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Dwindling But Not Dead: School Desegregation In St. Louis
Earlier this year, President Obama sat in front of a room full of reporters and presented the final budget of his presidency.
Tucked inside the sprawling 170 page policy document — on page 35, to be exact — was the announcement of a new education initiative.
"Stronger Together" is a relatively benign label for what is, in fact, a large federal proposal to address stubborn racial segregation in many of the nation's schools.
Under the proposal, up to $120 million in grants would be issued to schools trying to foster socioeconomic diversity within their hallways.
Why is giving out incentives for more school integration a national priority in 2016?
Because despite the decades long fight for school desegregation, America is, for the most part, still sending its white and black children to separate schools.
Here in St. Louis, this angst over school segregation and integration never really went away. In fact, St. Louis is home to the largest and longest running formal desegregation program in the country.
So as the nation once again takes a fresh look at an old problem, we do the same. On this week's show: the story of how St. Louis is still trying to integrate schools.
The big picture:
St. Louis, like many places, started its formal school desegregation program in the early 1980s. At its height in the early 1990s, it served more than 14,000 students — a figure which includes white kids who attended the city's regular and magnet schools, but mostly it was black students who were bused to suburban schools. These days, African American students from St. Louis are still getting bused to suburban schools for the sake of diversity. But the stream is not as strong.
Now, there are about 4,500 kids in the latest iteration of the program, now known as the Voluntary Interdistrict Choice Corporation (or VICC, for short).
Some history:
We should all, by now, know about the landmark 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case. But if you don't, it's in the podcast. We also enlist Dana Thompson Dorsey as our history and policy guide to explain the case and the changes that followed it. Dorsey is a professor at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill who researches how education policies affect marginalized students. She tells us how desegregation programs, like the ones in St. Louis and elsewhere, became mandatory under court orders. And also how, beginning in the 1990s, those programs lost their teeth as a result of subsequent court decisions.
What's changed:
A bunch. Including:
- The aforementioned recent court decisions, which basically told school districts they couldn't explicitly use race in student assignments anymore. (Hence the emphasis on "socioeconomic diversity" in Obama's proposal)
- School choice: Families have way more educational options than they did when the original school desegregation program was put into place.
- It's no longer mandatory for St. Louis area districts to participate. In 1999, officials negotiated a settlement that made the desegregation program voluntary. And since then, a handful of districts have opted out.
What hasn't changed:
A bunch. Including:
- The cultural hurdles that exist for students in the program now, particular black children going to majority white schools.
- Segregation: We still segregate ourselves where we live, which has a lot to do with where people send their children to school.
- Debate about the importance of diversity. A survey of parents by the Century Foundation found that diversity remains a distant priority for many parents who were asked to design their "ideal" school.
Stories of people who went through the program in its early days
St. Louisans Darlene Donegan and Drew Brown have vivid memories of the 1980s deseg program, but for different reasons. Donegan, who grew up to become a teacher, remembers being bused to the majority white Lindbergh High School.
"I definitely felt like a guinea pig, an experiment," she told us. It was a culture shock, Donegan said, that was made even more uncomfortable by a white-student walkout in 1987. Brown, on the other hand, stayed in city schools. He watched as friends left his south St. Louis neighborhood for whiter, richer suburban schools.
"It created tension," he said. "It would kind of kill the dynamic in the neighborhood because the kids in the transfer program got all the resources and kind of looked down at the other kids."
Stories of people going through the program now
Anitra Mahari, who participated in the first iteration of the desegregation program in the 1980s and 90s, had some initial reservations about putting her son Bryson in the current VICC program. But she and her husband decided it would be worth it for his future. He now attends school in the Clayton School District, coveted throughout the region for its resources.
What about white people?
Paul and Angelee Brockmeyer grew up in small towns and went to almost all white schools. They both said they had good school experiences, but wanted something different for their kids. So they moved to the city and have enrolled their kids in a school almost 80 percent black. They also run a website that helps other urbanites navigate school choice in St. Louis. In the podcast, we also go through the results of this study from the Fordham Institute that found diversity is something that parents want in schools, but the degree of how much they want it varies. Survey respondents, no matter their race, put academics at the top of the list. That finding is hardly a surprise. But diversity was near the bottom, although black families listed it as being a slightly higher priority than white families.
Where do we go next?
David Glaser, who heads up the VICC program these days, said the program — while not as robust as before — fills a great need here in St. Louis. And the demand hasn't faded among black families. Glaser said there are about seven times as many applications as spaces available each year. But the settlement provides that the VICC program will end. Currently, officials have said they will stop accepting new students after 2018, but Glaser said he's hopeful suburban districts will agree to at least one more voluntary extension.
Sources for timeline: The Southern Poverty Law Center, Voluntary Interdistrict Choice Corporation.


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2 Смитсоновский институт (Smithsonian Institution), один из крупнейших научно- исследовательских и культурных центров США. Основан в 1846 в Вашингтоне специальным решением конгресса на средства (по завещанию) английского химика и минералога Дж. Смитсона ( ) для "расширения и распространения знаний в народе". Объединяет Национальный музей (основан в 1846, 60 млн. экспонатов по антропологии, ботанике, зоологии, энтомологии, палеобиологии, минералогии, истории науки и техники, гражданской и военной истории, искусству и народный творчеству и др.), Смитсоновскую астрофизическую обсерваторию, Национальную галерею искусства, институт этнологических исследований, Национальный зоологический парк и другие научные учреждения. Ведёт большую издательскую деятельность. Ежегодно учреждения С. и. выпускают сборники научных трудов и монографии.Смитсоновскую астрофизическую обсерваторию Национальную галерею искусства
4 The Smithsonian Institution was founded in 1846 on the basis of an 1826 bequest by James Smithson, who left his fortune to the United States government for the establishment of a scientific institution "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men." The Smithsonian now embraces the various national museums of the United States, the National Zoological Park, the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, and a wide range of other activities. Its flag is divided quarterly, dark blue and yellow, with a counterchanged circle in turn surmounted by a counterchanged sun. This flag is displayed atop the tower of the Institution headquarters, known as "The Castle," on the National Mall in Washington, as well as on poles in front of various of the Smithsonian museums.
5 - Freer Gallery - Ripley Center - Smithsonian Castle - Sackler Gallery - African Art Museum - Arts and Industries - Hirshhorn Museum - American History Museum - Natural History Museum - Air and Space Museum
6 Opening day ceremony at the National Air and Space Museum, with (l. to r.) President Gerald Ford, NASM director and astronaut Michael Collins, and Secretary S. Dillon Ripley with satellite ribbon-cutting apparatus on 1 July Voyager, the first aircraft to fly around the world without landing or refueling, being suspended in the south gallery of the National Air and Space Museum
7 The relics of George Washington on exhibit as part of the Ethnology exhibit in the North Hall of the Arts and Industries Building, Washington's relics were one of the earliest collections of the United States National Museum. SMITHSONIAN COLLECTIONS developed both as specimens from nature and as historical and technological objects. In 1911, the Smithsonian completed the Natural History building to store and exhibit the former items. The Mall itself was also filling up, as the Freer Gallery of Art opened in 1923 followed by National Gallery of Art in 1941.
8 The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, opened in 1974, is the first museum in Washington, D.C., to be devoted entirely to modern art. Its galleries, research facilities, and storage rooms are housed in a cylindrical, doughnut-shaped building designed by Gordon BUNSHAFT. The core of the collection, some 6,000 works of 19th- and 20th-century art, was assembled by businessman Joseph Hirshhorn and donated to the federal government in The collection is strongest in 19th-century French sculpture (Auguste Rodin, Honore Daumier), 19th-century American painting (Thomas Eakins, Mary Cassatt), and the first generation of the New York School (Jackson Pollock, Franz Kline). Sculptures by such artists as Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Aristide Maillol, Constantin Brancusi, and Antoine Pevsner are displayed in the garden adjacent to the Hirshhorn building. The museum has been particularly active in exhibiting works by younger American sculptors that, because of their size or medium, are difficult to accommodate in traditional galleries.
9 SMITHSONIAN COLLECTIONS developed both as specimens from nature and as historical and technological objects. In 1911, the Smithsonian completed the Natural History building to store and exhibit the former items. The remaining collections increased over the next several decades and ultimately outgrew the Arts and Industries Building. The Mall itself was also filling up, as the Freer Gallery of Art opened in 1923 followed by National Gallery of Art in 1941.
10 THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY opened to the public in January 1964 as the Museum of History and Technology. It was the sixth Smithsonian building on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. THE SMITHSONIAN was established in 1846 by an act of Congress as an institution for the "increase and diffusion of knowledge." Congress intended to set up a museum, a library, and a program of "active operations" for research and publications.
11 THE MUSEUM'S AREA is approximately 750,000 square feet, including a basement, three main exhibition levels, two office-collection levels, and a mechanical penthouse on the roof. The space includes workshops, laboratories, offices, libraries, archives, and other support areas along with an auditorium, a bookstore, gift shops, public and staff cafeterias, an ice cream parlor, and a working post office. The famous exhibition of the Smithsonian Ocean Planet.
12 BY THE 1850s the organization was called the U.S. National Museum and housed in the first Smithsonian building, then and now known as the "Castle." Twenty years later, many of the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition displays were transferred to the Smithsonian. The expanded collections moved into a new building--Arts and Industries--in The diamond Hope from the collection of the Diamond Fund.
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20 Капитолий (Capitol), здание в столице США Вашингтоне, где заседает конгресс США. Построено в стиле классицизма в (архитектор У. Торнтон, Б. Латроб, Т. Уолтер). К. называют также здания в столице штатов США, где проходят заседания местных законодательных ассамблей. Вернуться
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Jin Bo
- Postdoc, Psychology/Kinesiology, University of Michigan, 2009
- Ph.D., Neuroscience and Cognitive Science, University of Maryland, College Park, 2006
- MA, Kinesiology, University of Maryland, College Park, 2002
- BM, Pediatrics, Shanghai Second Medical University, P. R. China, 1993
Interests and Expertise
I had worked as a pediatrician in China. My earlier clinical experience with children initiated my research interest in understanding the underlying mechanisms of individuals with motor difficulties. My research focuses on the behavioral and neural mechanisms of age-related differences in individuals with cognitive and motor difficulties, such as children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and older adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI). Current projects examine different approaches to facilitate learning in these populations. Specifically, I am interested in the effect of physical activities on clinical performance and brain connectivity (measured in electroencephalogram).
- PSY 205 Statistics
- PSY 301W Experimental Design
- NSC I301 Introduction in Neuroscience
- PSY 433 Cognitive Neuroscience
- PSY 633 Cognitive Neuroscience
Publications and Presentations
- Colbert, A. and Bo, J (2017). Evaluating working memory: comparing change-detection tasks and Wechsler working memory subtests in school-age children. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 39:7, 636–645
- Colbert, A. and Bo, J (2017). Evaluating relationships among clinical working memory assessment and inattentive and hyperactive/impulsive behaviors in a community sample of children. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 66, 34–43
- Schaffert, J., Lee, C.M., Neill, R. and Bo, J (2017). Visuomotor adaptability in older adults with mild cognitive decline. Acta Psychologia 173, 106–115
- Bo, J., Lee, C.M., Colbert, A. and Shen, B. (2016). Do Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders have Motor Learning Difficulties? Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 23, 50–62.
- Lee, C.M. and Bo, J (2016). Error argumentation enhances adaptability in adults with low motor ability. Journal of Motor Behavior. 48; 297–308
- Bo, J., Colbert, A., Lee, C.M., Schaffert, J. Oswald, K. and Neill, R. (2014). Examining the relationship between motor assessments and handwriting consistency in children with Developmental Coordination Disorder. Research in Developmental Disabilities. 35, 2035–2043.
- Bo, J., Lee C.M., Kwak, Y., Peltier, S.J., Bernard, J., Buschkuehl, M., Jaeggi, S., Wiggin, J.L., Jonides, J., Monk, C. and Seidler, R.D (2014). Lifespan differences in cortico-striatal resting state connectivity. Brain Connectivity, 4, 166–180.
- Bo, J. Barta, J., Ferencak, H.F., Comstock, S.E., Riley, V.R., Krueger, J., Marsh, J.J., Wall, C., and McQueen, L. (2014). Developmental characteristics of cursive and printed letters in children. Journal of Motor Learning and Development. 2, 1–8.
- Bo, J., Lee, C.M. (2013). Motor skill learning in children with Developmental Coordination Disorder. Research in Developmental Disabilities. 34, 2047–2055.
Cognitive Neuroscience Lab: 352D Science Complex
Research in the Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory combines both clinical and neuroscience approaches to examine symptomologies of a range of clinical population, including children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD), survivors of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL), and older adults with Mild Cognitive Impairments (MCI). Our emphasis is on understanding behavioral and neural contributions to visuomotor adaptation and sequence learning. In addition, we study the relationships between neuropsychological assessments and experimental measures. Recently, we focus on the effect of physical activity and Yoga intervention programs on symptomologies of individuals with ASD.
Current Graduate Students
- Kaitlin Oswald (Clinical Doctoral Program)
- Morgan Wright (Clinical Doctoral Program)
Lab Alumni
- Dr. Chi-Mei Lee (Clinical Doctoral Program): Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota
- Dr. Alison Colbert (Clinical Doctoral Program): Department of Rehabilitation, Children's Hospital Colorado
- Jeffrey Schaffert (Clinical Master Program): Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
- Rebecca Neil (Experimental Master Program): Wayne State University
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The winner of the Phillips crab meat is Paige!
Snack-Girl counts all the entries from comments, FaceBook, and Twitter and chooses a winner using a random number generator. (like picking numbers out of a hat)
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Scientists Create Antimatter They Can Actually Study
In one of those physics announcements that may or may not prove important when we figure out the ultimate nature of the universe, scientists at CERN, the European lab for particle physics, announced that they'd trapped antimatter with very strong magnets for 1,000 seconds. With that length of time to study the antihydrogen they'd created, the physicists may be able to coax some of the secrets out of the anti-atoms.
Now, we tend to think of antimatter as something exotic and possibly weaponizable, but in the physics world it's fairly commonplace. We've been generating antimatter since the 1950s through all kinds of different experiments like shooting a special laser at a gold target, no big deal. But it's difficult to keep the antimatter around because, as any good science fiction fan knows, when antimatter meets matter, both particles get annihilated (and release some energy). The CERN scientists got around that problem by using superconducting magnets to trap them.
So, if antimatter isn't used in any awesome weapons (yet!), why are scientists so eager to create it? Well, here's how I put it a couple of years ago, along with my favorite chart in all of physics:
"Everything in our universe is made of matter, but a century of physics has revealed that at the beginning of time, an exactly equal amount of antimatter existed. Then, two seconds after the Big Bang, something changed and suddenly there was more matter than antimatter. What we don't know is how matter won and opened the door to existence as we know it."
If we can produce antimatter long enough to study it -- as it appears we have -- we have a fighting chance of figuring out how we got that extra one up there.
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You are a clown who moves around a maze. You can dig new paths to avoid monsters and collect cherries. Kill monsters with a 'powerball' or drop apples on them. Kill them all or eat all the cherries to go up a level.
The object is to clear each level of cherries and/or monsters. The monsters may be killed by hitting them with your powerball which bounces through the paths, taking unpredictable directions at junctions or dropping an apple onto them. The level is also over if you complete the EXTRA box or collect the diamond which appears very infrequently 'Special', awards an extra credit.
You can dig extra paths through the solid parts of the maze in whatever shape you like. The apples will be found dotted around the screen in the solid parts. To construct traps for monsters, it is important to dig just under them so they fall into the path behind Mr. Do., then turn around and push the apple back to a path which turns downward, preferably just over the edge, and you have a trap! Wait for a monster or a few to appear in the path below, and push! If the monsters wait too long under the apple, they can become 'diggers' and dig away at the maze towards you! Sometimes they go under the apple and squash themselves. An improvement is if two apples can be lined up, so you are protected against a 'digger'.
The central target, where the monsters appear from, may be collected once all the monsters have appeared. This is noticed by it becoming a 'prize', e.g. ice cream, biscuits, etc.. When you collect the prize, the Alphamonster and his four henchmen appear. The Alphamonster may be in the EXTRA box at the top or moving around the screen. The Alphamonster and his henchmen cannot easily be crushed under apples because they usually eat them! They can be killed individually with the powerball or, if the Alphamonster is killed, all the henchmen turn into apples.
After every three levels there is an intermission where a tune is played and a larger more detailed animated picture of Mr. Do and the monsters is shown. The time to complete each level and the method monsters, cherries, EXTRA or Diamond is shown. The paths in the first level resemble a 'D', after this each level is laid out as the digit, i.e. '2', '3', '4' etc., up to '0' for level 10.


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Trials Rising Sixty-Six expansion will, as the name suggests, bring players to the iconic Route 66 where they will be able to go through various breakneck activities, as per usual. The DLC might require some more grinding, however.
Trials Rising's first DLC, Sixty-Six is now available on PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch as a standalone content pack, as a part of the gold edition or the expansion pass. It costs $7.99 / €7.99 / £6.39 on its own.
Route 66 will feature tracks along the American landmarks such as the Grand Canyon, streets of Chicago and more. In order to get into the content of Sixty-Six, players will need to complete League 3 in the base game. There are 24 new tracks in total with two new Stadium Finals and two additional Skill Games.
Aside from the tracks alongside the world-famous Route 66, the DLC will include more customisation options in the form of an American football outfit, which consists of a football helmet, jersey, football pants and cleats. New Contracts and new hidden golden squirrel collectables will be scattered throughout the game.
Those who have purchased the gold edition or the expansion pass will receive Sixty-Six at no additional charge, but some players have that show the DLC as to them. The actual promotional material found on the Steam page specifically states that the pass includes Sixty-Six meaning that if Ubisoft and RedLynx do not provide the content, it would constitute either false advertising or outright fraud.
In reality, incompetence appears to be at fault here, rather than a scam. Another user previously had similar issues and Ubisoft's support about it.
The answer revealed that if a player buys the game on Steam and expansion pass on Ubisoft store, they will be incompatible. Therefore, if you happened to do the same, you should refund the pass and buy it on whichever store you bought the base game on.
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Digital Marketing Goals For Those People Businesses In The Following Niches
To run a successful digital marketing campaign there has to be goals to attain to consider it a massive success or utter failure. Each company might have vastly different goals whether it is generate sales or to fix a reputation that could have been tarnished by a former employee. The best thing that a marketing department can do is to write out the goals then create a strategy that will help attain them all. Prioritize the goals as well as everyone should know what the top 3 goals are in terms of the campaign. The following are digital marketing goals for specific niches of business.
Dental Offices Should Reduce Fear And Set Appointments
People are scared of the dentist so marketing to reduce these fears is important. Setting an appointment needs to be as easy as possible on the website for returning patients. New patients might need to be vetted a bit as the last thing any dentist wants is multiple no shows in a day from taking on too many new patients. Give tips for both children and adults to help quell their fears about getting a filling or a crown.
Law Firms Should Educate And Comfort As Well As Attain Consultations
People are going to try to find a San Antonio injury lawyer or lawyer in their local area to help them after a car accident. People need to know about certain facts about their case like time limits to file a lawsuit or potential penalties if they are convicted for a crime. A law firm's blog can be a place where a person can learn as well as find a little comfort. People want legal representation that is knowledgeable and also has compassion for the situation they are in.
Contractors Should Try To Maximize Leads Via Reputation Management
People are going to look up a contractor to see if they have any reviews before signing a deal to complete a renovation on your home. Managing reputation is important and encouraging satisfied clients to give reviews is important. Monitor these reviews and respond to the negative ones as one glaring review can draw the eyes of people and make them decide to look elsewhere for their contracting needs. People looking at reviews will see the responses the contractor makes and lack of response can look like lack of care.
Financial Services Need To Educate Consumers On Careful Spending
Careful spending seems to be few and far between in today's time with $10 avocado toast. Financial services educating consumers is important as financially healthy clients are better for business for the most part minus the credit card and loan businesses. This can be done through content both on the blog of the company as well as offsite publications. The appeal of being able to go into a local office is important for many people wanting to take out a loan or open an account. Local SEO needs to be targeted as there are plenty of funding options out there they can choose in the area.
The above niches need to have an all-inclusive marketing plan the tips given are a great place to start. Take the time to see where you can start improving your digital marketing strategy today!
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Mariners' outfield set as spring training begins ... if Gordon can play center
The Mariners went into last season with Leonys Martin, Jarrod Dyson and Mitch Haniger as their starting outfielders.
Now it's projected to be Dee Gordon, Ben Gamel and Haniger.
Of all the Mariners projected position groups, this outfield enters spring training with the most questions. These are some of their least experienced, but most athletic players on the club.
A couple of issues with this group:
▪ Will Dee Gordon be a viable center fielder? He's never played an inning in the outfield in his major league career, although he is a Gold Glove second baseman.
▪ Are the Mariners expecting too much from Haniger, Gamel and Guillermo Heredia coming off their rookie seasons?
The first is a little easier to answer with pitchers and catchers officially reporting to spring training on Wednesday in Peoria, Arizona. Position players report on Feb. 20.
Gordon said he's spent every day since the December trade working in the outfield with Mariners first base coach and outfield instructor Chris Prieto. He's even solicited advice from Ken Griffey Jr., and he played for the Marlins last season alongside Ichiro Suzuki. So he's been around the two greatest outfielders in Mariners history.
"It worked for Chris Taylor, Robin Yount and Billy Hamilton," Mariners manager Jerry Dipoto said.
Yount would win an MVP with the Brewers and Hamilton has become one of baseball's best defensive center fielders after switching from shortstop. Mariners fans remember Taylor as a shortstop who made his major league debut with Seattle in 2014, but who wound up starting in center for the Dodgers during the 2017 World Series.
Gordon is certainly fast enough to do it. He would have been the fourth-fastest center fielder in baseball last year, according to data compiled by Daren Willman, the director of baseball research and development for MLB.
"If you are athletic and familiar playing in the middle of the field, I don't think it's as ominous of a move as it was for him to switch infield positions," Dipoto said. "Because now you are asked to switch the angle the ball comes off the bat. In center field, that's not the case at all. You have time to adjust."
The first thing Gordon did was buy an outfield glove. He found out he had been traded and he said he immediately went to his nearest Dick's Sporting Goods in Miami and picked out a new glove. It was red – because "that's about all they had."
"Then the glove wasn't broken in so it didn't work," Gordon said. "So the glove is in the back of the car. I got a new glove and hopefully it works out."
Now, about the players around him.
The Mariners were the only team in major league history since 1913 to have three rookies make at least 95 starts in the outfield in the same season.
Yes, the only one. And only two other teams had three rookies make at least 80 outfield starts – with the last being the 1969 Kansas City Royals, which featured outfielder Lou Piniella.
What makes that most surprising is that it didn't feel like the Mariners were making baseball history. Gamel (127 starts), Heredia (104) and Haniger (95) played admirably out there.
Mariners outfielders recorded 12 double plays a year ago, the most in the major leagues. And their 34 assists was the fourth-most in the big leagues.
Dyson had a lot to do with that, and the 33-year-old is now a free agent. The Mariners were the eighth-oldest team in baseball but are getting younger in the outfield (Gordon is 29, Haniger 27, Heredia 27 and Gamel is 25).
"We're not the decrepit, old club that is getting ready to fall apart as the seams that we're being portrayed as," Dipoto said during the December winter meetings.
And Haniger, Heredia and Gamel have each played every outfield spot, which is why Nelson Cruz played just five games in right field last season compared to the 48 he played in 2016 and 80 in 2015.
MLB.com ranked Haniger as the No. 9 right fielder in baseball entering this season. That's likely assuming he's healthy after spending two stints on the DL with a strained right oblique and then a lacerated lip.
Among players with at least 400 plate appearances, Haniger had the fourth-best OPS (on-base plus slugging) of any rookie at .843 – trailing Yankees AL rookie of the year Aaron Judge, Dodgers NL rookie of the year Cody Bellinger and the Cardinals' Paul DeJong.
Gamel, who didn't make the team out of spring training last year, came up when Haniger injured his side on April 26. He put up a solid season with a slash line of .275/.322/.413 while compiling 550 at-bats.
Heredia's production was a bit less but he showed plenty with the glove. He slashed .249/.315/.337 while battling a shoulder injury that required offseason surgery, and he might not be fully healed by opening day. So Cameron Perkins, who was claimed off waivers from the Phillies, might the the Mariners' fourth outfielder to start the season, while utility guys Andrew Romine and Taylor Motter are also capable of playing outfield.
But Dipoto said they had a need in the outfield heading into the offseason and he got his man in Gordon and the three years, $38 million owed his way the next three seasons – even if it was pretty unconventional to trade for a player to play a position he's never before played. He's projected to be the Mariners' 11th different opening day center fielder since Griffey started there 11 consecutive opening days (1989-99).
Gordon's .308 batting average and 60 stolen bases for the Marlins last year already has Mariners manager Scott Servais penciling him atop the batting order, with shortstop Jean Segura slated to bat second. But speed is not all that goes into playing center field.
There's also things like taking the correct angle, needing a powerful arm, wearing a different glove and this:
"The biggest thing is learning how to crow hop," Gordon said. "I know that sounds like it's elementary. But learning how to crow hop is hard when you finish up on your feet your whole life."


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[Raw Frosted Lemon-Poppyseed Bars–heavenly!]
Whew–where has the last week gone? Between end-of-term marking and a long holiday weekend, it's been pretty busy here in the DDD household. I hope you all enjoyed a stellar Passover and/or Easter holiday! This year, the HH and I celebrated both holidays, first with friends (we were invited to two seders this year) and then on our own (a holiday Easter dinner for just the two of us).
As in other areas, when it comes to celebrating holidays, the HH is, shall we say, rather laissez-faire. In other words, if not for me, we would probably have eaten cereal for dinner on Sunday instead of the fantastic repast we did have (nutroast and céléri remoulade, about which I'll post in a day or two). To top off our weekend, we went to see Water for Elephants with my friend Nutritionista and her hubby last night. Since I had no preconceived notions about Robert Pattinson (having never seen any of the Twilight films) and since I love Reese Witherspoon, I really enjoyed the movie (though, is it just me, or is there something vaguely simian about his looks?).
Well, after all the heavy, rich foods of the past long weekend, I am so ready for something fresh, light, crisp–and raw!
I was delighted a while back when Brittany of Real Sustenance asked if I'd like to participate in her month-long tribute to raw foods, April in the Raw. You see, raw foods (fresh fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, and a few others), consumed in the same state as we'd find them in nature (technically, nothing heated above 115F46 C), are considered to provide optimum nutritional value while retaining the natural enzymes that may help us to digest those same foods (when foods are cooked, your pancreas must take on this monumental task on its own–not too much fun for the l'il pancreas).
With spring in the air (okay, maybe not literally–what is it with the never ending winter this year?–but it's coming, I just know it), this is as good a time as any to try out some raw recipes. Besides, raw foods are ideal for those of us who plan to detox around this time of year–and I've decided that I really need to detox. How much do I need a cleanse right now? In a show of hands, I'd have to throw in not just my hand, but probably the whole deck. Yep, a cleanse is definitely in order for this gal.
("Mum, you don't think we need a cleanse, do you? Because, you know, we go swimming at least once a week in the pond, so that keeps us cleansed, doesn't it?. On the other hand, if you want to throw a little raw food our way, we're all for it!')
[Raw Asparagus, Romaine and Grapefruit Salad–who knew?]
Most days, I aim for something raw at each meal, but that wasn't always the case. In fact, I didn't discover the joy of raw foods until I was in nutrition school, during the "Alternative Diets" course. The entire class was inspired by our prof, Miss Serenity (in opposition to my friends and me, collectively Misses Anxiety, Dissatisfaction, Self-Doubt, Insecurity, Impatience, Grumpy and Sleepy). Miss Serenity was, herself, a raw foodist, and we all wanted to be like her.
Miss Serenity was the image of radiant health, with a strong, toned physicque, luxurious hair the color of milk chocolate and the whitest smile I've ever seen; she was also the polar opposite of the stereotypical "vegan." Her skin shone with the pink glow of iron and oxygen-rich blood, she guffawed with great glee and was the last person one would consider "stuffy" or "preachy." Yet she also taught yoga and meditated every day, she grew her own wheat grass and she owned a house painted in bold colors of the seven chakras. As soon as she announced that she was teaching a "Raw Foods Fundamentals" course in her home, I signed up.
Because of Miss Serenity, I decided to "go raw" for a month. As a full-time student, I had the luxury to prepare all my food from scratch and could spend hours chopping, grating, puréeing, blending, processing, soaking, and juicing as I made recipe after recipe from Miss Serenity's cookbook. The food was delicious, but ultimately I abandoned the idea–I just didn't have 2-3 extra hours a day to devote to food prep.
Since then, I've discovered that "uncooking" need not take exorbitant amounts of time. The "original" raw foods–fruits and vegetables, raw nuts and seeds–can be eaten out of hand, exactly as they are the instant you pick them or shell them. Somewhere between fresh-picked and three-hour prep is a happy medium: a bit of chopping, perhaps some peeling or prepping, along with fewer ingredients or foods eaten fresh and whole. (Even Miss Serenity occasionally brought a "mono-meal" for her lunch: we'd watch, mesmerized, as she peeled and ate 4-5 mangoes at a sitting–and nothing else for that meal).
Today's offering is meant to show you that raw food can be both simple and delicious. First up, I'm including the quintessential raw dish: salad (but with a new twist). Then, once you've eaten your greens, I think you deserve a fantastic dessert: these raw Frosted Lemon-Poppyseed Bars! Even the HH loved them.
The salad does a bit of double-duty, as it also contains this month's SOS Kitchen Challenge ingredient, asparagus. I had no idea one could eat raw asparagus until I came across a recipe for "Shaved Asparagus Salad with Orange-Tarragon Vinaigrette" in the May/June 2009 issue of Vegetarian Times. Well, that was all the incentive I needed to start playing with the recipe and come up with my own adaptation. The ACD doesn't allow oranges but does allow grapefruit for some bizarre reason, so that was the substitution I used.
The resulting salad was crisp, fresh, and juicy, the slightly sweet shards of asparagus lending a decidedly springlike air (something we sorely need these rainy days!). Fragrant with tarragon and grapefruit zest, the salad was a lively start to our meal. I didn't tell the HH it contained raw asparagus until he'd already dug in and proclaimed the dish "fantastic." I'd suggest you do the same when you serve this. 😉
Shaved Asparagus Salad with Grapefruit-Tarragon Vinaigrette (adapted from Vegetarian Times, May/June 2009)
suitable for the ACD Stage 3 and beyond
about 3/4 pound (12 oz or 375 g) fresh asparagus, washed and woody ends broken off
1 small head romaine lettuce, washed, trimmed, and torn into bite-sized pieces
1/2 cup (120 ml) toasted hazelnuts, coarsely chopped
1 large grapefruit, peeled and cut into segments, membrane removed if desired (grate the zest before cutting the fruit)
1 tsp (5 ml) freshly grated grapefruit zest
1 Tbsp (15 ml) minced onion
1 tsp (5 ml) dried tarragon or 1 Tbsp (15 ml) fresh, chopped fine
1/4 cup (60 ml) extra virgin olive oil, preferably organic
1 Tbsp (15 ml) apple cider vinegar
3 Tbsp (45 ml) freshly squeezed lemon juice (about 1/2 large lemon)
1 tsp (5 ml) Dijon mustard
6-8 drops plain stevia liquid, to your taste
Shave the asparagus by using a vegetable peeler and peeling into long strands. Alternately, grate the asparagus in a food processor with the grating blade (this is what I did). Place the asparagus, lettuce, grapefruit segments and hazelnuts in a large salad bowl.
In a small bowl or glass measuring cup, whisk together the grapefruit zest, onion, tarragon, oil, vinegar, lemon juice, mustard and stevia. Pour the dressing over the salad ingredients and toss well to coat. Serve immediately. Makes 4-6 servings.
To cap off your meal, how about these dazzling Lemon-Poppyseed Bars with Lemon Frosting? All raw, of course! Lemon and Poppyseed is one of the HH's favorite combinations, so I decided to create a raw dessert that he'd love even more than the salad. These little confections are firm and chewy with a sparkling crunch of poppyseeds in every bite. The frosting firms up in the fridge, but left at room temperature softens to a creamy, smooth, entirely alluring topping. Because they're so rich, you can cut these into small cubes of one or two bites a piece, and you'll still be satisfied.
Raw Frosted Lemon Poppyseed Bars
Suitable for ACD Stage 1 and beyond
These bars are adapted from a recipe in my Desserts without Compromise Ebook for Raw Lemon-Coconut Bars. When I was hosting a friend's birthday party in our house a while back, I made these so that I'd have something to eat while everyone else feasted on the conventional (white flour and white sugar) cake that my friend's husband had bought. When I brought out my plate of lemon bars, someone asked to taste them–and within minutes the plate was empty! This is definitely tasty and impressive enough to serve to anyone, ACD or not.
For the Base:
1 Tbsp (15 ml) whole chia seeds or 2 heaping Tbsp (35 ml) pre-ground chia seeds
1 cup (165 g) raw almonds, dry
3/4 cup ( g) raw cashews, dry
Zest of 1 lemon, divided
Pinch fine sea salt
Juice of 1 lemon (about 1/4 cup/60 ml), divided in half (2 Tbsp/30 ml each)
2 Tbsp (30 ml) vegetable glycerin, yacon syrup or agave syrup (for ACD Stage 1, don't use agave)
15-20 drops plain or vanilla stevia liquid, to taste
1 tsp (5 ml) pure vanilla extract
2 Tbsp (30 ml) raw poppy seeds
For the Frosting:
2 Tbsp (30 ml) whole chia seeds, or heaping 1/4 cup (70 ml) pre-ground
1/3 cup (80 ml) coconut oil, preferably organic
1 Tbsp (15 ml) raw cashew or macadamia nut butter (or use regular if you're not concerned about it being raw)
Remainder of lemon zest and juice from making the base, above
15-20 drops plain or vanilla stevia liquid, to taste
extra lemon zest and poppy seeds for garnish, if desired
Make the base: Line a regular loaf pan with plastic wrap. Set aside.
If using whole chia seeds, grind them to a powder in a coffee grinder. Combine the ground chia, almonds, cashews and salt in the bowl of a food processor and process until the mixture looks like a fairly fine meal (no pieces of almond should be visible).
In a small bowl, mix together half the lemon zest, half the lemon juice (about 2 Tbsp/30 ml), vegetable glycerin, stevia and vanilla until everything is well combined. Pour the mixture over the dry ingredients in the processor and blend until it comes together in what looks like a sticky dough (if it's too dry, add up to 1 Tbsp/15 ml water). Sprinkle with the poppy seeds and pulse just until they are incorporated.
Turn the base into the prepared loaf pan and, using wet hands or a silicon spatula, press it down firmly and evenly. Place in fridge while you prepare the frosting.
Make the frosting: In the bowl of a food processor or using a hand blender, blend all ingredients until perfectly smooth. The mixture may liquefy as the coconut oil melts; this is fine.
Pour the frosting over the base in the pan and swirl the top. Refrigerate until firm, at least 2 hours. (Note: if the frosting is too liquid to hold a shape when you first pour it over the base, refrigerate about 15 minutes until it firms up a bit, and then add any swirls that you like).
Once the top is firm, fold the plastic wrap over it to cover. To unmold, peel back the plastic on top and invert the bars onto a cutting board; turn right-side up and cut into 12 or more pieces (they should be relatively small). Serve immediately; store leftovers covered in the refrigerator for up to 5 days. Makes about 12 servings.
Thanks again to Brittany for allowing me to play along with April in the Raw this year! It's been so much fun focusing more on the raw foods in my diet. In fact, I plan to keep up with more raw over the next few months.
To see the lineup of all the April in the Raw posts as well as links to readers' recipes (or to link up your own), check out the April in the Raw main page!
I'm also submitting these bars to Amy's Slightly Indulgent Tuesdays , Diane's Real Food Weekly, Gluten-Free Homemaker's Gluten-Free Wednesdays, Brittany's Seasonal Sundays and the Simple Lives Thursday events.(whew!) 🙂
Last Year at this Time: SOS Kitchen Roundup: Beets! (24 recipes using the Ruby Root)
Two Years Ago: Flash in the Pan: Almond Crusted Root Vegetable "Fries" (one of the all-time most popular recipes on the blog)
Three Years Ago: Peanut Butter Biscuits (not gluten free; not ACD friendly)


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Law, Politics, Government, and War
Science, Medicine, Inventions, and Technology
Education, Arts and Letters, and Ideas
Lives of the First Ladies
Economics, Discovery, and Daily Life
Sports and Popular Culture
Religion, Social Issues, and Reform
Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) returns to India after 21 years in South Africa and begins a non-violent campaign against British rule.
President Wilson (1856-1924) signs an order establishing a permanent civil government in the Panama Canal Zone.
Labor Movement: The Clayton Antitrust Act strengthens the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890. It seeks to restrict the use of court injunctions in labor disputes and exempts labor and farm organizations from antitrust laws.
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is established to police business practices in interstate commerce.
The city of Vera Cruz in Mexico is seized by the U.S. Marines.
After the assassination of the Archduke Francis Ferdinand (1863-1914 ), heir to the Austrian throne, and his wife, World War I breaks out in Europe.
American, Robert H. Goddard (1882-1945), begins his rocketry experiments.
American, E.C. Kendall (1886-1972) prepares pure thyroxin for treatment of thyroid deficiencies.
Dr. Alexis Carrel (1873-1944) performs first successful heart surgery on a dog.
Edwin H. Armstrong (1890-1954), N.Y. electrical engineer, patents the regenerative (feedback) circuit.
Charles Lawrence, aeronautical engineer, develops the first successful air-cooled airplane engine. This makes long distance flights possible.
The 35 mm camera is developed.
A document called "Infant Care" is published by the U.S. Government; it is intended to provide mothers with practical information on child health and nutrition, and emphasizes the importance of strict routines and rules.
Arts and Letters
Literature: James Joyce ( 1882-1941) writes "Dubliners".
Arts and Letters
Poetry: Joyce Kilmer (1886-1918) writes "Trees".
Arts and Letters
Drama: Elmer Rice ( 1892-1967) writes "On Trial," the first drama to use the device of a flashback.
Arts and Letters
National Capital: Henry Bacon ( 1839-1912) designs the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C.
Arts and Letters
Women's Firsts: Mary Davenport-Engberg (1881-1951) is the first woman to conduct a symphony orchestra, in Bellingham, Washington.
John B. Watson (1878-1958) publishes "Behavior; an Introduction to Comparative Psychology."
Wilson, Ellen
Ellen Axson Wilson (1860-1914), first wife of President Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924) dies on august 6th of Bright''s disease in the White House.
Roosevelt, Eleanor
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. (1914-1988), son of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, is born August 17.
The Panama Canal is completed. It is 40 miles long from Atlantic to Pacific coasts and cost an estimated $365 million to complete.
The world's first airline, St. Petersburg Tampa Airboat Line, starts operation in St. Petersburg, Florida.
Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922) begins a trans-Anarctic expedition with his ship, "Endurance."
Daily Life
The History of Toys: Charles Pajeau develops a toy similar to the Erector Set, but designed for younger children, called Tinker Toys.
Daily Life
The last known passenger pigeon dies in the Cincinnati Zoo.
Daily Life
Dancing: The Cotillion, once the most fashionable dance of society, takes second place to the waltz and the two-step.
Boxing: Jack Dempsey (1895- 1983) starts fighting under the name "Kid Blackey."
Golf: Walter Hagen (1892-1969) wins the U.S. Golf Association Open.
Women in Sports: The American Olympic Committee formally opposes women's athletic competition in the Olympics. The only exception is the floor exercise, where women are allowed to only wear long skirts.
Women in Sports: Basketball: Basketball rules change to allow half-court play, expanded from the original one-third court rules. Full court play for women doesn''t come in until the 1970''s.
Popular Culture
E.R. Burroughs ( 1875-1950) writes "Tarzan of the Apes".
Popular Culture
William Christopher Handy (1873-1958) composes "St. Louis Blues."
The Assembly of God denomination is founded during an 11-day convention in Hot Springs, Arkansas.
Social Issues
Immigration: World War I in Europe breeds strong anti-immigration feelings in the United States.
Social Issues
Immigration: Almost 10.5 million immigrants enter the U.S. from southern and eastern Europe from 1905 until 1914.
Labor Movement: The Ford Motor Company begins paying its workers a basic wage of $5.00 for an 8-hour day, up from $2.40 for a 9-hour day.
Labor Movement: The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) founded.


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By Leonard Ncube
Battle lines have been drawn between tenants in Victoria Falls town and property owners who are demanding outrageous United States dollar amounts for payment of rentals for their properties.
Concerned residents have approached the Victoria Falls Municipality and Government to intervene. Unscrupulous landlords are now demanding rentals in US$ and are refusing to accept RTGS and EcoCash payments thereby leaving many stranded.
A room is now pegged between $50 and $100, which translates to between RTGS$400 and RTGS$800 per room on the prevailing black market rate. The rentals exclude other charges such as rates and water bills.
The rent madness is not confined to households as office space owners are also demanding between US$400 and US$1 000 per month per office with effect from June 1.
A majority of tenants are vacating premises as they cannot afford to raise the US$ but have a challenge of getting new premises because Victoria Falls has limited office space. Those who spoke to Business Chronicle said more and more landlords were demanding US$ for rentals
They called upon Government to regulate the property sector.
"Something needs to be done. We need a regulation because people earn on average between RTGS$350 and RTGS$500 yet they are expected to pay rent in forex," said a concerned resident who requested anonymity.
Many residents said they expected only foreigners to be asked to pay for services and other charges in forex and not locals.
"Employers are not paying workers in forex including those demanding payments in forex so where do they expect people to get the forex from?"
The residents said what has worsened their plight is that many of them do not own houses and as such were at the mercy of landlords demanding forex.
They said council was not helping the situation because it was giving priority to those seeking land for commercial use at the expense of homeseekers.
Most people are vacating offices and shops and securing a room to rent in the suburbs is now a nightmare. Another resident said some tenants have resorted to sharing office space thereby risking lowering standards given that Victorial Falls is a resort town. Residents said the US$ price madness was initiated by hardware owners who started demanding payment for building material in foreign currency.
This has resulted in most locals buying products from Zambia and Botswana where prices are reasonably cheaper. Zambians are cashing in on the situation as they overload bicycles with bags of cement to sell to Victoria Falls residents.
"Government has to intervene urgently before the situation gets out of hand. The commuting public has also not been spared by this price madness as taxis are charging exorbitant fares. We wish Government could also send us Zupco buses like in other towns where they are paying 50 cents for a distance of up to 20km while we pay RTGS$2.50 for a distance of 4km," said another concerned resident.
The Affirmative Action Group (AAG) Victoria Falls chapter has described what is happening as contra bona mores (against good morals) and a violation of Statutory Instrument 33/2019, which prohibits such actions.
The AAG has said this is causing a lot of anxiety in the community and promoting corruption and profiteering thereby negating Government's vision 2030.
The chapter's secretary, Mrs Mercy Mushangwe-Ncube, urged Government to quickly intervene.
"The situation is not confined to rent but also includes prices of other basics. This is not fair because people are earning RTGS. Government should come in because this is getting out of hand. We urgently need our own currency," she said.
Victoria Falls mayor, Councillor Somvelo Dlamini said council is overwhelmed by complaints from residents but there was nothing the local authority could do as the issue involves private property. He, however, appealed to landlords to be humane reminding them that they pay small amounts in RTGS to council.
"These are private properties where the agreement is between the landlord and tenant hence it's not easy for the council to intervene.
"We have received a lot of complaints and landlords are saying they built the properties on their own but we would want to urge them to be considerate because this situation is affecting everyone," he said. The Chronicle


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So You Want to Start a Cybersecurity Company?
Cybercrime has become a global epidemic. Attacks will cost the world $6 trillion by 2021, research firm Cybersecurity Ventures says-–the greatest transfer of economic wealth in history and more profitable than the trade in all major illegal drugs.
As the threat keeps rising, the cybersecurity industry keeps growing. According to data released in January by Strategic Cyber Ventures, a cybersecurity-focused venture capital firm, global funding for security companies nearly doubled between 2016 and last year, to $5.3 billion.
The space is ripe for entrepreneurial technologists with a passion for helping businesses protect themselves, but it sure isn't for the faint of heart. Security company founders must address a pervasive and ever-evolving threat landscape of phishing emails, ransomware, account takeovers, and assorted data thievery. And they operate in a hyper-competitive market, crowded with some 3,000 companies.
As I mark my seventh year as CEO at Barracuda Networks—and as the company recently celebrated its 15th birthday—I've been thinking about lessons we've learned along the way and how they apply in today's uniquely intense and constantly changing environment. Here are three that I hope will help others.
Focus like crazy on what customers are dealing with
I didn't start my career in cybersecurity or even high tech. In the '90s, I founded and led a company, Snow River Products, that made houseware products including cutting boards, stemware, wine storage racks, and salad bowls, and was later acquired by consumer goods firm Bemis. But whether you're selling kitchenware or security software, it's essential to cultivate an obsession with what customers are dealing with every day and how you can help in practical ways.
Of course, if any company fails to understand its customers, it doesn't belong in business. However, cybersecurity requires an extremely intense form of this ethic. The stakes are so high: You're responsible for protecting the customer's crown jewels—their data, their customers' data, and their corporate brand reputation. And the attackers are invisible, global, and constantly resorting to new tactics.
Winning security firms must not only work very hard to understand the constantly evolving threats their customers are facing; they must also ask themselves questions that the producer of any kind of product must ask: Does our product fit seamlessly into customers' daily lives? Does it play well with other things the customer already owns (in this case, the rest of their IT and security infrastructure)? Is it easy to use?
It's crucial for a cybersecurity company to not only have deep empathy with its customers and appreciate their pain points, but also to be intimately familiar with the bigger picture operations, processes, and daily realities.
As Mark Cuban once said, "Make your product easier to buy than your competition, or you will find your customers buying from them, not you."
Morph along with the threat
The threat of cyberattacks is never static. The bad guys are always getting more clever and varied in their tactics—and security companies must constantly tailor their strategies to the latest trends. It can feel like a game of whack-a-mole.
For example, attackers are increasing their use of social engineering to scam people through email or other online vehicles, leveraging information available on social networks to create maps of relationships and impersonate their friends, relatives, or colleagues. No one is immune. I'm the CEO of a cybersecurity company, and I received an email the other day that spoofed my wife's account and asked for money to pay a bogus invoice.
Attackers also are increasingly moving beyond traditional targets like retailers and financial services companies to schools, real estate firms, hospitals, and manufacturers as every sector in society becomes digitally uber-connected.
As attack vectors multiply and spread out, security companies must know who is vulnerable and where solutions are sorely needed.
An apt example is the video doorbell industry that seems to have sprouted out of nowhere the last couple of years and is projected to be a $1.4 billion market by 2023. It used to be that good door locks or home security systems were sufficient to avoid break-ins, but the threat to property evolved: People now often buy items online for home delivery, raising concerns that the packages could be stolen from the porch. So video doorbells changed how people secure their homes, while also creating a new attack surface that could allow hackers to infiltrate the home's IoT system, including locks operated by an app.
Security companies need to identify trends early—such as businesses' move to the cloud and the resulting need for a new type of protection—if they want to survive.
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The huge market opportunity in cybersecurity makes security startups very attractive to VCs. But that doesn't necessarily mean it always makes sense to grab the money.
In a market awash with VC money, bootstrapping—simply building a product, creating a website, and taking orders—can be a good model to follow. In a market where the threat changes so often and so quickly, the best way to start building the company may simply be to get the product out, grow the customer list, and really establish yourself before going for larger rounds of funding.
Many security companies believe they have a magic product that's going to solve every problem, and they take and spend a ton of money to scale the business as fast as possible—never becoming profitable. But I've never met a customer who deploys just one security technology. Unlike some other parts of the enterprise, no one provider can cover all the threats. If you have a targeted product that customers like, try to … Next Page »


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A tax advisor to the British government was forced to resign after he was secretly filmed giving advice on how to avoid paying tax, officials said on Saturday.
David Heaton was recorded by undercover BBC reporters at a London conference explaining to companies how to keep their money out of finance minister George Osborne's "grubby mitts".
Two months later, he started work on a panel advising the revenue ministry, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), on how to tackle abuse of the tax rules, according to the BBC.
A spokeswoman for HMRC confirmed that Heaton had resigned to preserve the integrity of the panel.
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Mississippi State inks hoops series with Tulane
Mississippi State announced another home-and-home series. This one is on the hardwood.
Mississippi State will play Tulane the next two seasons. The series opens in New Orleans this year on Dec. 6. The two teams will play in Starkville in the 2016-17.
The Bulldogs have been busy this offseason. MSU will scheduled dates with Florida State as well as Oregon State.
Tulane went 17-17 last season and 12-7 at home.
The Southeastern Conference made an effort last season when scheduling to improve its teams' RPI. The Bulldogs played eight teams last season with an RPI of 291 or worse. Overall their strength of schedule was 158 — the worst in the SEC.
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The mission of the Institute is to promote the implementation of a comprehensive professional development and recognition system that links education and compensation for the child care workforce to ensure high quality care and education services for children and families.
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The Institute has since its inception sought to improve the education and compensation levels for a workforce of over 40,000 low-wage women and men, the majority with dependent children.
The work of the Institute addresses a very important need in our state – to support the development of a well-qualified and compensated workforce to provide healthy, safe and stimulating environments and experiences for over a quarter million young children and their families.
The Institute actively involves child care providers in all levels of its work from governance to product design. Institute Task Groups, led by child care providers develop tools and strategies and design and offer trainings. The Institute actively engages the workforce through its email blasts, EEC Facebook page and dynamic website. And reaches the workforce with its resources through a large partner network including state government, professional associations, early childhood support services, and research and advocacy groups to engage early educators, parents, business leaders, organizations, and policy experts in work to address its mission.
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In particular, we have learned a great deal in recent years about the benefits and cost of high-quality early care and education services, and how to improve programs to meet the needs of all children. This and the evidence about the impact of a teacher's education has increased the need to shift from scattershot training to intentional forms of ongoing education and professional development to build, grow and retain a high qualified workforce.
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Wewa blanks Franklin County 54-0 in classic
EASTPOINT — The thundershowers may have cleared in time for Friday evening's Kickoff Classic, but that didn't stop Wewahitchka's Rashard Ranie from drenching Franklin County.
The junior quarterback scored two 70-yard touchdown runs in the first quarter, added a third equally long scoring run midway through the second, and threw for a fourth TD in the final quarter as he sparked the Gators to a 54-0 blanking of the Seahawks.
The lopsided win proved somewhat of a surprise to Wewa coach Dennis Kizziah, who had planned to use more of his offensive variations in the preseason matchup.
"I know they're a young team," he said. "We didn't get to run nearly as many plays as I wanted to. I wanted to throw it a little bit but we got ahead too quickly.
"We wanted to work it in," he said. "We're going to be a running team but we got to throw some to keep them from putting eight or nine guys in a box on us. We have to throw it some to loosen them up."
After Ranie's two touchdowns had the Gators ahead 14-0 going into the second quarter, junior Brett Satterfield scampered for a 59-yard score and a 20-0 lead.
Seahawk senior quarterback Logan McLeod, handing off to senior runner Alex Causey, junior Cole Wheeler and sophomore Trenton Lee, then drove the Seahawks into the Gator red zone for their deepest penetration of the night. But with 6:41 left in the half, Wewa senior Isaac Madrid intercepted a McLeod pass in the end zone to stifle the drive.
Madrid later managed the Gators' sixth score, and got the running clock going, when he hauled in a Ranie pass with 11 minutes left in the third quarter for a 47-yard scoring strike and a 41-0 lead.
The Gators led 34-0 going into the locker room after junior Bryan Harris scored a 23-yard rushing touchdown with 40 seconds left in the first half.
Wewa's final two scores both came courtesy of the Gator's backups, as sophomore Hunter Hysmith rushed for a 43-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter, and sophomore Caleb Shiver ended the game with a 61-yard touchdown gallop with no time left on the clock.
"I was pleased with our second group that went in there," said Kizziah.
The Gators also got rushing production from senior Javar Hill, who ran four times for 23 yards; sophomore Cameron Jones, who rushed three times for 18 yards; and junior Todd Gaskin, who ran once for 7 yards.
Senior Jamie Hensley and sophomore Peter Setterich split the kicking assignment, with each nailing three extra points.
Franklin County hosts South Walton Friday, while Kizziah's squad welcomes cross-county rival Port St. Joe.
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Amazon files patent for pay by selfie
SAN FRANCISCO — Amazon has filed a patent to allow customers to pay by selfie — but only after they do something that proves they're a real, three-dimensional person and not a photo, such as blinking or smiling.
The system described in the patent uses biometric facial recognition software to confirm that the human in the picture is eligible to make the transaction.
Instead of having to type in a code, the user could simply hold out their phone and snap a selfie.
The patent also seems to look forward to a day when users could just look Amazon's digital assistant, Alexa, in the eye and be verified. It notes that other types of electronic devices beyond phones and tablets could also be used, including "personal data assistants."
Alexa is currently available on the Amazon Echo, Dot and Dash, none of which include cameras, but that could change in the future.
The patent notes that the system would replace passwords, which when long are easy to forget and when short are easy to guess.
In place of things like the ubiquitous CAPTCHA number and letter codes often used to confirm a real person is behind a transaction, the system would ask the customer to perform an action such as smiling, blinking or winking "that cannot be replicated with a two-dimensional image," the patent says.
That protects against some unscrupulous thief trying to buy a 12-pack of Fire tablets using someone else's picture.
It would also be "fun for some users," the patent says.
Amazon filed the patent on March 10. No word on when the technique might actually come into use.
Though the Seattle online retailer isn't the only company that see possible gold in selfies. MasterCard last month announced a feature that will let its card holders pay with either a picture of their face or a fingerprint.


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How to pursue your goals AND relish the experience
Do you ever struggle being fully present with what you are doing in this moment? Perhaps occupied with a project at work when you are actually spending time with your children? Or maybe worrying about your child's report card while taking a shower? And I'm not even going to say the word "Facebook."
It's widely documented that full engagement in the present is a hallmark of high performance, but why is it so challenging sometimes?
As I was pondering this question at the end of a particularly non-present, distraction-filled day, I came across this fascinating article in the New York Times (probably on Facebook—cringe), called "The Problem of Living in the Present." The key takeaway from the article is that the majority of our daily activities fall into one of two categories: telic or atelic. Telic activities (it comes from the Greek word "telos" which means goal or purpose) are things we do that have an endpoint, such as writing an article, washing the car, cooking dinner, getting married, etc. Atelic activities are things we do that are not done with an endpoint—things such as spending time with our family, learning a new skill, reflecting on life, etc. There's no endpoint; the endpoint is the experience of doing it.
What I realized is that for me, telic activity is so satisfying—the feeling of accomplishing a goal, checking that thing off my to-do list—is such a mini-rush, that atelic activities can feel like a let-down neurologically. To a brain that is used to the repeated dopamine hits of successfully accomplishing telic activity after telic activity, doing something atelic like engaging with my children just feels, I don't know, less stimulating.
If you're like me, and this information feels like a revelation, read on for three tips on how to apply this cool bit of linguistic knowledge to your daily life:
Recognize when you're engaged in telic vs. atelic activity
According to the NYT article, telic activities "aim for a terminal state, by which they are completed. Think of reading this article or driving home from work. Once you arrive at the goal, you are finished: The point of the activity has been achieved."
Atelic activities, in contrast, "do not aim at terminal states. However much you reflect on life or spend time with your family, you cannot complete these activities. Though you will eventually stop doing them, they do not aim at a point at which there is no more of them to do."
Telic: you doing the thing with the end in mind; atelic: you're doing the thing just to do the thing.
Think about what you've done today. Do most of your activities tend to be telic or atelic? In other words, do you tend to think about your activity in terms of the goal of accomplishing stuff, or just doing stuff to do it? Which kinds of activities feel more satisfying to you? If I were a betting gal, I'd put money on the telic side of the scale.
To be clear: telic activity is great! We are ambitious, get-it-done women after all. But if you find yourself unable to engage fully in atelic activity without your brain itching for accomplishment, for the task to be completed, then you may need a bit more balance.
Balance both types by going all in on whatever one you're engaging in. Commit!
Now that you've recognized your tendency to one type of activity or another, a great way to find balance is to really commit to going all in on whichever type of activity you're engaged in, and embrace any attendant discomfort that you discover.
If you tend toward telic activity and find yourself unable to enjoy atelic, non-goal oriented time, double down on the actual physical sensations of the experience itself. If you are reading books with your child and find yourself wanting to get to the end of each book you're reading (probably for the hundredth time, we get it.), focus on the texture of your child's hair, the sound of their voice, the warmth of their skin. Practice drinking in the experience of the moment itself.
If you tend toward atelic activity and have a hard time really closing, completing, or shipping, as they say, and would rather enjoy the experience of being in process, double down on clarifying your vision for the terminal state that you're working toward. Think about something that all of us would classify as telic, like washing the dishes. I don't know about you, but I wash the dishes, not for the joy of scrubbing plates, but because I hold the prospect of a clean kitchen as a strong reward at the end. It may be that the goal that you're aiming for isn't clear or the reward isn't strong enough.
Remember the goal here (see what I did there?) is to learn something about yourself and experience something new or different, so don't use this process to engage in familiar patterns of judgment or retreating. Stay amused and light-hearted.
Bring qualities of one kind of activity to bear on the other to enhance your experience of each.
We all need a balance of goal-oriented and experience-oriented activity. One way to do this is to double down on each type—really focus on the ideal terminal state or goal with telic activity, and really focus on the experience when it's atelic activity (see #2 above)
Another way to seek this balance is to take the opposite approach: blending them. For example, can you bring a heightened awareness of your present-moment experience (atelic) to the time you spend preparing a case, closing a sale, booking a flight (goal-oriented, telic activity? Can having a goal (like finding the most rocks on a walk) heighten your enjoyment of your atelic activities?
Here at CWM we are really focused on practical applications of best practices—what is the point of knowing these two kinds of activities if they aren't useful in enhancing the way we experience our lives every day?
If it feels overwhelming to approach and even visualize the kind of transformation you'd like to experience in your life, think about this: "If you were given one year to live, what would you immediately want to change in your life?"


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The Weekly Sales Funnel Challenge is a week-long challenge for business owners to focus on a specific aspect of their sales funnel for one week. It's a fun way to keep you focused on one of the most important parts of your business. A new Weekly Sales Funnel Challenge is published every Monday and a wrap-up post is published every Friday.
Okay, last week's Weekly Sales Funnel Challenge was a real challenge! It was a lot of work for you to squeeze into your already busy days.
So I'm going to go easier on you this week. For this week's challenge, we're going to choose a competitor and we're going to write down THEIR sales funnel. Knowing your competitors' sales funnels will help you keep tabs on what your competitors are up to so they can't blindside you, and you'll find ways to differentiate your business.
Writing down one of your competitors' sales funnels doesn't have to be complicated:
First choose one competitor. Be specific about who it is. (Don't generalize by saying "most of my competitors are similar).
Second, list "Audience", "Leads", "Prospects", "Customers", and "Evangelists" down one side of a paper.
Third, write down all of the elements in each stage of your competitor's sales funnel that you're aware of. Maybe do a bit of digging to discover any additional channels or products or tactics that you aren't aware of.
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River projects get Lafayette Savings Bank boost
Lafayette Savings Bank has established an endowment that will benefit the community and ensure that the bank name will endure after a merger with Old National Bank.
Less than one month after announcing the merger, Randy Williams, LSB Financial Corp. president and CEO, presented a $25,000 check to establish the LSB Wabash Riverfront Enhancement Endowment with the Community Foundation of Greater Lafayette.
The Tuesday presentation at LSB's mortgage center at 22 N. Second St. commemorated the bank's 145th anniversary.
John Purdue, a prominent Lafayette businessman and benefactor of Purdue University, founded Lafayette Savings Bank on July 1, 1869, Williams said.
"Our name will change January of 2015, and I felt this was a lasting way to keep the Lafayette Savings Bank name out there forever and ever," he said.
"We've been known for years as the bank on the Wabash, and Old National Bank is located on the Ohio River (in Evansville) where the Wabash and Ohio River join, so we meet in more ways than one."
Both banks have strong reputations for community commitment, he said.
The endowment will fund annual grants to nonprofit groups working to enhance and improve the riverfront, said Marianne Rose, foundation president and CEO.
"This endowment is special because it is preserving the history of the bank as well as the one resource that we all have in common in our community, which is the Wabash River corridor," she said.
Grants may be awarded to projects ranging from economic development or master plans, to water quality studies or artwork, Rose said.
Lafayette Savings Bank five years ago established the John Purdue Benevolent Endowment with the community foundation to commemorate the bank's 140th anniversary, Williams said.
"That fund has grown over the years to sustain unrestricted gifts, and we expect the riverfront enhancement endowment will do the same," he said.
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