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The subject property is centrally located in the heart of Kitsilano's vibrant West Broadway retail corridor, on the north side of Broadway, between Larch and Trafalgar Street. Trafalgar Mews is a four level, 85 unit building, with an excellent mix of retail tenants on the ground floor. This high-density location provides high exposure to pedestrian and vehicular traffic, and is just steps from a bus stop on the busiest transit route in the city.
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There is an emerging trend of extended families rather of joint households, so it is become harder to supply good infant care without getting any assistance from the senior citizens in family. Here are some important pointers that can assist you in nourishing and gifting good infant care to your newborn.
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Finding a good location for your child is something which ought to not be done quickly. You have actually all heard horror stories from daycare s or sitters all around the world, so in order to ensure good quality daycare ensure you do a genuine excellent look at your child's prospective care takers. As long as the place or individual are on the up and up, no one will discredit or reject any demands or concerns you might have. Do not be scared to ask.
An interview is not the time to dress to express your real self. In truth, no one requires to know your true self at the office. You will fit in and work best with others by keeping your eccentricities to a minimum. Each business is different, so while you might dress company formal for an interview for a Marketing and Promotions Manager, you might dress organisation casual for an interview as a Preschool and child care teacher.
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2) Prepare yourself for reproducing pet dogs and raising puppies. You would do a number of things to prepare if you were having a baby for the first time. You 'd probably read up on infant care. You would take care of yourself well while pregnant. When he gets here, you would make sure that your child had a safe baby crib to sleep in.
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PEOPLE were evacuated from a block of flats after rubbish caught fire in a bin shed early today.
Firefighters were called to tackle the blaze, which took hold behind a restaurant in Clarendon Road, Southsea.
Ten residents of nearby flats were evacuated just after 1am today, while two fire crews from Southsea put out the blaze.
The fire service was also called to another bin fire behind the Sue Ryder charity shop in Tonbridge Street, Southsea, at 9pm last night.


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Ouachita Baptist University's Pruet School of Christian Studies will host Seminary Day on Friday, Nov. 5, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Evans Student Center on Ouachita's campus.
Representatives from 16 seminaries and divinity schools from across the country will be present to meet with students who are interested in attending seminary. Dr. Danny Hays, dean of the Pruet School of Christian Studies, said that he encourages all students with any level of interest in seminary to attend this event.
Hays also stated that this event is a great opportunity for Ouachita students to explore the diverse options for seminary studies and to talk to the representatives about their programs, classes, scholarships and costs.
The representatives will have informational literature and visuals to present to students. Seminary Day will include representatives from such schools as Dallas Theological Seminary, Denver Seminary, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and Wheaton College.
For more information, contact Tracey Knight at firstname.lastname@example.com or 245-5599.
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Meeting Rooms
To reserve a meeting room call 319.248.1850 and ask for the reference desk, or e-mail us at firstname.lastname@example.com.
The Coralville Public Library provides meeting room space for local non-profit organizations that serve the community in Johnson County.
Each room is set up in a particular style, but can be rearranged by each group so long as it is returned to its original formation by the meeting's end. For more details about rooms please see How do I...know which room to reserve.
Limited audiovisual equipment is available for use in meeting rooms. Please see the Audiovisual Equipment Policy for more details.
Meeting rooms are available during the Library's open hours and in some cases, before the library opens and after the Library closes.
Schwab Auditorium and Meeting Room A have sinks and counter tops for group use.
If you are interested in booking a meeting room, please take a look at the information below and our Meeting Room Use Policy, then call 319.248.1850 or email email@example.com to make a reservation.
How do I...?
reserve equipment for my meeting?
find the time and meeting location, or check room availability online?
find parking to attend a meeting
reserve a meeting room?
To reserve a meeting room call 319.248.1850 and ask for the reference desk, or e-mail us at firstname.lastname@example.com.
reserve equipment for my meeting?
Check the equipment you would like under the Meeting Room Confirmation Form's equipment list. The form, with equipment request, must be recieved at least one week before your event to use equipment. Equipment is not available on Sundays.
Available equipment
- Microphone - standing
- Microphone - wireless
- Lectern - stand up
- Lectern - table top
- White board
- Laptop Computer
- Television & DVD/VHS player
- Digital Projector
- Transparency Projector
- Pre-meeting Rotunda space
- A/V setup Assistance
know which room to reserve?
Each meeting room is unique. Please use the following information to help determine your meeting room needs.
- Meeting Room A has 14 tables; they are initially setup in a classroom style arrangement with 3 rows of 4 tables and two tables in the front of the room. Meeting Room A also has counter space with a sink. Maximum capacity for Meeting Room A is 102 people.
- Meeting Room B has 6 tables; they are arranged boardroom style. The maximum capacity for Meeting Room B is 40 people, but our suggested capacity is 25 people.
- Schwab Auditorium has 14 tables; they are all arranged along the outside walls of the room. Schwab also has counter space with a sink. The maximum capacity for Schwab is 162 people.
Each room has AV equipment available. Please ask reference librarians for help determining what type of equipment you need and what is available at the time of your meeting.
Extra tables are available upon request, depending on the availability of the other meeting rooms. In cases where all three rooms are booked, additional tables cannot be provided.
find the time and location of a meeting, or check room availability online?
Visit the Meeting Room calendar. In the right hand corner, you'll find the option to filter the calendar by various limiters. If you type in the name of the group or meeting title, you can locate the most recent events for that group or meeting title. If you wish to schedule a meeting, you can see the availability of each room on the Month view.
find parking to attend a meeting?
The City of Coralville offers a free 2-level parking lot for meeting attendees. Please encourage participants to park in the lower level lot, which opens directly into the meeting room corridor. Meeting Room participants will be asked to park in areas other than the two rows closest to the library entrance.
find a local caterer?
The library has an onsite café called Caffe Crema. It offers a wide range of catering options for groups using the meeting rooms. You can call 319-248-0069 to inquire about their services. Reference librarians can provide further information about local catering options.


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First of all; thank you, thank you, thank you to my fabulous followers for helping make my first giveaway a success!
Drum roll please…..
I would like to congratulate LeeLa for winning her choice of a sassy new dress from Shabby Apple! And she is getting married in August, so perfect timing for her to take that sweet new dress on her honeymoon. Congrats again!
And once again thank you to everyone that participated! Make sure to check back soon for the next exciting, ultra-fabulous giveaway.
Ok ladies get ready for a fabulous week long party in the blogsphere! I will be participating and would love for you to join us at 5 Minutes for Mom's 2010 Ultimate Blog Party.
It's about relationships, online friendships, a time of getting to know each other. There will be lots of giveaways and online parties going on throughout the week!
Last year there were over 2000 bloggers that participated so its a great way to expose your blog, meet new friends and have fun!
Ok so do you see a theme going on here? A fabulous theme?
I am participating in a contest over at Mommy's Still Fabulous to win myself a $50 GC to Sephora…and boy would I LOVE that!
If you know me you know that I am a pretty simple kind of girl.
Low maintenance {I am sure my husband would probably beg the differ}, down to earth and I don't try not to get involved in catty stuff – so don't have time for that crap!
So what makes me feel fabulous?
My answers are quite different than what they would of been 4 years ago, pre-kids.
Very different!
But here it does;
- Getting a shower in the morning; uninterrupted, being able to shave, sing my favorite tune and soak under the hot water for as long as I want.
- Having a glass of wine at the end of the day. Its pure relaxation, calming and at times therapeutic.
- Date night with my hubby. I sadly can't tell you the last time we went on a date {means it is very overdue} but we always have a good time and I love just being with him.
- Trying a new recipe that the entire family likes! Very impossible, almost never happens but when it does it makes me feel oh so fabulous!
- Being complimented. Not that I live for compliments but once in awhile it does make a girl feel good about herself. It could be as simple as oh I like your shirt or your hair looks nice. Thinking back I haven't been complimented in a LONG time {hint hint to the hubby if he ever reads my blog}.
- Girlfriends. I love them. When I get a chance to hang out with them I always have a good laugh and feel so good. They inspire me and make me a better woman/mom. My girlfriends are beautiful, awesome and fabulous moms!
- Playing with my kids. I love hearing them belly laugh and get so excited to just be with me. They are so precious and adorable, they always know how to put a smile on my face.
- Family dinners. Now that we have the "entertaining house" I love having my family over. The kids have a blast and are super excited to play with Uncle Rick and Inny {the nickname my sister got from Big A}. My dad is so happy to see his boys and often gets roped into playing Wii bowling all night. And my mom and I usually do the cooking. It just pure fun and heartwarming.
- Buying a piece of clothing for myself. I need clothes, bad and of course when I walk into a store who do I buy for? My boys! Like every mom, kids always come first but when I get the chance to pick something up for myself it does make me feel refreshed! It beats wearing jeans with food stains or a shirt that has blood stains on it from when one of the boys got hit in the face {something I need to get use to with having all boys}. So yes something for mom makes me feel fabulous!
- Writing a post that starts a dialogue. I try to put so much thought into what I write here and it does make me feel good inside to know that others can relate or take the time to write about their feelings or share their thoughts with me. It inspires me and makes me feel so lucky to be part of this fabulous world of "mom" bloggers!
So that's my list…Now head on over to Mommy's Still Fabulous and enter. You have until April 12th so you better hurry!
And if you want to share with me….what makes you feel fabulous???


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Lemmon South Dakota Planning Their First Tea Party
I just learned today that the folks in Lemmon, South Dakota are planning their first Tea Party for May 1, 2010.
My mother-in-law first heard about it on Jim Thompson Live today and passed along the information to me. I called organizer Joyce Peterson who informed me the event is scheduled to start at 1:00 pm on Saturday, May 1. The Tea Party will be held at the Beeler Building near the north end of Main Street in Lemmon. All gubernatorial candidates have been invited to speak at the event, and Peterson says so far two of them have already accepted. The keynote speaker will be G. B. Oliver from the Paragon Foundation, a constitution and property rights organization. Oliver will be speaking on the Constitution, and will have a question and answer session to follow his speech.
There will also be musical entertainment, but the exact information on this has not been locked in yet. Peterson said the event is free and open to the public, but donations will be accepted to help defray the costs of the event.
It's hard to believe that it was just a year ago that CNBC financial correspondent Rick Santelli lit the fire that became the Tea Party movement in America. Groups like mine in Rapid City (which eventually organized formally into Citizens for Liberty) joined others in about 2,000 cities to field hundreds of thousands (some estimates went over a million) Americans fed up with big-government intrusions into our lives and government takeovers of huge areas of the private sector.
The Tea Party movement has gone on to hold Independence Day Tea Parties, and many more over the past year. The national Tea Party Express has made two trips across the United States–including one that culminated in the huge Washington D.C. Tea Party–and a third is in the works.
The election year 2010 is going to be an exciting year as big-government liberals in all parties are beginning to see the writing on the wall.
We look forward to seeing the great things that will come out of the new Tea Party movement in Lemmon, South Dakota, as well!


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Teaching Channel: Growth Mindset Made VisiblePosted on 08/28/2015
In an August 14, 2015 post Tchers' Voice blog contributor, Carissa Romero, writes about two videos that show mindset practices in action. These are both examples of elementary school teachers applying the strategies, however the underling philosophy is applicable to adult learners as well.
Mindset is a concept put forth by world-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol Dweck backed by decades of research on achievement and success.
"People with a fixed mindset believe intelligence is innate. This belief can make school a threatening place. It becomes a place to go to learn how smart you are — or how smart you're not," writes Romero. "People with a growth mindset, on the other hand, believe intelligence can be developed. For these students, school can be an exciting place, as it provides them with an opportunity to learn and develop their intelligence.
"Numerous studies detail what happens when students have a growth mindset, but even when research tells us which practices help students develop a growth mindset, many educators still want to know what it looks like in the classroom.
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I find it hard 2 trust my bf fully we av been 2gether 4 just ova a yr does any1 know how i can start 2 trust him more?
do you have a problem trusting people in generally or just him. if just him he has to earn your trust.
may be your involvement in him is much more and on other hand u might be very possessive for him..

this lead for ur loss of trust in him even he is true..

set him free, engage yourself in other thing and everything will be smooth and fine in couple of weeks
He has to earn trust, there must be a reason why you lost trust in him. I tell you something you seem young and don't hold on to a guy that doesn't work you, remember once a cheater always a cheater.
Are you insecure or a control freak?

Without knowing this, I can't possibly be of any assistance and neither can anyone else.

Has he done anything to betray your trust?
OK, he's not trustworthy, get as far away from him as you can, and learn from this that if a person has messed up one relationship, they'll most likely mess up another. Go for someone without any baggage, or stay alone, and I can assure you, after being alone most of my life, it's a lot better than being in a bad relationship.
You need to see someone who can help you with what I see as your problem. If the man hasn't done anything, all of this is in our mind. You seriously need to deal with this behaviour because it's not going to heal itself. You are not crazy, but you do have some security issues and for your own peace of mind, you should seek help.
If you feel unwell, you don't hesitate to see a Doctor. Your mind, your emotions, are a critical part of your health and well being. Just as you'd see a doctor for your physical health, you should be as quick to seek help for your mental health. Do it now, the sooner you start to deal with your problem, the sooner you'll be back to good mental health, and the sooner you'll have some happiness back in your life.,
Maybe his is not trushtworthy
What a conservative thought for a girl with so modern language.
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Transgender Miss Universe contestant takes to the stage
CTVNews.ca Staff
Published Friday, May 18, 2012 8:05AM EDT
Pageant history was made at the Miss Universe Canada competition in Toronto Thursday night, as Jenna Talackova became the first transgender female to compete for the title.
The 24-year-old took part in the evening gowns and swimsuits competitions Thursday, wearing a white clingy gown with an open back during the gown event, then switching into a tiny white bikini that showed off her endlessly long legs for the swimsuit event.
It was hard to miss Talackova, if for no other reason than the fact that the 6'1 blonde beauty towered at least half a head higher over the other 61 competitors.
Still, Talackova didn't nab any of the smaller prizes handed out Thursday night that would have automatically bumped her to Saturday night's final round. Those awards included "Best Body," "Best Runway Model," and the "People's Choice" award.
While many see Talackova's hard-fought place on the stage as a victory for transgender men and women, friends and relatives of some of the other contestants say it's unfair that Talackova is stealing the spotlight.
Donavon Powell, who was there to cheer for his 24-year-old girlfriend, Vaughan Marr of Cremona, Alta., says Talackova may have overshadowed other worthy challengers.
"It's a little bit one-sided and there's a lot of focus on maybe Jenna and maybe the issues surrounding it," he told The Canadian Press.
"I think it's good there's attention brought to it but I think it might be outweighing and overshadowing the rest of the competition in general."
Talackova has been the subject of international media fascination ever since she was disqualified for not being a "naturally born female" because she had undergone gender reassignment surgery when she was 19.
That drew a firestorm of criticism, leading to an online petition to have her reinstated that earned 40,000 signatures. Businessman Donald Trump, who owns the Miss Universe organization, relented and announced last month that Talackova would be reinstated.
Organizers admit that interest in this year's race has been intense, drawing twice as many reporters as last year. Visiting media outlets include TV crews from CNN and the American entertainment show "Inside Edition," as well as two Tokyo broadcasters.
The contestants will face more competitions and will be interviewed by the judges in events tonight, with the new Miss Universe Canada being crowned Saturday night.


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Artistic Collaborations
Over the years, the founders of LumiGeek have had the great fortune to collaborate with numerous artists such as Michael Christian, Peter Hudson, Zach Coffin, Marco Cochrane, and various large art collectives.
Since forming LumiGeek in 2013, new collaborations are in the works with Jen Lewin and other nationally renowned sculptors and touring musical acts.
Work for Hire
Leading up to the formation of LumiGeek, event producers, general contractors, and large corporations have sought our collective expertise on various projects.
From illuminating 3D-printed logos for Autodesk to creating custom circuit-boards for Red Bull to troubleshooting an LED facade on a 16-story building in Dallas, Texas, there is project too complicated for LumiGeek.


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Darnell Dockett and Steven Jackson active and will start in Thursday night's Rams-Cardinals game
Arizona Cardinals defensive tackle Darnell Dockett and St. Louis Rams running back Steven Jackson were both listed as "questionable" on the final injury report of the week, but both are active and will start for their respective teams on Thursday night.
Dockett (hamstring) missed the second game of his eight-plus season NFL career last week, while Jackson has been hobbled by a groin injury, but was able to carry the ball 18 times for 55 yards with a 12-yard reception in Sunday's 19-13 win over the Seattle Seahawks. On the season, Jackson has 59 carries for 195 yards, but he and the Rams are still in search of their first rushing touchdown of the season. That may be difficult to come by against a Cardinals defense that, without Dockett, allowed their first and only rushing touchdown of the season in last week's win over the Miami Dolphins.
As reported by Pete Prisco of CBSSports.com, Jackson renegotiated his contract on the day before the 2012 regular season-opener and can become a free agent by voiding the final year of his contract five days after Super Bowl XLVI.
Here are list of Cardinals and Rams inactives:
Arizona: QB John Skelton, RB LaRod Stephens-Howling, FB Reagan Maui'a, WR LaRon Byrd, TE Todd Heap, TE Jim Dray, G Senio Kelemete
St. Louis: QB Austin Davis, RB Terrance Ganaway, WR Steve Smith, OT Rodger Saffold, DT Matt Conrath, DE Eugene Sims, S Matt Daniels


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Android News
Android circular zoom, video recording spotted
March 18, 2009 | by Andrew Kameka
Two new Android features in the HTC Magic/G2/HTC Sapphire/often-rebranded-or-nicknamed-based-on-carrier-phone has been spotted in France. In a video profile and interview conducted by CNET France, Android fans got their first glimpse at a circular zoom function and video recording.
Circular zooming is brought up when the screen is tapped twice. Rotating the onscreen wheel left or right then zooms in or out to varying degrees. The zoom function is displayed in both the Android Browser and Picture apps. You can't say definitively based on the short clip (seen starting at 2:06 mark), but it looks more accurate than the G1′s current plus and minus zoom options.
The video recording function, seen at the 2:26 mark in the video, is seen for an even shorter period but looks solid. There are options to start/stop recording, delete video, and share with others via Gmail, SMS, or upload directly to YouTube.
This is normally the part where people insert some corny French reference like "ooh, la, la," but we're better than that. The G2/Magic/Sapphire comes to France on SFR in April, which will put it in direct competition with the G1/Dream that recently debuted on Orange.


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I'm CEO at Orobix, where we are busy taking artificial intelligence into the real world.
I'm located in Bergamo, Italy. You can reach me on Twitter or on GitHub.
I have a PhD in Bioengineering and worked in research until 2009. Here's my list of publications.
Over the years I have developed vmtk, a toolkit for modeling blood vessels from medical images, and contributed a few algorithms to ITK and 3DSlicer.
My latest interests revolve around deep learning, using A.I. to challenge the status quo of about anything and functional programming.
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Most coaches in the NFL get it. They make good money, they have prestige within their profession since their jobs are among a very select group, and they get fired often.
They move a lot, and rarely do they put their kids through the same schools or live in a house long enough to see it need painting.
So I thought it would be interesting to ask a few coaches I know in the league what they think Eric Studesville's life is like right now.
Studesville is the Broncos' interim head coach. Just over a week ago, he went from the quiet, rather anonymous life of a running backs coach to the face of a franchise — in the span of a couple of hours.
And now Studesville is basically answering questions from both near and far about things he had little control over, standing in for the people who have made the decisions that have the Broncos where they are.
That is easily the most difficult part of his job, along with suddenly trying to juggle all the things a head coach has to do with very little warning.
In that light, some of Studesville's peers believe he is in an especially difficult spot regarding the growing public outcry to play Tim Tebow at quarterback.
They say the Broncos told Studesville he is getting an "audition" to get himself in the team's coaching search over the season's final month. Joe Ellis basically said the team would make Studesville a candidate if the team finished strong.
And no coach questioned in recent days believed playing a rookie quarterback against any of the three teams left on the Broncos' schedule would be the best way for any head coaching hopeful to get an interview for the job.
The Chargers and Raiders, for example, are tied for third in the league in sacks, just one behind the league leaders.
But overall for Studesville, running practice, speaking to the team and suddenly being the guy at the end of the line for many decisions is different and takes some adjustment. Instead of simply directing a player to go to the end of the hall to get an answer on something, Studesville is now the guy at the end of the hall.
There also is the matter of hard feelings. Certainly none of the other Broncos assistant coaches have publicly admitted to being troubled over the fact they were not selected as the interim coach, but coaches elsewhere in the league believe it is almost a certainty some hard feelings exist somewhere in the Broncos' complex these days.
Coaches, like players, are competitive people.
There also are almost certainly some on the staff who remain loyal to McDaniels and may be angry, etc. McDaniels was fired less than two full seasons into his tenure.
So, Studesville can't possibly solve all of those problems in a few weeks, but he'll have to manage his time carefully and take what he can from the opportunity. Perhaps another team's general manager or a college athletic director will see how he handles himself in a tremendously difficult spot and will put him on their radar.
But it's a sure thing that a guy who has been with the Broncos for 11 months is also the guy taking a lot more than one for the team right now.
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David Letterman is not just wearing his political views on his sleeve, as a one of his shows production executives recently pointed out. Now he's allowing his show to be used as a platform for leading Democrats to advocate action on liberal causes.
On Sept. 21, President Barack Obama appeared on CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman" and used his show to promote his health care/health insurance reform initiatives. But the very next night, he had former President Bill Clinton on to publicize the efforts of the Clinton Global Initiative, one of which is to give aid to nations with rampant poverty.
Letterman set up
"I mean, when you say these things – your mind, your brain starts to spin because it's 2009 and people still don't have clean water," Letterman said. "They don't have clean water. We're not talking about food and people are starving, dropping dead by the billions."
"A billion people go to bed hungry every night, which is really tragic,"
That's when
"If we don't do something about global warming, it will get worse because the water will dry up that's drinkable,"
Letterman, still befuddled about the state of humanity and inquisitive about
"It takes so little, but yet why do we still have people who are hungry and thirsty in this world?" Letterman asked.
"Partly because we're not organized to deal with it,"
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Community tributes laud Bill Sinkin's decades of impact
Updated 12:02 am, Saturday, February 8, 2014
SAN ANTONIO — A cross-section of San Antonio paid homage to Bill Sinkin on Friday afternoon, filling Temple Beth-El to praise him for improving the city's economy, protecting natural resources, advocating for social justice and forging cordial bonds even with those with whom he clashed.
The memorial service for Sinkin, who died Monday at the age of 100, attracted at least four former San Antonio mayors, current council members and state and national politicians along with community leaders and activists grateful for his decades of leadership.
"He was the perfect example of someone who took up a cause and stayed with it until it got done," former Mayor Phil Hardberger said. "He was like a bulldog. He would not let it go.
"The sum total of his life puts him among the top influencers of San Antonio," Hardberger said. "He was a force of persuasion and had enormous energy. Truthfully, I just loved him."
The tributes described a politically engaged bank executive who volunteered for critical citywide projects, especially HemisFair '68. But he did his best work behind the scenes in passionate yet respectful advocacy for the environment and racial equality, speakers said.
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Many pointed out that, at 86, an age at which most have long since withdrawn from community engagement, he founded Solar San Antonio, largely responsible for the use of solar energy technology in businesses and houses across San Antonio.
"The secret to my father was his willingness to always be in motion, both mentally and physically," his son, Richard Sinkin, told the audience. "You all are what he lived for."
Bill Sinkin worked to secure protections for the Edwards Aquifer, fostering coalitions behind better environmental policies, several noted.
"He would tell it like it is, but he also had the ability to talk through where there were differences and come to a meeting of the minds," former Mayor Lila Cockrell said.
The choir of Mount Zion First Baptist Church sung a spirited rendition of "We Shall Overcome," celebrating Sinkin's friendship with that congregation's former pastor and iconic civil rights leader, the Rev. Claude Black.
Maria Stevenson Greene read a proclamation from the local NAACP chapter. State Sen. Leticia Van de Putte, D-San Antonio, read one from the Texas Legislature. Both listed his lifelong contributions.
"When Bill started a question with 'could I ask you if' or 'can I ask you why,' it was very well likely he knew the answer in the first place," Van de Putte said. "He was getting us to ask the questions of ourselves, the government and our society."
In the 1960s, Sinkin led Texas State Bank in spearheading integration of African-Americans into the business community, hiring them and granting loans they'd otherwise not obtain.
The son of Russian Jewish immigrants, he endured discrimination himself, yet allowed it to motivate him to work for compassion and social justice, said Rabbi Emeritus Samuel Stahl, who led Friday's service.
"He was a towering bridge builder," Stahl told the audience. "He shattered walls that separated people. He promoted harmony where little existed before."
During the service, the audience gave Sinkin a standing ovation and a favorite grito of his, the shout of "Viva El Sol!"
Afterward, a mariachi band played in the hallway leading from the sanctuary to the auditorium for a reception.
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Sinkin's family had welcomed friends to his bedside in the final weeks of life for parting visits. Young and old, politicians and grass-roots leaders, they all stopped by, including Nettie Hinton, a local civil rights activist.
On Friday, she wore black — and a bow tie, as did others to honor Sinkin's fashion trademark.
"We're not raising people like him anymore," Hinton said. "He was in a generation of folks who really cared about people and wanted to make sure the change they're making is in the right direction."


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About Us
Our Mission:
To empower youth and adults as agents of individual, institutional, and social change.
Our Vision:
We envision a world in which youth with adults, in mutually respectful and supportive relationships, use their voices creatively to inspire, lead, and empower their communities to achieve justice and peace.
Theory of Change
With the right skills and resources, all youth, including high-risk young people, can think deeply about the difficult social problems and work successfully with others to create significant change. While youth are often seen as part of the problems facing urban communities, they are rarely engaged as part of the solution. Teen Empowerment helps youth find their voices and talents and use them to involve large numbers of their peers and adults in building peace, tolerance and community.
In 1992, Stanley Pollack began the Center for Teen Empowerment (TE) to involve low-income, urban youth in helping to solve the most pressing issues in their communities using the unique, interactive Teen Empowerment Model. Since then, Teen Empowerment youth, staff, and board members have worked diligently to meet this mission, with remarkable results for thousands of youth, adults, police officers, public officials, and social service workers. TE brought its successful Model to Rochester, NY in 2003 and Somerville, MA in 2004. Each year, Teen Empowerment employs more than 120 youth who conduct over 250 initiatives that involve more than 5,000 youth, residents, public officials, and police in efforts to build peace, tolerance, and community. TE also provides consulting, training and publications to help other service providers adapt our methods for use in their own programs. TE's work is recognized nationally and has received numerous honors, including Collaborate Boston Award (2016), MetLife Foundation's Community-Police Partnership Award (2012), Harvard University Ash Center Bright Idea (2010 and 2012), RIT Center for Public Safety Initiatives Award (2009), U.S. Mayor's Conference Best Practice in Youth Development (2007), and Drucker Foundation Nonprofit Innovation of the Week (2004).
Board of Directors
Lauren Lapat
Former Teen Empowerment program coordinator and program development officer
Frenia Hunter
Vice President
Human Resources Generalist II, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. Former Teen Empowerment Youth Organizer
Jessica Rondon
Senior Auditor, KPMG LLP
Jeffrey Strassman
Manager, Grant Thornton LLP
Peter C. Bekarian
Managing Director, Jones Lang Lasalle
George Bevis
Engineer, former board member and treasurer of the School for Field Studies
John Brown
Sergeant Detective, Boston Police Department
John M. (Jack) Connolly
Alderman At Large, Somerville, MA. President and Owner of Wedgwood-Crane & Connolly Insurance Agency
Marikay Hines-Corcoran
Managing Director, U.S. Forensic Advisory Services Boston practice, KPGM, LLP
Michelle Escarfullery
Business Manager, Clinical Review and Safety, Harvard Clinical Research Institute. Former Teen Empowerment Youth Organizer
George Gilmer
Senior Vice President, State Street
David Fallon
Chief of Police, Somerville, MA
Joe Jackson
Retired Boston Public Schools special education math teacher
Kathy Nixon
Retired Director, Friends & Foundation of Rochester Public Library
Molly Richter
Senior Development Officer at Partners Health Care
Colleen White
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Jason Willis, Ph.D.
Associate Researcher, Department of Criminal Justice, Rochester Institute of Technology
Peter Meyer
Boston Public Schools, Retired
Paul Russo
Tax Manager, Tonneson & Co.
Rochester Advisory Board
Hanif Abdul-Wahid
Community Liaison, Monroe County Department of Planning and Development
Jeffrey Clark
Vice President, Sales and Marketing, CRFS
Rick DeJesus-Rueff, Ed.D.
Vice President, Student Affairs & Diversity Initiatives, St. John Fisher College (Retired)
Caroline Edwards-Morrison
City Court Judge, Rochester City Court
Lauren Gallina
Marketing Director, Gallina Development
Jonathon Hand
Vice President, Invictus Electrical
Donna Harris, Ph.D.
Senior Associate, Center for Governmental Research
Wayne Harris
Deputy Chief, Rochester Police Department
Judith Kaplan
President, Community Planning Associates
Kathy Nixon
Director, Friends & Foundation of Rochester Public Library (Retired)
Edward J. Nowak
Public Defender, Monroe County (Retired)
Danielle Ponder, Esq.
Assistant Public Defender, Monroe County
Shanterra Randle
Teacher, Rochester City School District; Former TE Youth Organizer and Program Coordinator
Bob Tait
Co-founder, Broadstone Real Estate, LLC (Retired)
Bob Tobin
Professor, Simon School of Business, University of Rochester (Retired)
Jason Willis, Ph.D.
Associate Researcher, Department of Criminal Justice, Rochester Institute of Technology
Jeremy Wolk, Esq.
Partner, Nixon Peabody, LLP
Stanley Pollack
Executive Director
Stephanie Berkowitz
Director of External Relations
Doug Ackley
Rochester Director
Sheri Bridgeman
Boston Director
Danny McLaughlin
Somerville Director
Heang Ly
Director of Consulting and Training
Jennifer Banister, Ph.D.
Development and Collaborations Manager
Marquis Wilson
Office Coordinator
Raquel Walker
Office Coordinator (Rochester)
Samantha Hale
Assistant Director (Boston)
Shawn Brown
Lead Program Coordinator (Rochester)
Shawanda McGee
Program Coordinator (Rochester)
Shalinda Bollar
Associate Coordinator (Rochester)
Jaquell Sneed
Program Coordinator (Boston)
Patrik Farris
Program Coordinator (Somerville)
Stephanie Santiago
Program Coordinator (Somerville)
Taylor Copeland
Community Facilitator and Development Associate
Alex Costa
Community Facilitator
Michael Downie
Community Facilitator
John Norena
Community Facilitator
Sean Post
Community Facilitator
Joshua McKenzie
Community Facilitator
Milla Maia
Community Facilitator
Last year:
- 100% of youth surveyed were proud of what they accomplished and felt more responsible for heir community
- 100% learned skills that helped prepare them for the future
- 100% built positive relationships with youth and adults they would not otherwise have known
- 94% of youth surveyed thoughts they'd improved in more than one skill area.
- 88% reported gaining leadership skills
- 71% displayed increased level of empowerment
- 93% displayed increased civic engagement
In 2013, TE worked with Dr. Russell Schutt at UMASS Boston to conduct an independent, multi-faceted evaluation (link to pdf) of TE's work in Somerville, MA,. Results included:
- Statistically significant evidence suggests that the program's efforts were responsible for a 50% decrease in the level of juvenile crime in Somerville's highest crime neighborhoods.
- Compared to peers, youth who work at Teen Empowerment leave the program with higher levels of employability and greatly improved self-esteem and are more civically engaged, and these impacts are sustained over time.
- Dr. Schutt's conclusion that, "Teen Empowerment has succeeded in developing and maintaining an approach to engaging at risk youth and reducing youth violence that can serve as a model for other communities. Its systematic approach to selection, engagement, and transformation provide a foundation for individual and community change."
What We do
Working in Boston and Somerville, MA and in Rochester, NY, Teen Empowerment employs low- income, urban teens to identify the most pressing issues in their communities and to develop a strategy to address those issues. At each of TE's four youth organizing sites, 2-3 adult staff members and 12-15 youth organizers work as a group every day, all-year to plan and implement initiatives that involve a large number of their peers and community adults. Annually, TE employs 125 youth who involve more than 5,000 others in their community change initiatives. TE also provides consulting and training to help other service providers adapt our methods for their own use. We also market and sell our book on interactive facilitation, Moving Beyond Icebreakers.
Youth Jobs
Are you between the ages of 14-21? Do you care about your community? Do you love the arts and using your voice to create change? Teen Empowerment employs youth living in Dorchester, Roxbury and Somerville, MA and Southwest Rochester, NY to work year-round as community organizers and artists.
Contact us to apply for a position:
- Roxbury or Dorchester: 617-536- 4266 x.311
- Somerville: 617-536- 4266 x.2255
- Rochester: 585-697- 3464
Youth-Police Work
Teen Empowerment works together with police and urban youth to build trust, facilitate youth and community voice in encounters with police, and increase community engagement without vilifying officers or glorifying criminal behaviors. Teen Empowerment helps police and youth craft policies, practices, strategies and training to specifically address the needs in their communities with the direct input and involvement of both officers and community members. TE has also conducted dozens of police-youth dialogue sessions in MA and NY, presented at gang and violence prevention conferences, and offered consulting and training to other law enforcement and prevention partners. A study by Rochester Institute of Technology found that TE's youth-police dialogues "resulted in participants gaining empathy, understanding, and respect, with both youth and officers gaining new perspectives and new skills." On year end evaluation surveys last year, 80% of TE youth thought their work made interactions between youth and police more respectful.
Youth Peace Conferences
Since 1993 TE has organized this annual youth-led event in Boston each spring, bringing together hundreds of young people to wrestle with serious issues through theater, dance, music, poetry, video, public speaking, and group discussion sessions. TE also holds an annual conference in Somerville.
Arts for Social Change
Teen Empowerment youth use the arts—including music, dance, video, poetry and visual arts— to present their social change ideas in a way that will be understood and embraced by their peers. In Boston, TE Studios is TE's youth-run artist collaborative, producing original, professional-quality socially-conscience music and performance arts.


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- "An educated man is one who has so developed the faculties of his mind that he may acquire anything he wants, or its equivalent, without violating the rights of others."
- "…any impulse of thought which is repeatedly passed on to the subconscious mind is, finally, accepted and acted upon by the subconscious mind, which proceeds to translate that impulse into its physical equivalent by the most practical procedure available."
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I don't see a thread, so I figured I would start one. It doesn't seem possible, but other football games are still happening today.
Afternoon Game Open Thread
Minnesota is beating Iowa at the half, 20-17.
but they just announced Wisconsin got their 5th take away and it can't be the 2nd half yet
But I'm in France and need to soak up the American TV when I have a reason to watch it.
And, yeah, Wisconsin-NW is ugly.
FSU is handing it to the gators right now. I love a stressed out Urban Meyer.
It's now 49-17 at halftime. The commentators are alternating between delight at the number of points they've scored and sympathy for Dan Persa's unfortunate injury last week.
Will meathead put up 83?
He looked like he wanted the century at the halftime interview. He seemed a little miffed at not being on pace for it.
Monte Ball just scored his fourth touchdown of the game (17th on the season) with 10 minutes left in the third quarter. Jesus.
63-17 now. Sheesh.
Nice toss by Watkins. Unfortunate blocked extra point.
So if Wiscy put up 83 on Indiana, and has 70 against Northwestern through 3 quarters, maybe they just do have a really good offense...
our defense is rock solid we kept them under 50
Shit yeah, we're definitely better than Northwestern, Indiana, and Austin Peay. Michigan definitely let up fewer points than those teams to Wisconsin.
Seriously, Wisconsin's a chain saw right now. I'm really impressed with them and sincerely hope that all of there lineman follow Tolzien somewhere other than Madison next season.
This might have been their best shot for a National Championship birth ever, and they blew it vs. Sparty?!?
Good gravy, that Ball kid from Wisconsin is putting up Dee Hart-ian numbers the last few games. I guess Wisky wants to cement that higher BCS rank to secure the Rose Bowl...
Holy crap Mallett has an arm. Some NFL team is going to give him a metric shit-ton of money and he'll never play because he's not accurate enough.
He and Jake Locker can go 1-2 in what would be Kiper's wet dream, and then they'll both inevitably flame out as all Kiper-loved players do
At least we're not:
-Iowa: what a disappointing season this had to have been for them. Weren't they just the "best three-loss team" last week? You lose to Minnesota this year, you're not the "best" anything
-Texas: at least we're going to a bowl
-Florida: I don't know what their expectations were, but 7-5 probably looks like football armageddon to them lately
Did anyone go a weaker 11-1 than State?
- Notre Dame (6-5, pending tonight's thrashing by USC), W
- Northern Colorado (3-8), W
- Wisconsin (11-1), W (their only "quality" win)
- Illinois (6-5), W
- Iowa (7-5), L (stomped by a 7-5 team)
- Minnesota (3-9), W
- Purdue (4-8), W
Factor in no OSU and that looks pretty weak. I'm too lazy to look up the other 0- and 1-loss teams, but wow
NCST was just swindled by a HORRIBLE spot.
ESPNU just zoomed in on the quarterback to totally miss a supposedly spectacular catch in the Mississippi State game. Just stayed on the QB through the 30 yard flight of the ball, the catch, and the 15-20 yard run into the end zone.
Worst non-transition ever.
Stanford 24 Oregon State 0 with 1:38 in before halftime
If Mustain had never transferred to USC, we probably would have kept Mallett...funny how things turn out.
Georgia bulldog falling asleep sitting up in his doghouse. I hate myself for thinking "Aw"


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Lithgow alone has made this season of Dexter the best yet. It was odd seeing him as a a the villanous type because I always remember him as the eccentric alien from "3rd Rock from the Sun". However, it wasn't until the other day that I remembered he was in 'Cliffhanger' with Sylvester Stallone as the villain....so I guess it's not entirely out of the norm for him.
Personally, in the final episode from what I could see from the previews, I'm GUESSING that Dexter is going to be waiting (as the neighboorhood night watch) for Trinity as he arrives at his house and that's where he injects him and takes him to this plastic room o' death. He then delivers the deathblow with the clawside of the hammer Trinity lended him. I'm going to take a stab at a guess (lol, pun) and say Cody is going to see Dexter at work, injecting Trinity, through a window and that will be the "cliffhanger" for Season 5. The whole part where Dexter gets arrested (from what I see in the previews anyways) is probably because he punched his douchebag neighbor in the face or is trying to create a diversion so Trinity doesn't make a scene at police headquarters. I'm wondering what Quinn might do with knowledge of Dexter being at the club that one night and his previous rendezvous' with Lila. Either way, it's going to be an awesome season finale and I can't wait. After The Sopranos ended, I didn't think I'd find another show to wait for week after week...well......I found one.
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Painted verses
Paintings on light, fluttery fabric, inspired by works of late poet Agha Shahid Ali, are centerpiece of Izhar Patkin exhibit at MASS MoCA
Published 4:09 pm, Thursday, May 1, 2014
The word "veil" has many connotations across cultures. It brings to mind thoughts of identity, secrecy, mystery, religion and death. These concepts all float through "Izhar Patkin: The Wandering Veil," currently on exhibit at MASS MoCA.
Veils are not a part of every work in the show, but works painted on tulle, the material commonly used for bridal veils, in a series called "Veiled Threats" are the newest and most profound works here. Placed about halfway into the giant gallery that is Building 5 of the museum, these works are truly the centerpiece of the show. Those works were done in the last decade but the show, a survey of Patkin's 30-year career, includes older works at either end of the gallery.
To fully appreciate the works at the beginning of the gallery, some knowledge of art history and literature might be helpful. Cervantes, Kafka, Marcel Duchamp, Giuseppe Arcimboldo and Diego Velazquez are all referenced and quoted as part of a larger narrative. As you progress through the exhibit and into the five stage-set-like rooms Patkin has built, references to art history remain, but the poetry of the late poet Agha Shahid Ali is the real inspiration for the "Veiled Threats" series. His poems are available to read in each room.
Allusions to veils surface in Ali's poetry and for Patkin, the veil also serves as a metaphor for confronting embedded ideas about pictorial space. As noted in the exhibition brochure, Patkin sees concepts of art as rooted in religious doctrine, shaping the way we see the world, a sort of veil on the way we view ourselves.
The painted tulle is draped from four walls so each work envelops the viewer in a narrative loop. The paintings appear to breathe as they almost imperceptibly move in the wake of the viewer's movements.
Patkin met and began collaborating with Ali in 1999, two years before the poet's death. The Israeli-born artist, who has lived in the U.S. since 1977, and Ali, a Kashmiri-American, identified with each other as exiles, wanderers, in a sense. Each piece in the Veil series is Patkin's visual interpretation of one of Ali's poems, some of which are, in turn, reinterpretations or translations of poems by other poets.
For "Violins," inspired by Ali's adaptation of a poem of the same title by Mahmmoud Darwish, Patkin combines imagery from a documentary photograph of Pablo Casals' 1961 cello recital at the Kennedy White House with images of war, soldiers and refugees. "Violins with gypsies going to Andalusia/Violins weep for Arabs leaving Andalusia," the poem begins. Ali translated the poem into English and adapted it to emphasize the repetition of the word "violins." In a video at the back of the gallery, the poem is recited so that the word begins to be indistinguishable from "violence." In a similar way, the painting merges a peaceful scene with a hostile one. Birds from the exterior find their way into the East Room and chairs from the concert lie in the street near the soldiers.
Death, memory and loss make their way into all of these works. In "The Veil Suite," named for Ali's last poem, "The Veiled Suite," the dying poet confronts a god who has abandoned him. The imagery Patkin has created in response is personal and elegiac. A man with his head hidden under a veil stands near railroad tracks, a train approaching in the distance. Shadows projected onto the tracks suggest a ballerina, a photographer and Jesus. The tracks begin on one side of the room and continue on the other, positioning the viewer in the middle of the dream-like scene.
In the back room, a series of paintings on mesh screens from the early '90s mimic Asian textiles. They show the artist's early interest in challenging preconceptions about the picture plane. Even here he's playing with the surface on which a painting rests — the paint is pushed from the back of the wire mesh.
"The Wandering Veil" originated in Israel at The Tel Aviv Museum of Art and MASS MoCA is the only stop outside of Israel on its tour. This is the first time the "Veiled Threats" series has been shown in the United States. It's a rare opportunity to stand in these rooms and feel the strength of the bond between poet and artist. In their hands, narratives collide. In the same way that the veils blur the imagery, the artist beautifully blurs the lines between memory, history, fact and fiction.
Amy Griffin is a frequent contributor to the Times Union.
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"Izhar Patkin: The Wandering Veil"
Where: MASS MoCA, North Adams, Mass.
When: Through Sept. 1; Hours: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, closed Tuesdays; after June 21: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday through Wednesday; 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday through Saturday
Admission: $15 adults, $10 students, $5 children 6-16, free to members and children 5 and younger
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Ice cream bread is my new favorite baking project. It is SO easy and so much fun to make, especially with kids. To make my first batch the other day I followed the instructions I found on Taste of Home. It was so easy! I noticed that my bread didn't rise quite as much as the ones in her picture, but then I realized I baked mine in a bigger loaf pan then the one that was called for. For the second batch I added some chocolate chips and topped the bread with sprinkles - it was delicious! Amazingly, the ice cream truly does contain just the right amount of fat to make the bread moist and sweet. If you want a little more sweetness you can definitely add a touch more sugar until it suits your liking. I used plain vanilla ice cream to start out with and it worked beautifully!
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What is the better choice in your opinion and why?
What is the better choice in your opinion and why?
incarnation is better in anyway
can use pounce out of steath anr revange, but well need energy, with tiger's fury and berserk should be insane burst
but as I noticed melee attacks are OP, and bleeds are also up, targets were dying in a few sec, I smell a nerf incoming
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Are you talking about 5.0 live or beta? Because on live from what i have seen all casters and all hybrids including DK and Ret have both bigger burst and sustained damage then feral druid.
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Incarnation to pvp. Its a bigger burst
Incarnation also provides a lot of utility. You can use pounce with it as a no-CD interrupt (not necessarily only on your current main target either, where DR could quickly make this useless).
And you can use it to restealth. Sure it may seem pointless because you'll always have some dots on you but using prowl while you have incarnation up doesn't cost anything and can be helpful against casters. For instance this is useful in a situation where you are running to get back in melee range of a caster and have charge on CD. Being stealthed even only for a portion of the way there is useful.
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I find incarnation more fun just because i'll rape more but it seems also quite stupid cause you are more cd dependent. Soul of the forest doesnt seem bad either and it increases your overall utility and energy regen and dmg. You can see top a lot top ferals picking soul of forest (due the reason mentioned earlier) but in arenas your comp will decide which is better.
Incarnation 100%. You can use it both offensively and defensively.
What I mean is, obviously you can macro it to berserk and on use trinket (+Troll racial >;3 ) for high damage.
But it allows you to use Prowl for it's duration (30 seconds) This means you can get THREE restealths per incarn. How does this benifit? So far i've Prowl'ed the durations of Death Coil, Fear. Get noved by a mage and stealth so you don't get deeped. It's beautiful. Ele shaman blows his cds.. -stealth- Ret used wings? -Stealth- and wait it out.. -nomnomnom-
i made a macro that uses both incarnation and berserk at the same time. both have a 3 min CD so they will always be up at the same time. the only thing is incarnation lasts twice as long as berserk. that said, when you pop that you can get a ton of burst is you have savage roar up as well.
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McAfee Reveals Simple Safety Tips for Securing New Internet Connected Devices This Holiday Season
SANTA CLARA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–From the hottest new tablet to sleek smartphones and laptops, electronic devices are likely at the top of many consumers' holiday wish lists this year. many lucky recipients will immediately load personal data, contact information, photos, and entertainment files onto their new toys, eager to enjoy them right away.
"To keep personal information, identities, and money protected throughout the New Year, it's important for consumers to secure their new devices the moment they begin to set them up"
not so fast, warns McAfee. When new devices are completely unprotected, they can be very vulnerable to malware infections or social engineering scams that can steal personal information.
Cybercriminals are widening their nets to target a variety of devices and platforms. McAfee LabsTM is reporting that while Mac and mobile device malware have not hit the mainstream yet, they are increasing, and PC threats continue to escalate significantly.
"To keep personal information, identities, and money protected throughout the New Year, it's important for consumers to secure their new devices the moment they begin to set them up," said Gary Davis, director of global consumer product marketing at McAfee. "The good news is that it's easier and more cost-effective for families to do so. Consumers can buy one product to protect all of their devices, and easily manage them from a single dashboard. This should give users the incentive they need to get protection for their new devices from the start—and enjoy worry-free digital lives."
McAfee encourages consumers to take some simple precautions to keep their digital lives and devices safe through the holidays and into 2012:
1. Protect your data.
in a recent global survey, home Internet users estimated that their digital assets, such as photos, contacts, and entertainment, were worth approximately $37,000. in North America, people valued their assets at a higher figure than anywhere else, at nearly $55,000.
Consider a product that offers data backup and restore features as well as advanced security that allows you to locate a missing device and remotely lock your device and wipe your data in case of loss or theft.
- a good Housekeeping survey from August 2011 found that 30 percent of people don't back up their files, and worse, that every three seconds, a hard drive fails.
- Don't take a chance on losing important personal photos, creative works in progress, or financial information.
2. If you have a new Apple computer or device, including an iPad or iPhone, transfer your PC best practices to your new Apple product.
- Unfortunately, the popularity of Apple computers and devices has led to an increase in Mac OS X-targeted threats. According to McAfee Labs, as of late 2010, there were 5,000 pieces of malware targeting the Mac platform and this is increasing by 10 percent per month.
as a proactive measure, consider installing security software that's been developed for the Mac since more threats are being aimed at this platform. Check out Apple's new iCloud service, which provides tools for syncing, backing up and securing data. use the native security settings on your new device to require a passcode to access the device.
3. If you have a new PC or netbook, make sure your computer has comprehensive security software – anti-virus software alone is not enough. Be sure to back up regularly.
- 8,900 new malicious websites are found daily. (McAfee Q2 Threats Report)
- Malware cost U.S. consumers $2.3 billion last year. (Source: Consumer Reports)
Your security software should include at a minimum: real-time anti-virus, a two-way firewall, anti-spyware, anti-phishing and safe search capabilities. Additional levels of protection include anti-spam, parental controls, wireless network protection, and anti-theft protection that encrypts sensitive financial documents.
4. Keep in mind that free security software can leave you unprotected.
Free security software typically provides only basic protection, and is often offered to get you to buy more comprehensive products. a September 2010 USA TODAY survey of 16 anti-virus companies shows that no-cost anti-virus programs generally lack important features such as a firewall, website health checks, and automatic updates.
To ensure the best protection against emerging threats, look for security software that provides real-time protection using data continuously updated in the cloud.
- Don't forget to check whether the security software installed on your new PC is only a trial version. if it is, remember to buy a subscription so that you have continuous protection against newly discovered threats.
5. Search and shop safely.
To help you weed through malicious sites, be sure to use a website safety advisor that can tell you which sites are safe and which are risky. McAfee® SiteAdvisor® software is included in all of the McAfee consumer security suites.
- When shopping, look for the McAfee SECURE™ trustmark, which indicates that the site has passed rigorous daily testing for more than 10,000 known vulnerabilities.
- Don't forget to read the online store's privacy and security policies before shopping.
6. Be aware of "scareware," or fake antivirus software.
Scareware tricks users into believing that the computer is infected to get them to "buy" fake anti-virus software and hand over their personal and financial details, usually via pop-ups.
- Scareware has grown by more than 600 percent from 2008 to 2010, and is estimated to victimize one million Internet users a day. (McAfee 2010 Report)
- in 2011, for the first time ever, fake Mac anti-virus malware has become a tool for cybercriminals. (McAfee Q2 2011 Report)
- Don't buy anti-virus software through pop-up ads. always purchase your security software from a reputable vendor.
7. Educate your family and pay attention to your children's online activities.
keep your computer in a common area and discuss which information is appropriate to share online and which is not, such as addresses, phone numbers, and other private information. Be aware that if your children are surfing the web, they may not be as prudent when clicking on unknown links and sites, potentially increasing the risk of threats.
- if you have young kids or tweens, limit their online access and the content they can view. use a web-filtering tool that protects kids from accessing inappropriate content such as pornography, nudity, online hate groups, school cheating sites, and profanity.
- Assume your child knows how to turn off parental controls, so always keep a close eye on their activities.
- For more information on keeping your kids safe, visit McAfee's Family Internet Safety Center at www.mcafee.com/family and check out the 10-Step Internet Safety Plan For Your Family.
8. If you or your child has a new gaming or entertainment device (Nintendo Wii or 3DS, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360), remember that these devices are now Internet-connected and vulnerable to many of the same threats as PCs.
make reliable back-up copies of games to protect your investment. take advantage of built-in parental controls that can help shield kids from violent games or limit when the device can be used.
- some multiplayer games allow kids to play with strangers over the Internet, so if you are a parent, consider activity-monitoring tools.
- Only connect your device to a secure Wi-Fi network.
- Don't store personal information on your device.
9. If you have a removable storage device, such as a flash drive or portable hard drive, use technologies that will help protect your information.
Consider using a secure, encrypted USB stick, to encrypt your information so it is unreadable if your device is lost or stolen.
- buy security software to protect your portable hard drive, and set a password.
- Don't leave your removable storage device unattended since they are small and easily stolen.
10. If you have a new smartphone or tablet, know that threats aimed at mobile devices are growing.
- Mobile malware is on the rise, and Android is now the most targeted platform. According to McAfee, attacks aimed at the Android platform grew 37 percent from the second quarter to the third quarter of 2011.
Malicious applications are a growing threat area, so be careful of third-party applications and only download from a reputable app store. Read other users' reviews and make sure the app's access permissions make sense.
make sure you also protect against data loss, by backing up your mobile devices regularly.
Consider mobile malware threat protection, not only to protect against viruses and for safe mobile surfing, but to also safeguard privacy in the event of loss or theft. in addition, for the many consumers who own multiple devices, McAfee® All Access is a simple and cost-effective solution for protecting a wide range of Internet connected devices on different platforms.
McAfee is the first company to provide protection for all of a consumer's digital devices—from smartphones and tablets to laptops and PCs — for one price. McAfee All Access costs $99.99 for individuals and $149.99 for the household version. This represents a substantial cost-savings—as much as $200—when compared to the cost of individual security and data protection for multiple devices. Free lifetime support available 24 hours a day is also included. Check out www.mcafee.com/allaccess to learn more.
Additional Resources:
- For the complete list of consumer tips for securing new devices, go to https://blogs.mcafee.com/consumer/securing-new-devices
- Web surfers should visit the McAfee Security Advice Center and Facebook page at www.facebook.com/mcafee for information on the latest threats, and tips on surfing safely.
- VIDEO: A New World of Threats
- VIDEO: History of Malware
About McAfee
McAfee, a wholly owned subsidiary of Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), is the world's largest dedicated security technology company. McAfee delivers proactive and proven solutions and services that help secure systems, networks, and mobile devices around the world, allowing users to safely connect to the Internet, browse and shop the Web more securely. Backed by its unrivaled Global Threat Intelligence, McAfee creates innovative products that empower home users, businesses, the public sector and service providers by enabling them to prove compliance with regulations, protect data, prevent disruptions, identify vulnerabilities, and continuously monitor and improve their security. McAfee is relentlessly focused on constantly finding new ways to keep our customers safe. http://www.mcafee.com
Note: McAfee, SiteAdvisor, and McAfee SECURE are trademarks or registered trademarks of McAfee, or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. © 2011 McAfee All rights reserved. The product plans, specifications and descriptions herein are provided for information only, subject to change without notice, and without warranty of any kind, express or implied.
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The San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) recently released its third annual report on the San Diego Prisoner Reentry Program.
The key program components are based on best practices and include conducting screenings and assessments and providing case management and services to meet identified needs.
The report describes the program implementation, outlines the research methodology, and presents preliminary findings from the process and impact evaluation.
Thus far the process evaluation has revealed the following: good communication and strong collaboration has been the key to successful program implementation, participants' needs were assessed within the expected timeframe, over three‐quarters (78%) of the treatment group participated in programming while in prison and over two‐thirds (69%) received services in the community during the six months following prison release.
Key findings from the impact evaluation included: treatment group participants were significantly less likely than the comparison group to be returned to prison within the first six months of community reentry, treatment group participants were five times more likely to be employed six months post‐release compared to the comparison group, employed individuals were less likely to have a new arrest within 6 months of release, and preliminary data suggest that program participation reduced substance use and improves social supports, housing, and employment.
The report, Improving Reentry for Ex-Offenders in San Diego County: Third Annual Evaluation Report, is available at:
Source: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/evaluation/e-news/july10.pdf


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HTC has expanded the One family with a new petite member - the HTC One mini 2. Note that it's not One (M8) mini, this is more of a sequel to the One mini from last year. Perhaps most telling of this is the camera, a 13MP shooter rather than the questionable dual-camera of the M8. Still, the HTC One mini 2 looks just the same as the new HTC One M8, so the family relation is more than obvious.
HTC One Mini 2 official photos
The HTC One mini 2 preserves the qualities that made the original mini great, namely the premium aluminum unibody design, the excellent screen and the stereo front-facing speakers. There are major changes though, the screen grew to 4.5" from 4.3" and the camera more than tripled its resolution to a 13MP. Here's a cheat sheet of One mini 2's specifications.
The HTC One mini 2 runs the latest software from Google and HTC on a different Snapdragon 400 chipset than the original One mini. It adds a microSD card slot, which is more than welcome, as the limited storage was one of the more common complaints we've heard about its predecessor.
HTC One mini 2 joins the original One mini in our office
The One mini 2 grew in size as well as features. The original HTC One mini was already taller than most other 4.3" phones, and the new one is even taller. The width of the two though is almost the same.
The in-hand feel is as premium as ever, but flip to the next page for our thoughts on the second generation One mini hardware.


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With your help, we've raised $5,170 for Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary! Thank you for your ongoing support. I have 5 CD's of Sounds of Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary including tracks such as "Morning Howl", "Geronimo's Chorus," "Cheyenne Whimpers," and more. We're offering a CD to the first 5 people who donate $50. If you are among the first 5 donors, I will contact you to let you know you've won and to thank you for your generous donation.
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Follow these three steps to build airline customer loyalty
04 April 2017
Rhoderick van der Wyck
Blogs by author: Rhoderick van der Wyck, Global Industry Practice Lead — Travel, Transport and Logistics, BT.
Passengers become more loyal to your airline when you make it easy for them to get in touch with you. So here's how to keep the conversation going.
Customers crave convenience.
Eight out of ten people buy more from companies that make it easier to do business with them — so you have to make your airline the most convenient choice. And an excellent place to start is in your contact centre.
Your contact centre is a vital part of delivering an outstanding passenger experience — and its importance continues to grow as personal contact becomes key.
Rather than seeing your contact centre as a 'cost centre' — see it as a customer loyalty and ancillary revenue source.
Contacting your airline must be simple.
With the ability to book flights and check in digitally, your customers might not see a single representative of your airline until they board a plane.
So your contact centre plays a crucial role in keeping passengers happy and making sure they receive an exceptional customer experience which exceeds their expectations when they have queries about their travel.
That's why you must make sure that, when a customer makes contact, you consider it a unique opportunity to engage them. Failing to do so could easily see the customer move to a rival airline instead, where they will have a better experience.
Create the contact centre of the future.
Now, I know it's a tough task answering every call first time — especially with the huge call volumes you face. But here are three steps you can take to improve your passenger experience and inspire customer loyalty through your contact centre.
1. Keep your phone numbers simple.
As a global organisation with offices in various companies, it can be easy for your list of phone numbers to get out of hand. But, by giving customers simple phone numbers to call — regardless of where they are in the world — you make it easier for passengers to pick up the phone and get in touch with you in the first place.
2. Create a single virtual contact centre in the cloud.
When customers call different, independent contact centres, there's a good chance they'll have to start from scratch each time. By bringing your agents around the world together in one virtual contact centre, you deliver a much more consistent 'single-touch' experience — one that's quick and convenient for customers.
3. Make the most of self-service technology.
It becomes easier to answer every call when you reduce the number coming into your contact centre. And you can do this by offering customers the ability to use self-serve options to get the answers to simple queries.
Discover the tools your agents need.
If you follow these three steps and use them to improve your contact centre operations, your customers will soon notice how seamless and easy it is to contact you.
This will then encourage them to stay in touch, allowing you to build a stronger connection with each passenger and gain their loyalty. Personal contact also has the benefit of creating opportunities to increase your ancillary revenues.
It might not seem flashy, but simply giving your customers an easy way to contact your airline could be the key to your success in an increasingly competitive marketplace.
Discover the secrets to personalising your passenger experience through your contact centre — download our new online tool and reveal the technology you need to thrive in the aviation industry.


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[1]According to Fronstretch [2], Paul Menard has agreed in principle to drive a fourth Richard Childress Racing Chevy in 2011 [3]. His Menards sponsorship would move to RCR with him, as it is his father's company. A crew number and crew chief are expected to be announced at a later date.
Nothing has been confirmed at this point.
Menard's contract with Richard Petty Motorsports ends at the end of this season, but it has been reported that the team was working to bring him back.
Menard is in the midst of the best statistical season of his career. He has an average finish of 19.3 so far this season. Previously, his career best average finish was 23.1. He also has one top 5 and three top 10s this season. Before this season, he had never earned more than one top 5 or 10 in a season.
So, while many question whether or not Menard has the talent to drive in the Sprint Cup without his father's sponsorship, he is improving. Whether or not he will continue his improvement at Richard Childress Racing remains to be seen.
Update: Richard Childress Racing announced that it has signed Menards to sponsor a fourth RCR Sprint Cup entry during the 2011 season with driver Paul Menard.
Team owner Richard Childress said:
Paul has developed into a very good race car driver, and we see his move to RCR next year as an opportunity for him to continue that progress. At the same time, we feel Paul will contribute to the continued progress and success of RCR. Paul will fit in perfectly with our team of drivers at RCR, and they are all looking forward to working with him. We're also very proud to be aligned with Menards, one of the great family business success stories in American history.


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N.W.T. RCMP have laid a total of 32 charges against nine suspects involved in the Yellowknife "drug den" raids Friday morning.
The suspects range in age from 18 to 50, One of the nine is from Yellowknife. Five are from British Columbia, two are from Alberta, and one is from Ontario.
The charges include drug possession, drug trafficking, possession of stolen property, proceeds of crime and firearms-related offences.
Police say a significant amount of marijuana, crack cocaine and other drugs was seized in the raids, as well as cash, firearms and drug paraphernalia.
Police say a final inventory of the marijuana, crack cocaine, firearms, cash and drug paraphernalia is still being undertaken.


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Ladies + Fandom: Tessa Gratton
I am so excited to be getting back on the Ladies + Fandom horse, and this week's interview is SUPER RAD: yes hello, I'm chatting with the inimitable Tessa Gratton.
Tessa Gratton has wanted to be a paleontologist or a wizard since she was seven. Alas, she turned out too impatient to hunt dinosaurs, but is still searching for a someone to teach her magic. After traveling the world with her military family, she acquired a BA (and the important parts of an MA) in Gender Studies, then settled down in Kansas to tell stories about monsters, magic, and teenagers. She's the author of the Blood Journals Series and The United States of Asgard Series as well as more than a dozen short stories. Visit her at tessagratton.com, @tessagratton, tessagratton.tumblr.com.
Who/what are you fannish about? Why do you love it/them so much? Is there anything you don't love about it/them?
I consider myself a fan of many things, mostly TV shows (Leverage, X-Files, recently Sense8, !!!!!HANNIBAL!!!!!!!!!) and some movies (The Winter Soldier, Pacific Rim, Mad Max: Fury Road) but the thing I really REALLY get hard core about is… Chris Evans/Steve Rogers.
It's difficult to put my FEEEEEEELS into words beyond melting and sighs and exclamations of perfection. I came to Evans via Tumblr, by which I mean: I knew who he was and had seen him in several movies I liked (The First Avenger and Sunshine, for example), but it wasn't until I became active on Tumblr about 3 years ago that my eyes were opened to the magic of fandom + gifsets + visual fanfiction. I'd only ever read some Harry Potter fanfiction (HARRY/DRACO 4EVER) and random stuff friends would send me, so it was like this perfect storm after The Avengers came out. I was primed for STONY* and then STUCKY* au gifsets a year later.
*Steve/Tony and *Steve/Bucky respectively. But the truth is I enjoy Steve/Anybody. (Steve/Sam and Steve/Peggy and Steve/Maria… I mean, it goes on.)
Part of what I love is the sheer beauty of this incredible golden retriever's person. I just love to look at him and admire the perfect combination of genetics and hard work and movie magic that make him appear the way he appears. On a less superficial level, I love the character Steve Rogers because he speaks to me and what I need from my country and from movies about my country (until the most recent movie at least. *side-eye to Age of Ultron*). He is LIKE me, which is probably arrogant to say, but I see a lot of myself in the character. As for Evans himself, he's a safe, emotional, bro-boyfriend who can't hurt me and I never actually have to talk to.
What don't I love? I don't love that I'm not in control of Steve Rogers. 😉
But seriously, Steve Rogers is a character in a franchise that does NOT always interpret him how I VERY FIRMLY BELIEVE he should be. And Chris Evans is a human being who I don't actually know. I know his online persona, the face he shows to the world, and let's be honest: it's amazing. Every once in a while he says something problematic, but so far (SO FAR) he's recognized his mistakes and apologized in what seems like a genuine way. I don't read fanfiction about Evans himself, by the way. As a public figure through my published writing, I need to keep the real person/fandom line a little more strictly than I think most people might. The Chris Evans I adore is not the real one, it's the Chris Evans cobbled together by the media.
What's your favorite part of being a fan? What's your least favorite part?
I love that fandom has it's own language that covers so many FEEEEEEELS. There are shortcuts and new phrases and re-appropriated grammar for expressing the joyous, painful, ecstatic experience of being a superfan or shipper of something. If I write ;___; for example, everybody in fandom knows I'm not just making a cry face, I'm making a specific sort of happy-to-be-crying-bc-the-feels-are-so-intense sort of cry face. And ;___________; is just more intense than ;____;.
My least favorite thing about fandom is its tendency to suddenly begin policing the feelings and opinions of others. Critique and discussions of problematic aspects of the things we love are not only important, they're necessary, but there's a difference between critical discussion and hateful policing of other fans (and creators).
Have you ever written fic or made fanart (of this thing or of other things)? Would you? Would it wig you out if someone wrote fic or made fanart of your work, would you think it was awesome, or somewhere in between?
I have not! I would be terrible at it because I'm terrible at playing in somebody else's sandbox. Once I was hired to write a short story in an already existing world of a role-playing game and I hated every moment of it despite LOVING the game and loving my eventual product. I felt hemmed in on all sides with rules and worldbuilding another person invented. I need the freedom to make up anything I want or recreate rules or basically do whatever the hell I want. I know some fanfiction writers DO all of those things (especially in AUs) but it's not the kind of fic I love to read.
I love fanwork of my books. It's rare, but always delights me because I know for somebody to take that time they must have been touched by my work right in their feels. The first time I saw fanart of Signy from The Strange Maid I lost it. That book mattered to my heart and knowing it hit somebody else similarly was incredibly important and rewarding.
What has your experience been as a lady in fandom? Do you feel like fandom is a gendered space? Have there ever been times you felt unwelcome?
Fandom is definitely gendered space and anybody who says differently is either not paying attention or is selling something. Fandom is considered by our culture to be a woman's space, so no matter what gender you are within it, you're engaging with space that is marked feminine and all the trappings that come with women's space, both positive and especially negative.
There are places I've felt unwelcome – but mostly those places aren't MEANT for me. I'm a creator, and I'm a bisexual white woman in America. There are spaces where I'm NOT welcome for very good reasons.
I also don't engage with fandom in a very deep way: I don't write fanfic or make fanedits, I only enjoy and share them. I opine about my favorite shows and movies and books and characters, but I do that in all spaces, not just fandom spaces. My rather shallow participation shelters me from a lot of the sexism and downsides to being a fan.
What has being a fan taught you?
It's really driven home the potential for passionate reactions to anything. I try to never underestimate fandom or reader reactions anymore.
How do you think being a fan (of this thing or of other things) interacts with or influences your writing?
Consuming media – stories in TV or movie or book form – is necessary to being a storyteller, in that it refills my well by reminding me what kind of stories I love, what I need from characters, what I want from books and TV and movies and what I don't. Participating in criticism helps me tease out themes in my own work and learning to recognize problematic material in the media (and fandoms) I love helps me recognize my own prejudices and privileges.
Of course, all of that can be separated from fandom, and fandom doesn't have to include the above points of view. I like to think I'm a better fan when I'm in analysis mode, when I'm trying to find over-arching cultural themes and dominant discourses. Those things in turn make me a better artist.
Anything else you want to add?
I keep my tumblr (tessagratton.tumblr.com) pretty focused on my specific tumbler aesthetic of poetry, art, magic, death, war, and politics, but every Friday I post a collection called "Fandom Friday" with all the great fandom stuff I've seen that week.
Here are my favorite fanfics right now:
Harry/Draco: "Transfigurations" http://archiveofourown.org/works/59676
Stucky: "Out of the Dead Land" http://archiveofourown.org/works/1871955/chapters/4031307
And "This, You Protect" http://archiveofourown.org/works/1752638/chapters/3745571
Stony: "The (Not Really) Secret Origins of Movie Night" http://archiveofourown.org/works/662044