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Addressing cyberattack threats, breach points, policies, company readiness, and recovery.
When we asked businesses about cybersecurity threats, breach points, policies, company readiness, and recovery, we were surprised at the responses that we received. The most frightening response of all was the following:
"We have no formal process for assessing readiness to deal with a cyber attack of any sort."
Hindsight is always 20/20 – how many times has something happened that you could have and should have prevented? There are five questions every company should ask themselves, at least twice a year:
- What are our current cybersecurity threats?
- What are common breach points within our company?
- What are our current cybersecurity policies?
- What is our company's readiness for a cyber attack?
- What are our recovery policies in response to a cyber attack?
Cybersecurity Threats
It's easy to sit back and think that threats and attacks only happen to other people and other businesses, but not to ourselves. Living in a state of paranoia can be beneficial to the security of your company. Former Intel CEO, Andrew Grove, once stated that "Only the paranoid survive". Knowing all you can about current and possible future attacks helps you to understand why and how you need to be prepared.
With 2 million new malware attacks launching every day, we need to be constantly alert. Recent examples of extremely dangerous cyber threats are the Meltdown and Spectre bugs, which allow potential attackers to access to private data. Forbes magazine reports that the five cyber threats to look out for in 2018 are ransomware attacks, crypto jacking, education and healthcare cybercriminals, and malware attacks.
Cyberattack Sources Of Breaches
Cyber attacks could threaten your business through a few different sources. For example, employee mobile devices make up for 51% of all cybersecurity breaches, which is extremely troubling, given that there are nearly as many employee cell phones as there are employees themselves. Another possible source of a breach is Internet of Things devices. Together they make up 87% of all the cybersecurity breaches.
Cybersecurity Policies
Cybersecurity policies should be in place to ensure that the company as a whole is all in agreement on what the threats are, how to avoid them, and how to respond to one. Employees should be trained to know how to report a possible cyber attack, as well as how to prevent one.
For example, employees should be taught to always look for e-mails that are suspicious, such as those that include simple grammar mistakes or excessive punctuation. Employees should have policies in place such as how to flag or report a suspicious e-mail. Additionally, employees should all be trained on the importance of avoiding opening or clicking on suspicious e-mails or links. Spectre and Meltdown use these emails as vehicles to reach your prized data. If you limit their transportation, you'll better protect your data.
Cyber Security Attack Readiness
To check your business for its readiness to handle a cyber attack you should see which of the four main categories your company falls into. Is your organization's readiness passive, reactive, proactive, or progressive? Passive means that your business is not prepared for a cyber attack – you just hope that it won't happen. Reactive means that while you aren't ready to protect against a cyber attack, your business is prepared to react to one. Thirdly, your business is proactive if you are prepared to respond, while also seeking to avoid future attacks. Lastly, your company is progressive if it has deep cyber attack prevention, protection, and reactive capabilities in place.
Recovery From Cyberattacks
Once a cyber attack has occurred, you need to have a policy in place to immediately begin recovery. Cyber attacks have four main effects. In the aftermath, most businesses will see a reduction in their operational abilities, downtime, reputation, and revenue. After a cyber attack, 39% of companies reported a decrease in operational capability as their leading complaint. Downtime came in second with 37% of businesses reporting it as the primary effect on their company. Effects on the operation, and downtime, ultimately result in lost profits. It's reported that 44% of companies estimate that they could lose over $10,000 within just one hour of downtime.
To protect your business, you need to look at the problem from all sides. Ensure that you and your staff are well trained, and remain vigilant against any cyber attack that could affect your company. Have policies in place, to ensure that staff is proactively working to protect the business' data, staff, and clients. Should a cyber attack occur, your business should be ready to not only combat it but also recover from it?
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State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company is the largest provider of auto insurance in the U.S., the leading US personal property/casualty insurance company (by premiums), and the leading home insurer. It also offers nonmedical health and life insurance through its subsidiary companies. Founded in 1922 by G.J. Mecherle in Bloomington, IL State Farm now has 17,000 agents in the U.S. and Canada.[1] It also has a federal savings bank charter (State Farm Bank) that offers consumer and business loans through its agents and by phone, mail, and the Internet.[2] Top competitors are Progressive Corporation, Allstate, and GEICO.
The Illinois-based State Farm had a net income in 2010 of $1.8 billion, up from $777 million in 2009. Its CEO, Ed Rust, was paid $10.2 million in the same year.[3]
Ties to Pete Peterson's "Fix the Debt"
The Campaign to Fix the Debt is the latest incarnation of a decades-long effort by former Nixon man turned Wall Street billionaire Pete Peterson to slash earned benefit programs such as Social Security and Medicare under the guise of fixing the nation's "debt problem." State Farm is part of the Campaign to Fix the Debt as of February 2013.
This article is part of the Center for Media and Democracy's investigation of Pete Peterson's Campaign to "Fix the Debt." Please visit our main SourceWatch page on Fix the Debt.
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The Campaign to Fix the Debt is the latest incarnation of a decades-long effort by former Nixon man turned Wall Street billionaire Pete Peterson to slash earned benefit programs such as Social Security and Medicare under the guise of fixing the nation's "debt problem." Through a special report and new interactive wiki resource, the Center for Media and Democracy -- in partnership with the Nation magazine -- exposes the funding, the leaders, the partner groups, and the phony state "chapters" of this astroturf supergroup. Learn more at PetersonPyramid.org and in the Nation magazine.
Ties to the American Legislative Exchange Council
State Farm is a member of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a recipient of ALEC's 2011 Private Sector Member of the Year Award, and a "Chairman" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference, which in 2010, equated to $50,000.[4]
A list of ALEC corporations can be found here.
About ALEC |
ALEC is a corporate bill mill. It is not just a lobby or a front group; it is much more powerful than that. Through ALEC, corporations hand state legislators their wishlists to benefit their bottom line. Corporations fund almost all of ALEC's operations. They pay for a seat on ALEC task forces where corporate lobbyists and special interest reps vote with elected officials to approve "model" bills. Learn more at the Center for Media and Democracy's ALECexposed.org, and check out breaking news on our ExposedbyCMD.org site.
Roland Spies, General Counsel at State Farm, represents the company on the corporate ("Private Enterprise") board of ALEC as of 2011. [5] Emory Wilkerson, Lead Counsel and Managing Attorney at State Farm, represents the company as the corporate co-chair of ALEC's Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force as of 2012.[6]
Ad boycott against Air America Radio
State Farm refused to advertise on the progressive Air America Radio. In October 2006, around 90 companies, including State Farm, told ABC Radio Networks that they did not want their ads to play on radio stations that carried Air America Radio. [7] [8] [9]
Hurricane Katrina
Open Secrets wrote in September 2008: "in the three years after Hurricane Katrina, which was the insurance industry's single largest insured loss ever, according to the New York Times, insurance companies have had to defend themselves both in court and on Capitol Hill. Congress ordered an investigation into whether major companies, including State Farm and Nationwide, shirked financial responsibility by declaring that flooding, rather than wind, caused the damage to many homes (many private insurance policies don't cover flood damage, unbeknownst to their policyholders)." [10]
Senator Trent Lott sued State Farm over Katrina damage
Former U.S. Senator Trent Lott (R-Mississippi), the number two Republican in the Senate, sued State Farm and has since settled with the company over the loss of his house to Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Lott continued his fight with the insurance industry in the Senate. He calls the industry "mean-spirited" and "arrogant" and criticizes the executive pay and profits within the industry.[11]
Key executives (2011) [12]
- Edward B. Rust, Jr., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
- Michael Davidson, Vice Chairman and Chief Agency and Marketing Officer
- James Rutrough, Vice Chairman and Chief Administrative Officer
Board of Directors (2011): [13]
- Dan E. Arvizu – Director, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- Gerald M. Czarnecki's – Senior Managing Director and Executive Producer, Ventureland Productions, LLC
- Christopher C. DeMuth's – Distinguished Fellow, Hudson Institute
- W. Steven Jones – Professor of Organizational Behavior and Strategy, University of North Carolina
- W. H. Knight Jr. – Professor of Law, Seattle University School of Law
- Judith A. Muhlberg – Consultant on Strategic Communications, Gagen MacDonald LLC
- Susan M. Phillips – Former Dean and Professor of Finance, School of Business, George Washington University
- Edward B. Rust Jr. – Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
- Paul T. Stecko – Executive Chairman, Packaging Corporation of America
- Pamela B. Strobel – Former Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer, Exelon Corporation
- Michael L. Tipsord – Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
- John D. Zeglis – Former Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, AT&T Wireless
Political Contributions and Lobbying
State Farm spent $3.62 million on lobbying activities in 2010. [14] A list of its lobbyists and lobbying firms can be found HERE. The list of bills State Farm lobbied on can be found HERE.
Open Secrets latest information about State Farm is from 2008. That year, State Farm gave a combined total of $4.1 million in federal and state political contributions.
Since 2000, CEO Edward Rust has given over $50,000 to political campaigns.[15]
Contact details
1 State Farm Plaza
Bloomington, IL 61710
Phone: 309-766-2311
Fax: 309-766-3621
Web: http://www.statefarm.com
Resources and articles
Related SourceWatch articles
Featured SourceWatch Articles on Fix the Debt
- Fix the Debt Portal Page
- Fix the Debt's Leadership
- Fix the Debt's Partner Groups
- Fix the Debt's State Chapters
- Fix the Debt's Lobbyists
- Fix the Debt's Parent Group
- Fix the Debt's Corporations
- Pete Peterson
- Peter G. Peterson Foundation
- America Speaks
- Simpson-Bowles Commission
- Erskine Bowles
- Alan Simpson
- Social Security
- Medicare
- Medicaid
External articles
- Anita Lee, "State Farm refusing appraisal, despite its own policy language", Mississippi Sun-Herald/CorpWatch, May 23, 2006.
- Drew Griffin and Kathleen Johnston, "Auto insurers play hardball in minor-crash claims", CNN, February 9, 2007.
- JOSEPH B. TREASTER, State Farm Settles Katrina Claims in Mississippi, NY Times, Jan 23, 2007, accessed July 10, 2011. </ref>
- Ryan Denham, How State Farm fought through the second storm, Pantagraph, Aug 22, 2010. </ref>
- ↑ State Farm, "Being There. The Legacy of State Farm", accessed February 8, 2013.
- ↑ State Farm Profile, Hoovers, accessed July 10, 2011.
- ↑ State Farm Profit Doubles to $1.8 Billion on Underwriting,"Bloomberg Businessweek. May 17, 2011"
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, 2011 Conference Sponsors, conference brochure on file with CMD, August 11, 2011
- ↑ Private Enterprise Board, ALEC website, accessed July 8, 2011.
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Commerce, Insurance, and Economic Development Task Force, organizational website, accessed April 2012
- ↑ Marc Fisher, "Air America, in the Throes of Victory?", The Washington Post, December 10, 2006.
- ↑ "Air America on Ad Blacklist?", FAIR, October 31, 2006.
- ↑ "Air America Blackout", FAIR.org/ABC memo, October 25, 2006.
- ↑ Lindsay Renick Mayer, "Like a Good Neighbor", Open Secrets, Sept 2, 2008.
- ↑ Brian Faler, "Lott, 'Scorned' After Katrina, Targets State Farm, Allstate ", Bloomberg.com, May 20, 2007.
- ↑ Key people, Hoovers, accessed July 2011.
- ↑ Board of Directors, State Farm website, accessed July 10, 2011.
- ↑ Center for Responsive Politics, State Farm 2010 lobbying, Open Secrets, accessed July 10, 2011.
- ↑ Edward Rust Contributions,"Illinois State Campaign Look-Up"


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Breakfast with a view. |
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different! The girls we had seen earlier were now playing instruments and played a song to open the store. Someone really needs to talk to Target corporate about this, I can really see it catching on in the states.
We bought some ramen for the girls to have for lunch and Margaret was very impressed that there is an entire aisle of the grocery store dedicated to just ramen. Ella is barely tolerating our shenanigans at
this point, haha! Welcome to the family my dear!
We went back to the hotel, had some lunch and then we took the girls swimming. Getting through the fitness center and into the pool is not easy here, it involved signing in, buying swim caps, going into the dressing room and walking through a shallow pool of water to clean our feet before entering the pool, but we got 'r done. Stay tuned for pictures of me looking hot in a swim cap. Sorry boys, this old lady is taken.
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Ella is not sure she wants to get in. |
Barely tolerating this. |
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This trip to the pool was all part of my evil plan to get her to trust me, and I think it worked!!
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Sell Gold, Silver & Diamonds in NYC and NJ | High Rated Jewelry Buyers
You own something valuable, and you'd sell it if you can get a fair payout. But do you take it to a refinery? Your friend's Rolex re-seller? Or the corner jewelry buyers with the "we buy gold" sign in the window. At Global Gold & Silver, we're a one-stop shop - not just to sell gold in NYC and NJ, but for all your intrinsic valuables. Whether it's gold coins, your mother's Cartier love bracelet, a pricey watch, or if your selling a diamond engagement ring, we evaluate it for its highest worth, then make you an offer you can't refuse. Selling gold in NYC, Selling Gold in Brooklyn and even New Jersey has truly never been easier.
We don't just negotiate transactions. We build relationships. That's why our dealings are invariably fair, honest, and pleasant. So long as it's real, we buy every piece— no matter what. Our most fervent wish is that you enjoy the experience, speak highly of us…and come back. This is exactly how we built our reputation over the years that we have been in business. If you refer to some of the highly accredited business directories that the internet has to offer, you're going to see review after review about the great service that we offer our customers every day, and how we are the place to sell gold in NYC and NJ.
We take pride in making our customers happy by showing them the experience they deserve, which is why we built our operation in contrary to the way people imagine a Cash for Gold establishment to be. Our locations provide a professional atmosphere, and is staffed with Certified G.I.A Graduate Gemologists. You can rest assured that your gold, silver, diamonds and/or jewelry is going to be evaluated by a true professional in the field, which ensures a fair payout!
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After winning five Eisner Awards and topping year-end "best of lists," the comic book of 2019 was Mister Miracle. The comic book of 2020 will be Strange Adventures.
The Mister Miracle team of writer Tom King and artist Mitch Gerads are joined by fan-favorite artist Evan "Doc" Shaner to bring you an epic tale in the tradition of Watchmen, The Dark Knight Returns, and DC: The New Frontier-a story of blood, war, and love that readers will be talking about for years to come.
Adam Strange is the hero of Rann, a man famous throughout the galaxy for his bravery and honor. After leading his adopted home to victory in a great planetary war, Adam and his wife Alanna retire to Earth, where they are greeted by cheers, awards, and parades. But not all is as happy and nice as it seems, as the decisions Adam made during battles on Rann come back to haunt his family and threaten the entire DC Universe. And now a surprise DC hero will have to choose between saving Adam Strange and saving the world.
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Some astronomers say there are about twice as many rogue planets as there are stars in our Galaxy; others think there are up to 100,000 times more!
A rogue planet has been spotted wandering alone through space with no parent star in sight! The little orphan is thought to have formed in the same way as normal planets: from the leftover material around a young star. But for some reason this planet got kicked out of its home.
Planets don't shine with their own light. If you've ever seen Venus, Mars or Jupiter in the night sky, you're actually seeing light from the Sun (the star closest to Earth) reflecting off them. Since rogue planets aren't close to any stars, they don't reflect any starlight making them very difficult to spot. Astronomers actually think these wandering worlds might be more common than stars in our Galaxy, but we just have a hard time spotting them!
It's always tricky trying to calculate the size of objects so far away in space. Try looking at a boat on the horizon and try to guess how far it is and how big it is! It's even harder when the object is very dark and floating through space.
Astronomers admit that they might have misjudged the size of this little rogue — it might not even be a planet at all, but a Brown Dwarf! These are star-like objects that are much bigger than planets — up to about 80 times bigger than Jupiter — but too small to be stars. They don't burn fuel at their cores, like stars do, so they are too cold to shine brightly.
Whether this rogue world is a planet or not, you wouldn't want to live there. Floating out in the endless night of space must make this a dark and desperately lonely place to be!
Some astronomers say there are about twice as many rogue planets as there are stars in our Galaxy; others think there are up to 100,000 times more!


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LOA73.52 m
Beam12.0 m
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InteriorNewcruise Design
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SuperstructureSteel / GRP
Max. speed17 knots
Cruising speed15 knots
Gross tonnage1,585
Year: 2008
LOA: 73.52 m
Beam: 12.0 m
Draft: 3.65 m
Interior: Newcruise Design
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Hull: Steel
Superstructure: Steel / GRP
Max. speed: 17 knots
Cruising speed: 15 knots
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"While watching the boat slowly taking shape in Rendsburg, we suddenly became aware of how seductive and mysterious she seemed. We just knew then that we had to call her SIREN and we are absolutely delighted with the result."The Owner
In Greek mythology SIRENs lured sailors with their song…the multi-award-winning SIREN yacht entices with her clean lines and technical finesse.
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Dog Portraits are a great gift for dog lovers. Life would not be the same without dogs. We have two wild boxers here at the Treehouse and we are obsessed with them.
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You will receive a 8x8 hand painted portrait of your pup on gallery wrapped canvas. Depending on which option you choose, it will arrive framed or unframed and ready to hang. Our frames are hand made here at the Treehouse using poplar wood and offer many finishing options (white, black, espresso, walnut and mahogany)
My current turn around time from placement of order to shipment is 4-6 weeks. All reference photos can be emailed to me at firstname.lastname@example.com Photos are important- Please be sure to send clear images of your dog's face including the eyes. They are my most favorite part to paint and can really show a lot of expression and personality.
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Outdoor and indoor décor are equally important. Both create impression and beauty in the eyes of those who visit a house. Among the various things which enhance the external features, the outdoor shutters top the list. They are a source of charm, simplicity and safety from the house dwellers. The outdoor shutters are a great source of ventilation, sophistication and privacy.
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To install and fix the shutters, suitable accessories are supplied. These equipments are to make the work hassle-free and easy. The accessories include screws, hinges and hooks. These are to add more beauty and class to the whole home decor and to create an aesthetically appealing look.
.Siding, mounting and framing is carried out in an organized manner by the professionals. Whilst being attractive, these equipments are also very economical.
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North America's Biggest Dinosaur
It is difficult to estimate body sizes from only fragmentary remains, but overlapping skeletal material indicates similar maximum sizes for the biggest dinosaurs. Courtesy of Denver Fowler |
New research from Montana State University's Museum of the Rockies and the State Museum of Pennsylvania has unveiled enormous bones from North America's biggest dinosaur.
In a paper published in Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, MSU researcher Denver W. Fowler and coauthor Robert M. Sullivan from Harrisburg, PA, describe two gigantic vertebrae and a femur that the team collected in New Mexico from 2003 to 2006. Carrying the vertebrae alone took most of a day and was a "killer" because the paleontologists carried them 1.2 miles through 100-degree heat, Fowler said.
The bones belong to the sauropod dinosaur Alamosaurus sanjuanensis: a long-necked plant eater related to Diplodocus. The Alamosaurus roamed what is now the southwestern United States and Mexico about 69 million years ago.
"Alamosaurus has been known for some time; its remains were first described in 1922 from the Naashoibito beds of New Mexico. Since then, more bones have been discovered in New Mexico, Utah, some really nice material from Texas, and Mexico, including a few partial skeletons," Fowler said.
The sheer size of the new bones caught the researchers by surprise, however.
"We used to think that a fully grown Alamosaurus measured around 60 feet long and weighed about 30 tons; but a 2009 study by another MSU researcher, Dr. Holly Woodward, found that a femur thought to belong to an adult was still growing," Fowler said. "This told us that Alamosaurus got even bigger, but we didn't imagine that it could get quite this big."
How big? The enormity of the new bones puts Alamosaurus in the same size league as other giant sauropods from South America, including Argentinosaurus which weighed about 70 tons, and is widely considered to be the biggest dinosaur of all.
"Over the past 20 years, Argentinean and Brazilian paleontologists have been unearthing bigger and bigger dinosaurs, putting the rest of the world in the shade," Fowler said. "However, our new finds not only show that Alamosaurus is newly recognized as the biggest dinosaur from North America, but also that it was right up there with the biggest South American species: the US is back in the fight for the number 1 spot."
Although comparison of the new Alamosaurus bones with the South American species gave the researchers an idea of size, giant specimens of sauropods like Alamosaurus and Argentinosaurus are only known from very fragmentary remains offering only a tantalizing glimpse of what a complete Alamosaurus might look like, Fowler said.
"We'd love to find more complete material," Fowler continued. "Fortunately, Alamosaurus bones are quite common in the Naashoibito of New Mexico, so we have a good chance of going back and finding more, but in order to dig up one of the world's biggest dinosaurs you need one of the world's biggest dinosaur digging teams and large digging equipment."
The Pennsylvania State Museum field crew is typically just two or three people, so there are limits on how many bones can be collected in one season, Fowler said. Even so, many new and important specimens have been recovered over the past 10 to 15 years, including new species, and other members of the fauna including the iconic carnivore Tyrannosaurus.
"We found a shed Tyrannosaurus tooth with another Alamosaurus neck bone that we were excavating," Fowler said. "The Tyrannosaurus may have lost its tooth while feeding on an Alamosaurus carcass."
The Alamosaurus discovery goes beyond just "size" bragging-rights, and may have important implications for other dinosaurs, Fowler said. Recent discoveries by paleontologist Jack Horner's paleo lab at the Museum of the Rockies have emphasized the importance of understanding growth and ontogeny in interpreting dinosaur evolution.
"Increasingly, we're finding that very large or small individuals often look very different, and are often described as different species," Fowler said. "Our findings show that Alamosaurus was originally described based on immature material, and this is a problem as characteristics that define a species are typically only fully gained at adult size. This means that we might be misinterpreting the relationships of Alamosaurus and possibly other sauropod dinosaurs too."


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WIU School Counseling Alum Named GLSEN Educator of the Year
May 14, 2013
MACOMB, IL — An alumnus of Western Illinois University has been named the GLSEN (the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network) 2013 Educator of the Year. Matthew Beck, who graduated in 2008 with his M.S. Ed. in school counseling from WIU-QC, was recognized with the annual award by the organization last week. Beck is in his sixth year as a professional school counselor at Erie Elementary School in Erie (IL).
According to May 7 GLSEN press release, the organization's Educator of the Year honor "recognizes an exceptional education professional who has enriched his or her community by ensuring that all students, particularly lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students, are safe from bullying and harassment. The award honors an educator who works not only to ensure safety, but impacts measurable change that is visible within that person's school district and community."
The GLSEN release stated that, last year, the Erie Community Unit School District school board banned GLSEN materials and elementary school resources that teach respect for all families and address anti-LGBT name-calling. According to GLSEN, the district banned such programs as "No Name-Calling Week," which is endorsed by more than 50 national education and youth organizations. The district also banned "Ready, Set Respect!," an elementary school toolkit created in partnership with the National Association of Elementary School Principals and the National Association for the Education of Young Children.
In response to the ban, Beck worked to produce a reading night activity to address the inability to use these materials in the school.
"After GLSEN and resources that depicted same sex families, non-traditional family structures and LGBT were not allowed to be used at Erie Elementary School, parent advocates kept asking me as the professional school counselor for ways for their children to hear these messages. Along with parent and colleague support, retired area teachers read age-appropriate inclusive books and GLSEN materials and led our evening in healthy and respectful conversations. Many parents, community members and children attended the educational reading night. Author Todd Parr sent a personal Skype to Erie children reading his favorite story, 'The Family Book,'" Beck explained.
According to Beck, before the ban, the Erie Elementary School has benefited immensely from GLSEN programs. He noted that GLSEN's "Ready, Set, Respect!" tool-kit helped the elementary school tackle biased language and name-calling concerns in early 2012 and helped build more culturally responsive classrooms by recognizing and fostering the diversity of all students, staff and families.
Beck, who describes his philosophy as one that encompasses "respect for all," is a presenter in the educational community and helps schools address LGBT and multicultural issues. Since earning his M.S. Ed. in school counseling, he has presented in several educational courses that address creating safe and affirming school climates at Western. Since 2010, Beck has worked with graduate level students in group-counseling settings and served as a substitute instructor for faculty in the WIU Department of Counselor Education.
"I learned about the school counseling program available at Western from Dr. Holly Nikels, and as a student there, the faculty taught me to epitomize the strength that you do not give up and retreat when setbacks arise, especially when it goes against what is ethical. My philosophy has been fostered by my professional training, mentorship and advocacy that I learned at Western," he said. "Professional school counselors serve as agents of change in schools by creating comprehensive and developmental programs that teach children it is okay to be different, that families come in all shapes and sizes and that respect for others is the common goal we can all share and strive for. The professional mentorship provided to me by Dr. Nikels prepared me to design school counseling programs in which every child can learn to their fullest potential."
According to Nikels, Beck's commitment to his students and his profession are apparent in all he does.
"On behalf of WIU's counselor education department, I want to congratulate Matt on this well-deserved honor. He consistently uses what is best for children as his compass in developing and implementing prevention programming and interventions for his students. Matt is a respected counseling professional, an honorable WIU alumnus and a cherished colleague. We are proud to have been a part of his journey," Nikels said.
Beck added that Erie's motto—which is "Where Children Come First"—has served as his motivation and kept him focused and grounded in creating welcoming classrooms for all over the last year.
"Erie educators have partnered with me in advocating for positive, respectful and inclusive programs," Beck said. "For my students, I just want them to remember to keep celebrating who they are."
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In California, severe drought has imperiled millions of juvenile salmon who now face waterways too dry to let them make their usual migration to the Pacific Ocean. So state and federal officials are giving millions of salmon a lift — in tanker trucks.
Over the next two-and-a-half months, some 30 million Chinook salmon will be trucked from five hatcheries in the state's Central Valley to waters where they can make their way to the ocean.
The trucking experiment formally kicked off Tuesday, when some 400,000 smolt — juvenile salmon about 3 to 4 inches long — hitched a ride on climate-controlled tankers from the Coleman National hatchery near Red Bluff to the Sacramento River, in the delta town of Rio Vista. A roughly 100-foot-long pipe then funneled the fish from the truck into a series of floating holding pens in the water.
The salmon usually make the 270-mile trip on their own. But they wouldn't have been able to survive the swim in this drought, says Bob Clarke, fisheries program supervisor for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
"If we don't get any rain, later in the year the river may become too low, too slow and too clear," Clarke says, "so that the fish would face too warm temperatures and too much predation, and would ... all perish."
These are certainly extreme measures, says Stafford Lehr, the chief of fisheries for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, but drought has left officials with little choice.
"We are not necessarily in favor of trucking 100 percent of our fish," he says. "So we would prefer to find other means to release these [salmon], to improve their homing ability to get back to their natal streams."
Officials worry that this hitchhike for the fish will disrupt their ability to "imprint." That refers to the process by which the fish learn the location of their home waters so they can return there from the ocean in three or four years in order to spawn.
But Lehr says that's a risk worth taking. And the trucking operation could be a boon to researchers.
"Twenty-five percent of these fish have a small tag in their nose that identifies the hatchery and the river they belong to and the release strategy," he explains. "So we'll be able to track those fish in four years, or three years. As they come back, we take those tags and we read them."
There's more than a little history here. In 1991 the state trucked salmon to the delta. But the trucks simply dumped the fish near the river banks, where they were easy pickings for predators.
In 2008, poor river conditions and a low supply of food in the ocean caused few salmon to return home for spawning. The result: The commercial salmon fishing industry was virtually shut down for a couple of years.
That's why state and federal officials are taking painstaking steps to make sure every juvenile salmon is flushed properly out of the tanker trucks. The holding pens are operated by staff from a group called the Fishery Foundation of California. Kari Burr, a senior biologist with the group, says the pens allow the fish to get accustomed to the water temperature.
One tell-tale sign that smolts are ready to make the transition to salt water? The fish assume a shiny silver color, she says. "They're looking good and healthy," she says of the current batch of fish.
After the pens are full, a boat slowly tugs them at about the speed of the tide to the middle of the Sacramento River, where the fish will be released.
The salmon are the root stock of an industry estimated at about $1.5 billion in these parts. On the dock, the executive director of the Golden Gate Salmon Association, John McManus, is beaming.
"For us in the sport and commercial salmon fishery industry, it means that we should see much better returns of adults in 2016, when these fish are fully grown," he says. "We'll have something to harvest."
And that means lovers of salmon will find fish on the market.
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"Live, from the WSJ Editorial-lined lobby of the Bob Ney Convention Center here in Washington D.C., conveniently located within easy dog-walking distance of the National Fire Hydrant (formerly known as' The United States Capitol Building'), the World's Most Exclusive Kennel Club presents: The 2007 'Bark, Rollover, and Play Dead' Competition.
"This Canine Sports Spectacular Presentation is brought to you this evening by AIPAC-brand 'Kibitz and Blitz', the official dog food of the Lakud Party and the Unites States Government. Like all AIPAC-brand products, 'Kibitz and Blitz' is made from 100% genuine negotiating table scraps 'too good to waste on Palestinians.' Every 'bunker-busting' bite is chockfull of bellicose goodness, guaranteed to make your saber-rattling, subservient solon sit up on his hind quarters and shamelessly beg for another heaping helping. And 'Kibitz and Blitz' now comes in two pooch-pleasing flavors: Rump Republican Red Meat Chunks (in the shiny crimson can featuring Mitch 'Mad Dog' McConnell gnawing on a half-eaten Persian kitty), and Lukewarm Liberal Lymph Node Pate (look for the grainy, black-and-white surveillance photo of Harry 'Hangdog' Reid furtively squatting in a doggie diaper). But no matter which flavor your Senator prefers, when you feed him 'Kibitz and Blitz', you'll have the satisfaction of knowing he'll never again be tempted to tip over and rummage through your garbage can (unless, of course, his trainers at the NSA order him to sniff-out and retrieve your carelessly discarded cell phone bill). So do yourself a favor, and pick up a corporate contribution-size bag of 'Kibitz and Blitz.' After all, we're not just providing food for Straussian thought here, we're feeding 'AIPAC' of dogs. And now, here's your FOX-news anchor, Frank Mutz."
"Hello, and welcome. I'm pollster Frank Mutz and I'll be bringing you all the leg-humping excitement here at the Bob Ney Convention Center. I'm pleased to be joined tonight by the Democratic Party's chief leash-yanker and butt-sniffer, Rahm Emasculator…"
"Great to be here, Frank. This year's top contenders will be vying for the coveted Triple Crown of Congressional Canines, the prestigious 'Bark, Rollover and Play Dead' triathlon. Many of these constitutionally-challenged curs have been in training for this event since their 'hind tit sucking' days back in the Doghouse of Representatives. I think it's safe to say that quite a few of them are literally chasing their own tails, hoping to make a favorable impression on their owners here tonight. But before the actual competition gets underway, let's get to know some of these Furry Federalist Fleabags, shall we? For that we send you down to everyone's favorite newspuppy, Nora O'Doggerel, who's been panting patiently around on the Soiled Carpet to present us with a special segment she calls 'Up-close and Doggerel.' Nora?"
"Thanks, Rahm. I'm here with two former Congressional dog trainers, Neuter Gingrich and Tom DeSpay. Gentlemen, thanks so much for joining us."
"Thanks for having us, Nora."
"Mr. DeSpay, let's get your thoughts first. What's going to be the key to victory in this competition?"
"Well, Nora, what makes this event so unique is that it requires an extraordinary array of rare talents. Take the barking competition, for example. Any dog can bark, but it takes years of practice for a dog to learn to bark out of both sides of his mouth and still keep from dropping his chew stick. In that regard, Senator Arlen 'Fetch' Specter has a distinct advantage. He's a rare breed — a Wire-haired Water Retriever — and he's been the Republican Party's designated barker on the Senate Judiciary Committee for nearly 200 dog years. His bark is among the best in the business — ferocious, indignant, convincing. And that's precisely what makes it such a great setup for his spontaneous rollover. It's so spontaneous, you don't even see it coming! One minute he's growling away for hours at some Attorney General nominee or other on your TV set, so you get up to grab another bag of chicken bones and when you return, 'presto', his confirmation vote has been recorded and he's down on all fours licking his bowl clean like nothing happened…"
"Tom's definitely got a point there, Nora. Senator Specter's bark-to-rollover time may be the quickest in the history of the sport. The problem is, he's pulled it off so many times, I'm afraid he's starting to lose the element of surprise. That's why I'm gonna have to go with Judiciary Committee Chairman Pat "Trick Dog" Leahy on this one. Whereas Specter's strength is his speed, Senator Leahy relies on a subtle combination of strident sincerity and quiet capitulation. His Herculean pronouncements (like the one threatening to hold up the Mukasey nomination), invariably lead to Lilliputian results. Like most purebred Hibernian Horehounds, his pugnacious growl belies a docile and compliant nature, which makes him the perfect watchdog to guard a booby-trapped room."
"Gentlemen, you've identified two of the alpha males among the contenders. But who do you see as the alpha females in this competition? Neut?"
"Clearly the most formidable challenger is Hillary 'Pharm Dog' Clinton. Being a golden lab retriever (Pfizer Labs, Wyeth Labs, Amgen Labs), Hillary has a leg-up on the competition, so to speak. First of all, her bark is (strictly speaking) not a bark at all, but more akin to the blood-curdling howl of a hyena. Her bite, on the other hand, is quite harmless, especially when deployed against her erstwhile 'enemies' in the ranks of the 'vast right-wing conspiracy.' In fact, she appears to have mastered the difficult art of snargling (snarling and wagging her tail and the same time). But her rollover is truly a thing of beauty. More a slow-motion pirouette than a rollover per se, it occurs over a span of time tending toward the geologic, and is as subtly incremental as the blooming of a corpse flower."
"Neut, pardon the expression, but I'm afraid 'that dog won't hunt.' The 'bitch' to watch here (and I mean that with all due respect) is the Italian Lapdog Nancy 'Nolo Contendere' Pelosi. From 2001 to 2007 she howled, yelped, and barked incessantly about the crimes of the Bush Administration, but now that she finds herself in a position to do something about them, she's become one mute mutt. I mean, her discipline is truly remarkable. Her one and only weakness is that she has a habit of passing directly from 'barking' to 'playing dead' without even a passing glance at a 'rollover.' One suspects she may be frozen in the supine position."
"Which reminds me, gentlemen, you two have been uncharacteristically mute when it comes to making predictions about the 'play dead' phase of the competition."
"Nora, I believe my colleague Neut will readily agree with me that Senator John 'O' Possum' Kerry has a pit bull's mandibular lock on that category. Not to say he is a pit-bull. In fact, I have no idea what he is, and I'm not sure he does either. While many professional breeders who've seen Kerry's papers report him to be a purebred Standard Poodle, others contend he is nothing but a well-coiffed dingo. Rumors abound that Kerry is actually a 'Heinz 57', but I find this notion preposterous. Only sustained inbreeding could have produced a dog so utterly useless for any purpose beyond inducing sleep in himself and others. He is the very nonpareil of 'playing dead'"
"I'll grant you that, Tom, but since his bark is indecipherable and his rollover appears to be as continuous as an electric spit, I question whether his ability to 'play dead' will be sufficient to allow him to catch the competition. Besides, 'dead dogs' are a dime a dozen. The real question is: can he come back to life?"
"That's an excellent question, Mr. Gingrich. What do you think, Tom?"
"I suppose what Neut is referring to here is what we in the 'dog eat dog' political world call 'canine resurrection' (and we're not talking about 'doggie heaven' here). Let me give you three examples of this phenomenon. First, there's the story of Trent 'Cracker Barrel' Lott, a rare White-hooded Bloodhound once named 'Dog of the Year' by the Kaucasian Kennel Klub. Need I say more? And then of course we have the strange case of Senator David 'Bird Dog' Vitter, who is, I believe, a cross between a Ponchartrainian Poontang Pointer and a Bayou Beaver Retriever. (This hybrid, if left to its own devices, prefers to make its home in out-of-the-way cat houses.) 'Nuff said about that, I suppose…"
"Excuse me Nora, but Tom failed to mention the most remarkable story of 'canine resurrection' on record, that being the case of Senator Larry 'Dancing Paws' Craig, the Snake River Canyon Cockapoo. Now the Snake River Canyon Cockapoo isn't considered much of a breeding dog, as it is suffers from a congenital olfactory malformation that renders it unable to detect the smell of canine estrogen. It does, however, make a useful pet in many South Asian countries, where it is more aggressive than a mongoose at hunting wild snakes in a confined space. But what makes Larry 'Dancing Paws' Craig truly remarkable (even for a Snake River Canyon Cockapoo) is his extraordinary homing powers. No matter how far from home he gets dumped by his owners (and he has been dumped several times) Larry always manages to find his way back safely to the Senate Cloakroom…"
"Thank you, Neut, for that heartwarming story. Well, folks, we'll be back in a moment to bring you more exciting coverage of the 'Bark, Rollover, and Play Dead' competition. But first a word about AIPAC-brand 'Porkless Pork-Barrel Treats.' They're kosher, and they're guaranteed to keep your Doghouse Member comin' back for more! Most important of all, 'Porkless Pork-Barrel Treats' help keep your House pet in the peak of health by promoting strong teeth and gums (or, in the case of a Democratic House pet, just his gums). That's AIPAC-brand, for Congressional canines who answer to a higher authority…"


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We thought we knew everything there was to know about our Moon, but new investigations into its volcanic origins are causing scientists to take another look at how our nearest astronomical neighbor formed – and its age. If you like a little lunacy in your life, then step inside and read more…
A team of scientists led by Carnegie's Erik Hauri have been busy studying seven tiny Apollo 17 return samples with a a state-of-the-art NanoSIMS 50L ion microprobe. These little pieces of lunar "evidence" are fragments of lunar magma which contain crystals called "melt inclusions". High in titanium content, these crystals were once a part of volcanic glass beads ejected in explosive volcanic eruptions. The cool part is these melt inclusions coughed up from the lunar depths eons ago yielded a discovery – the magma trapped within crystals show a hundred times more water than once believed.
"In contrast to most volcanic deposits, the melt inclusions are encased in crystals that prevent the escape of water and other volatiles during eruption. These samples provide the best window we have to the amount of water in the interior of the Moon," said James Van Orman of Case Western Reserve University, a member of the science team. The paper's authors are Hauri; Thomas Weinreich, Alberto Saal and Malcolm Rutherford from Brown University; and Van Orman.
As meteorite fans well know, water content is everything and the inner Solar System was nearly devoid of it and other volatile elements during early formation. Past lunar studies show an even lower content, supporting the giant impactor theory – a theory which could very well need to be reconsidered. New findings also point to the need for more sample returns from other Solar System bodies as well.
"Water plays a critical role in determining the tectonic behavior of planetary surfaces, the melting point of planetary interiors, and the location and eruptive style of planetary volcanoes," said Hauri, a geochemist with Carnegie's Department of Terrestrial Magnetism (DTM). "We can conceive of no sample type that would be more important to return to Earth than these volcanic glass samples ejected by explosive volcanism, which have been mapped not only on the Moon but throughout the inner Solar System."
But this isn't a first for Saal. Three years ago the same team reported the first evidence for the presence of water in lunar volcanic glasses. Using modeling, they were able to theorize how much water was contained within the magma before eruption. From those results, Weinreich, a Brown University undergraduate, found the melt inclusions. This permitted the team to measure the pre-eruption concentration of water in the magma and estimate the amount of water in the Moon's interior.
"The bottom line," said Saal, "is that in 2008, we said the primitive water content in the lunar magmas should be similar to the water content in lavas coming from the Earth's depleted upper mantle. Now, we have proven that is indeed the case."
Of course, this could mean changing scientific thought on where lunar pole ice deposits originated, too. Current theory suggests they are the product of comets and meteoroid impacts – but perhaps they also could be magma related. It's a fascinating study which could also help us to understand the properties of other planetary bodies.
But the magma doesn't stop there…
According to new research from a team that includes Carnegie's Richard Carlson and former-Carnegie fellow Maud Boyet, magma samples might be revealing a younger Moon, too. Building on the giant impactor theory, samples of a rock type called ferroan anorthosite, or FAN, are being examined. Believed to be the oldest of the Moon's crustal rocks, FAN could be as old as 4.36 billion years – a figure much younger than previous lunar estimates. Using isotopes of the elements lead and neodymium, the team analyzed the samples for consistent ages from multiple isotope dating techniques.
"The extraordinarily young age of this lunar sample either means that the Moon solidified significantly later than previous estimates, or that we need to change our entire understanding of the Moon's geochemical history," Carlson said.
What does all this mean? Thanks to our understanding of the oldest terrestrial minerals, such as zircons from western Australia, we can derive the Moon's crust may have evolved at the same time as Earth's… a time which could date back to a giant impact. "The Earth's Moon is the archetypical example of this type of differentiation." says the team. "Evidence for a lunar magma ocean is derived largely from the widespread distribution, compositional and mineralogical characteristics, and ancient ages inferred for the ferroan anorthosite (FAN) suite of lunar crustal rocks."
The next time you observe the Moon, remember… she's a bit younger than you thought!
Original News Source: Carnegie Science News and Science Daily.


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Election period for the second Fellowship seat in the GA in February
During the whole of February 2010, FSFE's Fellows will be able to elect their second representative in FSFE's General Assembly. The winner of the election will help FSFE's strategic decision making body plan the future of the organisation, and will join Torsten Grote who occupies the first Fellowship seat since earlier last year. Both Fellowship representatives are full members of the General Assembly for a term of two years, and have all the rights and obligations of other members.
- Who can vote? All registered Fellows can vote.
- Who can be elected? To become a candidate, you need to have been an active Fellow for at least a year before the election. This helps to make sure that the people elected into the GA are familiar with FSFE and its work.
- Election Platform All candidates will use the wiki and/or their blogs as a promotion platform, so that all Fellows can learn more about them.
- Voting System For the voting process we will use the Schulze method, a popular voting system used by Debian, Wikimedia and others. It is a well tested method and has proven to be resistant to voting anomalies.
All candidates who registered by the January 25th deadline are listed on the 2010 election website. Fellows will receive an e-mail to their [login]@fsfe.org e-mail alias. There the voting URL and all other necessary information is included. If you have questions, please contact the Fellowship team.


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Barnyard Tales
The little red hen called all of her Democrat neighbors together and said, 'If we plant this wheat, we shall have bread to eat. Who will help me plant it?'
'Not I,' said the cow.
'Not I,' said the duck.
'Not I,' said the pig.
'Not I,' said the goose.
'Then I will do it by myself,' said the little red hen, and so she did. The wheat grew very tall and ripened into golden grain.
'Who will help me reap my wheat?' asked the little red hen.
'Not I,' said the duck...
'Out of my classification,' said the pig.
'I'd lose my seniority,' said the cow.
'I'd lose my unemployment compensation,' said the goose.
'Then I will do it by myself,' said the little red hen, and so she did.
At last it came time to bake the bread.
'Who will help me bake the bread?' asked the little red hen.
'That would be overtime for me,' said the cow.
'I'd lose my welfare benefits,' said the duck.
'I'm a dropout and never learned how,' said the pig.
'If I'm to be the only helper, that's discrimination,' said the goose.
'Then I will do it by myself,' said the little red hen.
She baked five loaves and held them up for all of her neighbors to see. They wanted some and, in fact, demanded a share. But the little red hen said, 'No, I shall eat all five loaves.'
'Excess profits!' cried the cow. (Nancy Pelosi)
'Capitalist leech!' screamed the duck. (Barbara Boxer)
'I demand equal rights!' yelled the goose. (Jesse Jackson)
The pig just grunted in disdain. (Ted Kennedy)
And they all painted 'Unfair!' picket signs and marched around and around the little red hen, shouting obscenities.
Then the farmer (Obama) came. He said to the little red hen, 'You must not be so greedy.'
'But I earned the bread,' said the little red hen.
'Exactly,' said Barack the farmer. 'That is what makes our free enterprise system so wonderful. Anyone in the barnyard can earn as much as he wants. But under our modern government regulations, the productive workers must divide the fruits of their labor with those who are lazy and idle.' (Karl Marx)
And they all lived happily ever after, including the little red hen, who smiled and clucked, 'I am grateful, for now I truly understand.'
But her neighbors became quite disappointed in her. She never again baked bread because she joined the 'party' and got her bread free. And all the Democrats smiled. 'Fairness' had been established.
Individual initiative had died, but nobody noticed; perhaps no one cared...so long as there was free bread that 'the rich' were paying for.
Bill Clinton is getting $12 million for his memoirs.
Hillary got $8 million for hers.
That's $20 million for the memories from two people, who for eight years, repeatedly testified, under oath, that they couldn't remember anything.


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The LM rails were a popular mounting solution in the previous decades in Europe. It has since then been almost entirely replaced by other, more modern mounting types. This rail is prismatic in its cross shape, with the angles of the rail placed at a 70° angle – therefore it was also known as the 70° prism rail. At the base it was 15 mm wide. The old rifle scopes had the LM rail attached to them at two points. The first point of securing the scope was on its objective. It was done quite similar to that of the Suhl or German Claw mount. The other point of contact was situated on the rifle scopes main tube, about the same place as it is done today. For this reason the LM rail was thin at one end and thick at the other. There was also a difference of height of both rails and in most cases, custom mounting solutions had to be made to compensate for this difference.
In the past there weren't so many standards. That is why almost every single LM rail was individualy fitted and custom finished to join the rifle scope with its firearm. The results were higher costs and non-interchangeable parts. In order for the rail to stay in its place and not to compromise the shooting accuracy, it was fixed to the rifle with a hole bored through the rail and the rifle, which was later fastened with a screw. It acted as a recoil stop as well. In today's world, there are almost no producers of scopes with LM rail on the market.
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After they played with the shaving cream for a while, we placed a piece of white cardstock onto the shaving cream to make a print. This creates a pretty marbleized print (after you scrape the shaving cream off the paper).
The girls enjoyed the shaving cream so much that we did a variation of the same activity the next day. This time we used powdered tempera paint instead of food coloring. It turns out that blue and yellow don't necessarily make green!
We didn't make any prints this time. They just enjoyed the sensory experience of smearing themselves in shaving cream and then washing it off in the lake.


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If you are one of the millions of Americans with missing teeth, then you're probably aware of some of the obvious side effects. You may feel self-conscious during conversations or simply avoid smiling altogether to conceal your dental issue. It is not uncommon for missing teeth to affect your confidence, but did you know that there are other problems that result from tooth loss?
For starters, if you have lost enough teeth, eating may become more difficult, in particular healthy foods, such as fruits and vegetables. This is one of the main reasons that inadequate dental care frequently results in nutritional deficiency.
Another very serious issue that results from missing teeth is bone loss. We sometimes refer to this as a "hidden consequence," because you may not actually see or feel this issue right away. Did you know that bone is actually living tissue that needs constant stimulation to maintain its form and density? Thus, when a tooth is lost, the bone in the jaw that surrounded and supported that tooth melts away. There is a 25% decrease in width of bone during the first year after tooth loss and an overall 4 millimeters decrease in height over the next few years. The longer you have missing teeth, the greater the loss of bone.
As bone loss continues, it can actually affect the structure of your face. If you lose your teeth early in adulthood, by age 45 you might start to notice sunken cheeks. By age 60, your cheeks and lips will lose their support, resulting in a collapsed and aged look. If your teeth are not replaced, this process will continue, and you will be in danger of losing much of the structural support of your lips and cheeks.
Luckily, we can use dental implants to not only restore your smile, but also to halt this bone loss. Implants look, feel and function like your natural teeth and are made of titanium, which has the unique ability to fuse with your living bone. Among the many benefits of implants, they continue to provide stimulation to your bone, preventing further bone loss.
With a success rate of more than 95%, implants are the best long-term solution for tooth replacement.
If you would like more information about implants and bone loss, please contact us or schedule an appointment for a consultation. You can also learn more by reading the Dear Doctor magazine article "The Hidden Consequences of Losing Teeth."


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Normal Life
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Administrative Violence, Critical Trans Politics, and the Limits of Law
by Dean Spade
Revised and Expanded Edition
Wait—what's wrong with rights?
It is usually assumed that trans and gender nonconforming people should follow the civil rights and "equality" strategies of lesbian and gay rights organizations by agitating for legal reforms that would ostensibly guarantee nondiscrimination and equal protection under the law. This approach assumes that the best way to address the poverty and criminalization that plague trans populations is to gain legal recognition and inclusion in the state's institutions. But is this strategy effective?
In "Normal Life" Dean Spade presents revelatory critiques of the legal equality framework for social change, and points to examples of transformative grassroots trans activism that is raising demands that go beyond traditional civil rights reforms. Spade explodes assumptions about what legal rights can do for marginalized populations, and describes transformative resistance processes and formations that address the root causes of harm and violence.
In the new afterword to this revised and expanded edition, Spade notes the rapid mainstreaming of trans politics and finds that his predictions that gaining legal recognition will fail to benefit trans populations are coming to fruition. Spade examines recent efforts by the Obama administration and trans equality advocates to "pinkwash" state violence by articulating the US military and prison systems as sites for trans inclusion reforms. In the context of recent increased mainstream visibility of trans people and trans politics, Spade continues to advocate for the dismantling of systems of state violence that shorten the lives of trans people. Now more than ever, "Normal Life" is an urgent call for justice and trans liberation, and the radical transformations it will require.
Dean Spade is an Assistant Professor at the Seattle University School of Law. In 2002, Spade founded the Sylvia Rivera Law Project, a nonprofit law collective that provides free legal services to transgender, intersex, and gender non-conforming people who are low-income and/or people of color. For more writing by Dean Spade, see www.deanspade.net.
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The run-up to the G-20 meeting has been interesting and colorful. President Lula Da Silva of Brazil declared that "this crisis was caused by the irrational behavior of white people with blue eyes, who before the crisis appeared to know everything and now demonstrate that they know nothing."
His full remarks made it clear that he was not promoting biological race theories but calling attention to the injustice that the vast majority of the world, who happen to be both poor and non-white, should suffer for the greed and stupidity of a few. China also let loose with an uncharacteristic broadside against the United States, basically saying that we (the Chinese) have gotten our act together and are mobilizing massive resources internally to counter the downturn; now how about you clowns who made this mess step up to the plate, before we take more losses on your stinking treasury bonds? It was worded somewhat less rudely, but still a stunning departure from the "hide brilliance, cherish obscurity" motto that has guided Chinese foreign policy.
This is what happens when you change the composition of the Ad Hoc Committee to Run the World (the G-7), and the media spotlight wanders over to some of those previously excluded. The change was meant to be symbolic, but even symbolic changes can shift the debate, as new actors find themselves in the middle of an international forum where they can try to show some leadership.
Welcome to the multi-polar world. It's not here yet but the direction is clear. President Obama will discover this week that as much as he is loved and respected around the world, he can't reverse the declining influence of Washington that his predecessor clumsily accelerated.
U.S. leadership is taking an immediate hit because it was at the forefront in creating the current world recession. It's hard to believe that Nicolas Sarkozy won the presidency of France barely two years ago by promising to make French capitalism more like the American brand. The idea that the "American model" was superior in economic terms has been promoted for years by the European press even though the statistical evidence has always been weak or non-existent (e.g. France has a productivity level about the same as the United States). But from now on these ideas will be a much harder sell.
Still, the debate surrounding the G-20 meeting is missing quite a bit on the economic issues. The problem of asset bubbles did not even make it into the G-20's draft communiqué. Yet the housing bubble in the United States was the primary cause of its deep recession, and contributed enormously to the financial crisis – including through the over-leveraging of financial institutions and the toxic assets and derivatives that they spread around the world. This is also the second recession in six years in the U.S. — which comprises a quarter of the world's economy — that was caused by the bursting of an asset bubble (the 2001 recession was caused by the bursting of the stock market bubble). Housing bubbles in Spain, the U.K., Ireland, and other countries also contributed to their severe recessions this time around. How to prevent asset bubbles from reaching dangerous proportions – which is actually much easier than the other forms of regulation being discussed – should be a major item on the agenda..
But it is the economic issues of the developing world that are most obscured and/or neglected. For most developing countries, the current economic crisis is a more acute form of what they have experienced for most of the last three decades – commonly known outside the United States as the era of neoliberalism. Since 1980, there has been a sharp slowdown in economic growth in the vast majority of low- and middle-income countries. As would be expected during a long period of reduced economic growth, there was also reduced progress in the areas of life expectancy, infant and child mortality, and other social indicators. This slowdown in economic growth, and its accompanying negative effects, is not attributable to "diminishing returns" – in other words, it is far beyond what would be expected from the natural course of individual countries facing reduced growth potential at a higher stage of development.
A likely explanation for this massive economic failure is that it had something to do with the neoliberal economic policy reforms that were introduced since the 1980s: the abandonment of development strategies, the introduction of much more restrictive monetary and fiscal policies, an indiscriminate opening to international trade and capital flows, and of course the de-regulation and excesses of the financial sector – including its excessive political influence – that the world is now forced to recognize as harmful. It is noteworthy that China, which has had the fastest growing economy in world history over the last 30 years, has mostly avoided these neoliberal reforms, even as it moved away from central planning and began a period of export-led growth.
A serious discussion of what has caused this long-term development failure is long overdue, but still not forthcoming. On the contrary, the draft G-20 communiqué reaffirms the importance of completing the current Doha round of the World Trade Organization (WTO), a set of rules that is so tilted against developing countries that it would not stand a chance of being approved by the legislatures of many WTO member countries today. Ironically, the WTO's Financial Services Agreement seeks to establish rules that would make it more difficult for countries to undertake the financial regulations that this crisis has so painfully demonstrated are needed. There is no talk of reforming the WTO – only moving "forward."
The same is true for the IMF, which just a decade ago was Washington's main avenue of influence in developing countries. The collapse of the IMF's creditors' cartel in middle-income countries, in which many governments could not get credit from other sources without first agreeing to IMF conditions, was one of the most important changes in the international financial system since the breakdown of the Bretton Woods system in 1973. The U.S. Treasury department, with help from Europe and Japan, seeks to revive their lost power in a time of crisis by tripling the IMF's resources to $750 billion and making the Fund the arbiter of conditionality for loans to countries hard hit by the crisis.
But regardless of how much money is added to the IMF coffers, the clock will not be so easily rolled back. Nor will the G-20 move us forward to a new financial architecture, as some had hoped. It took a Great Depression and a World War to get us the Bretton Woods agreement of 1944; fortunately we have not had either of these yet. And the leaders of the rich countries today are far more steeped in neoliberal ideology than the architects of Bretton Woods. In economics, as in the physical sciences during the Middle Ages, a significant amount of knowledge has been lost since the time of Keynes.
For now, at least, the most important economic reforms will take place more quietly and without the fanfare of the G-20. China's decision this week to provide $10.2 billion dollars in a currency swap arrangement with Argentina is an unprecedented (in this hemisphere) and prime example. The creditors' cartel that forced Argentina to accept disastrous conditions from the IMF a decade ago is no longer operative there. That is progress, and there will be much more in the coming years, as national governments seek alternatives to failed policies, and co-operate with each other outside the structure of unreformed neoliberal institutions.
Mark Weisbrot is Co-Director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, in Washington, D.C. (www.cepr.net).
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations
against serious violations of Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
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We still are far from have the Guadalinfo a11y project ready, but we start to warming up 🙂
Our friends from Yaco has already some good improvements on Evince (still waiting for the final patch) and they looks nice 🙂
ORCA reading the text of a PDF document at Evince
Meanwhile we are working on a "import from the scanner" feature for OCRFeeder, which is quite functional and is also waiting to be finished the patch. But also we are working on Orca. We have a few Orca's bugs we are looking at, but we don't have time for all of them, so we need to select the ones our client believe are more important.
Anyway, we are working now on a possibility of having keybinding profiles at Orca. There is something working but still need some fixes and some love… probably the lovely Orca's community will help us with it. I'm very surprised about how active and friendly is the people there 🙂
Well, I think I have no more news by now, stay tuned because (if everything goes well…) there will be some interesting a11y improvements soon 😉
UPDATED: The people from Yaco has posted about their progres here:


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Worshipping the Gods
Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami , 2001-05-24
A cyberspace devotee wants to know if he should worship all the Gods equally or is there a particular God that he should worship first. Gurudeva explains that Hinduism has four major denominations, each worshipping a different God. But what ties them together is that they all worship Lord Ganesha first.
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A cyberspace cadet, Rajiv in Minnesota, mentions that Hinduism has the tradition of the Pancha Gods and wonders if he has to worship all the Gods equally before his Ishta Devata, [or] if he has to really worship Ganesha first. (or) "How does all this work out?"
Hinduism has four major traditions - Saivism, Saktism, Vaishnavisim and Smartism.The Smartas have the Ishta Devata concept of the five Gods. (And) If you were to become a Sakta, you would be worshiping Durga or one of the forms of the Divine Mother. If you were to become Saivite, you would be worshiping Siva. (And) If you were a Vaishnavite, of course you would be worshiping Vishnu. But, what ties all of these denominations together is that we all must worship Lord Ganesha first.
In the beautiful book, 'Dancing with Siva, Hinduism's Contemporary Catechism', all of this is explained in detail. We suggest you acquire it and read it.