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Heaven's Just a Sin Away: The Devilscent Project, Chapter One
By Donna Heaven's just a sin away oh oh, just a sin away I can't wait another day I think I'm giving in, How I long to hold you tight oh oh, be with you tonight That still won't make it right cause I belong to him… Oh way down deep inside I know that it's all wrong Your eyes keep tempting me and I never was that strong… Devil's got me now oh oh, gone and got me now, I can't fight him anyhow I'm think he's gonna win, Heaven's just a sin away oh oh, just a sin away Heaven help me when I say I think I'm giving in… - From The Kendalls' song "Heaven's Just a Sin Away," lyrics by Jerry Gillespie The Devilscent Project is the brainchild of blogger (The Alembicated Genie), author and all-around provocateur Sheila Eggenberger whose novel, Quantum Demonology, poses a most intriguing question: What happens when you try to seduce the Devil? What trickery and charms must you use to ensnare the One whose home address is 666 Hades Circle? A select group of artisan perfumers has tried to answer this question with their mysteriously scented concoctions, all with this one thing in mind. Each was tasked with creating fragrances for the Devil himself and for Lilith, his eternal (and infernal) wife. A corresponding group of perfume writers was recruited to record our impressions of these potions. It works best if you read at least part of the book first to get the gist of the idea. (Warning: the book pulls no punches and is not for the faint of heart. Sheila takes us down to the very depths of depravity, and we beg for more.) Find their Devilscent Project writing on this page of Sheila's blog as they are published. I was inspired not only by the book but by the perfumes themselves, all so different from mainstream offerings that some of them don't even have a point of reference in conventional perfumery. I took artistic license and created my own story, with some parallels to Quantum Demonology but from another time and place. This is the first chapter of my exploration of these potent perfumes, so let us enter a shadow world... ********** On a dark night, in a teeming city stained with clouds and smoke, the lone figure of a woman approaches an all-night diner. The fog is so thick that the streetlights are just smears of pale and sickly yellow-green and the neon sign in the window blinks feebly on and off; some of its letters are missing. The woman slips into the shadow of a nearby doorway. She is wearing a short trench coat, heels and the dark glasses of a film star, although it is very late. Something has drawn her to this place but she is not sure what it is. A nagging feeling of being followed has dogged her steps on this night and she just wants to find a safe haven for a little while. No one is visible nearby, so she follows the light and hurries into the restaurant. A bell jingles as the door swings shut, and one or two patrons turn to look at her, then turn back to nursing their thick white mugs of coffee. The steamy trail of the brew rises to meet her nose and the dense atmosphere inside the low-ceilinged place gives off a welcome warmth. She realizes that she is very hungry and the coffee's aroma makes her mouth water, but there are no seats at the Formica-covered counter. Glancing around, she notices that the diner is decorated in a nostalgic retro style, with faded photos of movie stars on the walls and a wrap-around marquee above the counter meant to look like the lights of Broadway. The waitress taking orders is a platinum blonde with blood-red lipstick and chunky shoes with Cuban heels. The woman muses for a moment that this is a strange part of town for such a tourist trap spot to succeed, but gives it no more thought right then, since a booth has just opened up in the darkest corner of the room, and she sinks gratefully into its vinyl embrace. When the waitress comes over, the woman notices that she is not as young as she first appeared; her makeup is caked and heavily applied, and she looks drawn and tired. The woman feels a tug of sympathy before reciting her order of coffee, ham steak, hash browns and cinnamon toast. Even the menu is retro, and she can't believe how low the prices are. She would have paid three times as much downtown for half the food. This makes her wonder once again how a place like this can possibly make it in the year 2012. Still, it's nearly full even at this hour – how late was it, anyway? She looks at her digital watch but it has stopped working. Looking around, she spies a clock near the kitchen door; it's almost midnight. She adds sugar and cream to the inky, bitter coffee in front of her and its sweet aroma is pleasing as its rising steam mingles with the smell of her damp raincoat, floor wax and the diner patrons' body odor and cigarettes. (Perfume: Midnight at the Crossroads Café by Neil Morris.) The food arrives, and she begins to relax as she digs in. She is just finishing her cinnamon toast when the door opens again, the clock on the wall chimes twelve midnight, and then everything changes. ********** He comes though the door like a cat sneaking in after a hunting expedition. His hair is slicked back and looks freshly razor-cut, and his shoulders are broad, his body powerful. His gaze rakes the room and he sees that the only empty seat is the one in her booth. His stride is purposeful as he crosses the short distance to where the woman sits, staring at him as though she has never seen a man before in her life. He takes the seat across from her and gestures to the waitress without taking his eyes off her. His appearance is best described as what is commonly called Black Irish – that fatally attractive combination of jet-black hair and bright blue eyes, in combination with strong, lightly tanned facial planes and just enough grey at the temples. It is the face of a man who knows exactly what effect he has on other people and takes it as his due, the kind of man for whom conquest is as easy as breathing, but he doesn't want easy; he wants a challenge. The contrast between him and the woman is striking. She has deep auburn hair that tumbles around her shoulders, jade green eyes and a ripe, curvaceous figure. She is small-framed but her legs are long and shapely beneath the tweed pencil skirt she wears. A blouse of peach-colored silk drapes gracefully over her body. He catches the drift of her perfume and it throws him off guard a little – not what he expected to smell on a woman like her, not at all. Instead of smelling like some cheap drugstore cologne, she is emanating a delicious scent like ripe apples and pomegranates, mingled with roses and a whole field of wildflowers. Instead of a clichéd potion calculated to seduce, she is giving off the most seductive aroma of all – youth, innocence, purity, and freshness, yet mixed with a strange coldness, and something he cannot quite pinpoint - and he is mesmerized (Perfume: Lilith by Neil Morris). Yes, he was right - she is exactly what he is looking for, and more. ********** For her part, she still can't stop looking at him. He was the last thing she could have possibly expected to see in a place like this. It helps not at all that he is wearing an expensive black leather coat and a crimson scarf of what is obviously the finest cashmere, carelessly thrown around his neck as if he were unaware of its visual impact. On the surface, he seems to be a man of sophistication, perhaps even great wealth, so self-assured is he, but in his eyes of brilliant blue there is restlessness, like something caged and pacing. She had heard the term "alpha male" used many times but she knows that she is now face to face with the real thing; he gives off raw sexual magnetism like smoke and she imagines that she actually sees wisps of it like a dark halo around his head. It must be the dim light and the cigarette haze, she thinks, as the waitress sidles up to the stranger, order pad in hand. He turns his gaze to the blonde and says: "Coffee, black" then pauses just for a beat and adds "Please." Then he smiles. The waitress, whose name badge says her name is Violet, nods wordlessly, her lips parted, and looks as though her legs are about to give out; the seated woman knows just how she feels and is grateful that at least she is not on her feet, because that smile of his just melted all the glaciers on the Matterhorn. He turns back and speaks directly to her for the first time. She is not exactly sure what he is saying; she feels light-headed and confused, and she is perspiring in the closeness of the room. His voice is a perfect match for the smile, an irresistible force with a smooth, dark timbre that resonates within her like the rumbling of a freight train. She takes a deep breath and tries to focus. It's so overwhelming, the scent of him in this place, the sudden lurching of her heart, the feeling that something extraordinary is happening that she is powerless to control. He does not look like a criminal but there is nothing safe about him. She can smell the leather of his coat and the muskiness emanating from his skin; she knows it must be some really pricey cologne, but it's like nothing she has ever seen in the department stores she frequents. It smells like a very expensive private club, but not the kind that will accept just anyone as a member. (Perfume: Devilscent No. 1 by Amanda Feeley of Esscentual Alchemy.) Ha asks her if she would like to leave with him. She has no idea what she is doing but she says yes because there is nothing else to say. He has not really given her a choice. She picks up her coat and slides out of the booth. She pauses and looks at her watch again but it's still stopped. She realizes that it's unusually quiet as they step outside into the fog. Even at this hour, the traffic should be somewhat steady over on the Avenue, but only a few cars can be heard, if not seen. She looks around and sees that a lone cab is parked at the corner. It's one of those touristy ones, an old Checker taxi, boxy and broad. She has not seen one of these relics for a long time. The man takes her elbow and propels her gently but firmly toward the car; it must have been waiting for him, she realizes, as the driver steps out and tips his hat to her companion. He is wearing a shiny uniform and a visor cap with gold braiding. The cabbie opens the passenger door and she gets in, feeling dwarfed by the cavernous interior. The tall man sits beside her and immediately puts his arm around her shoulders, drawing her close. She can smell the leather, and the man, and in this enclosed space, it starts to feel different, as though she is falling down a well and slipping into the abyss; his dizzying presence now has an undercurrent of danger that is deeper than anything she has ever known. (Perfume: Devilscent No. 3 by Amanda Feeley of Esscentual Alchemy.) Suddenly feeling very afraid, she tells him that she should really go home, it's so late and she is tired, and she has to go to her job in the morning. He laughs at this and tells her there is nothing to worry about. He gives a command to the driver in a language she doesn't understand, rough and guttural - German, perhaps? As they turn onto the Avenue, something is very wrong. Where are the First Bank tower and the big video billboard? Where are all the cars? All she can see are a few antique vehicles parked on the street and what looks like a delivery truck in front of a brownstone. A man in white coveralls lifts a metal crate filled with glass milk bottles out of the truck's back end and sets it down on the curb. Bewildered, she looks at the dark-haired man beside her and finally finds her voice. "What's happening?" She whips her head around as a brightly lit and rapidly spinning barber pole catches her eye. "What is this place?" "It's not where we are, it's when," he says. "This is your city, but not your time. When you came into that café you entered my world, and I am going to show you things you have never seen before." A quick word to the driver and the taxi pulls over next to an all-night newsstand. The cabbie flicks a nickel at the owner and picks up a newspaper. He hands it through the window to the woman, and she scans it frantically under the greasy glow of a streetlamp. The headline makes no sense but the photo looks familiar; can that possibly be Harry Truman? She squints and looks more closely and then she sees it, the date under the bold lettering of the paper's name, in small letters: March 25, 1946. 1946? Far behind them now, the sign in the diner's window finally flickers to life and glows a dull red. The words spelled out in angry neon are in no tongue known to humankind. To be continued... Image credit: Special effects flower photo by Donna Disclaimer: All the Devilscent perfumes were sent to me for testing by the participating perfumers. Labels: Donna |


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Weekly Digest – 17 February 2021
Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward.
Victoria lockdown to end
Victoria's five-day lockdown is due to end at midnight Wednesday 17th February as no new local COVID-19 cases were announced.
While most restrictions will cease, some will continue. For example, face masks are required in most circumstances and five visitors are allowed to homes. Public gatherings of up to 20 people will recommence also. An overview of the remaining restrictions can be found here.
Australia Receives Pfizer Vaccine Doses
The first shipment of more than 142,000 Pfizer vaccine doses had arrived at Sydney airport on Monday. Healthcare, aged care, and quarantine workers will be among the first to be vaccinated starting 22 February.
Australia is expected to receive 20 million doses from Pfizer.
Australian Company Develops 3-Minute COVID-19 Breath Test
Australian company GreyScan reported that it has developed a 3-minute COVID-19 breath test and is seeking government funding for mass manufacture by the end of the year.
This is aimed to improve existing rapid tests by showing how infectious someone was, and not merely whether the person had come in contact with the virus. The company has partnered with the same researchers who helped it develop its Eureka Prize-winning product, which is a highly sensitive and rapid test to detect traces of homemade explosives.
Number of Australians on JobKeeper More Than Halved Since September
The number of Australians being supported by JobKeeper has fallen by more than 2 million since September, with Treasurer Josh Frydenberg claiming a "remarkable recovery".
According to the ATO, over 512,000 businesses have left the scheme and are now covering their entire wage bill by themselves. However, there are still 1.53 million Australians relying on the wage subsidy.
Are you ready for the end of JobKeeper
The government's JobKeeper program is scheduled to end on 28 March 2021. If your business is currently relying on the relief this scheme provides, the end of JobKeeper could create some concerns. So what exactly can you do to prepare?
1 – Conduct Scenario Planning
Planning makes a huge difference. Before JobKeeper ends make sure you have explored various scenarios for the future and plan for these accordingly.
Your scenario planning should include thinking about the worst possible scenario and preparing for it. You may need to secure additional credit lines, liquidity, or equity for your business, but chat to us and we'll help map out a plan together.
2 – Evaluate Your Business Model
Many businesses have developed creative ways to pivot during the pandemic. Restaurants have focused on takeaways, fitness centres have launched online sessions, and others have created totally new products or services.
What can you do to reimagine your existing business model and understand new industry norms and market trends? Don't just wait for your competition to do something and follow suit. Be on the front foot and always look for new opportunities. Again, we would be more than happy to chat to help you work out your next steps.
3 – Keep nimble
COVID-19 has put us all in a tricky situation, but being flexible in the way you do business will help you roll with the punches.
From remote work arrangements to the way you design your payment models for your customers, there are countless ways to adopt nimble characteristics that will help you scale back quickly even as the government support ends.
4 – Review Your Expenses and Financing Arrangements
Run your business as lean as possible and cut down on unnecessary expenses so you can save as much cash as you can while you still have support from the JobKeeper program. By keeping a bit of a war chest, you will be in a stronger financial position when the end of March comes.
Keep in mind that insufficient cashflow and capital can easily throw your business off track– so securing finance may be an option to help you carry on and face the months ahead.
5 – You Don't Have to Do it Alone…
In these unpredictable times, changes like JobKeeper ending can have a big impact on your strategy and direction. We understand that these events can be confusing and frustrating, but you don't have to face these business challenges alone.
Work with trusted business advisors to get professional guidance and support. We act as a sounding-board for our clients, helping them to strengthen their cashflow position and build a profitable business. Get in touch if you'd like to chat.
Upcoming Key Dates
Upcoming key lodgment and payment dates for businesses:
21 February
- Activity statements
January monthly activity statements – final date for lodgment and payment.
28 February
- Activity statements
Quarter 2 (October–December) activity statements – final date for lodgment and payment, including electronic lodgment. - GST
Annual GST return or Annual GST information report – final date for lodgment and payment (if required) if you do not have an income tax return lodgment obligation. - PAYG instalments
Quarter 2 (October–December) instalment notices (forms R and T) – final date for payment, and lodgment if varying the instalment amount. - GST instalments
Quarter 2 (October–December) instalment notices (forms S and T) – final date for payment, and lodgment if varying the instalment amount. - Income tax
Lodgment and payment due date for self-preparing entities that were not due at an earlier date (if you don't lodge your previous financial year return on time, your income tax return for the current financial is due by 31 October.)
Contact us if you have any questions.
Upcoming Superannuation Deadline
Here's an upcoming due date you need to look out for:
28 February
- Lodge and pay quarter 2 (1 October–31 December) Superannuation guarantee charge statement – quarterly if you did not pay your contributions on time.
- You can choose to offset contributions you've paid late to a fund for each employee against the super guarantee charge for the quarter for those employees.
- You cannot claim an income tax deduction for the super guarantee charge.
If you need help with your taxes or superannuation, drop us a message.
Government-backed COVID-19 Loans Extended
The government is extending its small business COVID-19 loans scheme until June 2021. If you need help to access these loans or you want to find out if you are eligible, don't hesitate to drop us a message.
5 Key Ways to Boost Your Revenue This Year
2020 has been a difficult year for business owners. Now that a new year is upon you, it's time to put your foot on the gas pedal and make 2021 the year for your business. Here are some ways you can grow your revenue this year and beyond:
Review your business and address blind spots. The first thing you can do is to look at your current situation and identify blind spots that keep your business from growing. This could be anything from lack of the right staff, your management style, or untapped potential revenue.
Make sure you're reaching the right target market. Get clear on your target market and make sure you are selling to the right people. Once you know your target, you will also be able to design your marketing campaigns better.
Create a growth plan. Evaluate where your business is standing and where you want it to be by the end of the year. Set clear and realistic goals on how much you want to grow, create an action plan, and communicate your growth plan with the rest of your team.
Improve you and your team's sales skills. Brush up on your sales skills and train some of your employees on how to sell in their particular area of expertise. Identify sales opportunities within your business and hire additional sales staff if necessary.
Increase your prospecting efforts. Assume that your target market won't find you. Think of ways to find quality leads instead, whether this is through social media or cold-calling.
Want more tips to stay ahead of your competition? Get in touch with us to book a one-on-one business consultation.
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With the hectic schedule and the stressful lifestyle taking its toll on all, people are desperately searching for ways to get away from the tensions and have a little adventure which will help them to re-energize their soul and bring in a few delightful moments and happiness. There are times when after you return from your office you crave to play casino games, which have become immensely popular for a few decades. Even if you desperately desire to play your favorite slot games, still many a times you have to curb your desire as the casinos are too far away from your home or you shy away from the excessive crowd.
But with the advent of internet and its myriads of benefits at your disposal you can easily play online slot games with minimum of fuss and by sitting in the comforts of your room. With the online approach, you don't need to worry about the traffic, the crowds or the distance of the casinos. Instead, you can relax in your room and play the games whenever you feel like playing to relieve your tensions or to experience challenge and adventure. slot There are innumerable online casinos that have provision for slot games where you are delight in your varied assortment of slot games and earn prizes and bonus.
With the introduction of the online gaming system and technology, the slot machine have been rapidly adopted as an online game and have soon made a strong presence for themselves with more and more people desperate to play the game and derive the pleasure out of it.
When you go to a casino a lot of your time is also wasted as you have to dress up to go to the chic and happening place, the traveling time and so on. You have to plan up your schedule to accommodate your visit to the casino and for a person residing in a place where the casinos are not available he/she cannot travel to different cities just to play slot games. So, here online slots have become a boon as now people can play their favorite games whenever they desire without the wastage of their precious time and according to their convenience.


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"...to encourage the sport of surfcasting; to gather for entertainment and good fellowship; to promote and uphold sound conservation practices and laws, and to see that these laws are properly carried out by members; to further good sportsmanship; and to seek and protect public access to fishing areas on Martha's Vineyard." A. Spofford, 1989
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This site is dedicated to those who share the passion of in-shore fishing. Whether walking the sands of Wasque, navigating the rocks of Squibnocket, or balancing from the jetties of Menemsha, fishing the shores of Martha's Vineyard ignites special feeling for us all. The pursuit of Vineyard game fish is a way of life for generations of Islanders and visitors alike. MVSA members hope the information contained in this site will be useful for both the seasoned and beginner angler. Respect and conservation of our natural resources is paramount in our efforts.
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CLICK TO DOWNLOAD A GREAT VINEYARD SURFCASTING GUIDE This article originally appeared in the May 2010 edition of On The Water Magazine.


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- Electric concept car wins global award for outstanding automotive design
- International judging panel comprised of 12 journalists from renowned publications
- Honda R&D team recognised for making a significant contribution to the evolution of car design with Urban EV Concept
- Urban EV Concept will be first production model in Honda's 'Electric Vision' strategy
- Order books for new electric car based on the Urban EV Concept will open in early 2019
An international panel of automobile experts has named the Honda Urban EV Concept as 'The Best Concept Car' in the renowned 2018 Car Design Award honours, presented today as part of the Turin Motor Show.
Organised by Auto & Design magazine, the Car Design Award finalists and winners are selected and judged by a jury comprised of 12 automotive journalists from the world's most prestigious publications.
The Honda Urban EV Concept was named as a finalist in April this year, and was subsequently chosen as the overall concept car winner against nine other vehicle designs. Global recognition in the Car Design Award follows the Urban EV Concept's success in being named as Automobile magazine's 2018 Concept of the Year in January.
Honda revealed the Urban EV Concept at the 2017 Frankfurt Motor Show. The milestone design sets the direction for Honda's first battery electric for Europe, which will be introduced during late 2019,with a simple and sophisticated appearance that contrasts with the advanced technology that powers the car.
Its low and wide proportions present a sporty stance, while the contemporary styling incorporates slim A-pillars and a wide windscreen that appears to sweep around the entire front end of the cabin. Entry and exit from the vehicle is via rear-hinged coach doors. At the front of the Urban EV Concept, interactive multilingual messages can be displayed between the headlights, including greetings, advice for other drivers on the road, or charging status updates.
The interior is equally inviting, with natural materials and an open-plan cabin that features front and rear bench seating. Natural grey fabric and wood finish accents create the relaxed ambience of a lounge area, while a high-tech 'floating' dashboard incorporates a wrap-around screen that runs behind the console and extends into the doors.
"The Honda Urban EV Concept is a wonderfully judged piece of design which brings a much-needed sense of personality to the EV space," concludes the joint statement from the Car Design Award jury. "Its clever blending of both retro and futuristic aesthetics gives it an undeniable desirability that few can compete with."
Honda's Urban EV Concept will be the first pure electric car to go into series production under the brand's 'Electric Vision' strategy in Europe. This strategy includes the development of a dedicated electric vehicle platform, featuring fully-electric Honda powertrain technology.
"Our Urban EV Concept is the true representation of 'We make it simple' design idea, which aims to make cars closer to people's hearts," said Makoto Iwaki, Honda R&D Executive Creative Director. "I express the utmost gratitude on behalf of our entire Honda design team to the jury who valued our unique proposal, which we feel contrasts with the recent car designs. The production car based on this concept model is currently underway, which will be easy to access, fun to drive, and make everyday life more fulfilled and joyful."
In 2018, the Car Design Award celebrates its third year in a renewed format. It was originally run between 1984 and 1997, and – fittingly – Honda was the very first winner with its design for the third-generation Civic.
Order books for the production model of the Honda Urban EV Concept will open in early 2019, and the first European deliveries are set to commence towards the end of that year.
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LOS ANGELES – To ensure that not a single minute of precious indoctrination time is wasted in the school day, liberal educators have incorporated brainwashing into every course subject, including math.
Next month, the organization, Creating Balance in an Unjust World, will hold its annual conference on "math education and social justice".
The conference is sponsored by Radical Math, an organization founded by Jonathan Osler, a math and community organizing teacher at a Coalition of Essential Schools high school in Brooklyn, NY.
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The Coalition of Essential Schools (CES) is the progressive education reform movement expanded by President Obama and domestic terrorist William Ayers through their work with the Chicago Annenberg Challenge in the 90's.
As I explained here, Common Core 'architect' David Coleman's Grow Network also worked with Chicago Public Schools, Obama, and Ayers during that time.
Common Core assessment creator, Linda Darling-Hammond, who served as education advisor to Obama's 2008 presidential campaign, is a long-time advisory board member to the Bay Area Coalition of Essential Schools (BayCES/National Equity Project).
Radical Math and the Creating Balance Conference both provide training and resources for teachers to learn how to teach mathematics for social justice. For example, participating trainers coach elementary school teachers to not use traditional math lessons when teaching children to calculate the cost of food. Rather, they recommend making it clear to students that in a truly just society, food would be as free as the air we breathe.
Radical Math's website provides over 700 lesson plans and other resources covering a wide range of political and social issues (with extreme bias), including globalization, the redistribution of wealth, and various ways the poor are discriminated against and oppressed by whites, banks, corporations, the rich, and the government. One such resource, Rethinking Mathematics: Teaching Social Justice by the Numbers, contains chapters titled, "Sweatshop Accounting", "Racism and Stop and Frisk", "When Equal Isn't Fair", "The Square Root of a Fair Share", and "Home Buying While Brown or Black".
Rethinking Mathematics is a creation of Rethinking Schools, an organization that refers to William Ayers as "a long-time supporter". In 2011, Ayers was keynote speaker at Rethinking Schools' 25th Anniversary Benefit.
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Co-founder and co-organizer of the Creating Balance in an Unjust World/Radical Math Conference, Kari Kokka, works with Linda Darling-Hammond at the Standard Center for Assessment, Learning and Equity (SCALE), the very organization currently creating Smarter Balanced and PAARC assessments for the Common Core State Standards.


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With the Fire on High (Paperback)
Summer 2019 Kids Indie Next List
"The only word I can use to properly describe this book is 'delicious.' I first fell in love with Acevedo's poetry in The Poet X, and now I'm even more in love with her prose in With the Fire on High. This gorgeously relatable story of a teen mom who dreams of life as a chef will rip your heart out, season it, fry it up, and serve it back to you in the tastiest of ways. My only warning is this: Do not read it while hungry."
— Emelie Burl, Hickory Stick Bookshop, Washington Depot, CT
From the New York Times bestselling author of the National Book Award–winning title The Poet X comes a dazzling novel in prose about a girl with talent, pride, and a drive to feed the soul that keeps her fire burning bright. Winner of the California Young Reader Medal!
Ever since she got pregnant freshman year, Emoni Santiago's life has been about making the tough decisions—doing what has to be done for her daughter and her abuela.
The one place she can let all that go is in the kitchen, where she adds a little something magical to everything she cooks, turning her food into straight-up goodness.
Even though she dreams of working as a chef after she graduates, Emoni knows that it's not worth her time to pursue the impossible. Yet despite the rules she thinks she has to play by, once Emoni starts cooking, her only choice is to let her talent break free.
Plus don't miss Elizabeth Acevedo's Clap When You Land!
About the Author
ELIZABETH ACEVEDO is the New York Times-bestselling author of The Poet X, which won the National Book Award for Young People's Literature, the Michael L. Printz Award, the Pura Belpré Award, the Carnegie medal, the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award, and the Walter Award. She is also the author of With the Fire on High—which was named a best book of the year by the New York Public Library, NPR, Publishers Weekly, and School Library Journal—and Clap When You Land, which was a Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor book and a Kirkus finalist. She holds a BA in Performing Arts from The George Washington University and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Maryland. Acevedo has been a fellow of Cave Canem, Cantomundo, and a participant in the Callaloo Writer's Workshops. She is a National Poetry Slam Champion, and resides in Washington, DC with her loves.
Praise For…
"Acevedo has done it again: the multi-award-winning author of The Poet X (2018) here delivers perfection... This sophomore novel is simply stunning." — Booklist (starred review)
"[A] stunning sophomore novel from National Book Award and Printz winner Acevedo.... With evocative, rhythmic prose and realistically rendered relationships and tensions, Acevedo's unvarnished depiction of young adulthood is at once universal and intensely specific." — Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"The acclaimed author follows up her celebrated The Poet X with a love letter to food and a tribute to young, single mothers... Acevedo's second serving offers a much-needed nuanced exploration of teen parenting that belongs on all shelves." — School Library Journal (starred review)
"Acevedo continues to create beautifully realized characters with complex lives... Readers of all sorts will find something to connect with in this honest and ultimately hopeful story." — Horn Book (starred review)
"With the Fire on High is a worthy follow-up to Acevedo's nationally lauded debut. Emoni's headstrong perseverance is inspiring. Acevedo's clever imagery and explorations of language and culture make the journey not only beautiful, but thought-provoking." — Entertainment Weekly
"Acevedo's first novel, written in verse, centered on a teenage poet. Now, we have a teenage chef. A former eighth grade English teacher, Acevedo sees these young talents not as rarities. They are everywhere — and in Acevedo's hands, their stories transcend what is expected of them." — Washington Post
"Emoni's story is a gift... With its judicious depth and brilliant blazes of writing that simmer, then nourish, With the Fire on High is literary soul food." — New York Times Book Review
"With such distinctive ingredients combined with Acevedo's already established sizable audience, this Fire on High should undoubtedly prove to be a sizzling success." — School Library Journal
"Acevedo's unvarnished depiction of young adulthood is at once universal and intensely specific." — Publishers Weekly


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Nobel Prize-winning novelist V.S. Naipaul, who was born in Trinidad but lived most of his life in England, died in his London home Saturday, Britain's Press Association reported, citing Naipaul's wife.
He was 85.
In awarding him the $1 million Nobel Prize in Literature in 2001, the Swedish Academy praised Naipaul for combining genres into his own style that compels readers "to see the presence of suppressed histories. ... In a vigilant style, (he) transforms rage into precision and allows events to speak with their own inherent irony."
The Nobel judges singled out as his "masterpiece" the 1987 work "The Enigma of Arrival."
His first book was a novel, "The Mystic Masseur" in 1957. Other titles include "Miguel Street;" "A House for Mr. Biswas," with a protagonist based on Naipaul's father; "The Loss of El Dorado," a colonial history of Trinidad; and "Beyond Belief: Islamic Excursions among the Converted Peoples," on the eastern regions of the Islamic world.
Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul was born in 1932, near Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, descended from Hindu immigrants from India. He went to England at 18 to study at Oxford University.
"He is to a very high degree a cosmopolitan writer, a fact that he himself considers to stem from his lack of roots: he is unhappy about the cultural and spiritual poverty of Trinidad, he feels alienated from India, and in England he is incapable of relating to and identifying with the traditional values of what was once a colonial power," the Nobel judges said.
Naipaul is recognized in India for his writings on Hindu civilization.
"Sad to learn of the passing of V.S. Naipaul whose books are an penetrative exploration of faith, colonialism and the human condition, in his home in the Caribbean and beyond. A loss for the world of letters and for the broader school of Indo-Anglian literature," tweeted Ram Nath Kovind, the President of India.
Naipaul also won the Booker Prize in 1971, among other literary honors. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth in 1990.
"When I learnt to write I became my own master, I became very strong, and that strength is with me to this very day," he told Reuters in 2010.
Many of his novels are semi-autobiographical, with "A House for Mr. Biswas" clearly modeled on the author, his father and the house in which his family lived. The house was turned into the Naipaul House and Literary Museum in St. James, Port of Spain, in Trinidad.


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It was also my last ride on the Ural. The last ride on my Ural for 2011 that is! You thought I was selling it? Nope, not yet. Still having too much fun with it.
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Namgis includes: Nimkish, Nimpkish
Kwakwaka'wakw includes: Kwakiutl
Gwatsinuxw includes: Quatsino
Gusgimukw includes: Koskimo
Date:1886, 1888, 1889
Contributor:Boas, Franz, 1858-1942
Subject:British Columbia--History | Ethnography | Linguistics
Genre:Diaries | Notebooks | Shorthand | Vocabularies
Extent:5 notebooks
Description: The Kwakwaka'wakw materials in the Boas Field Notebooks and Anthropometric Data collection consist of varied linguistic or ethnographic notes, some in German shorthand, located within Field notes 1886 #1, Field notes 1886 #2, Field notes 1886 #3, Field notes 1888 #1, and Field notes 1889 #2. These include Boas's earliest field notes visiting Kwakwaka'wakw communities such as Newettee (Nahwitti), Fort Rupert, and Alert Bay.
Collection:Franz Boas early field notebooks and anthropometric data (Mss.B.B61.5)
Zulu includes: AmaZulu
Nak'waxda'xw includes: Nakoaktok, Nakwoktak, Nakwaxda'xw
Namgis includes: Nimkish, Nimpkish
K'ómoks includes: Comox
Kwakwaka'wakw includes: Kwakiutl
Dzawada'enuxw includes: Tsawataineuk
Gusgimukw includes: Koskimo
Heiltsuk includes: Bella Bella, Haíɫzaqv
Gwatsinuxw includes: Quatsino
Contributor:Homiskanis, Lucy | Francine, Tsukwani | Boas, Franz, 1858-1942 | Hunt, George | Averkieva, Julia | Bryan, Ruth | Leechman, J. D. (John Douglas), 1890- | Smith, Marian W. (Marian Wesley), 1907-1961 | Sapir, Edward, 1884-1939 | Teit, James Alexander, 1864-1922 | Yampolsky, Helene
Subject:Architecture | British Columbia--History | Ethnography | Fishing | Food | Games | Human remains | Hunting | Kinship | Linguistics | Marriage customs and rites | Material culture | Medicine | Museum objects | Music | Orthography and spelling | Personal names | Place names | Religion | Rites and ceremonies | Skulls | Social life and customs
Type:Still Image | Text
Genre:Autobiographies | Correspondence | Field notes | Dictionaries | Genealogies | Grammars | Maps | Musical scores | Notebooks | Photographs | Songs | Speeches | Transcripts | Vocabularies
Extent:Approx. 10,000 loose pages, 10 notebooks, 7000+ cards, 10+ maps
Description: The Kwakwaka'wakw materials in the ACLS collection are located predominantly in the "Kwakiutl" section of the finding aid, which contains a full listing of all materials (other relevant sections are "Northwest Coast", "Bella Bella (Heitsuk)", and item AfBnd.4 in "Non-American and non-linguistic material"). Some of the larger individual sets of materials listed within this section also have their own specific tables of contents (available upon request) detailing their often highly diverse contents. Overall, the vast majority of the material is made of of 1) manuscripts sent to Boas by George Hunt from the 1890s to the 1930s, frequently in both Kwak'wala and English, covering a very broad range of Kwakwaka'wakw history, culture, languages, customs, and traditions; and 2) field work materials recorded by Boas and Boas' own analyses of material sent by Hunt, covering a similar range of topics. Additional materials by other individuals focus especially on linguistic and ethnographic matters. Also see the guide entry "Kwakiutl materials, Franz Boas Papers" for information on the correspondence between Boas and Hunt, which gives additional context to the materials in the ACLS collection.
Collection:ACLS Collection (American Council of Learned Societies Committee on Native American Languages, American Philosophical Society) (Mss.497.3.B63c)
Nak'waxda'xw includes: Nakoaktok, Nakwoktak, Nakwaxda'xw
Namgis includes: Nimkish, Nimpkish
K'ómoks includes: Comox
Kwakwaka'wakw includes: Kwakiutl
Dzawada'enuxw includes: Tsawataineuk
Gusgimukw includes: Koskimo
Gwatsinuxw includes: Quatsino
Contributor:Averkieva, Julia | Barbeau, Marius, 1883-1969 | Boas, Franz, 1858-1942 | Bunzel, Ruth Leah, 1898-1990 | Cadwallader, W. J. | Cadwallader, H. T., Mrs. | Cadwallader, Jane | Cranmer, Dan | Dawson, George Mercer, 1849-1901 | Fairbairn, Archibald Macdonald Duff, 1888-1979 | Fillmore, John Comfort, 1843-1898 | Fletcher, Alice C. (Alice Cunningham), 1838-1923 | Goode, G. Brown (George Brown), 1851-1896 | Hall, Alfred I. | Halliday, W. H. | Hunt, George | Mason, Otis T., 1838-1908 | McGee, William J. | Nowell, Charles James, 1870-1956 | Parsons, Elsie Worthington Clews, 1874-1941 | Seler, Eduard, 1849-1922 | Stirling, Matthew Williams, 1896-1975 | Sutton, William J. | Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958 | Teit, James Alexander, 1864-1922 | Tylor, Edward B. (Edward Burnett), 1832-1917 | Vowell, A. T.
Subject:Archaeology | British Columbia--History | Ethnography | Fishing | Hunting | Linguistics | Kinship | Museums | Music | Social life and customs
Extent:1 linear foot
Description: This collection contains the bulk of correspondence between Franz Boas and his professional colleagues, though there are also other Boas collections in the library. The correspondents listed above contain some correspondence related to the culture or language listed in this entry. The largest correspondence is that of George Hunt, which took place from 1894-1933 and runs around 1000 pages. A full index for this correspondence is available upon request, and includes cross references to the locations (in other APS collections) of fieldwork and other materials referred to in the letters. Other correspondences primarily about Kwakwaka'wakw matters are that of the Cadwalladers, Dan Cranmer, John Fillmore (concerning the transcription of Boas' cylinder recordings of Kwakiutl songs), Alfred I. Hall, and C. J. Nowell. In the finding aid listings for some of these correspondents, the individual letters pertaining to this culture or language will be identified by a subject heading, though for some correspondents this indexing has not yet been completed. Some letters may contain only brief mentions of work being conducted in relation to the topic. Some additional correspondences in this collection that have not yet been indexed may also contain additional material.
Collection:Franz Boas Papers (Mss.B.B61)


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Today's journey was a literal one, first of all, as my mom and sisters and I traveled across Kansas today. Tomorrow is my Aunt Annie's funeral. It's a sad reason for the trip, and yet none of us would miss this opportunity to be with my aunt's three children, my cousins, to remember this special lady.
Greg made a very generous offer, before the four of us departed. He offered to meet us on the voyage home tomorrow, with Debbie's car, so that she can head south toward her home in Oklahoma. Greg's willingness to meet us in Kansas enabled the four of us to make this trip in one vehicle today instead of two.
Secondly, the journey was one of reminiscing and remembering, chatting and connecting. Debbie graciously drove. We laughed and talked and shared about life. And we pulled up fun memories of long ago trips to visit my aunt, uncle and cousins who lived in a suburb near Wichita.
We made the trip several times by bus, which was exciting for my young sisters and me. I realize now how challenging it must have been for a single mom with active daughters! Most often we traveled by car, sometimes with my grandparents packed into the car with us.
The time spent with my family in Kansas was always magical, interesting, fun. We were close to our cousins, in age and in fondness. How quickly the years have passed. When did we all enter middle age?
Tonight that connection was instantly reformed with the cousins , as if we had all just spent time together last week. There were hugs and tears, laughter and shared memories. After spending time together at the funeral home during visitation, we gathered at my aunt's home to share stories.
The culmination of our evening was dinner at a local Chinese Restaurant. The buffet style meant everyone could choose what they wanted to eat. We were a big group that grew as other family members joined us. And we were a happy group, mindful of the reason we were gathered, and yet aware too that Aunt Annie was surely among us, laughing too at the tales circling the tables.
Tomorrow we will say our "See you laters" to this beautiful lady. Tonight it was family time, mingled with love and humor, joy and sorrow. And for the first time in a very long time, my sisters and mom and I are sharing a room. When we were young, my mom would tell us stories after we were tucked into our beds, her voice comforting in the darkness and her imaginative tales enchanting. It's been too many years since I've heard Mom's story-telling. I can't wait for lights out tonight!


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TTT#354 Birmingham Brave New Voices/Real Life Poets w/Beth Sanders, Al Elliott, John Taylor, Chaniya O'Bey, Chase, Ebony, Justin
On this episode of TTT, enjoy @MsSandersTHS @ellication @reallifepoets Chaniya O'Bey and three youths, Chase, Ebony, and Justin from the Birmingham Brave New Voices and Real Life Poets.
Young Alabama poets competing... for Brave New Voices festival in Chicago
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- Birmingham poets age 13-20 have a chance to participate in Brave New Voices 2013, a festival that will be held in Chicago in August. BNV is a network of more than 70 organizations that hosts a HBO series that "captures teenager picking up the pen and taking hold of the microphone with passion, intelligence, creativity, honesty and power," according to the BNV web site.
We celebrate poetry with young poets from Birmingham, Alabama on this episode of Teachers Teaching Teachers.
Along with the youths, we are joined by:
Beth Sanders @MsSandersTHS
Educator working on making a ruckus. Social justice, technology equality, educational equity for everyone. Youth Converts Culture Co-Founder. ADE Class of 2013.
Birmingham, Alabama
Al Elliott @ellication
Dad. Educator. Learner. Currently serving as a 5th Grade Teacher + Green Valley Elementary | Hoover City Schools | Real Life Poets, Inc. [Board Member]
John Paul Taylor @reallifepoets and Chaniya O'Bey
The Real Life Poets Inc. is a 501 c3 non-profit community service organization that uses and encourages communication using spoken word poetry and the arts.
Birmingham, Alabama http://reallifepoets.org
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We released CFFI 0.3. This is the first release that supports more than CPython 2.x :-)
- CPython 2.6, 2.7, and 3.x are supported (3.3 definitely, but maybe 3.2 or earlier too)
- PyPy trunk is supported.
In more details, the main news are:
- support for PyPy. You need to get a trunk version of PyPy, which comes with the built-in module _cffi_backend to use with the CFFI release. For testing, you can download the Linux 32/64 versions of PyPy trunk. The OS/X and Windows versions of _cffi_backend are not tested at all so far, so probably don't work yet.
- support for Python 3. It is unknown which exact version is required; probably 3.2 or even earlier, but we need 3.3 to run the tests. The 3.x version is not a separate source; it runs out of the same sources. Thanks Amaury for starting this port.
- the main change in the API is that you need to use ffi.string(cdata) instead of str(cdata) or unicode(cdata). The motivation for this change was the Python 3 compatibility. If your Python 2 code used to contain str(<cdata 'char *'>), it would interpret the memory content as a null-terminated string; but on Python 3 it would just return a different string, namely "<cdata 'char *'>", and proceed without even a crash, which is bad. So ffi.string() solves it by always returning the memory content as an 8-bit string (which is a str in Python 2 and a bytes in Python 3).
- other minor API changes are documented at http://cffi.readthedocs.org/ (grep for version 0.3).
Upcoming work, to be done before release 1.0:
- expose to the user the module cffi.model in a possibly refactored way, for people that don't like (or for some reason can't easily use) strings containing snippets of C declarations. We are thinking about refactoring it in such a way that it has a ctypes-compatible interface, to ease porting existing code from ctypes to cffi. Note that this would concern only the C type and function declarations, not all the rest of ctypes.
- CFFI 1.0 will also have a corresponding PyPy release. We are thinking about calling it PyPy 2.0 and including the whole of CFFI (instead of just the _cffi_backend module like now). In other words it will support CFFI out of the box --- we want to push forward usage of CFFI in PyPy :-)
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One in seven couples worldwide has difficulty conceiving a child, and male infertility is thought to account for nearly half of those cases. Although the cause of male infertility is often unknown, scientists have now discovered a genetic alteration that disrupts sperm production in otherwise healthy men. The research, published by Cell Press in the American Journal of Human Genetics, provides new insight into one cause of male infertility.
"Many genes are known to be essential for the production of sperm, but there are surprisingly few single gene changes that have been conclusively demonstrated to cause a failure of sperm production in humans," explains senior study author, Dr. Ken McElreavey from the Pasteur Institute in France. Dr. McElreavey, along with co-authors Dr. Anu Bashamboo and Dr. John Achermann, a Wellcome Trust Senior Fellow from UCL Institute of Child Health London, examined whether the NR5A1 gene might be involved in some cases of male infertility.
The NR5A1 gene codes for a key protein called steroidogenic factor 1 that regulates fetal, prepubertal and adult sexual development. Previous work had shown that NR5A1 mutations are associated with severe defects in the development of the testes or ovaries as well as significant anomalies of the male external genitalia. Dr. McElreavey's group sequenced the NR5A1 gene in 315 healthy men seeking infertility treatment, who exhibited an unexplained failure to produce sperm.
"We identified seven men with severe failure to produce sperm who carried changes in the NR5A1 gene," says Dr. Bashamboo. The researchers went on to show that the mutations impaired the ability of the steroidogenic factor 1 protein to regulate the transcription of key reproductive genes. The mutations were associated with altered levels of sex hormones and, in the one case studied, mild abnormalities in the cellular structure of the testes. Similar genetic alterations were not observed in more than 2000 control samples.
These findings suggest that changes in NR5A1 are not just associated with severe and obvious defects in reproductive development. "We conclude the approximately 4% of men with otherwise unexplained failure to produce sperm carry mutations in the NR5A1 gene," says Dr. Bashamboo. "Our data also suggest that some forms of male infertility may be an indicator of a mild abnormality in testicular development, underlining a need for careful clinical investigation of men presenting with infertility and abnormal levels of sex hormones."
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ARMONK, N.Y., Feb. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today unveiled new capabilities planned for its security intelligence platform designed to combine deep analytics with real-time data feeds from hundreds of different sources to give organizations, for the first time, the ability to help proactively protect themselves from increasingly sophisticated and complex security threats and attacks using a single platform.
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Organizations today are struggling to defend themselves against an onslaught of ever-evolving data breaches, such as theft of customer and employee information, credit card data and corporate intellectual property. To date, many corporations have been unable to create a security defense system because they have cobbled together technologies that don't integrate in an intelligent and automated fashion. This patchwork approach has created loopholes that hackers can exploit.
The QRadar Security Intelligence Platform, designed by Q1 Labs and acquired by IBM last fall, tackles this problem head-on by serving as a control center that integrates real-time security intelligence data to include more than 400 different sources.
Major breakthroughs planned in the security platform include:
- Threat Intelligence – Intelligence from one of the world's largest repository of threat and vulnerability insights is planned to be available based on the real-time monitoring of 13 billion security events per day from the IBM X-Force Threat Intelligence Feed. This insight can flag behavior that may be associated with Advanced Persistent Threats, which may emanate from teams of attackers accessing networks through stealth means.
- Visibility into Enterprise Activity – The platform will unite events from IBM and non-IBM products that span four areas of organizational risk – infrastructure, people, applications and data.
- Pinpoint Analysis in an Age of Big Data – The platform can drill down to basic data elements to help analyze issues emanating from network access information at the periphery to database activity at the core of a business.
"Trying to approach security with a piece-part approach simply doesn't work," said Brendan Hannigan, general manager, IBM Security Systems. "By applying analytics and knowledge of the latest threats and helping integrate key security elements, IBM plans to deliver predictive insight and broader protection."
With new integrations to be made available, the analytics platform can quickly identify abnormal activity by combining the contextual awareness of the latest threats and methods being used by hackers with real-time analysis of the traffic on the corporate IT infrastructure. For example, the future integrations permit the platform to detect when multiple failed logins to a database server are followed by a successful login and access to credit card tables, followed by an upload to an unknown site.
"We chose the QRadar platform to build on and deliver our vision of a streamlined, highly intelligent platform to serve as our central nervous system for enterprise-wide monitoring," said Ken Major, Information Security Officer at AmeriCU Credit Union. "It enables us to achieve our goals, industry best practices and regulatory compliance."
Threat Intelligence
One of the significant planned integrations for the QRadar platform is IBM's X-Force Intelligence Threat Feed based on the real-time monitoring of 13 billion security events per day, on average, for nearly 4,000 clients in more than 130 countries. The QRadar platform will have visibility into the latest security trends worldwide to help protect enterprises against emerging risks. QRadar will present current IBM X-Force threat feeds in dashboard views for users, and correlate an organization's security and network events with these threats and vulnerabilities in real-time using automated rules.
Broad Coverage
Other planned integrations to allow the QRadar Security Intelligence Platform to help clients more rapidly identify threats by connecting events from the following categories:
- People: Organizations should control access to key systems and information. An employee's unauthorized access to key databases and client information can leave a firm vulnerable to security breaches. With security intelligence, security teams can quickly determine whether access patterns exhibited by a given user are consistent with the user's role and permissions within the organization. IBM Security Identity Manager and IBM Security Access Manager will integrate with the QRadar platform, complementing QRadar's existing support for enterprise directories such as Microsoft Active Directory.
- Data: Data is at the core of security; it is what's behind every security measure in place, and is the primary target of cyber-criminals. With IBM Guardium Database Security integrated with the security intelligence platform, users will be able to better correlate unauthorized or suspicious activity at the database layer – such as a database administrator accessing credit card tables during off-hours – with anomalous activity detected at the network layer, such as credit card records being sent to unfamiliar servers on the Internet.
- Applications: Applications are vital to day-to-day function but can also introduce new and serious vulnerabilities into company networks. Applications, because of their sensitivity, should be updated frequently. Organizations however are often unable to patch immediately due to corporate testing requirements and change control cycles. With security intelligence, companies will be able to automatically alert security teams to unpatched Web applications that risk being attacked by known application-layer exploits that have previously been identified by IBM Security AppScan. This planned integration complements existing QRadar support for monitoring enterprise applications such as IBM WebSphere and SAP ERP.
- Infrastructure: Today, organizations struggle to secure thousands of physical devices, such as PCs and mobile phones, especially as Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) continues to grow in popularity. For this reason, companies should take extra precautions to help employees to follow secure practices in using these devices. With IBM Endpoint Manager integration, the security platform can provide organizations with enhanced protection of physical and virtual endpoints: servers, desktops, roaming laptops, smartphones and tablets, plus specialized equipment such as point-of-sale devices, ATMs and self-service kiosks.
QRadar integration modules are also planned for Symantec DLP, Websense Triton, Stonesoft Stonegate and other third-party products, increasing QRadar's ecosystem and continuing Q1 Labs' long-standing approach to multi-vendor heterogeneous environments.
Solutions to Analyze Big Data
In addition, the QRadar platform has been expanded with Big Data capabilities for storing and querying massive amounts of security information, and functionality for helping to secure virtualized infrastructures and providing a new level of visibility that helps clients reduce security risk and automate their compliance processes.
The expansion of security and network data sources is complemented by advanced functionality to help organizations keep pace with their exponential data growth. The new deliverables include:
- Instant Search to provide high-speed, free-text querying of both log and flow data, designed to bring the simplicity and speed of Internet search engines to the security intelligence solution.
- The XX24 appliance series to extend the scalability and performance advantages for which QRadar solutions are well known. With the release of the QRadar 3124 SIEM appliances, QRadar 1624 Event Processor and QRadar 1724 Flow Processor – which all include 16TB of usable storage and 64GB of RAM – organizations can support more users, achieve higher performance and store data longer.
- Intelligent data policy management to enable users to designate which information they want to store and for how long. Less important data can be removed sooner to achieve longer retention for more important data.
- Virtual appliances to allow end customers and service providers to capitalize on the virtual infrastructures they have built, while benefiting from lower-priced yet fully capable security intelligence solutions.
The planned integration modules (device support modules) are expected to be included with QRadar SIEM and QRadar Log Manager at no additional cost, via automatic updates.
The Big Data and virtual infrastructure enhancements are available now. QRadar integration modules for IBM Guardium Database Security are planned to be available in 1Q2012.
Integration modules for IBM X-Force Threat Intelligence, IBM Security Identity Manager, IBM Security Access Manager, IBM Security AppScan and IBM Endpoint Manager are planned to be available in 2Q2012. For more information, please visit www.q1labs.com.
About IBM
Q1 Labs was acquired by IBM in October 2011, and serves as a cornerstone of IBM's new Security Systems division. IBM's security portfolio provides the security intelligence to help organizations holistically protect their people, data, applications and infrastructure. IBM offers solutions for identity and access management, security information and event management, database security, application development, risk management, endpoint management, network security and more. IBM operates the world's broadest security research and development organization and delivery organization. This comprises nine security operations centers, nine IBM Research centers, 11 software security development labs and an Institute for Advanced Security with chapters in the United States, Europe and Asia Pacific. IBM monitors 13 billion security events per day in more than 130 countries and holds more than 3,000 security patents.
For more information on IBM security, please visit: www.ibm.com/security.
For a video on the topic of IBM Security Intelligence, please visit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YTikwDcwZ4
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"Statement of Good Security Practices: IT system security involves protecting systems and information through prevention, detection and response to improper access from within and outside your enterprise. Improper access can result in information being altered, destroyed or misappropriated or can result in damage to or misuse of your systems, including to attack others. No IT system or product should be considered completely secure and no single product or security measure can be completely effective in preventing improper access. IBM systems and products are designed to be part of a comprehensive security approach, which will necessarily involve additional operational procedures, and may require other systems, products or services to be most effective. IBM DOES NOT WARRANT THAT SYSTEMS AND PRODUCTS ARE IMMUNE FROM THE MALICIOUS OR ILLEGAL CONDUCT OF ANY PARTY. "
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Edward Korman, a New York District Court Judge ruled yesterday that the FDA must reconsider its 2006 ruling that allowed emergency contraception (EC), also known as Plan B, to be sold without a prescription to women 18 and older. The ruling (see PDF) also specifically orders Barr Pharmaceuticals, which distributes Plan B, to make EC available over-the-counter to women as young as 17 within 30 days.
Emergency contraception is effective up to five days (120 hours) after unprotected sex, birth control failure, or rape, but it is most effective (95 percent) if taken within 24 hours. Because of the time-sensitive nature of EC, over-the-counter access is crucial to its effective use.
In the ruling, Korman wrote: "These political considerations, delays, and implausible justifications for decision-making are not the only evidence of a lack of good faith and reasoned agency decision-making. Indeed, the record is clear that the FDA's course of conduct regarding Plan B departed in significant ways from the agency's normal procedures regarding similar applications to switch a drug product from prescription to non-prescription use, referred to as a 'switch application' or an 'over-the-counter switch' . the matter is remanded to the FDA for reconsideration of whether to approve Plan B for over-the counter status without age or point-of-sale restrictions. While the FDA is free, on remand, to exercise its expertise and discretion regarding the proper disposition of the Citizen Petition, no useful purpose would be served by continuing to deprive 17 year olds' access to Plan B without a prescription."
A recent study found that access to EC has improved since the 2006 ruling by the FDA allowing the morning after pill to be sold without a prescription to women 18 and older. The FDA approved over-the-counter sales of EC after a massive campaign, during which the Feminist Majority Foundation sent tens of thousands of petitions to the FDA asking for approval of EC over-the-counter.


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By Evan Dawson, Managing Editor
Photo courtesy of Sheldrake Point Vineyard
If you're a wine lover but not a wine grower, let's start by accepting a few things: You and I don't know what the heck evapotranspiration is. We can't calculate growing-degree days offhand. We can't lecture on the impact of Mount Pinatubo's volatility.
We know this, though: Debt sucks, and having a pile of cash on hand is good.
And that, essentially, is what separates 2009 in mid-July and 2010 in mid-July.
"Last year we were in debt from the start with regards to ripening," says Morten Hallgren, owner and winemaker at Ravines Wine Cellars. "This year we have all kinds of cash in the bank."
Before we race too far ahead, and before industry folks hammer me as just another delusional writer, let's get this out of the way: September matters more than August, which matters more than July. So much could change and the vintage story is still largely unwritten.
But that does not mean that the weather we've experienced doesn't matter. Quite the contrary, it has set New York state growers up for a potentially classic year.
"Oh, it's very encouraging," Hallgren says. "It reassures us that full ripening will happen. That's what I mean when I say we have cash on hand. We're ahead of schedule early on, and if we have to spend some of that cash later in a cooler patch of weather, we can afford to. If we don't have to, then that leaves the best scenario of all: We wouldn't have to wait for the leaves to fall off before we pick. We'll control picking decisions. We can hang grapes late or we can discover full ripeness earlier than normal. That's pretty nice."
It started with bud break, which happened 10-14 days ahead of schedule this spring. That's consistent with just about all local produce, which has been arriving roughly two weeks ahead at your local farmers market.
The warmer-than-average spring has given way to a burst of early-summer heat. "If this warming trend continues, we should have very ripe reds and possibly earlier harvest of some of the whites," says Dr. Tim Martinson of the Statewide Viticulture Extension Program at Cornell University. Martinson points out that the Finger Lakes almost entirely dodges a May 10th frost that hit other parts of New York state. "The crop looks nice so far."
I couldn't help but wonder if this is the most extreme set of ripening conditions from one July to the next that the Finger Lakes has seen. Dr. Martinson explains that it's among the most extreme, but it doesn't top the list. He pointed to 1991, with an early heat wave and a very early bud break. "Then in 1992, Mount Pinatubo erupted, leading to the second or third-coolest year on record. It was like a whipsaw for the grapevines and had many consequences over the next few years." (Pinatubo is a volcano in the Philippines that killed 800 people and left worldwide consequences after its eruption.)
If it's too early to make assumptions, it's not too early to conclude that this is the perfect example of why New York state features some of the most diverse vintage-to-vintage conditions in the world. And if you doubt that wine ought to taste different year-to-year, just think back over the past half-decade in the Finger Lakes.
2005: Even, balanced ripening
2006: Cooler, with a deluge during harvest
2007: Historically hot and dry
2008: Hot summer, periodic rains brought botrytis, with cooler, even harvest
2009: Cool summer, lagging ripening, warm September brought some relief
If you're a wine geek, it's fascinating stuff. If you're a casual wine drinker, it's valuable to know the differences.
Long Island is similarly ahead of schedule in 2010. And while so much can change, just go back to April, when growers were dreading an early bud break. Why? Because an early bud break leaves buds vulnerable to frost. But that frost never came, and ripening was off and cruising.
In other words: It's nice to dream.


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- Demand matters as much as supply in determining prices. The difference between oil at $145 per barrel and $40 is only a couple of percent of global demand, or more precisely a swing between steady growth of 1-2% per year and a shrinkage of similar magnitude.
- Speculation can amplify prices and market volatility, but it can't override a dramatic shift in the underlying fundamentals of supply or demand. Leverage increases not only the magnitude of speculative gains and losses, but apparently also the speed of the shift from one state to the other.
- When prices have been rising steadily, commodity price hedging can look like a sustainable revenue source--almost a perpetual motion machine--until the trend breaks. Then we see that the main benefit of hedging is to smooth out cash flows and enable firms to take on risks they couldn't bear otherwise. Used improperly, it's just an elaborate form of speculation, and as risky at Las Vegas.
- Fundamental price imbalances between commodities that are substitutes for each other, however imperfect, don't persist indefinitely. For much of the year, natural gas traded for less than half the energy-equivalent price of oil. As of Friday, this relationship had closed to about an 11% discount for gas vs. oil.
- High oil prices don't automatically make alternative energy sources competitive. For the last several years many alternatives faced higher construction costs, as they competed for some of the same inputs (materials and workers) as new oil and gas projects, while alternatives with low "net energy" or Energy Return on Energy Invested (EROEI) saw their operating costs rise in tandem with oil and gas prices.
- In particular, investors in corn ethanol production found they were making two bets: one on the difference in price between food and fuel and another on the difference between petroleum products, with which ethanol competes, and natural gas, of which it consumes large amounts, directly and indirectly. (See #4 above.)
- Government incentives and mandates can help to create a market for alternative energy, but they cannot guarantee its profitability, particularly when capacity is added faster than mandated targets rise, or than existing infrastructure can accommodate. The recent Chapter 11 filings of VeraSun and several other ethanol producers are evidence of this.
- The cost of capital turns out to be as important as the cost of oil for the expansion of all forms of energy, conventional and alternative alike.
I'm sure I've missed some important learnings in this quick tabulation. Next week I'll look at what the coming year might bring, or at least what bears watching. In the meantime, I wish my readers a happy, healthy, and more prosperous New Year. Let's hope the economic consensus is as wrong about the length and severity of the contraction we're in, as it was about the prospects for a soft landing from the bursting housing bubble.


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Show three cards; one with a blue spot and two with a red spot. Explain that this is a game for gambling, and whoever finds the blue spot wins a euro, but if that person is wrong, he must forfeit a euro. Then explain that you were once taken by this game, and show how you were taken, losing three euros because every time you thought you picked the blue card, it was red. So, you accused the man of not even having a blue card. He showed the bottom card as blue, so you lost another euro! So, you said that if it was the card on the bottom, it couldn't be the one on top, but again, you lost another euro! It is then showed as the center card as well, and by then, there's been six euros lost. So, you said that you thought he was using more than three cards, but were proven wrong and lost another euro. So, the gambler giave you another chance, double or nothing. He showed you that one card was red, another as blue, and all you had to do was name the color of the third card. Red, right? Wrong again! It's not red, nor is it anything anyone would expect!
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Co-ops 1.0
How Did the Co-op Come into Existence in the First Place?
Before discussing the operational nuts and bolts of a New York cooperative corporation (usually called a "co-op"), the question has to get asked, where did the cooperative come from in the first place? Although there are buildings in Manhattan that were constructed as co-ops from the get go, most co-ops came into existence by a developer or "sponsor" converting the operational structure of the building from a rental property to cooperative entity, that is a corporation, formed under the New York Business Corporation Law. That intended conversion required the sponsor to file an "Offering Plan" with the New York State Attorney General's office describing the salient details and terms of the offering, which at least, theoretically, disclosed all the relevant facts about the conversion. At some point after the sponsor sells a sufficient number of apartments to "declare the Plan effective", the sponsor will transfer (sell) the property to a coopertive corporation, which the sponsor has formed by filing a Certificate of Incorporation with the New York Department of State, in anticipation of declaring the Plan effective. In fact, what is being sold to each purchaser are the shares allocated to a particular apartment, as the purchase of a co-op is actually the purchase of shares in the cooperative corporation, not the purchase of apartment itself (which is the case with a condo). Once the sponsor transfers ownership of the property to the co-op, the co-op will take ownership of the property and will commence operating the building.
Operational Basics
Once the co-op comes into existence, it is then free to conduct its business as a separate legal entity. Similarly, that co-op, as provided in the Business Corporation Law, will be governed by its Board of Directors, who are elected by the shareholders. That being said, when a co-op is first converted to cooperative ownership, the sponsor will "control" the Board of Directors, until a sufficient number of apartments are sold. Once that happens, the sponsor gives up control of the Board and the shareholders will then take over management of the building. As the current co-op housing stock is aging and since very few new co-op plans are filed with the Attorney General's office, most co-ops are no longer controlled by a sponsor, even though a number of co-ops still have apartments owned by a sponsor or by a transferee of a sponsor (usually called a "holder of unsold shares"). For my purposes, I will assume that the co-op is no longer controlled by the sponsor.
The By-Laws
When the corporation is formed, the initial Board of Directors (comprised of the sponsor and the sponsor's designees) will adopt "by-laws" which are the rules of governance by which the corporation figures out how to elect officers and directors and issue stock among other things. The by-laws are the foundation upon which the corporation stands and serves as the framework for all major actions by the corporation. Once the cooperative takes control from the Sponsor, the by-laws are often amended or even restated in their entirety to better serve the needs of the co-op and its shareholders.
The Board of Directors
Although the by-laws establish the operational structure for the corporation, the Board of Directors (whose number is designated in the by-laws) is the body charged with making the day-to-day decisions for the management of the corporation. Once the sponsor loses or gives up control of the Board, the persons who are thereafter elected by the shareholders to govern the co-op have great power over you and over the operation of the co-op. It is New York lore, that some buildings have "difficult boards" and some buildings have less difficult or "easy" boards. A difficult board means it's chock full of bean counters, people who got picked on in junior high or people who just take the process of managing their building just a little too seriously. An easy Board might not take matters seriously enough. There are also buildings that have a reputation of having a "great" Board. Those are the buildings that have an attentive Board, where the Board members actually serve the best interests of their shareholders, that is, you.
Officers are appointed by the Board to carry out the decisions of the Board. For example, if the Board voted to open a bank account, the officers of the corporation (e.g., the president or a vice president) would be the parties who actually went about the business of opening the account at the bank. Directors and officers are not always the same parties. With institutional corporations such as IBM or General Motors that have hundreds of officers, few of them other than the president or chairman are on the Board. With co-ops, however, the directors and officers are often the same people. You'll often hear someone refer to the "President of the Board" of a particular co-op. That generally refers to someone who is the president of the co-op, but is also on the Board. That individual is usually viewed as the co-op's leader during his or her term in office, but again, all decisions would be made by the Board as a group, not by one individual. In some buildings, you will find that the same person has been president for years or the same people have been on the Board for years. In those situations, a small group of people will be in control of the building, and an individual shareholder has very little chance of shifting building policy. In most co-ops (and condos) the day-to-day management of the building is handled by the "Managing Agent", so the officers don't really do much more than the Board does. Boards often have committees, however, and Board members and officers do get involved in many issues such as approval of prospective purchasers and sublessees; lobby and hallway renovations; interviewing architects, engineers, accountants, lawyers and other professionals to represent the building; oversee construction and building-wide repairs; handle financial matters; attend to building-wide landscaping matters; and resolve disputes among shareholders.
The Proprietary Lease
The by-laws may be the foundation upon which the co-op operates, but the proprietary lease is the mother of all co-op documents. This document is a "lease" executed between the co-op and a shareholder with respect to the particular apartment that the shareholder will inhabit. This document governs all aspects of the relationship between co-op and its shareholders. As I discuss in "The Great Co-op Secret", the relationship between the co-op and the shareholder is that of landlord and tenant. Why is the proprietary lease so important? There are a myriad of issues that the proprietary lease governs, Some examples: a shareholder's right to sublet his or her apartment or assign (that is, sell) the shares; a shareholder's right to mortgage; who may lawfully occupy the apartment; what constitutes a default by a shareholder under the proprietary lease; the co-op's right to terminate the lease; who is responsible for maintenance and repair of a unit; the right to impose monthly maintenance charges; and numerous other issues that impact your ownership of your apartment. Older proprietary leases, let's say more than 25 years old, can be inadequately drafted, so that many unanticipated issues that now confront a co-op are not addressed in the lease. More recently drafted leases attempt to resolve some of the trouble spots, but it is difficult to solve all human interactions in a document. The best example of this problem relates to the individual owner's obligation to make repairs. The general rule used to be that everything from the walls into the infrastructure of the building was the co-op's problem, and everything from the walls into the owner's apartment was the responsibility of the apartment owner. This general rule can be difficult to apply: Let's say that a pipe bursts inside a wall. Generally, it's the co-op's responsibility to open the wall, fix the pipe and close the wall. Most co-ops will not take responsibility for repairing or replacing the wall covering or for repainting. The co-op will only return the wall to a "paintable" surface. If you have expensive wallpaper on that wall, it could get costly to replace or match something that's five years old. According to most proprietary leases, or the interpretation of same, that's not the co-op's problem. Another repair that causes great misery is a defective "shower pan". Each shower has a rubber membrane underneath the tile floor of the shower that insures that the water goes down the drain and not into your neighbor's below. Sometimes these pans are defective or outlive their useful life. That requires the shower floor to be opened up and the shower pan replaced. I've seen a co-op argue that replacement of the shower pan is the shareholder's responsibility. Many times the co-op will tell the shareholder to look to the prior owner for the faulty construction or system failure, but in almost all cases, the prior owner's responsibility ended with the closing.
Rules and Regulations
Every cooperative corporation also adopts rules and regulations to address general rules of behavior and life-style issues. The rules are usually found at the end of the proprietary lease. Rules usually dictate how late musical instruments can be played, where to store baby carriages, garbage disposal, deliveries and similar issues. The rules can also address the owner's right to have a pet, using an apartment as a home office, how long a guest may stay in your apartment if you're not there, furnishing the hallways, and landscaping of terraces. The rules can greatly impact on an apartment owner's daily existence and must be reviewed as a part of a purchaser's due diligence process.
Board Approval
Proprietary leases provide that a shareholder cannot assign or sublet his or her interest in an apartment without "Board approval". This restriction on an owner's ability to sell or lease an apartment is the primary aspect of co-op governance. The Board of Directors, pursuant to the provisions of the proprietary lease, has the right to vote on the proposed sale or sublease of a shareholder's apartment. To get technical, a shareholder would be requesting the right to sublet the occupancy of the apartment or the right to sell the shares allocated to the apartment which have an appurtenant right to use a particular apartment. So, if you have a "tough" Board, that can make the process of subletting or selling equivalent to the inquisition. Accordingly, the transferability of your apartment is reduced. Further, Boards can limit or eliminate entirely a shareholder's right to sublet depending upon the language of the proprietary lease. As a result, short-term co-op ownership may be very difficult or impossible in such co-ops. Unlike a condo, where the condo's right of first refusal to purchase the unit offered by the selling unit owner is rarely exercised by the condo's Board of Managers, co-op Board's often turn down a potential purchaser or proposed sublease to the dismay of the selling or leasing shareholder. As the owner of a co-op, there's not much you can do about it except make sure you're represented on the Board by reasonable people. In order to mitigate the problem, there are co-ops that govern themselves like condos. Sometimes these hybrids are called "condops", that is, a co-op that rules itself like a condo. Everyone wants financially sound, reasonable people living in their building. There's no denying, however, that some Board members take the process to an absurd level and make the process more difficult for all involved. In one recent situation I was involved in, it took the Board two months to consider the purchaser's application. It was the summer and no one could be bothered to meet in August. In Manhattan, you pay extra for that kind of treatment.
Residential Reality: Understand the Corporate Personality of Your Co-op
So you now know that you wear two hats when you buy a co-op. You are a shareholder, that is, an owner of shares in the cooperative corporation, with the right to cast your votes to elect directors who manage the co-op. You're also a tenant, pursuant to the terms of the proprietary lease, with the co-op as landlord. Co-ops have personalities, just like the people who live in them. It is in your best interest to investigate that corporate personality to make sure that it jibes with your own outlook and way of life. Moving into a strict building with lots of rules, can be a real burden if you're not used to it. Similarly, if you like organization, a loose building with a Board that never meets, can be just as maddening. As always, the more due diligence done before you sign that contract, the happier you'll be when the movers show up.
For more on the basics of cooperative owernship, see "If You're Buying a Co-op".


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Minnesota Woman's SpaghettiO Pie Goes Viral Online
Have you ever heard of, or tasted, SpaghettiOs Pie? Neither have I, but I do love SpaghettiOs (especially cold, right out of the can). And yes, I'm an eight-year-old in an adult body.
As we're discussing this morning, Minnesotans are famous for eating all kinds of unique foods. From a state that proudly celebrates everything from leftsa to tater tot hot dish, and lutefisk to Lutheran sushi -- I really didn't see SpaghettiOs Pie coming.
Would someone please buy this woman a rolling pin or something? Using her forearms to smash down the bread is a bit much. Also, I'm no chef, but easy on the garlic salt. And the milk looks a little gross when it gets all mixed in -- but I haven't tried it (yet), so I won't judge.
I had to laugh at one of the comments on Twitter that said:
In no recipe are forearms involved.
A lot of the comments seem to suggest that viewers think the post is fake, citing the forearms, half-container of garlic salt, and adding the milk.
Fake or not, I love pie crust, cheese, and SpaghettiOs -- so I am going to steal the idea, modify it, and give my version a try. I'll let you know how it turns out.
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The recordings of the 1st and 3rd nights are available on Brian Dixon's website.
Students from Northeastern University were asked to comment on the Bohlen-Pierce symposium. Here's what they came up with. Andrew Jegorow
WGBH Boston had a live feature on the Bohlen-Pierce scale on Monday, March 15 with Psyche Loui and Georg Hajdu as guests to the The Callie Crossley Show. Download the podcast
Download the booklet for the symposium in pdf format.
Two brand new instruments will be unveiled at the symposium: The Bohlen-Pierce tenor clarinet made by Stephen Fox, Toronto and the Bohlen-Pierce pan flute made by Ulrich Herkenhoff, Munich showcased by Hamburg flutist Arturo Grolimund.
We are happy and excited to welcome so many accomplished and eminent musicians and researchers, and to have the chance to share music and ideas. The Boston Microtonal Society features many approaches to microtonality in our concerts, as well as in our lectures and workshops—yet the Bohlen-Pierce scale was unknown in our circle until recently. […]
Thanks to the support by the Goethe Institute we were able to commission a piece for 4 Bohlen-Pierce clarinets by composer and UCSB professor Clarence Barlow.
The Bohlen-Pierce scale is a non-standard tuning discovered independently by Heinz Bohlen, John Pierce and Kees van Prooijen in the 1970′s and 80′s


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It was a big year for comics journalism at NPR.
During the coronavirus crisis, our team has created and published original comics to offer COVID-19 advice and information and to tell stories about people whose lives have been affected by the pandemic.
One of the most popular was a printable zine targeted to children with tips on how to explain it all to them. It was translated into many languages, from Chinese to Spanish to Arabic.
Other topics ranged from how older people are coping to the best way to wear a mask (demonstrated by cats, because, well, the internet loves cats).
Here are some of our favorite NPR comics of the year. See all the coronavirus comics from NPR's science desk here.
You're Wearing It Wrong! A Face Mask Refresher
We break down the different types of masks, their effectiveness — and the right way to wear and handle them. Read the comic here.
Just For Kids: How To Stay Safe From The Coronavirus
A zine and comic guide on how kids can protect themselves from COVID-19. Wear a mask. Stay 6 feet apart. And try not to pick your nose. Read the comic here.
A Kids' Guide To Coping With The Pandemic
Months of staying at home — and worrying if a loved one catches COVID-19 — are tough on everyone. But sometimes we forget that kids need help coping just as much as adults too. Read the comic here.
How To Care For Older People In The Pandemic (And A Printable Guide!)
Advice on how to help the older people in our lives — parents, grandparents, neighbors, relatives, friends — feel comfortable and safe in the pandemic. Read the comic here.
Grocery Workers Are Essential And Feeling The Strain
Visual journalist Sarah Mirk checked in with a sampling of grocery workers to hear more about their experiences on the job during the pandemic and what they say needs to change. Read the comic here.
Hospitals Turn To Alicia Keys, U2 And The Beatles To Sing Patients Home
They're using a variety of songs to celebrate happy COVID-19 discharges. Read the comic here.
On Dying Alone: 'Behind Every COVID-19 Case, There Is A Story'
A doctor shares his experience tending to a patient who is terribly ill — and how he tries to give comfort to such patients and their family members. Read the comic here.
A Lost Boy Teaches A Lesson For The Pandemic: How To Be Resilient
He'd been separated from his parents. He was living in a refugee camp in Sudan. And then a snake bit him. Read the comic here.
COMIC: Looking For A 'Helper' In The Age Of Coronavirus
Mister Rogers said "look for the helpers" in times of crisis. Here's the story of Shah Dedar. He's 32, he's a Tom Hanks fan — and he works to protect the most vulnerable in crowded refugee camps. Read the comic here.
COVID-19 Etiquette: 6 Common Conundrums (And A Printable Pocket Guide)
How do you tell a stranger to be better at physical distancing? What do you do when a backyard gathering suddenly has one too many unmasked guests? This episode walks through the new rules of etiquette during COVID-19. Read the comic here.
I Spent A Day In Coronavirus Awareness Mode. Epidemiologists, How Did I Do?
Can I protect myself from catching the coronavirus? That's a question on everyone's mind. Malaka Gharib spend one day trying to do all the right things — then asked epidemiologists to grade her. Read the comic here.
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