Server Information Website statistics: • over 50,000 unique visitors per month, coming from 100+ different countries • over 100 GB (gigabytes) of information (documents, photos, audio and video) is transmitted monthly to those visitors • over 1,000,000 hits per month are received and maintained by the server • 300 GB (gigabytes) of existing data files, consisting of audio, video, images, photographs and thousands of web documents, gradually being updated to the various websites • the server has monthly expenses, similar to any company or organization having an Internet presence.  Due to our increasing website growth and bandwidth usage (amount of information viewed by Internet visitors), the server is now financed primarily by partners, sponsors, business affiliations and individual donations.

To preserve.  To inform.  To inspire.

Welcome to Assyrian Information Management (AIM), the virtual Internet-based academic repository which created and continues to manage atour.com was founded on December 10, 1996, during the early years of the Internet.  The organization's primary objective is to promote Assyrian history, language and culture by having editorial independence to present our perspective and related information into accurate articles, freely available for everyone.

AIM has developed and managed many Assyrian-related projects.  AIM is also independent of political persuasion, tribal affiliation, religious creed and is financed primarily by partners, sponsors, business affiliations and individual donations.

We are socially responsible and believe in promoting Assyrian businesses and organizations by investing in their goods and services.  We accomplish this by advertising their banners through our highly effective website advertising platform.

We are selective in choosing companies and organizations to list in our advertising system.  This ensures our Internet presence and advertising system are free from distracting marketing clutter that is present throughout the Internet.  We do not accept any outside advertisements, preferring to manage our own affiliation, advertising and search systems.

In addition to balancing between selective business affiliations and conscious capitalism, we freely promote Ad Council public service announcements of significant public issues to create awareness, cultivate understanding and motivate action within our communities.

The server system and its websites consisting of web documents, images, photographs, audio and video files, are blended together to form a unique Internet presence — an activist model of operations and independence.

Activist model summary:

• Independent, trusted, professional online presence
• Thousands of Assyrians visit monthly for activism and research
• Respected by Assyrian individuals, activists and organizations
• Referenced by universities, websites and search directories
• Unique activists' publishing features and information

We are a volunteer-based organization.  The people developing the website(s) are Assyrian activists, artists, authors, engineers, journalists, writers, scholars and students, and their scope of work and participation varies according to their professional experience and skill levels.  There are also English-speaking scholars who write, translate and forward articles.  We are volunteers and devote our time to bring tangible results for our communities.

Please support Assyrian activists and friends of Assyrians.

Would you like to help?

• Share — linking your website to atour.com and/or posting this website's links of important documents on other websites, it's free and simple
  
• Display/Embed — displaying AIM|Atour information instantly on your website, it's free and simple
• Donate — donating and helping support these online projects
• Shop — shopping and purchasing items through our business affiliations website links
• Fundraise — having fundraising efforts within your local organizations and communities to financially support our Internet presence
• Volunteer — volunteering to write articles or gathering historical documentation and photographs, and sharing that information with us through our development forums which will eventually appear on various sections of the website

Are you part of an active Assyrian organization or business?

• Sponsorship — short-term advertising of your business or organization in this server project.
• Partnership — long-term advertising of your business or organization and investing in this server project.

Are you interested in sharing your knowledge with fellow Assyrians?

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R E C O M M E N D E D   A P P L I C A T I O N S

Technology has improved to help with Internet privacy concerns, especially for human rights activists, artists, authors, journalists, and writers.  We highly recommend using the following applications to protect your online privacy, specifically Signal for your phone, Tor for your Internet browser program, and Tails for your operating system.

Signal is a free open source application and cross-platform encrypted messaging service developed by the Signal Foundation and Signal Messenger LLC for Android and iOS phones and desktop computers, that employs end-to-end encryption, allowing users to send end-to-end encrypted group, text, picture, and audio & video messages, and have encrypted phone conversations between Signal users.

Tor mission is to advance human rights and freedoms by creating and deploying free and open source anonymity and privacy technologies, supporting their unrestricted availability and use, and furthering their scientific and popular understanding. Browse privately, explore freely, defend yourself against tracking and surveillance, circumvent censorship. Tor is an encrypted anonymising network that makes it harder to intercept Internet communications, or see where communications are coming from or going to.

Tails is a live operating system, that you can start on almost any computer from a DVD, USB stick, or SD card and aims at preserving your online privacy and anonymity.

Bitcoin uses peer-to-peer technology to operate with no central authority or banks; managing transactions and the issuing of bitcoins is carried out collectively by the network.

WikiLeaks is an international non-profit organisation that publishes secret information, news leaks, and classified media provided by anonymous sources. See also: WikiLeaks Research Community - user contributed research based on documents published by WikiLeaks.

The Courage Foundation is an international organisation that supports those who risk life or liberty to make significant contributions to the historical record.

activist \ak-ti,-vist\ noun (1915) 1 : a person who campaigns for political or social change 2 : a doctrine or practice that emphasizes direct vigorous action (as a mass demonstration) in support of or opposition to one side of a controversial issue — ac•tiv•is•m \ak-tiv-,iz-em\ noun — ac•tiv•is•tic \ak-tiv-,'is-tik\ adjective

mentor \'men-tór, 'ment-er\ noun [Latin, from Greek Mentor] 1 cap : a friend of Odysseus entrusted with the education of Odysseus' son Telemachus 2 : an experienced person in an organization or institution who trains and advises new employees or students 3 a : a trusted counselor or guide b : TUTOR, COACH — men•tor•ship \-,ship\ noun

moderator \'mäd-e-,rät-er\ noun (1560) 1 : one who arbitrates : MEDIATOR 2 : one who presides over an assembly, meeting, or discussion: as a : the presiding officer of a Presbyterian governing body b : the nonpartisan presiding officer of a town meeting c : the chairman of a discussion group 3 : a substance (as a graphic) used for slowing down neutrons in a nuclear reactor — mod•er•a•tor•ship \-,ship\ noun

teacher \te-cher\ noun (14th century) [Aramaic: malpana | Assyrian: mulammidu] 1 : one that teaches; esp : one whose occupation is to instruct 2 : a Mormon ranking above a deacon in the Aaronic priesthood

Sources: Helsinki Neo-Assyrian Dictionary | Aramaic Dictionary | Oxford English Dictionary | Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary

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