office.
Ohio State has urged anyone with information to contact the Seattle-based law firm Perkins Coie's investigators, who are looking into the allegations, what university officials knew and how they responded to any concerns about Strauss. They also are reviewing whether Strauss examined high school students.
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3.5. AWE processes your personal data to comply with legal obligations or to comply with any reasonable request from competent law enforcement agents or representatives, judicial authorities, governmental agencies or bodies, including competent data protection authorities. Your personal data may be transferred upon AWE's own initiative to the police or the judicial authorities as evidence or if there are justified suspicions of an unlawful act or crime committed by you through your registration with or use of the Website, our Social Media Channels or other communication with us. |
From time to time we may be legally required to transfer your personal data to governmental authorities. |
3.6. AWE may process your personal data for informing any third party in the context of a possible merger with, acquisition from/by or demerger by that third party, even if that third party is located outside the EU. | This provision is self-explanatory. |
3.7. AWE may process your personal data for the preservation of the legitimate interests of AWE, its partners or a third party if and when your registration with, or use of, the Website, Social Media Channels or other communication channels can be considered (a) a violation of any applicable terms of use or the intellectual property rights or any other right of a third party, (b) a threat to the security or integrity of the Website, (c) a danger to the Website or any of AWE's or its subcontractors' underlying systems due to viruses, Trojan horses, spyware, malware or any other form of malicious code, or (d) in any way hateful, obscene, discriminating, racist, slanderous, spiteful, hurtful or in some other way inappropriate or illegal. | Here we reserve the right to process your personal data if you use our Website in any way that may harm AWE or someone else or is illegal. |
3.8. AWE processes your personal data mentioned under clauses 2.1, 2.2 and 2.4 above for marketing purposes, i.e. to provide you with targeted communications, promotions, offerings and other advertisements of AWE and selected partners. Unless you are an existing customer who has already purchased similar goods or services from us and who we wish to target with our own marketing material, AWE will only send you communications, promotions, offerings, newsletters and other advertisements via e-mail or other person-to-person electronic communications channels if you have explicitly consented to receiving such communications, promotions, offerings, newsletters and other advertisements. |
We want to use your personal data for marketing purposes. This means that we collect information regarding your preferences and interests and use this information to make our marketing material more relevant to you. When we want to send you marketing material via e-mail, Whatsapp, LinkedIn InMail, Facebook Messenger or otherperson-to-person electronic communications channels and unless you are a pre-existing customer, we will first seek your prior approval with receiving our marketing via such channels. |
4. Legal basis for processing your personal data
4.1. The processing of your personal data for the purpose described in clause 3.2 is necessary for the steps to be taken prior to entering into a contract with you. |
The law requires us to state precisely which legal basis we use to process your personal data, considering the purposes we have listed in the previous article. When you send us CV and other data to apply for a job, we need to process your personal data in order to give full effect your application. |
4.2. The processing of your personal data for the purposes outlined in clause 3.5 is necessary to allow AWE to comply with its legal obligations. |
Sometimes the law obliges us to process your personal data. |
4.3. The processing of your personal data for the purposes outlined in clauses 3.1, 3.3, 3.4, 3.6 and 3.7, is necessary for the purpose of the legitimate interests of AWE, which are:
We may also process your personal data for our own legitimate interests, which are mainly concerned with successfully conducting our business as any other company would do. |
4.4. For processing your personal data for the purposes outlined in in clause 3.8, AWE as the responsible party asks for your consent. By consenting to our processing of your personal data for sending you communications, promotions, offerings, newsletters and other advertisements via e-mail or other person-to-person electronic communications channels, you agree that we are allowed to process your personal data for this purpose in the manner and under the conditions outlined in this Privacy Policy. |
This provision is self-explanatory. |
5. Recipients and transfers
5.1. AWE does not send your personal data in an identifiable manner to any third party without your explicit permission to do so. You understand, however, that if you use our Social Media Channels, your personal data is also processed by the social media providers. You can find more information on how these social media providers process your personal data in their respective privacy policies. |
We do not share your personal data with third parties unless you consent to it or unless we have anonymized your personal data. You understand however that when you use Facebook for instance to communicate, Facebook also processes your personal data. |
5.2. AWE relies on third party processors to provide you the Website as well as to process your personal data on our behalf. These third party processors are only allowed to process your personal data on behalf of AWE upon explicit written instruction of AWE. AWE warrants that all third party processors are selected with due care and are obliged to observe the safety and integrity of your personal data. Your use of our Website implies that your personal data are transferred to Switzerland. Switzerland has received an adequacy decision of the European Commission (Commission Decision 2000/518/EC) and is as such considered to be a country which offers adequate protection for your personal data. |
Our Website may be developed, maintained or hosted by third parties. Similarly, we rely on the services of third parties such as cloud providers to process your personal data internally. |
6. Quality assurances
6.1. AWE does its utmost to process only those personal data which are necessary to achieve the purposes listed under the purpose for processing. |
We will not process more personal data about you than we really need for the purposes we have communicated to you. |
6.2. Your personal data are only processed for as long as needed to achieve the purposes which are described above or up until such time where you withdraw your consent for processing them. Note that withdrawal of consent may imply that you can no longer use the whole or part of the Website. AWE will de-identify your personal data when they are no longer necessary for the purposes outlined in the purpose for processing, unless there is:
Here we explain how long we will keep your personal data in a way that allows us to identify you. |
6.3. AWE will take the appropriate technical and organizational measures to keep your personal data safe from unauthorized access or theft as well as accidental loss, tampering or destruction. Access by personnel of AWE or its third party processors will only be on a need-to-know basis and subject to strict confidentiality obligations. You understand, however, that safety and security are best efforts obligations only, which can never be guaranteed. |
We are committed to keeping your personal data safe. |
7. Your rights
7.1. You have the right to request access to all personal data processed by AWE pertaining to you. AWE reserves the right to charge an administrative fee for multiple subsequent requests for access that are clearly submitted for causing nuisance or harm to AWE. |
In this article we explain which rights you have vis-à-vis the processing of your personal data. The rights themselves are self-explanatory. |
7.2. You have the right to ask that any personal data pertaining to you that are inaccurate, are corrected free of charge. If a request for correction is submitted, such request shall be accompanied of proof of the flawed nature of the data for which correction is asked. |
7.3. You have the right to withdraw your earlier given consent under clause 4.4 for processing your personal data. |
7.4. You have the right to request that personal data pertaining to you will be deleted if they are no longer required in light of the purposes which are outlined above or if you withdraw your consent for processing them. However, you need to keep in mind that a request for deletion will be evaluated by AWE against:
Instead of deletion you can also ask that AWE limits the processing of your personal data if and when (a) you contest the accuracy of that data, (b) the processing is illegitimate or (c) the data are no longer needed for the purposes which are outlined above, but you need them to defend yourself in judicial proceedings. |
7.5. You have the right to oppose the processing of personal data if you are able to prove that there are serious and justified reasons connected with his particular circumstances that warrant such opposition. However, if the intended processing qualifies as direct marketing, you have the right to oppose such processing free of charge and without justification. |
7.6. You have the right to receive from us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format all personal data you have provided to us. |
7.7. If you wish to submit a request to exercise one or more of the rights listed above, you can send an e-mail to [email protected] for all data subject rights matters. An e-mail requesting to exercise a right shall not be construed as consent with the processing of your personal data beyond what is required for handling your request. Such request should clearly state and specify which right you wish to exercise and the reasons for it if such is required. It should also be dated and signed, and accompanied by a digitally scanned copy of your valid identity card proving your identity. AWE will promptly inform you of having received this request. If the request proves valid, AWE shall notify it as soon as reasonably possible and at the latest thirty (30) days after having received the request. If you have any complaint regarding the processing of your personal data by AWE, you may always contact AWE via the e-mail address mentioned in the first paragraph of this clause. If you remain unsatisfied with AWE's response, you are free to file a complaint with the competent data protection authority, i.e. the Belgian data protection authority. For more information, visit http://www.privacycommission.be. |


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From computers and printers to scanners and copiers, businesses rely on electronics galore these days. But when it's time to replace all this equipment, it's not always clear what to do with it.
Throwing away old office electronics hurts the environment, and is banned in many communities. They often contain hazardous materials, such as mercury, lead and arsenic, that can become toxic waste in landfills and leach into the soil. The best solution is giving them away or recycling them. (Make sure the equipment is cleared of sensitive business information before doing anything with it.)
A noble start is seeing if you can donate your old equipment to a nonprofit. Many organizations, including Goodwill Industries, ILoveSchools and the Salvation Army, accept office equipment that they can resell at low prices or give to people in need. It costs you nothing, and you may even qualify for a tax deduction. (It's a good idea to call ahead: Demand for various types of equipment changes over time, and some nonprofits may not currently take certain types of equipment.)
If you're unsure of where to give, check out Great Nonprofits. It keeps a list of nonprofits currently in need of various types of office equipment and furniture.
Some Web sites, such as Free Cycle, also can match you up with individuals seeking computers or other equipment. But you won't qualify for a tax deduction.
If donating or reselling isn't feasible, recycling old equipment is the next best thing. Recyclers dismantle and harvest old equipment for parts that can be reused or resold. But there's growing concern about some questionable practices among some electronics recyclers, so do a little research before you select one.
Many electronics manufacturers and dealers, including Apple and Office Depot, offer "mailback" or other such programs that allow businesses to give back used electronics, sometimes free or for a fee of less than $40 per item. You can find lists of electronics recyclers in your area on My Green Electronics and on E-cycling Central. Local environmental groups may also provide good information on recycling options and practices in your community.
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By Jamie Birdsong Nieroda, attachment parenting leader (API of Suffolk County-Long Island, New York, USA)
I was never one of those people, pre-kids, who romanticized parenting. I worried instead about how my baby and I would communicate and how I would deduce from her cries the action required to meet her needs.
My sister had used some basic baby signs with my niece Dakota, teaching her to sign "more" and "milk," but the significance of this seemingly simple form of communication didn't hit home until one afternoon when my sister was trying to help Dakota fall asleep by giving her a backrub. When she stopped, Dakota sat up and signed "more."
I was fascinated by how she had extrapolated a sign previously used only to request more food to ask for more massage. In that moment, I realized the potential that signing had for a deeper level of communication.
We've used it twice now, with two different approaches, both times with success, connection, and unimaginable delight. It allowed our sweet ones to communicate their needs and interests while providing us with ever-amazing glimpses into their complex minds. With each sign, it was evident that our recognition and understanding of their communication gave a sense of confidence to our preverbal children as well as showed them we were interested in what they had to say. I've come to realize that it is not only helpful in understanding my baby's basic needs but has opened up a rich and ever-rewarding vehicle of sharing my child's excitement for the world.
When our firstborn, Aviv, was about six months old, we began showing her a couple baby signs, following the advice in Baby Signs by Linda Acredolo and Susan Goodwyn. At eight months, Aviv signed "flower" for the first time and began to use it to point out flowers everywhere. A week later, I sat nursing Aviv in my in-law's home where we had been staying for an extended visit. We had talked often about the vase of silk flowers sitting on our room's dresser. I sniffed loudly to clear my nose. Aviv stopped nursing immediately and turned to look at the bouquet. She smiled and signed "flower" and then laughed. This was our first adorably brilliant signing miscommunication, opening the door for more communication: "You thought when I cleared my nose I was talking to you about the flowers! My nose is stuffed up and I need to blow it, so I was sniffing."
At 10 months, Aviv began signing "dog." The first time she used the sign, we were taking an evening stroll and she "commented" on the incessant barking of a neighborhood dog. She began signing "dog" to communicate about anything related to our pooch, like when she played with Maya's leash or passed her water bowl. "Milk," "eat," "fan," and "hat" soon followed. We were amazed at how much of the world she understood without our full comprehension minus this under-used communication device. When, compelled by our own fascination, we would note to a stranger that she was signing "water" because she saw a river in a painting, the question inevitably asked was if she was deaf. Most people have never heard of baby signing. One friend commented that our babies seemed so aware, and what we were learning is that they all are in degrees both staggering and easily discovered with American Sign Language (ASL).
Baby Signing with Aviv
Aviv was signing five signs at one year old when my husband's boss told him how her daughter had been slow to talk and that learning to communicate through sign language had decreased her frustration and limited tantrums. She offered to loan a video series called Signing Time to us if we were interested. I hesitated as I wanted Aviv to be media-free, yet I also recognized the value and impact of sign language not only on her ability to communicate but also on our relationship with her. She was no longer unable to communicate what she saw. For instance, when she was 11 months old, I had my hair wrapped in a towel. Aviv signed "hat," which gave me the insight needed to explain, "Yes, this towel goes on my head just like a hat does. I put a towel on my head to dry my hair some before I brush it."
When Aviv was 12 months old, we were driving along in the car and she pointed out the window and signed "tree." As we talked about the newly leafed trees, she signed "gentle" and "flower," identifying our past discussions of being gentle with flowers and allowing me to link all of these thoughts together. At 14 months, she signed "potty" emphatically as I pulled the trashcan down to the curb. I looked around, knowing there was a clear reason if I could discover it. Our dog was peeing on the lawn behind me, so we got a laugh together and I told her, "Yes, Maya sure is going potty! We go inside on the toilet, but she waits until she is outside to pee in the grass." So many conversation-starters and continued language acquisition began through our children's ability to allow us to enter their world with a reference point.
Based on our early experiences with sign language, we decided to borrow the videos. I had no idea how strongly my daughter's will would develop just at that point. I had envisioned showing her the videos at my leisure. I hadn't considered her leading me to the den and pointing at the entertainment center to demand Signing Times. Nonetheless, at 14 months, she used 34 signs regularly and there were many more that she was on the brink of adding to her repertoire. She loved the videos, requesting them often while she was actively learning, but once she knew the signs, she seldom asked for them again and I was able to resume the "media-free" existence I'd desired.
Meanwhile, her extensive signing served as a launching point. We found a site, www.aslpro.com, where we could look up signs of objects and activities that interested her, like balloons, bubbles, and tractors. We were learning together! Aviv was an early talker with clear speech. Many people asked us if teaching sign would delay verbal language acquisition. Baby Signs suggests that using sign language instead facilitates early speech, and our experience with our daughter certainly bore that out. However, our son's language acquisition came much slower than his sister's did, and his ability to communicate through sign became all the more necessary to stave off frustration. Regardless, a baby eventually will acquire language, so even if language were to develop at a slightly slower pace, I believe the benefits I have seen would be well worth it.
Baby Signing with Tahvo
With Tahvo, we began a bit more lackadaisically with our sign language use, and I worried it would not "take off" and that we would miss the powerful communication that comes with its use. While I would recommend Signing Time videos wholeheartedly, we opted to teach Tahvo without the use of media. Because our three-year-old daughter was media-free and because I wanted to create a "yes" environment, teaching ASL without the use of media seemed the most logical option for us the second time around.
Our foray into signing with Tahvo began slowly. We focused on his interests, and if we didn't know the sign, we looked it up. It compelled us to look up more signs and cater signing to his specific interests. Whether it was because he didn't see multiple children in a video signing while having the word enunciated repeatedly or perhaps just unique to him, his signing was less polished and required more inquiry on our part until we learned to identify his modifications. He knew less signs at 14 months than Aviv did, but despite our haphazard method of teaching and our lack of reliance on videos, I was surprised at how effective this approach also proved to be. Now at 17 months, his lexicon is less varied but we continue to add signs as we explore the world together and "meet more words we do not know."
Baby Signing Need Not Be Formal
Baby Signs' authors urge parents to watch for their children to make up their own signs. Pre-motherhood, I was skeptical of this phenomenon and wondered if my children would do so. In both cases they did, though it took awhile to recognize each time. With Aviv, we noticed her tugging her ear at times and began to notice it seemed to occur around the mention of yogurt. As I told a visiting friend that we were beginning to think Aviv had made up her own sign for yogurt, Aviv tugged her ear and we got a good laugh. She had found a way to communicate about one of her favorite foods, and we had paid attention until we discovered what she was trying to tell us.
Tahvo had a penchant for music so it was no surprise that he made up a sign for music, which consisted of a maneuver that looked a bit like snapping his fingers. He used it in a variety of ways, whether to ask for music or to note its absence. Once while nursing, he signed "music," climbed down from my lap, pointed to the stereo speakers in an apparent request to turn on the radio, and then casually leaned over to make music on his glockenspiel. He would sign "music" to note his dismay when a song ended, and we could pacify him since we understood his whining meant he thought the music was over and wanted it to continue. I may have overlooked these signs if I hadn't known to anticipate this possibility.
Some signs became a much broader way of talking about the world. Tahvo used the sign "milk" for Momma and additionally for any woman he saw in either real life or a magazine. They both had their own adaptations of signs as well. At 10 months, Aviv clapped her hands together for "more" rather than tapping her fingertips together. Tahvo pounded his chest rather than his leg to sign "dog" and Aviv at first signed "bird" backwards, the image that you see if someone does the bird sign while facing you. For a brief time, we thought Tahvo was signing "tree" for his dad. We finally realized his palm splayed open and in front of his face was his loose rendition of the sign for father rather than tree. Tahvo's helicopter sign looked similar to the sign for leaf, and that stumped us for awhile. Sometimes, time elapsed before Tahvo used a sign (or used it again) and we wouldn't recall the sign right away. It stimulated us more than a Sudoku challenge!
Baby Signing Not Just Fun, Also Practical
For us, sign language also had its practical purposes. The baby sign for diaper is tapping the bottom. My daughter would ask to be changed as soon as she awoke, by signing "diaper." Both my children often signed "potty" prior to wetting their diaper. Potty training was helped along through the use of ASL. Signs like "gentle," "thirsty," "hungry," "water," and specific food signs like "cracker" and "apple" were convenient and minimized frustrations more times than I can count.
Jessica Dell of Brooklyn, New York, USA, found that signing eased her 14-month-old son Jule's transition from the care of a nanny to daycare. Jules expressed anger, anxiety, and sadness over separating from his mother at each drop-off, and sign language gave him a vehicle to discuss with her the events of the day with signs like "cry," "sad," "hurt," "Momma," "goodbye," and "play ball." Each evening, they were able to reconnect while Jessica used sign to communicate with Jules, acknowledge his grief, and discuss the day.
My children also used signs to link objects within categories and make inquiries. Tahvo would sign one of the three animal signs that he first knew, "dog," "bird," or "fish," for many other animals we would see on clothing, in books, or in real life. One day as I sat with my friend Ellen and her children at a café, Tahvo, then 13 months, saw zebras on Ellen's son Aidon's hat and signed "dog" and then "bird." I noted how he often signed one of these animals for any animal we saw. Ellen suggested that signing babies sign something within the same category not because they are misidentifying the animal but as if to say, "It's not a bird, but it's similar. What is that thing, mom? Tell me more!" They are able to utilize signing to gather more information, knowing this line of questioning will initiate their parent's response: "Yes, it's an animal just like a dog is. It's a zebra with black and white stripes. It's shaped a lot like the horse we saw at the farm today, isn't it? Aidon's hat has a zebra, and yours has airplanes!" Or trucks or guitars, as the case may be! This then leads to a whole other set of comments and inquiries.
Using sign language had the benefit of enhancing our children's relationship with each other as well. They created a family dinner game with Aviv ducking down in her chair and Tahvo immediately looking to us and signing "where?" My husband and I would chime in, "Where did she go?" and she would pop back up laughing. When she ran to another room, Tahvo would sign "where?" or "girl" to ask where she had gone. She enjoyed this attention and would run back and forth to observe him requesting her return. Tahvo also signed "music" whenever Aviv began to sing. She loved this early and tangible recognition from him – and for one of her favorite pastimes, no less! And certainly not least, she took pleasure in showing him signs and inquiring further about new signs to teach him.
Baby Signs Not for Everyone, But It Is for Us
Not to say there isn't a plethora of communication, spoken and unspoken, without using sign language with one's baby. In our experience, however, sign language certainly broadened our communication, provided insights, created laughter, and gave a second language where before there was none. And not least, it provided for our little ones a deep satisfaction and sense of competence in their world as well as the knowledge that they could affect positive change by communicating their needs to Mom, Dad, and other close caregivers.


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How Password Strength Meters Can Improve Security
Color-coded password-strength meters nudge users to improve the strength of their important passwords, but have little effect on unimportant ones, researchers say.
May 20, 2013
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Want your site's users to build better passwords? Then provide "password strength" meters to show if a proposed password carries a low (red), medium (yellow) or high (green) level of security.
According to the first-ever study of password meters' effectiveness -- delivered this month at the CHI human-computer interaction conference in Paris -- such meters aren't just window dressing or empty security theater. Meters result in stronger passwords when users are forced to change existing passwords on "important" accounts, according to the "Does My Password Go up to Eleven?" research study from researchers at the University of California at Berkeley, University of British Columbia and Microsoft Research. In addition, they found that graphical design variations between different types of meters "likely have a marginal impact" on user adoption.
The usefulness of password meters wasn't a given; no previous research had explored whether they led people to pick stronger passwords. "The original purpose of the experiment was to see whether meters based on social pressure would yield an improvement, since we didn't expect existing meters to be effective," said primary report author and University of California at Berkeley research scientist Serge Egelman via email. "We were surprised that one, meter design doesn't appear to matter much, and two, meters do work under certain circumstances."
[ Honeywords, or fake passwords, could help businesses better detect breach attempts. Read more at Sweet Password Security Strategy: Honeywords. ]
As emphasized by the report title's "This Is Spinal Tap" film reference, when it comes to passwords, more (entropy) equals more (security). That's why standard password security advice -- at least currently -- is to pick a password that has at least 12 characters, mixing letters, numbers and symbols. Whatever the rules, however, password meters provide simple and immediate visual feedback about what constitutes "strong enough."
The researchers' conclusions are based on comparing forced password resets in the presence of password meters to those without such meters. "We performed a laboratory experiment to examine whether these meters influenced users' password selections when they were forced to change their real passwords," the researchers explained. "We observed that the presence of meters yielded significantly stronger passwords."
They also found that the meters didn't seem to cause memorability problems for users, and suggested that people forgetting passwords was more related to forced expiration dates, which not all cryptography experts see as always necessary.
The researchers' password-meter findings, however, come with a caveat. In a second study they conducted, users were asked to create a password for an unimportant account. "In this scenario, we found that the meters made no observable difference: participants simply reused weak passwords that they used to protect similar low-risk accounts," they said.
Egelman said that although password meters are effective when used for important passwords, perhaps they shouldn't be used at all for unimportant passwords. "People have a finite amount of memory, which shouldn't be wasted protecting resources that are unimportant -- e.g., low-value accounts. I think the bigger problem is that most passwords are highly susceptible to offline attacks," he said. "Whereas when users do not select popular passwords -- e.g., [in] the top 100/1,000/10,000 -- online attacks are relatively unsuccessful. This suggests that a much more efficient solution is to prevent offline attacks from occurring."
Using proper network security controls and strong cryptography to secure passwords so that they can't be retrieved by hackers and decrypted offline, however, has nothing to do with password-strength meters. "This responsibility lies solely with the websites who store the passwords, not the users," Egelman said.
People are your most vulnerable endpoint. Make sure your security strategy addresses that fact. Also in the new, all-digital How Hackers Fool Your Employees issue of Dark Reading: Effective security doesn't mean stopping all attackers. (Free registration required.)
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Our programme for our nearly world-famous BRN – a coulourful streetfestival in Dresden's hippest district
… wow this is supposed to be the longest headline I've ever wrote…
This year we celebrate the 20th anniversary of our populare street festival. The unique proposition of it is that there's not one event management that is responsable for the whole festival but each inhabitant, pub, club and organisation. So you'll find many different things with its own character. There's no corporated design but lots of lovely selfmade actions.
By the way BRN means in German Bunte Republik Neustadt and in Englsih Colouful Republic of (Dresden-) Neustadt.
As appasionados of the BRN we have something prepared for you, too (thanks to our local heroes Martin and Kai): Loads of concerts. And here is the plan:
FRIDAY, 18 June
18:30 – Mit weit geschlossenen Augen – http://www.myspace.com/mitweitgeschlossenenaugen
20:00 – Nikopol – http://www.myspace.com/riotsong
21:00 – Zehnuhr 35 – http://www.myspace.com/zehnuhr35
22:00 – Flanschis – http://www.myspace.com/flanschies
23:00 – Tokamak Reaktor – http://www.myspace.com/tokamakreactor
afterwards swing your dancing shoes to DJ's K-DJ, no.data, Low-Key Drum & Bass and Dubstep sounds
SATURDAY, 19 June
14:00 Dirty Ice / Poland – http://www.myspace.com/dirtyicerockstar
15:30 Digital Dildoth / Germany – http://www.myspace.com/digitaldildoth
16:30 Mitote / Czech Republic – http://www.myspace.com/mitotecz
17:30 Project Blunt / Poland – http://www.myspace.com/projectblunt
19:00 C / Germany – http://www.myspace.com/ceneral
20:00 Sin Fu Roco / Germany – http://www.myspace.com/sinfuroco
21:30 Ni / Austria – http://www.myspace.com/niversum
afterwards: DJ PROFESOR IKEBARA from the Czech Republic with his Balkan beats
SUNDAY, 20 June
Chill out.
For this weekend our hostel will also be the location of the embassy of the Belorussian internet repuvlic Narod.lu. Yes, indeed. So check-out what they have prepared for you.


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Media Advisory: UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka to give first press conference at the UN
Media Contacts:
Oisika Chakrabarti, +1 646 781-4522; oisika.chakrabarti[at]unwomen.org
Sharon Grobeisen, +1 646 781-4753; sharon.grobeisen[at]unwomen.org
Hadrien Bonnaud, +1 646 781-4751; hadrien.bonnaud[at]unwomen.org
WHAT: Press Conference with UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
WHEN: Thursday, 12 September, 11.15 a.m. – 12.00 p.m.
WHERE: Room S-0237, UN Secretariat, New York
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka was appointed as the Executive Director of UN Women in July, and in August 2013 took charge of the organization, which leads the UN's efforts towards women's empowerment and gender equality. A human rights advocate throughout her life, Ms. Mlambo-Ngcuka has served in leadership positions in civil society and government, including as the Deputy President of South Africa, the first woman to hold that position. At her first press conference at the UN, she will speak about her vision for the organization and immediate priorities.
THE PRESS CONFERENCE WILL BE WEBCAST LIVE AT: www.unwomen.org
UN press accreditation: www.un.org/media/accreditation


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Organized into three sections-descent, challenge, and rebirth-Dark Goddess Craft guides you through your own shadow work and helps you emerge renewed. Every step on your path of transformation is connected to a different face of the dark goddess, and Stephanie Woodfield provides rituals, invocations, and offerings for eleven of them. You can mourn loss with the Washer at the Ford, learn to move past betrayal with Sedna, gain personal independence with Blodeuwedd, and become the champion of your own life with Scathach. Like a torch to light your way, this book helps you heal and transform into the best version of yourself.
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May-6-2011 DCA Neighborhood Stabilization Program Funding Rehabilitates Foreclosed Properties in City of Passaic
DCA Neighborhood Stabilization Program Funding Rehabilitates Foreclosed Properties in City of Passaic First of 12 Affordable Housing Properties Is Completed |
PASSAIC, N.J. – New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA) Commissioner Lori Grifa today announced the completion of the first of 12 affordable housing properties in the City of Passaic that received more than $2.4 million in Neighborhood Stabilization Program funds through the DCA. The grant is paid for with federal funds intended to stabilize neighborhoods hard hit by home foreclosures.
"These rehabilitated houses will help the City of Passaic stem the tide of declining home values, property deterioration and blight that so often occurs as a result of property foreclosures in neighborhoods," said Commissioner Grifa. "We look forward to the day when all 12 properties are completed and become homes – and sources of pride -- to hard working families."
As a component of the federal Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008, the Neighborhood Stabilization Program is specifically intended to assist neighborhoods that are experiencing the negative effects of the foreclosure crisis and that are statistically at high risk of continued market deterioration. In 2009, the DCA secured $51,470,620 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to provide funds to municipalities, counties and developers to acquire and rehabilitate foreclosed properties that might otherwise become sources of abandonment and blight. The DCA awarded 35 grants.
The $2,437,775 grant that the City of Passaic received is being used to rehabilitate 12 foreclosed and/or abandoned properties and make them available for sale to qualified homebuyers. In addition, four affordable rental units will also be available.
An "open house" was held today for eligible households at the first completed property at 215 Autumn Street. The 12 homes will be sold to moderate income families. In the City of Passaic, a family of four qualifies as moderate income if their total household income is $73,800 or less. The four rental units will be rented to lower income families; a family of four qualifies as low income if it makes up to $55,320 a year.
All properties assisted with Neighborhood Stabilization Program funding must be completely renovated. Most of the properties have new appliances, new roofs, new flooring, and new paint finishes. All the homes include energy efficiency improvements to reduce utility costs for the buyers and tenants.
The Neighborhood Stabilization Program utilizes Section 3 requirements to employ local residents and sub-contract with contractors in the community to do the rehabilitation and construction work.
For more information about the Neighborhood Stabilization Program, log on to http://www.nj.gov/dca/divisions/dhcr/offices/nspguide.html on the DCA website. To see a list of Neighborhood Stabilization Program awards and project descriptions, go to http://www.nj.gov/dca/divisions/dhcr/offices/docs/nsp/nsp_award_projects.pdf.