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BENNINGTON A North Adams, Mass., man is being held in prison without bail after police said he repeatedly sexually assaulted an 11-year-old girl in Bennington about four years ago.
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this is great, can't wait to see, more, i like the tightness of the panels, can't see too much. I've some of my own ameteur comics up on my page, be great if you coluld give me a professinal opinion sometime, thanks anyway
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Muito bom!tanto a narrativa e tratamento fino demais!as cores tb sao fodassas!!
Great to see ya around again man!!! Congrats on the gig bro, keep up the good work.
The art is great on this. I love the way you draw faces. I really liked the art in issue #2 also!
Great work, james! Keep it up!
That page is excellent man, well done!
Ai James ta mandando muito bem nos traços......
wonderful work as always. I'm curious about something. With such detailed pencil work, is there much left for the inker to add to the pic other than going over your beautiful pencils?
This looks awesome. Can't wait to pick this up! Marte's colors go really well with your pencils.
Great stuff on all fronts. I can't help but feel that some of the Marvel adventures books are better drawn and coloured than some of the mainline titles, and this is a case in point. Well done sir, I look forward to seeing it in the shops!
Nice work, Jimmy!
dude long time no see thought you died or something lol very nice work. I also picked up your comic for free comic book day and I have to say it was pretty good stuff art wise.
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Is there a reason, why in pre-shared key mode, Wi-Fi session key is not secured with something like Diffie-Hellman but instead is derived from PSK key and some information exchanged in clear during sign-on?
As Thomas pointed out in his comment, in WPA-PSK the parties already have a shared secret (the pre-shared key), so there is no need to go through the step of Diffie-Hellman key-exchange -- unless you want perfect forward secrecy (PFS) (see update below).
In WPA, the client and the access point goes through a step known as the "4-way-handshake" to verify that the other party is in possession of the pre-shared key and to derive session keys for actual (encryption/authentication) usage. This step involves nonces from both sides, and some cryptographic computations, with the end result that 1) both parties can verify that the other party is in possession of the common secret and 2) they both have derived a shared session key which they will use for the actual encryption.
The picture below shows the steps in this process. The Supplicant is the client and the Authenticator is the access point. The PMK is the shared secret. In a typical home-user setup, the PMK is usually derived from a password using PBKDF (this password is what you normally punch in when connecting to a wireless network). The PTK is the derived key that they end up actually using for encryption.
As mentioned in the comments, the above does not actually answer why WPA-PSK does not use DH. However, before discussing that, let's clarify what DH has to offer over what's currently being used, and also why the use of pre-shared keys diminishes some of those advantages. I claim that the one big advantage of using DH is that if offers perfect forward secrecy (PFS), while the ability to "separate" users from each other on the same WLAN is more debatable.
First we need to be clear about the kind of attacks we want -- and can -- be able to protect against.
So to conclude, using DH would provide huge benefits in the sense of providing PFS. Also, it also provides some degree of protection of insider attacks, as long as the attacker stays passive.
So why was the 4WHS not designed to use DH?
Full disclosure: this will just be speculation on my part, since I do not know the arguments that went in to the design decisions of the IEEE 802.1i standard.
I guess that at the time WPA (or more correctly IEEE 802.11 RSNA) was designed, the value of PFS was probably not fully appreciated. In hindsight of the NSA revelations, it is of course easy for us to understand its importance now, but at that time it might not have been so clear. Thus, if you are not required to have PFS, and you already have a PSK available to your protocol, then there is a very simple reason why DH would not be used: efficiency. Symmetric primitives are much much more efficient than public-key primitives, hence if you can get away with only using that, the choice is obvious.
*Incidentally, the IEEE 802.11 standard actually do support a DH-based key-exchange built on a password-based AKE called Dragonfly. However, this variant is only used when the network is in ad-hoc mode.
Using DH with public keys signed by the network wide PSK does not prevent station performing MITM attacks on each other. Further, if the PSK is weak a brute force attack on the signature applied to the public key can be a viable off line strategy. Subsequently to determining the PSK, the unauthorised 3rd party could then use the MITM attack to decrypt legitimate traffic. While this is technically challenging (from a radio perspective) cryptographically it appears to add little protection beyond perfect Forward Secrecy when compared to the existing PSK method.
Of course, stations should only do a single DH exchange on their 1st association to an AP but the open problem of the lack of authentication of WiFi management frames (e.g. spoofing failed association responses) and lack of user interaction at the AP (e.g. unlike Bluetooth pairing) opens an attack vector to induce DH exchanges on demand (as is currently possible with the 4-way handshake). In conclusion, DH with PSK signatures therefore raises the cost and complexity to perform an attack on the system but nowhere near as much is it does with other protocols that were more securely designed (e.g. IPsec).
Considering WPA-Enterprise offers (with the right EAP choice) per user keying and isolation, brute force resilience, and possibly even inter-session PFS. It offers all the same features discussed as advantageous with PSK-DH plus better access management (users can be de-authorised from the system without rekeying and restricted to certain login times or even to particular VLANS). I see why WPA-PSK was relegated to the a low cost/complexity consumer option. The few consumers that are privacy concerned (as opposed to just stopping their neighbours free loading) can obviously choose better PSKs and employ separate guest networks.
Probably, not the answer you wanted to hear but as "Hello World" alluded to PR and sales and profit margin is what drives a lot of these specs...
It's the same reason why open WIFI isn't encrypted. It is feasible and we have the technology and means, but the problem lies in our inefficient nature as humans.
It makes perfect sense to use Diffie-Hellman/RSA, yet someone up there decided to standardize it in a non optimal way. The world is inefficient and standards move slower than mountains, numerous sub-optimal solutions are employed all across the world in all fields, not just cryptography.
In PSK, anyone who knows the pre-shared key and who has eavesdropped on the 4-way handshake gains un-encrypted access to your traffic. Using Diffie-Hellman/RSA cryptography would eliminate that weakness.
Also, achieving the WPA-Enterprise level of authentication is as simple as checking the wireless station's public key signature. That would prevent MITM. A simple example would be a small LED screen on a router, showing the public key signature. When the user connects to the hotspot for the first time, he has to confirm the public key signature is correct. If the signature changes in the future, the user gets a security warning. The LED screen was just an example, the key signature can be conveyed to the user in a variety of ways.
Some comments state that a Diffie-Hellman/RSA is redundant because you already have a key. That's a false statement because in this scenario Diffie-Hellman/RSA offers a clear advantage, thus it is NOT redundant.
WPA-Enterprise does solve the problem but it adds unnecessary complexity. Albert Einstein would love WPA with RSA/Diffie-Hellman.
"Keep it as simple as possible, but not simpler". -Albert Einstein


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Rocket: Well, supposedly, these bald bodies find you attractive, so maybe you could work out some sort of trade.The act of trading sexual favors for non-sexual favors: Having sex with someone who you wouldn't want to have sex with "for free", or pretend that you wouldn't have sex with "for free", in exchange for work, gifts, or similar. The whole thing may or may not be portrayed and/or perceived as really being a form of prostitution. This trade may be portrayed in a neutral manner, or it may portray either the sex-trader or the service-trader as more or less a victim of the other. In either case, the act is often closely related to at least one other trope. Neutral versions (As in, they are either equally good or equally bad)
Gamora: You must be joking.
Rocket: No, I really heard they find you attractive.
Gamora: You must be joking.
Rocket: No, I really heard they find you attractive.
- For Happiness: They both get something they want, and everyone is happy. Life is good.
- Sex Is Evil: They both get something they want, and they are both immoral creeps.
- Sex Is Evil and I Am Horny: They both get something they want, and they are both pitiful creeps.
- Casual Kink: Any of the "unlucky sex-trader" or "unlucky service-trader" variants below, but as a Safe, Sane and Consensual sexual role-playing game.
- Pizza Boy Special Delivery: The exchange is little more than an excuse for sex.
- Entitled to Have You: The service-trader just keeps nagging the sex-trader about sex that she doesn't want, until she finally gives in with an "okay, but at least do something for me as well". Alternatively, he does something for her first, and doesn't reveal until afterward that the help actually came with a price tag.
- Sexual Extortion: Sure, the sex-trader is the one taking the initiative, but what choice does he really have if the service is the only source of the medication his dying child needs, or the like? (In regular Sexual Extortion, the service-trader pushes An Offer You Can't Refuse on the sex-trader).
- Manipulative Bastard: The service-trader weasels his way into the sex-trader's bed with promises he never intends to keep and might not even be able to keep.
- Drugs Are Bad: The sex-trader is addicted and will do anything to get his fix.
- A Man Is Always Eager: Alice exploits the Bob's sex drive to get whatever she wants.
- Gold Digger: The sex trader wants money... and lots of money... and even more money, and perhaps will even invoke the Murder Tropes to get the "inheritance" faster.
- Manipulative Bitch: The sex-trader makes the eager service-trader think he'll be getting sex in return for doing her a favor, but she has no intention of actually giving him any.
- Bastard Girlfriend: Alice gets poor Bob all worked up, but makes sure to to keep him constantly frustrated (whether he gets any sex or not) for the audience's amusement.
- Henpecked Husband: They are married, and Alice uses "withholding sex" to dominate and manipulate Bob.
- Sleeping Their Way To The Top: The sex-trader offers sex in return for a promotion, a better job, or a higher social status which the services-trader can provide. May run the whole spectrum from plucky underdog overcoming adversity by acting out of the box, to a cynical and shrewd manipulator using underhanded tactics.
- Casting Couch: An actor (model, singer etc.) sleeps with a producer to get the role. This is a Sub-Trope of Sleeping Their Way To The Top in which the "service" is specifically a part in a cast.
- Sextra Credit: The "service" is better grades for a student and the services-trader is a teacher or professor.
- Compensated Dating: A light form of prostitution which may or may not include sex; the focus is more on a "dating" relationship in which one partner (who otherwise might not be interested) is compensated with lavish gifts.
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- In Preacher, Cassidy used to be a junkie. In one flashback scene, he is giving oral sex in exchange for some drugs... and then beats the living shit out of his girlfriend for catching him in the act.
- In the Swedish comic Elvis, the titular character often falls prey to the Henpecked Husband variant, with Elvis having to do all kinds of chores and concessions in return for the rare marital intercourse with his wife Hedvig. Also reversed (but still with Hedvig as the abuser) with a Played for Laughs case of the Sexual Extortion variant: Elvis is desperate for a new PlayStation, and Hedvig forces him to dance like Chippendales for her before she allow him to buy it.
- In Morbus Gravis, the protagonist Druuna has to endure the Sexual Extortion variant: Her boyfriend is very ill, and in her desperation for medication she begs a disgusting old doctor to have sex with her.
- Whatever Love Means portrays traditional gender roles (man works, woman is housewife) this way (some would say rather unfairly).
- Deadpool bought his friend Outlaw a new place after her old one was wrecked in a fight with The Punisher. She ends up doing this. Deadpool tells her that she doesn't have to, but she does anyway.
- In the Death Note Slash Fic The Unwritten Rule Light makes this offer to Ryuk in exchange for Shinigami eyes. It backfires on him horribly.
- In Chicago, Roxie comes up with a plan to use a fake pregnancy as a moral weapon against a possible death penalty. In her words, "I would just like to say that my own life doesn't matter now. It's just that of my unborn child." She's put up for medical inspection of course. She uses sex to convince the doctor to back up her story.
- In Duets, Suzi Loomis often uses sexual means to fund her cross-country trip, including a scene in which she needs to get a new paint job for a stolen car.
Suzi: "Sir, we're a little bit short on cash at the moment, but I would consider it an honor and a privilege to suck your dick."
- In Forrest Gump there is a rather loose variation.
Hancock: "Your mama sure does care about your schooling, son!"
- In My Life In Ruins, the man at the counter at the hotel offers Georgia this option in exchange for postage, but she's mortified.
- Perhaps the most triumphant example occurs in the film Dangerous Beauty, in which Venetian courtesan Veronica Franco has sex with King Henri III of France in exchange for French naval support in Venice's war against the Turks. After one night with her, he returns to his royal barge to leave the city, sits down very gingerly on a cushion, and tells the Doge "You'll get your ships." The entire Venetian crowd cheers wildly. Talk about doing your patriotic duty.
- Discussed in The American President when President Shepherd's election opponent implies in a talk show appearance that his girlfriend, a lobbyist, may have traded sexual favors for votes. Shepard calls him out on this specifically in a literal "The Reason You Suck" Speech at the end of the film.
- Implied to occur between Pris and Sebastian in Blade Runner to convince Sebastian to get Roy past Tyrell's security to see Tyrell. Roy later kills both Tyrell and a crying, guilt-wracked Sebastian once the bargain is complete.
- When she finds out that Chang the bandit chieftain is about to have her boyfriend's eyes put out in Shanghai Express, Lily offers herself to Chang. Chang accepts.
- Played for Laughs in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, where George Carlin, as a drifter, explains that this is expected when hitching a ride before getting one with a trucker where he follows through out-of-frame. The duo is conflicted about this when their ride turns out to be a Nun.
- In Xenocide, Wang-Mu "bribes" a foreman to allow her to strike up a conversation with the local aristocrat's daughter, Qing-Jao, in hopes of raising her social status. (It works.)
- Subverted in War and Remembrance. Natalie, out of pure desperation, offers this to a Nazi camp guard in exchange for protecting her child. The guard replies contemptuously that she has nothing to bargain with as he could have it any time but really didn't feel like it.
- Discussed in The Dresden Files: Grave Peril. A homeless girl named Lydia comes to Harry for help, and he tells her that he wants something in return. She misconstrues it as a request for this trope and he quickly stops her because A) he just wanted more information, not sex, and B) she doesn't even look legal anyway. He comments in his internal monologue that it's probably not the first time she's traded sex for favors.
- In Frasier, Bebe subtly insinuates that she will become Frasier's agent again if he sleeps with her. ("I'm just talking about having a little fun. After all, when I'm having fun, I'm happy. When I'm happy, I work harder. When I work harder, you become famous and powerful. Isn't that what you want? Fame and power?") He tries to bluff her by subtly enticing her with the possibility of sex, since he notes that she loves the chase, enough to make her want to take him on again in order to pursue him. He fails, badly, as a freak collision of coincidences makes her seem so much like the devil that he loses his head and runs screaming.
- In Mad Men, Joan does this with much angst in the episode "The Other Woman."
- Hanna's mother engages in this do get her out of shoplifting charges in the pilot of Pretty Little Liars.
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Harmony asks her ex-boyfriend, Spike, to shelter her when she assumes that Buffy is out to get her. (Harmony has sort of an unrealistic view of how much Buffy cares.) It takes Spike a bit of sarcastic hinting before she realizes what he wants in return. Her response is basically "oh, sure, whatever."
- In Season 7, Anya offers to have sex with a demon if he provides the information they want. The demon rejects the offer in disgust, as Humans Are Ugly.
- In The Big Bang Theory episode "The Hook-Up Reverberation", Penny casually admits her high school PE coach turned out to have a close personal interest in her which amounted to an unwise teacher-pupil crush. She took the young Penny to see a Melissa Etheridge gig, and Penny played along with the idea to ensure she got A-grades. Penny does not disclose how far she had to go to get those A's but casually says "it all worked out just fine".
- Shameless has Lip do other people's homework for extra money. Karen can't afford it, so she gives him oral sex instead.
- Rome. Cleopatra wants Marc Antony to publicly acknowledge her son by Caesar as legitimate. Marc Antony whispers his price in her ear which she agrees to, but slaps him when he tries to touch her. As Cleopatra points out, if she's a whore, "then the customer pays first, does he not?"
- Subverted in the official video for Madonna's song Material Girl: Madonna's character let the rich men buy her all kinds of expensive stuff, using their competition with each other over her as her convenient excuse to not kiss any of them - eventually sneaking off to kiss some guy who didn't try to pay her for it.
- In the official video for Studio Killers Ode to the Bouncer, lead singer Cherry has sex with a bouncer to get into a night club.
- Angelina Love and Velvet Sky "gave" Madison Rayne to referee Slick Johnson to ensure Love remained TNA's "Knockout" Champion. Later, when Rayne left The Beautiful People, she would approach referee Brian Stiffler of her own volition. (Vince Russo works there, can you tell?)
- Dragon Age:
- In Dragon Age: Origins, you can get Isabela to teach you the Duelist specialization with this trope, though the sex happens offscreen. If your character is female, you can also suggest this to Dwyn as payment for fighting to defend Redcliff, but he will decline.
- In Dragon Age: Inquisition, one of the options to conclude Josephine's questline involves offering "an unforgettable night" to a noblewoman as payment for the ennobling of a family.
- Inverted in Fallout 2: if the Bishop family godfather in New Reno finds out you've been messing with his wife or daughter, he'll "hire" you to do various jobs for him for free.
- Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines:
- one of the earlier levels involves you trying to get a powerful explosive from a bunch of mobs. If your character is female and has a high enough seduction level, you have the option to offer this to their leader as payment. Since you are a vampire however, no sex needs to ensue: your character instead just bites the mob boss in the neck and sucks some of his blood, leaving him with blurred memory and the vague impression something sexy happened.
- Venus, the owner of a Night Club in Downtown, is implied to have been forced into resorting to this to pay her debt toward Russian mob Boris whenever she can't pay with money. One of the quests she gives you involves killing Boris so she won't have to do it anymore.
- In Ménage à 3, the relationships between actors Amber and Dillon and producer Nathan start out as Casting Couch arrangements (although Dillon is naive enough to think that Nathan has feelings for him), but when Nathan tries to set up a threesome, Amber manages to arrange matters so that she and Dillon come out of the deal with an apartment as well as three film roles each.
- The Onion: Housewife Charged In Sex-For-Security Scam.
- Bash.org: Quote #180081 is about a girl offering sexual favors in return for writing a sociology paper on "accomplishments and growth of feminism".
- Not Always Right: Woman tries to pay off overdue rent by stripping naked and having sex with her landlord. Landlord tells her to put her clothes back on, then when she insists, points to the security camera in the corner.
- Family Guy: In an early episode, Death comes for Peter, but twists his ankle and the Griffins nurse him back to health in the hopes that he'll spare Peter out of gratitude. At one point Death tells Lois that he might consider it if she does something for him. Lois sighs and starts unbuttoning her blouse; Death quickly interrupts, saying he just wanted more food.
- In the second story of Futurama "Anthology Of Interest I", Leela has sex with Fry in order to make sure he won't tell anyone of the murders.


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Game Hens with Brussels Sprouts & Chestnuts
Game hens are even easier to prepare than chicken and help make your celebration more festive. Their buttery flavor complements roasted Brussels sprouts and chestnuts.Yield: 8 servings, 1/2 game hen & about 3/4 cup vegetables each
Active Time: 40
Total Time: 85
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
- 4 Cornish game hens, 1-1 1/2 pounds each
- 2 teaspoons butter
- 2 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 large red onion, peeled and cut through the root end into 8 wedges
- 2 pounds Brussels sprouts, trimmed and cut in half if large (about 6 cups)
- 16 ounces jarred roasted chestnuts, (2 1/2 cups; see Shopping Tip)
- 2 tablespoons white-wine vinegar
- Preheat oven to 375°F. Combine thyme, salt and pepper in a small bowl.
- Remove giblets (if included) from game hens and trim any excess skin. Loosen the skin over the breast and thigh meat and rub half the thyme mixture under the skin. Tie legs together with kitchen string.
- Heat butter and oil in a large roasting pan set over 2 burners on medium heat. Add the game hens and brown on all sides, turning occasionally, 10 to 12 minutes.
- Add onion to the pan, transfer to the oven and roast for 10 minutes. Add Brussels sprouts and roast for 20 minutes. Stir chestnuts and the remaining thyme mixture into the pan. Continue roasting until an instant-read thermometer inserted into a thigh registers 165°F, 10 to 15 minutes more.
- Transfer the game hens to a large cutting board and let rest for 10 minutes. Place the roasting pan over 2 burners on medium heat. Toss the vegetables with vinegar and bring to a simmer, gently stirring and scraping up any browned bits. Remove the string from the game hens, turn breast-side down and slice in half lengthwise using a large heavy knife, cutting straight through to the breast side. Serve the game hens with the vegetables.
Tips & Notes
- Make Ahead Tip: Equipment: Kitchen string
- Shopping tip: Cooked peeled chestnuts are available in jars in the baking aisle or with seasonal foods at many supermarkets.
Nutrition Per Serving
|7 g (2 g sat, 2 g mono)
|93 mg
|39 g
|24 g
|6 g
|656 mg
|875 mg
Nutrition Bonus Vitamin C (140% daily value), Potassium (25% dv), Folate (23% dv), Vitamin A & Iron (15% dv).
Carbohydrate Serving 2
Exchanges 2 starch, 1 vegetable, 3 lean meat
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I'll stop the whale killings, vows Kevin Rudd
- From: The Daily Telegraph
- February 02, 2008
PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd has vowed to do whatever it takes to end Japan's whale hunt as the bloody slaughter continued yesterday.
Mr Rudd's declaration came as Japanese companies scurried to try to minimise a consumer backlash over whaling.
A people-power campaign has begun against the Japanese whalers, spearheaded by The Daily Telegraph, with 100,000 people signing a petition of outrage.
Yesterday Mr Rudd joined the Australian people in demanding Japan cease its so-called "scientific whaling program".
"I want to see an end to whaling," Mr Rudd said.
"I don't have a magic wand, but the Australian Government will do everything within our power to put pressure on the Japanese whalers to bring this slaughter to an end.
"Australia and Japan have a strong relationship, but that strength demands that we leave the Japanese in no doubt that Australia will continue to campaign to bring an end to whaling once and for all."
Mr Rudd said he had instructed Foreign Minister Stephen Smith to "exert real pressure" on the Japanese to end the program.
However, talks this week between Mr Smith and his Japanese counterpart Masahiko Koumoura have been deadlocked.
As the Japanese continued to harpoon and slice up minke whales throughout the day, Mr Smith emerged from talks saying the two men had "agreed to disagree".
Consumers have now called for boycotts of all Japanese products, sending some of Japan's biggest companies into a panic.
Hayley Wilson, 21, of Surry Hills said she thought boycotts were the only solution: "Nothing else seems to be working."
Big name Japanese companies immediately went into overdrive.
Electronics giant Sanyo has written to the Japanese Consulate in Sydney voicing its concern about a consumer backlash.
Sony Australia called on Australians to reconsider the approach and Mazda also begged Australians not to target its products.
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by Ron Wolfe, ChildFund Senior Business Systems Analyst
The day was coming to an end, and our last home visit was accessible only through one of the many narrow and dark alleys that crisscross the favela (urban slum) on the edge of Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Above me, though, a young girl leaned out a window, grinned, and rushed to open the door. As we entered, she held up her finger to ask us to wait one minute, ran up the winding stairs to the upper floor, and returned with a pink, plastic toy computer. She smiled at us again and said proudly, "Netbook!"
While deploying technology pilots over the past two months in Dominica, Zambia and Brazil, it has become clear that technology has a universal appeal. The appeal, though, is strongest among the children.
Staff from ChildFund International and ChildFund Brazil spent a week in Villa Ventosa, a village in the Nova Barroca neighborhood to continue the mobile application tests that began in the Caribbean in April. We worked with our affiliated partner, GEDAM (Grupo de Educação Desenvolvimento e Apoio ao Menor), to evaluate an Android application created at our headquarters and loaded onto tablet computers. The app synchronizes existing child data acquired during a home visit with geospatial information so that we can better analyze geographic patterns among our enrolled and sponsored children. This data is then combined with a photograph of the child's letter to his or her sponsor, which was captured with the tablet's built-in camera and sent to a database in Richmond, Va. In the future, this image will be queued into a translation database accessible to our translators around the world.
In Brazil, GEDAM currently implements programs for approximately 500 ChildFund sponsored children. During the pilot, the team, consisting of representatives from ChildFund International, the Brazil office and GEDAM, set a goal of reaching about 20 children over three days in the field. Each day was split into morning and afternoon home visits where the two teams walked the dense neighborhood amid stray dogs and hollow clay brick houses with corrugated roofs that extended beyond the horizon.
The participating community mobilizers were immediately excited by the potential impact these devices could have on their work. Their day is often filled with administrative tasks that, if streamlined, would give way to more child-centered programming and an improved child/sponsor experience. As seen during previous pilot tests, the mobilizers came up with multiple ways in which properly focused technology could advance ChildFund's mission. These insights will guide future applications and ChildFund's broader mobile platform strategy.
Every child we met during a home visit seemed drawn to the tablet. Some intuitively reached for the glass surface and used the standard gestural commands to interact with the device. Some simply smiled when they realized that this home visit was different, and they were participating in a unique experience.
One thing became immediately clear: although we consider our work in mobile technology to be innovative, the children are the true innovators. It comes natural to them.
On the way out of her house after we captured an image of the letter she had just handwritten, a teenage sponsored child turned to the team and said, "Next time, give me the tablet and I'll type the letter directly to my sponsor."
Reporting by Luza Marinho, ChildFund Brasil
Spring fashion week in Minas Gerais, Brazil, took on an added dimension this year with the much-anticipated release of a T-shirt designed by Victor Dzenk. Proceeds from sales of the shirt will benefit children in ChildFund programs.
More than 200 journalists, designers and fashion followers turned out to preview the noted Brazilian designer's 2013 summer collection. The show included the release of the special T-shirt. Internationally known for his avant-garde prints, Dzenk is also focused on social responsibility.
"Last year in Rio de Janeiro, we created a T-shirt for the breast cancer foundation with a pink bow. It was beautiful and a great success! We want to repeat [that success] working with children from ChildFund Brasil," he said. "ChildFund Brasil is a serious and respected organization. It is very gratifying to add beauty and an art project."
Celebrities such as fashion consultant Gloria Kalil and members of the national and world press became acquainted with ChildFund's mission, while snapping up the designer shirts. Fashion model and blogger Cris Guerra shared with the audience her experience of nearly 10 years as a ChildFund sponsor. Her stories about Fernando, her sponsored child, touched everyone.
The event also featured a special exhibit of photos taken by photographer Luíza Villarroel and students in the ChildFund-supported Photovoice project. A few days before the fashion show, the students had the incredible opportunity of photographing Guerra—sporting the Dzenk T-shirt—in their own community of Sierra Cluster.
Seeming unaffected by the glamor of the moment, the student photographers lost no time in determining the shots they needed and then capturing street scenes with Cris as their focal point.
The Photovoice project teaches children and youth how to use photos, videos and other communication techniques to express their views and their voices. The 2012 workshops are focusing on social identity as revealed through self-portraits and portraits of community residents—capturing life histories, recording the daily life of students and exchanging "looks" and experiences.
Discover more about ChildFund's work in Brazil.
Reporting by ChildFund Brasil
During January's 31 days, we've made a blog stop in all 31 countries where we serve children, thanks to the generous support of our sponsors and donors. On our final day, we meet Wagner Oliveira, an accomplished teacher who attributes his success to sponsorship and ChildFund Brasil.
From the age of 4 until age 20, Wagner Oliveira was enrolled in ChildFund Brasil's Projeto União. "Today, I have a broader vision of the world, and I owe this to the project," he says. "Here is where I started. The project contributed to my formation because it encouraged me to study…. "I learned to value my friends and interact with people."
Now 37, Wagner teaches at several schools in the city of Fortaleza/Ceara, Brazil. "If I grew up with education, I must give education," he says. He counsels children to grab hold of education and do their best to overcome adversity. "You're much stronger than you think," he advises young people. "You have no idea how strong you are. Be stronger than your problems."
Wagner also has a message for ChildFund sponsors: "You have the privilege of being part of the group that will build a better future."
Discover more about ChildFund's programs in Brazil and how you can sponsor a child.
Reporting by ChildFund Brazil and Monica Planas, ChildFund Americas Regional Communications Manager
Today marks ChildFund Brazil's nationwide celebration of Sponsor's Day — a day filled with special meaning for the many sponsors and currently or formerly sponsored children who have been touched by ChildFund's programs in Brazil. Thanks to the expansion of ChildFund's presence around the country, thousands of children now have the opportunity to improve their lives.
That expansion is partly because people from all walks of life are celebrating the day by spreading the word that sponsoring a child is one of the best investments anyone can make.
Well-known blogger Cris Guerra is one of them. She has been sponsoring a child through ChildFund for nine years. "It's awesome and very easy to be a sponsor for a child," Guerra says. "I had the opportunity to travel to the town of the child I sponsor and to meet him face-to-face. His mother came toward me crying, thankful that I'd been the sponsor of her son. The hug of that child, and also learning a little more of his life history, provoked an emotion that I can't describe. At the moment that I met them personally, I had an idea of the help that I am bringing to that family. Being a sponsor makes a difference."
That's true for 11-year-old sponsored child Robert, who lives near Belo Horizonte. "I take part in computer, sport, [drawing] and dance classes," he says. "It's very rewarding because it keeps me busy and off the streets."
Robert's mother, Vicentina, is sure that without ChildFund's support his life would be tougher. "I do hemodialysis three times a week," she says, "and on those days I know I can go to the treatment lighthearted, because my son is benefiting from ChildFund's program activities."
Zé Teixeira, a 46-year-old father of two, is proud of having been a sponsored child in the past. He was one of eight brothers. "Things could have been much worse for us," he says, "but some of my brothers and I had the privilege of taking part in ChildFund's programs, which improved our living conditions."
Nowadays, Teixeira is a musician, a music producer and civil servant. Last month his own mother had the joy of being in a position to support a child enrolled in the ChildFund project. "ChildFund's work is essential because it fills the gap of socio-economic discrepancy, rescuing marginalized families," she says.
ChildFund's national director for Brazil, Gerson Pacheco, speaks to the benefits of the sponsorship relationship itself. "Many stories and different lifestyles are shared, and experiences, advice and encouragement are exchanged," he says. "The sponsor has the opportunity of both contributing to and following his sponsored child's development. When donating a small amount, a citizen supports social projects that benefit children, families and communities. And the effect is reciprocal."
To Ana Maria Carvalho, having the opportunity to help a child is wonderful. "It has been about one year that I have sponsored a 6-year-old child," she says. "I'd been influenced by my daughter to sponsor this child, and today I see how important my contribution is. I encourage all Brazilians who have means to help to take part in helping, and contact ChildFund and sign up."
The Cantinho dos Sonhos program in Brazil is not only helping children in rural communities learn to read, it's also helping them discover their dreams.
by Nicole Duciaume, Regional Sponsorship Coordinator, Americas Regional Office
Editor's note: Today Nicole concludes her three-part blog series on her visit to a ChildFund project in a Brazilian favela.
If I thought the streets were steep and winding when driving to Conselho de Pais Crianca Feliz in the Belo Horizonte favela, it was certainly confirmed as we walked to families' homes. Without exaggeration, I can say we walked up near vertical hills, over paved and dirt roads, down crumbling alleys and through overgrown yards. And that is just a fraction of what our community mobilizers (volunteers) do on any average day. They didn't spare us the details or the terrain as we literally walked many miles — if not in their shoes then at least along the same paths.
Our guide was Ziza, a community mobilizer who has volunteered with the organization since November 2000. She goes house to house visiting families to raise awareness about specific ChildFund programs and children's overall health and well-being. As the mother of a 13-year-old son, Ziza is not shy about broaching the topic of child violence, both within the home and within the community at large. Over the 10 years she has spent volunteering with ChildFund, Ziza has earned a reputation in the community for being a problem solver and a great humanitarian.
In fact, she has taken on the personal responsibility of helping raise 13 nieces and nephews. They live with her in her small three-bedroom house — a house with mud-and-stick brick walls and a cement floor. Several of the children share her bed. The most recent to join her is only 3 weeks old. When asked about the heavy burden she has taken on, her response was simple: "I believe greatly in what I do. I don't see problems, I see future solutions."
Walking with her, it became clear that Ziza is an important and valued member in the community. People trust her and we were allowed into homes, down alleys and through areas that we would never pass alone. But with her, there was a calm presence and an unspoken respect.
Along the route I chatted with several children:
We made our way back to the center (slowly — those hills are rough!) and checked in on their systems, processes and audit reports. Yet we kept thinking about the children, families and community because, much like the hokey-pokey, that's what it's all about.
by Nicole Duciaume, Regional Sponsorship Coordinator, Americas Regional Office
Within the secure walls of Conselho de Pais Crianca Feliz, one of ChildFund's partners in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, we first encountered a group of children (age 8 to 12) sitting in a circle engaged in a singing challenge. The teacher would call out a word with a positive association (e.g., house, heart, love, smart), and the children would try to recall a popular song featuring that word. Then the children would try to come up with obscure words to challenge the teacher: "Do you know a song with the word centimeter?" There was much laughter and many smiles, but more important was the message around encouraging creativity, self-expression and positive images.
We popped into a classroom of 5-year-olds learning to color and spell words. The children looked within a drawing of a pineapple for letters to spell their own names. I took the opportunity to ask them what other fruits they like to eat. We had a great debate on what the best fruit was, but then they said that they only get fruit at the center, not in their homes. We also saw students learning to make frogs with construction paper and cotton balls. We talked about other things that are green and, of course, we hopped around just a bit.
Back outside, we headed upstairs for the official presentation of demographics, statistics, budgets and proposals. But along the way we sat in on a capoeira class. Capoeira is a Brazilian martial arts dance that has its roots in the slave identity and rebellions of Brazil. Though two people enter into the circle to "fight" each other, the goal is actually to never touch. The dance is a great source of cultural restoration and conflict resolution. I chatted with Mateus, age 10, and he told me that he "came to learn capoeira, but I've learned so much more." He specifically likes the music sessions with traditional beats but with lyrics that emphasize math and literacy (a nice way to insert learning into any opportunity). Through the class he says he has learned "to defend myself, but never hurt people" and that his "African heritage is important to know and respect for [myself] and for my country."
During the presentation by the staff, we learned that the favela has the highest population density in the state — almost 50,000 inhabitants. ChildFund's partner is here to be a positive influence: to be role models, build awareness, develop skills and create hope. The staff realizes that they cannot make the decisions for the families, but they fight hard for children and, for the most part, the families recognize the work and want their children to attend center activities.
We also learned that local gangs see Conselho de Pais Crianca Feliz as a positive force. When violence is about to break out, the gangs often inform the staff ahead of time to make sure the children stay home. Yet our partner organization also knows that drug traffickers begin to recruit children as young as 9 years old. So it is a difficult balance to find — an uneasy peace. The staff must work within community realities, yet remain focused on the well-being of children and youth, making programming decisions and setting priorities.
We packed up and headed out into the community.
Up next, I'll tell you more about our time walking through the favela.
by Nicole Duciaume, Regional Sponsorship Coordinator, Americas Regional Office
I moved to Brazil when I was 13 years old. The four years I spent there categorically shaped my adolescence and my life. In past years I have returned several times to study, work, volunteer and just to visit old friends. Brazil is a part of my identity, personality and the foundation for my passion for working with ChildFund.
Earlier this month, I visited our offices in Belo Horizonte while attending a ChildFund Alliance conference to discuss opportunities to make child sponsorship more efficient (faster, less costly) and effective (more developmentally rewarding for children and more engaging for our sponsors). Our long discussions and debates will benefit the organization in the coming years.
Yet the best day for me was when we visited ChildFund communities. It reconnects me to my job and our organizational purpose, to the children and the families who endure harsh realities and to our partner organizations' programs that aim to empower, inspire and evolve. A day in the community has no equal.
Conference attendees divided into three groups for site visits. Mine went to a nearby favela — an urban hillside slum. It was maybe only 10 kilometers (six miles) from our hotel, but it was the epicenter of urban social exclusion. We drove slowly up winding paths and around tight corners, passing day laborers scattered in the streets painting bricks, stacking rocks and collecting recyclable materials to sell for small change.
There is no land for urban sprawl, so favela dwellers build higher and higher, making their shanties increasingly susceptible to landslides. We saw "rat nests" of wires carrying electricity but no sewage drainage systems. We saw broken glass strewn in the streets, making the roads appear iridescent, and larger razor-sharp shards atop walls to deter thieves. And there was garbage of every shape and color. The city of Belo Horizonte, with its parks and high-rises, sprawled out below — completely within view but seemingly a world apart.
As we navigated toward our destination, we discussed the realities of sexual abuse, violence, gangs and drug trafficking that favela children confront daily. We talked about their alternating fears of either police absence or police corruption. We noted how all of these factors impact the lives of children, including their identities within their own families. We discussed what it means to be a member of a community rather than merely an inhabitant, and what the future would hold for these children without support from family, community and organizations.
Then we spotted brightly colored walls…a place for children. We had arrived at Conselho de Pais Crianca Feliz, ChildFund's partner organization that supports nearly 2,000 children and teens from some 700 families in the area. They offer formal and informal education programs, computer classes, sports, arts (dance, music, crafts), and professional skills development. They work closely with community members to involve them in identifying the root causes of poverty in the area and then setting priorities, planning activities and evaluating the results. They also develop the capacities of volunteers and community leaders.
More tomorrow about what we discovered behind the center door.
We were honored to learn that the Association of Marketing & Communications Professionals has awarded ChildFund International three Platinum MarCom awards for the following television commercials:
Kudos to our creative agency Quigley-Simpson and to all who worked so hard to earn these awards as judged by our marketing and communications peers. We are particularly grateful for the support provided by ChildFund's Brazil national office in the filming of these commercials.
The MarCom Awards are the product of an international competition to recognize and reward creative achievement. You can view ChildFund's commercials and other videos on our YouTube channel.
by Jessi Hanson, Education Associate, ChildFund Program Quality
Editor's Note: A ChildFund team has been working in Brazil for several weeks to carry out two pilot projects with netbook technology. As with any trip to the field, there are moments of exhaustion and exhilaration, as Jessi reflects.
Why We Do the Work We Do
One of the most personally impactful moments of the trip was going into a rural village where we have sponsored and enrolled children. I walked with ChildFund Brazil's national director and several national office staff. The first house we came upon was made of adobe with a dirt floor. It had no electricity or running water. A woman greeted us near the house. She was washing her family's clothes, while standing knee deep in a filthy stream. She used a stick to help clean the sudsy clothes.
Once again, I was staring into the face of poverty.
This kind woman, who had grown up in this village with its harsh conditions, explained to us that she had enrolled her children with ChildFund so that they could receive a better education and health care. She expressed hope that her children would eventually find a better place to live, or if they remained with her, she hoped that they would have skills to find good jobs and one day improve the family home.
ChildFund Brazil will soon implement a water-treatment project in this village. We're also working with the school to make sure children are attending daily and progressing well.
A Beautiful Moment
The highlight of this trip—and probably for my job this year—was sharing in the moment when a community facilitator achieved a perfect score on her distance learning test, using one of our netbooks and the Brainhoney software.
It was amazing!
When we began working with Imilene, she had seen computers but had never been online or even used a keyboard.
Her day-to-day work is with early childhood development in one of ChildFund's small project areas just outside of Turmalina.
When Imilene completed the test, she threw her hands up in the air and began cheering! "I did it!" she said, nearly in tears. "I passed on the computer!"
It was a beautiful moment.
Coffee, Please!
During lunch one day, I was going to get coffee, and a server handed me a large unfamiliar jug that reminded me of a gasoline container. In my terrible Portuguese, I asked, "Is this coffee?" She answered, "Yes, all sweetened coffee." I almost died laughing at how wonderful this was — a huge container of wonderful coffee, but seemingly very dangerous to pour.
A Man of Many Talents
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Trouble In Tibet
In 1997, Martin Scorsese released Kundun, a biopic about the fourteenth Dalai Lama, Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso. (I was one of a handful of people who saw it, I think; the movie wasn't a commercial success.) The plot is mostly chronological. We follow the Dalai Lama from his birth and discovery to India, where has lived in exile since 1959, after the Tibetan National Uprising. In that quarter century he became a political figure when the Dalai Lama was called upon to lead Tibet. In 1954 he traveled to Beijing to meet with Mao Tse-tung. Since then, he has traveled the world, lobbying for a solution to the disagreement between the Tibetan people and China over their homeland. One of his three commitments is to "the Tibetan issue," as he calls it.
His Holiness has a responsibility to act as the free spokesperson of the Tibetans in their struggle for justice. As far as this third commitment is concerned, it will cease to exist once a mutually beneficial solution is reached between the Tibetans and Chinese.
In the last few week, tensions and violence in China have showed us (as much as we've been able to see) how strong the disagreement over the territory is. (Very few Western journalists have been able to enter Tibet.) An estimated 150 people died in protests, which resulted in some 400 arrests.
In our second hour, we'll get an update on the political and social situation in Tibet as we get nearer and nearer to the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics. And we'll try to find out more about who the Dalai Lama is as a religious and political leader. We'll talk with Pico Iyer, who wrote The Open Road: The Global Journey of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama. An excerpt from his book, with some beautiful photographs by James Nachtwey, is available here. Iyer has known the Dalai Lama for more than 30 years. If you have a question for him, please leave it here.
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What is going to happen when the Dalai Lama passes away? Are any plans in place or are the Chinese simply going to choose their own, like they did with the Panchen Lama?
I know the Dalai Lama has a commitment to non-violence, but I have recently heard him admit to eating animal flesh, including veal. Given the violent nature of eating meat in the industrialized world, I was wondering how he reconciles his decision to eat animals.
It is difficult presenting an issue objectively when the NPR has all but presumed the Dali Lama to be the rightful "spiritual" and "political" leader of Tibet - when complex socioeconomic issues are trivialized simplistically as "Tibetans" vs. "Chinese" - and when A broad outpouring of suppressed fury is always assumed, with the Dali Lama depicted as in the "right" and the Chinese gov't depicted as the "oppressor."
Could someone please explain why Tibet was invaded; and how this all started?
I would like to hear what are the Dali Lamas thoughts on the tragic results of the American invasion of Iraq?
The core issue here is that the Tibetan people are not happy under the Chinese rule. China is like the bully and we should not forget it. China is also trying to have both ways. If China wants the respect that it so desire in the world arena, it should try to practise the basic human rights, respected and upheld around the globe. Sheer force and intimidation can not change people's mind. Empire's have come and gone, China's turn to fall is round the corner.I hope that the Chinese leader's will come to their sense and act with cautious and restraint with the peaceful Tibetan demonstrator. They are only just asking human right and return of Dalai Lama to Tibet. May peace Prevail every where.
Other than the eating violence suggested in this blog, I think the Dalai Lama is mostly insulated. My understanding is that throughout history the Dalai Lama has been insulated from the violence monks and other Tibetans have used to 1) control the population in Lhasa (for allegiance and tribute), and 2) wage war on neighbors.
[To my knowledge, Tibet has never been ???democratic.???]
Btw, quite a one-sided, pro-Tibetan independence approach to this topic by NPR.
If he is a good person, why he use different word to make an annoucement:'An Appeal to the Chinese People' to cheat international society?
The English version is as following:
"I believed that this would best serve the long-term interests of both the Tibetan and Chinese peoples."
However, chinese version is "I believed that this would best serve the long-term interests of both the Tibetan and Han peoples". (note: Han means Han race)Please give me a reseable explaination.
I am a Tibetan man, and I want my Chinese brothers and sisters read this article. http://www.tibet.net/en/prelease/2008/280308.html
to know more about Tibet and its people, please visit www.tibet.net www.phayul.com www.dalailama.com
Dear Camphell,
Tibetan diet consist of meat as Tibet is situated at very high altitude of over 12000 feet msl. Most of valley are higher the many peaks in north America. Very little vegetation and plant can grow in Tibet. For thousands of years Tibetan have been eating meat for survival even before Buddhism came to Tibet.
I am a frequent listener of NPR and I have noticed an interesting phenomenon with regard to NPR's coverage of the recent events in the Tibetan Autonomous Region of China. Virtually all points of view presented on NPR came from the supporters of Dalai Lama and his followers. There has been no presentation from the other side of the dispute. After all, there are a good number of non-Tibetan Chinese scholars and experts who live in the west that have intimate knowledge and personal experience with Tibet. NPR's coverage of Tibet is like China's official coverage of Tibet in the sense that only one side's point of view is presented whereas the other side's point of view is completely ignored.
To be fair to NPR, I must also point out that its policy differs a great deal from China's state media in the sense that NPR frequently posts it listeners criticism and complaint whereas China's state media rarely allows such posting.
I am not surprised to see NPR is doing the one side of PR. Just like quite a lot people who didn't realize abc news, CNN news, washingtonpost.com are using quite a lot pictures showing Napal policemen dealing with protest, referring to the Chinese. I guess we just cannot distinguish Chinese from Napal or Indian police and are played as a fool by the media like quite a lot hot topics here. I feel shamed for the journalists who have no moral in their profession to manipulate with the news. That is not called the freedom of speech. That is called corruption.
To Jim: Google the map of Qing Dynasty, Ming Dynasty, Yuan Dynasty, you will see Tibet is always part of China
I can understand why Beijing still insists on Dalai giving up on independence not only in words but more importantly, in action.
Dalai says "No independence", his followers shout "Free Tibet";
He says "autonomy", his followers shout "China out of Tibet";
He says "support Olympics", his followers shout "Boycott Olympics";
He says "non-violence", while his followers were looting and killing in Lhasa, and charging Chinese embassies abroad.
Even though Dalai said those words, but he didn't mean it and his followers understand that, the Beijing leadership understand that too.
Right after the worst rioting happened on March 14th, Dalai said he would "not stop the protesting" in Tibet. Clearly he's either been insincere along, or unable or unwilling to influence his followers. In either case, he doesn't make a good negotiation partner.
The Chinese aren't fools, least President Hu and Premier Wen.
I heard Dalai Lama is a Live God in Tibetan Buddist religion, worshiped by a Tibetan Buddist Branch. Everything from him even his excrement are sanctified and eaten by his followers. To Christian religion, he is definite a fake God, can Christian bow to him and support him? He may be wrapped well with all the shinny coat, but he is still a fake God!
Yeshe-Christianity is NOT the only religion on Earth. Not eveyone on the planet believes in it. Also,even if you don't particularly care for Bhuddist philosophy,the Dalai Lama himself is still an interesting and well spoken man. Every answer I've heard him give to questions in interviews has been insightful and filled with wisdom. My favorite,though,was when Micheal Palin spoke with him on his travel show about the Himilayas several years ago. Palin seemed to bring out a less serious side,and the Dalai Lama actually joked around a bit with him.
It is scary to see how much dalai lama resemble osama bin laden in a way. Both used religions as their main source of power.
Dalai Lama used to treat his servants like dogs and pigs when he ruled Tibet before 1959. Under his rule poor people
had no rights at all, and some were even killed live by pilling their skins. Do we want these happen again in Tibet? I am sorry that he is on the wrong side of history.
A lot of the comments here do not make any sense.
Nathan: No one is promoting a return to such primitive conditions. The Dalai Lama has said the next leader should be elected democratically.
Lilith: That makes as much sense as saying Chairman Mao is like Hitler because they were both rulers of nations. I don't see the Dalai Lama encouraging the mass slaughter of "infidels" that don't accept his point of view.
Yeshe: There may be a problem with translation. A buddha is not a "God" (especially a capital-G God). Look up the term Bodhisattva, who is said to return to life again and again for the benefit of all.
Bingster: If the Dalai Lama says something and someone ignores his advice they can't be much of a "follower".
It seems most of these comments are spouting the Chinese nonsense about the Dalai Lama and the "Dalai-clique" (I am still not sure what that means. Maybe the millions of people world-wide who agree with what he says?)
Maybe this should be called "Blog of the World" because anyone from anywhere can comment? If people gave their real names would the names on these comments be in Chinese?
Your comment does not make sense.
The Tibetan government in exile is not a secret organization.
The purpose of his organization is not destruction, killing and violence.
The Dalai Lama does not need to hide.
The real source of his power is compassion.
As I understand it, the peaceful protests became violent because of the reaction of the Chinese police using force to put down any form of protest.
The Dalai Lama in no way supports such violence, and has advocated understanding and reconciliation in the face of the brutal killing of innocent Tibetan people.
What is more "scary" to me is that someone would even think of such a comparison.
what did dali lama do.
thats all i wont too no


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David Shaffer, a Hendersonville insurance company owner and Quality Rubber of Mountain Home got nearly $10,000 combined from N.C. Treasurer Richard Moore today.
Moore showed up personally at Morrow Insurance office and grinned as he handed over a $5,000 check to Shaffer and a $4,613.81 check to rubber company vice president Bernie Garcarz.
"This is a lot of fun," Moore said as he passed the large cardboard sweepstakes-style checks. The money represents a fraction of the $570 million in unclaimed property that the treasurer said the state is trying to reunite with its proper owners.
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