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Patel, V., Longacre, A., Hsiao, K., Fan, H., Meng, F., Mitchell, J.E., Rauch, J., Ucker, D.S. and Levine, J.S.
Notes: Serum-starved, bone marrow-derived macrophages were exposed to apoptotic or necrotic cells, or latex beads (control), and phosphorylation of a variety of signaling molecules was investigated by Western blot. Anti-ACTIVE® MAPK pAb, Anti-ACTIVE® p38 pAb, Anti-ACTIVE® JNK pAb and Anti-ERK 1/2 pAb were used. (3428)
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Anti-ACTIVE® JNK pAb, Rabbit, (pTPpY)
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Harada, C., Nakamura, K., Namekata, K., Okumura, A., Mitamura, Y., Iizuka, Y., Kashiwagi, K., Yoshida, K., Ohno, S., Matsuzawa, A., Tanaka, K., Ichijo, H. and Harada, T.
Notes: The authors of this study investigated the role of apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1 (ASK1) in neural cell apoptosis during retinal development and ischemic injury. Nucleotides 283 to 713 of the ASK1 cDNA were amplified by PCR and cloned into the pGEM®-T Easy Vector, and sense and antisense probes for in situ hybridization experiments were generated. Anti-ACTIVE® p38 polyclonal antibody was used for immunohistochemistry analyses to investigate the localization of phosphorylated p38 in mouse retina. (3530)
pGEM®-T Easy Vector System I
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Yeh, A.H., Jeffery, P.L., Duncan, R.P., Herington, A.C. and Chopin, L.K.
Notes: Serum-starved PC3 and LNCaP prostate cancer cells were treated with various concentrations of ghrelin over a time course. Western blots of cell lysates were probed with Anti-ACTIVE® JNK pAb, Anti-ACTIVE® p38 pAb, Anti-ACTIVE® MAPK pAb and Anti-ERK(1/2) pAb to assess activation of MAPK pathways. (3434)
Al-Regaiey, K.A., Masternak, M.M., Bonkowski, M., Sun, L. and Bartke, A.
Notes: The authors of this study examined the relationship between pathways through which growth hormone (GH), insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I), and caloric restriction regulate lifespan. Normal and long-lived GH-receptor knockout (GHRKO) mice were compared with transgenic mice overexpressing bovine GH (short lived). When all mice were subjected to caloric restriction, the Normal and GHRKO mice showed decreases in phosphorylation of hepatic Akt, increases in PPAR-gamma and increases in FOXO I transcription. The AntiACTIVE® p38 pAb was used to examine p38 activity in all three types of mice subjected to caloric restriction. Active p38 was increased in normal and GHRKO mice compared to the transgenic mice and normal mice fed ad lib. The authors show that the Akt/FOXO pathway plays a major role in regulating longevity and provides a link between IGF-1, caloric restriction and growth hormone regulation of lifespan. (3652)
An, H., Xu, H., Zhang, M., Zhou, J., Feng, T., Qian, C., Qi, R. and Cao, X.
Notes: The authors of this study investigated the role of Src homology 2 (SH2) domain-containing inositol-5-phosphatase 1 (SHIP1) in Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4)-mediated lipopolysaccharide (LPS) response. RAW264.7 macrophages were transfected with wildtype or mutant SHIP1 or control plasmid. Anti-ACTIVE® JNK and p38 antibodies were used in Western analyses to determine phosphorylation of these kinases in response to overexpression of SHIP1 or mutant SHIP1. To investigate any effects on IκB-alpha and NF-κB expression, RAW264.7 macrophages were cotransfected with pGL3-XκB-luciferase reporter plasmid and pRL-TK Renilla luciferase control plasmid. Transfected cells were treated with LPS for 6 hours or left untreated (control). The Dual-Luciferase® Reporter Assay System was used to monitor reporter gene expression. (3524)
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Aballay, A., Drenkard, E., Hilbun, L.R. and Ausubel, F.M.
Notes: In this report, the innate immune response triggered by Salmonella enterica in Caenorhabditis elegans was studied. It was found that Salmonella-elicited cell death requires activation of a p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase homolog encoded by the gene pmk-1. Activation of the p38 homolog was monitored by Western Blot using the Anti-ACTIVE™ p38 pAb. Genetic screens in both organisms were undertaken to further understand the interaction of this infection and its response. (2704)
Vijayan K.V., Liu Y., Dong J.F. and Bray P.F.
Notes: The role of integrin alpha(IIb)beta(3) in focal adhesion kinase activation and MAPK signaling was studied using Chinese hamster ovary and human kidney 293 cell lines expressing either the Leu(33) or Pro(33) isoform of beta(3). Compared with Leu(33) cells, Pro(33) cells demonstrated substantially greater activation of ERK2 (but not MAPK family members JNK and p38) upon adhesion to immobilized fibrinogen (but not fibronectin), and upon integrin cross-linking. ERK2 activation was mediated through MAPK kinase and required phosphoinositide 3-kinase signaling and an intact actin cytoskeleton. Levels of activated MAPK family members ERK1 and 2, JNK, and p38 were assessed by western blotting using Anti-ACTIVE® MAPK (1:5000 dilution), Anti-ACTIVE® JNK (1:5000 dilution), and Anti-ACTIVE® p38 (1:1000 dilution) pAbs. Anti-ERK 1/2 pAb was used at a 1:5000 dilution as a control for total protein amounts loaded on the blots. (2789)
Sugino, T., Nozaki. K., Takagi, Y., Hattori, I., Hashimoto, N., Moriguchi, T., and Nishida, E.
Notes: The role of JNK, p38 and MAPK signaling pathways in delayed neuronal death after transient forebrain ischemia was examined using Western blotting and immunohistochemistry. Gerbil hippocampi were homogenized, subjected to SDS-PAGE, blotted to PVDF membranes and incubated with one of the following primary antibodies: Anti-ACTIVE® JNK pAb (1:2000 dilution), Anti-ACTIVE® p38 pAb (1:1000 dilution), and the Anti-ACTIVE® MAPK pAb (1:2000 dilution).The secondary antibody was the Donkey Anti-Rabbit IgG (H+L), AP, diluted 1:10,000 for JNK and p38 and 1:5000 for ERK. For immunohistochemistry, gerbils were perfused with 4% paraformaldehyde. Frozen 40µm sections were stained with either the Anti-ACTIVE® JNK pAb and the Anti-ACTIVE® p38 pAb. (2402)
Paine, E., Palmantier, R., Akiyama, S.K., Olden, K., and Roberts, J.D.
Notes: The signaling pathways involved in arachidonic acid-stimulated cell adhesion of human breast carcinoma cells to collagen type IV were examined. MAPK and JNK did not appear to play a role in mediating adhesion but p38 activation appears to be necessary. Levels of activated p38 was determined in MDA-MB-435 cell extracts by Western blot using the Anti-ACTIVE® p38 pAb. Whole cell lysates were subjected to SDS-PAGE, transferred to PVDF membranes, and incubated with the Anti-ACTIVE® p38 (1:1000 dilution). (2405)
Fujii, R., Yamashita, S., Hibi, M., and Hirano, T
Notes: Early steps of embryogenesis are characterized by a series of symmetric and synchronous cell divisions. The authors show that p38 MAPK is asymmetrically activated on one side of early zebrafish embryos. Dually phosphorylated p38 protein was detected in lysates prepared from one-cell stage embryos by Western blot analysis with the Anti-ACTIVE® p38 pAb. Immunohistochemistry to detect active p38 was also performed on embryos fixed in 4% paraformaldehyde, permeabilized in methanol, and stained with the Anti-ACTIVE® p38 pAb at a 1:50 dilution. Active p38 levels were also determined by Western blot analysis in 293T cells expressing p38, MKK3, JNK, or human constitutively active form of zebrafish MKK4. (2406)
Kim, Y.-N., Wiepz, G.J., Guadarrama, A.G., Bertics, P.J.
Notes: Murine 82L fibroblasts were transfected with truncated EGF receptor. In these cells, EGF, PDGF and PMA greatly increased activation of Erk 1 and 2 as judged by Western blotting with the Anti-ACTIVE® p38 pAb, Rabbit, (pTGpY). The treatments also caused the protein caveolin-1 to be phosphorylated as judged by gel shifting and recognition by an anti-tyrosine antibody after immunoprecipitation. The immunoreactivity was reduced when the immunoprecipitates were treated with Calf Intestinal Alkaline Phosphatase. The mobility shift could be reduced by preincubating the cells with either 10 or 50nM of MEK Inhibitor U0126 for 20 minutes prior to a 5-minute treatment with EGF. There was a concomitant reduction in ERK 1/2 phosphorylation as judged by the Anti-ACTIVE® p38 pAb, Rabbit, (pTGpY). (0902)
Takagi, Y., Nozaki, K., Sugino, T., Hattori, I., and Hashimoto, N.
Notes: The role of JNK and p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase during transient brain ischemia was examined by immunohistochemistry and Western blot analysis. The authors findings indicate that JNK and p38 MAPK pathways may play important roles in neuronal death during brain ischemia. Levels of active JNK and p38 in mouse brain were determined by Western blot analysis and immunohistochemistry using the Anti-ACTIVE® JNK pAb and the Anti-ACTIVE® p38 pAb. For Western blot analysis the antibodies were diluted 1:5000 while immunohistochemical studies were done with dilutions of 1:1000 and 1:400, respectively. Both JNK and p38 were activated following reperfusion of the ischemic tissue. (2409)
Terstegen, L., Gatsios, P., Bode, J.G., Schaper, F., Heinrich, P.C., and Graeve, L.
Notes: The effect of suppressor of cytokine signaling (SOCS) expression on the Jak/STAT, MAPK, JNK, and p38 signaling pathways was examined in HepG2, Cos-7, and NIH 3T3 cells. Both PMA and bFGF (Promega) resulted in a rapid upregulation of SOCS-3 expression. MAPK, JNK, and p38 activation was monitored by Western blot analysis using the Anti-ACTIVE® MAPK Anti-ACTIVE® JNK pAb, and the Anti-ACTIVE® p38 pAb. Total levels of active and inactive MAPK protein was determined using the Anti-ERK 1/2 pAb, Rabbit. (2380)
Pages, G., Guerin, S., Grall, D., Bonino, F., Smith, A., Anjuere, F., Auberger, P. and Pouyssegur, J.
Notes: Mouse embryo fibroblasts from both wildtype and Erk1 knockout mice were stimulated with serum. Erk1 and Erk2 from wildtype mouse embryo fibroblasts were shown to be phosphorylated using the Anti-ACTIVE® MAPK pAb in a Western blot analysis. In embryo fibroblasts from knockout mice, only Erk2 as phosphorylated. Total Erk1 and Erk2 proteins were detected with the Anti-ERK 1/2 pAb. (0577)
Meucci, O., Fatatis, A., Simen, A.A., Bushell, T.J., Gray, P.W., Miller, R.J.
Notes: Authors studied the effect of chemokines on signaling pathways in primary rat hippocampal neuron cultures. Used Anti-ACTIVE® MAPK, JNK, and p38 pAbs for western analysis of extracts derived from pure (glial free) hippocampal neuron cultures. (0685)
Hii, C.S.T., Huang, Z.H., Bilney, A., Costabile, M., Murray, A.W., Rathjen, D.A., Der, C.J. , Ferrante, A.
Notes: The Anti-ACTIVE® p38 pAb was used for Western blots to follow the activation of p38 in HeLa cells, HL60 cells and human neutrophils following treatment with arachidonic acid. (1043)


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Maintaining company confidentiality through collaborative working
May 15, 2012
Today's fragmented workforce means document creation and distribution is a core activity for the majority of businesses, with workers frequently collaborating on and exchanging documents with colleagues, suppliers, partners, agencies, and customers remotely. This increasingly collaborative way of working means that business productivity and document security can be compromised.
This trend is exacerbated by the consumerisation of IT, where employees are increasingly using their favourite mobile devices for corporate data and applications regardless of the security perils. With confidential information being regularly exchanged outside of the corporate firewall, there is an increased risk that this may fall into the wrong hands.
It's therefore more important than ever that businesses are equipped with collaboration tools which not only increase efficiency through the document review, creation and distribution process, but also enable workers to protect confidential information, achieve cost savings and ultimately grow the bottom line.
Given how many mobile devices are lost or stolen, it's no surprise companies' data is at risk. In the UK recently, we have seen high profile data losses endangering not only a company's intellectual property, but its reputation as well. It is the IT department's role to proactively protect data and know who in the business is responsible for identifying and classifying sensitive information. That means knowing where it resides, who has access to it and in what way it is coming in or leaving the organisation.
This presents a big challenge to IT professionals but here are some top tips from Adobe that can help navigate this minefield:
- Apply passwords and usage restrictions to documents: It's important that employees protect documents with strong passwords or digital signatures, that way, if the documents fall into the wrong hands company information will stay confidential. It's also a good idea to set usage restrictions to documents so people can't print or extract information from important files.
- Educate employees: It is critical that employees not only understand the security measures your company takes, but understands how to use the software that protects them. Training and refresher sessions should be made compulsory for all employees that use software. The key is to make the process as straightforward and understandable as possible so that best practice is second nature to each and every employee.
- Regularly update software: To help keep your software up to date, ensure you receive regularly scheduled updates and patches from your provider. If you outsource your IT or work with a supplier, make sure that you're regularly getting updates from them too – they should also be able to provide you with updates and new ways of managing your data. It will also give you an opportunity to brief them on any changes or new challenges you need to work around.
- Back up work: Making back-up copies of data should be regular practice. This will need to be encrypted to ensure that no one can access the information. Again, not only should this be part of the company culture so every employee takes responsibility for securely backing up data, speak to your supplier or IT management company and they should be able to assist you with managing your data back-up.
- Hide or remove sensitive information from documents: Redaction unfortunately normally hits the headlines when it's done incorrectly, however when done properly, it's an invaluable tool which lets you permanently remove (redact) visible text and images from PDFs. In place of the removed items, you will see redaction marks that appear as either colored boxes or blank spaces – it is here that you can specify custom text or redaction codes to appear over the redaction marks.
To see how Adobe and its partners can help businesses prepare, protect, and deliver professional communications click here.

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Where are all my Victoria's Secret Beauty fans? Are you in love with Secret Garden too? The smells are intoxicating… aren't they?
Did you know your favorite fragrances of Secret Garden have been reinvented. It's now VS Fantasies and they've even added five new scents.
I was lucky enough to be invited to an intimate dinner at the Chateau Marmont Hotel in Hollywood with Victoria's Secret Angel Candace Swanepoel. Now, I didn't know how intimate this dinner was going to be and I had never been to the legendary hotel. I had no idea what to expect.
As you can see in the pics below, it was very intimate. I met great people, had insightful conversation, and ate delicious food. I ate creme brulee for the first time!
I did get the Sheer love collection and I can honestly tell you it smells sweet and sexy, without being too overbearing. I have a sensitive nose when it comes to fragrances and this is delish! I'm dying over over the body butter!! Stay tuned…I have the entire collection you'll be able to win soon!
And as for my dress, I bought it from my friend Crystal Rene at Haute CurVture. It was comfy and long! Just the way I like my maxi dresses. xoxo


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ENGLAND Under-19s boss Noel Blake was well aware of Miles Storey long before he burst onto the scene with two goals against Aston Villa.
The Town striker started the Young Lions' victory over Finland in Telford on Tuesday night, alongside another debutant, Carlisle's Bradley Potts, and played 60 minutes as a central striker and latterly on the left before being replaced.
Blake has seen Storey play for the Robins and was obviously impressed with what he saw, and revealed the Town striker's selection was down to far more than his Capital One Cup brace against the Premier League side.
"Every English player in this year group has an opportunity, if they're doing the right thing with their clubs and performing well," he said.
"We watch the games and people will look at us tonight and wonder where Miles Storey and Bradley Potts have appeared from, but I've seen him play for Carlisle United and I've seen Miles play for Swindon.
"So these boys haven't appeared from nowhere. We watch them and monitor them and when an opportunity comes along, as it did tonight, they have a chance to show what they're about.
"Even if they have a bad performance, and I'm not saying they did, that's not the end of the world because we monitor them so we know what they're capable of."
While Blake is pleased to see Storey getting regular minutes in League One, he warned him international football is a completely different challenge.
"I always say to the new lads, international football is almost like going to the first day of senior school from a junior school," he said.
"It's a different kind of situation. League One football is a men's game, but international football is a different game and played in a different way.
"That's a situation the lads have got to get used to, playing with different people that they haven't met before.
"We only met up together on Saturday evening and here we are playing together on Tuesday evening.
"So I have to be pleased with them, and I am pleased with them."


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The Packers probably don't need any extra incentive when facing the Seahawks, particularly with the memory of their fourth-quarter NFC championship collapse in Seattle still fresh and painful.
Yet, when they figure out that a win at Lambeau Field gives them a two-game lead over the two-time defending conference champions, they could be even more stoked. Even if they aren't saying so.
Seattle's ID has been as a defensive force. But the Seahawks rank an unflattering 20th after the loss to the Rams, and All-Pro cornerback Richard Sherman has been seeing time as a slot defender.
"I think it's always too early to think about playoff ramifications, because you have to play the game, you have to deal with that, and so many things change," Sherman says. "
Green Bay comes off a solid enough win at longtime rival Chicago in its opener, while Seattle was stumbling at St. Louis. That makes the math easy heading into Week 2. No matter what each side says.


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For 007, it's all routine. For anyone else? Certain death.
Shaken? Stirred? Check out 007's other assignments.
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"Urban savagery...smooth tale spinning." (New York Herald Tribune)
"Mr. Fleming's licensed assassin is in good form....Few men can have been able to mix business with pleasure so successfully as Bond." (London Times Literary Supplement)
These stories were included in Quantum Solace which I already had downloaded. These are great of course, but one should be told that they are included with Quantum Solace.
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"like a comfortable glove"
Fleming is the master of espionage in the sixties. At the height of the cold war, he helped us understand the nuances of international intrigue, while entertaining us simultaneously. These shorts prove that he was a brilliant writer and had the ability to do the above in just a few short pages. Vance is the perfect voice for a british spy. If he has the looks he should try out for the movies!
The British expressions need a British accent otherwise it would just sound silly.
It gave me inspiration for some dialogue in the book I am currently writing.
I had avoided Fleming's shorts all my life and figured with audio, it wasn't such an investment of time (I listen while driving). I wasn't disappointed!
"Four different Bonds"
Fleming stretches style.
There are five different stories, so five different moments. The two that stand out most are the shock Bond has at the end of Quantum of Solace and the gunfight at the end of For Your Eyes Only.
Excellent as always. All characters come to life.
No, but it is a familiar read.
"fewer stories"
The book contains the same but fewer stories than Quantum of Solace (Unabridged)
The action-oriented espionage classics by Ian Fleming are always an enjoyable read, or in this case, listen. The audio is great, and the narrator's voice and accent create an enthralling, believable production of the literature.
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RICHARD Hill pinpointed Warriors' failure to score a try early in the second-half as the decisive moment in his side's 32-9 defeat at Bath.
After an even opening 40 minutes, Worcester made a bright start to the second-half with Bath pinned in their own 22, conceding penalties and down to 14 men after lock Dave Attwood was sin-binned.
Captain James Percival turned down a shot at goal in favour of a driving line-out but hooker Aleki Lutui was held up over the line.
Bath were clearly boosted by their defensive fortitude and then heaped misery on Warriors by racing down the pitch for Tom Biggs to score a try that broke the visitors' spirit.
Sixways head coach Hill said: "I'm disappointed because a lot of effort went in. For the first 40 minutes, I felt we took the sting out of Bath and then we had good pressure at the start of the second-half.
"We had a great chance to score from the driving line-out and then the scrum. That was the turning point and all the effort, around six or seven minutes of sustained pressure, came to nothing.
"If we had scored then, we would have gone into the lead and that would have given us a huge boost in confidence.
"Bath would have had to look hard at themselves.
"Not only did we not get over then, we conceded a penalty and from the line-out they scored. It was a killer blow and knocked the stuffing out of everyone.
"If we had scored then we had a chance of beating Bath, they weren't on top form, but once they got that score their confidence soared and it was a hard afternoon."
Hill added: "The comments in the dressing room at half-time were that we had made mistakes but we were working so hard to cover them up.
"We were under the pump a little bit but the will and energy was superb.
"We just needed that score and, when you are in our part of the table, one score makes a huge difference to the confidence.
"You could see it was the game-changing moment, we had to score then.
"Psychologically, as a defence, if you can defend on your own line for several minutes and come away with a penalty, then the swing in confidence is massive.
"You could almost see that the game had gone."


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Four Balboa Park institutions are pleased to announce grant awards from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to support exciting new projects that will increase access to the arts for seniors, create participatory experiences for visitors, and increase online access to collections information.
"I'd like to recognize these organizations for their efforts to engage the community in everything the arts has to offer," said Rep. Susan Davis. "This funding will help address the special needs of some of the museum's visitors to enhance their experience of the visual arts and maybe even inspire guests to express themselves through this diverse medium."
The four recipients are the Museum of Photographic Arts, The Japanese Friendship Garden, The San Diego Natural History Museum, and the San Diego Air and Space Museum.
The Museum of Photographic Arts: Increasing Access for Seniors in San Diego
The Museum of Photographic Arts received $149,506 over 3 years to support Accessibility Through Seniors, a comprehensive approach to providing increased access and comfort to all museum visitors by directly serving the needs of seniors.
"The funding from the IMLS Museums for America grant allows us to expand our arts programs for senior citizens and serve more of their needs," said Joaquin Ortiz,Interim Director of Education. "It will also make MOPA a more accessible space for people of all ages, and allow us to share what we learn with museums throughout the nation."
The Accesibilty Through Seniors project will provide creative and social engagement for senior citizens living in San Diego, improve the Museum's facilities to better accommodate seniorand culminate in a series of trainings, a manual and a website to share project findings and to assist other museums in improving the visitor experience.
The Japanese Friendship Garden: Creating Participatory Experiences
The Japanese Friendship Garden Society of San Diego was awarded $83,150 to implement a collaborative project called the Zen of Multi-Touch with five other Japanese gardens across the country. The project has a particular emphasis on improving visitors' knowledge of Japanese language, culture, and horticulture through participatory audio and visual tours, while also strengthening the connections between the gardens.
The San Diego Natural History Museum: Integrating Information
The San Diego Society of Natural History received a $141,829 award that will allow the Department of Herpetology to create a website for the Herpetology Atlas of Peninsula California that will deliver collections information in an integrated format centered on geospatial data. The award fits with the San Diego Natural History Museum's emphasis on the use of collections-based research to better understand the complex biodiversity of southern California and the Baja peninsula, with a project that will integrate over 76,000 specimens from over 19,000 locations.
The San Diego Air & Space Museum: Sharing the Collection
The San Diego Air & Space Museum's Library & Archives received $124,500 that will fund the continued development of online access to its extensive collection over the course of two years. By partnering with the Balboa Park Online Collaborative, the project will harness the power of advanced technology to share photographs, films and rare books with a digital audience.
Thanks to an initial grant from the Legler Benbough Foundation, the Museum has already uploaded over 135,000 digitized images to Flickr.com, as well as over 400 rare films to YouTube. The Museum's Flickr.com page has received over seven million views in just over two years. In addition to increasing collection visibility, the Flickr.com platform has both allowed and encouraged the online community to identify images and to add information to the catalog system. The Museum's online image and film collection is thought to be the largest of its type in the world, and is growing, but it represents only a small part of the Museum's total collection, likely less than five percent. Both the IMLS and Goodrich Aerostructures grants will support the continuation of that effort, which the Museum has titled Great Explorations: Increasing Online Access.
About the Institute of Museum and Library Services:
The Institute of Museum and Library Services is the primary source of federal support for the nation's 123,000 libraries and 17,500 museums. The Institute's mission is to create strong libraries and museums that connect people to information and ideas. The Institute works at the national level and in coordination with state and local organizations to sustain heritage, culture, and knowledge; enhance learning and innovation; and support professional development. Learn more at http://www.imls.gov.
About the Japanese Friendship Garden Society of San Diego:
The Japanese Friendship Garden Society of San Diego is dedicated to providing educational programs and workshops that encourage wellness, art, and an understanding and appreciation of Japanese heritage among people of diverse ethnic backgrounds and cultures. Learn more at http://www.niwa.org.
About the Museum of Photographic Arts:
MOPA is a center for visual learning, passionately dedicated to sharing and exploring the universal language of photography. To learn more, visit MOPA.org.
About the San Diego Air & Space Museum:
The San Diego Air & Space Museum is California's official air and space museum and education center. The Museum is an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution, and it was the first aero-themed Museum to be accredited by the American Association of Museums.
About the San Diego Natural History Museum:
The San Diego Natural History Museum is the second oldest scientific institution in California and the third oldest west of the Mississippi. Founded in 1874 by a small group of citizen scientists, the Museum's mission is to interpret the natural world through research, education and exhibits; to promote understanding of the evolution and diversity of southern California and the peninsula of Baja California, Mexico; and to inspire in all people respect for the environment. To learn more, visit www.sdnhm.org.


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"The safety of the people shall be the highest law."
—Marcus Tullius Cicero
Once upon a time, a bottle of fragrance sent by an eager fragrance supplier sat in the lab. The formulating chemist and development team made a new product, and the fragrance was added. It smelled good, it was stable, and the price was right, so off to market it went. Then another base was created at a later date, and the same process was followed and on and on, whether it was a lotion, eye cream, shampoo or anything else needing a pleasing scent. So the same fragrance oil was used in many different products at different percentages without a thought of regulatory compliance. This, however, hasn't been the case for quite a long time, but still the nitty-gritty of fragrance guidelines is a mystery to many beauty product developers and marketers.
There are many regulations governing fragrances—they are, after all, mixtures of chemicals. But from the fragrance industry itself comes one fundamental set of guidelines, issued by the International Fragrance Association (IFRA) based on science generated by the Research Institute for Fragrance Materials (RIFM). The levels of safe use are generated by what looks like an algebraic formula, but actually incorporates toxicological complexities of serious proportions:
AEL = WoE NESIL/SAF
Where AEL = Acceptable Exposure Level, WoE = Weight of Evidence, NESIL = No Expected Sensitization Induction Level and SAF = Sensitization Assessment Factor.
If it looks like a formula and all the acronyms are decoded, it should be understandable. But WoE NESIL involves the nuanced approach to toxicology used by RIFM, and nuances are not always easy to grasp by the uninitiated.
RIFM has a huge database (available through subscription) of everything known about the safety of fragrance materials. This database is a monumental achievement and a shining symbol of the industry's commitment to safety. When assembling the data, sometimes gaps are found, which RIFM fills by additional testing or use of whatever methods are applicable, including computer models and structural analogies.
All this data is placed before an RIFM Expert Panel (REXPAN), a group of independent academics, scientists and physicians from around the world. Their evaluation of a safe use level based on all this information becomes the WoE NESIL, the best estimate for the safe use level for the material. So the safe use level is not a fact like the average distance from the earth to the moon, but an expert consensus on the interpretation of all the available information on a given material.
But toxicologists are wary folks, and it is their wont to increase the safety margin by dividing the calculated safe use level by yet another number, the Safety Assessment Factor, or SAF. One factor takes into account the differences between individuals. Then a factor is assigned to the product matrix, and another to use considerations—for example, the underarm versus the top of the head. Thus if REXPAN concludes a fragrance material with a certain end use is safe at 10%, the final guideline may include an SAF of 100 and specify a maximum use of 0.10%. This final value is the AEL, the fragrance level not expected to induce an allergic response.
This data goes to IFRA, and every two years new amendments are made to the guidelines. This information is not a fragrance industry secret; it is all posted on the IFRA website.1


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H&M's Unisex "Fashion Against Aids" Collection
For the fourth year in a row, H&M's capsule collection raises HIV/AIDS Awareness.
-PJ Gach
Every spring, H&M debuts a special fashion collection: Fashion Against Aids (FAA). 25 percent of the monies raised from the sales of items will go to Designers Against Aids (DAA) and other HIV/AIDS non-profit organizations.
Read Easy Ways to Perfect Your Posture
This year's collection has a twist. "We wanted to create a unisex collection with a sporty vibe. It felt really liberating to think of the cut, the shape and the fabric first before thinking of what gender it should be for. Key pieces are the slogan T-shirts as well as the sports style jacket with zip details, which can be worn in all sorts of ways. FAA is vital because it is still so crucial to make young people aware of HIV and AIDS," says Ann-Sofie Johansson, Head of Design at H&M.
The collection consists of separates and accessories like totes and backpacks. Prices range from $4.95 for a soft cloth backpack to $149.95 for a leather vest.
The collection hits H&M stores worldwide on April 26, 2011.
PJ Gach is Senior Editor: Style + Beauty at BettyConfidential.


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BUNNELL, Fla. - Gov. Rick Scott, who has declared a state of emergency to help deal with wildfires burning across Florida, toured Flagler County on Tuesday.
Dozens of fires are burning in Flagler, including the 4,306-acre Espanola Fire, which has spread smoke as far north as Jacksonville. The fire was slowly burning toward the west and posed no immediate threat to populated areas. It was 40 percent contained Tuesday afternoon.
The White Eagle Fire in Flagler county has burned 134 acres and was 80 percent contained.
Video:More Online:Florida Wildfire Information
Monday evening's storms dropped almost no rainfall on Flagler County, but lightning sparked three new fires -- two of which were small and quickly contained.
"We didn't have enough rain here even to put the windshield wipers on, so for us down here, it didn't really do a lot," Palm Coast Fire Chief Mike Beadle said.
Beadle and others battling the fires welcomed the visit by the state's chief executive.
"It's going to bring in, as we call, the big boys: the people that can get in and get those resources to us," Beadle told Channel 4's Kristen Cosby.
The governor's executive order issued late Monday puts the state Division of Emergency Management in charge of the situation. That includes deploying personnel and resources of the Florida National Guard and other state and local government agencies, including Virginia and Kentucky.
Scott said the fires this year are worse than the ones from the 1998 firestorm because the conditions are drier and there are more fires.
"I think people need to be very concerned about this and they need to be very cautious," Scott said. "We're going to make sure we try to do everything we can to stay ahead of it and have the resources. That's why (Monday) I did an executive order that added more resources to this."
He also thanked officials in Kentucky and Virginia for sending help.
More than 300 active wildfires were burning on about 115,583 acres across the state Monday. In the three Department of Forestry districts that cover northeast Florida, there were 118 active fires burning 21,670 acres. The largest fires in the region were the 8,500-acre Impassable Bay Fire, which is inside the Osceola National Forest, the Santa Fe fire in Bradford County, which has burned 5,500 acres, and Flagler's Espanola Fire.
The governor's order notes extreme to exceptional drought conditions are expanding across southeastern and north Florida. They are expected to worsen in the next few weeks.
Flagler County has spent about a half-million dollars in state funds fighting this year's fires.
Copyright 2011 by News4Jax.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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Topic: Hope this helps others
I was watching a re-run of an Oprah show today (I think it aired about a month ago) and there was something in it that touched me. Nate (if you watch Oprah, you know Nate) mentioned how he lost his partner in the tsunami five years ago and how he has coped since that time. One thing he said that he does is that he doesn't allow "dates" to have any power over him. He clarified this by saying he refuses to allow the dates of his partner's birth, day of death, etc. have control over his feelings. Instead, he allows all the power to be in remembering the life of his lost one and honoring him in that way. I related so much to this because I try to do the same thing. I refuse to "give in" to my emotions on certain days. Instead, I try to honor my son every day, but particularly on his birthday. Although it is sometimes hard, I have found it makes things so much more bearable. Just thought I'd share........Nancy


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Nine-Tailed Form
It was shown in naruto shippuden 54 where Sora has nine-tails in the beggining and it seems that naruto had saw it in his nightmare. Shoudn't we add his nine-tailed form although it was showed very shortly and only in this episode? Cooltamerboy (talk) 17:38, 14 April 2009 (UTC).
- Cooltamerboy, before you start another revert war, perhaps you could explain why you want this Nine-Tailed form added to the article. If it only appeared in a nightmare, I don't think it should be included. Nightmares are not real. --ShounenSuki (talk | contribs) 13:01, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
- Ok. First naruto didn't know sora at that time. And it is extremely similar to the other transformations. Also naruto didn't say it wasn't real. And last of all i put it is a nightmare though it is possibly speculated to be true, and i gave to pictures. Cooltamerboy (talk) 13:07, 15 April 2009 (UTC).
- Naruto didn't say it wasn't real? Are you serious? Dreams are per definition not real. Only if they are in some way shown to actually happen can they be considered real. If nothing like what was seen in that dream ever actually happened it should be taken as nothing more then a premonition that was likely never meant to be taken as possible or real. --ShounenSuki (talk | contribs) 13:16, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
But he didn't know sora at that time! So how could he have gotten that dream also the transformation is very similar to the others. Cooltamerboy (talk) 13:19, 15 April 2009 (UTC).
- Demon fox. Sensing it's chakra far yonder. Saw Sora and said "Tht kidz gots mah chakraz. Getz it back naos."--TheUltimate3 (talk) 13:26, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
How could naruto have a dream of sora if he didn't know him still in shippuden episode 54. It's also very similar to the other transformations. It might have been a vision of what was happening in the fire temple. I also asked jacce and he said the nightmare was a real event, and Sora's chakra was connected to Naruto, so he saw it as a nightmare. His example was the chakra knew themselves. So i say we should put it. Cooltamerboy (talk) 07:17, 16 April 2009 (UTC).
sora's forms spike's makes me think of juubi now...lol
New Image
I thought i could bring better image, but i can't: So which do you prefer?
- They both seem very blachy.The current Three-Tailed Form picture is fine.--TheUltimate3 (talk) 12:12, August 27, 2010 (UTC)
OK, Then to delete the poor quality tag cause there can be no better image. Ttogafer (talk) 13:18, August 27, 2010 (UTC)
Now we current revelations ... Isn't Sora's Kyubi arm basically partial transformation ? --Elveonora (talk) 17:21, December 14, 2011 (UTC)
As far as I know he's always had an arm like that so I wouldn't count it towards partial transformation. Joshbl56 19:17, December 14, 2011 (UTC)
Also, he didn't actually have a Tailed Beast inside of him, simply chakra of one. I see it more as an effect of having that chakra sealed inside of him with a likely inferior sealing technique (in comparison to Naruto). Skitts (talk) 19:19, December 14, 2011 (UTC)
It's due to Kyubi's chakra ... he was not born with that. And thanks for pointing out the obvious ... the thing he has no beast inside of him does not mean its not a partial transformation. --Elveonora (talk) 22:48, December 14, 2011 (UTC)
Actually that's exactly what that means. Like I've told you before, transforming part of themselves into the beast within is what a Jinchuriki's Partial Transformation is, nothing else is. Skitts (talk) 02:16, December 15, 2011 (UTC)
LOL, dude ... what's your problem ? What's this then ... God's hand ? He has Kyubi's chakra inside ... Kin&Gin went all mode v2 without having Kyubi inside ... Gaara still controls sand and this is partial transformation. --Elveonora (talk) 02:23, December 15, 2011 (UTC)
Problem? I just told what a Partial Transformation was. o.o And Kin and Gin don't have them (never displayed anyway). Gaara doesn't have partials anymore, he just controls the sand, which itself was ever a PT. What he did against Naruto in Part 1 was. Skitts (talk) 02:29, December 15, 2011 (UTC)
- [Edit Conflict D:]Version 2 is not partial transformation. Version 2 is being shrouded in the tailed beast chakra. Partial transformation is changing a part of the body into that of the tailed beast. Also, his hand looks nothing like the Kyubis [Actually reminds me of Allen's hand from D. Gray-Man]. Joshbl56 02:30, December 15, 2011 (UTC)
That was just an example how those with only Tailed Beast chakra and no actual Beasts themselves have such powers ... I would like to hear Omni or Shounen say something on this --Elveonora (talk) 02:40, December 15, 2011 (UTC)
I could go ask for their input on their talk pages, or you. I don't think they'll say anything differently to be honest though. o3o Skitts (talk) 02:46, December 15, 2011 (UTC)
GUYS, this disscution apperantly will go no where or into anything that would help this wiki, so just stop.--Charmanking2198 (talk) 13:28, December 15, 2011 (UTC)
I don't see anything that Sora has ever done that would count as a partial transformation. I think his arm simply looked like that because the Nine-Tails' chakra did something to it, for plot reasons. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 16:29, December 15, 2011 (UTC)
And is not the arm exactly partial transformation ? ... --Elveonora (talk) 17:08, December 15, 2011 (UTC)
It's not an actual part of a Tailed Beast (which he lacks), so methinks no. Skitts (talk) 17:13, December 15, 2011 (UTC)
- ^This. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 17:23, December 15, 2011 (UTC)
If you say so ... --Elveonora (talk) 21:27, December 15, 2011 (UTC)
"It was shown that the chakra of the Nine-Tails sealed in Sora needs a human vessel to maintain its form. Since it could not find another vessel when it escaped Sora, it disappeared." That's whats under trivia at the moment, but didn't the chakra all go into Naruto? --Scorn53 (talk) 12:23, January 18, 2012 (UTC)
- No, the chakra did not go back to Naruto, it dissipated into nothingness. Quoted from the Sora page: "After the battle with Naruto, all of Sora's demon chakra was expelled from his body, effectively taking away his ability to transform. Without a host, the unstable demon-clone dispersed into nothing." --speysider (talk) 13:12, January 18, 2012 (UTC)
Here's a question. Naruto was in the same pit/crater as Sora. How does the "could not find another vessel" part come into play? Questionaredude (talk) 02:20, February 5, 2013 (UTC)
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Totally unnecessary, we know Kurama attacked Konohagakure in the very first episode of Naruto. The way it was before was just fine. --speysider (talk) 21:03, January 26, 2012 (UTC)
- I believe the editor wanted to make it clear that the information about the residual chakra being anime-only not the attack. Although it's an anime-only arc.--Cerez365™ 21:05, January 26, 2012 (UTC)


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Concerning Stratfor:
September 17, 2007, 12:36:24 PM »
Woof All:
As those of you who read here regularly know, I often post from my subscription to Stratfor. I find Stratfor to be an outstanding resource. Although it is not cheap, it is quite a bargain in terms of value received. What I share here is a small fraction of what I receive from Stratfor. I have subscribed for several years now, and find the high quality it achieves to be quite consistent over time and have paid for a lifetime subscription.
Here is a good opportunity for those so inclined to check it out:
The Adventure continues,
Last Edit: December 25, 2011, 11:41:56 AM by Crafty_Dog
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Re: Subscribe to Stratfor!
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September 17, 2007, 01:31:55 PM »
Did you learn about Stratfor from me? I can't remember.
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Re: Subscribe to Stratfor!
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September 17, 2007, 01:33:19 PM »
No, several years ago from someone on the Gilder Technology Forum.
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Re: Subscribe to Stratfor!
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March 25, 2008, 07:27:07 AM »
I post generously here on this forum a tiny percentage of what I receive from Stratfor and feel morally obligated to help them out from time to time. Here's this from
Dear Friend of Stratfor:
What a tremendously gratifying couple of weeks! Hundreds of you signed up for either new Memberships or extended your existing ones. Your vote of confidence in the quality of our intelligence work is tremendously appreciated.
Aaric S. Eisenstein, VP Publishing
Coming Soon - The Stratfor Bookshelf
As a special thank-you, I've set things up so you can offer a friend - as many friends as you like actually - a completely free 30-day Stratfor Membership. If you've ever sent a friend an especially good article or discussed a podcast you heard, you can now give your friends the entire Stratfor experience.
I am NOT looking to turn Stratfor into some goofy multi-level marketing scheme. Your friends won't have to enter a credit card, or even their names, just an email address to receive intelligence. I will send them exactly two emails during their free Membership with a nice offer to become a regular Member, but that's it. If they decide 30 days is all they wanted, no problem at all and we wish them well.
If you're already a Stratfor Member, forward this email to a friend
If your friend sent you this opportunity, click here for a free 30-day Membership
I'm doing this for two reasons. In joining as a paying Member, you've made it (financially) explicit that Stratfor has real value for you. I want to make it possible for you to give something of value to your associates. I'm always interested personally in new ways that I can help out a friend. Secondly, I'll make no bones that I'm looking to grow our business. Every additional Member I add means more resources that we can invest in building out our intelligence network, expanding our maps/multimedia capabilities, and creating new features like the Stratfor Bookshelf.
Again, all of us at Stratfor look forward to continuing to provide the very best in geopolitical intelligence. So stay tuned for more, new, and better!
All best wishes,
Aaric S. Eisenstein
VP Publishing
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Stratfor hacked
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December 25, 2011, 11:42:51 AM »
Wonder who did it? Stratfor does seem to have some uncommon intel , , ,
Stratfor Hacked, 200GB Of Emails, Credit Cards Stolen, Client List Released, Includes MF Global, Rockefeller Foundation
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/24/2011 - 21:10Goldman Sachs goldman sachs MF Global TwitterThis Christmas will not be a happy one for George Friedman (who incidentally was the focus of John Mauldin's latest book promotion email blast) and his Stratfor Global Intelligence service, because as of a few hours ago, hacking collective Anonymous disclosed that not only has it hacked the Stratfor website (since confirmed by Friedman himself), but has also obtained the full client list of over 4000 individuals and corporations, including their credit cards (which supposedly have been used to make $1 million in "donations"), as well as over 200 GB of email correspondence. And since the leaked client list is the who is who of intelligence, and capital management, including such names as Goldman Sachs, the Rockefeller Foundation and, yep, MF Global, we are certain that not only Stratfor and its clients will be waiting with bated breath to see just what additional troves of information are unleashed, but virtually everyone else, in this very sensitive time from a geopolitical point of view. And incidentally, we can't help but notice that Anonymous may have finally ventured into the foreign relations arena. We can only assume, for now, that this is not a formal (or informal) statement of allegiance with any specific ideology as otherwise the wargames in the Straits of Hormuz may soon be very inappropriately named (or halfway so).
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Re: Concerning Stratfor:
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December 25, 2011, 09:09:46 PM »
Dear Stratfor Member,
On December 24th an unauthorized party disclosed personally identifiable information and related credit card data of some of our members. We have reason to believe that your personal and credit card data could have been included in the information that was illegally obtained and disclosed.
Also publicly released was a list of our members which the unauthorized party claimed to be Stratfor's "private clients." Contrary to this assertion the disclosure was merely a list of some of the members that have purchased our publications and does not comprise a list of individuals or entities that have a relationship with Stratfor beyond their purchase of our subscription-based publications.
We have also retained the services of a leading identity theft protection and monitoring service on behalf of the Stratfor members that have been impacted by these events. Details regarding the services to be provided will be forwarded in a subsequent email that is to be delivered to the impacted members no later than Wednesday, December 28th.
In the interim, precautions that can be taken by you to minimize and prevent the misuse of information which may have been disclosed include the following:
- contact your financial institution and inform them of this incident;
- if you see any unauthorized activity on your accounts promptly notify your financial institution;
- submit a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") by calling 1-877-ID-THEFT (1-877- 438-4338) or online at
- contact the three U.S. credit reporting agencies: Equifax (
or (800) 685-1111), Experian (
or (888) 397-3742), and TransUnion (
or (800) 888-4213), to obtain a free credit report from each.
Even if you do not find any suspicious activity on your initial credit reports, the FTC recommends that you check your credit reports periodically. Checking your credit reports can help you spot problems and address them quickly.
To ease any concerns you may have about your personal information going forward, we have also retained an experienced outside consultant that specializes in such security matters to bolster our existing efforts on these issues as we work to better serve you. We are on top of the situation and will continue to be vigilant in our implementation of the latest, and most comprehensive, data security measures.
We are also working to restore access to our website and continuing to work closely with law enforcement regarding these matters. We will continue to update you regarding the status of these matters.
Again, my sincerest apologies for this unfortunate incident.
George Friedman
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December 26, 2011, 10:18:37 AM »
Anonymous said the client list it had already posted was a small slice of the 200 gigabytes worth of plunder it stole from Stratfor and promised more leaks. It said it was able to get the credit card details in part because Stratfor didnt bother encrypting them an easy-to-avoid blunder which, if true, would be a major embarrassment for any security-related company.
Fred Burton, Stratfors vice president of intelligence, said the company had reported the intrusion to law enforcement and was working with them on the investigation.
Stratfor has protections in place meant to prevent such attacks, he said.
But I think the hackers live in this kind of world where once they fixate on you or try to attack you it's extraordinarily difficult to defend against, Burton said.
^^^ That is just utter nonsense as an excuse for a failure to simply encrypt your data. And this by a security experts company. Thats like saying Well if somebody really wants to burglarize your house, theres no sense in locking your door. Or If an attacker really wants to kill your principal, theyre going to be able to do it, so why waste resources on DSS agents with guns and armored vehicles.
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December 26, 2011, 02:22:43 PM »
LONDONMembers of the loose-knit movement "Anonymous" claimed on Sunday to have stolen a raft of emails and credit-card data from U.S.-based security think tank Stratfor, promising it was just the start of a weeklong, Christmas-inspired assault on a long list of targets.
One alleged Anonymous affiliate said the goal was to use the credit data to take a million dollarsincluding, apparently, from individuals' accountsand give the money away as Christmas donations. Images posted online claimed to show the receipts.
A Twitter account tied to Anonymous posted a link to what they said was Stratfor's tightly guarded, confidential client list. Among those on the list: The U.S. Army, the U.S. Air Force and the Miami Police Department.
The rest of the list, which the hacking movement said was a small slice of its 200 gigabytes of plunder, included banks, law-enforcement agencies, defense contractors and technology firms.
"Not so private and secret anymore?" the group taunted in a message on the microblogging site.
Austin, Texas-based Stratfor provides political, economic and military analysis to help clients reduce risk, according to a description on its YouTube page. It charges subscribers for its reports and analysis, delivered through the web, emails and videos.
Stratfor said in an email to members that it had suspended its servers and email after learning that its website had been hacked.
"We have reason to believe that the names of our corporate subscribers have been posted on other websites," said the email, passed on to the Associated Press by subscribers. "We are diligently investigating the extent to which subscriber information may have been obtained."
The email, signed by Stratfor Chief Executive George Friedman, said the company is "working closely with law enforcement to identify who is behind the breach."
"Stratfor's relationship with its members and, in particular, the confidentiality of their subscriber information, are very important to Stratfor and me," Mr. Friedman wrote.
Calls to Stratfor went unanswered Sunday and an answering machine thanked callers for contacting the "No. 1 source for global intelligence."
Lt. Col. John Dorrian, public-affairs officer for the Air Force, said that "for obvious reasons" the Air Force doesn't discuss specific vulnerabilities, threats or responses to them. "The Air Force will continue to monitor the situation and, as always, take apporpriate action as necessary to protect Air Force networks and information," he said in an email.
Miami Police Department spokesman Sgt. Freddie Cruz Jr. said that he couldn't confirm that the agency was a client of Stratfor, and he said he hadn't received any information about any security breach involving the police department.
Anonymous said it was able to get the credit details in part because Stratfor didn't encrypt them. Hours after publishing what it claimed was Stratfor's client list, Anonymous tweeted a link to encrypted files online. It said the files contained 4,000 credit cards, passwords and home addresses belonging to individuals on the think tank's private client list.
It also linked to images online that it suggested were receipts for charitable donations made by the group manipulating the credit-card data it stole.
"Thank you! Defense Intelligence Agency," read the text above one image that appeared to show a transaction summary indicating that an agency employee's information was used to donate $250 to a nonprofit group.
One receiptto the American Red Crosshad Allen Barr's name on it. Mr. Barr, of Austin, recently retired from the Texas Department of Banking and said he discovered last Friday that a total of $700 had been spent from his account. Mr. Barr, who has spent more than a decade dealing with cybercrime at banks, said five transactions were made in total.
"It was all charities, the Red Cross, CARE, Save the Children. So when the credit-card company called my wife she wasn't sure whether I was just donating," said Mr. Barr, who wasn't aware until an AP reporter called that his information had been compromised when Stratfor's computers were hacked.
Wishing everyone a "Merry LulzXMas"a nod to its spinoff hacking group Lulz SecurityAnonymous also posted a link on Twitter to a site containing the email, phone number and credit number of a U.S. Homeland Security employee.
The employee, Cody Sultenfuss, said he had no warning before his details were posted. "They took money I did not have," he told The Associated Press in a series of emails, which didn't specify the amount taken. "I think why me? I am not rich."
One member of the hacking group, who uses the handle AnonymousAbu on Twitter, claimed that more than 90,000 credit cards from law enforcement, the intelligence community and journalists"corporate/exec accounts of people like Fox" newshad been hacked and used to "steal a million dollars" and make donations.
It wasn't possible to verify where credit card details were used. Fox News, which is owned by Wall Street Journal parent News Corp., wasn't on the excerpted list of Stratfor members posted online. But other media organizations including MSNBC and Al Jazeera English appeared in the file.
Anonymous warned it has "enough targets lined up to extend the fun fun fun of LulzXmas through the entire next week."
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George Friedman: The Hack on Stratfor
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January 12, 2012, 02:38:57 PM »
By George Friedman
In early December I received a call from Fred Burton, Stratfor's vice president of intelligence. He told me he had received information indicating our website had been hacked and our customer credit card and other information had been stolen. The following morning I met with an FBI special agent, who made clear that there was an ongoing investigation and asked for our cooperation. We, of course, agreed to cooperate. The matter remains under active investigation.
From the beginning I faced a dilemma. I felt bound to protect our customers, who quickly had to be informed about the compromise of their privacy. I also felt bound to protect the investigation. That immediate problem was solved when the FBI told us it had informed the various credit card companies and had provided those companies with a list of compromised cards while omitting that it had come from us. Our customers were therefore protected, as the credit card companies knew the credit cards and other information had been stolen and could act to protect the customers. We were not compelled to undermine the investigation.
The FBI made it clear that it expected the theft to be exposed by the hackers. We were under no illusion that this was going to be kept secret. We knew our reputation would be damaged by the revelation, all the more so because we had not encrypted the credit card files. This was a failure on our part. As the founder and CEO of Stratfor, I take responsibility for this failure, which has created hardship for customers and friends, and I deeply regret that it took place. The failure originated in the rapid growth of the company. As it grew, the management team and administrative processes didn't grow with it. Again, I regret that this occurred and want to assure everyone that Stratfor is taking aggressive steps to deal with the problem and ensure that it doesn't happen again.
From the beginning, it was not clear who the attackers were. The term "Anonymous" is the same as the term "unknown." The popular vision of Anonymous is that its members are young and committed to an ideology. I have no idea if this is true. As in most affairs like this, those who know don't talk; those who talk don't know. I have my theories, which are just that and aren't worth sharing.
I was prepared for the revelation of the theft and the inevitable criticism and negative publicity. We worked to improve our security infrastructure within the confines of time and the desire to protect the investigation by not letting the attackers know that we knew of their intrusion. With the credit card information stolen, I assumed that the worst was done. I was wrong.
Early in the afternoon of Dec. 24, I was informed that our website had been hacked again. The hackers published a triumphant note on our homepage saying that credit card information had been stolen, that a large amount of email had been taken, and that four of our servers had been effectively destroyed along with data and backups. We had expected they would announce the credit card theft. We were dismayed that emails had been taken. But our shock was at the destruction of our servers. This attack was clearly designed to silence us by destroying our records and the website, unlike most attacks by such groups.
Attacks against credit cards are common, our own failures notwithstanding. So are the thefts of emails. But the deliberate attack on our digital existence was a different order of magnitude. As the global media marveled at our failure to encrypt credit card information, my attention was focused on trying to understand why anyone would want to try to silence us.
In the days that followed, a narrative evolved among people claiming to speak for Anonymous and related groups. It started with looking at our subscriber list and extracting corporate subscribers who were now designated as clients. The difference between clients and subscribers is important here. A client is someone you do customized work for. A subscriber is simply someone who purchases a publication, unchanged from what others read. A subscriber of The New York Times is not its client. Nevertheless, some of the media started referring to these subscribers as clients, reflecting the narrative of those claiming to speak with knowledge of our business.
From there, the storyline grew to argue that these "clients," corporate and government, provided Stratfor with classified intelligence that we reviewed. We were no longer an organization that analyzed the world for the interested public, but rather a group of incompetents and, conversely, the hub of a global conspiracy. The media focused on the first while the hacking community focused on the second.
This was why they stole our email, according to some of them. As one person said, the credit cards were extra, something they took when they realized they could. It was our email they were after. Obviously, we were not happy to see our emails taken. God knows what a hundred employees writing endless emails might say that is embarrassing, stupid or subject to misinterpretation. What will not appear is classified intelligence from corporations or governments. They may find, depending on what they took, that we have sources around the world, as you might expect. It is interesting that the hacker community is split, with someone claiming to speak for the official Anonymous condemning the hack as an attack on the media, which they don't sanction, and another faction defending it as an attack on the rich and powerful.
The interpretation of the hackers as to who we are -- if indeed that was their interpretation -- was so wildly off base as to stretch credulity. Of course, we know who we are. As they search our emails for signs of a vast conspiracy, they will be disappointed. Of course we have relationships with people in the U.S. and other governments and obviously we know people in corporations, and that will be discovered in the emails. But that's our job. We are what we said we were: an organization that generates its revenues through geopolitical analysis. At the core of our business, we objectively acquire, organize, analyze and distribute information.
I don't know if the hackers who did this feel remorse as they discover that we aren't who they said we were. First, I don't know who they actually are, and second, I don't know what their motives were. I know only what people claiming to be them say. So I don't know if there is remorse or if their real purpose was to humiliate and silence us, in which case I don't know why they wanted that.
And this points to the real problem, the one that goes beyond Stratfor's own problem. The Internet has become an indispensible part of our lives. We shop, communicate, publish and read on it. It has become the village commons of the planet. But in the village commons of old, neighbors who knew and recognized each other met and lived together. Others knew what they did in the commons, and they were accountable.
In the global commons, anonymity is an option. This is one of the great virtues of the Internet. It is also a terrible weakness. It is possible to commit crimes on the Internet anonymously. The technology that enables the Internet also undermines accountability. Given the profusion of technical knowledge, the integrity of the commons is in the hands of people whose identities we don't know, whose motives we don't understand, and whose ability to cause harm is substantial. The consequence of this will not be a glorious anarchy in the spirit of Guy Fawkes, but rather a massive repression. I think this is a pity. That's why I wonder who the hackers actually are and what cause they serve. I am curious as to whether they realize the whirlwind they are sowing, and whether they, in fact, are trying to generate the repression they say they oppose.
The attempt to silence us failed. Our website is back, though we are waiting for all archives to be restored, and our email is working again. Our failures have been reviewed and are being rectified. We deliberately shut down while we brought in outside consultants to rebuild our system from the ground up. The work isn't finished yet, but we can start delivering our analyses. The handling of credit cards is being handed off to a third party with appropriate capability to protect privacy. We have acted to help our customers by providing an identity theft prevention service. As always, we welcome feedback from our supporters as well as our critics.
We are fortunate that we have the financial resources and staff commitment to survive the attack. Others might not. We are now in a world in which anonymous judges, jurors and executioners can silence whom they want. Take a look at the list of organizations attacked. If the crushing attack on Stratfor is the new model, we will not be the last. No security system is without flaws even if it is much better than Stratfor's was.
We certainly expect to be attacked again, as we were last week when emails were sent out to members from a fake Stratfor address including absurd messages and videos. Our attackers seem peculiarly intent on doing us harm beyond what they have already done. This is a new censorship that doesn't come openly from governments but from people hiding behind masks. Do not think we will be the last or that we have been the first.
We will continue to publish analysis and sell it to those who believe it has value. To our subscribers who have expressed such strong support, we express our deepest gratitude. To our critics, we assure you that nothing you have said about us represents a fraction of what we have said about ourselves. While there is much not to be proud of in this affair, I am proud beyond words of all my dedicated colleagues at Stratfor and am delighted to return our focus to analyzing critical international affairs.
To all, I dedicate myself to denying our attackers the prize they wanted. We are returning to the work we love, dedicated to correcting our mistakes and becoming better than ever in analyzing and forecasting how the world works.
We have acted to help our customers by providing an identity theft prevention service.
As always, we welcome feedback from our supporters as well as our critics.
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It's good to see Stratfor back in stride; I appreciate their analysis. Like I say about a good economist, I don't expect them to know the future, just to give good analysis of what has happened so far and what is happening now.
I thought they explained and handled the attack on their organization and their customers as well as is possible. They were accused of not encrypting data and they admitted that, explained it, apologized and corrected it. My view is that they saw their business as primarily the creation of these reports rather than marketing sales and distribution. From the larger story it sounds like the financial data was the perhaps the least significant of the losses. It is a warning shot for all of us of the dangers of lost privacy and putting our trade secrets on the cloud or on an fully interconnected information system. Somehow I doubt ordinary encryption would have thwarted much of what went wrong on an attack that large and sophisticated. Look at Wikileaks. The top intelligence agencies in the world were all hacked recently and repeatedly as well. Crafty, as one who was likely a victim, I wonder how you feel about what happened. I sympathize with all including Strat as the largest victim. They had their whole business model jeopardized, plus each customer compromised. They were guilty of a malpractice and did what they could to come clean and make it right. Sounds like they bought each customer an identity theft package. Now you have one more business out there storing all your data.
This could go in some other thread, but a person should have a credit card or account just for these types of purchases with very low limit and a distinct and limited purchase pattern as the first line of protection.
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George Friedman resigns!
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February 27, 2012, 04:39:15 AM »
Dear loyal Stratfor partners and clients,
It is with great personal disappointment I have to inform you that I will resign from my position as CEO for Stratfor to immediate effect.
Please rest assured that this decision was not an easy. But in the light of the recent events, especially the release of our company emails by WikiLeaks, I have decided that stepping down is in the best interest of Stratfor and its customer base.
I want to emphasize that this will have no effect on Stratfor's business or its members and we will continue to provide state-of-the-art intelligence services.
Regarding the latest breach, Stratfor is fully in control of the situation However, while I cannot take any personal responsibility for this incident, I still have to admit that mistakes have been made on our side. To be clear: We certainly do not condone any criminal activities by groups like Anonymous or other hackers. This is theft and we will continue to cooperate with law enforcement to bring those responsible to justice. But we must acknowledge that this incident would not have been possible if Stratfor had implemented stronger data protection mechanisms - which will be the case from now on. Indeed we will immediately move to implement the latest, and most comprehensive, data security measures.
While I played no role in our technical operations, as the company's CEO I do accept full responsibility thus will resign from my position effective immediately.
Again, my sincerest apologies for this whole unfortunate incident.
George Friedman
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WikiLeaks announced on Sunday that it would expose the e-mail correspondence from the global geopolitical analysis firm known as Stratfor, detailing the work of the company for clients. WikiLeaks did not disclose how it obtained the e-mails, but Stratfor acknowledged in December that its data servers were breached by a group of hackers known as Anonymous. The loose-knit group publicly supports WikiLeaks.
In Attack on Vatican Web Site, a Glimpse of Hackers Tactics (February 27, 2012) Anonymous posted online the names, e-mails and credit card numbers of thousands of Stratfor subscribers. Now the contents of the e-mails are being exposed five million pieces of correspondence in all, spanning seven years, WikiLeaks said. It added that the organization was analyzing the documents with the help of 25 publications around the world, including Rolling Stone in the United States, LEspresso in Italy and The Hindu in India. WikiLeaks said that Stratfor kept many records on the group and its founder, Julian Assange, who is under house arrest in Britain and wanted for extradition to Sweden in connection with allegations of sex crimes.
The material contains privileged information about the U.S. governments attacks against Julian Assange and WikiLeaks and Stratfors own attempts to subvert WikiLeaks, the group said. There are more than 4,000 e-mails mentioning WikiLeaks or Julian Assange.
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Re: George Friedman resigns!
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February 27, 2012, 03:39:22 PM »
It's my understanding that GF has not resigned, the email is a hoax.
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Re: Concerning Stratfor:
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February 27, 2012, 04:22:39 PM »
I'm George Friedman, founder and CEO of Stratfor.
As most of you know, in December thieves hacked into Stratfor data systems and stole a large number of company emails, as well as private information of Stratfor subscribers and friends. Today Wikileaks is publishing the emails that were stolen in December. This is a deplorable, unfortunate -- and illegal -- breach of privacy.
Some of the emails may be forged or altered to include inaccuracies. Some may be authentic. We will not validate either, nor will we explain the thinking that went into them. Having had our property stolen, we will not be victimized twice by submitting to questions about them.
The disclosure of these emails does not mean that there has been another hack of Stratfor's computer and data systems. Those systems, which we have rebuilt with enhanced security measures, remain secure and protected.
The release of these emails is, however, a direct attack on Stratfor. This is another attempt to silence and intimidate the company, and one we reject. As you can see, emails sent to many people about my resignation were clearly forged.
We do not know what else has been manufactured. Stratfor will not be silenced, and we will continue to publish the geopolitical analysis our friends and subscribers have come to rely on.
As we have said before, Stratfor has worked to build good sources in many countries around the world, as any publisher of geopolitical analysis would do.
We are proud of the relationships we have built, which help our analysts better understand the issues in many of these countries through the eyes of people who live there.
We have developed these relationships with individuals and partnerships with local media in a straightforward manner, and we are committed to meeting the highest standards of professional and ethical conduct.
Stratfor is not a government organization, not is it affiliated with any government. The emails are private property. Like all private emails, they were written casually, with no expectation that anyone other than the sender and recipient would ever see them. And clearly, as with my supposed resignation letter, some of the emails may be fabricated or altered.
Stratfor understands that this hack and the fallout from it have created serious difficulties for our subscribers, friends and employees. We again apologize for this incident, and we deeply appreciate the loyalty that has been shown to Stratfor since last year's hack.
We want to assure everyone that Stratfor is recovering from the hack. We will continue to do what we do best: produce and publish independent analysis of international affairs. And we will be back in full operation in the coming weeks. We look forward to continuing to serve you.
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Flames Claim 2013 Big South Championship and NCAA Tournament Bid
|Liberty captured its third Big South Championship and NCAA Tournament bid in program history with an 87-76 win over Charleston Southern.
The Liberty men's basketball team will put on its dancing shoes for the first time in nine years. Head coach Dale Layer and the No. 5 North seed Flames defeated No. 1 South seed Charleston Southern, 87-76, in the finals of the 2013 VisitMyrtleBeach.com Big South Championship, Sunday afternoon at The HTC Center.
The victory, which capped off a remarkable run of four wins in six days, marks Liberty's (15-20) third Big South Championship in program history and the first since 2004
Liberty will now learn its place in the NCAA Tournament bracket, March 17, at 6 p.m. on CBS.
The Flames NCAA Tournament bid comes after starting the season 0-8. According to STATS, Inc., since the 1996-97 season, three other teams have started the season 0-8 or worse and made the NCAA Tournament – 2009-10 Arkansas-Pine Bluff (0-11), 2007-08 Mississippi Valley State (0-8) and 1998-99 Florida A&M (0-10).
With its record on the year, Liberty will be just the second team in history to make the tournament with 20-plus losses. The other was 2007-08 Coppin State (16-20 entering tourney).
John Caleb Sanders led all scorers with 27 points, tying his career high. The Sugar Land, Texas native now needs eight more points to become the 23rd member of Liberty's 1,000-point club.
Davon Marshall followed with 20 points, going 6-of-7 from three-point range and 2-of-2 at the foul line. The junior set a new Big South Championship record for most three-pointers during the tournament, going 17-of-24 from beyond the arc during the Flames' four wins. Marshall is now second on Liberty's single-season three-point list with 101 treys. He needs just two more to surpass Seth Curry's record of 102 set in 2009.
Tavares Speaks rounded out Liberty's double digit scorers with 18 points, adding a career-high nine rebounds.
Marshall was voted the tournament's Most Valuable Player, while Sanders, Speaks and Charleston Southern's Saah Nimley and Arlon Harper made up the rest of the all-tournament team.
Nimley paced the Buccaneers (19-11) with 18 tallies, followed by Jeremy Sexton (17), Harper (14), Mathiang Muo (12) and Sheldon Strickland (10).
Liberty shot 48.2 percent (27-of-56) on the afternoon, including 9-of-18 (50.0 percent) from three-point land. Charleston Southern concluded the contest with 41.7 percent shooting (25-of-60), going 9-of-28 (32.1 percent) from long distance.
The opening minutes mimicked a three-point shooting contest, with Liberty receiving back-to-back treys from Sanders and Marshall. Muo countered for the Buccaneers, sinking a three of his own to jumpstart a 7-0 Charleston Southern run. The No. 1 South seed held the lead briefly with a Nimley jumper at 14:24. Liberty reclaimed the advantage 22 ticks later off a Vander Pol layup and followed with a Speaks jumper to lead 10-7 at 13:49.
Strickland helped the Buccaneers regain the lead with under 12 minutes left in the half, knocking down a three-pointer. Marshall responded on the opposite end with his second trifecta of the contest to put Liberty back on top. After a layup by Sanders, Marshall nailed another shot from downtown to cap an 8-0 Liberty run. Harper halted the burst at 9:38, hitting a three-pointer to pull Charleston Southern within three, 18-15.
Harper allowed the Buccaneers to recapture the lead with 6:29 left in the period. Once again, the advantage was short-lived. Another Sanders three-pointer put the Flames back on top 15 seconds later, but a Nimley jumper knotted the game at 25. The contest remained close in the remaining minutes, with three more ties occurring before halftime.
Cedrick Bowen put the Buccaneers ahead by one with 12 seconds on the clock, going 1-for-2 at the foul line. With the Flames having the period's final possession, Speaks sank a jumper at the buzzer to give Liberty a 35-34 lead at halftime.
Liberty shot 40.0 percent (12-of-30) from the field in the opening stanza, while the overall No. 1 seed finished with 37.9 percent shooting (11-of-29) for the half. Each team knocked down five three-pointers, with points in the paint also even at six.
Sanders led all scorers at halftime with 12 tallies, followed by Marshall with 11. Harper and Sexton each had seven points for Charleston Southern.
In the second half, the Buccaneers took a three-point lead in the opening minutes thanks to a Harper trey. The Flames went on a 7-0 run off four straight points from Sanders and a Smith jumper. Following a jump shot by Nimley, Marshall's fourth three-pointer of the game gave the Flames a 46-42 edge at 16:29.
With the Flames still leading by four, Marshall hit his fifth three-pointer of the game and 100th of the season at 12:06, following up with his sixth and final trifecta of the afternoon nearly six minutes later. Liberty took its largest lead of 14, 68-54, with 5:28 left in the contest, courtesy of a Gielo trey.
Charleston Southern got within eight tallies in the remaining minutes, but was forced to foul during the final moments, leading to Liberty's third tournament championship and the 87-76 victory.


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Fish was in town with about a half-dozen of his Sacramento, Calif.-based staff, celebrating one of the most fascinating and unlikely success stories from the just-wrapped 2014 International Consumer Electronics Show.
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