text: Most companies are putting a lot of effort into making sure their network perimeters are secure against remote attacks, but they don't pay the same level of attention to threats that might originate inside their own organizations. The attack earlier this week that resulted in the hijacking of Twitter accounts belonging to high-profile individuals and brands is the perfect example of the impact a malicious or duped insider and poor privileged access monitoring could have on businesses.What happened in the Twitter hack?On Wednesday, the Twitter accounts of business leaders, artists, politicians and popular brands posted messages that instructed users to send bitcoins to an address as part of a cryptocurrency scam. Impacted accounts included those of Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Kanye West, Kim Kardashian, Mike Bloomberg, Uber, Apple and even Twitter's own official support account.Attackers often impersonate celebrities on Twitter to post similar scam messages, but those campaigns are usually done with fake accounts with few followers. In this case, the rogue messages were posted from verified accounts, which have a checkmark next to their name and whose real identity has been verified by Twitter. This gave more credibility to the scam and allowed it to instantly reach hundreds of millions of users. It's estimated that attackers earned around $120,000 as a result.Twitter responded by temporarily suspending the ability of all verified accounts to post new messages and immediately launched an investigation. How could attackers gain access to so many accounts at once? It was achieved by compromising one or more Twitter employees who had access to an internal tool that's used to manage user accounts.Some screenshots of the tool were posted on Twitter, but the company deleted them citing violations of its terms of service. The tool seems to allow Twitter employees to perform a number of privileged actions such as suspending accounts, blacklisting tweets and even changing the email addresses associated with accounts, a feature the attackers abused to take over the accounts.Motherboard cited two of the attackers who claimed they bribed a Twitter employee for access to the control panel. Twitter, however, said the compromise was the result of "a coordinated social engineering attack by people who successfully targeted some of our employees with access to internal systems and tools.""We believe approximately 130 accounts were targeted by the attackers in some way as part of the incident," the company said via its support account. "For a small subset of these accounts, the attackers were able to gain control of the accounts and then send Tweets from those accounts."Since few details are available from the official investigation, it's hard to say what exactly Twitter means by "social engineering." The company could be using the term loosely to refer to anything from a phishing attack that resulted in the theft of employee credentials to attackers successfully bribing an employee. Both of these scenarios fall in the insider threat category but are different attack vectors -- unwitting insider vs malicious insider -- and require somewhat different preventive measures.Protecting against unwitting insiders\u00a0The term unwitting insider generally refers to an employee who provides access to an attacker unintentionally due to a lapse in judgement or a lack of training. Examples of this can be an employee opening a door to a restricted area to help someone carrying a large package without actually checking if they have an access card or company ID, plugging an USB stick they found on the floor in the lobby or that was mailed to them into their work computer to check what's on it, transferring money to a third-party after receiving a spoofed email from their manager without getting confirmation through a phone call, or clicking on a link in an email and inputting their username and password on a phishing site.If this is the scenario with Twitter, a few questions arise:Was Twitter enforcing two-factor authentication (2FA) for their employees or did the attackers manage to bypass it, too?Was the support panel openly accessible from the internet or did it require a VPN connection into Twitter's secure network?If it was accessible from the internet, were there other checks in place such as checking the geographical location of the employee's device or whether that device was used to access the tool in the past?2FA implementations that rely on one-time use codes delivered via text messages or that are generated by mobile applications, can be bypassed. Those codes can be phished, too, just like passwords, and some open-source frameworks automate this.Organizations should opt for using hardware authentication tokens (USB keys) that are plugged into computers and communicate with websites directly through the browser to supply the authentication codes. If it's too expensive to provide such tokens for all employees, companies should at least consider making them mandatory for highly privileged accounts, such as administrators and managers. Twitter supports all three types of 2FA on its website, but it's not clear which option, if any, they enforced for their employees."When it comes to the phishing aspect of it, [organizations] should make sure that the credentials used to log into their admin panels are secured by multi factor authentication hopefully with some sort of tokenized hardware authentication maybe something like a YubiKey for instance," Rachel Tobac, CEO of security consultancy SocialProof Security and winner of social engineering contests in the past, tells CSO. "That would be really hard for me to attack as a social engineer because I'd have to do the attacking in person, which I tend to avoid. That's why Google recommends using something like Google Titan or YubiKey for things like Gmail and your bank account if possible, because those things cannot be phished."Social engineering prevention training is also very important, according to Tobac, and should be augmented with technical controls, such as limiting privileged access, 2FA and insider threat detection software.In the current global environment when many employees are forced to work from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic, relying just on 2FA to secure remote access is not enough. Many workers are performing their job responsibilities from personal computers located in unsecure home networks, so they are much more exposed to malware, attacks that exploit vulnerabilities in outdated software or phishing campaigns that could result in a full system compromise. To address such risks companies can look into web-based secure access gateways that follow the zero-trust networking concepts and ensure that users are granted access based not only on their location, but the identity of their devices and their security state.These products collect and analyze a variety of information through the user's browser or through a lightweight agent, including OS and software versions, running processes, basic malware scan results and more, before granting access. However, to be truly effective, they also need to be backed by access policies that follow least-privilege principles and role-based access controls.Every employee should only have the minimum privileges inside an application or system that are required to perform their job and this type of control is also very important to protect against malicious insiders who might decide to abuse their access because they're disgruntled, have taken a bribe, they were promised better employment by a competitor or whatever other reason.Since we don't know the role of the Twitter employee whose account was misused, it's hard to say if their level of access was appropriate or if the administration tool was overly permissive to begin with. The Twitter account of US President Donald Trump was not affected in this attack, reportedly because it has special controls in place after it got temporarily deactivated in November 2017 by a Twitter support technician on his last day of work.This suggests that for certain high-profile accounts Twitter can and does enforce additional controls or additional levels of approval. This means the company could implement a system where actions like manually changing an account's email address would require a second person to approve the action or an attempt to make modifications on 130 verified accounts in a short amount of time could automatically raise an alert."We have also been taking aggressive steps to secure our systems while our investigations are ongoing," Twitter said. "We\u2019re still in the process of assessing longer-term steps that we may take and will share more details as soon as we can."Tackling malicious insiders\u00a0Dealing with malicious insiders is a complex problem where things like multi-factor authentication and device verification will not help because a disgruntled employee will have no problem overcoming such restrictions. Tackling this problem requires a layered approach that combines prevention capabilities with detection and response."You can't rely on a single solution," Mark Harris, senior research director at Gartner in the UK, tells CSO. "You have to look at multiple different approaches and it really very much depends on what the internal system is and what the application is. You have to look at it not just once but have an adaptive response which means continuously monitoring what the threats are, what systems you're using and adapt your controls as a result."Organizations need consider in their threat modelling what happens when an administrator is compromised and what controls they can put in place to detect that or to prevent it from having a big impact on their systems, David Kennedy, founder of security consulting firm TrustedSec and creator of the open-source Social-Engineer Toolkit (SET), tells CSO."Insider threats are really complex to fix and really complex to monitor against because you have someone who's supposed to be working on behalf of your organization and now they've gone rogue, so all of those [scenarios] need to be built into your overall threat model program, and what you're looking at and how you adjust your controls based off that: role-based access controls and potentially a second level of verification -- acting on a large number of accounts or specific individual accounts could require an approval process," Kennedy says.Establishing a baseline for workflows and employee behavior and then using security analytics and user behavior analytics to detect anomalies and deviations from that baseline can also be a good approach that complements preventive controls. This is one of the areas of security where the much-hyped machine learning shows some promise, but many technologies are in this market segment and according to Harris, they can sometimes generate a lot of false positives, which means more work for security teams to investigate.Organizations should ideally move higher on the security maturity curve by switching from an approach where they buy and implement specific products or technologies to tackle specific types of threats towards a security operations approach where they're proactively searching for threats inside an organization, Dan Panesar, director for UK and Ireland at Securonix, tells CSO. "What I mean by being proactive is using security analytics and user behavior analytics to spot anomalies and by anomalies, I mean behavior that's out of the normal."In the case of Twitter, this could have been used to learn what normal looks like: How often are email changes being performed on accounts? How often are support technicians accessing VIP accounts? All that information could have been correlated so that in the event of multiple accounts having email administration changes made in quick succession, it would look suspicious."That is where definitely machine learning and the security analytics piece really starts to build a very significant investment case compared to what can happen from a reputational, financial impact and regulatory perspective," Panesar says.Another important aspect, according to Harris, is logging all changes inside applications and systems, not only because it provides an evidence trail if something happens, but also because potential malicious insiders can be discouraged if they know everything is being tracked and audited."There are a whole bunch of technologies and approaches that are the right thing," Harris says. 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Embracing Zombies: An evaluation of my first year seminar experience
I have often reflected at the end of the semester, in true Profhacker fashion, by giving a 3×3 course evaluation, but this semester my experience was much different and so I plan to do two 3×3 evaluations – first, my traditional course evaluation featuring my first experience teaching First Year Seminar featuring the Walking Dead and Superheroes to be followed by my evaluation of my first semester holding an alternate academic (alt-ac) position. I will begin with the Walking Dead in part because I'm in serious withdrawal during the mid-season break so I need to do something to stave off the obsessive blog trolling and in part because I'm still sifting and sorting how I think and feel about my alt-ac job.
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Welcome for New Principal at Coláiste Chiaráin, Athlone, Co Roscommon
The Interim Board of Management of Coláiste Chiaráin, Athlone has announced the appointment of Mr. Brendan Waldron as Principal of the College. Mr Waldron will take up the post at the beginning of February 2017.
A native of Ballyhaunis, Co. Mayo, Mr. Waldron is a member of the Athlone/South Roscommon community, living in Bealnamulla for a number of years. He has strong links with local community and sporting organisations. Mr. Waldron is a graduate of the University of Limerick and Maynooth University. At present he is working with the Professional Development Service for Teachers (PDST) on secondment from Mercy Secondary School, Kilbeggan, Co. Westmeath, where he taught Construction Studies, Materials Technology (Wood), Technical Graphics and Design and Communication Graphics. His work with PDST included supporting the professional development of teachers and schools nationwide – in particular with Transition Year, Technology Subjects and ICT in learning, teaching and assessment. Over his career, he has also has been involved in many aspects of education and leadership, including ICT and educational policy development.
Responding to his appointment Mr. Waldron said: "I am delighted to have been appointed the first Principal of Athlone's newest second level college – Coláiste Chiaráin. The new amalgamated school represents an exciting and hugely significant development for Athlone and South Roscommon. I am committed to working together with the staff, students and parents of St Aloysius College and St Joseph's College, the College Board of Management, the Diocese of Elphin and the entire community to ensure that Coláiste Chiaráin will be a welcoming centre of learning where every student will be cared for as he/she develops physically, spiritually and intellectually during their secondary education. I am also very much looking forward to leading the process for the construction of a new state of the art school building on the Summerhill campus which will bring with it some of the very best educational facilities in the country. In the near future, I hope to meet prospective students and their parents at Coláiste Chiaráin's first enrolment night on Wednesday 25th January in Summerhill at 7pm."
The Patron of the College, Bishop Kevin Doran said: "I warmly welcome the appointment of Mr. Brendan Waldron as Principal of Coláiste Chiaráin. He has significant experience both in teaching and in supporting teachers, which will be one of his key tasks in the years ahead. Coláiste Chiaráin is intended to ensure that young people in the West Athlone area will have the option, in their own community, of a Catholic education to the highest academic standards. It seems appropriate, therefore that the new Principal is someone who has established his own roots in that same community. I look forward very much to working with Brendan."
The Chairperson of the Interim Board of Management of Coláiste Chiaráin, Mr Frank Smith noted how the appointment of Mr Waldron as Principal marked another significant and exciting milestone in the development of the new College. He said: "I congratulate Mr Waldron and wish him well in leading and shaping the College into the future. Today, in a particular way, I would also like to thank Mr Gearóid Ó Conámha, Principal of St Aloysius College and Mr Liam Nally, Principal of St Joseph's College for their support for and continued work on the new school project and to wish them well as they complete their terms as Principal over the summer of 2017."


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Lindo este seu trabalho , é um casaco com cores maravilhosas os detalhes são pensados ao pormenor obrigado por partilhar .ReplyDelete
Hi Eric . Beautiful work on the jacket. Did you put the white ribbon on top of the black ribbon? Trying to decide.ReplyDelete
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It's Wednesday, so this must be Gloucestershire!
OK, I know Devon comes next alphabetically, but Devon is a beast with 31 of the 74 pedigrees. So, I've decided to come back to that at the end of this series.
Sometimes referred to as Gloucester, this county takes in the tip of the Bristol Channel and the delta of the River Severn, which is the largest riven in England.
The county is home to 2 Pedigrees. Once again you will note the close proximity of the two trees, both originating in the town of Bristol. Smart readers may note that Bristol is both a city that is also a county these days. It has become one of Southern England's 2nd largest city. But that wasn't always the case. It lies on the border of both Somerset and Gloucestershire Counties having been included in records for both at various times. Ian and I have chosen to show them in their historical county, to help reduce confusion. But realize they are very likely related to the Somerset Babbs (more on them later).
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This route loops Little Wildhorse Lake and Wildhorse Lake proper via their drainages.
Directions: from the parking lot, just below the summit of Steens Mtn, this route follows the trail along a ridge for about ¼ mile to a trail junction. Continue west to Little Wildhorse Lake. The trail soon disappeared and great caution was taken traversing along the knife-edge ridge (Zone 11 T E: 369337 N: 4721489 NAD 83) to the south-facing tarn, Little Wildhorse Lake (E: 369008 N: 4720988).
Follow the drainage of this lake all the way down to where it joins the Wildhorse Lake Canyon, about 2+ miles. Continue up the canyon to Wildhorse Lake proper (E: 369792 N: 4720707), regain the trail, and return to parking lot.
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We share the lay down of our day or week with friends while having coffee. We have favorite movies and TV shows. We tell the tales to our kids before bedtime.The reason is the need for stories that is deep-rooted in our brains. I easily imagine our ancestors telling the thrilling tales of their latest mammoth hunt and their Flintstones-like neighbors listening to them with a genuine interest. Cave drawings they did a couple of millennia ago seem to prove their love to stories. We like the possibility to get a new experience without reliving hardship or pain ourselves. The more drama the stories contain, the better we memorize them. Tragic accidents, bizarre crimes, and celebrity slip-ups are the most memorable.
So, how can you apply this as a blogger? Here are the five ways storytelling can empower to your blogging experience.
1. Use stories to build a loyal audience
I stumble on so many posts online that are plain and non-memorable. They list facts and figures and overlook humanity. Content marketing can�t be devoid of humans. To be a successful blogger, you need to show an authentic desire to interact with your readers.
End each post asking people to share their experience on the issue in question either in comments or through email. They will see that you care about their problems.
You�re probably familiar with academic paper writing. Essay Service professional company provides instructions on how to create the correct outline. Essay introduction always includes an attention-grabbing hook. Use a reader�s story to start a new post (in case you have the person�s permission to share it). You�ll have a proof that you�re writing about real-life problems.
It�s vital to provide the answer to the questions. Make sure to find a few ways to solve the problem.
This technique will help you earn the trust of the readers. They will see your wish to help other people, respectful attitude to the audience, and expertise in the field you�re blogging in.
2. Use stories to provide clarity and credibility
Take an issue you want to highlight in a post, and make it concrete by putting in context of how it can be used and why it is important. You will show your readers how you have dealt with it in the real world. That will be a testimonial for your tips.
Testimonials are effective because people tend to trust the experiences of others. Beauty bloggers are so popular because they test the products themselves and share their impressions. Making the abstract concrete, they make their expertise relevant and meaningful. So, whatever you are going to talk about in your post, wrap it in a story.
3. Write personal essays to bond with your readers
Be a personal blogger. Tell the readers about your life. They will see the real you and start relating you like they do to the characters of a movie or a novel.
Share your authentic sensations, memories, and thoughts. Revealing your private feelings can be frightening. But this is what makes your blog posts appealing.
Powerful stories are relatable. When people can recognize themselves in your stories and identify themselves in the values they offer, your blog will become more attractive to them. To make your posts relatable, follow three simple tips:
- Be yourself and write the way you talk. Nobody likes pretentiousness.
- Explore your audience. If you know what they expect, you�ll give them the content they want.
- Get on your readers� level. Though you�re an expert on a particular topic, make sure that a novice reader can understand what you�re writing about.
4. Tell humorous stories to provide entertainment and variety
Famous writers knew the power of wit. Mark Twain, Jerome David Salinger, and James Thurber were masters of literary humor. Shakespeare wrote comedies.
No, you don�t need to write an essay that will be another literary masterpiece. Include an anecdote that relates to a topic. Tell a funny thing that happened to you.
Readers want to be entertained. A funny story or a surprising fact about you, your work, or another person will engage the audience. It will add color in any monotonous narration.
5. Tell stories to motivate people into action
As a blogger, you know that words can be a powerful tool if used right. The story is effective when it has an influence at the reader.
In academic essay writing, conclusion includes a call to action. It also leaves the reader thinking about the topic and what he or she can do to solve a problem, avoid a satiation, improve the life, etc. Finish your posts with a sort of invitation to act.
In your last paragraph, draw an inspiring bright future for your readers. Make them laugh. Cheer them up. Give them reasons to keep fighting. If you do so, you won�t have any trouble with searching for the followers.
Now you know the effectiveness of storytelling for blogging business. Perhaps, you�re wondering where to get so many stories. Your personal experience may be rich, but it�s not unlimited. That�s OK.
You can use a story you�ve heard or read. Or share curious events that happened with your family, friends, colleges, ex-classmates, and other people you communicate with. Or find something exciting on the web.
People want to hear stories they can relate to or laugh at. They love reading about the characters that resemble themselves, and situations they have gone or are going through. The narrations that are interesting and engaging find their reader. Capture this connection and you will gain a readership.
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If you are interested in fractional property ownership, you do not have to buy new. Many companies have a comprehensive list of fractional resales. Resales are often under-priced, and can be an opportunity to buy cheaper then new. Fractional resales also allow you to negotiate the price for an even better deal!
You can find just beachfront, lake, mountain, resort, and other types of fractionals available for investment.
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People often confuse fractionals with timeshares. Timeshare ownership allows you to visit your property for a specified period, usually one or two weeks, on a specified date every year, without any real ownership benefits.
With a fractional, you can own as much time as you want and have a lot more flexibility when visiting. If you purchase through a vacation club or equity fund, you'll have options to visit multiple vacation homes.
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Vacatia offers fractionals throughout North America. Between Mexico, the U.S., the Caribbean, and Canada. Consider resale options in Orlando, if you have children. These vacation homes provide you with the opportunity to visit some of the best resorts in the world for kids.
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Fractional Index cultivates a unique database of resales. Most of the properties listed are in Mexico, the United States, or Canada.
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The leading seller of fractional resales in France, Paris Home Shares can help you find your dream European get-away. All properties are custom designed by Paris Home Shares to meet even the most discerning property owners' highest standards.
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One of the largest timeshare resale sites on the web, Sell My Timeshare Now, the company has begun to offer fractional resales too. Sell My Timeshare can help you find a great deal in almost any location.
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If you're looking for a great deal on fractionals, reach out to realtors in your desired area to see if there are any irresistible deals on the market. You might even be able to find real estate agents who specialize in fractionals.
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Second British Airways inaugural flight lands in St.Kitts: Historic occasion witnessed by Island dignitaries
St. Kitts April 1, 2010: British Airways second inaugural flight from London (Gatwick) landed to a festive welcome at St. Kitts Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport yesterday, marking yet another historic occasion for the destination.
Flight BA 2157 touched down at 15.35 local time commemorating the start of a second weekly flight to the island within a 14 month period. On the tarmac to greet the flight were leading St. Kitts government and tourism officials including Minister of Tourism and International Transport, Hon. Richard Skerritt, Chairman of the St. Kitts Tourism Authority, Alfonso O'Garro and CEO of the St. Kitts Tourism Authority, Rosecita Jeffers.
Speaking at a brief ceremony to welcome in the flight, Minister of Tourism and International Transport, Hon. Richard Skerritt, said, "Today's flight is a very important indicator of the confidence that BA has in our destination for the future. It is therefore reason for us to feel really good about the possibilities but it also is a reminder about the responsibility we have to make sure that the flights bring significant numbers into our country and that we get maximum expenditure per person into the economy through hotels, restaurants, transportation, entertainment…all the other services that relate to making our visitor experience a world class experience. "
Skerritt went on to say, "Tourism is the business of making people happy, making people relax and get away from their daily stresses, and St. Kitts and Nevis is one of the Caribbean destinations that is perfectly suited to achieve that.. We are very optimistic that we will be able to achieve that on a continuous growth curve and this second weekly flight in just over a year is an indicator that we are making progress. So, this is really a very good day for St. Kitts and Nevis tourism. "
Minister Skerritt personally thanked British Airways, making a presentation to BA Flight Captain, Alistair McLaren, who, fittingly, celebrated his first visit to St. Kitts as BA 2157 touched down.
Though not present in St. Kitts for this historic occasion, Richard Tams, British Airways' Head of UK & Ireland Sales and Marketing, expressed his delight in the start of the new service: "Following the inaugural flight last January, St Kitts has proven very popular with our customers thanks to its beauty and the warm welcome they are receiving. We recognise how much effort has been invested by the St Kitts authorities into making this direct flight from the UK a success and ensuring that our customers thoroughly enjoy their time on the island, so we're delighted to have launched our second BA service there this week."
The island welcome team included Cedric Liburd, Advisor to the Ministry of Tourism and International Transport; Rosecita Jeffers, CEO of the St. Kitts Tourism Authority; Michael Head, Manager of the Hotel and Tourism Association; Peter Allcorn, Honorary British Consulate; Marcellus Phillip, Acting CEO of the St. Christopher Air & Sea Ports Authority and Denzil Jones, Airport Manager.
The second new BA service represents the only carrier to offer a weekly scheduled service from the UK to St. Kitts. The flight departs London Gatwick's airport at 10.40 a.m., arriving at RLB International at 15:35. The return flight will leave St. Kitts at 17:05, arriving at London (Gatwick) at 07.40 the next day. BA uses a three class, 280 seat Boeing 777 aircraft with 40 Club World seats, 24 World Traveller Plus and 216 World Traveller seats. This twice weekly flight by BA will further increase capacity to the destination, while the inclusion of the Club World seats attract upmarket UK tour operators to sell both St. Kitts & Nevis. The London Gatwick service will also connect a wide array of UK and European cities served by BA.


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I really do maybe maybe not keep in mind the very first time We saw an star in a fat suit, but I happened to be 21 years old once I switched on Tyra Banks' talk show. Just hardly a appropriate adult, we had currently invested over ten years of my young life dieting.
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It's that time of year when a warm, soothing bowl of soup hits the spot. This highly nutritious Butternut Apple Soup is quick to put together, especially if you use butternut squash that is already cut up from your grocery store. It cooks in about 20-25 minutes.
This would be a great soup for the holidays. The sweetness of the apple compliments the winter squash so well, and the spices just take the flavors up a notch and turn this into a beautifully rich medley of flavors.
Tip* I love saving the squash seeds, spicing and roasting them. You can use these spiced butternut seeds as your topping or enjoy them as a fun snack.
This butternut squash apple soup is vegan and another low in fat and high fiber dish, making this a wonderful comfort food without the bloat.
Butternut squash is a wonderful vegetable to enjoy during the winter months when the sun isn't as strong. Nature knows its way, as its offering us the right veggies to protect our health at just the right times.
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- Butternut Squash, Brussels Sprouts, Apple Stuffing
- Roasted Kabocha Squash
- Acorn Squash Stuffed with Quinoa
- Roasted Squash Salad with Pomegranate and Pepitas
Apples add another dose of health-boosting love with its phytonutrients, antioxidants, and fiber (keep the peel on).
A diet rich in apples is extremely beneficial for your overall health, especially in gut health. They lower the risk of many diseases. It's no wonder, "an apple a day keeps the doctor away," actually may have some truth. Take advantage of this butternut squash ginger apple soup to help satisfy your apple intake.
Adding in that one piece of fruit, including the peel, could improve cardiovascular health equal to prescribing of cholesterol-lowering statins for everyone over age 50, according to a report published in BMJ (British Medical Journal).
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Butternut, Apple Soup
- Measuring Cups and Spoons
- 1- 1 1/2 lb butternut squash (or use already cut squash from the market)
- 2 apples peeled, seeded and roughly chopped. Any kind will do.
- 2 1 qt cartons low-sodium vegetable broth (or homemade)
- 1 onion chopped
- 1/2 cup celery chopped
- 1 1/2 tsp ground cumin
- 1/2 tsp fresh thyme chopped
- 1/2 tsp ginger ground
- 1/2 tsp coriander ground
- 1/4 tsp Ceylon cinnamon* ground
- 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
- salt and black pepper to taste
- Preheat oven to 400°F. Cut the butternut squash in half and remove the seeds. If you;re using cut squash, put the on the baking sheet
- Put the squash halves in a large baking pan filled with a small amount of water and lightly sprayed with oil. Note: if you're using store-bought, already cut-up squash, place on parchment in a baking sheet and bake for 20-25 minutes or until tender.
- In the meantime, water sauté the chopped onion and celery for a few minutes.
- Add the apples, the butternut squash, and the rest of the ingredients.
- Cook for about 45 minutes until the apples are soft and the vegetable flavors have blended. Add more water if the soup is too thick.
- Cool slightly before putting the soup in a blender. Carefully blend on slow speed. Optionally, you can use an immersion blender
- Turn up the blender to finish off the soup to a creamy smoothness.
- Serve in bowls with the roasted seeds, if desired.
- *If you're so inclined, you can roast the seeds with the squash on a baking sheet in the oven for about 15 minutes until they are crisp. Clean the seeds under running water in a colander. Place on an oil-sprayed cookie sheet and add a little salt. Check on them until they are your desired doneness.


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The CEMC will receive $25,000 for future science promotion activities.
If you asked Dr. Brock Fenton to name his favorite bat, he would tell you that his answer changes every day. For him as a scientist, each day is better than the last. One enlightening experience follows another.
For years, Fenton has channeled this passion for learning about bats into devising new ways of teaching people about them. For example, he uses pizza to teach children about their feeding habits. A female bat nursing her pups will eat her weight in food every night, so he decided to use the visual of a four-year-old girl standing next to her weight in boxes of pizza in order to illustrate this to children―the boxes reached up to her ears.
Throughout his career, Dr. Fenton has taught biologists and conservationists about bats both across Canada and internationally. He has received numerous NSERC Discovery Grants for studying the behavioral ecology of bats and has received many awards for his research, including a Honourary Life Member award from the Canadian Society of Zoologists. Yet it has always been of the highest importance to Dr. Fenton that everyone, not just professionals, understands the impact that science has on their lives. He has written seven books on bats aimed at non-professionals along with 27 general interest publications.
Dr. Fenton is passionate about showing his audience the importance of the natural world and its diversity. As nocturnal flying mammals with many unique characteristics, bats give the public a good impression of how diverse nature is. The small winged creatures offer a compelling avenue through which people can understand how science affects their lives. For example, bat research has led to unexpected discoveries and innovations, such as a drug under development for stroke patients that was inspired by the study of vampire bats. The drug exploits the chemicals that vampire bats use to get clots out of the blood they feed on.
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After yesterday's loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Atlanta Braves demoted starting pitcher Jair Jurrjens to triple-A Gwinnett. This was the right move.
Jurrjens hasn't made it past the fifth inning in any of his four starts. He's given up at least seven hits and three runs in every start. The only reason his record is 0-and-2 and not 0-and-4 is because the Braves put up double digit runs in two of his four starts.
The symptoms are clear, Jurrjens' velocity is down, his command is off, and his confidence is non-existent. The Braves hope the cure can be some low-pressure starts in triple-A to help repair what's broken.
But can a handful of starts in the minors fix everything that's wrong with Jair Jurrjens? He's missing his spots with pitches, and that is part of his problem, but velocity -- which used to be a big part of his game -- has failed him. This chart from FanGraphs illustrates the drop in velocity that Jurrjens experienced last year, which has carried over into this season (click image to enlarge):
The decline in velocity is clear and startling. He was able to use some of his guile and deception in the first half of last season, but in the second half his ability to reach into the mid-90's for a fastball had disappeared. With his velocity drop has come a corresponding drop in strikeouts per nine innings -- 6.65 in 2010, 5.33 in 2011, 4.41 in 2012.
Jurrjens has also proven to be a pitcher reliant on luck and good defense. This is highlighted by his xFIP numbers the last three seasons:
This type of xFIP is not necessarily a bad thing. Jurrjens is simply the kind of pitcher who relies on his defense, but he's also the type of pitcher who will get into a lot of jams and needs to be able to get himself out of those jams. In the past he's been able to get himself out of jams by turning up the dial on his fastball -- as the chart above shows. He could run his fastball up to 94mph or higher in his starts prior to the 2011 season. He could reach back for 93mph last season, but in the latter part of last season and on into this season, he hasn't been able to reach back for that extra gear on his fastball. He's lost his fastball as a weapon in his arsenal.
His ERA after the All-Star break was 5.88, and remember he was an All-Star, who had a MLB-best first half ERA of 1.87. There's no quantifying this year's ERA (9.37), as Jurrjens has been a complete mess on the mound.
So is it just his fastball, or is there something else. Is this the worst case scenario of the kind of pitcher many people thought Jurrjens was all along? Or are Jair's problems mostly mental, spawned from his hesitance to put full pressure on a knee that he might believe is not fully healthy. Could it be the shoulder that cut his 2010 season short, which was preceded by a drop in velocity that he hasn't been able to rebound from?
It seems that even Jair Jurrjens doesn't know what is wrong with him. But at triple-A he'll have the time he needs to work through some of these issues, and try and get back to the pitcher who could at least use his defense to manage most of his outs ... and we'll see if he can once again be that pitcher who is able to reach back for some extra mustard on his fastball when he needs it.
As for the Braves, THIS is what starting pitching depth is all about. Pitchers have problems and need fixing. Pitchers get injured. The Braves will replace the pitcher that needs fixing (Jurrjens) with the pitcher that was injured (Tim Hudson), and yet there is still good starting pitching depth in the organization. Should Jurrjens fix his problems, the Braves can move him back into the Major League rotation, and give their rookie (Randall Delgado) more seasoning in the minors.


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Though more research about the method is needed, school districts that have been using the tack for more than a decade have seen successful results, which should encourage Hawaii's public education officials as they begin implementing the program.
Called "response to intervention," the approach follows a new U.S. Department of Education policy aimed at giving struggling students in early grades intensive teaching to see if they improve. If they do, they can continue regular education, avoiding the often-stigmatized label of "special education."
Education experts say that children with normal IQs who lag behind their peers in initial school years generally end up identified erroneously as having a disability. A disproportionate number of them are minority or economically disadvantaged students who did not have good preschool experiences or healthy learning environments at home.
Because the program may be able to help them overcome those circumstances, it should receive strong support and since Hawaii has a large number of minority and recent-immigrant children, the state's adoption of the approach is worthwhile.
Hawaii recently was identified as one of only nine states that are fully meeting federal requirements for special education, representing a big turnaround for the state that for years had been under federal court supervision because of special education failures.
Adopting the new program will keep the state moving ahead in providing for children with special needs. By identifying those who require only early intensive aid, educators can sustain attention on special education students.
The conflict, as always, involves money. The new federal policy for the first time allows schools to use up to 15 percent of their special education funding for the early intervention program. How much of Hawaii's federal funds, which last year totaled $36 million, will be used isn't known.
Parents of special-needs students say the policy will divert the amount available for their children to those who haven't yet been deemed entitled. However, the new approach will likely send fewer students into the special education pool and in the long run will benefit both groups of children.
Moreover, the federal government says it will award $14 million over five years for model programs. State education officials should pursue those funds. With Hawaii's good standing in special education and its large number of minority students, the state could make a strong case for getting extra funds.
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On the front page of the July 2015 Funny Times, this cartoon by Mary Lawton:
The visuals: a parody of Munch's The Scream, in and around an ice cream truck. The text: the song/chant "I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for Ice Cream" (a pun on ice cream / I scream, depending on word division).
The ice cream truck. Of course, there's a Wikipedia page:
An ice cream van (British) or ice cream truck (American) is a commercial vehicle that serves as a mobile retail outlet for ice cream, usually during the summer. Ice cream vans are often seen parked at public events, or near parks, beaches, or other areas where people congregate. Ice cream vans often travel near where children play — outside schools, in residential areas, or in other locations. They usually stop briefly before moving on to the next street.
Ice cream vans are often brightly decorated and carry images of ice cream, or some other adornment, such as cartoon characters.
… Along the sides, a large sliding window acts as a serving hatch, and this is often covered with small pictures of the available products, with their associated prices. A distinctive feature of ice cream vans is their melodic chimes, and often these take the form of a famous and recognizable tune, usually in the USA "The Mister Softee Jingle", "Turkey in the Straw", "Do Your Ears Hang Low?, "Pop Goes The Weasel", "The Entertainer", "Music Box Dancer", "Home on the Range", "It's a Small World", "Musunde Hiraite" (a Japanese children's song usually played with a recording of a woman saying 'hello' at the end of the song on ice cream trucks), or "Camptown Races"; or, in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, "Greensleeves", "Whistle While You Work" in Crewe and Nantwich, "You Are My Sunshine" in Vale Royal, "Teddy Bears' Picnic" in Sheffield, and "Match of the Day" in other places.
… Most ice cream vans tend to sell both pre-manufactured ice pops in wrappers, and soft serve ice cream from a machine, served in a cone, and often with a chocolate flake (in Britain) or a sugary syrup flavoured with, for example, strawberry. Soft serve ice cream is served topped with sprinkles for a slight extra charge.
Digression: Cazwell's "Ice Cream Truck". From an 8/20/10 posting:
After I posted a link to Gay Pimp's (Jonny McGovern's) "Soccer Practice" video on my X blog (here; note that this is X-rated territory), an appreciative friend sent along a link to Cazwell's video "Ice Cream Truck" (Luke Cazwell, né Lucas Cazuela). Two outrageous fags doing white rap in a street-black style to a gay-disco beat. Tremendously unsubtle, campy, and also gay-affirming and often joyous.
Cazwell is heavy on the phallicity. (Oh yes, his dancers are Hispanic, black, and white. Unity in queerness.)
"The Scream". The Munch painting is often parodied. Two of them (a Bizarro and a Homer Simpson) are reproduced in my 8/20/11 posting "Munch up to date".
And the song. From Wikipedia:
"Ice Cream" or "I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for Ice Cream" is a popular song, first published in 1927, with words & music by Howard Johnson, Billy Moll, and Robert King. After initial success as a late 1920s novelty song, the tune became a traditional jazz standard, while the lyrics refrain "I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for Ice Cream" has remained a part of popular culture even without the rest of the song.
A 1925 recording by Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians:
Mary Lawton. This is Lawton's first appearance on this blog, and I haven't been able to find out much about her. On her Etsy site, she identifies herself as a cartoonist and painter who lives in Houston TX. Here are two more of her cartoons, from the New Yorker's Cartoon Bank:


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The Eiroa CBT 51 made its debut at Christian's birthday event which took place during the 2023 PCA.
C.L.E. Cigar Company Announces the TAA Exclusive Eiroa Dark 11/18
C.L.E. Cigar Company announces that the TAA exclusive Eiroa Dark 11/18 is now shipping
C.L.E. Cigar Company Releases The Asylum Sensorium
Cigar Company announces the release of the Asylum Sensorium.
C.L.E. Continue to Follow Bayer Cropscience Better Growing Practices
C.L.E. Cigar Company's Honduran Factory is the only cigar factory in the world to strictly follow the Bayer Cropscience Better Manufacturing Practices.
Christian Eiroa to Team Up with Reyes Family Cigars
Christian Eiroa, founder of C.L.E. Cigars, announced in a press release the partnership between Rolando Reyes Sr.'s family and C.L.E. Cigars. He stated that the factory operations as well as Rolando Reyes Sr.'s blends will remain in control of the Reyes family.
C.L.E. will ship new Cigar Lines Prieto and Chele Next Week
The two new lines are the first C.L.E. cigars that were made in Nicaragua. Christian Eiroa, founder of the company, stated that rolling cigars in Nicaragua would open up new possibilities for the company.
C.L.E. Cigars Will Release TAA Exclusive Cigar C.L.E. Azabache
"Last year we released the Asylum Nyctophilia at TAA. This year we decided to showcase a cigar under the C.L.E. portfolio." says Christian Eiroa, founder of C.L.E. Cigar Company.
C.L.E. & Asylum Cigars Announce Release of Asylum 13 Connecticut Cigars
Asylum 13 Connecticut will be a new line with an Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper and Honduran binder and filler. The cigar was blended by Christian Eiroa and Tom Lazuka and being rolled in Honduras. It is expected to ship at the end of February 2016.
Julio & Justo Eiroa Founding Their Own Cigar Company JRE Tobacco
Christian Eiroa announced in a press statement that his father, Julio, and his brother, Justo, have entered the cigar business by founding the independent company JRE Tobacco. The new company's portfolio will include the brands Aladino, Rancho Luna and Tatascan.
C.L.E. Announces Shipment of Eiroa First 20 Years
These cigars made their debut at IPCPR 2015 but were not available to be shipped until now. The cigar is all Honduran with the tobacco grown by Julio Eiroa in the Jamastran Valley and rolled of the Aladino Factory in Danli, Honduras.