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RI State Police OfferCyber Safety Tips for College Students

Colonel Ann Assumpico is urging parents and students to protect computers, cell phone, and other mobile devices, as well as protecting personal information from cyber criminals.

Students must remember the importance of cyber security as they return to school. Digital media has become an integral part of the college experience and whether they are returning to a dorm or to off-campus living, they should take the time to protect themselves from cyber incidents via industry recognized and recommended security practices, said Assumpico.

The safety tips are as follows:

Heading off to college can be a stressful time. To ease the anxiety, Cristiana Quinn,GoLocalProv's College Admissions Expert, has some sage words for children and parents alike.

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Organize your dorm room items now, and assess what you need to ship vs. transport inthe car. This will alleviate stress before you leave for school. Use a printable checklist foryour dorm room, like this one.

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When you arrive at college, don't expect everything to be perfect. Your roommate,classes or sports team may not be everything that you dreamed of, and that's okay. Makethe best of it, and remember that college gets easier after you adjust in the first semester.Stay in touch with friends and family from home, but transition to your new life. Don't livevirtually (texting) hanging on to the past too much--live in the moment in your newcommunity.

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Textbooks are extremely expensive; save money by renting or buying used text at Cheggor Amazonvs. buying at the on campus bookstore.

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Make sure you know where health services is on campus and the hours. Also, knowwhere the closest hospital is, in case health services is closed. Visit the academic supportcenter and learn about tutoring and study skills resources in the first week of school---BEFORE you need them.

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Join at least 3 organizations or clubs on campus. This will give you a chance to meet avariety of people outside of your dorm and classes. Chances are that these students will bemore aligned with your interests and values. Intramural sports teams, the campusnewspaper, community service groups, political groups, outing clubs are all good.

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Don't hover at orientation and drop-offs. This is a difficult time, but resist the urge tolinger.

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Get a healthcare proxy signed before your son/daughter goes off to campus. This iscritical for students over 18, otherwise you will not have access to medical info in the caseof and emergency (due to healthcare privacy laws). You need to be able to speak withdoctors and make decisions remotely and quickly if anything happens.

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Expect some bumps in the road. Homesickness is normal, as are issues with roommatesand professors. Be supportive at a distance. Never call a professor, and try not to text yourchild multiple times a day. This is the time to let them learn independence and moreresponsibility. They can deal with issues if you give them the chance.

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Book now for parent weekends and special events on campus for the rest of 2015-16year. Hotels get overloaded during big weekends.

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Avoid pushing a major--this usually leads to unhappiness and causes stress in the family.It's good to provide students with resources, but encourage them to seek career testing andcounseling on-campus with professors and the Career Center. Discuss options, but don'tdictate or pressure students to select something too early.

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Hiromasa Yonebayashi and Studio Ponocs animated feature Mary and The Witchs Flower, which debuted last month in Japan and will be released in North America by GKIDS, is the first feature to incorporate the free, open source animation software OpenToonz into its production pipeline.

Japanese publisher Dwango acquired the Toonz software last year from Italian tech company Digital Video, which has been producing the animation package since 1993, and has begun distributing it as free, modifiable software that can be further developed by individual users and studios.

Even though Mary is the first film to use the open source version, earlier versions of Toonz have been used extensively in professional productions, most notably by Studio Ghibli to produce films like The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, Howls Moving Castle, and The Wind Rises. Yonebayashi himself directed two films at Ghibli The Secret World of Arrietty and When Marnie Was There which used Toonz software, so its logical that he would continue working with the open source version in his post-Ghibli work.

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'Mary And The Witch's Flower' Was Made With Free OpenToonz Animation Software - Cartoon Brew

Switching to a Mac doesn't mean having to leave behind Windows or your software. That's because your new Mac is perfectly at home running Windows and Windows software. In fact, you have several options open to you if you want to keep using your favorite Windows software.

OS X has built-in support for Windows using a utility called Boot Camp. Using this you can turn your Mac into a dual-boot system with both OS X and Windows installed on it.

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Virtualization software doesn't have to cost money. There are plenty of free utilities, such as VirtualBox.

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This category of software includes utilities such as the excellent Parallels Desktop for Mac (full review here of the newest Parallels Desktop for Mac 13).

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You might be lucky and be able to run your Windows apps on OS X without needing Windows at all using a utility such as WineBottler. This utility uses the Linux-based Wine compatibility layer to support a selected number of Windows applications.

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Parallels Desktop 13 for Mac review: Touch Bar control for virtualized Windows apps, and more

Parallels Desktop isn't the only virtualization software that allows Mac users to run Windows apps within a virtual machine (VM), but its cycle of regular annual updates has allowed it to take a lead over rival tools, such as VMware's Fusion.

Dumping Windows and installing Linux Mint, in just 10 minutes

One of my netbooks needed refreshing, and I decided to dump Windows completely and install only Linux Mint. The entire process took 10 minutes.

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How to run Windows 10 on your Mac - ZDNet

The software makes it easier for food facilities to comply with the Food Safety Modernization Act.

As anyone who has ever gotten a driver's license or filled out their taxes or built a house or done pretty much anything that involves the government can attest to, adhering to government regulations can be tricky. That's especially true if you run a business, where a wholenew set of regulations apply. And if your company deals with food, that's yet another layer of regulations that has to be dealt with. This isn't to say such regulations are bad: The Centers for Disease Control and Preventionestimates that about 48 million Americans get sick from foodborne illness each year, so anything we can do to lower that number is in everyone's best interest.

To help things along, thisweekthe Food and Drug Administration announced that it has launched Food Safety Plan Builder software that attempts to help food facilities adhere to the Food Safety Modernization Act, a law signed in 2011 that, according to the agency, enable the FDA to "focus more on preventing food safety problems rather than relying primarily on reacting to problems after they occur." The software providesa simple question and answer platform to create the legislation's mandatory food safety plan for businesses. The hope is that this free downloadable application will benefit smaller businesses which may not be able to afford a costly consultant.

The application covers an extensive list of sections: things like Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) & Prerequisite Programs, Hazard Analysis & Preventive Controls Determination, Process Preventive Controls, Food Allergen Preventive Controls, Sanitation Preventive Controls, Supply-Chain Preventive Controls and a Recall Plan.

Use of the software is completely optional(so companies that can afford one of those costly consultants, by all means, go for it), and the FDA stresses that the use of the software doesn't mean that a company's food safety plan is automatically approved by the agency. Additionally, the FDA promises that it "will not track or monitor use of the Food Safety Plan Builder"which sounds like good news for any food business owners out there who just realized they've got some fixing up to do.

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FDA Releases Free Food Safety App for Businesses - Food & Wine

Airbus said it had informed operators of the short-term software fix and was investigating whether further action was needed.

BERLIN: European aviation safety authorities have issued an emergency directive for operators of the Airbus A350-900 long-haul aircraft to upload a software fix to prevent potential overheating of the hydraulic system and a risk of explosion.

Airbus has delivered over 100 of the aircraft so far, which is flown by airlines including Lufthansa, Singapore Airlines, Cathay Pacific and Qatar Airways.

In the directive, the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) said that an overheat failure mode of the hydraulic engine driven pump had been found, which could cause the temperature of the hydraulic fluid to rise fast.

If that is not noticed and corrected, it could, if combined with an inoperative fuel tank inerting system, lead to the fluid overheating uncontrollably, which could then in turn lead to the fuel-air mixture in the affected fuel tank igniting, EASA said.

Airbus said it had informed operators of the short-term software fix and was investigating whether further action was needed.

A spokesman for Lufthansa said the German flagship carrier was complying with the directive and did not expect any impact on its A350 fleet or operations.

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Regulator, Airbus issue software fix for A350 on explosion risk - Free Malaysia Today