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Formative Evaluation of the National Academic Centers of Excellence in Youth Violence
The National Academic Centers of Excellence in Youth Violence (NACEYV) were funded in FY2000 as part of a congressional initiative. Five comprehensive centers were funded for 5 years and five developing centers for 3 years. The comprehensive centers have established expertise in the area of youth violence. The core activities of these centers include conducting research into risk factors for youth violence and the effectiveness of interventions. The developing centers focus on developing and implementing community response plans, training health care professionals, and conducting small pilot projects to evaluate effective intervention in youth violence. The purpose of this project was to clarify and develop activities, as well as to examine the centers as models for the prevention of youth violence through research and translations.
PIC ID: 7859; Agency Sponsor: CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Federal Contact: Dietz, Sue, 404-639-0210; Performer: Battelle, Arlington, VA
Child Welfare Outcomes 2002: Annual Report
Child Welfare Outcomes 2002: Annual Report to Congress analyzes data on outcomes for children who come into contact with state child welfare systems. Analyses of state performance data suggest that many states are improving performance, particularly with regard to reducing maltreatment of children in foster care by foster parents or facility staff members, achieving permanency for children in foster care, and ensuring placement stability for children during the first 12 months that they are in foster care.
However, many states experience challenges in reducing the incidence of maltreatment recurrence, as well as in finding permanent homes for children who have a diagnosed disability; children who enter foster care when they are adolescents; children who are African-American; and children who are Alaska Native/Native American. Many states are successful in reunifying children in a timely manner, but this success is tempered by the fact that rapid reunification tends to be positively correlated with re-entry into foster care. There was an increase in the number of States achieving adoptions within 24 months of a child's entry into foster care. Efforts to achieve timely adoptions are often impeded by the reluctance of some judges and agency staff to seek termination of parental rights (TPR), and the lengthy legal procedures to achieve a TPR. Finally, variations in state performance may be influenced by state differences in demographics and other contextual factors.
PIC ID: 8154.1; Agency Sponsor: ACF-ACYF, Administration on Children, Youth and Families; Federal Contact: Newburg-Rinn, Sharon, 202-205-0749; Performer: Caliber Associates, Fairfax, VA
Re-reporting and Recurrence of Child Maltreatment: Findings from NCANDS
This report presents findings from a longitudinal analysis of child abuse reporting data spanning five years, derived from nine states' submissions to the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS). The study focuses on the phenomena of "re-reporting" which occurs when individual children have been the subjects of more than one maltreatment investigation, and "recurrence" which refers to children who have been victimized more than once (i.e. multiple investigations have substantiated abuse or neglect allegations). Reducing recurrence is a key safety goal of child protective services systems. Until recently, however, it has been impossible to analyze federal child abuse data across multiple years. The analysis described here was conducted by the staff of Walter R. McDonald and Associates under contract to the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), and in cooperation with the Administration for Children and Families (ACF).
PIC ID: 8182; Agency Sponsor: ASPE-OHSP, Office of Human Services Policy; Federal Contact: Radel, Laura, 202-690-5938; Performer: Walter R. McDonald & Associates, Inc., Rockville, MD
Alternative Responses to Child Maltreatment: Findings from NCANDS
Alternative response systems are a new and quickly growing innovation in the child maltreatment field. More defined by what they are not (investigations) than by what they are, states have implemented a range of alternative response models. In general, these models are intended to focus on family strengths and needs and take a more service-oriented approach than do investigations, which are primarily intended to determine forensically whether or not a particular incident or circumstance occurred. While the first alternative response systems emerged less than a decade ago, in some states the majority of child abuse and neglect reports are no longer investigated, but rather are referred to these new response models. And while a few early studies of individual states show promising results, to date there have been no cross-state studies of these programs. This study uses data from six states' submissions to the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS) to begin understanding, across states that use these systems, which children no longer receive investigations and whether those children are more or less likely than others to receive services, be placed in foster care, or to be the subject of subsequent maltreatment reports. The analysis described here was conducted by the staff of Walter R. McDonald and Associates, under contract to the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), and in cooperation with the Administration for Children and Families (ACF).
PIC ID: 8183; Agency Sponsor: ASPE-OHSP, Office of Human Services Policy; Federal Contact: Radel, Laura, 202-690-5938; Performer: Walter R. McDonald & Associates, Inc., Rockville, MD
Understanding Adoption Subsidies: An Analysis of AFCARS Data
Using data from the federal Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS), this report explores patterns of adoption subsidy receipt, how subsidies are related to adoption outcomes such as the rate of adoptions among eligible children and how quickly eligible children are adopted. Questions of interest include how extensively subsidies are used and how they are funded, the relationships between children's characteristics, foster care experiences, and subsidy receipt and amount, and variations among states in subsidy practice. Three types of analyses are presented: (1) Descriptive analyses of both national trends and variation among states; (2) Correlations among state-level measures, examining relationships among state subsidy practices and adoption outcomes; (3) Multivariate analyses addressing the relationship of the child, family, and state characteristics to subsidy receipt and subsidy amount.
PIC ID: 8189; Agency Sponsor: ASPE-OHSP, Office of Human Services Policy; Federal Contact: Radel, Laura, 202-690-5938; Performer: Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, NC
Understanding Foster Parenting: Using Administrative Data to Explore Retention
Foster homes are a critical resource within the child welfare system, with more than 260,000 children in non-relative foster care at the end of FY2001. Child welfare agencies are continually challenged to provide adequate numbers of foster homes that are stable, can accommodate sibling groups, and are located in proximity to family members. However, research on foster parent retention is surprisingly slender, with little known about the length of time served by foster parents and the characteristics associated with varying length of service. This study was designed to extend current understanding of foster parent retention by producing unbiased estimates of length of service and examining factors associated with licensure, provision of care, and length of service. The study used administrative data, applying data management and analytical methods that have previously been used by researchers to describe the length of stay for children in foster care. Principal research questions include: How have the characteristics of foster parents changed over time? How can variations in activity levels be described, and what foster parent characteristics are associated with varying activity levels? What is the typical length of service for foster parents? What characteristics are associated with variations in length of foster parent careers?
PIC ID: 8190; Agency Sponsor: ASPE-OHSP, Office of Human Services Policy; Federal Contact: Radel, Laura, 202-690-5938; Performer: Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, NC
Synthesis of Findings: Assisted Guardianship Child Welfare Waiver Demonstrations
Since 1996, seven states have implemented assisted guardianship child welfare waiver demonstration projects: Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, Montana, New Mexico, North Carolina, and Oregon. These projects allow states to spend federal funds normally reserved for foster care and adoption subsidies to provide monthly subsidies to families that assume legal guardianship of children previously in the foster care system. Increasingly, guardianship is being embraced as an appropriate permanency option for children in foster care, especially for children placed with relatives, who cannot be safely reunified with birth parents and who cannot or do not wish to be adopted. An independent evaluator evaluated each of the state guardianship projects. This report reviews and synthesizes process and outcome findings from each of those evaluations and presents crosscutting lessons learned. Among the key findings presented is that in Illinois, the state conducting the largest demonstration, the availability of assisted guardianship increased overall permanency rates by a statistically significant 6.1 percent. Several state evaluations presented quantitative and/or qualitative data indicating that children in guardianship did as well as adopted children on measures of child safety, stability, and well-being, and that both youth and their caretakers identified significant advantages of guardianship over continued stays in foster care. Another lesson learned by two states is that the amount of the guardianship subsidy matters. Many caregivers either cannot or will not absorb a decrease in financial resources, meaning that to be successful, guardianship subsidies must be comparable to foster care maintenance payments and/or adoption assistance subsidies.
PIC ID: 8219; Agency Sponsor: ACF-ACYF, Administration on Children, Youth and Families; Federal Contact: Collins, Gail E., 202-205-8087; Performer: James Bell Associates, Inc., Arlington, VA
Synthesis of Findings: Substance Abuse Child Welfare Waiver Demonstrations
Since 1996, four states have implemented child welfare waiver demonstration projects focusing on the needs of families with substance abuse problems. These waiver demonstration projects allow states to spend federal foster care funds more flexibly in order to improve services and outcomes for children and families. Three states - Delaware, Maryland, and New Hampshire - focused on early identification of parents with substance use disorders and referral to existing treatment resources, seeking to prevent removal of children from the home. One state, Illinois, has used intensive case management and supportive services to support the recovery of caregivers whose children have already been removed from the home and placed in foster care. An independent evaluator evaluated each of the state projects. This report reviews the process and outcome findings from each of those evaluations and presents crosscutting lessons learned. Among the findings is that some states were successful in improving the engagement and retention of parents in substance abuse treatment and in decreasing lengths of stay in foster care for children removed from home. However, none of the state demonstrations has yet been successful either in reducing the rates of removal or in increasing overall permanency rates for children in foster care. Other lessons learned include the need to strengthen the skills of frontline child welfare workers to identify and assess substance abuse, and the need to have strong managerial support and consistent communication in order to foster successful collaboration between child welfare and substance abuse service providers.
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PIC ID: 8220; Agency Sponsor: ACF-ACYF, Administration on Children, Youth and Families; Federal Contact: Collins, Gail E., 202-205-8087; Performer: James Bell Associates, Inc., Arlington, VA
Synthesis of Findings: Title IV-E Flexible Funding Child Welfare Waiver Demonstrations
Since 1996, four states - Indiana, North Carolina, Ohio, and Oregon - have implemented flexible funding child welfare waiver demonstration projects that allow the states and their counties or other localities to use funds normally reserved for foster care for a wide variety of child welfare purposes. The projects respond to a widely held concern that while the Federal government reimburses expenses for foster care on an open-ended entitlement basis, funds for services to prevent placement or return children home are more limited and capped. Each state adopted a different approach for its flexible funding demonstration, but all sought to reduce entries into foster care placement, decrease lengths of stay for children coming into care, and improve the permanency and well-being of children, while assuring child safety. An independent evaluator evaluated each of the state flexible funding projects. This report reviews and synthesizes process and outcome findings from each of those evaluations and presents crosscutting lessons learned. Among the key findings presented is that in three of the four states (Indiana, North Carolina, and Oregon), the flexible funding demonstration was associated with a significantly reduced probability of out-of-home placement. Indiana also found a positive association between the availability of flexible funding and reduced lengths of stay in foster care, as well as increased rates of reunification and better educational outcomes for children.
PIC ID: 8221; Agency Sponsor: ACF-ACYF, Administration on Children, Youth and Families; Federal Contact: Collins, Gail E., 202-205-8087; Performer: James Bell Associates, Inc., Arlington, VA
Report on Baseline Findings from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being: CPS Sample Component
The National Survey on Child and Adolescent Well-Being is a nationally representative, prospective longitudinal survey that examines the functioning and well-being of children and families who come into contact with the child welfare system. For the Child Protective Services (CPS) component, CPS selected 5501 children, ages 0-14, from among those who were the subjects of investigation for child maltreatment during the sampling period, which began in December 1999 and continued through early 2001. Direct assessments and interviews with the children themselves, their caregivers, their caseworkers, and their teachers were used to gather information about the children's functioning across multiple domains, their family environments, their service needs, and service utilization. Baseline findings suggest that children who encounter CPS, regardless of whether the reports of maltreatment are substantiated, have high rates of developmental risks across cognitive, social, emotional, and behavioral domains. High rates of risk are found across age groups, and are present for children who remain at home with their families of origin as well as for children who are placed in foster or kinship care. The survey finds that many of the assessed needs of the children and families who encounter child welfare services remain unaddressed. More systematic assessment of the needs of this group of children and families by child welfare personnel, and coordination across child service systems, is recommended.
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/opre/abuse_neglect/nscaw/reports/cps_sample/cps_r eport_revised_090105.pdf
PIC ID: 8227; Agency Sponsor: ACF-OPRE, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation; Federal Contact: Webb, Mary Bruce, 202-205-8628; Performer: RTI, International, Research Triangle Park, NC
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They didn't cast a single vote, but Ecuador's monkeys, tortoises (pictured) and orchids just acquired constitutional rights, along with the rest of the nation's nature.
On Sunday, Ecuador's human citizens voted their approval of a new constitution; reports vary but approximately two-thirds of people voted yes (New York Times). The document included language making Ecuador the first nation to legislate rights for nature:
"Nature or Pachamama [the Andean earth goddess], where life is reproduced and exists, has the right to exist, persist, maintain and regenerate its vital cycles, structure, functions and its processes in evolution. Every person, people, community or nationality, will be able to demand the recognition of rights for nature before the public bodies."
The section was written in cooperation with the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, based in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, which has helped individual communities legislate similar rights for nature. In June, Spain's legislature supported rights for great apes (Great Beyond), but the Ecuador constitution appears to go much further.
"With this vote, the people of Ecuador are leading the way for countries around the world to fundamentally change how we protect nature," Mari Margil, associate director of the Fund, said in a press release. Actually, probably a lot of them were more concerned about the parts of the constitution that are meant to help the poor, by providing free education, giving homemakers social security, and providing building materials for first-time homeowners (Guardian). The nature section has been locally "derided," according to Dot Earth. Despite the popular support, the Latin Business Chronicle suggests the new constitution will just increase president Rafael Correa's control and increase problems for foreign investors.
Ecuador's natural bounty includes Amazon jungle with more than 300 tree species per hectare, parrots, jaguars and butterflies. The mountain cloud forest hosts orchids, hummingbirds, toucans and spectacled bears. The nation also includes the Galapagos islands, host to unique tortoises, iguanas, and birds.
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Clay and I met at Mac's Café, the third-oldest tavern in Columbus' Short North, January 20, 2018.
"CAFFEINE COMMUNION" ensued, but it's not a coffee shop. When you go, order their "Scotch Egg."
His story begins almost 82 years ago in Endicott, NY, born to a 17-year-old widow, as Father passed away before Clay was born.
Clay's odyssey from high school graduation and a stop at the Syracuse University extension campus took him to Bethany College in West Virginia, with as many students on campus as there were town residents. His degree was accompanied with ordination as clergy in the Disciples of Christ Church, the first Protestant denomination born on American soil. Clay started his ministry near Bethany in Bellsville, Ohio in 1958.
Next, to Russellville, IN, for his first congregation. However, he wasn't as welcome as he wished when his preaching on race relations were received by some in the pews as a little too Christ-ian, so he moved his young family to nearby Indianapolis and spent seven years with the CBS, then the ABC network affiliate stations working in local news production. If he hadn't left CBS and crossed the street to the local ABC station, he would have been weatherman Dave Letterman's producer.
In 1967 Clay and his family relocated and set up housekeeping in Columbus, where he joined the production staff at the PBS member station WOSU-Ch.34 and he produced and hosted a community affairs program, "Crisis," televising interviews and panel discussion. This program earned a local EMMY Award for coverage in the African-American community in the wake of riots in 1968 following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King. While working at the Ohio State University Clay earned his doctorate, and in 1970 moved again, this time to Athens, GA to teach at the University of Georgia. For two years he taught television production and photography in the journalism department before coming home to Columbus where he held professorship in the Communications Department, including the chair seat for four years, until his retirement in 1992.
A man with many students who have worked throughout the world, and with many friends in Columbus and beyond, Clay has maintained an active post-academic life. With co-host John DeSando he produced over 400 movie review programs on WCBE 90.5 FM, plus a series of films at the Columbus Museum of Art. He also entertained friends at his comfortable, book-laden home on Walhalla Ravine, his "salons," a tradition he continued when he returned from a brief tenure in Vermont and set up living in a rustic farmhouse cottage surrounded by residential developments near Powell.
Clay, let's start. What are your CORE VALUES? "Family, friends, and unconditional love, which is very tough to practice sometimes. In order to avoid hatred, forgiveness is an absolute necessity."
CURRENT PERSONAL MISSION TO EFFECT CHANGE: "Rebuilding relationships."
Clay's EARLIEST MEMORY: He has a couple, both when he was about 3. 1) While running barefoot outside, recalling his mother shout a warning, "Watch out for broken glass." 2) His mother quickly sweeping him up in her arms, gathering some belongings and heading to the train station to flee town, upon hearing Orson Welles' "War of the Worlds" on the radio and believing that aliens had invaded Earth.
His FEEL OF HUMAN CONNECTIVITY: "A symbiosis, like my feeling of one-ness with the deer grazing outside my farmhouse cottage." He used this analogy in describing the people of the lakeside village of Tobermory, Ontario that he used to visit annually.
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His proverbial "BOX" that we're often encouraged to THINK OUTSIDE OF: "My own self-imposed limitations."
Where do your IDEAS come from? Who/What is your MUSE? "Books, movies, trusted friends."
And UNCERTAINTY: "I don't know how I feel about that!"
Henceforth 5-YEARS from now, 2023? Personally, "More health issues, but I don't fear death. I'm afraid the economic segregation in Columbus will worsen, and I don't see matters improving for non-whites. Fascism could develop"
ANCESTRY: Clay never saw his father but has studied on the Lowe family and they were substantially successful in America. Clay is well-versed on his mother's family tree.
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4 Things Warren Buffet Wants You to Know About Wealth Building
Sometimes last year, I read a post about the frugality of the billionaire magnate, Warren Buffet who taught himself how to invest at the early age of 11.
Since then I've been studying more about this man whom I have come to respect so much. It's not just about the wealth, it's about how he has been able to maintain a modest lifestyle despite being one of the richest men in the world.
When most people talk about wealth building, all they talk about is finding the right time. However, Buffet has taught us that the right time is now. Yes, it is never too early or too late to start.
Here are 4 crucial things that Buffet wants you to know about wealth building.
1. Start small: Many people wait until they are a certain age, start working a certain business, start earning a certain income etc. but the problem is if you do not know how to invest when you have little to nothing, investment won't come naturally when you have everything at your disposal. The key to investing and wealth building is to commit to starting small and building your way up.[Read: The Intelligent Investor: The Definitive Book on Value Investing. A Book of Practical Counsel (Revised Edition) (Collins Business Essentials)]
2. Give it time: Many believe that wealth building is an overnight venture. This is not true. Wealth building is not designed for the impatient or for people who believe in instant gratification. Don't expect that you can cash out in one, two, five or even ten years. Think about the long-term. The longer you allow your money to mature, the better it is.
When it comes to wealth building, patience is key.
Investments need time to mature. Don't expect to be wealthy after investing for a few months or a few years.
3. Commit to learning: If you want to build your wealth, you must commit to learning about wealth building. For Mr. Buffet, learning is not just about what you are taught in school, it's about what you can learn in your area of interest. You do not need to be an investment expert to learn about investing. You can be anything and still create time to learn about wealth building so you can secure your future. Don't use statements like "you can't teach an old dog a new trick" as an excuse not to learn. Instead, challenge yourself and keep learning. An hour a day invested in learning about "investments" will pay you in the long run.[Read: How to Get More Referrals for Your Small Business]
4. Don't change your lifestyle: Many people change their lifestyle once they see their investment is yielding returns. Mr. Buffet thinks this type of mentality is not wise. When you earn dividends, don't change your lifestyle to match what you cannot afford. Even if you can afford it, ask yourself "is it expedient?" If it's not expedient, then you do not need to do it. Your dividends should be reinvested repeatedly so you can build your wealth over time. Mr. Buffet is a billionaire who has lived in the same house since 1958 and he is reported to have said his house was the third-best investment he has ever made. There's a lesson embedded in his lifestyle and approach.
After noting these four points noted, it is also worthy of note that prior to investing in any product or industry, you must be sure of the terms and conditions for investing. If an investment offers you a return or interest rate that sounds too good to be true, it's probably what it is, too good to be true.
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By now, you should already be acquainted with the dangers of smoking, but if you're one of the estimated 38 million Americans who are still puffing away, maybe the results of a new study will finally convince you to quit.
Simply put, the bodies of men and women who smoke are 20 years older than people of the same age who don't.
According to the findings published in Scientific Reports, blood tests of nearly 150,000 people were run through an artificial intelligence system, which built predictive lifespan models from the results.
The models proved that the biological age of men and women — the actual internal age of their bodies' systems, not how many candles they've blown out on their last cake — is sped up drastically, compared to those who don't smoke.
Biological age has been considered a more accurate predictor of when a person will die.
Study author Dr. Polina Mamoshina said: "Compared with nonsmokers, smokers showed an accelerated rate of aging through to age 55 years regardless of sex."
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Fingered CSOs Deny Abusing USAID Funds
The Elections Resource Centre and two other organisations who made headlines early this week following reports of misusing USAID funds have denied the accusations saying they are shocked by the termination of agreements without affording an opportunity to be heard.
In separate statements released yesterday, ERC, Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) and Counselling Services Unit (CSU) insisted that they have consistently produced audited reports and never diverted allocated money for other use besides the proposed purpose.
"Although cooperative agreements with our partners remain a matter between them and us, in the interest of transparency and public accountability, we place it on record that during the duration of all our agreements with development partners since 2010, consistent annual financial audits commissioned by the partners and carried out by internationally recognized auditors in terms of our internal policies and agreements with partners have been conducted.
"In addition, monthly and quarterly financial reviews by the partners themselves have also been conducted and none of these have ever raised any compliance issues or, as now suggested in some quarters, financial improprieties," noted ERC.
ZimRights said the termination of USAID funding had affected their programming adding that their request to be furnished with reasons have not been responded to.
"The termination of USAID funding before investigations are complete and without furnishing specific reasons has come as a shock to the organisation's board, staff, members across Zimbabwe and the general public who have been beneficiaries of the organisation's programs.
"Requests by the ZimRights board to be furnished reasons which would be necessary to respond to the allegations that have now been thrown into the public domain have not been responded to,
"ZimRights avows that at no time in its six-year relationship with USAID have funds been abused or misappropriated. all funds have been dedicated to promoting, defending and protecting human rights in the country," said ZimRights.
CSU denied misappropriating USAID funds arguing all the money received were committed to the cause of survivors of torture.
"At no time have funds been misappropriated, diverted or put to misuse by CSU, all funds are entirely committed to promoting the treatment, rehabilitation, safety and re-integration back into communities for survivors of torture," said CSU.
Meanwhile, in its statement early this week, USAID insisted that an investigation into the reports of misappropriation of funds was done before the termination of agreements.
"When USAID learned of the situation, an investigation was immediately launched and several issues were brought to light. Those issues have been dealt with accordingly," noted USAID.


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A U.S. research group has identified no less than five state-sponsored espionage groups, including actors from China, Iran and Russia.
According to CrowdStrike's annual analysis of security threats, these espionage groups include:
Deadeye Jackal: commonly known as the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA)
Emissary Panda: a China-based actor that targets foreign embassies to collect data on government, defence, and technology sectors
Energetic Bear: a Russian group that collects intelligence on the energy industry
Magic Kitten: an established group of cyber attackers based in Iran, who carried on several campaigns in 2013, including a series of attacks targeting political dissidents and those supporting Iranian political opposition
Numbered Panda: a group of China-based attackers, who conducted a number of spear phishing attacks in 2013
Dmitri Alperovitch, CrowdStrike's CTO, says that the report seeks to explain the motivation and intent behind cyber warfare attacks originating from China, Iran, Russia and Syria, and focuses on what's most important – namely the adversary - rather than just the exploits they create.
This is, he explained, a major step in fighting cyber security threats on a new battleground - identifying and defending against human adversaries, rather than simply trying to block malicious code.
The research firm's report says that Strategic Web Compromise (SWC) attacks have become a favourite attack vector of targeted attack groups originating from China and Russia, while the Numbered Panda group from China has been carrying out G20-themed spear phishing.
The Iran-based actor known as Magic Kitten, meanwhile, was spotted targeting pro-democratic activists as a precursor to the May 2013 Iranian elections, whilst the Russian Energetic Bear group was very active against Western energy sector targets.
Emissary Panda, which CrowdStrike defines as a Chinese nexus intrusion group, has been targeting foreign embassies to deliver malware in a SWC campaign.
The report highlights the Russians as being involved in the same type of state-sponsored attacks identified by Mandiant in its 2013 report on Chinese state-sponsored attack vectors.
"A recent investigation into the activity of a Russian-speaking adversary identified an actor whose services may have been acquired for specific operations on behalf of a nation-state customer," reads the analysis.
"This adversary has been involved in targeted activity for nearly a decade, but malware analysis showed significant similarities to known cybercrime activity utilising Sheldor and ZeuS malware."
"The combination of criminal and targeted activity suggests an adversary that conducts malicious activity on its own accord, possibly as part of a continuing criminal enterprise, and also at the direction of a government entity," it adds.
The report adds that the motivations of private entities that conduct operations in support of a nation-state may vary, but in certain circumstances, "it may be that a government will turn a blind eye to criminal activity if an actor will use its skills to further the state's interests."
In other attacks, CrowdStrike says that it may well be that the private entity is a company that sells its expertise and resources to its government, or to the governments of other countries.
"Another motivation could be more nationalistic - possibly like the case of Deadeye Jackal, where a private group lends its services to the state out of a feeling of patriotism," the report concludes.
Commenting on the analysis of the state-sponsored attacks, leading analyst Sarb Sembhi, a Director of Consulting with Incoming Thought, told SCMagazineUK.com that there are some assumptions that have to be made about state-level attacks, and one of these is that the attacks are very real and have been taking place for many years.
"If you look at the G20 nations, my observations suggest that if any of these countries are not involved in cyber warfare, then I would be very surprised," he said, adding that, whilst we have yet to reach the stage where a single piece of malware has same damage potential as a nuclear bomb, it is only a matter of time before that breakthrough is made.
At that point, says Sembhi - who is a leading light at ISACA, the not-for-profit IT security association - there will have to be a multi-country agreement on the control of cyber warfare, just as there has been with nuclear weapons.
"Nation states will have to agree on a set of rules in which they work out what can and cannot be done with state-sponsored malware and its like," he said.


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Ashwini Natchathiram Palangal 2019 Based on Tamil Astrology – Ashwini Natchathiram Mesha Rashi Predictions 2019
Ashwini Natchathiram Palangal 2019 for Mesha Rashi born people. These predictions are based on Tamil astrology. Good months for Ashwini Natchathiram are June, August, October, and December 2019. January, March, April, May, July and November 2019 are tough periods. February and September 2019 will be stagnant period with no progress.
- Ashwini Natchathiram pada 1 (1st quarter) (Mesha Rashi born people) born will have minor issues in the family in 2019.
- Ashwini Natchathiram pada 2 (2nd quarter) will have minor issues in career.
- Ashwini Natchathiram pada 3 (3rd quarter) born will be unlucky in this year.
- Ashwini Natchathiram pada 4 (4th quarter) born people might face sudden financial loss.
You will be disappointed with career progress. Sudden reversal or job loss is a possibility. Good year for those looking to change jobs. Those looking for a new job after studies will have good opportunity.
Business people will need to be cautious. Avoid shortcuts and unwanted political connections.
Gains in property, especially those related to ancestral wealth. You will get financial relief in July and August months. Good year to buy new home or land. You will decide to curtail some monthly spending.
Marriage will be delayed due to unexpected reasons.
Those in a relationship might face tough situations.
Good year to travel with major gains.
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Archive for May, 2011
Huge Living Room
25'x 40' living room with a 14' ceiling highlighted with a tin ceiling insert provides the setting for great views and entertaining. Oak beams with crown moulding help to give the ceiling definition. The tile has been laid in a pin wheel pattern. The all masonry wood burning fireplace with cast stone surround is the finishing touch on this spectacular room. This custom home was built in Parker County.
Country Home
Large Country Home on acreage. Designed to look like it was built years ago. Metal porch roof and breezeway connect the main house to a spacious four car garage with living quarters. This 4800 square foot home in Parker County has three bedrooms, 4.5 baths, media center and beautiful porches.
Handmade front doors. 3" thick with jailhouse windows invite you to see what's inside this Parker County home. Set against a stacked palo pinto stone exterior, these doors really make the entrance pop. Clavos installed on the face of the doors give them that old world look.


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While Fourth of July is a time for celebrating and having fun, it is also a time when the fun can get a little out of hand and injuries are prone to take place.
Early Thursday morning, just following the Fourth of July celebration, there was a crash that took place at approximately 2:30 am involving 2 cars at the intersection of Hillsborough Avenue and N. St. Vincent Street.
Police say that an improper lane change caused this crash where the second car involved in the crash ended up hitting a light pole that made the power go out to several surrounding businesses and residences. This left nearly 1,400 occupants powerless. The first car continued for a block before it crashed into the Sunny South Motel where it went up in flames. The female driver made it out of the car before the flames ignited. The driver stated that she did not know how the crash happened as she was on her way to work.
The passengers in the second car suffered minor injuries and declined to be transported to the hospital. The hotel did not catch on fire and suffered minor damages as well. The hotel was evacuated as a safety precaution. The cause of the crash is still being investigated but the police have no reason to believe that alcohol was a factor in the incident.
Being involved in a car accident can alter your life in multiple ways. Some car accidents affect you more than others causing longer recoveries or even permanent disabilities that can make the rest of your life more difficult. The Ben Law Firm has a team of equipped lawyers that will fight to get you compensated for your injuries. Call and discuss your possible case with a Fort Lauderdale attorney today.


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She's asleep!
Doh! She's awake again. :(
Ok. Whew! She's sleeping again. She was awake almost all morning. Starting at 4am. I knew that 5 hour stretch she gave me the other night was too good to be true!
Peanut must be going through a growth spurt or something, to have only slept 4 hours in the past 8. Argh! I, however, was so tired I didn't hear the alarm, nor do I remember waking up Stu. He came in around 7:30 to wake me up for my shot, and then watch the Piglet eat breakfast so he could shower and get ready for work.
She wasn't quite this awake yesterday, though it is a near call. I'm really amazed that she can be up from 4 to almost 6am, then again around 8am until almost 11am. At one month old, she should still be sleeping a lot. I need her to sleep.
Coffee is good. Naps are heaven.
The rest of the afternoon was ok, she slept a bit, not too much! Gotta love that. But do hope that she'll sleep more at night.
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If Bruce Springsteen is rock's greatest storyteller, then Elvis Costello is most certainly its greatest kibitzer. On all his records this man has been alternately disillusioned and hopeful, angry and resigned, off-handed complimentary and an outright critic, and, for my money at least, the most vital songwriter in rock music today.
It's awesome to think of the level of maturity reached with Get Happy!!, only the fourth album by Costello and his band, The Attractions. On Get Happy!! Costello further plays with metaphors, perhaps more deftly than on his prior outings, slipping his messages through neatly and seductively, yet hitting the listener squarely between the eyes (ears?) so as not to allow one brief moment of respite from his badgering visions.
But: packaging first. Costello's albums have been notoriously outlandish and confusing; Get Happy!! is no exception. In fact, if the record-buying public bought solely on package attractiveness, Costello's records would surely be in the cutout bins by now. Get Happy's garish mix-up of orange, lavender, and green initially made me want to leave it in the record store's bag. I'm almost disappointed it doesn't glow in the dark (musically, maybe. Visually, nah). But once out of the bag there are interesting tidbits to be found: 20 tracks, 10 per side, most around the two-and-a-half minute mark. The packaging is pure early 60's sparseness. And Elvis reverses the order of songs from jacket to wax, so that side one on the jacket ends up as side two on the record, and vice versa. Cute, huh?
Long-time producer Nick Lowe's liner note convinces us that Get Happy!! does not suffer from "groove cramming" and a resultant loss of sound quality. This is true, although the album's mix does succumb to a rivalry between Elvis' vocals and the level of his band playing. "Five Gears In Reverse" and "Beaten To The Punch" are mix nightmares, wherein The Attractions nearly overpower Costello's lyrics, which are never than easy to decipher anyway.
Get Happy!! is, for the most part, a revival of the joyous jump music of the '50's and '60's, a reverent nod to the Stax-Motown era (in Elvis' covers of "I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down" and "I Stand Accused"), and I almost suspect if this album isn't in some way a belated apology for Elvis' barroom quip "Ray Charles is a blind, ignorant nigger" made in early 1979 (whereupon singer Bonnie Bramlett knocked both his glasses and his pride to the floor). Elvis hints at gospel on "Motel Matches" and "Secondary Modern" (which practically yearn for a black female backup) and at R & B in "Temptation" and "B Movie." And throughout I hear the '60's fun schlock that made tunes like the Grass Roots' "Midnight Confession" such classics.
But it is only through his use of metaphor that Costello gets away with such revival in this age of New Wave. "Love For Tender" finds Elvis squealing "I pay you a compliment / and you think I am innocent / You can total up the balance sheet / and never know if I'm a counterFEET!" He compares love to such an ordinary, dispensable item as "Motel Matches": "fallin' out of your open pocketbook / givin' you away like motel matches."
Costello's songs have always taken a dim view of women and relationships, partly because he takes both for granted and won't expend energy, to build or maintain affection. His relationships seem to fall into his lap, and its arguable whether or not Elvis admires or resents this. On This Year's Model he growled "I don't want to be your lover / I just want to be your victim!" Throughout Get Happy!! Costello remains aloof, cautious, and biting: "I could almost swear / I could promise that I'd always be true to you / But we may not live to be so old" and, further on, "I'm fickle in the face of your affection" ("Man Called Uncle"). Love is akin to battle in "Opportunity": "I'm in a foxhole / I'm down in the trench / I'd be a hero but I can't stand the stench". He is a "victim of circumstance" in "I Stand Accused." By his subtlety, Elvis is a more effective misogynist than The Knack's Doug Fieger. And, yet, for all his indecisiveness, Costello is sure of one thing: He's just as good as (or better than) any other guy after his woman. "The Imposter," perhaps the only song on Get Happy!! that isn't long enough, is in this Graham Parkerish "you-don't-want-him-you-really-want-me" mold.
Though Elvis' three previous albums found a wide British audience where the allusions to England's political turmoil were understood, Get Happy!! may be more accessible to U.S. listeners because it is relatively apolitical. Costello has quit bitching about Churchill, South Africa, the BBC, and the low-life working class, and has moved on from wallowing in his "nobody's paying any attention to me" self-pity. After all, The Clash is giving us that now. What keeps Elvis Costello and Get Happy!! attractive is not so much Elvis' insights, which are important enough, as the music which is their backdrop. Costello is most skilled when lightheartedly passing off such profundity as "everybody's hiding under covers / Who's making Lover's Lane safe again for lovers?" while the organ chirps up roller rink riffs in "Clowntime Is Over." On first listen, it seems as if the sugary '60's pop treatment (complete with tambourines and whooshes of piano and Farfisa ) undermines the lyrics when, in fact, it enhances Costello's contrariness.
A recent review of Get Happy!! in New York's Village Voice criticized Costello for "cooling out," suggesting that the meanest guy in rock "doesn't bite, doesn't sneer." Though he may have lost his apoliticalness on this album, he admits, after a machine gun guitar intro on "King Horse," that he is caught "between tenderness and brute force". This is mellowing? From the `60's production and packaging, right down to the double exclamation marks of the album's title, Get Happy!! proves that Costello is merely feeling his oats.
The Michigan Daily, March 21, 1980
Patti Dietz reviews Get Happy!!.
Photo byKeith Morris.
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Another Chapter Ends in Kodak Story
 Jul 5, 2012
Another chapter in the Kodak saga ended on July 2, when the Kodak Gallery site for North America officially shut down and the process of transferring billions of customer images to Shutterfly got under way. As you may remember, Shutterfly acquired the U.S. and Canadian online gallery assets of Kodak Gallery in late April for $23.8 million in an undisputed bid (see Shutterfly Poised to Increase Market Lead with Kodak Gallery Acquisition). Those assets included not only the billions of photos accumulated by Kodak Gallery customers over the years, but also the list of Kodak Gallery's 68 million customers.


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3 Keys to Brand Success in Digital Marketing
If your company hasn't already established a digital marketing strategy, it's time to get on board. We are living in a world where establishing an online presence is paramount to the success of a brand. Consumers are no longer visiting offices and pulling out phone books to find products and services. They're going online, where the options (and the competition) are limitless. And without a marketing strategy to ensure that your brand is staking its claim in the digital landscape, you're bound to struggle for survival.
Blindly trying to market a company in the massive digital-scape is going to waste a lot of time, money and resources. Setting up a clear digital marketing strategy, however, is going to save you resources by streamlining your goals and boosting your brand. Here, we take a look at three ways a solid digital marketing strategy can directly influence the success of your brand.
Visuals Establish Your Brand Identity in the Global Marketplace
Your brand's identity encompasses all feelings, thoughts and experiences associated with your company. It also encompasses all of the visual aspects that invoke these physical and emotional responses from the consumer. The right kind of visuals are going to define your brand, and most importantly, connect with your consumers on an emotional level. Likewise, the wrong kind of visuals are going to be ineffective and confusing. Thus, the starting point for establishing any brand identity — online or not — starts with the visuals.
When it comes to the world of digital marketing, these visuals include logos, infographics, animations, Web design, mobile app design, photographs and more. In fact, advances in technology are enhancing visuals in the digital realm every day. But this plethora of design options, combined with a monumental global marketplace and constantly evolving technology can get real messy, real quick.
A solid marketing strategy, however, is going to help you make sense of these new technologies so that you can best utilize them to serve your brand and your message. It's going to help you hone-in on your consumers' needs and wants, so that you can align your brand identity with what best appeals to them. The stronger your visual identity is online, the stronger your brand is in the marketplace. It's as simple as that.
Broaden Your Reach, Exponentially
Forty percent of the world's population — more than 3.6 billion people — are on the Internet today. That is a massive pool of potential brand loyalists. But before you can convert the consumers, you've got to attract them.
There are also more than 600 million active websites in the world. And each one of them is trying to latch onto this massive customer base. That means you have got to make sure that your website is one that stands apart from the other 600-plus million. So, how are you going to do that?
It starts with, you guessed it, a solid digital marketing plan. The same elements that you need to create your online brand identity are now going to help you attract new consumers. This begins with phenomenal visuals and interactive Web experiences, which speak not only to your brand's mission, but also to your audience. The more interactive and emotionally charged your website is, the more users you're going to attract, and the more loyalists you'll eventually be able to convert.
But increasing your customer base doesn't stop with a visually effective website. You need to consider your total reputation on the Web, and here's where other factors come into play. You see, the Internet has effectively shifted the traditional word-of-mouth advertising approach to the digital realm. A great example of this is the power now being given to consumers through review sites, such as Yelp and Amazon. Consumers are now using these sites to move past traditional ads, so they can get a real-world feel for brands.
Building a successful reputation for yourself on the Web — review sites included — has the ability to make or break your brand. But never fear! Your digital marketing strategy is here!
By dialing-in on your consumer's wants and needs, your marketing strategy is going to help you know which review sites and platforms — including the monolith of social media platforms now available. You'll know which ones you need to be active on and how to best connect with your audience on these platforms. In short, your digital marketing strategy is not only going to help you attract customers, but it's also going to help you retain and continue building that base, across a multitude of platforms.
Evolve Your Brand
Think of the great ones — Apple, Nike, Starbucks — well, you get the picture. These megabrands all have one very important element in common: brand evolution.
That's right, each of these retail Hall of Famers has learned to master the evolution of their brand's identity throughout time. From logo redesigns, to website overhauls, to social media and mobile app usage, these companies have all worked hard to evolve their brands so that their identities consistently align with their company values and connect with their loyal customers.
All of the great ones know that if a brand fails to keep moving forward with its consumers, it's going to eat the dust left behind. Thus, the greatest brands in the world are the ones that keep figuring out just what makes their customers tick and how to connect with them. These are the ones that become timeless.
A digital marketing strategy is going to be crucial to evolving your brand. This is because an integral part of any digital marketing strategy is the constant assessment and evaluation of how well your brand is making use of technology to connect with consumers. It's going to be what leads you in important decision-making; especially when it's time for your company to consider a total rebrand. From logos, to websites, to mobile apps, to live streams, your digital marketing strategy is going to be right there with you, lighting the path each step of the way.
The only thing that we know for sure about the digital world is that change is a constant. And the best digital marketing strategies are those that account for change. In fact, marketing strategies are transient in nature because their entire purpose is to ensure that your brand is consistently aligned with the ever-shifting digital landscape. A strong digital marketing strategy is going to establish your brand identity, keep your customer base growing and, most importantly, ensure that your brand is evolving. These concepts — growing, evolving — well, they're continuous. And a sound digital marketing strategy is, too. In fact, it's what's going to ensure that your brand is never left behind, never stagnant, but always growing.
Gabriel Shaoolian is the CEO and founder of New York-based Blue Fountain Media, a digital agency focused on generating qualified leads, increasing sales and expanding brand recognition for clients online.


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RTI to host Lunch Workshop as the Platinum Partner at ISASS19 and highlight recent additions to its Spine portfolio, including the coflex® Interlaminar Stabilization® device
Deerfield, Ill., April 3, 2019 -- RTI Surgical Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: RTIX), a global surgical implant company, is the Platinum Partner at the International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery's 2019 Annual Meeting (ISASS19) taking place April 3-5, 2019, in Anaheim, California.
"We are proud to be the Platinum Partner at ISASS19 and to share more about our differentiated novel spine portfolio, including the coflex® Interlaminar Stabilization® device and the SImmetry® Sacroiliac Joint Fusion System," said Camille Farhat, President and CEO, RTI Surgical. "RTI has built an increasingly differentiated spine portfolio, and with it we are increasing our focus on providing training and support for surgeons, expanding our body of clinical evidence supporting the efficacy of our implants and improving patient access."
RTI will showcase its novel spine portfolio at Booth 326. The coflex device is a differentiated, minimally-invasive, motion-preserving stabilization implant that is FDA PMA-approved for the treatment of moderate to severe lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS), inserted directly after a surgical decompression. The SImmetry System is a minimally-invasive surgical solution that uses proprietary decortication technology, bone graft and threaded fixation to facilitate bone fusion, providing an opportunity for long-term pain relief.
On April 3, from noon to 1:30 p.m. PDT in Room 263A, RTI will host a lunch workshop, "Growing Your Spine Practice with Novel Spine Therapies in the Digital Age." The workshop will feature speakers Dr. Andrew Fox, a neurosurgeon based in Los Angeles, and Dr. Donald Kucharzyk, an orthopedic spine surgeon based in Crown Point, Indiana.
"Now that the data and technology exist to better identify and treat SI joint pain in patients, it's critical we continue to educate surgeons how to recognize the condition and the source of the problem," said Dr. Kucharzyk. "The SI joint is the 'great mimicker,' often being confused with a herniated disc and other lower back problems. I'm looking forward to the lunch workshop with RTI and sharing my experiences and resources with surgeons to help create better referral paths to treat more potential patients."
RTI Surgical is a leading global surgical implant company providing surgeons with safe biologic, metal and synthetic implants. Committed to delivering a higher standard, RTI's implants are used in sports medicine, general surgery, spine, orthopedic and trauma procedures and are distributed in nearly 50 countries. RTI has four manufacturing facilities throughout the U.S. and Europe. RTI is accredited in the U.S. by the American Association of Tissue Banks and is a member of AdvaMed. For more information, please visit www.rtix.com. Connect with us on LinkedIn and Twitter.
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Lawrence: Why John Kelly is hiding from the American people The White House says the Chief of Staff only just "became fully aware" of abuse allegations against Rob Porter, but the FBI reportedly informed him in November. Lawrence O'Donnell says Kelly is afraid to tell the American people what he knew and when he knew it.
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I use this with a Precision bass and a Bassman 250 head. I have the Sans Amp looped between the tuner output and the effects loop input. This way I get a buffered signal with no EQ to the Sans Amp. I can then use it to change the charactor of sound I have. I have a bass boost, a mid boost and a distortion voice programmed into it. I found that it took a while to get a feel for how each of the controls actually worked. The memory feature of this pedal is great. Work with it at rehersal to get the sound you want, set it to memory and then you are good go anywhere any time. I use this with an AC adaptor and have had no noise or hum issues. I found that the battery life wasn't that great, and if the battery goes dead then no sound comes out! (Buffered bypass) All in all, this is a great solution for changing sounds during a song or making a simple bass like a Fender Precision have multiple personalities.
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We believe that mobility is a right for all: public transport for me, for you, for all.
Women comprise at least half of our potential customers, and at least half of our potential workforce. We cannot truly serve the entire public transport market until their needs as passengers are met, and we cannot truly represent an effective and innovative workforce until more women are included.
In 2018, we partnered up with the World Bank to shed light on the needs of women as public transport users. We launched the global campaign, 'PT4ME', supported and disseminated by over 240 members from their stations and social networks.
This year, for International Women's Day (8 March 2019), which is held under the theme #BalanceforBetter, we are relaunching the PT4ME campaign and shifting the focus to women as workers in the public transport sector.
"Women represent an untapped potential of talents and skills; more women can only mean more success for our sector", said Pere Calvet, UITP President.
More women can only mean more success for our sector
Despite growing initiatives to include more women in our sector—from front-line staff to upper management and city leaders—we still have much work to do to improve our current gender balance.
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- 1½ cups dry black lentils, cooked
- 1½ cups dry Israeli or pearl couscous, cooked
- 2 medium zucchinis (approx. 340g), small dice
- drizzle extra virgin olive oil
- salt
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- 2 medium tomatos (200g), small dice
- ⅓ cup (50g) dried cranberries, finely chopped
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- ¾ teaspoon salt
- ½ heaping teaspoon berbere seasoning (see note)
- ½ tablespoon lemon juice
- 2 tablespoon white or golden balsamic vinegar
- 4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 6 small fresh mint leaves, finely minced (optional)
- Cook the lentils until done but still firm. Let cool and set aside. Cooking the lentils can be done in advance.
- Cook the couscous following the cooking instructions on the package. Cooking the couscous can be done in advance.
- In a pan, heat up a generous drizzle of olive oil and sauté the diced zucchinis with a pinch of salt until soft but still firm. Let cool and set aside.
- Prepare the vinaigrette by mixing all the ingredients in a bowl except for the oil and the mint. Once mixed slowly whisk in the olive oil. Add in the mint.
- In a large bowl mix the lentils, the couscous, zucchinis, cucumber, tomatos and cranberries and toss with the vinaigrette until well mixed. Adjust the seasoning with salt if necessary. Serve cold or at room temperature.


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text: To the Editor: Through you, the Winchendon CAC would like to thank all who remembered and left food for the Postal Carriers Food Drive. This is one of the largest food drives that we have, and we truly depend on it each year, to fill our empty cupboards. Summer is upon us and soon the children will be home from school, asking for breakfast, dinner and snacks, as there is no free lunch offered. Another big thank you goes to the Letter Carriers, RFD Carriers, and the Clerks who took their time and energy to collect 3,065 pounds of donated food. We go to the food bank every month, and we know what it is like to haul food as well. Each month, we handle between 4,000 and 6,500 pounds of food in each delivery. The Winchendon CAC served 1,081 families last year. This included 4,327 individuals, 1,745 children and 327 elderly. Many of these families that come in for food, do so because they have no other choice. They do not come in here frivolously. Some ask for food and say, �Last year, I was bringing food to you, now I find I need help.� Other families come because their food stamps were not sufficient, and others because they spent their Social Security allotment on medication or for heat. A special thank you to Fran Murphy, though he is retired, he donated his time to help encourage the workers and weigh all the food and used his truck to help haul the food to the CAC office. Antoher thank you goes to our dedicated volunteers who sort the food and help carry it into the office. Thanks again to all that helped in any way. Your concern and support is invaluable. Words are truly inadequate to express how much we appreciate all you have done to help fill our food pantry. Most of us take buying food for granted, may we never know the hunger that others know too well. Thank you all once more for giving of yourselves that others may have a meal. Martha Trepanier Executive Director Winchendon Community Action Committee Winchendon


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The Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Science is based in Zanjan and focuses on research and education in basic sciences at postgraduate level. It started in 1992 with the Physics Department. Its education and research programs include theoretical condensed matter physics, mathematical physics and astrophysics. In 2000, a 7-year program began in which students follow their undergraduate and graduate courses with a PhD thesis, thereby skipping the master's thesis. The Physics Department is currently the only place in Iran to offer such a program. It also offers master's and PhD programs in astrophysics. The Institute also endeavors to engage in scientific, technical, and cultural cooperation with other educational institutions and the relatively young local industry, and to make a deliberate effort to have scientific and cultural impact on the region. The International Advisory Council of the Institute is composed of a host of internationally well-known scholars and scientists. The late Professor Abdus S lam was a member of this council. Members of the Council assist the Institute in delineating its general themes of research, establishing new disciplines, attracting prominent researchers and evaluating its scientific achievements.


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AceShowbiz - Margot Robbie gets "so angry" when people presume she'll get pregnant now that she's a married woman.
The 28-year-old actress wed filmmaker Tom Ackerley in 2016, and has been pestered with questions about when they'll start their family ever since. And in an interview with the Radio Times magazine, Margot drew comparisons with her Elizabeth I character in "Mary Queen of Scots" as she discussed the pressure on women to procreate.
"It made me really angry; how dare some old guy dictate what I can and can't do when it comes to motherhood or my own body?" she raged. "Unfortunately, it's a conversation we're still having."
"I got married, and the first question in almost every interview is 'Babies? When are you having one?' I'm so angry that there's this social contract. You're married, now have a baby. Don't presume. I'll do what I'm going to do."
The "I, Tonya" star's interview comes just months after she told Porter magazine that she wasn't ready to become a mother.
Asked if she was thinking about having children during the chat last November (18), Margot replied: "No! Definitely not. Three days ago my husband stopped by a dog shelter on the way back from the airport, and we now have a pitbull puppy. We already have a two-year-old who still acts like a puppy. I love him but he's a handful, and for the last three days I haven't slept."
"I'm like, 'We're fostering her for the week', and my husband's saying 'No! We're keeping her' and I'm saying, 'We absolutely cannot and if anything, you are now cementing in my mind that we cannot have kids. I can't cope with two puppies, let alone children.'"


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week 9: Collaborating with God
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One of the great themes of human history is God's collaboration with humanity. God wants to collaborate with you. He wants to collaborate with you, he wants to collaborate with me, he wants to collaborate with your church, and he wants to collaborate with us to transform the world.
Every day, the seven billion people on this planet, they're all sending these prayers up to God. Very often, God wants you and I to collaborate with him to answer these prayers. Because a lot of people's prayers don't require some incredible miracle to answer their prayers. A lot of people's prayers just require a little bit of kindness, a little bit of courage, a little bit of generosity. And you and I? We are capable of that. We are capable of collaborating with God to answer people's prayers every day.
But in order to do that, we have to get beyond the biggest lie in the history of Christianity. We've got to get beyond a lot of lies that we're constantly being taught about Christianity so we can begin to collaborate with God in a powerful way—so that, with God, we can answer so many prayers with our kindness, with our courage, with our generosity.
We can collaborate with God to transform the world, one person at a time. It's time to stop making excuses and start praying intentionally to discover how we can answer the prayers of those around us with our kindness, courage, and generosity.
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27 1486 JOHNSON STREET, Coquitlam, BCMLS®#: R2125673
Listing Overview
- Property Value$710,000
- Property Address27 1486 JOHNSON STREET, Coquitlam, BC, V3E 2T1, Canada
- TypeTownhouse
- StyleInside Unit
- Year Built1998
- Taxes$2,631.42
- Living Area1,844 sq.ft.
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms3 full
- Maintenance Fee$306.17
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27 1486 JOHNSON STREET, Coquitlam, BC, V3E 2T1, Canada
Fantastic Alpine-inspired 'Stoney Creek'. A beautiful property backing onto a quiet greenbelt makes this 3-Level Townhome so desirable. Ideally located, very close to the Elementary School, Park & Trails yet close to all amenities. Bright & spacious floor plan with 9' ceilings on main, new engineered hardwood flooring, 2 piece powder room, bay windows, comfortable living room with gas fireplace,crown mouldings & pot lights. Beautifully updated kitchen S/S appliances, granite C/T's & tile backsplash.3 bed 2 bath up including a Grand Master bedroom with shower ensuite & walk in closet,4 pc main bathroom & 2 generous bedrooms. Tv/games room downstairs Full size, double garage in Excellent condition, you won't be disappointed! OPEN HOUSES:SAT,DEC 3RD, 12:00-2:00PM & SUN,DEC 4TH, 3:00-5:00PM.
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