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Vector Wings: Art & Graphics For Free Download

Discover free, high-quality vector wings for your creative projects. Download royalty-free designs, from tribal wings to angel outlines. Elevate your tattoo ...




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Down to Earth: The Emerging Field of Planetary Health

By Nate Seltenrich Environmental Health Perspectives Human impacts on our planet have become so profound that many researchers now favor a new name for the current epoch: the Anthropocene.1 The underlying premise of this term is that essentially every Earth … Continue reading




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COVID-19 Lockdowns Accelerated Brain Aging in Teens

The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated brain aging in adolescents. The effect was three times as strong in females than in males.




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COVID-19 Lockdowns Accelerated Brain Aging in Teens

The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated brain aging in adolescents. The effect was three times as strong in females than in males.



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Escaping the "Upside Down" – Halting Florida's Stop WOKE Act

Dionysia Johnson-Massie, Kelly Peña and Alan Persaud review the latest updates to Florida’s “Stop WOKE” Act and what they mean for employers in the state.

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US biz concerned over crackdown on Xinjiang supply chain, fears backfiring

Stefan Marculewicz weighs in on the possibility of the US government implementing supply chain restrictions amid claims of forced labor in Xinjiang, despite the opposition of the business world. 

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The E.U. Advances a Watered-Down but Nonetheless Landmark Human Rights Draft Law – What This Means for Global Employers

  • The E.U. significantly advanced draft legislation requiring certain global employers to engage in wide-ranging human rights due diligence.
  • The scope of the law covers both E.U. and non-E.U. companies.
  • The draft law is expected to pass this summer, triggering E.U. Member States’ obligations to transpose it into local law. 




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What's Next: Decrypting Iran | Phone Frisking | Legal Meltdown

Aaron Crews suggests how data could change business law.

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Wrongful dismissal claim ends in Superior Court slap-down – Ontario judge tells employer to pay up

Barry Kuretzky discusses a recent Ontario Superior Court decision that punished an employer for trying to intimidate an employee through what the judge determined was a meritless counter claim.

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France: Role of the Social and Economic Committee in the Context of a Restructuring or Downsizing

In addition to the information and consultation obligations linked to their general responsibilities,1 Social and Economic Committees (“Comité Social et Economique” or "CSE") in French workplaces, which replace and merge all the employee representative bodies, staff representatives, works council, and health, safety and working conditions committee, must be informed and consulted in the event of a “restructuring and downsizing.”2 What is their scope of intervention?

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Five Key Questions to Formulate a Top-Down Strategy for APAC Layoffs

Isha Malhotra, Trent Sutton and Nancy Zhang offer guidelines for in-house counsel when advising a business on a restructure in APAC.

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3 Things To Know After NYC Waters Down Pay Disclosure Law

Eli Freedberg discusses New York’s controversial new pay transparency law.

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It was all very well to say ‘Drink me,’ but the wise little Alice was not going to do that in a hurry. ‘No, I’ll look first,’ she said, ‘and see whether it’s marked “poison” or not’; for […] she had never forgotten that, if you drink much from a bottle marked ‘poison,’ it is almost certain to disagree with you, sooner or later.

                                           —Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland, Chapter 1, Down the Rabbit Hole




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Corporate Board Diversity: Next Steps for Employers After Court Strikes Down California Board Diversity Law

On April 1, 2022, a Los Angeles County Superior Court ruled that California Assembly Bill 979—a bill designed to increase diversity and improve the persistently low number of underrepresented groups on corporate boards—violated the Equal Protection Clause of the California Constitution and was therefore unenforceable. In its ruling, the court acknowledged the pitfalls of homogeneity in business and communities, but it cautioned against quotas and specific number requirements.




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NLRB General Counsel Explains What Remedies She Wants for Non-Competes She Considers Illegal and Promises Crack-Down on “Stay-or-Pay” Agreements

  • NLRB General Counsel Memorandum 25-01 urges the Board to seek “make whole” remedies for non-compete agreements that run afoul of the NLRA.
  • The Memorandum also alleges certain “stay-or-pay” arrangements are unlawful unless narrowly tailored.




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We have created a high-level guide that gives an “at a glance” snapshot of the severity of lockdown restrictions in 15 countries across Asia Pacific (APAC).  The guide covers the following topics: 




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We have created a high-level guide that gives an “at a glance” snapshot of the severity of lockdown restrictions in 28 countries across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). As COVID-19 developments across EMEA slow, the June guide will be the final monthly update of this guide and we will next update the guide when the information substantially changes. We hope you have found the content we have provided over the last 12 months useful.




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Bill Seeks to Alleviate the Slowdown of Criminal Background Checks in California

Background check industry groups have mounted a full-court press to remedy the recent slowdown in criminal record searches in California state courts caused by last year’s court of appeal decision in All of Us or None v.




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Write It Down: California’s Freelance Worker Protection Act Imposes New Requirements for Engaging Independent Contractors

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U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Down Race-Conscious Admissions – What Does it Mean for Employers?

  • On June 29, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court found that Harvard’s and UNC’s race-conscious admissions practices are unconstitutional.




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Write it down: California's Freelance Worker Protection Act imposes new requirements for engaging independent contractors

Joy C. Rosenquist, Rick Reyes and Blair C. Senesi examine California’s new Freelance Worker Protection Act (FWPA), which aims to provide greater protections to freelance workers.

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Employers Expect Increased Regulatory Enforcement Amid Legislative Slowdown in Election Year, Littler Survey Finds

(May 8, 2024) – In an election year that could significantly impact the future of employment and labor law, U.S. employers expect heightened regulatory enforcement as they navigate a host of workplace issues, including the disruptive impact of artificial intelligence (AI) and managing divisive political beliefs among employees.




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Downing of a Flag

A documentary film that focuses on the Confederate battle flag and its impact on the people, politics, and perceptions of South Carolina and beyond. Through firsthand interviews featuring various perspectives and a wealth of historical footage, Downing of a Flag traces the symbol's controversial relationship with the Palmetto State, exploring its true meaning and how an unspeakable tragedy catalyzed its long-debated removal. The story begins with the end of the Civil War and chronicles the flag's more than 150-year journey from the blood-soaked battlefields of Virginia to its use in American popular culture in the 1970s and 1980s, to its final removal from the South Carolina State House grounds in July 2015. Preceded by the killing of nine black parishioners at Charleston's historic Mother Emanuel AME Church by a white supremacist, the Confederate Battle flag's furling and the days and actions that led to that event could represent the final shots and battles of the American Civil War.





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Chicago Bears Fans Can Bear Down With Free CTA Rides After Sunday’s Game

Bears fans have the best End Zone dance in the National Football League when they take CTA to and from Soldier Field Sunday. FREE rides are provided after da Bears face the Titans —courtesy of our partners, Miller Lite. The free rides will be available on the following CTA routes for three hours on Sunday – beginning at approximately 3 p.m.:




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Trains Rerouted Downtown (Planned Work w/Reroute)

(Wed, Nov 13 2024 10:00 PM to Thu, Nov 14 2024 3:45 AM) Orange Ln trns will operate counterclockwise on the Outer Loop. Board/exit Orange Ln trns on the Brown Line platform at all Loop stations.




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Breaking down the price of gasoline

High gas prices have fueled speculation and investigations — is anyone raising prices and keeping prices high for profit? To find out, we break down the price of gas, piece by piece, to show you how we get to the price we see at the pump and how much everyone profits at each step of the way. | Subscribe to Planet Money+ in Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org/planetmoney.

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We (can’t) Chat: “709 Crackdown” Discussion Blocked on Weibo and WeChat

Toronto, ON – Researchers at the Citizen Lab, based at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs, published a report today that reveals how discussions about a nationwide government crackdown on rights lawyers and activists in China are censored on WeChat and Weibo, two of the leading social networks in China. The crackdown […]




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Rotman Lifetime Achievement Award Presented to BMO’s William Downe

Toronto, ON – William Downe, a graduate of the MBA program at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, will be honoured today at the Rotman Alumni Awards Dinner with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Downe is Chief Executive Officer of BMO Financial Group. He receives the award in recognition of his outstanding commitment to enhancing […]




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Chair Established at University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management in Honour of BMO’s William Downe

Toronto, ON – A new chair has been established in honour of William Downe, a graduate of the MBA program at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management. The chair was announced at the Rotman Alumni Awards Dinner on October 18 where Downe received a Lifetime Achievement Award. Downe is the former Chief Executive Officer […]




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Hiring During Lockdown: How We've Grown Our Startup in These Uncertain Times  

According to a report by CNBC, the number of payrolled jobs lost since the start of the global coronavirus pandemic is more than double the number lost during the Great Recession. The same report features testimony from a number of recent graduates who have had job offers withdrawn due to the economic shutdown, creating a semi-hidden tier of additional employment loss. We are potentially looking at an entire ...




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White Paper: Interested in Surface Roughness Measurement? Download the Olympus Roughness Measurement Guidebook

Our Introduction to Surface Roughness Measurement guidebook is an excellent initiation to noncontact surface roughness measurement. It offers practical information on various topics to help make roughness measurement easy and efficient.




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EPA Issues Highly Anticipated Rule on HFC Phasedown

EPA issued a final rule establishing a comprehensive program to cap and phase down the production and consumption of climate-damaging HFCs in the United States.




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Johnson Controls CEO Stepping Down

JCI has hired an executive search firm to help evaluate both internal and external candidates in an effort to find a replacement for its current CEO, who has announced his plans to retire from that position.




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Technology Enables HVAC Contractors to Crack Down on Distracted Driving

The advent of smartphones has made life both simpler and more complicated for people around the world.




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Project Files: Episode 49 — Downtown Denver Rooftop Replacement

The cooling towers located on the roof of Granite Tower in Denver were meant to last 20 years. But at nearly 40 years, the cooling towers and fluid coolers were well past their life expectancy.




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Cruz Leads Senate Effort to Shut Down Furnace Rule

The rule will effectively ban the sale of non-condensing gas furnaces and, according to the American Gas Association (AGA), will affect 55% of U.S. households.





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CVE-2024-50386: Apache CloudStack: Directly downloaded templates can be used to abuse KVM-based infrastructure

Posted by Daniel Augusto Veronezi Salvador on Nov 12

Severity: important

Affected versions:

- Apache CloudStack 4.0.0 through 4.18.2.4
- Apache CloudStack 4.19.0.0 through 4.19.1.2

Description:

Account users in Apache CloudStack by default are allowed to register templates to be downloaded directly to the
primary storage for deploying instances. Due to missing validation checks for KVM-compatible templates in CloudStack
4.0.0 through 4.18.2.4 and 4.19.0.0 through 4.19.1.2, an attacker that...




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Re: CVE-2024-36905: Linux kernel: Divide-by-zero on shutdown of TCP_SYN_RECV sockets

Posted by Solar Designer on Nov 12

NIST doesn't appear to provide their own CVSS vectors/scores lately.
However, they republish (with attribution) some third-party ones, this
time from CISA-ADP. The CISA-ADP CVSS vector for this vulnerability
specifies that it not only is network-reachable, but also that it has
High impact not only on Availability, but also on Confidentiality and
Integrity. This results in a CVSSv3.1 score of 9.8. Even merely
correcting the vector not to...




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Re: CVE-2024-36905: Linux kernel: Divide-by-zero on shutdown of TCP_SYN_RECV sockets

Posted by Clemens Lang on Nov 12

Hi,

I think the source for the CISA-ADP data is at [1]. For this specific CVE, the relevant file would be [2]. Their readme
has a section at the bottom, where they encourage feedback:

I’m aware of at last one prior case where a similar case of (IMHO) overblown CVSS scores was discussed in an issue on
this particular GitHub project [3].

Somebody seems to already have opened a ticket for this CVE, too: [4]

[1]:...




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RE: CVE-2024-36905: Linux kernel: Divide-by-zero on shutdown of TCP_SYN_RECV sockets

Posted by Joel GUITTET on Nov 12

Hello
First thanks to Alexander for reposting because I was not able to do so!
You're right Clemens, I have myself ask the question on this github
(https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/issues/130), but still no information for the moment.
Joel




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Peterman Brothers Charity Showdown Supports Indianapolis-Area Community Organizations

Throughout March, voters will help the staff at Peterman Brothers select four charity partner organizations for 2023.




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SE-Radio Episode 334: David Calavera on Zero-downtime Migrations and Rollbacks with Kubernetes

Jeremy Jung talks with David Calavera about zero-downtime migrations and rollbacks with Kubernetes. In this episode we define migrations, rollbacks, and discuss how Netlify was able to migrate to Kubernetes and roll back off of it multiple times without impacting their users. David explains how developers can run old and new systems simultaneously, the importance of defining errors in your system, and when to apply fixes vs rolling back. We also discuss their decision to move to Kubernetes, and the benefits they received.




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Episode 523: Jessi Ashdown and Uri Gilad on Data Governance

Jessi Ashdown and Uri Gilad, authors of the book "Data Governance: The Definitive Guide," discuss what data governance entails, why it's important, and how it can be implemented. Host Akshay Manchale speaks with them about why data governance...




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Acer bracing for PC market slowdown

"With demand for notebooks continuing sliding, Acer is pushing to enhance its PC offerings, and remains aggressive in developing new businesses, according to company chairman Jason Chen.

For the PC business, Acer is now primarily focusing on improving its existing competitiveness and cooling technologies. The company earlier terminated its mo... [PCSTATS]