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5 Lessons From Hurricane Sandy's Aftermath
To understand what the aftermath of a disaster like Hurricane Sandy can do to a credit union look no further than the $1.8 billion Municipal Credit Union. In the difficult days following the superstorm, MCU members became increasingly frustrated and furious, sharply criticizing the New York credit union for what they said were serious lapses and missteps in its disaster recovery efforts.
While Hurricane Sandy had a major impact on many credit union operations throughout New York's tri-state area, knocking out power to millions and leaving behind unthinkable devastation, disaster recovery experts said the MCU experience is a case study that highlights five major lessons that credit unions should learn from and avoid.
What's more, MCU President/CEO Kam Wong explained what the credit union has learned and what steps it is taking to ensure the disaster recovery issues don't happen again. Wong also said he is sorry about how the post-storm problems affected MCU members.
Lesson 1: Make Direct Deposit a Critical Function
For nearly a week, members received little or no specific information from MCU about why their direct deposits had not been posted, preventing them from paying bills or get cash they needed to buy necessities to ride out the first difficult days of the storm's aftermath.
As this issue festered in the days after the storm passed Oct. 29, members grew frustrated, anxious, and angry. They vented many of those feelings by leaving more than 70 comments after reading cutimes.com articles that covered the MCU crisis.
"I still haven't gotten my paycheck…I have no money to pay my rent or buy food this weekend," MCU member Jennifer O. wrote in the comments section in a Nov. 1 cutimes.com article. "I'm desperate and I don't know what to do! I don't know how to call them, the only number is this toll free number which does nothing. HELP!!!!"
This direct deposit debacle caught the attention of Ongoing Operations, a Hagerstown, Md.-based provider for business continuity and disaster recovery solutions for credit unions nationwide.
Robin Reimes, a business continuity consultant at Ongoing Operations, wrote in a recent blog post that many credit unions overlook the direct deposit process because it is highly automated and involves multiple parties. But if credit unions don't recognize direct deposit as a critical process, it won't be addressed in disaster recovery plans.
Reimes pointed out direct deposit becomes critical when a natural disaster occurs at or near the time a major payroll is scheduled for processing. In MCU's case, direct deposits were scheduled to be processed on Oct. 29, Oct. 30 or Oct. 31 when much of New York City was still in the dark. As a result, more than 14,000 MCU members didn't receive their paychecks.
"If your crisis happened on the day a major payroll is scheduled for process, you and your members will feel the pain much faster," Reimes wrote in her blog. "Additionally, the longer the outage, your credit union stands an increasingly high risk of losing those members."
Reimes recommended that credit unions pick apart the entire direct deposit process to identify and fix weak spots.
"Engage in conversations that eliminate disruptions – for instance, is it possible to 're-run' their last payroll in the event of a crisis?" wrote Reimes. "Many major payroll providers currently do this for companies – why not credit unions? The key to preparedness is plannin and testing alternative delivery options."
In response, Wong said the credit union will work with city agencies that provide MCU payroll information to get that payroll information as far in advance as possible, when (weather) forecasts predict impending problems that could impact normal business operations. The majority of MCU members are New York City employees who are paid from their respective city agencies.
"In the case of Hurricane Sandy, at the end of Friday, Oct. 26, no one anticipated New York City ordering a mandatory shutdown of the city beginning Sunday night in advance of the storm, and that the storm would keep most of New York City businesses without power, transportation for as long as it did, so we anticipated operating on a normal business schedule," Wong said. "We also will encourage city agencies to send us their payroll information via electronic means instead of the manual process they currently use."
MCU blamed its inability to process direct deposits because it did not receive payroll data files from agencies in the city of New York before the superstorm knocked out power. While the power was out, MCU said it was working around the clock to manually process the payroll information to post on members' accounts.
"My direct deposit is late by three days," commented Cannon56. "This is unacceptable by MCU!" A comment like this from members is why disaster recovery experts say blaming a problem on someone or something else doesn't work. The No. 1 rule of a good crisis management is to acknowledge the issue quickly, tell members what the credit union is doing to fix it and provide as much information as possible.
"I think the credit union members probably didn't have all the information, but they are also probably right to be upset. In my opinion, the credit union really missed an opportunity here to shine for their membership," said Kirk Drake, president/CEO of Ongoing Operations. "Good crisis management processes can really help credit unions communicate proactively and honestly with members, resulting in building trust and brand value. In general, blaming anyone in a disaster probably won't really help the situation and will do more harm than good."
But Wong insisted that MCU did not blame the entire problem on someone.
"This problem impacted about 14,000 members, and while that is a very small percentage of our close to 300,000 members with direct deposits, we are sorry it impacted even one member," said Wong. "The difficult challenge for us was that we didn't learn about these missing payrolls until our staff, working at our disaster recovery site manually posting credits to accounts, realized information was missing. We informed our members then, but we do understand the frustration some members felt when an expected deposit was not seen when they checked their balances online."
Even though MCU had covered these deposits and posted information explaining that the deposits were delayed and why, Wong concedes that MCU should have posted a more comprehensive message with recommendations to members, which was to go to an MCU branch and see the branch manager.
Branch managers were authorized to look up direct deposit histories, and if the expected last one was not credited due to the storm, MCU was honoring those deposits and honoring withdrawals of up to $800 a day even though the credit couldn't confirm that money was in members' accounts, Wong said.
The three most important services all credit unions must have in a disaster recovery plan is to absolutely, positively have backup technology that will ensure the credit union's email, phone and website keep working.
"If you don't have these three, your members have no idea how to get a hold of your credit union any other way and they cannot get information," Drake said.
What drove up concern and anxiety among MCU members is that they could not call their credit union to find out what was happening or get any updates. Without power, MCU said it could not operate its call center for nearly a week.
The credit union did establish another number for members to call. However, members complained the number connected only to a recording of branches that were open. Some members managed to contact the branches that had reopened Oct. 31, but some complained they didn't get any answers. Members also complained they sent MCU emails that were not answered.
"I can't reach MCU over the phone because they have no one answering," wrote another MCU member, "Pissed Off." "I've no food or money and no one from MCU is letting me know anything."
So how did some credit unions manage to stay operating despite the superstorm devastation?
For the credit unions that already were prepared, with solid plans in place, everything was relatively calm, Scott Collins, president of Grand Rapids, Mich.-based CUSO Xtend Inc., said in a Nov. 14th Credit Union Times article. Xtend provides disaster recovery services to five New York City-based credit unions and one in New Jersey. "None of our credit unions lost a minute of uptime on electronic channels," said Collins, who acknowledged they all had limited or no branch services, primarily due to lack of power.
For one credit union, Progressive Credit Union, the $540 million Manhattan institution known for its portfolio of taxi medallion loans, "we provided phone answering services," said Collins who indicated Progressive has a contract in place with Xtend where the CUSO, as needed, steps in and answers inbound phone calls with the aim of providing members with questions full and accurate answers.
Even though MCU had a disaster recovery plan in place, Wong said his credit union certainly did learn another lesson from Hurricane Sandy.
"Our biggest challenge was telecommunications. We learned we need to have more than one telecommunications provider," Wong said. "Although our post-9/11 disaster recovery plan worked, the one thing that was problematic was that we still relied on one provider for our phone and data lines and many telecommunications hubs were damaged due to this unprecedented storm affecting the majority of businesses and homes in our area.
"In the future, we will have two, if not three, providers so that the back up is on a different system and we will have alternatives for customer service lines and data communications. We are already working on this."
When 9/11 devastated lower Manhattan – the business and government center of New York City where MCU has its headquarters – many businesses decided to move their disaster recovery hot sites hundreds of miles away.
"If you look at any major organization that got hit during 9/11, they moved their DR sites to northern Virginia, Charlotte, N.C., or any place not in the New York tri-state area," said Drake.
After 9/11, MCU moved its DR site from Malvern, PA., (outside Philadelphia) to Carteret, N.J., which is about 22 miles from MCU's headquarters, or about a 35-minute drive. New Jersey suffered the brunt of Hurricane Sandy's destruction as well as widespread power outages.
"My gut tells me is that MCU desperately needs to update their disaster recovery planning," said Karen Jaworski, senior director of product marketing for EVault Inc. in San Francisco, a provider of backup and recovery services. "They continue to go at disaster recovery planning with a 20th century methodology, which is not right for today."
You'll get no argument about that from MCU member, Yazeem Collazo, who wrote: "NY MCU is antiquated and should have learned from 9/11 that contingency plans are ESSENTIAL in a crisis situation – especially when you're responsible for millions of dollars."
Jaworski explained that many businesses developed their disaster recovery plans in part on the generally accepted best practice of locating backup servers far away enough from a company's main servers to avoid simultaneous loss, but not too far away for timely disaster recovery. But because superstorms like Hurricane Sandy can envelope entire regions of the country, having backup servers within driving distance may no longer be a good disaster recovery practice.
"Sandy is the biggest storm we've seen, and it's probably not going to be an isolated incident," said Jaworski. What's more, it may be difficult to corral enough employees to work on disaster recovery efforts when they and their families, too, have been impacted by a storm.
That's why more businesses are considering cloud computing and virtualization solutions that remove the need for companies to maintain backup servers or other hardware, said Jaworski.
Virtualization makes it very easy to back up information remotely through virtual private networks, said Jaworski. When virtualization is combined with cloud computing, it enables companies to move data far enough away from harm's way.
"Your data does not have to be within a driving distance anymore," Jaworski said. "It could be all the way on the other side of the country or in another country if that is what you wanted to do."
However, Wong said MCU's disaster recovery site was not the problem; it was, instead, the telecommunications system.
"Our disaster recovery site, which is the same one used by the U.S. Army and many Fortune 500 companies, was safe and functional; we had staff working at the site the day after the hurricane hit, so in this instance, the location of our site did not impact our recovery efforts," Wong said. "Our problem was in the telecommunications, which meant our staff at the disaster recovery site had to manually put in all the information that had been backed up on the servers in our disaster recovery site, and it also meant that our customer service phone lines were down. But we intend to assess every part our disaster recovery plan and response to determine ways we can do things better. You always learn from every new situation and we will learn and improve from this one.
Frustrated over not getting enough information about what was happening with their credit union, some MCU members searched on Google and found the cutimes.com articles.
"MCU communications with its customers affected by this should be updated more frequently than it has been," reads one comment by Silntdrgn 7. "I and many others have to search all over the Internet just to get updates and find out what happened. If it (wasn't) for the reports here, many of us wouldn't know anything. How about at least using the CUT to update members every few hours on where things stand?"
On a phone line set up after the superstorm, a recorded message told members which branches were open. Three days after the storm, Wong posted a letter to members on the credit union's website.
In that letter, Wong expressed empathy for members and their families, offered member assistance such as emergency credit line increases, and said employees were working around the clock to reopen closed branches. However, he did not mention the direct deposit problem even though MCU members had already publicly posted complaints on cutimes.com about the direct deposit issue, inoperable ATMS and no access to MCU's call center.
Wong did acknowledge the direct deposit issue in his second letter to members Nov. 6. By then, however, power had been fully restored in lower Manhattan, enabling MCU to process the payrolls. However, sometime before Wong's second letter, MCU did post a notice on its site about the direct deposit problem and that it was working to fix it.
Nonetheless, many members said they were upset because they received no emails or texts messages. What's more, because MCU doesn't have a Twitter or Facebook site, it wasn't able to leverage the popular social media channels to communicate with members as other credit unions did throughout the tri-state area.
"You have to regularly and proactively provide as much information as you can," said Drake. "The quicker you can get information out there, the less things fester and become ugly. When you do that you build trust in that environment."
Wong said he is sorry that members felt they did not have the information they needed and he pledged to work to better communicate news in the future.
"We put information on our website and we ran full-page ads in local newspapers this time, but we will look to do even more in the future, providing more frequent updates and also using as many communications vehicles as viable," said Wong.
Next Steps:
Read Credit Union Times' articles covering Municipal Credit Union's disaster recovery problems and comments from their members.
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information. That day BayPort Credit Union's mobile bank
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contacted Google on the December 15 about another rogue app.
turns out that the developer -- 09Droid -- actually had a plethora of
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is the reason rogue apps like this have been able to slip through to
a greater degree than competitor Apple. Despite an enormous
volume of apps, few, if any, rogue apps have made it to Apple's
iTunes App store thus far.
Regardless of the answer to that
question, Mikko Hyppönen, chief research officer at F-Secure, says
rogue applications are a sign of smart
phone attack attempts to come. He also points out that
smart phone manufacturer Symbian's app approval process has also been
subverted. He writes, "Some of them will try to target
online banking, others will try to call premium-rate numbers or send
text message spam and so [on]. Signing and certifying programs are in
a key position on smartphone systems to prevent problems like this
... [although] we have seen the 'Signed by Symbian' certification
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Trailblazer 40 Below: Nathan Schmidt Takes Others Along on the Big Picture Express
Nathan Schmidt, executive vice president of marketing and business development at San Diego County Credit Union, has always had a knack for not only seeing the big picture but taking others along to anchor and deliver on those ideas.
"I just try to do the right thing. Almost everything in life is a decision, from what time we wake up, what we will endure to what and how we will fail and, of course, succeed," said Schmidt. "I would like to think with each decision. I do the right thing. I will fail at times, but that's how we learn to make better decisions going forward. I really feel so fortunate to be here, having the opportunity to work alongside just the most amazing leaders in industry and live in beautiful San Diego. I'm grateful and determined to do my best."
When he was younger, Schmidt dreamt of being an astronaut. When those plans didn't work out, the Trailblazer 40 Below made a different choice and first got involved with credit unions in college for the benefits, tuition reimbursement specifically. He was hired as a mailroom specialist at the age of 19 and has been working his way up in the credit union industry ever since.
"I see the ultimate goal, no matter if it's at SDCCU or if it's a goal in my personal life. I have a good way of communicating to others the simplicity of choice, and I think that the people around me (employees, friends, family) respect my opinion and want me to genuinely tell them what I think. Sometimes the truth is hard, but I never approach others in a judgmental way, so I think it's easy for others to easily share their ideas," said Schmidt. "To me innovation is constant improvement. It's not just products, it's delivering on how people search, interact and communicate with you. Who thought we'd take pictures of checks and deposits on smartphones six to 10 years ago?"
He added that it's important to foster an environment where brainstorming is encouraged and every employee feels empowered to share, so what happens is the organization becomes geared toward being an idea shop of sorts.
"It starts with trusting others and their talents. I can honestly say that your team must have a clear picture of where you're headed. It is only then when it becomes easier for the team to create and ask what if we take this idea in this direction. We don't necessarily implement every idea, but we do have a bank of them that we can go back to," said Schmidt. "I have a house that was built in 1904. I can think of many things that I tried to fix when I knew deep down I should have paid the expense of hiring a professional from the beginning. Lesson learned. When in doubt, consult the professional first. You can't possibly do everything yourself. It takes courage to reach out and ask for help, but it's well worth it in the end."
When it comes to marketing, Schmidt believes communication is key.
"I'm very direct, and I know that I have high expectations but it's because I believe in what we're doing. We as marketers need to rethink our communication strategies, specifically when and how we talk to each member," said Schmidt. "The world has changed with communication etiquettes, credit unions should change, too. We've got to be better connected with our members and consumers overall. There are so many distractions and I think they truly know they should make a change but they don't because of complacency."
The team at the nearly $6 billion SDCCU has launched a slew of lifestyle products and services including SDCCU Mobile Live Chat. Members who carry iPhone or Android smartphones can connect in real-time through seamless integration with a live SDCCU customer service representative for an enhanced member experience. In addition, SMS text banking, alerts and e-notices provide updates and notices on member accounts to help make it easier to better manage their dollars. The credit union was also first-to-market in San Diego with the SDCCU mobile deposit app.
"While we're all proud of the grassroots beginnings of most of our credit unions, we must better understand the world today," said Schmidt. "Every day is an opportunity to look at our business model, dust it and ask the tough questions. Is your credit union still relevant to the original field of membership? I think that many credit unions get overwhelmed and focus solely on servicing the member in front of them, but how do you do that in a manner that will also move the credit union, and the credit union movement forward?"
Never underestimate the power of the member experience as a major component of branding.
"We've got a great team here and they recognize their role in the community. SDCCU has a positive brand in the community that has been built upon for the past 75 years. Everyone in San Diego knows SDCCU is active in the community. I'm the lucky one that gets to promote the heck out of it," said Schmidt. "We have a motto at SDCCU 'Feel the Teal.' Feel the Teal is about fostering positive and exceptional member service. I'm just one out of 650 employees that provide wow service to our members, each and every day. Key messaging, goals and expectations must be defined by the organization to cultivate the organization's overall brand."
In 2012, SDCCU strengthened its corporate value proposition to reflect a more accurate market position in the communities it serves. The message: provide breakthrough banking products that meet the demands of today's lifestyle and deliver banking services that save members money. That has helped SDCCU successfully differentiate itself.
Looking ahead, it's technology that has him both concerned and excited about the possibilities.
"Fortunately, at SDCCU, we have some of the most breakthrough and cutting edge online and mobile services," said Schmidt. "While this is very exciting, I'm also concerned with the way in which consumers will access and interact with us in the future."


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"A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops."
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Sustainability is integral to the educational experience at MIIS. The Masters in International Environmental Policy (IEP) focuses intently on these issues, but everyone at MIIS has an opportunity to learn about these issues in classroom and real world settings.
Many Graduate School of International Policy and Management (GSIPM) faculty have contributed significantly to the literature and research on environmental, social, and economic sustainability, and continue to publish regularly on the topic.
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- IPOL 8507: International Environmental Law and Politics: This course provides a foundation in the core concepts, actors, drivers and institutions of global environmental politics and governance. The first half of the class focuses on global environmental politics and the second on international environmental law and more broadly, global environmental governance (GEG).
- IPOL 8512: Environmental Science and Policy: This course introduces the use of quantitative methods in environmental analysis. Students will learn how to apply basic principles of natural science to a variety of globally important environmental problems.
- IPOL 8542: Environmental and Natural Resource Economics: The purpose of this course is to develop competency in economic theory as it relates to environmental issues, and the analytical skills necessary to evaluate, as well as craft, effective, efficient, and just environmental policies.
- IPOL 8579: The China Factor: Learning focuses on the important institutional and individual players, processes, policies and strategies at the different levels of social, economic and political activities in China and beyond.
- IPOL 8581: Sustainability Field Study: Students will carefully define an opportunity, baseline data, goals, politics, and methods of a project for a real world client. They will research, experiment, visit other models, think, write, and then present a plan for an innovative sustainable solution to the client. This class is for students interested in development, environment, public administration, and business.
- IPOL 8603: Seminar: Asia's Development Challenges in the 21st Century: Rapid economic growth in Asia lead to a wide discussion and sometimes emulation of the "Asian Miracle." Asia's growth was noteworthy not just for its pace, but for the accompanying improvements in social indicators (education, life expectancy, etc.). Yet challenges to its sustainability have been brought by economists, environmentalists, and other social scientists. This course will address questions such as: How can development policies in Asia be adjusted to make growth more sustainable?
- IPOL 8614: Seminar: Economics of Sustainable Development: The course will begin with a short history of the larger debate on economic development and the environment as well as an assessment of the current debate over both the meaning of, and priorities for, sustainable development. We will then move on to a survey of the major economic issues relating to sustainable development, their measurement, and implementation.
- IPOL 8615: MNC's, Investment, & Sustainable Development: This seminar explores linkages between trade, foreign investment, and global sustainable development. Using case studies and institutional analysis, the seminar has two main foci: 1) conflict and congruence between existing and emerging global, regional and bilateral trade and investment regimes and environmentally and economically sustainable growth; 2) the potential for innovations in governance to enhance the benefits of trade and foreign investment for sustainable development.
- IPOL 8618: Grassroots Leadership Development: The purpose of this seminar is to prepare students to support, lead, analyze, manage, or govern grassroots social change organizations. Through readings, case studies, field projects and contact with established grassroots leaders, students will learn about the ecology of grassroots organizations, factors that contribute to effective grassroots leadership, strategies for leader development and strategies to build grassroots organizational capacity.
- IPOL 8622: Advanced Environmental Policy Analysis: The purpose of this course is to complete a project of professional quality, using the analytical tools and concepts introduced in IP 542: Environmental & Natural Resource Economics and other IEP courses. This project will be done in small teams of 3-4 and should become a central component of students' graduate portfolios.
- IPOL 8623: Seminar: Business Models for Sustainable Development: This seminar explores the growing role of the private sector in promoting sustainable development goals in low and middle income countries through core business activities. The overarching aim of such business models is to reduce poverty and promote sustainability.
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- IPOL 8644: Seminar: Program Evaluation: Seminar focuses on developing skills needed to apply a variety of evaluation approaches and models to public sector and nongovernmental organizations engaged in various facets of Third World development work. Seminar participants review and critique evaluations of development assistance projects sponsored by bilateral, multilateral, and nongovernmental organizations.
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- IPOL 8691: Seminar: MNCs, Investment and Sustainable Industrial Development: This seminar probes the theoretical, empirical and policy interface between foreign direct investment (FDI) by multinational corporations (MNCs) and sustainable industrial development.
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- WKSH 8509: NGO Organizational Sustainability: This workshop is designed to clarify the conditions that are necessary for an NGO to become sustainable, as well as the processes that can help an organization consciously build a sustainability strategy.
- WKSH 8514: Water Quality and the Real Value of Water: This workshop will provide a basic framework for understanding water quality issues and the range of options for managing various types of problems that arise from impairments to water quality.
- WKSH 8517: Introduction to the Science of Climate Change: Anthropogenic climate change is the global environmental issue of the twenty-first century. Policymakers will increasingly find themselves dealing with climate change, including mitigation of human influence on climate, adaptation to inevitable climate change, and international policy questions relating to this global problem. This course introduces the science of this issue at a level appropriate to students of international environmental policy who do not necessarily bring a scientific background to their studies.
- WKSH 8541: Global Energy Prospects: The science substantiating human-induced global warming is increasingly robust. Governments, via the Kyoto Protocol, and in the U.S., via state greenhouse gas reduction commitments, and in China, via energy intensity reduction commitments, are banding together to cap greenhouse gas emissions. Energy is the central challenge to bringing greenhouse gases under control. This course will explore the two main avenues to transforming energy toward a sustainable path - (1) renewable energy and (2) energy efficiency technology commercialization.
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OAKLAND -- No matter how A's catcher John Jaso fared at the plate against Felix Hernandez on Monday night, the Mariners' ace ensured Jaso left with something to brag about.
Before the former teammates squared off in Oakland on Opening Day, Hernandez sent over a gift for Jaso as a thank-you gesture for last year's perfect game: a Rolex wristwatch that Jaso showed off proudly.
"Getting to be a part of it is way bigger than this, but this is definitely a really nice gesture," Jaso said. "He really didn't have to. I was really just happy with being behind the plate. He came through."
Hernandez inscribed "Perfect Game" on the watch, along with the date -- "8/15/12" -- it was achieved against the Rays.
"It's pretty heavy. It's got to be real," Jaso joked. "The watch I own, I think it's a Timex, so this is a bit of an upgrade."
It was just a couple of hours earlier when Jaso pondered what the gift could be, ultimately left without a clue and telling reporters, "Maybe a fastball in the back?"
"I would definitely take this over that," he later said, smiling.
Jaso was traded in the offseason to the A's as part of a three-way swap that brought Michael Morse to Seattle from the Nationals. He hit second in the A's lineup on Monday in the second Opening Day start of his career, having also started the opener for the Rays in 2011.
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Tuesday Ford Motor Company (F)
revealed one of the ways it's working to safeguard its drivers and stay one
step ahead of the competition in vehicle quality. The company revealed
new additions that will transform its in-vehicle voice-control SYNC system into
a platform to monitor and assist drivers' health, particular for drivers with
chronic conditions like diabetes or heart disease.
"Ford sees the car as more than just a car," Paul Mascarenas, Chief
Technology Officer at the Ford Research and Innovation Center, "[We see]
the car as a platform... just like your smart phone or tablet."
I. Monitoring Blood Sugar Via Voice Interaction
According to Ford, the average driver spends up to a week per year behind the
wheel and that time is increasing as America's population and traffic
congestion grows. While drivers are in the car -- particular when driving
on vacation -- they risk breaks in health monitoring. Blood sugar or
heart problems can severely impair a driver's ability to function safely on the
road, but they're often overlooked until it's too late.
Ford introduced several hardware and software partners at the event, including
medical device maker Medtronic Inc. (MDT).
Medtronic makes a wireless blood sugar sensor that connects over
Bluetooth. Thanks to SYNC's built in capabilities the device can now
communicate with drivers giving them helpful alerts.
For example, a driver with high blood sugar might receive the message,
"Your blood glucose level is 108 and trending upward."
When a device wearer rides in a Ford vehicle with the appropriate software
installed onboard, they will be able to monitor their health using voice
commands like "blood sugar level", just like they would change the
radio or climate control in the current version of SYNC.
James Dallas, senior vice president at Medtronic states, "We want you to
be in the know, whether you're at home or on the go."
Medtronic says the system would be particularly important if you have a child
with diabetes. It might be hard to tell whether the child was sleeping or
having a diabetic episode and passed out -- with continuous blood glucose
monitoring via SYNC you could have peace of mind.
The company also mentioned that a SYNC-compatible version of its wireless
monitoring devices for heart disease patients was in the works.
II. Can the Car Help You Avoid Allergens and Smog?
But that's not the only ambitious ideas Ford is cooking up with the help of its
partners. Ford is also encouraging medical app makers to port their apps
to work with SYNC via the recently announced App Link initiative.
SDI Health, makers of the popular "Allergy Alert" website and iPhone app was
among the first to heed the call.
The new app can give drivers warnings about the current allergy levels for the
current day and next three days and remind them to pick up allergy medication
if pollen levels are on the rise.
Ford even is hoping to make it so the system adjusts the climate control to
increase filtering and close the external air vents, if high allergen levels
are detected.
Aside from allergy sufferers, SDI Health also hopes to assist those driving in
urban areas. Currently Ford's Navigation services allow the driver to
select the fastest route. With SDI's app, the driver could select the
"healthiest" route, which would re-route the driver to avoid patches
of smog that build up around areas like Los Angeles.
III. To the Cloud?
Services provider WellDoc also is partnering with Ford. Whereas Medtronic
makes physical monitoring devices, WelDoc focuses on the patient dialogue,
asking patients questions and providing them with feedback and education.
With their new SYNC project, drivers could be asked questions and get health advice
via the cloud, over their smart phone. If they were having a diabetic
attack, this could prove vital in adverting disaster as many patients forget
what to do, to get their blood sugar under control.
WellDoc's President and COO, Dr. Anand Iyer says that integrating to SYNC is
the next step in the service's "seamless integration" objective,
which placed its services in iPhone, Android, webOS, Windows Phone 7 apps and
Dr. Iyer emphasized that WellDoc was the only service provider of this nature
to be approved by the U.S. Food
and Drug Administration and that in clinical trials it showed
its services significantly improved clinical outcomes for patients.
IV. Why Now?
Ford says the technology is advancing quickly, but is still just outside the
commercialization phase. Whether it takes five months or five years to
end up in consumer vehicles remains to be seen, but Ford says it's not worried
about tipping its hand.
It says that it is aware of "no automaker" other than it designing a
similar system. It says its point of going public with the incoming
technology is to announce to the public, "This is real technology."
Ford says it's dedicated to creating safe vehicles.
The question of driver distraction was raised, regarding the voice
interactions. A commenter raised recent comments from U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Ray LaHood, in which he said he was concerned about distractions from voice controlled systems.
But Mr. Mascarenas said these concerns were minimal, as monitoring your health
via voice control was superior to the alternatives -- neglecting to monitor
chronic conditions or trying to monitor them by taking your eyes of the road
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Succesful championship teams are built on talented players with championship intangibles.
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If I failed to explain my thoughts well enough, I apologize.
I thought it was originally clear and the subsequent explanations and clarifications added clarity.
If you still don't get my point or disagree with it - so be it.
I'll take another stab at clarification because I don't think the term Pillar and Foundation is being used properly:
foundation: The basis on which a thing stands, is founded, or is supported.
pillar: A slender, freestanding, vertical support; a column.
The philosophy and shift in priorities within the organization (management, coaches, players) was the foundation upon which everything moving forward will be built upon.
The pillars are supports. The pillars reinforce the structure and are built upon the foundation.
The role players are your windows, doors, cabinets, etc. They are important things in the structure and functioning of the house but can be replaced if need be.
The fringe players are the interior paint. Easily changed at a moments notice.
Again, if you still don't agree, in the words of Derrick Coleman: Whoop De Damn Doo.
Alright let me set this straight. The pillars/foundations whatever the hell you want to call them are:
This years pick
and maybe Ed Davis
the rest we don't know yet. Think what you want but the players i listed will more than likely be here next season.
Okay. So let's break this down, architecture style.
You need pillars so you can reach your goal, otherwise you hit a glass ceiling. You also need a solid foundation, or else the structure won't be solid and you'll hit a wall. So if you have the pillars but no foundation, your attendance will go through the floor and criticism will go through the roof. But if you get the foundation without the pillars, you'll be knocking on the door of the playoffs, but ultimately on the outside looking in through a dirty window.
And if you have no foundation AND no pillars...well, then you end up in the basement. Like Charlotte.
Doug Smith (who sometimes seems to have some insider information) sees a pretty big overhaul coming:
I think there will be at least a half dozen new players and maybe 3 or 4 in a nine-man rotation; there will be Valanciunas, a new starting 3; a back up 2 and perhaps a backup PG
I think this just may be the case. BC is probably itching to pull the trigger on some big changes. I think Kleiza (amnesty?) - in spite of the J-V connection - and Amir are likely to go (glut at 4 spot) and maybe Bayliss (trade?) too!
Other changes to bench players like Alabi and one of Magloire or Aaron Gray. Forbes and Anderson will get a shot but it remains to be seen if they're keepers. Ben Uzoh is probably moving on.
There could be a lot of change coming, Smith may be right!
Toronto has a very well developed/built foundation. Of pillars/players that can lead high positions on the team. JV, DD, AB. Players that can play smaller roles/veteran experience such as Kleiza, Calderon, Ed, Amir, James Johnson, Gray, Magloire. A very good coaching staff who has proved the change towards a defensive culture led by head coach Dwane Casey.
All they need now, is to add more role players/talent TO the foundation.
Good foundations are OKC - Durant/Westbrook/Harden/Perkins/Ibaka/very good role players (Cook, Maynor, Sefelosha,Collison) - Coach Brooks
Spurs - Duncan/Parker/Ginobili/young and experienced bench/Role players(Blair, Jackson, Splitter, Green) - Coach Pop
Celtics - The Old but Big Three/Rondo/Bench/(Bradley, Stiesma, Bass) - Coach Rivers
Heat - Two and a half men/great surrounding shooters, defensive players, role players - Coach Spoelstra
Bulls - Derrick Rose/Skilled front-court/Scoring shooting guard, defensive players, best 2nd unit - coach Thibodeau
Those are foundations. They all have talent, but they are surrounded by role players and players who play to fit within the system of the team, laid down by the coaching staff.
i think the raptors didn't want to make the play offs this year so that being said its safe to say the the plan to get to the playoffs is about right
Although Raptors were minus a number of guys -mostly for legitimate reasons - what the Nets did in that last game was absolutely scandalous. Still Casey will try to win with or without bona fide NBA'ers.
Gotta respect the man for that! As someone pointed out elsewhere the only sure way Raptors could tank would be to banish DC from the bench.
Well, they'll need 8 or 10 really good players first. Right now they have none. So they've got some work to do.
When BC trades this draft pick this year and starts loading up on FA and vet's, I hope the fanbase will ask "where did the rebuild go"?
This GM has no real long-term plan in place. It changes year to year.
There are no real championship aspirations.
It's all about keeping his job and trying to make the playoffs.


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The Wall Street Journal is
reporting that a new version of Apple's iPad -- one with a faster
processor and at least a front-facing camera -- is now being manufactured.
Despite earlier
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fail to corroborate that rumor, saying that the new iPad will have a resolution
similar to its first-generation cohort. "People familiar with the
situation said Apple has had trouble improving the display technology, in part
because of the iPad screen's larger size compared with the iPhone," WSJ reports.
the new device is allegedly lighter and thinner than the current iPad, will
boast more memory, a more powerful GPU, and will sport at least a front-facing
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Since its
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moved 14.8 million units. The iPad 2 is expected to launch in the next
few months, and will be available from both Verizon and AT&T at roughly the
same price as the current model. Analysts Piper Jaffray & Co. predict
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Guinness World Records already compiles many of the world's
most bizarre and amazing feats from mankind, but oddly enough, gaming
achievements are currently a little lacking from the latest book of world
records. That will soon change, however, as Guinness World Records will
announce at the London Book Fair that it is working on a book dedicated to
video game records.
"We reintroduced videogaming world records to our
annual book a few years ago, and it's proved to be one of the most popular
sections with our core readers. It makes sense, therefore, to dedicate an
entire annual to the subject," said Guinness World Records editor in chief
Craig Glenday.
The book will include reviews of the 20 biggest games of the
year, plus record game scores, hardware profiles, sales figures, technical
achievements and professional gamer salaries, according to GamesIndustry.biz.
"Our record researchers are already scouring the
videogaming community for superlatives, and the vast number of games, gamers,
developers and platforms mean that we have an incredible pool of content to dip
into each year. It's going to be a very exciting project," added Glenday.
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So all of your readers are fully informed of the facts: No "assault" style rifle was used in the Connecticut school shooting (which, of course, does not lesson the tragedy). Four handguns were found inside the school. The AR-15 style rifle, which our mainstream media initially reported was used in the tragedy, was found inside his car, and to be redundant, was not used in the shooting. We also now know it was stolen from his mother.
I've noticed this correction has rarely, and only quietly, been mentioned by the media and gun control advocates when compared to the amount of incorrect reporting, and emotional screaming, about an "assault" rifle being used. It makes one wonder why.
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text: Try the beta version of our new study homepage! National Evaluation of the Safe Start Promising Approaches Initiative, 2006-2010 (ICPSR 34740) Principal Investigator(s): Jaycox, Lisa H., RAND Corporation; Hickman, Laura J., Portland State University; Schultz, Dana, RAND Corporation Summary: The Safe Start Promising Approaches for Children Exposed to Violence Initiative funded 15 sites to implement and evaluate programs to improve outcomes for children exposed to violence. RAND conducted the national evaluation of these programs, in collaboration with the sites and a national evaluation team, to focus on child-level outcomes. The dataset includes data gathered at the individual family-level at baseline, 6-, 12-, 18-, and 24-months. All families were engaged in experimental or quasi-experimental studies comparing the Safe Start intervention to enhanced services-as-usual, alternative services, a wait-list control group, or a comparable comparison group of families that did not receive Safe Start services. Data sources for the outcome evaluation were primary caregiver interviews, child interviews (for ages 3 and over), and family/child-level service utilization data provided by the Safe Start program staff. The Safe Start Promising Approaches for Children Exposed to Violence Initiative funded 15 sites to implement and evaluate programs to improve outcomes for children exposed to violence. RAND conducted the national evaluation of these programs, in collaboration with the sites and a national evaluation team, to focus on child-level outcomes. The dataset includes data gathered at the individual family-level at baseline, 6-, 12-, 18-, and 24-months. All families were engaged in experimental or quasi-experimental studies comparing the Safe Start intervention to enhanced services-as-usual, alternative services, a wait-list control group, or a comparable comparison group of families that did not receive Safe Start services. Data sources for the outcome evaluation were primary caregiver interviews, child interviews (for ages 3 and over), and family/child-level service utilization data provided by the Safe Start program staff. Access Notes One or more files in this data collection have special restrictions ; consult the restrictions note to learn more. You can apply online for access to the restricted-use data. A login is required to apply. × Guidelines for Applying for Restricted Data Before you begin an application you will need the following information to complete the form General Requirements: appointment at research institution; appointment must be under the jurisdiction of the receiving institution degree requirements (possibly doctorate) Must be submitted: project description IRB approval approved security plan roster of research and IT staff who can access or view the data or computer where data are hosted. confidentiality pledges for all people on roster Some require: CV's Close Continue Access to these data is restricted. Users interested in obtaining these data must complete a Restricted Data Use Agreement, specify the reasons for the request, and obtain IRB approval or notice of exemption for their research. Any public-use data files in this collection are available for access by the general public. Access does not require affiliation with an ICPSR member institution. Dataset(s) Dataset Documentation: Codebook.pdf Documentation.pdf Questionnaire.pdf User guide.pdf Download: No downloadable data files available. Study Description Citation Jaycox, Lisa H., Laura J. Hickman, and Dana Schultz. National Evaluation of the Safe Start Promising Approaches Initiative, 2006-2010. ICPSR34740-v2. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2013-11-27. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR34740.v2 Persistent URL: https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR34740.v2 Export Citation: RIS (generic format for RefWorks, EndNote, etc.) EndNote XML (EndNote X4.0.1 or higher) Funding This study was funded by: United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (2005-JW-BX-0001, 2009-IJ-CX-0072) Scope of Study Subject Terms: anxiety, behavior problems, caregivers, children, crime impact, delinquent behavior, depression (psychology), juvenile crime, juvenile victims, juveniles, outcome evaluation, parent child relationship, performance, post-traumatic stress disorder, psychological effects, psychological wellbeing, risk factors, school readiness, stress, victimization, violence, violent crime Smallest Geographic Unit: site Geographic Coverage: California, Florida, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York (state), Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, United States Time Period: 2006--2010 (Varying timelines across sites) Date of Collection: 2006-07-12--2010-08-05 Unit of Observation: individual, family Universe: All children exposed to violence and their families at 15 program sites across the United States. Data Type(s): administrative records data, clinical data, experimental data, survey data Data Collection Notes: Additional contributions to the National Evaluation of the Safe Start Promising Approaches Initiative were made by the following RAND Corporation staff: Dionne Barnes-Proby, Claude Messan Setodji, Aaron Kofner, Racine Harris, Joie D. Acosta, and Taria Francois. Although the 18 separate evaluations of interventions within the 15 sites all focused on children exposed to violence, they varied considerably in terms of the type of intervention, the setting in which it was offered, and the group of children and families targeted for the intervention. For more in-depth information on the Safe Start Promising Approaches (SSPA) outcomes evaluation including program-specific details, users should refer to the National Evaluation of Safe Start Promising Approaches Assessing Program Outcomes Technical Report and Results Appendices. Each variable in the dataset corresponds to either (1) individual-level data from the child assessment battery, (2) individual-level data from the caregiver assessment battery, or (3) family/child-level service utilization data derived from Family Status Sheets provided by the Safe Start program staff. Thus, the unit of observation for each record varies across variables and is either the individual (child or caregiver) or family. Methodology Study Purpose: The purpose of the study was to evaluate promising and evidence-based programs in community settings to identify how well programs worked in reducing and preventing the harmful effects of children's exposure to violence (CEV) on children. Study Design: The outcomes evaluations were designed to examine whether implementation of each Safe Start intervention was associated with individual-level changes in specific outcome domains. The evaluation utilized an intent-to-treat approach that was designed to inform policymakers about the types of outcomes that could be expected if a similar intervention were to be implemented in a similar setting. To prepare for the evaluation, the sites worked together with the national evaluation team to complete a "Green Light" process that developed the specific plans for the intervention and assured that the evaluation plan would align well with the intervention being offered and would be ethical and feasible to implement. As a result of the Green Light process, a rigorous, controlled evaluation design was developed at each site, either with a randomized control group (wait list or alternative intervention) or a comparison group selected based on similar characteristics. Three sites had more than one study being conducted in their setting, as they delivered two different interventions to different groups of individuals. Overall, there were 18 separate evaluations of interventions within the 15 sites. Most sites utilized an experimental, randomized design (13 of 18), with RAND standardizing and monitoring the randomization procedures. Pre-intervention baseline data were collected on standardized, age-appropriate measures for all families enrolled in the studies. Longitudinal data on families were collected for within-site analysis of the impact of these programs on child outcomes at 6, 12, 18, and 24 months post-enrollment. The 15 sites collected data with initial training and ongoing support from RAND. Specifically, in order to standardize procedures across each of the 15 Safe Start sites, the RAND evaluation team developed detailed data collection procedures and forms. The supervisor and interviewer training manuals described each step of the data collection process. Using these manuals, the RAND team provided initial on-site data collection trainings for supervisors and research staff employed by each of the 15 Safe Start sites. The sites then implemented the data collection procedures and trained new data collection staff (when turnover occurred). The RAND team provided oversight and delivered refresher training sessions by conference call or on site, as needed. The sites mailed data on a monthly basis to RAND for data entry, cleaning, and analysis. Data sources for the outcome evaluation were primary caregiver interviews, child interviews (for ages 3 and over), and family/child-level service utilization data provided by the Safe Start program staff. Measures for caregivers and children (ages 3 and up) were assembled into two batteries: a caregiver assessment battery and a child assessment battery. Caregivers completed a battery of instruments that comprised between 95 and 249 items, depending on the age of the child. All caregiver assessments were interviewer administered. Child assessments were interviewer administered for ages 3 through 10. Children ages 11 and older completed a self-administered assessment packet, but research staff was available to assist the child as needed. The child assessment is comprised of 36 to 165 items, depending on the age of the child. The child assessment battery also varied by the age of the child. A Family Status Sheet (FSS), which documented services received and current status of the family's engagement with services, was also completed for all families at each assessment point. Sample: The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention selected 15 program sites across the country to implement a range of interventions for helping children and families cope with the effects of children's exposure to violence. Program sites were located in the following 15 communities: Bronx, New York Broward County, Florida Chelsea, Massachusetts Dallas, Texas Dayton, Ohio Erie, Pennsylvania Kalamazoo, Michigan Miami, Florida Multnomah County, Oregon Oakland, California Providence, Rhode Island San Diego County, California San Mateo County, California Toledo, Ohio Washington Heights/Inwood, New York Each site recruited participants into experimental or quasi-experimental evaluation studies. Criteria for admission into the studies varied by site. Generally, convenience samples were taken of those who met eligibility criteria at each site. Across all 15 sites, the dataset is comprised of 5,951 cases including: 1,881 baseline records 1,812 Wave 1 (6-month follow-up) records 1,096 Wave 2 (12-month follow-up) records 770 Wave 3 (18-month follow-up) records 392 Wave 4 (24-month follow-up) records Time Method: Longitudinal Weight: None Mode of Data Collection: record abstracts, face-to-face interview, paper and pencil interview (PAPI) Data Source: Data sources for the outcome evaluation were primary caregiver interviews, child interviews (for ages 3 and over), and family/child-level service utilization data provided by the Safe Start program staff. Description of Variables: The study contains a total of 1,027 variables. Measures for the national evaluation were chosen to document child and family outcomes in several domains: demographics, background and contextual, child and caregiver violence exposure, child behavior problems, child post-traumatic stress symptoms, child depressive symptoms, child social-emotional competence, parenting stress, caregiver-child relationship, and child school readiness/academic achievement. The dataset also includes administrative, computed outcomes, derived age, and dosage variables. Response Rates: Response rates varied by site. Presence of Common Scales: To assess outcomes at each site, the research team used a set of measures that captured background and contextual factors, as well as a broad array of outcomes, including PTSD symptoms, depressive symptoms, behavior/conduct problems, social-emotional competence, caregiver-child relationship, school readiness/performance, and violence exposure. Three measures were completed by caregivers to capture background and context. Basic demographics of the caregiver, such as age, education, employment status, income, primary language, citizenship status, race/ethnicity, and marital status, were collected using the Caregiver Demographics and Service Use instrument, which was adapted from materials used in the Longitudinal Studies of Child Abuse and Neglect (LONGSCAN study; LONGSCAN, 2010), a consortium of longitudinal research studies assessing the etiology and impact of child maltreatment. Basic demographics of the child, such as age, gender, race/ethnicity, primary language, citizenship status, and primary caregiver, were collected using the Child Demographics and Service Use instrument, which was adapted from materials used in the LONGSCAN study. To assess problems faced in everyday life, the Everyday Stressors Index (ESI) from the LONGSCAN study was used. The research team used two measures to assess child PTSD symptoms, one reported by caregivers for young children, and the second reported by children themselves. Caregivers' perceptions of PTSD symptoms in younger children, ages 3 to 10, were collected using the Trauma Symptom Checklist for Young Children (TSCYC; Briere et al., 2001). Children's own perceptions of PTSD symptoms were collected using the Trauma Symptom Checklist for Children (TSCC; Briere, 1996) among children ages 8 to 18. Depressive symptoms in children age 8 and older were collected using one self-report instrument -- the Children's Depression Inventory (CDI; Kovacs, 1981). To assess internalizing and externalizing behavior problems and delinquency, the research team used several measures and combined them using advanced psychometric techniques to develop a score that could be used across a broader age range. To assess conduct problems for children between the ages of 1 and 3, the Brief Infant-Toddler Social and Emotional Assessment (BITSEA; Briggs-Gowan and Carter, 2002) was used. To assess behavior/conduct problems for ages 3-18, the Behavior Problems Index (BPI; Peterson and Zill, 1986) along with four additional items that had been used as part of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) were used. To assess self-reported delinquency for children ages 11-18, the research team selected items from and modified three instruments: the National Youth Survey (NYS), the Rochester Youth Development Study (RYDS), and the Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey (LA FANS). Measures of affective strengths, school functioning, cooperation, assertion, self-control, and social and emotional competence in general were selected from four scales, two of which have different versions for different age ranges and respondents. The six-item personal-social scale for children ages 0-2 from the Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ; Squires, Potter, and Bricker, 1997) was used. The BITSEA (Briggs-Gowan and Carter, 2002) was used for ages 1-3 to assess social-emotional competence, with the caregiver responding to statements about the child's behavior in the past month by rating how true or frequent each behavior is. In addition, the Social Skills Rating System (SSRS; Gresham and Elliott, 1990) was used to assess cooperation, assertion, and self-control. A separate cooperation scale from the SSRS (Gresham and Elliott, 1990) was used with ages 3-12. For children ages 13-18, the self-report version of the SSRS (Gresham and Elliott, 1990) was used to assess assertion, self-control, and cooperation. Two scales from the BERS-2 (Epstein and Sharma, 1998) were used to assess school functioning and affective strengths from the perspective of both caregivers (for children ages 6-12) and children (for children ages 11-18). Measures of parenting stress and family involvement were used to assess caregiver-child relationship. To examine parenting stress, the Parenting Stress Index--Short Form (PSI-SF; Reitman, Currier, and Stickle, 2002) was used. The family involvement scale from the BERS-2 (Epstein and Sharma, 1998) was used as a measure of caregiver-child relationship. To assess the general domain of school readiness and performance, the Woodcock-Johnson III scale (WJ-III; Blackwell, 2001) was used. The research team used this measure for children between the ages of 3 and 18 and chose three tests: Letter-Word Identification, Passage Comprehension, and Applied Problems. Three measures were used to capture violence exposure in children and caregivers. To assess exposure to violence among children ages 0-12, the Juvenile Victimization Questionnaire (JVQ; Hamby et al., 2004a, 2004b) was used. To assess caregiver victimization, the research team selected and modified items from the National Victimization Crime Survey (NCVS) and the Traumatic Stress Survey. Extent of Processing: ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection: Standardized missing values. Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes. Version(s) Original ICPSR Release: 2013-08-01 Version History: 2013-11-27 Per instructions from the principal investigators, ICPSR made minor adjustments to the KQ18, KQ19, and NEW_SITE variables and added a collection note acknowledging the contributions of additional RAND project staff to the metadata and the PDF User Guide. ICPSR also updated the codebook notes and data collection instruments notes in the PDF study documentation and created the MULTNOMAH and PROVIDENCE_TIER3 dichotomous flag variables. Related Publications 2013 Cross, Amanda Brown, Jaycox, Lisa H., Hickman, Laura J., Schultz, Dana, Barnes-Proby, Dionne, Kofner, Aaron, Setodji, Claude . Predictors of study retention from a multisite study of interventions for children and families exposed to violence. Journal of Community Psychology. 41, (6), 743-757. Full Text Options: DOI Worldcat Google Scholar Export Options: RIS/EndNote 2013 Hickman, Laura J., Jaycox, Lisa H., Setodji, Claude M., Kofner, Aaron, Schultz, Dana, Barnes-Proby, Dionne, Harris, Racine . How much does 'how much' matter? Assessing the relationship between children's lifetime exposure to violence and trauma symptoms, behavior problems, and parenting stress. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 28, (6), 1338-1362. Full Text Options: DOI Worldcat Google Scholar Export Options: RIS/EndNote 2013 Hickman, Laura J., Jaycox, Lisa, Setodji, Claude, Kofner, Aaron, Schultz, Dana . Evaluating What Works for Helping Children Expose to Violence: Results from Nine Randomized Controlled Trials. Criminology and Criminal Justice Faculty Publications and Presentations. . Full Text Options: PDF Export Options: RIS/EndNote 2013 Hickman, Laura J., Setodji, Claude M., Jaycox, Lisa H., Kofner, Aaron, Schultz, Dana, Barnes-Proby, Dionne, Harris, Racine . Assessing programs designed to improve outcomes for children exposed to violence: Results from nine randomized controlled trials. Journal of Experimental Criminology. 9, (3), 301-331. Full Text Options: DOI Worldcat Google Scholar Export Options: RIS/EndNote 2013 Schultz, Dana, Jaycox, Lisa H., Hickman, Laura J., Setodji, Claude, Kofner, Aaron, Harris, Racine, Barnes, Dionne . The relationship between protective factors and outcomes for children exposed to violence. Violence and Victims. 28, (4), 697-714. Full Text Options: DOI Worldcat Google Scholar Export Options: RIS/EndNote 2011 Jaycox, Lisa H., Hickman, Laura J., Schultz, Dana, Barnes-Proby, Dionne, Setodji, Claude Messan, Kofner, Aaron, Harris, Racine, Acosta, Joie D., Francois, Taria . National Evaluation of Safe Start Promising Approaches: Assessing Program Outcomes. Technical Report. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation. Full Text Options: PDF Export Options: RIS/EndNote 2010 Schultz, Dana, Jaycox, Lisa H., Hickman, Laura J., Chandra, Anita, Barnes-Proby, Dionne, Acosta, Joie, Beckman, Alice, Francois, Taria, Honess-Morreale, Lauren . National Evaluation of Safe Start Promising Approaches: Assessing Program Implementation. Technical Report. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation. Full Text Options: PDF Export Options: RIS/EndNote Utilities Metadata Exports Citations exports are provided above. 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