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Fortnite Scammers Approaching $1m in Annual Takings

Fortnite Scammers Approaching $1m in Annual Takings

When something seems too good to be true, it probably is. It’s a hard lesson to learn and, in this case, one that’s being taught by scammers. The perpetrators are abusing the fact that online players of  Battle Royale games may be very eager to get free in-game currency and items, and are willing to go to pretty risky lengths to get hold of them.

We found that campaigns specifically targeting Fortnite gamers are advanced in both their ‘marketing appeal’ and their user interface and are on the rise… in line with Fortnite’s growing popularity. Scammers are tempting gamers by promising in-game currency (Fortnite V-Bucks) ‘for free’ when, in reality, the gamers aren’t getting anything; while the scammers are making bank by misleading gamers into action-oriented advertisements like signing up for services or installing additional software.

Scammers are eager to get money from unsuspecting gamers. This is nothing new and has happened in the past with gaming hits like the popular MMORPG WoW (World Of Warcraft), where scammers were making money by selling accounts and artifacts; CS: GO (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive) where scammers were and still are selling skins, and many more. In the last few months, we’ve seen a lot of criminal activities aimed at Battle Royale gamers, who’ve spent more than $1 billion through in-game purchases, as these types of games continue to grow in popularity.

What are Battle Royale games?

In case you just woke up from a coma and have never heard of the Battle Royale genre; they’re incredibly popular online survival games (mostly first-person shooters), where you get dropped into an open-world map, and in order to survive you have to scavenge for weapons and ammo and kill everybody else. Well, that’s the short description anyway.

The longer version, according to Wikipedia is:

A Battle Royale game, also spelled battle royal, is a video game genre that blends the survival, exploration and scavenging elements of a survival game with last-man-standing gameplay. Battle Royale games challenge a large number of players, starting with minimal equipment, to search for weapons and armor and eliminate all other opponents while avoiding being trapped outside of a shrinking “safe area”, with the winner being the last competitor in the game. The name for the genre is taken from the 2000 Japanese film Battle Royale, which presents a similar theme of a last-man-standing competition in a shrinking play zone.

So, who’s at risk?

Ideal targets for these types of scams include players of ‘freemium’ games, where you can play for free, but some premium additions (such as virtual money or skins) can be bought with real-world currency. Everyone wants the premium kit, but no one wants to pay for it.

We focused our research on Fortnite scams, since this game is hugely popular in the freemium game category, especially among teenagers. This demographic makes for a soft target, given that young people are often constrained financially on account of being, well… young.

How does the campaign work?

The scam’s aim is to lead users to V-Bucks generators — a utility that supposedly creates free V-Bucks from thin air — and eventually trick them into clicking on ads. In order to hide their intentions and prevent site owners from deleting the spam they post, attackers use a variety of obfuscation methods. Many of the URLs linking to the scam contain URL redirections which make it look as if the URL leads to a legitimate well-known site, and the pages that advertise the generator are hosted on innocent online services.

The generator’s landing page is usually pretty well-designed, filled with images and animations making it look legit. After all, who’d take the time to build a beautiful generator that doesn’t work? The generator usually prompts for a username and then asks how many V-Bucks you would like to get for free. Then, a small terminal appears on screen, streaming commands that imitate hacking into the Fortnite Database and adding V-Bucks to your user.

After a handful of commands, all of which execute successfully, an error occurs, and human verification is needed to solve it.

Attempting to verify will lead you to a survey site with a survey pool. These surveys are basically ads — some of them lead to legitimate businesses and others lead to scam sites — but none of them can be completed in any way, and your Fortnite user won’t get any richer.

Show me the money!

Pay Per Click Advertising is an advertising model in which an advertiser pays a site owner for each ad click. The entire scam revolves around leading users to the survey pools, promising free V-Bucks to motivate them to click on all the ads, and with each click, the site owner receives a payment. Basing our calculations on a few hit sites, we estimate that one group of attackers has made over $93,000 in the last month from this scam alone, according to data taken from SimilarWeb.

Safety first

For gamers: if someone offers you in-game currency for free, chances are it’s a trap. Just don’t go there. In this case, the ‘damage’ varies between simply wasting your time clicking, to falling into a more serious trap that may harm your computer.

For site owners: make sure you’re protected against application attacks, including comment spams and other bot attacks.


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Deepak Talwar case; ED attaches Rs 120 cr Delhi hotel

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday said it has provisionally attached Holiday Inn hotel worth Rs 120 crore in connection with a money laundering case against aviation lobbyist Deepak Talwar.

The hotel is located at Aerocity in Delhi and valued at around Rs 120.20 crore, it said.

Investigation against Talwar was initiated under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in August 2017 on the basis of an FIR registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation against officials of the Civil Aviation Ministry, National Aviation Co of India Ltd, Air India and unknown private persons, the ED said in a statement.

“It has been revealed that Deepak Talwar illegally engaged in liasoning/lobbying with politicians, ministers, other public servants and officials of Ministry of Civil Aviation for airlines such as Emirates, Air Arabia and Qatar Airways for securing undue benefits for them.

“He illegally managed to secure favourable traffic rights for these airlines during 2008-09 at the cost of national carrier Air India,” the investigative agency said.

Investigations revealed that in lieu of securing favourable traffic rights, these airlines made payments to the tune of Rs 272 crore to Talwar in 2008-09, it added.

The ED alleged that Talwar created a web of entities owned by him and his family members in India and international offshore havens to launder the proceeds of crime.

“Part of these payments were made to a bank account in Bank of Singapore, belonging to a company – M/s Asiafield Ltd – registered in the British Virgin Islands and beneficially owned by Deepak Talwar.

“These proceeds of crime were layered through a series of international money transfers, to finally integrate in India in M/s Wave Hospitality Pvt Ltd, a company beneficially owned and controlled by Deepak Talwar and his family members in the name of his son Aditya Talwar,” it said.

“These proceeds of crime were then utilized in the construction of Holiday Inn in Aerocity, New Delhi,” it added.

Talwar fled the country in 2017 to avoid investigation. He was deported by immigration authority of Dubai on January 31 and arrested under PMLA. He is now in judicial custody.

The agency said that further investigation was in progress.

Court allows Enforcement Directorate (ED) to quiz Deepak Talwar in jail

A Delhi court on Friday allowed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to question corporate lobbyist Deepak Talwar in judicial custody in a case related to the purchase of 43 aircraft by Indian Airlines in 2005.

ED’s Special Public Prosecutors D.P. Singh and Nitesh Rana told Special Judge Santosh Snehi Mann that the interrogation of Talwar is necessary to ascertain the money trail.

ED has registered a case related to purchase of aircraft by Indian Airlines from Airbus Industrie, France, in 2005.

Meanwhile, the prosecutors have withdrawn the plea seeking to issue a production warrant against Talwar, who is in judicial custody in another money laundering case related to his suspected role in the irregular seat sharing on Air India’s profitable routes with some international airlines.

The ED is also probing various other cases related to money laundering against Talwar who was deported from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on January 30.

ED response sought in lobbyist Deepak Talwar case

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) was on Tuesday asked by the Delhi High Court for a response on a plea by alleged lobbyist Deepak Talwar challenging his detention here by agencies after he was deported to India from the UAE last week.

A bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Sangita Dhingra Sehgal issued notice to the ED and directed it to file a response to the petition by February 11. The court listed the matter for further hearing on February 12.

Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for Talwar, submitted that he was abducted from Dubai and handed over to Indian authorities and there was no extradition treaty with the UAE.

ED counsel Amit Mahajan sought time to respond to the plea.

Talwar, who is in ED custody, was deported from Dubai on January 30 and was arrested by the agency after landing here.

Talwar has been accused by the ED of acting as a middleman in negotiations to favour foreign private airlines in the matter of seat-sharing on Air India’s profitable routes.

ED wants to question Talwar to get the names of officials of the Ministry of Civil Aviation, National Aviation Co of India Ltd and Air India, who favoured foreign airlines, including Qatar Airways, Emirates and Air Arabia.

He has been charged with criminal conspiracy, forgery and under various other sections of the FCRA for allegedly diverting Rs 90.72 crore worth of foreign funds meant for ambulances and other articles received by his NGO from Europe’s leading missile manufacturing company.

His role in some aviation deals during the previous Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) regime is under the scanner as well.

Talwar was booked by the ED and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in criminal cases of corruption while the Income Tax Department charged him with tax evasion.

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In Italy, the brand is aiming to tap into the Italian natural cosmetics market, which grew 5.8 percent in the first quarter and 5.5 percent in the second, by bolstering its retail presence there.
“For many reasons Italy was overlooked, but we have witnessed how consumers are excited about the brand from our results. In Italy, the plan is to open 30 freestanding stores in two years,” says David Melki, Managing Director, L’Occitane, Italy.

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Two Iranians Charged in SamSam Ransomware Attacks

US Prosecutors Allege Pair Targeted More Than 200 Victims, Including Cities, Hospitals
Two Iranians Charged in SamSam Ransomware Attacks

A federal grand jury has indicted two Iranians for allegedly waging SamSam ransomware attacks on more than 200 entities, including Atlanta and other municipalities and six healthcare organizations. They collected $6 million in ransoms and caused more than $30 million in losses to victims, prosecutors allege.

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In a statement issued Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that a Newark, New Jersey federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Faramarz Shahi Savandi, 34, and Mohammad Mehdi Shah Mansouri, 27, in connection with a 34-month-long international computer hacking and extortion scheme involving the deployment of sophisticated ransomware.

"The allegations in the indictment unsealed today - the first of its kind - outline an Iran-based international computer hacking and extortion scheme that engaged in 21st-century digital blackmail."
—Assistant Attorney General Brian Benczkowski

The six-count indictment alleges that Savandi and Mansouri, acting from inside Iran, authored SamSam malware that forcibly encrypted data on the computers of victims.

"The allegations in the indictment unsealed today - the first of its kind - outline an Iran-based international computer hacking and extortion scheme that engaged in 21st-century digital blackmail," said Assistant Attorney General Brian Benczkowski of the Justice Department's Criminal Division.

"These defendants allegedly used ransomware to infect the computer networks of municipalities, hospitals and other key public institutions, locking out the computer owners, and then demanded millions of dollars in payments from them."

The DOJ alleges that beginning in December 2015, Savandi and Mansouri accessed the computers of victim entities without authorization through security vulnerabilities and installed and executed the SamSam ransomware, resulting in the encryption of data on the victims' computers.

According to the indictment, Savandi and Mansouri then extorted victims by demanding a ransom paid in bitcoin in exchange for decryption keys, collected ransom payments from some of the victims, and then exchanged the bitcoin proceeds into Iranian rial using Iran-based bitcoin exchangers.

Many Victims

Prosecutors say the list of more than 200 victims includes the cities of Atlanta and Newark; the Port of San Diego, California; the Colorado Department of Transportation; and the University of Calgary in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Also among those attacked were six healthcare-related entities: Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in Los Angeles; Kansas Heart Hospital in Wichita, Kansas; Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings, more commonly known as LabCorp, headquartered in Burlington, North Carolina; MedStar Health, based in Columbia, Maryland; Nebraska Orthopedic Hospital, now known as OrthoNebraska Hospital, in Omaha, Nebraska; and Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc. in Chicago.

"According to the indictment, the hackers infiltrated computer systems in 10 states and Canada and then demanded payment. The criminal activity harmed state agencies, city governments, hospitals and countless innocent victims," said Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.

Savandi and Mansouri are charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, one count of conspiracy to commit fraud and related activity in connection with computers, two counts of intentional damage to a protected computer and two counts of transmitting a demand in relation to damaging a protected computer.

Prosecutors allege that Savandi and Mansouri created the first version of the SamSam ransomware in December 2015 and then created refined versions in June and October 2017.

In addition to using Iran-based bitcoin exchangers, the indictment alleges that the defendants also used overseas computer infrastructure to commit their attacks. Savandi and Mansouri allegedly used sophisticated online reconnaissance techniques - such as scanning for computer network vulnerabilities - and conducted online research to select and target potential victims, according to the indictment.

The two alleged hackers also disguised their attacks to appear like legitimate network activity, prosecutors contend.

To carry out their scheme, the indictment alleges, the defendants also employed the use of Tor, a computer network designed to facilitate anonymous communication over the internet.

Maximizing the Damage

Prosecutors allege the two defendants maximized the damage caused to victims by launching attacks outside regular business hours, when a victim would find it more difficult to mitigate the attack, and by encrypting backups of the victim organization's computers.

"This was intended to - and often did - cripple the regular business operations of the victims," according to the indictment.

For instance, the cyberattack on MedStar Health, a 10-hospital system serving Maryland and the Washington, D.C. area, forced the organization to shut down many of its systems to avoid the spread of the malware, disrupting patient care delivery for several days.

Prosecutors said the most recent alleged ransomware attack targeted the Port of San Diego on Sept. 25.

Sanctions Imposed

In addition to the DOJ indictments of Savandi and Mansouri, the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control announced Wednesday that it imposed sanctions against two other Iran-based individuals, Ali Khorashadizadeh and Mohammad Ghorbaniyan. Treasury Department officials say these two allegedly helped exchange bitcoin ransom payments into Iranian rial on behalf of the pair of Iranian hackers allegedly involved with the SamSam ransomware scheme.

Also, the Treasury Department said it identified two digital currency addresses associated with these two financial facilitators. More than 7,000 transactions in bitcoin, worth millions of U.S. dollars, have processed through these two addresses - some of which involved SamSam ransomware derived bitcoin, the Treasury Department said.

"Treasury is targeting digital currency exchangers who have enabled Iranian cyber actors to profit from extorting digital ransom payments from their victims," says Sigal Mandelker, Treasury's under secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence. "As Iran becomes increasingly isolated and desperate for access to U.S. dollars, it is vital that virtual currency exchanges, peer-to-peer exchangers and other providers of digital currency services harden their networks against these illicit schemes."

Mandelker also noted: "We are publishing digital currency addresses to identify illicit actors operating in the digital currency space. Treasury will aggressively pursue Iran and other rogue regimes attempting to exploit digital currencies and weaknesses in cyber and AML/CFT [Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism] safeguards to further their nefarious objectives."

A Symbolic Move?

It seems unlikely that the two Iranians indicted in connection with the SamSam attacks will be arrested and held accountable in a federal court because the United States does not have an extradition treaty with Iran.

"These cases are mostly symbolic," Leroy Terrelonge, an analyst with cyber intelligence firm Flashpoint, tells Reuters.

Kimberly Goody, who manages financial crime analysis for cybersecurity firm FireEye, tells Reuters that the SamSam hackers might take a break to modify their operations to make them more difficult to identify and block. "There may be a lull but I would expect them to continue," she says.

Nevertheless, Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general, said at a Wednesday press conference that he remains confident the suspects will be apprehended, according to Reuters. "American justice has a long arm and we will wait and eventually, we are confident that we will take these perpetrators into custody," he said.

Not Unusual Step

Privacy attorney Iliana Peters of the law firm Polsinelli tells Information Security Media Group that it's not unusual for federal law enforcement authorities to indict hackers or other cybercriminals for crimes committed against U.S. healthcare organizations. Federal agencies encourage victims to cooperate with law enforcement investigations.

"It is not unusual for DOJ, FBI, and/or Secret Service to take these steps. They routinely do these types of investigations and indictments. This is a large part of the work of cyber-crimes units, and that's a good thing for healthcare entities," Peter says.

Guidance that the Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights issued after the WannaCry attack last year "makes very clear that a HIPAA covered entity's or business associate's second step after an attack, after working to stop the security incident itself, is to contact law enforcement, not only because they may have an ongoing case, but also because they may be able to help the entity recover from the particular attack," she says.

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Eric Bogatin received his B.S. in Physics from MIT in 1976 and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Arizona in Tucson in 1980. For more than 30 years he has been active in the fields of signal integrity and interconnect design. He worked in senior engineering and management roles at AT&T Bell Labs, Raychem Corp, Sun Microsystems, Interconnect Devices Inc., and Teledyne LeCroy. In 2011, his company, Bogatin Enterprises, was acquired by Teledyne LeCroy.

Eric currently is a Signal Integrity Evangelist with Teledyne LeCroy, where he creates and presents educational materials related to new applications for high-performance scopes. Eric turns complexity into practical design and measurement principles, leveraging analysis techniques and measurement tools. Since 2012, he has been an adjunct professor at the University of Colorado in Boulder, teaching graduate courses in signal integrity, interconnect design, and PCB design.

He has written regular monthly columns for PCD&F Magazine, Semiconductor International, Electronic Packaging and Production, Altera Corporation, Mentor Graphics Corporation, EDN, and EE Times. He is currently the editor of the Signal Integrity Journal (www.SignalIntegrityJournal.com )

Eric is a prolific author with more than 300 publications, many posted on his website, www.beTheSignal.com, for download. He regularly presents at DesignCon, the IEEE EMC Symposium, EDI con, and at IPC’s Designer Council events. He is the coauthor of the popular Prentice Hall book, Principles of Power Integrity for PDN Design - Simplified, along with Larry Smith.

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Borrowing money from some of the creditors is something that you may not avoid when you have some financial strains. For instance, if you have lost your income during the COVID-19 pandemic, you may resolve to borrow some cash to cater for your needs. Nevertheless, you can reach a point when you feel that your debts have become a burden for you. Failing to repay the money you owe the creditors will hurt your reputation and consequently, your borrowing capacity. Employing a credit counselor is one of the most informed choices that you have when you are in such a situation. The professionals will help you negotiate lower interest rates for the loans, consolidate the debt, debt management, and many other things. The article focuses on the value of employing professional Louisiana credit counseling services.

The one thing that makes it difficult for people to repay their debt is high-interest rates. If you have borrowed credit with high-interest rates, you might realize that it is not sustainable, especially when you have lost your income. Working with a credit counseling service is an invaluable choice since it will help you in reducing the interest rates. The professionals will negotiate with your creditors on the need to lower the interest rate so that you will not have a huge financial burden.

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"You wouldn't understand, badboy." I sneer and push past him. Before I get two feet away,he pushes me to the wall. "Then make me understand,princess." He whispered in my ear. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jazmine Rose Falcon is a closed off person. Born and raised in England till she was 14, then moved to a small town in Phil.People aren't even sure if she talks or not . She doesn't speak to anyone and she is mysterious. No one knows anything about her at school. With a mother that's not home often or at all at times, she has to fend for herself and her little brother and sister. Her father passed away a few years ago in a car accident. Her little sibling's are both from different father's. She is the main care giver for Jessica and Jude. Her mother is always with different guys and always leaves money for them to get by but Jasmine never used it. She may seem like the quiet nerd but she is nothing of a nerd. ~ Ryder Skydrine is the all American badboy. With parents filthy rich, he ALWAYS gets what he wants. He is a sleazy player who has girls falling at his feet. When he meets Jasmine, he expects her to fall at his feet but she does nothing but walks away. Suddenly intrigued at the one girl he won't have,he sticks to her. He wants her,and what the badboy wants,the badboy gets............

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I wake up with a groan and cursed under my breath as my alarm went off. Oh lord. How I loathe Monday. As you have already guessed, I'm not really a morning person.

I got up and went to the shower. I quickly showered and wrapped a towel around me. I brushed my teeth and applied lotion to my light-almost pale- skin. In the mirror, stared back at me the girl with a dark past and huge secrets she's keeping.

My name is Jasmine Rose Falcon. I'm seventeen years old. I have 2 sibling's by the name Jessica and Jude. We all share a mother but different father's. I'm the main care giver for all three of us.

I'm the one who provides for my younger siblings. My mother is never home. If she is,she just leaves us a few hundred dollars and leaves. She takes her clothes and may not come home for days-sometimes even weeks.

I sigh and brush my hair away from my face. My hair is past mid back and is a soft brown colour. My huge yellow eyes are shining brightly and my high cheekbones give my features a natural glow.

I tigh my hair in a high ponytail leaving a few strands to fall on my face. I put on my underwear and black high waisted jeans that have a few tips that give it a more savage look. I then put in a black crop top that has a built-in-bra and put on my dad's hoodie.

My dad used to wear this black hoodie when he was still alive. He would always tell people not to touch it. How I miss my dad. He was my best friend.......

I sigh and walk up to Jessica and Jude's room.

"Jess, Jude..wake up or you'll be late for school." I said gently.

"No Jas....just 10 more minutes." Jessica growled.

" Wake up guys...... unless you don't want pancakes." I smirked. This trick always worked.

"WE'RE UP!" They yelled in unison.

"Good. Now hot get ready and come down for breakfast. There will be pancakes........ and sausages if you hurry.

They both burst out of bed and ran around the room. I quietly snickered at my siblings. Jessica is like the exact copy of me. But she has blonde hair. Jude looks like his dad. I only ever saw Jude's dad when he came to buy stuff for Jude when he was a baby.

When Jude was born, his dad supported is for a while. But then as Jude got older,he was scarcely around and then after a few weeeks, he disappeared completely. Haven't heard from him since.

I provided for my siblings the best I could as I was young too. Mother was always out with new men. She never cared. So I was forced to grow up too quick.

I head downstairs and make their breakfast. They come downstairs fifteen minutes later. We make small talk during breakfast on how since today is the first day after summer vacation will be like.

We finish and we grab our bags and head towards my car. I drop them off and they each kiss my cheek.

"Bye loves. Tell me if anyone is bulling you so I can kick their asses." I grinned.

Jude shook his head smiling and Jess giggled.

"Okay,we will sis!" He rounded the car and came up to the window. He then kissed my cheek. "Love ya!" He said and ran off.

Jess just waves and yelled "Don't beat anyone up at school if they make you mad!"

I glared at her playfully and said "Bye dork!"

She turned around and winked." You know you love me too!"and then ran off. I smiled.

I turned to the rear view mirror and adjusted my hoodie with hair pins so it wouldn't fall off at anytime.

I mentally sighed. Well time to go to the place of misery aka school.

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2 Solar System puzzles solved

For example, how did icy comets obtain particles that formed at high temperatures, and how did these refractory particles acquire rims with different compositions? Carnegie's theoretical astrophysicist Alan Boss and cosmochemist Conel Alexander* are the first to model the trajectories of such particles in the unstable disk of gas and dust that formed the Solar System.

They found that these refractory particles could have been processed in the hot inner disk, and then traveled out to the frigid outer regions to end up in icy comets. Their meandering trips back and forth could help explain the different compositions of their rims. The research is published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

The young Sun is thought to have experienced a series of outbursts caused by the rapid infall of disk gas onto the Sun. The leading mechanism for explaining such outbursts is a phase of disk instability. The researchers modeled the trajectories of several hundred centimeter-sized melilite mineral particles during a phase of disk instability. These particles are similar to calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions (or CAIs), the refractory particles often found in well-preserved meteorites, as well as the comet Wild 2.

Their disk model assumed a marginally gravitationally unstable, fully three-dimensional disk, with a mass of about 5 % of today's Sun and temperatures ranging from a frigid -350 °F (60K) in the outer regions, to a scorching 2240 °F (1500K) near the center. Their calculations allowed the CAIs to orbit in the disk while being subjected to gas drag and the gravity of both the disk and the Sun.

The particles started orbiting in unison, but after about 20 years their trajectories started to diverge significantly. Most struck the inner boundary of the disk at 1 AU (the Earth/Sun distance), while others went to the outer boundary at 10 AU, where they could be swept up by a growing comet. About 10% migrated back and forth in the disk before hitting one or the other boundary.

The researchers then modeled the evaporation and condensation processes that the particles would experience during their migrations and found that such particles were likely to acquire outer rims with varied isotopic compositions recently shown to characterize CAIs.

“CAIs are thought to have formed at the very beginning of the Solar System. Our results show that they must have experienced remarkably complex histories as they were transported chaotically all over the disk,” remarked Alexander.

These migrations could explain the different oxygen isotopes that have been found in particles from meteorites. These are varieties of oxygen atoms with different numbers of neutrons, which point to different processing conditions for the particle rims.

Previous work by Boss had shown that oxygen isotope abundances could vary in an unstable disk by the range found in meteorites. Coupled with the new results, these models show that several puzzles may have been solved—an unstable disk can explain both large-scale outward transport of refractory particles, as well as the peculiar rim compositions acquired during their journeys.

“It's nice to solve two problems at once,” said Boss. “But there are still many more puzzles about meteorites for us to work on.”

* The research also included colleague Morris Podolak at Tel Aviv University and was funded in part by NASA Origins of Solar Systems Program. The calculations were performed on the Carnegie Alpha Cluster supported in part by the NSF.

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‘Walking Dead’ Season 6: Producer Scott Gimple Talks Ethan Embry, Merritt Weaver, And Corey Hawkins’ New Characters

With the premiere of The Walking Dead’s new season just around the corner, new spoilers have been released. Along with more terrifying and gross looking zombies, the upcoming season of the zombie drama will feature a number of new and exciting characters.

In the trailer for the new season, Ethan Embry’s (Empire Records) character, Carter, was seen in a scene with Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln). Although Carter is a character in the comics who helped build the wall, he doesn’t have a large role, and so details are pretty slim about how he will interact with everyone else in Alexandria.

However, Scott Gimple did share a few things fans can expect from Carter when the show returns.

“Ethan plays a combo of a few characters that we actually haven’t hit yet or weren’t able to hit in other characters,” Gimple told Entertainment Weekly. “He is an Alexandrian, and has been there the whole time, just quite busy.”

Meanwhile, Merritt Weaver (Nurse Jackie) is also set to join the show as Dr. Denise Cloyd. Cloyd is a major character in the comics, and is set to be both a medic and a surgeon in the series.

Additionally, Gimple also dished out some details about Corey Hawkins, who will join the show as Heath.

“[Corey’s] terrific and I’m so excited to see him bring Heath to life. It’s been fun and he dove in with both feet. He’s tough and skeptical when the cameras are rolling, and then when they’re off he’s just like a goofy fan. He’s really, really excited to be there.”

In addition to the new characters set to be featured in the series, the trailer also offered a look at how the zombies will appear in Season 6. While the zombies have been plenty gross in past seasons, the crew members have upped their game for the new season, which features a new level of disgusting for the flesh eaters.

Speaking of zombies, The Walking Dead is also set to be featured at Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios. According to USA Today, Universal Studios promises to include some of the more intense zombie moments from Season 5 in their annual Halloween Horror Night.

“I couldn’t be more delighted to continue and expand The Walking Dead universe…than by having fans experience some of the most harrowing and suspenseful moments of our show,” Greg Nicotero, who works as the executive producer and supervises the special effects makeup for the series, stated. “Halloween Horror Nights is the gold standard to which all other Halloween-themed events try to emulate, so to bring authentic walkers to this event…is the ultimate thrill.”

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Three More Mississauga Residents Win Big in the Lottery Again

It's official -- we are the luckiest city on earth.

Imagine our surprise when three -- three! -- OLG press releases hit our inboxes today, announcing that a few lucky Mississauga residents are a few pennies richer this month.

Heather Daly of Mississauga is the fortunate winner of $50,000. She won the cash in the Aug. 10 Ontario 49 draw.

"I've been very fortunate to win before, but never this big. It's still very surreal," she said in a recent OLG press release. Daly told OLG that she plans to settle some bills, repair her car and take her daughter on a trip to Niagara Falls.

If you want to match Daly's success, know that Ontario 49 is $1 per play and the draws take place every Wednesday and Saturday. The winning ticket was purchased at Millway Gifts & Variety on Erin Mills Parkway.

Another lucky winner is Aurelian Pistea of Mississauga. He recently won $500,000 with Lotto Max Maxmillions in the Aug. 12 draw. His winning ticket was purchased at Gateway Newstands on Queen Street in Toronto.

Last but not least, Mississauga has a huge winner.

Krystyna Basalaj won $1 million with Encore in the Aug. 13 Lotto 6/49 draw. She matched all seven winning numbers on her Encore selection.

Encore appears to be a pretty lucky draw for people in our neck of the woods, as a Mississauga man won $100k quite recently.

Encore can be played in conjunction with most online lottery games for $1 and there is a draw every day.

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A new report examines the clamor over insecurity and the government’s insufficient response in Mexico’s largest state, and finds that reality and security priorities do not always overlap.

The report — titled “Why So Much Commotion with the State of Mexico and published by Animal Politico in cooperation with the Mexico Evaluawatchdog group — seeks to reconcile the upsurge in attention to the security problems in the State of Mexico (also known as EdoMex, for its abbreviation of Estado de Mexico in Spanish) with the more nuanced state of affairs on the ground.

As the authors note at the outset of their analysis, “Various media outlets have pointed to an increase in violence in certain cities” with the state. The challenges to EdoMex security have also earned the attention of some of the nation’s most prominent political operators: Governor Eruviel Avila called the surge in violence “atypical and temporary,” while Interior Minister Miguel Angel Osorio Chong recently announced an EdoMex security plan on behalf of the federal government.

In other words, it sounds like an “all hands on deck moment” when Mexico’s journalistic and political leaders realize that the time has come to take a security deterioration seriously. Yet when one breaks down the numbers, the picture is muddied.

According to the National Public Security System (known for its initials in Spanish as the SNSP), EdoMex has one of the highest rates of automobile theft in the country, far above the national average and the corresponding rates of its neighbors. Rates of reported extortion have likewise shot up; the state’s rates are significantly worse than the national average and worse than they were just a few years ago.

But the homicide rate, though it has ticked up, has been below the national average every year since 2007. In 2013, it registered a rate of under 13 per 100,000 residents, compared to a national rate of roughly 16.5. EdoMex’s murder rate was also substantially lower than in neighboring Guerrero, Michoacan, and Morelos. The dynamic is similar with kidnapping, which has grown worse in EdoMex since 2007, but remains far less prevalent than in Guerrero, Morelos, and Michoacan.

What explains the divergence in the statistics and the public perception of the same? And why does it appear that EdoMex is slipping into chaos?

The authors present three possible explanations, all of which could simultaneously play a role. One is the widespread lack of clarity in the criminal statistics, which can generate confusion or a lack of trust in government prescriptions. Each state is responsible for submitting its statistics to the SNSP, and there is no way to verify their veracity. Government officials have a natural interest in making statistics seem more positive, and there is little barrier to an unscrupulous official doing so, whether by discouraging reports of extortion or reclassifying homicide as manslaughter.

Even if the numbers are genuine in this case, the broader pattern of statistical uncertainty means that government assessments, even those based on statistical data, always face something of a barrier to acceptance in Mexico.

Another potential explanation is the denial of reality as a government strategy. As a result, the public outrage builds as crime worsens and officials do nothing, instead merely standing by as “observers,” in the authors’ phrasing. They only seek to take action when the crisis boils over. Prescribing reasonable measures to solve the crisis and that prevent future crime are much harder to implement.

The authors also mention the tendency of state and municipal governments to ignore their responsibilities on security issues, which overlaps with the denial of reality. Mexico has a long tradition of central control over a wide range of government functions, including those (like security) that are best handled primarily at the local level. As a result, when security worsens, the local governments merely look to the federal government to step in and help. Unfortunately, without local governments committed to taking an active role in preventing crime, the federal government will always be playing catchup, and the potential for a sudden deterioration will always be worse.

The report also demonstrates one other enduring aspect regarding Mexican security: not all regions are created equal. Compared to Chihuahua or Tamaulipas, the problems in EdoMex are manageable afterthoughts. However, because of its connection to the capital (and because of the region’s ties to current President Enrique Peña Nieto, who is a former governor of EdoMex), the issues that do surface there reverberate far more than they do elsewhere in the country.

Other prominent metropolises, such as Monterrey or Mexico City, have faced similar media barrages in reaction to security issues, even when the statistical data is not particularly noteworthy. At the same time, many comparably remote areas of Mexico suffer security crises far worse than what EdoMex has experienced, without triggering any alarm bells among national media outlets or federal officials.

As a result, federal priorities are not guided by a logical calculation of what is the most urgent problem for the largest number of Mexicans. Rather, they are motivated by which region has the attention of the largest number of cameras, which is often not the same.

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Enterprise information archiving lets you proactively manage your information for compliance, risk, and discovery, while optimizing costs and efficiency. In this Magic Quadrant, Gartner evaluates vendors offering products and services that provide archiving for email, social media, files, and other content types.

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Lines of Research

CAPAZ has defined three lines of research to be pursued as a means of fulfilling its mission:

Peacebuilding practices

This area investigates the dynamics of practical actions implemented by different institutional and civil society actors, so as to contribute to peacebuilding, especially those based in Colombia’s different regions. Particular emphasis will be placed on issues of peace education and historical memory.

Transitional Justice and Human Rights

This area focuses on researching the design, implementation and monitoring of the legal and institutional mechanisms required for the definitive end of the Colombian armed conflict and the maximum satisfaction of victims’ rights.

Peace, conflict, and territorial reconfigurations

This area of research analyses power relations and struggles around the territory, which result in different types of conflicts that influence the escalation of violence and lead to socio-economic inequalities. To this end, the purpose of this area is to explain the reconfiguration of the interests of the different actors involved in building stable and lasting peace in Colombia, incorporating the territory as a fundamental axis in the articulation of the conflicts.

Thanks to the work with local communities, the following projects have a direct impact on Colombia’s regions, especially those most affected by the armed conflict. The projects are financed directly by CAPAZ or other sources of cooperation and implemented by CAPAZ, its founding and associate members, and other institutions or organisations.

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Exploratory Studies

The German-Colombian Peace Institute – CAPAZ supports exploratory studies that -based within different topics and disciplines- approach peacebuilding and the establishment of a society in transition in Colombia.

Exploratory studies serve to identify future research topics to be explored by German and Colombian institutions, and to strengthen the relationships between universities and research centres of the two countries. This will allow them to formulate more structured projects to obtain resources from other research-funding sources.

CAPAZ uses its exploratory studies to promote the creation, dissemination, and exchange of academic knowledge, to open educational spaces, and develop advisory services that contribute to peacebuilding in Colombia.

The Institute opens annual calls to fund these studies, and thereby to promote the creation of research groups integrating German and Colombian researchers.

For further information: juliette.vargas@instituto-capaz.org / juliana.gonzalez@instituto-capaz.org

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Post-Blizzard, N.J. Gov. Apologizes to Official for ‘Crazy’ Comment

By | January 28, 2016

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Tuesday that he personally apologized after calling a New Jersey shore official a “crazy mayor” and forcefully rebutted critics who suggested the state hasn’t done enough to help residents dealing with the aftermath of flooding from this weekend’s storm.

While campaigning in New Hampshire Monday, Christie lashed out at Republican North Wildwood Mayor Patrick Rosenello after he said that flooding in his Cape May County town was worse than during Superstorm Sandy. But at a Statehouse news conference Tuesday, Christie said Rosenello is “a longtime friend” and that he got carried away at the town-hall style event.

“I had a night to sleep on it and I didn’t feel good about what I said, so I called him to apologize,” Christie said. “It merited an apology and I gave him one.”

Christie’s comments Monday came in response to a question from a woman asking why he was campaigning instead of staying in New Jersey to oversee the cleanup. Christie laid out what the state had done and then said he had heard “one crazy mayor down in South Jersey say this is worse flooding than Sandy.”

North Wildwood did not get hit by the October 2012 storm, which caused catastrophic damage along the coast and in other areas of the state. “So of course it’s worse than Sandy for him!” Christie said.

When the questioner persisted, Christie said: “I don’t know exactly what you expect me to do. You want me to go down to Cape May with a mop?”

Rosenello said Monday that he was “disappointed that (Christie) would lower himself as much as he did,” noting that he was one of his earliest supporters during both of his runs for governor. Rosenello also said he has met and interacted with Christie and his family numerous times.

“I think he recognizes that he misspoke. And he did,” Rosenello said Tuesday on Coast 98.7 FM, a Cape May-based radio station. “I think he knows he misspoke. We know that he misspoke.”

The mayor said his town’s dune system suffered major damage and was “severely compromised” by the weekend snowstorm. He also said roughly 150 people were safely evacuated from their flooded homes.

Christie said Tuesday his administration did not get any requests for state assistance after reaching out to mayors in Cape May County after the storm came in with record-level storm surges during high tide on Saturday morning.

He said that the state is about two-thirds of the way through a review to determine whether it is eligible to apply for federal disaster assistance. He said that the state has inspected for beach erosion and is assisting businesses and residents affected by flooding.

But Christie pushed back at the notion that the storm was as bad as Superstorm Sandy in 2012.

“I gotta tell you, everybody, I went through it — bit by bit and there was not a thing that happened Friday and Saturday that even resembled Sandy,” he said.

Meanwhile, residents in North Wildwood and neighboring towns were still working to clear water-logged carpets, appliances and other items damaged by the flooding.

West Wildwood resident Bob Steffney told The Press of Atlantic City that he saw flooding creep up to his front porch before it receded without getting into his home.

“It was scary. You had piles floating down the street like it was a river,” the 66-year-old Steffney said. “I don’t have flood insurance. I’m retired. I can’t afford it.”

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Detailed Translations for pickup from English to Spanish

pickup [the ~] noun

  1. the pickup (revival; recovery)
    el florecimiento; el renacimiento; el resurgimiento
  2. the pickup (hitchhiker)
    la autostopista

Translation Matrix for pickup:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
autostopista hitchhiker; pickup hitchhiker
florecimiento pickup; recovery; revival enlivening
renacimiento pickup; recovery; revival enlivening; rebirth; reincarnation; renaissance; revival
resurgimiento pickup; recovery; revival comeback; rebirth; renascence; resurgence; revival
- cartridge; getaway; pick-me-up; pickup arm; pickup truck; tone arm

Related Words for "pickup":

  • pickups

Synonyms for "pickup":

Related Definitions for "pickup":

  1. the act of taking aboard passengers or freight1
  2. the act or process of picking up or collecting from various places1
    • garbage pickup is on Mondays and Thursdays1
  3. an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable1
  4. a light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard1
  5. anything with restorative powers1
    • she needed the pickup that coffee always gave her1
  6. mechanical device consisting of a light balanced arm that carries the cartridge1
  7. the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration1
    • his car has a lot of pickup1
  8. a warrant to take someone into custody1
    • put out a pickup on that man1
  9. a casual acquaintance; often made in hope of sexual relationships1


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The presentation on LCA in the construction industry, presented by a family company from the Lodzkie Region - Izodom 2000 Polska, aroused lively and positive reactions among international partners.

The company from the city of Zduńska Wola, Poland, received the most votes in the survey for the best practice in terms of its possible use in regional policy, conducted among international partners of the LCA4Regions project. Thanks to the technologies used, based on advanced methods of product life cycle analysis, careful selection of sub-suppliers and raw materials, as well as meticulous planning of production processes, and above all thanks to an excellent team of professionals, the company was able to boast excellent results in preventing CO2 emissions.

IZODOM produces styrofoam molds, assembly elements and specialized insulation panels for passive construction. The company’s offer also includes ready-made and designed buildings and energy-saving facilities - which meet very demanding pro-environmental and emission standards.

They are intended for a wide range of customers. The company is dynamically developing on the markets of the EU, United Arab Emirates, Morocco, Russia and Ukraine. Construction facilities provide thermal comfort to residents of extreme climatic zones (from Siberia and Scandinavia to areas in the Sahara desert and Australia). The manufacturer's offer is adapted to various social needs. IZODOM's portfolio includes facilities for such diverse applications as schools, workshops, warehouses, buildings used in plant and animal breeding, public utility facilities and social housing.

An innovative approach to the issue of Life Cycle Assessment, applied in the philosophy of the vice-president of the company, Mr. Jakub Wójcik, which inspired the project partners - it is a comprehensive approach to buildings.

It takes into account processes: from the extraction of raw materials for building components to the re-use of remains after demolition/dismantling of a building object.

His comments on the possibility of shaping the demand and environmental standards by local governments and public authorities were also extremely valuable. Ultimately, such activities strengthen the local market, its innovative potential, additional qualifications on the labour market, and the achievements of universities and R&D facilities.

LCA is also a challenge - the problem is obtaining high-quality data from producers and sub-suppliers. There is a lack of high-class specialists and training modules at universities created for young engineers and innovative entrepreneurs who would like to meet specialized technological and process standards. In a few years, they may become the binding standard.

IZODOM knows what they say - and this is because of the firm’s committed team. Not only do they care about high ecological standards - by obtaining numerous certificates and awards - the company also cooperates with universities and R&D centers, industry institutions, and local governments. The venture is involved in European Community and global initiatives and projects (numerous projects co-financed by the EU, the Climate Summit in Katowice - as a signatory to the "Caring for Climate" program).

The most convincing, however, is the technology behind IZODOM Polska 2000. One of the nearly 20,000 buildings built since 1991 in 43 countries around the world has a positive impact on the environment until today, preventing huge amounts of harmful emissions. Importantly, each of such facilities is planned for dismantling and reuse of the resources from which it was built.

We sincerely thank you IZODOM TEAM for your positive influence and for sharing this amazing experience!

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International Journal of Communication Networks and Security

The area of the oilfield is much wider. Oil exhauster continuous working for 24 hours. As the problem of petroleum being stolen, transmission line being stolen, and transformer being stolen exists which requires the strong secures management system. With Consideration of the objective condition restriction of geographical environment, the implementation of safe management for oilfield is very difficult. We overcome these difficulties, which comes from geographical environment. The cost is not only high if the fiber cable would be lay between working station in the several tens of square kilometers, but also need to put into a lot of human and material resources with line maintenance and guard against theft. It is a perfect scheme that remote wireless monitoring and control system is established. The system is required to manage the data received from the various site and providing the security by managing and providing automatic controlling structure.

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Bank Of England Governor Suggests Dumping US Dollar For Crypto!

by Natura Naturans

It seems the world knows the US dollar and all other Fiat currencies need replacing by a non inflatable stable currency. The impossibility of endless creation of more Crypto currency means no one country could use it to borrow as the US has creating endless debt. If this really happened all the enormous debt of countries would melt away in runaway Venezuela type inflation. Is this the Bank of England plan to destroy the US? It is the equivalent to going back to a gold standard as gold mining only increases the gold supply by less than 3% per year.

In Unprecedented, Shocking Proposal, BOE’s Mark Carney Urges Replacing Dollar With Libra-Like Reserve Currency

Then along came former Goldman banker and current (outgoing) BOE governor, Mark Carney, who in his lunchtime address laid out a shocking, radical proposal – perhaps the most stunning thing to ever be unveiled at Jackson Hole – urging to replace the US Dollar with a “Libra-like” reserve currency in a dramatic revamp of the global monetary, financial and economic order.

While it was unclear if Carney was focusing on Libra as the new reserve currency, or simply was hoping to find something against which the dollar could be devalued, the proposal was clearly shocking as it suggests that the central bank quiet acceptance of cryptocurrencies (especially in Japan) has been what many have speculated all along: a “currency” against which fiat money can be devalued in hopes of sparking fiat hyperinflation that inflates away record amounts of fiat debt.

Of course, such a new system would bring about the end of US hegemony, and effectively end the dollar-based global financial system, dramatically scaling back the US’s influence in the global economy, and making rising powers like China and Russia critical players an increasingly multipolar world…. especially if they propose a gold-backed dollar alternative to the world. That this would quickly emerge as the new reserve currency – together with whatever stablecoin/crypto central bankers deign to be the dollar’s replacement – goes without saying.

I don’t trust Crypto one bit. I have listened to my nerdy IT buddy extole the virtues of crypto and how difficult it is to create new coins and how safe it is, BUT crypto gets stolen ALL THE TIME, and huge thefts, in the millions. I don’t think the public will buy into this. All my retirement is in gold and property, and that’s doing just fine thank you. It’s quite clear that the government is spending and printing vast amounts of dollars, increasing debt exponentially. If a company started printing stock like that the stock price would dive to zero in no time.


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The little-known VBS Mutual Bank has four branches in South Africa.
The little-known VBS Mutual Bank has four branches in South Africa.

Municipal official who invested R50m council funds in VBS to turn state witness

By Baldwin Ndaba Time of article published Sep 30, 2020

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Pretoria - A Merafong Local Municipality official, Thys Wienekus, who allegedly invested R50 million of municipal funds with VBS Mutual Bank, is still set to turn state witness against a former official who allegedly coerced him to invest the funds.

Wienekus was due to give the details in the Pretoria Special Commercial Crimes Court but has yet to reach an agreement with the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) for an appropriate sentence for him in exchange for his testimony.

He made a brief appearance in the commercial crimes court but the case against him was postponed until December 9.

NPA spokesperson Sipho Ngwema confirmed the reasons for the postponement, saying it was for the finalisation of a plea agreement between the two parties.

Wienekus was initially charged on June 25 with contravening the Municipal Finance Management Act (MFMA).

He faces one charge and is accused of transferring R50m from Merafong municipality’s bank account into VBS Bank in June 2017 even though he knew that it was against the law to do so.

The MFMA prohibits municipalities from banking with or making investments with mutual banks such as VBS.

They can only make investments with commercial banks.

On his next appearance on July 29, Wienekus indicated his intention to the prosecution to turn state witness.

At the time of the commission of the alleged fraud, Wienekus was an acting chief financial officer while the incumbent Rinkie Ngwenya was on leave.

All these details are contained in the forensic report commissioned by Gauteng Treasury then under Barbara Creecy.

Creecy - who was MEC of Finance at the time - set up the forensic investigation following a request from mayor Maphefo Mogale-Letsie and former West Rand District Council mayor Boycie Maneli in March 2018.

In that final report, the auditing firm found that the two mayors were not involved in any wrongdoing.

The report also found that the two municipalities must obtain a legal opinion before acting on the officials who were fingered in the alleged investment.

In Merafong, Mogale-Letsie acted against Wienekus. He was given a final written warning which was wholly suspended for 12 months. She also acted against Martha Chauke who was also given a final written warning wholly suspended for 12 months.

Last month, the Gauteng ANC asked Mogale-Letsie and Maneli to step down from their positions for having allegedly failed to act against officials implicated in VBS.

But Mogale-Letsie and Maneli have since appealed their party’s decision to the ANC’s national appeals committee.

The Gauteng ANC’s decision came as Wienekus is widely expected to sign a Section 205 statement where he would accept responsibility for investing the municipal funds.

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David Karran, Managing Director, of IQE said  "All the team at IQE is committed to supporting local charities as part of IQE's social and charitable activities and we have achieved a great result for this year's chosen charity, Isle of Man Samaritans. This year's activities included; The Big Hunt Treasure Hunt, quiz night, annual coffee morning, Christmas hamper raffle and completing the Parish Walk! Well done to the whole team at IQE and to the Isle of Man Samaritans for all of their good work for the community"

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IranPride 2017 Statement

Ranginkamaniha’s (Rainbows) statement for Iran Pride Day 2017

We are believing in the power of happiness, miracle of hope and the strength of colors, even in this world of superficiality and helplessness. Our grief is not dimmed, but we, the rainbows of Iran are screaming our happiness as a shape of resistance and we keep our euphoria alive as the torch of justice.

Awareness is brightness and by that we will take back our days from the night we all have drowned in, more than ever. Because we believe that humankind is remedial, and human being is beautiful and kind as strong as that can be relied on it. It’s possible to overcome ignorance that dominates the world.

Today and now, we are standing more consistent and more hopeful than ever. Today that the right to love is taken from us, the right of visibility and the right of walking in the streets of our country with the rainbow flag, now that “The Rainbow Friday” reached its eighth year, this belief is more persistent than any other time in our justice seeking movement. The right to our own body, the freedom of presence and being proud of who we are, are not only rights of LGBTIQ and marginalized to be gained but the fundamental and basic rights of every human that its absence is very felt.

For equality and human dignity, with the smile on our lips, and the flame of hope within ourselves, we are going ahead up to the destination… together.

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Kurdistan rejects Abadi’s request to withdraw Peshmerga from Nineveh

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( Nineveh – The progress of Peshmerga in Nineveh has raised the fears of the Iraqi government and urged Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to call the Peshmerga not to advance towards Mosul.

The government of Kurdistan Region rejected Abadi’s request and continued to advance in Nineveh, refusing to withdraw from the areas it liberated.

The Kurdish decision reinforced the fears that the Kurdistan region is attempting to monopolize more land, under the pretext of defeating ISIS, in order to expand and declare independence later.

The Kurdish refusal was followed by decisions made by the Supreme Commander of the Peshmerga forces Massoud Barzani regarding the work of his troops in their areas of influence, in order to determine how to deal with civilians in these areas and respect human rights principles.

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Ireland will experience bright and sunny conditions on what will be a mild Sunday before temperatures plummet at night.

Met Eireann expects the sun to shine this afternoon as top temperatures are to hit 12C in parts of the country.

However, the forecaster is predicting a bitterly cold night as the temperatures drop to as low as 2C.

A spokesperson said: "Windy and mostly cloudy this morning, with outbreaks of rain and drizzle in the north and northwest, extending southwards, but becoming very patchy.

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"Brighter conditions, with sunny spells, will follow during the morning and afternoon, but a few scattered showers also, mainly in the northwest and north.

"Mild at first, but turning colder as the day progresses. Maximum temperatures 9 to 12 Celsius, in fresh to strong westerly winds, veering west to northwest, easing late in the day."

There will be some rain showers on Sunday night but it is to remain mostly dry.

A spokesperson said: "Sunday night will be mostly dry, with clear spells, but a few isolated showers will occur along northern coasts early on.

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"Minimum temperatures 2 to 6 Celsius, coldest in inland parts of Munster and south Leinster. Moderate to fresh northwesterly winds at first will continue to ease."

Monday is to be bright and sunny again, but a little cooler with top temperatures peaking at 10C.

"Monday morning will be mostly dry, with bright or sunny spells, especially in the east.

"Rain and drizzle will develop along west and southwest coasts by late morning or early afternoon, extending eastwards during the afternoon and early evening, but amounts will be small. Maximum temperatures 7 to 10 Celsius, in light to moderate southwesterly breezes."

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