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Black Hole kit fuels drive-by attacks, rogue antivirus declines, Sophos finds
The Black Hole crimeware kit has caused drive-by attacks to surge, according to the Sophos 2012 threat report.
Researchers at Sophos are seeing an increase in drive-by attacks, while fake antivirus software has been declining in the last 6 months.
The attacks we see against organizations are more targeted attacks where criminals are looking to steal specific data or more valuable data than you could get from someone at home. You get significantly more information
Richard Wang, Sophos analyst
Rogue antivirus software, a common and convincing form of malware that sells itself to users as protection against viruses while dumping malicious code onto their PCs, now makes up only 3% of how Web-based threads are spreading. Meanwhile, drive-by downloads, driven by the Black Hole exploit kit, are now far more prominent, according to the Sophos 2012 security threat report, "Seeing the Threats Through the Hype," which is being released Wednesday.
"Cypercriminals can purchase the [crimeware] kits to attack websites and the people who visit those sites," said Sophos analyst Richard Wang. "We looked at some of the data that was coming back from the field and about 67% of the attacks were Web redirections controlled by attackers. Thirty-one percent of those were related to the Black Hole exploit kit."
The most commonly exploited plug-ins continue to be Adobe Flash Player and PDF Reader and Java plug-ins, mostly because they are the most commonly available, Wang said.
Wang said crimeware kits are hard to detect and dangerous because they are easy for cybercriminals to update as software patches are issued and new vulnerabilities are revealed.
Users running third-party applications are particularly at risk, said Wang, because their updates are not issued as regularly as Microsoft's Patch Tuesday, and users may not automatically receive notification of updates that are made available.
Wang suggested the best way to be protected against this type of attack is to run the newest version of every application and plug-in. "There is also security software that does content inspection on the websites you visit for redirections or Black Hole attacks and blocks them before the attack can happen," he added.
It never hurts to add an extra layer of protection, especially for corporations. It may be enough for an independent user to regularly run and update legitimate antivirus software, but companies with more valuable data should take extra precautions.
"The attacks we see against organizations are more targeted attacks where criminals are looking to steal specific data or more valuable data than you could get from someone at home. You get significantly more information," Wang said.
Businesses can run programs that analyze patterns in the use of their systems and notify IT professionals if anything seems unusual. They are then charged with investigating the irregularity, which could be due to the addition of new software on the part of the company or as the result of malware intrusion.
Hactivism threat rises
Specific industries have lately been the target of many Web-based attacks by hacktivist groups like Anonymous.
"In terms of hacktivism, it is usually the government or the media companies that suffer the most because they are either the most public or most associated with things that the hacktivists don't like," Wang said. Some recent targets include HBGary, the U.S. Department of Justice, FBI and Universal Studios Entertainment, which were hacked this week in retaliation of the shut-down of Megaupload.com by the U.S. government.
"The variety of targets seems to show that almost any institution could be at risk, although only a tiny minority are affected by hacktivist attacks," according to the report.
"…Hacktivism doesn't mean that companies outside of government or media aren't at risk. Other attacks are about financial gain," Wang said. Major financial institutions and banks are often targeted in order to obtain customer account and login information, which is sent to a remote server from a PC or mobile device.
According to Wang, Sony was the poster child for hacktivism in 2011. "They're the ones that nobody wants to be when they get hacked," he said. The attack brought down online PlayStation systems, which remained offline for weeks while the attack was investigated, effectively acting as a denial-of-service attack.
Conficker infections continue
Modern hacking techniques—Black Hole, man-in-the-browser, denial-of-service attacks and the like—are not the only techniques being used by cybercriminals today. Malware as old as the Conficker worm is still prominent.
"More than three years after its initial release, the Conficker worm is still the most commonly encountered piece of malicious software, representing 14.8% of all infection attempts seen by Sophos customers in the last six months," Sophos reported. And it's not going away, either.
"Any up-to-date antivirus software should be able to get rid of [Conficker]," Wang said. Some PCs are still infected due to "people with no or outdated antivirus, or people who ignore it."
Most reports of the worm come from PCs that are well protected against it, and are simply reporting failed attempts at infections. So while still out there, Conficker has become less effective.
A task force, the Conficker Working Group was set up in 2009 to combat Conficker and has gained the upper hand. According to Wang, Conficker mostly populates computers that have outdated antivirus software and runs undetected in the background. The danger is that if left undetected, malware could interfere with other software on a PC, even if it isn't communicating information to a remote server.
"Looking forward to the next year or so, one of the biggest security challenges we're going to see in the next 12 months is taking the protections we have and making sure we don't ignore those systems as we move to the mobile platforms and the cloud," Wang said.
He warns that attackers will first employ the means they know to be useful on PCs when attacking mobile devices and cloud-based systems.
"Cybercriminals will continue to stalk the easiest prey—those who don't follow the simple security measures we should have learned by now."


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OBDSTAR H100 Ford Mazda programmer arrived me yesterday and I try to use it to perform mileage correction on Mazda Cx5, it works perfectly via OBD. I'd like to recommend you and share my experience here. BTW, I can see the screen has more options like M6(Atenza), M3(Axela), CX4 and more.
1. Connect OBDSTAR H100 to Mazda Cx5:
You need to insert the main test cable into the port of the vehicle. Power on, and then press ENT on the screen.
2. Select MILEAGE ADJUSTMENT:
Select MILEAGE ADJUSTMENT and press ENT.
3. Select the model of Mazda:
Make sure the model of your car and find it in option, such like Atenza, Axela, CX5, CX7.
4. Start mileage correction:
Switch ignition on.
You had better backup data before modify mileage.
Then turn off the ignition switch and turn the ignition switch.
5. Select Mileage adjustment:
Press ENT to begin.
Turn off the ignition switch and turn it again.
You can see the current mileage after reading.
6. Input the mileage:
Please input the mileage of the adjustment like 210.
Then Repeat the operation of ignition switch again.
Press ENT after adjusting.
Mileage has been adjusted.
As you can see, OBDSTAR Scanner H100 just has no more than three buttons what you need press. It's easily to operate and takes no more than 5 minutes in my whole testing.

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Is Florida under Gov. Rick Scott adding jobs, or actively destroying them?
We forgive you if you're not sure — listen to Republicans or Democrats lately, and you might think either:
• Things are pretty rosy: We've recently had the best month for job creation in the country, adding 76,800 jobs since January.
• Things are bleak and getting bleaker: We've destroyed 100,000 jobs under our new governor.
The first picture comes from the governor himself, who relies on statistics from state and federal agencies. The second comes from Florida Democrats, who keep an informal tally they delight in sharing in news releases, letters to supporters and on Twitter.
And both pictures have problems.
PolitiFact Florida took a deeper look, and we can tell you the jobs picture is neither so rosy nor so bleak. It's also not entirely clear. And no matter what's happening, it won't all be to Scott's credit — or blame.
In fact, let's start there.
"Business cycles are bigger than politics," said Sean Snaith, an economist at the University of Central Florida who issues regular economic forecasts.
In case you hadn't noticed, Florida's unemployment rate is among the highest in the country. So it was nearly guaranteed that whoever took office in January would enjoy a nice upswing in jobs over four years. In November, state economists projected the state would add nearly 500,000 jobs by fiscal year 2013-14.
That's with or without Scott.
"There's one thing you can't criticize about Gov. Scott, and that's his sense of timing," Snaith said. "He's coming into office at the perfect time on a platform of job creation."
But Scott is banking on more than just timing. He's promising to make structural changes that he says will create 700,000 jobs in the state over seven years.
"With structural reforms, the promise is of more jobs in the intermediate or long run, perhaps even at the cost of a dip in the short run — fewer government jobs, for example," said David Denslow, a research economist at the University of Florida.
Sound familiar? The new state budget chops 4,500 government positions, but Scott says he believes cutting state spending will lessen the burden on businesses, leading to more private-sector jobs later. He also said he would invest in economic development, cut regulation and reduce taxes — all in the name of aiding private employers.
The question is whether it will work — and how we'll be able to tell.
Which brings us back to our two portraits. Scott boasts that his tenure has boosted job creation already.
"Our efforts to make Florida the most business-friendly state are clearly paying off," he said as he announced the state had led the nation in job creation in May.
Folks who crunch the numbers for a living would beg to differ.
"It is far too early to tell whether Gov. Scott's policies are having any effect on jobs in Florida," said UF's Denslow.
He pointed out that recent history shows huge swoops in job creation — way, way up since 1990, with some leveling off in the early 2000s, then another climb, then the familiar sickening dive marking the Great Recession. The few jobs added since January 2011 barely register as a change on that roller coaster ride. So it's impossible to see yet whether there's a positive trend, he said.
Snaith at UCF agreed.
"I think we're not really through the semester: We can't give a final grade here. It's an incomplete," he said.
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Scott told a group gathered for a bill-signing in late June that Florida had added 28,000 jobs from April to May, while the entire nation had only added 54,000. He has repeated the claim since, as recently as Friday.
According to a standard estimate of employment in April and May, he's right — Florida led the nation by creating 28,000 jobs (Ohio was second, adding 12,000 jobs).
But by another reasonable measure, Scott was wildly wrong. According to that second measure, Florida lost 3,000 jobs.
The difference is how you interpret data collected by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.
It's typically helpful to look at job estimates that have been seasonally adjusted, because formulas make up for differences between months such as the number of weeks, holidays and seasonal employment patterns.
That's what Scott did to arrive at his job figure.
But Denslow pointed out that seasonal adjustment formulas are based on recent years to take into account "normal" over-the-month change. When you have enormous changes, as with the recent housing boom and bust and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, seasonal adjustment "becomes extraordinarily difficult," he said.
The difference in interpreting the numbers in Florida's case is significant — from up 28,000 jobs through one analysis, to down 3,000 jobs through the other.
That raises some real questions.
Gary Burtless, an economist with the centrist-to-liberal Brookings Institution, explained that with seasonal adjustment being the difference between job gains and losses, even a small error in the Bureau of Labor Statistics formula could make the governor's claim "wildly off base."
"It may be true, and perhaps revisions in the raw data or the seasonal adjustment factor may someday increase the probability that it is true," he said. "But based on the evidence at hand, I would say the governor has made a very silly claim."
So much for a stellar May. Instead it's a might-have-been-stellar May.
As such, we rate the governor's claim Half True.
• • •
The picture's more promising when you check out all of 2011. The number of jobs added in Florida since January — 76,800, according to the seasonally adjusted estimate — only improves according to unadjusted numbers. While overlooking seasonal adjustment introduces its own problems, those numbers also support the idea of job growth, with a gain of 119,700 jobs.
Scott has repeated the 76,800 jobs claim several times, and he's right. But economists warn of giving Scott — or any one person — too much credit for creating jobs, or too much blame for jobs lost.
With that caveat, we rate the claim Mostly True.
• • •
Then there's the argument from Democrats, who claim that Scott "has destroyed over 100,000 jobs," as Democratic Party chairman Rod Smith put it in an e-mail to supporters last week.
If you've read this far, you know you have good reason to be skeptical of this claim — job creation is up in the state since Scott took office. So what did Democrats mean?
We asked Eric Jotkoff, spokesman for the state party.
He explained it was a "pretty conservative estimate" based on — ready — expected teacher layoffs, cuts to local police, firefighters and other public employees, cuts to Medicaid reimbursement rates, cuts to university spending, the planned privatization of South Florida prisons, the rejection of federal funding for high-speed rail, the shift of funding from a transportation trust fund expected to affect construction projects, a change in the way water districts are funded, and Scott's refusal to meet with a biotech company (Jackson Labs) that ultimately didn't locate a new project in the state. Jotkoff also left the door open for other job-killers he wasn't thinking of just then.
To recap: budget cuts, prison privatization, high-speed rail, Jackson Labs.
No matter what those estimates add up to, the Democrats' claim has several problems:
• "Has destroyed" makes it sound like jobs are already gone — but the analysis is almost entirely based on jobs that are expected to be lost.
• "Has destroyed" also makes it sound like Scott's policies have eliminated 100,000 jobs that already existed. But that's only the case for some of the jobs included in Jotkoff's tally, such as cuts leading to layoffs of state and local employees. Others, from high-speed rail to highway construction to biotech jobs, didn't yet exist — and may never have materialized.
• Lastly, in the same way it's troublesome for Scott to take credit for job creation, it's also problematic for Democrats to singularly blame Scott for job losses. The Legislature debated and passed the budgets that reduce funding for local districts, and signed off on a reduction to the state workforce.
We rate the Democrats' claim False.
Let a few years pass, and we'll have a clearer picture of Scott's true impact on jobs in the state — one that will still be open to interpretation. So pass the rose-colored glasses. Or mirrored shades.
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STUDIO CITY (KCAL9) — Argentine polo player, Ignacio "Nacho" Figueras, stopped by KCAL9 Tuesday to tell us about this year's Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic!
The event, which will take place Oct. 5, supports the preservation of Will Rogers State Historic Park.
Nacho is ranked one of the top 100 polo players in the world, and his mission is to make the sport mainstream and accessible to all.
For more information, click here.


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Mildly Toxic Saliva
|DESCRIPTION: A small (up to 369 mm or 15" in total length) snake with more than 20 dark brown to black bands on a cream to light yellow background. Some subspecies have secondary orange saddles between the black bands (see subspecies descriptions below). The orange saddles are separated from the black by a margin of cream to light yellow background color. The posterior black bands usually completely encircle the body but the anterior bands do not. The snout is cream or light yellow. A black mask crosses the top of the head and covers the eyes. The underside is cream. With its countersunk jaw, valves in the nasal passages, concaved belly, and relatively flat snout, this snake is well equipped for burrowing under fine sand and loose gravel. The pupils are round and the scales are smooth and shiny. The Western Shovel-nosed Snake's light snout distinguishes it from the similar looking Sonoran Coralsnake which has a black snout. The similar Sonoran Shovel-nosed Snake has fewer than 21 black body bands.
DISTRIBUTION: This snake is found in the low deserts of western and south-central Arizona at elevations ranging from near sea level to ca. 2,500'. Populations in the eastern portion of this snake's range appear to be in decline. Populations near Tucson and Paradise Valley have been extirpated.
HABITAT: Lower Colorado River Sonoran Desertscrub and Mohave Desertscrub communities are home to this snake. It is usually found in or near sandy washes or dunes in desert flats or on gently sloping bajadas.
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We request that if you make use of the textual contents of this site in reports, publications, etc. that you cite and credit the author(s) and photographer(s). All photos on this website are copyrighted. However, those found in the species account and habitat sections may be used for any noncommercial scientific, educational, or conservation purposes provided that photographs are not altered and continue to bear the copyright symbol and name of the photographer. Please contact the photographer regarding commercial use of copyrighted photographs.


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Information Public health priorities
The information on these pages provides a mechanism for monitoring and prioritising health and wellbeing issues and reducing health inequalities across our district. We use the information to guide our public health work with colleagues within the council, at Devon County Council and other organisations.
Knowing East Devon: Includes information and data about the people, place and economy of East Devon, helping us to understand and support our communities.
Devon Health and Wellbeing: Information on Devon's Health and Wellbeing Board, Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy, Annual Public Health Reports, Joint Strategic Needs Assessments and a library of strategies, plans, needs assessments and other reports and information relevant to health and wellbeing in Devon.
Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA): Looks at the current and future health and care needs of local populations to inform and guide the planning and commissioning (buying) of health, well-being and social care services within a local authority. Updated annually, the overview gives a detailed county-wide view and the profiles provide a snapshot for specific areas.
District public health summary East Devon 2015-16: A mechanism for monitoring and prioritising health and wellbeing issues and reducing health inequalities.
Devon Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy: Published in November 2016 this sets the priorities and overall approach for the Devon Health and Wellbeing Board.
Devon Annual Public Health Report 2016-17: This latest annual report on the health of the people of Devon considers the different aspects of place in relation to health and wellbeing, and the role of public sector bodies with a responsibility for health and care systems.
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text: For local legislators, it's all about jobs. Some seven years after the end of the state's recession, Connecticut has yet to recover all the positions it lost during the economic crisis. To finally achieve sustained growth, southwestern Connecticut legislators in their return to Hartford last week said creating confidence in state government is vital. "I think we're on a positive trajectory," said state Rep. William Tong, D-147, who is co-chairman of the state's Commission on Economic Competitiveness. "But I'd like to try to speed up our job growth. Business confidence is extremely important because if people are confident they make investments and take risks."


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"The governance of Christchurch has been turned on its head, with a five-year reign set in place under a new Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (Cera).
The authority, which will have most of the powers available to Civil Defence under a state of emergency, got a cautious nod of approval from city leaders yesterday.
However, legal experts warn local government could be sidelined, with the devil still to be seen in the detail of legislation yet to be tabled in Parliament..."
Christchurch has truly become 'The Village of the Damned'
You are fucked!


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In an effort to reduce costs and conserve our natural resources, award letters are not mailed to students. You will receive an email when your award is finalized with instructions to review the information included on this page. Please review each document and contact your Financial Aid Specialist if you have questions. You are responsible for being knowledgeable about Financial Aid policies and procedures.
We are currently processing documents received on the dates listed below:
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|Complete your FAFSA at www.fafsa.gov by June 1st for fall semester, by October 1st for spring semester, and by April 1st for the summer term. Wake Tech's school code is 004844.
**Note: the confirmation page from FAFSA is not an award letter.
|Activate and monitor your Wake Tech email and My Financial Aid account in Web Advisor to find out when your FAFSA is received and if additional paperwork is required.
|Monitor your Wake Tech email regularly. If you are selected for the verification process, you will receive a list of required documents by email; submit them to the Financial Aid Office promptly and allow 2-6 weeks for processing. WTCC is partnering with the School Servicing Center (SSC) to assist in the verification process. If you are selected to complete the verification process with the SSC, log in to www.sscwp.org to learn about the paperwork required. Submit documents promptly to SSC.
|Continue to review your list of documents in My Financial Aid under Required Documents.
|You will be notified by email if you are awarded financial aid. You may then view your award in My Financial Aid under My Awards.
|Accept the financial aid terms and conditions. A link for this is emailed to all students. You can also complete this by logging in to My Financial Aid.
All eligible students will be offered Direct Stafford Loans. You must accept or reject the offered loans electronically. You may also choose to reduce your loan amount. Students must complete the online loan requirements.Log in to My Financial Aid in Web Advisor; and Complete the Master Promissory Note (MPN) and Entrance Counseling.
|Purchase (charge) books in the bookstore during the posted dates once the requirements above have been met. Simply swipe your student ID card in the bookstore.
|Look for your Bank Mobile Refund Selection Kit, which will be sent by mail in a green envelope. Once you receive it, go to www.refundselection.com to set up your refund preference. This is a one-time requirement, but you may change your preference at any time.
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Choreographer-director Remo D'Souza has said that Varun Dhawan is the perfect choice for ABCD 2.
The sequel to the dance-based movie ABCD, the next film is based on a true story, Bollywood Life reports.
"The previous film was the story of Vishnu sir (played by Prabhu Deva). But the sequel is the journey of a boy to take his dance troupe from India to America. So, this character is pivotal in the film. I wanted somebody who is a brilliant actor and dancer and Varun is apt for this part," explained D'Souza.
While Shraddha Kapoor will be playing the female lead, the film also features reality TV stars Lauren Gottilieb, Punit Pathak and Dharmesh.
"I will never leave these kids behind. I will always work with them whenever I will make any dance-based film. All of them are there in the sequel too," he said.
"My last film proved that our audience wants to watch dance-based film. When I was making the film many people from the industry warned me saying that the film will not do well as nobody would go to watch these reality TV kids on big screen. But I did not scrap the film."
Shooting for ABCD 2 begins in July and the film is scheduled to release next year.


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Dear Parking Guru,
I arrived home today to find a few "temporary event, no parking, tow away" signs on my street for this weekend. What exactly does "temporary event" mean. And more importantly, how far does the no parking zone extend. I have been told that the signs are enforceable for 200 feet, is this true?
Temporarily Cranky
Dear TC,
A temporary event worthy of a no parking permit according to SFMTA is for events such as street fairs, races, parades, demonstrations, film projects, and sporting events. A temporary no parking zone can also be created for more personal events such as moving day in order to create space for a truck so it won't have to double-park.
To answer your next question as to how far the reach of enforceability for these signs is; a parking enforcement officer stated to me that the rules for these signs are the same as construction tow away signs, which, "Shall be posted every 20 linear feet of occupied space with at least one sign at each end of the occupied space."
In other words, the end of where the signs are posted, constitute the limits of the zone. To simplify it further, if you don't park any part of your vehicle in between the signs, you are safe.
Up to 4 signs will cost the user $163 dollars, and the no parking zone can be enforced for up to 5 days.
Now, to satisfy my intellectual parking curiosity, as an economics exercise, and simply for fun (do not try this at home), I wonder what it would cost for me to obtain a year's worth of permits for a section of street in order to create guaranteed street parking in front of my house. If a permit last for 5 days, I would need to buy 73 permits to cover the year. At $163 per permit, that would cost about $12,000. The zone could be up to 60 feet long, and I could possibly fit 4 vehicles into that space.
So, if I split it with 3 neighbors, we could each have guaranteed on-street parking for $3000 per year. It would be less expensive than renting garage space for $300-400 per month, and more convenient. Or, better yet, I could rent 3 spots out for $4k each, and my spot would be free.
Why stop there? What if I got permits for all 281,700 street parking spots in San Francisco. 281,700 spots divided by 4 cars per permit, is 70,000 5-day permits, x 73 (to make it a year's worth), would be 5 million permits, at $163 each, would cost…$837 million.
With the soon arriving on-street car sharing pilot program, combined with the possibility of the SFpark project entering a more mature phase, and hopefully rolling out a stellar system across the city, there will be no need for tricks like the ones above to secure a parking spot. Both on-street car sharing and real-time voice-guidance to the closest available spot will combine to truly and permanently eliminate the daily circling and circling and circling of 535,000 vehicles looking for parking. Essentially all parking stress, and the ripple effect of congestion, will be a thing of the past.
David LaBua is the author of Finding the Sweet Spot, a leader in the sustainable urban mobility movement, and founder of VoicePark, the world's first voice-guided mobile app guiding drivers to the closest available parking spot in real-time...for free. You can follow him on twitter@ParkingGuru.


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What is the difference between asylum and resettlement?
Asylum and resettlement are separate processes. They reflect two routes through which refugees may find sanctuary in the UK. In both cases people are often fleeing the same conflicts. But there are also a few differences:
- Resettlement programmes identify refugees in camps near to their country of origin. They are then flown to the UK with full refugee status and do not enter the asylum system.
- Asylum seekers are those who have already arrived in the UK. Because the UK offers no 'asylum visa', there are no safe, legal ways for a refugee to reach the UK to claim asylum. This means that asylum seekers have often made risky, treacherous journeys to arrive here.
The UK's commitment to resettle refugees includes:
- The Syrian Vulnerable Person Resettlement Scheme.
- The Full Community Sponsorship Scheme.
- The Dubs' Amendment for Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children.
- The Vulnerable Children's Resettlement Scheme (with UNHCR).
Why are refugees coming to the UK? Are they not better off nearer to their country of origin?
Most people fleeing war and persecution move within their own country or move to a neighbouring country. There are 19.5 million refugees globally – 86% of these are hosted in developing countries and remain close to their homeland. Turkey, Pakistan and Lebanon, for example, host the largest numbers.
Currently, almost one in four of the world's refugees are Syrian, and 95% of these are hosted in surrounding countries. Many remain close to Syria because they want to see a political settlement and return home as soon as it is safe to do so.
People coming to the UK as part of the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme are particularly vulnerable and will have been assessed as needing urgent resettlement.
Is it really our problem? On many occasions (but not all) the UK has responded generously to the needs of those forced out of their homes because of conflict. On humanitarian grounds, the UK has an obligation* (shared with other nations) to provide sanctuary to those forced to flee their homes and their countries. And we have a particular responsibility to help those attempting to cross the Mediterranean – as three of the top four nationalities making this dangerous journey are Syrians, Afghans and Iraqis. These people are fleeing countries where conflict has been violent and protracted, and where the UK has played a role. The UK might not be responsible for the refugee crisis, but that's not to say that our actions do not leave us with a responsibility towards those who are affected.
*The Refugee Convention – which outlines international obligations to protect those feeling war, torture and oppression – was drafted following the Holocaust in the wake of the persecution and death of millions of innocent people. To date, no country has repealed their commitment to welcome refugees.
What happens to children who enter the UK illegally?
The UK Government has a legal duty to provide care and protection for Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (UASC) who reach the UK illegally. Care is provided by the local social services department in the area the child is found.
Currently the counties in the South East of England bear the greatest burden of care for UASC as many are smuggled by people traffickers across the English Channel.
There is a significant shortage of foster care placements for these children.
What is the national transfer scheme?
The National Transfer Scheme was launched in July 2016 and aims to ensure that the care of Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (UASC) is shared fairly across the UK's local authorities.
The intention is that UASC comprise no more than 0.07% of the total child population in any given local authority area. It's a voluntary scheme and local authorities do not have to transfer children.


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For some reason—and it may just be my advancing curmudgeonhood—I've gotten peeved at the proliferation of anti-Trump posts on my Facebook feed. As I've said repeatedly, I despise what Trump stands for and consider the man not only unqualified to be President, but deeply egocentric, ignorant about governance, and even unbalanced. If you don't believe that, read the New Yorker article (free) about Tony Schwartz, the guy who ghost-wrote Trump's bestseller The Art of the Deal. After spending weeks with Trump, Schwartz discovered what an egomaniac he is, how short Trump's attention span is, and concludes that there's no way any sane person should vote for the man. I agree.
Still, the endless proliferation of Trump mockery on social media seems to be overkill, especially now that his chances are waning. (I've made five bets that Trump will lose, including with Julia Galef and reader Lou Jost; I call those "sucker bets.") And sometimes the Trump-bashing sounds like virtue signaling. (In the video below, Rubin is tired of the acrimony, too: see his statement from 6:40-7:38). So on every anti-Triump post by a Facebook "friend" who knows me, I've commented by posting a photo of a kitten. As I've said repeatedly, I will be voting for Hillary Clinton, but I'm not happy about it. And I've explained why. I cannot believe that in a country of nearly 320 million people, we can't find a Democrat to get behind with enthusiasm.
Here's a new video by Dave Rubin—an incipient curmudgeon whom I greatly admire—about who he's supporting for President. He agrees with me about both Hillary and Trump—that is, they're both problematic candidates, and the fact that they are the best we can do in the U.S. bespeaks a deeply flawed electoral system.
The video works up to Rubin's announcement of whom he'll be supporting as President. I won't give you a spoiler, but you can hear the answer at 9:48. I doubt that many readers will agree, but listen to the whole 14-minute video and weigh in below.
As for the "throwing his voting away" accusation, Rubin deals with it at 11:00. But his answer doesn't really make sense: his "support" is apparently something he intends to convey to pollsters—to get his candidate into a national debate (a creditable aim). But he doesn't explain who, once his candidate fails, as will happen, Rubin will actually vote for. He says he'll decide that later. Ten to one it won't be Trump!
After I wrote most of this post, I discovered that reader Heather Hastie put up the same video, and gives her take on Rubin's message in a post at Heather's Homilies.


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Today I'm going to continue to talk about my personal finance journey, this time focusing on the financial mistakes I made in my early 20s. If you haven't already read part 1 of my personal finance journey don't forget to check it out.
Mistake Number 1: Student Loans
After high school I took some time off from going to school full-time. I took a few classes at a local community college, while maintaining a part-time job. I didn't take school as seriously as I could have; of course that was no surprise considering how seriously I took high school (read: not seriously at all). All the while I was living at home with the parents enjoying a rent-free life and blowing a good chunk of my money on who-knows-what. I did manage to save a portion of it for college, so I did fairly well in that regard, but unfortunately not well enough.
I lived in this perpetual state of nothingness for about a year and a half and then decided I would dedicate some time to service. I spent just about two years doing service and then decided I'd better get on with my life… specifically my education. So I went back to school.
Here was my first financial mistake. I didn't have nearly enough money saved up to pay for a full-time education as I hadn't had a source of income the whole time I was doing service. So I took out my first student loan and started a habit of relying far too much on student loans.
Now don't get me wrong. I couldn't have completed school without any student loans, but that doesn't mean that I needed to take out as many as I did. I spent way more money than I should have, figuring I could just live off of the money I made from work and use student loans to pay for tuition, books and supplies. I became dependent on those loans, and didn't consider the fact that they would eventually come to an end and that I'd have to pay them off.
Mistake Number 2: Lafawnduh
While I was going to school and working part-time I decided it'd be a good idea to go to the dealership to look at cars… for fun. I left six hours later with a new car (which I named after Kip's girlfriend from the movie Napoleon Dynamite). A very expensive car, with a huge car payment. In fact by the time I left I had more than doubled my original car payment and left with a loan that was nearly $30,000 dollars. I consider this the worst financial mistake I've ever made.
In fact, my car payment was taking up around half of my monthly income. Talk about a bad situation. At the time I lived in my parents house (they had since moved away to Tennessee) with my brother and a couple of friends. Rent was cheap, so I could technically afford my car payment. What would happen though if I had to move out for some reason, say my parents wanted to sell their home?
My problem in my early 20s was that I just didn't think things through. I simply expected the status quo and didn't consider that life might throw a curve ball (or two) at me.
Here comes a curve: I get married!
Not long after I bought my car I started dating a good friend. We fell in love and decided to get married. (I kind of ruined the surprise in that header didn't I?) I won't bore you with all of the details, but needless to say we started out pretty poor. She (understandably) did not want to live in the "bachelor pad" with my brother and buddies, so we moved in with her sister until we could save up enough money to get our own place.
She couldn't believe how much debt I had between my car and student loans, but for some reason decided to marry me anyway. I appreciated that. We worked hard at getting my debt paid off and with a lot of hard work, several years time and quite a bit of luck we managed to finally pay off my car and a decent chunk of my student loans. Of course in that time, we also took on a mortgage. That's another story.
That's it for today's edition of My Personal Finance Journey.
Please let me know what issues you've encountered in your own life and what mistakes you've made and lessons you've learned in the comments below. I'd love to hear from you!


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Play by Origin: The key is an official EA Retail Key. It is activated through the EA Download Manager (Origin), enables you to play on official EA servers and your game will be kept updated with the latest patches via the EA Download Manager platform. To activate our key via EA simply download for free the official EA Download Manager, create a new Electronic Arts account or login into your existing account, click Activation and enter your product key.
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What does it include?
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Only in Battlefield can you demolish the buildings shielding your enemy. Only in Battlefield will you lead an assault from the back of a gun boat. Battlefield grants you the freedom to do more and be more while playing to your strengths and carving your own path to victory.
In addition to its hallmark multiplayer, Battlefield 4™ features an intense, dramatic character-driven campaign that starts with the evacuation of American VIPs from Shanghai and follows your squad's struggle to find its way home.
There is no comparison. Immerse yourself in the glorious chaos of all-out war, found only in Battlefield.
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Liability Car Insurance
No matter how careful you may be behind the wheel, accidents can happen. Even minor fender benders can result in thousands of dollars in damage. Without insurance, you pay for damages both to your vehicle and any vehicles or property you damage. That's why auto liability insurance coverage is so essential. Not only is auto liability insurance required by state law, it also places financial responsibility for damage caused by your vehicle on the insurance provider (once your deductible has been met).
What is liability insurance?
Liability insurance is usually comprised of 3 basic components:
- Bodily injury per person
- Bodily injury per accident
- Property damage
Each area has an upper-limit that your insurance provider is legally responsible to pay. For example, an auto liability insurance policy may cover up to $25,000 per person, with a per accident upper-limit of $50,000 in bodily injury protection. The bodily injury coverage will pay for medical expenses that result from an accident. Check with your local bureau of motor vehicles to find out how much coverage is required in your state.
The third component — property damage — covers damage to vehicles or property; it also has a coverage upper-limit. Your specific auto liability insurance coverage will vary depending on the state you live in, the make and model of your vehicle, and other factors.


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MBA: Online Degrees For Business People
Find Your Best and Cheapest Online MBA Degree Programs and Courses
Possibly the best, most coveted business degree
The MBA or Master of Business Administration degree was one of the first graduate degrees to become available through online study. Having its origin in college Business Departments which were often one of the largest departments in a college, the MBA was one of the most logical degrees for online universities to promote. As nearly any business manager or officer can tell you, businesses that stay in business and prosper are those that stay current with business strategies and strive to stay ahead of the rest of the market. Since most business people were in no position to take time away from their jobs for additional classes, the MBA Online, which allowed them to continue working and even put new skills to use as quickly as they learned them was and has been a very attractive college offering. read more »
Popular MBA degree programs you might like to browse:
Businesses expect their top people to be current on global business developments and still be efficient at their jobs. Those individuals who want promotions within the company also learn quickly that more education often leads to greater opportunities. Thus nearly every major college offers an MBA through online study, and many of these programs are available to students worldwide.
Online MBA Course
The United States can actually take credit for the development of the MBA. It was in the US that business people first began looking for newer ways of conducting business, for faster and more efficient means of expanding their business and attracting more customers while still providing some of the cheapest, quality products and services to existing customers.
In the 1900s, European and Asian schools developed their own MBA programs, often modeled after the US programs, but tailored to meet the cultural expectations of their own countries. Programs were first offered as distance learning programs, generally utilizing the mail services and telephones. As technology developed, closed circuit TV programs became popular as well.
The most rapid increase of MBA programs and the extreme variations of specialties within the MBA, however, has to be credited to the development of the internet. With nothing more than access to a computer with internet capabilities, a student can get online and complete his course work. The increased flexibility allows students anywhere in the world to access their class material any time of the day. Expanded libraries filled with limitless digital documents have eliminated the need to spend hours browsing in a brick and mortar library, making research not only easier, but available from a wider variety of resources. Finally, the complexity of business in today's global market place has spawned the development of an unimaginable catalog of specialties. It has gotten to the point where almost any business idea you can imagine can be enhanced with a specialty area of an MBA. In fact, the nature of the MBA is that if no specialization exists in an area you want to study, you can select courses and design your specialization yourself.
Be Ready for Real Work
Even though an MBA can be earned in the comfort of your own home on your own computer, don't let that fool you into thinking you are taking on a weekend activity where you can study when you feel like it. The MBA can be completed in 18 months, but most people take about two full years, especially if they are also working.
Some programs even require you to be working with a goal of getting into management. That said, the demands on your time will be challenging and can be stressful if you are not prepared. In fact, a study done at East Carolina University from 2002 to 2004 showed that online students were significantly more likely to drop out than campus students. Surprisingly, the largest number of dropouts was also among older people. A recent Education Dynamics survey identified the causes of the attrition rate, saying that 41% of dropouts experienced financial difficulties. Thirty two percent dropped out because of life events, 23% due to health issues, and 21% due to lack of motivation. Lack of faculty interaction was blamed for 21% of the dropouts. An astounding 47% dropped out of the programs before completing even one course.
This information is not to discourage you, but rather to prepare you for the challenges of an Online graduate program so you can evaluate your own time and ability to complete the work before making a commitment. You must truly want the additional degree—enough for your determination to keep you going when the going gets tough, as it surely will before you finish. However, once you hold that coveted MBA degree in your hand and receive your first major promotion because of it, you will know that the effort was worthwhile and that you have your real reward.


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On a Mission
We are a group of passionate and driven healthcare professionals, engineers, scientists and business leaders.
Together at Equicare Health, we aim to improve the lives of cancer patients and survivors around the world.
Located in Vancouver's thriving Olympic Village neighborhood, we take our fun and work seriously, rooted with a great team culture.
We are constantly seeking talented, independent thinkers who share our passion for healthcare and aspire to solve complex problems.
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Visit Our Sponsors!
WorldTown Cosmetics
Our sponsor WorldTown Cosmetics Co. specializes in ethical and cruelty free beauty products! They provide an opportunity to look and feel beautiful while contributing to a happy, healthy environment. They are also the main distributor of our sponsor, Lit Cosmetics! Check out their website or visit them downtown on 8th Ave.
Lit Cosmetics
Lit Cosmetics is here to SPARKLE THE WORLD by offering the largest selection of glitter products sold in the market today. They are a proud sponsor of The Garter Girls, and are our main source for glitter! Through pride, passion and persistence our aim is to put the fun & creativity back into the art of Cosmetics. Lit's mission is to change the way people wear makeup, one sparkle at a time. NO GLITTER NO GLORY. Check out their website, or visit them at our sister-sponsor, WorldTown Cosmetics.
Patricia Rose Photography
Patricia Rose Photography has been a long-time supporter of The Garter Girls and is our resident photographer. We truly believe she is the best in the city for all types of photography.http://www.patriciarosephotography.com/
Erin Winters Makeup Artist
Erin Winters is The Garter Girls' resident makeup artist and is an instructor at The Garter Girls School of Burlesque. We are proud to have Erin as part of our team and a sponsor of The Garter Girls.
Erin's Bio:
I have a long term love affair with makeup and it's artistry, it's ability to transform and empower. I thoroughly enjoy the individuals behind the faces I makeup…their story, their journey, and all of the energy that goes between client and artist. I am committed to making the clients I work with feel and look their absolute best. I spent my early days in makeup learning from the artists at Marvel College, making up for weddings, small independent shoots, and other artistic events around Edmonton. After relocating to Calgary, I have found myself working on a wide variety of projects. I've been so fortunate to work on and make up for independent films, theatre productions, burlesque performers (Garter Girls), and other independant events where I served as the key makeup artist. Here I organized as well as lead production styling, heading a team of 20 stylists for over 100 performers. I am currently working with the beloved Calgary boutique Blame Betty, serving as a makeup artist for http://www.blamebetty.com. I also work alongside a handful of talented and up and coming photographers (Patricia Rose Photography), working together to create looks and bring life to the vision of their shoot. I have recently been more involved with teaching and mentoring performers, new artists, and any student interested in learning some of the tips and tricks of the industry. Teaching has quickly become a favourite place in my career. Working, connecting, and sharing knowledge with other creative individuals and artists is truly what makes make up so rewarding and continually inspiring.https://www.facebook.com/ErinWintersMakeupArtist


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Wisdom Way of Knowing: A 5-day Retreat with Marcella Kraybill-Greggo
Join us for a Wisdom Way of Knowing five-day full-length Wisdom School, hosted on the beautiful campus of Moravian Seminary in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
7:30–8:00am Meditation/Chant
8:00–9:00am "Come and Go" Breakfast (Silent)
9:00–11:00am Morning Teaching
11:00–11:50pm Conscious Work
12:00–1:00pm Lunch
1:00–2:15pm Private Reflection (optional spiritual direction available)
2:15–3:30pm Sacred Movement
3:30–4:00pm Meditation/Chant
4:15–5:15pm Gospel of Thomas Group Lectio
5:30–6:30pm Supper
7:00–8:00pm "Debriefing the day"
8:00–8:30pm Gentle movement
9:00–Overnight Private reflection/Rest in the Great Silence
In addition to the teachings offered by the Seminary's Wisdom team, the retreat will include select videos of Cynthia Bourgeault that were filmed at an Introductory Wisdom School. Through the power of technology and Moravian Seminary's large screen, participants will receive Cynthia's luminous teaching and transmission. For more information, retreat details and to apply for the Wisdom School, please go to the Moravian Seminary site.
The leader, Marcella Kraybill-Greggo, is on the board of Northeast Wisdom. Cynthia has this to say about Marcella, "Marcella has worked with me extensively over the past five years (including leadership training) and is a dynamic and profound presence in our Wisdom network, already forging some amazing teaching pathways at Moravian." For additional background and reading about Marcella, check out: Seedlings.


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How would you like to say that you are an Official Designer for Combat Armsports? We are interested in seeing what you've got! We will be accepting designs for the next edition of our Designer Cover Series of SnapLock Table Covers. One of the things that makes our tables unique is the ability to snap on new covers anytime you want--kind of like the way we snap on new cell phone covers now and then.
Download the template below and get to work. The winner will have their design featured on our site, and on social media. The design will be added to our lineup of available designs. The winner will receive the first print of their design in a framed display. (OR) If at least 30 individuals enter the drawing, we will give the winner a Pro-Series Armwrestling table fitted with their design instead of the framed reward.
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Feel free to ask any questions in the comment section below or call our design department at 844-926-6228.
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The Quebec Network of Junior Pain Investigators (QNJPI), along with the Chronic Pain Network (CPN), organise a workshop and a social event for trainee registred at the 95th Annual conference of the Canadian Pain Society. Given that collaboration, the QNJPI members will have the right to attend these activities for free, event though they might not be registered to the conference.
Date: May 23 2018
Trainee Workshop
Trainee Social
19:15-19:45 Departure from Hotel Bonaventure in bus
19:45-20:30 Networking at Pointe-à-Callière museum
20:30-21:30 Museum visit : Queens of Egypt (English)
21:30-23:30 Networking and wrap up
For registration: http://fourwav.es/CPStrainee
Registration deadline: May 16 2018 – 19:30
Hoping to meet you there!
The teams of Quebec Network of Junior Pain Investigators
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Our cottage is situated in a renovated freestanding barn at a small distance from the main house. It offers views over the valley and pool. Because of its position and the south-facing private terrace you can enjoy maximum privacy.
The cottage is self-catering and has a kitchen with fridge, dishwasher, 4-burner gas cooker, microwave, coffee machine, etc. …
In the living room you have satellite television, DVD player, iPod docking station and wireless internet.
In the bedroom you will enjoy a box spring (200/180 cm.) and a bathroom with rain shower and toilet.
The heated pool and sun terrace are nearby and can be used freely.
Rented from Saturday 4pm. to Saturday 11am.
High season (23.06 – 25.08.2018): € 765
Mid season (19.05 – 23.06.2018 and 25.08 – 29.09.2018): € 640
Low season (on request): € 525
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Eva Longoria has confirmed that she is romantically involved with NFL quarterback Mark Sanchez.
Longoria was first linked to the New York Jets player in July and has now spoken about the relationship with her friend Mario Lopez on Extra.
After Lopez teased her about the relationship, the former Desperate Housewives star jokingly called him an "asshole" and playfully slapped him.
"No, Mark and I are, you know, fine," she said. "We're happy... just dating."
Longoria then changed the subject, saying: "You know what, I'm a big fan of the Jets because they have the best center in the NFL, Nick Mangold."
The actress also spoke about her recent speech at the Democratic Convention, describing the chance to address delegates as "a privilege and an honor".
However, she added that she does not plan to run for political office herself, saying: "I think the power is in the citizen. It's kind of a myth that you can go, 'I can only be politically active if I'm a politician' and it's not [true] - we all have the power to vote, that's the real power."
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Maya Mahoney is the Development Director at the National Institute for Civil Discourse. A seasoned fundraiser with experience in both the political and non-profit world, Maya joined NICD in the fall of 2016.
Prior to joining the Institute, she served as a Major Gifts Officer at Share Our Strength focusing primarily in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions. In addition to cultivating and stewarding donors, she played a pivotal role in increasing the organization's donor base and creating new fundraising events and platforms. Maya created a successful Mid-Tier Ambassador Program for Share Our Strength that explored ways to further engage and increase giving amongst mid-level donors, garnering industry interest when she presented her findings at the annual Bridge to Integrated Marketing Conference in 2015 and she has also published advice on how to engage these types of crucial and loyal donors.
Previously, Maya was at the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC), where she worked on the Northeast finance team. She helped plan and execute a $10 million fundraising plan for the 2010 & 2012 cycles. In this role, Maya built, organized and staffed fundraising events and was the point person for the DSCC's annual New England Technology Conference in Boston, a biennial Women's Policy Conference in New York City, and a Women on the Road Fly-around effort with all Women Senators and Candidates. Prior to her time at the DSCC, Maya worked at a lobbying firm leading their fundraising efforts.
Maya holds a Bachelor's degree in Broadcast Journalism and a minor in Political Science from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, and a Master's degree in Political Management from The George Washington University.


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The Esplanade Outdoor Theatre in Singapore fronts the 300m long waterfront along Marina Bay. It can seat 450 people and take up to 600 standing. The space hosts a range of performances from music to dance and theatre which can all be enjoyed under the starlit sky.
Since July 2008, the redeveloped theatre, equipped with an in-built sound console and rigs for lighting, boasts a new performance stage 2.5 times the size of the original stage, which is twice the size of the previous theatre. The new features will allow for more dynamic performances and an enhanced audience experience.
The theatre has been an important fixture in the Singapore arts scene since it opened in 2002 and has hosted over 2,000 performances that range in diversity. In the short history of the theatre over 1.5 million people have come to experience the free performances there.
The new theatre will offer better protection from the elements through the addition of three large sails. No concerns about cancelled shows at mid-performance because of the weather.
Come join the crowd to celebrate National Day 2010 this year with a bumper crop of gigs for 60s music fans. It's free, begins at 7pm and ends at 11pm.
(Article has been edited from Outdoor Theatre Websites.)
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Foreign Exchange Antitrust Litigation
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Case No. 13-cv-7789-LGS
Contact Us
If the answer to your question cannot be located on the website, you may contact the Claims Administrator by email at email@example.com. You may also call the Claims Administrator toll-free at 1-888-582-2289 in the U.S., U.S. territories, and Canada. Outside the U.S. and Canada, you may call 1-330-333-7253, but toll charges will apply.
You may also write to the Claims Administrator at:
In re Foreign Exchange Benchmark Rates Antitrust Litigation c/o GCG P.O. Box 10239 Dublin, OH 43017-5739 USA
You may also write to any of Class Counsel at the following addresses:
Christopher M. Burke
Scott+Scott Attorneys at Law LLP
600 West Broadway, Suite 3300
San Diego, CA 92101
Michael D. Hausfeld
Hausfeld LLP
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Washington, DC 2006
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Important Dates
February 7, 2018
Objection and Exclusion Deadline
May 16, 2018
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May 23, 2018 at 4:00 p.m.
Fairness Hearing
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Nazim created a painting especially for me to create a collection using this artwork for my VIDA wearable art on line store! The acrylic on canvas is called "Cosmic Flutter" and here are the first designs that are now live … Continue reading
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"Goddess" Wearable Art & Home Decor at Nazim Artist's VIDA Webshop!
My husband Nazim Artist has created a new artwork which is an acrylic on canvas, entitled, "Goddess" and I have translated this image to some fun wearable art items and home decor, which Nazim and I hope you will like. … Continue reading
Our Home Decor Items From Nazim Artist for VIDA
Nazim and I have some wonderful home decor items to share with you all. First off we have some lovely throw pillows as yet another way to be surrounded by works of art! "A good painting to me has always … Continue reading
We've Got Jewelry!
We are so excited to share the launch of our expanded jewelry offerings at both my husband Nazim Artist's VIDA and my Celeste Yarnall Vida Webshop! Our first piece is part of Nazim's VIDA fine jewelry collection and is called … Continue reading
Presenting "Rainbow Rose" on the VIDA Home Shopping Network Show!
Nazim and I were honored that Steve Madden selected our Rainbow Rose out of 1000's of artists submissions for a glamorous slip on sneaker and matching clutch handbag. Our contribution to the VIDA show went live July 6th on HSN … Continue reading
Celeste Yarnall Wearable Art
Embarking on my 72nd year July 26, 2016, or 72nd trip around the sun on a big blue ball, my husband Nazim Artist and I are honored to share with you how delighted we are to be part of an … Continue reading
Celeste & Nazim's new Wearable Art Collection!
My husband Nazim and I are so pleased to share with you that this week we launched what is truly a dream come true, especially for me as I have always envisioned Nazim's painting as Wearable Art and now with … Continue reading


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When the UConn women take the floor next season they will play four 10-minute quarters instead of two 20-minute halves.
The NCAA Women's Basketball Rules Committee, which initially recommended the rule change, believes the four-quarter format will enhance the flow of the game. The change also was endorsed by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association Board of Directors.
Huskies coach Geno Auriemma fully embraces the change. Here's what he said last month when the NCAA Women's Basketball Rules Committee proposed and recommended the move to four quarters.
"What a great step forward for our game," he said in a statement. "As the game becomes more global each year, it's important that we start the process toward standardizing the rules. This is just the beginning of what I hope are many other changes to improve this great game."
And here's what Michael Shafer, chair of the NCAA Women's Basketball Rules Committee and women's basketball coach at the University of Richmond, said at the time about how the change would improve the game.
"The rules committee is very excited about the change to the four-quarter format for the 2015-16 season,"Shafer said, via SNY.com's Carl Adamec. "We believe this change, along with the associated changes to the timeout and foul rules, will address flow of the game and physicality. The overall format will strengthen the connection of college basketball with women's basketball globally."
Other changes in the women's game:
* Teams will reach the bonus and shoot two free throws on the fifth team foul in each quarter. Previously, team's shot one-and-ones after the seventh team foul and two free throws after the 10th team foul in each half.
* Now "bands or amplified music" can be played during dead-ball situations "in an effort to improve the overall fan experience."


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UN Youth Australia
UN Youth Australia is a national youth-led organisation that aims to educate and empower young Australians on global issues.
The organisation educates over 15,000 young Australians each year about international issues and about the wide role of the UN. The organisation is run for youth by youth to help empower and equip young leaders with the skills and inspiration to tackle social and political issues.
UN Youth Australia is run by a team of over 1,000 volunteers, all aged between 16-25 years old.
Within Australia, the UN Youth Australia organises a series of events, educational tours and competitions to help students harness their skills to create meaningful change. Some examples of these events include:
- National Youth Conference (a national roundtable and workshop for select students) – 2016 (date pending)
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- Voice (a national public speaking competition) – date depending on state (August-September)
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World Youth International
Founded in 1988 by Robert Hoey, World Youth International (WYI) aims to educate, empower and inspire positive change within the global community. The organisation has more than 3,000 national volunteers who help facilitate opportunities to help with providing basic services such as healthcare and education for more than 15,000 people.
The World Youth International also aims to enhance the quality of life, to strengthen local and international communities and to reducing poverty through sustainable development projects. The organisation takes a "hand up, not a hand out" approach to development and community-driven solutions with their local partners to support projects in the areas of health, education, WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene), agriculture and livelihoods. The focus of these projects is to maximum their capacity to generate income for local communities and improve access to basic services long-term.
The Personal Empowerment Program (PEP) is a four day program led by a team of inspirational young leaders, qualified trainers, life coaches and health professionals to help people feel more empowered in their day-to-day life. The program explores people's values and uncovering your individual passions by working in teams, sharing stories and connecting with passionate people.
The next Personal Empowerment Program will be held in Melbourne from Friday, 1 July to Monday, July 4, 2016.
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'Your Hope is Remaining' is a Non-Government Organization, which aims at achieving gender equality and voice against any form of discrimination against woman based on social order with justice and liberty as its twin principles. It was established and legally registered in 2010. It works for development, capacity building enlightenment and total empowerment in Chennai and Trichy districts for their effective participation in total development.
'Your Hope is Remaining' is being run by the familiar Tamil Poet, Mrs.Salma (Rokkhiah). Salma is a well-known name to readers of contemporary Tamil literature. With two volumes of poetry "Oru Maalaiyum Innoru Maalaiyum" (One evening and another evening) and "Pacchai Devadai" (Green Angel) and a novel "Irandaam Jaamangalin Kadhal" and a short story collection "Saabam" (Curse) all of which have been translated to several languages, Salma has made her mark as a distinctive literary voice.
The organization with the support of Amnesty International, decided to screen the documentary film among the students of well-known and familiar institution/colleges in India. The shows were screened in 20 institutions/colleges in India. Through these initiatives more than 3000 persons were benefited and obtained the right knowledge and awareness on women issues. As a result, many felt the glut of women violation, powerless education system and stereotype behavior in practice even at technological ages.
Besides being a woman of letters, Salma has also been a committed public servant. She was the elected President of the Ponnampatti Panchayat 2001-2006. She also served as the Chairman of the Social Welfare Boards, Govt. of Tamilnadu, during which time she was instrumental in establishing several welfare schemes, including some landmark ones directed to the Transgender (Aravani/hijra) community in Tamilnadu. For her contributions, she was also one of the selection committee member of Dr.Durgabai Deshmukh Award for 2009-2011, the President was Hon'ble wife of the then vice President of India.


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Clinton: It's Nearing 3AM In Uganda
Museveni's been in office for nearly a quarter century, sponsored by successive U.S. and U.K. Administrations, from Ronald Reagan's to Margaret Thatcher's. But domestic opposition is heating to boiling point.
Clinton: It's 3AM In Uganda
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Hillary Clinton as presidential candidate running against Barack Obama aired an infamous Television commercial. When a crisis presents itself, who do you want to pick up that call at 3AM?
There's a crisis edging towards culmination in another part of the world, and, ironically, Clinton is best placed to put in a telephone call. She should call Uganda's general Yoweri K. Museveni, a U.S. "ally" and have him reconsider his intention to run for president again next year. The general seems to care more about the views of the U.S. Administration rather than those of Ugandans.
It's not surprising. He's been in office for nearly a quarter century, sponsored with arms and budgetary support by successive U.S. and U.K. Administrations, dating from Ronald Reagan's and Margaret Thatcher's.
But domestic opposition is heating to a boil and the open check from the West reconsidered.
Initially, general Museveni's pitch was that he was many times better than Idi Amin and Milton Obote; he can't muster that argument today judging by the death toll of his militarism--genocide in Uganda's Acholi; genocide in Rwanda; and, genocide in D.R. Congo.
All the ethnic groups that previously Museveni pitted against each other now see through his Machiavellian ploys and are more united than ever against tyranny--he had pitted Ugandans in the northern part of the country against those in the South, preaching ethno-racism.
The U.S. and U.K. --disregarding the death toll from Museveni's militarism on Ugandans, Rwandans, and Congolese-- backed him simply because in recent years he's been the West's policeman in Africa, especially since the demise of Mobuttu Sese Seko.
When the U.S. and U.K. wanted to displace French influence in Rwanda, these countries sponsored an invasion from Uganda in 1990--four years later and one million deaths later there was regime change. When the West needed armies to prop the Somali government, it was once again Museveni who rented out 5,000 Uganda troops.
The ground has shifted.
Recently the U.S. Congress, in a dramatic turnaround from business as usual with its "ally" or better, its enforcer in Africa, issued a directive calling on Secretary Clinton to monitor the preparation of the Uganda election, the voting itself, and the period thereafter.
What's more, Clinton is charged with issuing a status report 90 days from the date the directive took effect --December 2009, which means the first report is due this month-- 120 days thereafter; and 30 days after next year's vote.
The directive calls for, among other things, freedom of the press; security of all candidates; an independent election commission; credible voter registry and roll; and immediate posting of results at polling stations.
Since the directive was issued, there are a number of incidents that qualify for inclusion in Clinton's first report:
A top candidate, now president of Uganda People's Congress party, Dr. Olara Otunnu, charged that he was the victim of an assassination attempt when in December vehicles belonging to general Museveni's Presidential Guard Brigade forced his car off a major highway and he narrowly averted a crash; a major private radio station, CBS radio, in which Kabaka Ronald Mutebi II, the Buganda hereditary king, is a shareholder, remains off the air; instead of an independent commission, general Museveni's handpicked election commission is in place; and, no one knows what's happening with the voter registry.
Tension has increased in Buganda --home to the Baganda, the country's most populous ethnic group-- as CBS radio remains shut.
Yesterday, the Royal Tomb at Kasubi, the resting place of Kabaka Mutebi's ancestors --including his father-- was burned down mysteriously. No clear evidence pointing in any direction has emerged. Still, it was small comfort to the general when civilians reportedly blocked Museveni's motorcade when he visited the tombs, to pay his respect, an unheard of act of rebelliousness in Uganda. His security personnel reportedly opened fire resulting in deaths.
Sometimes rulers ignore the obvious writing on the wall.
Yet a few weeks ago Clinton, whose government had previously backed Museveni unconditionally, phoned the general to voice displeasure about the impending bill before Uganda's parliament that would make homosexuality punishable by death. Museveni then cautioned his political party to "go slow" even though he had masterminded the domestic political hysteria leading to the bill.
Maybe it's time for Clinton to make another call to this U.S. "ally." Twenty-five years is more than enough.
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by Hélène Montpetit
Recently, I began to wonder what motivates people to move out of their comfort zones and make changes in their lives. As is often the case when we are preoccupied with something, I began hearing discussions on choice and change, noticing quotes, and generally getting a whole lot of information to help me sort the issues out for myself.
I started by deciding what truths I could glean from two memes that had caught my eye. One left everything up to individual effort, while the other made a case for following the path of least resistance (see Part I of this article here). I concluded what now appears to be pretty obvious: we are not responsible for every circumstance in our life but our personal choices do provide a measure of control.
But what about that measure? How big is it? How much can we really influence things? Do our conscious choices determine our eventual satisfaction with the quality of our lives?
Three of my friends generously shared their thoughts and experience with me. Through them, I came to realize that there are no pat answers, that one's approach to choice and change is a determining factor in life satisfaction, and that quality of life can come both from careful planning and serendipity. I am very grateful for their openness and thoughtful replies, which I have summarized for you below.
A psychotherapist and university professor, Mia retired in her early sixties, found a new life mate, moved from Quebec to California and reinvented herself as a ceramics artist. She says change has been a constant in her life and points out that it comes in small, big, and downright life-altering proportions. She also notes that there is a difference between transformations made through personal choice (quitting smoking, taking a class, or moving to a new place) and changes imposed from without (children leaving home, being promoted, illness or injury).
When asked whether what she appreciates most in her current life is a result of her conscious decisions, she says nothing stands out for her. Without planning or working for it, she has acquired a capacity to be generally grateful and in the moment. We both agree this probably comes out of the many years she spent as a counseling psychologist and teacher of applied human sciences.
When asked about the measure of choice she believes we have in the face of change, Mia responds: "I know who I want to be, I have a choice to be that person." What a powerful, grounded way of taking control of and responsibility for one's life! This distills everything to one essential ingredient: personal power. No matter what is happening, where I am or who I am with, I can always choose and behave as would the person I want to be.
Barbara is a gifted songwriter, singer and voice teacher. She was once married to a respected journalist, producing her own one-woman shows and teaching voice at a Montreal university. Widowed in 2004, she took over her husband's projects for a while, but has since resumed her personal path singing. She has also met and partnered with another man.
Barbara says she used to think that if she planned well enough she could accomplish the things and bring on the changes that she wanted most in life. Consequently, she made conscious choices, set her goals and worked diligently to fulfill them. For instance, in order to be free to travel, pursue her music and dedicate herself to nurturing the strong bond she shared with her first husband, she made a conscious decision not to have children.
Forged through years of disciplined training and practice, her singing is a source of joy and one of the things she appreciates most about her current life. This is a great argument in favour of diligent planning and disciplined perseverance, but Barbara has since softened her directive approach. She says her husband's early, untimely death taught her to let go of the "pretence of control over her life journey."
"From a broad view, a lot of my life was chosen, but when I look in a little more closely, I realize that the denser fabric of life is occurring without my guidance." So it is that these days, Barbara picks a direction instead of specific outcomes and leans toward what feels joyful and purposeful. "I'm really just riding the wave of being… In spite of my reluctance to let life be. In spite of having lived with tunnel vision for many years, I've landed in a good place. I have been surprised with results way beyond what I could have controlled."
Ever the optimist, she adds: "With more to come, I expect!"
Centered around feelings, Barbara's approach is well-suited to those who have a strong sense of purpose and are intimately connected to their emotions.
Also a talented singer, Elinoar has lived and worked in Israel, New York and Montreal. Change has been a constant in her nomadic lifestyle as well.
Experiencing herself as a spirit who has lived different lifetimes in different bodies, she believes choice and change relate to inner guidance. "Our life paths are partly pre-destined. The soul creates scenarios in between lifetimes, which we then live out through making choices that are based on subconscious memories of those scripts," she says.
In her current life, Elinoar most appreciates her spiritual quest, the acquisition of spiritual knowledge that connects her to her higher self. This gives her direction, joy, abundance and more.
"I work for it every day," she says, "it came about by chance, but we believe that there are no coincidences and that when something comes along, it is a reflection of the invitation of the soul. Even things that we consider 'bad'. In truth there is no good or bad, every situation is an opportunity to gain understanding and wisdom."
This is an interesting standpoint that is probably not open to everyone. As someone who has attempted to live through spiritual guidance and been utterly unable to leave my rational self out of my "navigation system", I can only admire the level of faith Elinoar possesses.
What about you?
What do you think? Do you go with the flow or methodically set your own goals? Can you leave your fate in the hands of a higher power or do you prefer to navigate according to how you feel? Do you ground your decisions in personal power or create your own special blend of all of these options?
Do you prefer not to give a thought to any of it? Your life will unfold regardless, of course.
I would love to open up the discussion on this topic and very much look forward to reading your thoughts on the matter.
In the meantime, please allow me to introduce you further to the WiseWildWomen who contributed to this post:
To learn more about Mia Lobel and get a glimpse of her work, click here.
For more on Barbara Lewis (and there is a whole lot more!), click here.
To hear Elinoar, click here. Elinoar's memoirs are available in Hebrew in Israel only. You can order the book in bookstores or from the "Gvanim" publishing house.


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Before temperatures start to drop, schedule an inspection of your home's heating system.
Just like getting an annual physical or having your car tuned up, your home's furnace needs regular checkups to ensure its safety, performance and efficiency.
An annual inspection often takes one to two hours and can cost $100 or more—but it can be time and money well spent if your HVAC technician spots a potential problem. During this annual inspection the services can include:
Checking the thermostat. This essential unit tells your furnace when to cycle on and off to achieve the proper air temperature. Your technician tests it to make sure it's operating correctly, and calibrates it, as needed.
Checking the pilot and burners. The pilot light of older gas furnaces should be steady and blue in color, not yellow or orange and flickering. Service may involve removing soot buildup to ensure proper ignition and combustion, as well as a safety check.
Testing the blower. The blower fan pushes the air over the heat exchanger and out into your home's ducts. Your technician inspects and services the blower wheel, as well as the heat exchanger.
Inspecting the belt. If your furnace has a fan belt, the technician examines it for cracks and signs of wear, as well as proper tension and alignment, replacing the belt as necessary.
Cleaning the unit. Dust, hair and debris can collect on parts and hinder their performance. Your technician may use a vacuum unit, brushes or cloths to clean the parts.
Changing or cleaning filters. Done to keep air flowing freely through your furnace, this often is part of the service. But it's also something you can and should do monthly—and save money off the service bill.
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Fresh Renderings for Massive 36-Story Hotel Project in Downtown Long Beach
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While the Long Beach City Council had approved a project set to develop the three-decade-long empty lot at the southeast corner of Ocean and Pine in DTLB well over a year ago, there's been an upgrade: originally a 25-story mixed-use hotel development to be headed by China-owned, Seattle-based American Life, Inc., is now a 36-story building (and could surpass the Shoreline Gateway as the tallest building in the city should both be built).
Of course, this all depends on a lot of contingencies.
And while smaller projects—like Parc Broadway and OceanAire—have finally broken ground and began building, other projects like the Seaside Way developments linked below and the Broadway Block development remain the same as they did when they were sold nearly two years ago.
Formerly home to the Jergins Trust Building, the Ocean and Pine property I'm highlighting sold for $7M. American Life ousted Long Beach-based developer Ensemble—much to my agreement.
Ensemble has taken on two residential developments that lack density and height: a five-story building at 247 Seaside and another five-story stub at 442 Ocean.
While Ensemble's bid for the site remains a mystery, what American Life could bring to the table is impressive: over 500 hotel rooms, 19,000 sq. ft. of prep space and meeting rooms, 8,000 sq. ft. of restaurant space and 28,000 sq. ft. of guest amenities, including a pool and sun deck. Even more, the project is also expected to incorporate a portion of Victory Park, which is now home to slowly dilapidating, once-awesome Loop as well as provide 361 long-term jobs and 1,701 short-term jobs.
And what is on everyone's mind, the Jergins Tunnel? The developer has agreed to incorporate the tunnel into its design somehow, providing public access to the long-shuttered but much-revered tunnel.
"This particular site is extremely important to the City of Long Beach," said former Vice Mayor Suja Lowenthal during the time the project was approved. "This is a site that we have protected and guarded, and wanted to make sure that we waited for a development opportunity that allows it to be somewhat of a jewel in the crown."
There's an interesting caveat to the whole deal: it hinges on a transient occupancy tax (TOT) agreement where the City shares part of that tax with the developer. The amount? 50%. That's right: American Life will keep 50% of the TOT revenue, or what is estimated to provide the development with some $27M over a 20-year period. The reason? To fill an "economic gap" of about $47M between the estimated cost of construction and the value of the future development.
Should the City disagree with the hotel brand chosen to represent the space, the contract can be terminated (and let's hope we don't get an empty lot for another 30 years).
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