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Welcome to How To Cook That I'm Ann
Reardon and today due to popular demand I'm going to be testing the 'Is Your Food
Fake?' video by Blossom! So many of you sent me this video and said: we know it's
probably not true but it's causing doubts. First up we have cheese 🧀 … they have
processed cheese with chemicals is difficult to melt and natural cheese
melts. Now there are a couple of things to look at in this video … number one is
the wording … 'processed' with chemicals versus 'natural' assuming they're saying
natural is good and processed with chemicals is bad. It's very interesting
to note that processed with chemicals is something that a lot of people go oh
it's got additives it must be bad and it's generally when it's chemicals that
they don't understand what they are or what they do. So if I said to you most of
the cakes that you buy and eat have the additive sodium hydrogen carbonate added
to them to make them a little bit better then you might get worried about that.
But if I told you that sodium hydrogen carbonate is the name of baking powder
then you go oh that's fine I know what baking powder is I know what it does it
makes the cake rise and without it it would be flat and not very nice. So
you're familiar with it you understand it so you're not scared of it. That's the
same with most of the food additives in the food chemicals they're added to the
food for a reason to change something about its properties, to make it more
palatable and nicer. If you want to add an additive to food that hasn't been
used before you just can't until that's in the food laws and the food laws will
test it and test it and find out the amount they know is safe and then that
safe amount gets divided by hundreds or thousands and then that's the amount you
as a manufacturer are allowed to add to your food. So if even people bought a
hundred different foods with the additive in they'd still be below the
safe intake of it. So that's how additives tend to work … so not all
additives are bad. Baking powder is a chemical additive – not bad.
So don't go oh chemical additives bad. The other flipside of that is 'natural
good' is natural good? I mean rat poo is natural and we don't
want it in our food uranium is natural and it will kill us! ☢
the problem with 'natural' is it's actually not been defined
by law of what is natural and what isn't when it comes to food labeling. It's just
such a hot debate as to what is and isn't natural and it gets so complicated. I
mean they're the FDA in the US has asked for public comment on this they've been
debating this for years now and they still haven't defined it so that should
let you know how complicated natural is. so for the moment if you see natural on
a food label it doesn't really mean anything! So just flip it over read the
ingredients and decide for yourself. But let's actually do this test let's
actually get some cheese and a flame and see what happens. Okay so we'll start
with the cheese singles and you can see that these do in fact burn … don't do this
at home because you might actually burn your fingers you have a very very
careful but it does in fact burn when it's exposed to an open flame. Now if we
try with the natural cheese in front of the flame it melts and drips down. So why
is that? Blossom have implied by their video that was because of the additives
in the chemicals in the cheese singles that it burnt. But if we flip over the
back of the packet which is what I'm encouraging you to do and read the
nutrition information panel then you can see that this one the singles per 100
grams has eighteen point nine grams of fat … remember that number eighteen
point nine. Whereas the natural cheese has a fat total per 100 grams of
thirty-three point three grams so it's nearly double the amount of fat in one
cheese versus the other and it's the amount of fat that allows it to melt and
is allowing that cheese just to flow over each other and just drip down. So
the video really should look like this low fat cheese burns under an open flame
high-fat cheese melts and drips down under an open flame but that's not
really a shareable sensational type video so that's not what they went for.
They've kind of showed you an experiment and then drawn the wrong conclusion 🤪 If I
told you the more firemen that attend a fire the greater the damage will
therefore firemen damage! Now you can see what I did there
I took a true fact: the more firemen that are at a fire the greater the damage
bill. And then led you to the wrong conclusion and you knew it was the wrong
conclusion you knew that that's not the reason that's exactly what they've done
with the cheese. They've taken a true fact one burns one melts and then led you to
the wrong conclusion. Rice mixed with plastic bits to increase manufacturer
profits. Surely plastic bits would cost more than rice itself … rice is pretty
cheap! This was disproved again and again the reason why it had so much testing
was because it kept getting traction on social media and going viral in
different countries. Articles about it saying this is a hoax this is not real
this is not a health concern, people don't need to be scared about this but
thanks Blossom for bringing it up again to do the rounds again. Baby food
these are ground up rocks advertised as fortified calcium. What do you think? Do you think this is true or is this false? There are some truths in here so what do
you think is this one a true one and how do you tell? Well let's get some baby
food and put it into a bag spread it out and let me get a really strong magnet
this one can lift the whole jar so it's pretty strong. I'm gonna run it across
the baby food and absolutely nothing as expected. If I tip out some calcium
lactate for you you can see here calcium is just not magnetic it is a mineral but
it's not magnetic and it's usually white not black so that
makes the whole video a bit suss from the beginning. So what did blossom add to
their baby food to make this video? I was just trying to think in my mind what was
easy to get hold of that I could use for this? So I actually got a magnet and
smashed it with a hammer into little pieces and now I'm just gonna drop that
into my baby food and mix it through really really well
and now I've just used my magnet to pull all those little pieces to the bottom so
you can't see them. Now on camera I can run my magnet across and you'll
see that it pulls the black bits all the way over to the corner and the magnet is
attracting those little bits of magnet that I have added that weren't in the
baby food right to the corner. This is just the definition of scaremongering!
This is going to make parents worried that can they use the baby food from the
shop and again let me reassure you the food standard codes are so tight on baby
food and what can be added. You can flip it over if you're concerned and check
the ingredients it will tell you exactly what is in that food. Next we have
vitamins on a tray in the oven. Synthetic supplements burn and natural
ones won't. Now they don't tell us what temperature their oven is they don't
tell us how long these are in the oven for so I'm just gonna randomly select
some tablets (tablets are really expensive) and then we're gonna chuck
them in the oven and film them which really this is the bit you wanted
because this is the nice footage of watching tablets doing weird things in
the oven. 🤢 my kitchen stinks and I'm sure these fumes are not good for me. The
first one which has not burnt at all but surely must contain some food coloring
additives in order to get that red colour is an iron tablet then we have a
vitamin B tablet then a probiotic which has gone brown on the inside …
next a mega magnesium complex next to that the impressive one is an antibiotic
not a vitamin I know but it's fun to bake. Next to that is esmaprezarol this is also not a vitamin but just showing you something that is completely
synthetically made didn't burn at all in the oven … next to that is nurofen again
not a vitamin but didn't burn at all. then we've got fish oil which heated up
and melted its gelatin capsule and leaked everywhere and then this one is
burnt in bits in little patches it's actually a mixture of calcium magnesium
and vitamin d3 so one of those burns and the others don't and then we have a
fully burnt to a crisp vitamin C tablet. now the reason why that
one burnt is because it has sugar in it which some may argue is natural and it's
of course got sugar added because it's a chewable tablet and without sugar added
it would be gross and then this tablet that when as big as a biscuit but didn't
actually burn is an effervescent vitamin B complex. So according to blossom's very
unscientific test these tablets are all-natural and these two are the only
synthetic ones in the bunch. So as you can see chucking something in the oven
and seeing what burns on what doesn't burn is absolute rubbish as far as the
tests for what is synthetic and what is not. Okay next we have some meat "this is
not fat it's actually glue used to bind unused meat scraps". Now this one is
kind of based on a little bit of truth in a confusing way so let me explain it.
So meat glue or transglutaminase is an enzyme and what it does when you put two
proteins or two pieces of meat together it helps them to bind together or stick
together … it's used a lot in things like chicken nuggets things that are shaped
or formed into particular molds. It's also sometimes used in things like
sausages and those sliced meats like polony or Devon they will have it in as
well. What they've pictured here though is completely different they've pictured
it being used for like steaks and that sort of thing. So can it be used for that?
Is it used for that? That's the question that we're looking at here. If we take
little pieces of meat and glue it back together then we've got the bacteria not
just on the outside but on the inside so that meat can't be served rare it would
have to be well-done or it wouldn't be food safe from a bacterial point of view.
So for that reason we have food laws here in Australia, America, UK that say if
you want to sell steak or anything that's being cooked back together you
must label this as 'formed meat' or 'reformed meat' … you can't just sell it and
say it's a steak if it's not a steak. That's the law. So check your label if it
says it's reformed it's got meat glue or if it says transglutaminase or
TG in the ingredients then it's got meat glue. I personally could not find
any steaks or any roasts or anything that used meat glue because most
butchers are very proud of the fact that they're good butchers and they can cut
up all their steaks perfectly and don't need to reform anything together. If
they've got little scraps they tend to serve them chopped up as things for
stir-fry or cubed meat so you know it's just cubed meat or they can put it into
sausages or something else there's so many different ways meat can be served …
hamburger patties, mince it up there's not really any reason to glue it back
together. But of course because of videos like this some people are very worried
that their meat is glued together. I've seen videos where people look at meat
and go look it's got different sections you know so it must have been stuck
together but you have to remember this meat is coming from an animal and
animals have lots of different muscles all joined together with connective tissue
so if you look at this piece of meat which does not have meat glue in it you
can see there are several sections as a bit they're joined together by fat and
then here if we separate it you can see the connective tissue in between it and
it's a very thin layer and it's quite strong. This is not meat glue if you see
this in your meat this is connective tissue. Just for comparison so that you
can see the difference between meat glue and connective tissue I've actually gone
out and bought some meat glue for you so that we can make some meat joined
together or reformed meat so that we can see the difference. So what I'm going to
do is get some pieces of lamb and lay them on the plastic wrap and a strip of
fat on one end there and then just sprinkle that with a thin even layer of
the meat glue. Stack those pieces on top of each other I probably should add a
bit more on the edge there but never mind … add the fat on top and then tightly
wrap the plastic around it and you need to refrigerate that for four hours or
more. Now while we're experimenting let's do some strange stuff let's join
together some pork chicken lamb some fat and another bit of lamb we'll sprinkle
them well with the transglutaminase and then stack it up. Let's start the
with the chicken on top of that then the pork some more lamb and then the lamb
fat and wrap that tightly … tightly as you can so that you don't have a gap of air
between the meat and four hours later our lamb now looks like one piece of
meat and when I slice it that looks pretty good too. Now let's try cutting
the Frankensteak! Look at that layers of different meat, that's fully weird. Now
if we pull this it pulls apart reasonably easily at the join and you
can see it's quite grainy or granular looking where the meat glue was. It's not
like the connective tissue you can definitely tell the difference so what
about when it's cooked which is what they had in their video let's fry up one
of these Frankensteaks. It's stayed together really well when it was cooked
let's slice through that. Oh that's just wrong let me know in the comments if you
think that's good or wrong oh my gosh! it's harder to tell once it's cooked I
mean apart from the fact that we have the different meats here the meat glue
itself is pretty much invisible. So if you find chunks of white like they
showed in their video in your meat it's likely to actually be fat or connective
tissue and not meat glue the meat glue is put there in a really thin layer and
once it's cooked virtually invisible. Next we have ice
cream, put a squeeze of lemon juice on it if it bubbles
it contains 'washing powder for shine and lightness'. This rumor seems to have come
from a gossip type website in India back in 2012 and when I checked on the food
Authority's website for India to see if there was any record of ice cream being
adulterated using washing powder there was no records there at all not in India
and certainly not in the rest of the world. Now if you think about this if you
get some washing powder and you add an acid like lemon juice
it is indeed gonna bubble up. The difficulty though is if you add washing
powder to ice-cream, washing powder itself has such a horrible taste it's
going to make the ice cream pretty inedible. So you're not going to sell in
I scream if you do that anyway it kind of is a self-regulating issue there but
if you want to create a viral video or impress your friends to tell them you
found washing powder in your ice cream you just take a shot of you reaching a
lemon over your bowl of ice cream giving it a squeeze then zoom into a closest
shot and add a little bit of lemonade which indeed does bubble up when you add
it over ice cream 🤫 you could of course just add the washing powder at the
bottom of the bowl but then your ice cream would be inedible and where's the
fun in that if you can't eat the ice cream afterwards. Next one all right
salt fake salt contains chalk that makes the water cloudy. Okay so let's put some
salt in water and as you can see it is a little bit cloudy now if you flip it
over and check the ingredients which is what I keep telling you to do the salt
has a small amount of anti-caking agent in it. This is because if salt is finely
ground it tends to clump together and when you tip your salt you're not going
to get anything out because it's going to be stuck together. So this is not fake
salt it is 97% salt and then 3% anti-caking agent which allows the salt
to flow over each other and into the glass and that's that very small amount
of cloudiness you're seeing. If you don't want anti-caking agent you can get the
salt that you grind and then that is just 100% salt and you can just grind it
in there you can see it's not cloudy at all so what you're seeing is the
anti-caking agent it is not fake salt! So if you look at that it's kind of based
on a truth … if it's got an additive to it it's going to make the water cloudy if
it doesn't have the anti-caking agent then your water's going to be clear. So
it's kind of based on a truth but then they've taken that to the wrong
conclusion and highly exaggerated it saying that the salt is 'fake'.
That is not true. So you can see how by mixing a little bit of truth with a
little bit of liars you can make a viral video because people are is that really
true and they get confused. This next one is really strange they claim that the
coffee with additives floats and the pure coffee sinks … now every reference I
could find to this test has it flipped the other way round so
they've got it completely wrong in this case. The coffee with additives like
chicory root or burnt sugar which is sometimes added to make it bitter that
sinks, the additives will sink whereas the coffee will float so the coffee that
floated should be pure and good and the coffee that sinks should be bad. The
problem with this test though is that sometimes pure ground coffee beans with
nothing added can also sink so if I grind up my coffee beans that I've got
here and I put it on the coarse grind setting and then I put that on to the
water it floats. Now if I grind up some more of the same coffee beans the exact
same ones and put it on superfine then it tends to float for a moment and then
start to sink … the finer the coffee grinds the faster that will start to
sink the coarser it is the more it'll float. Nothing to do with good bad same
coffee beans. Other things that can affect it are things like temperature of
the water, the warmer the coffee beans or the warmer the water it will sink faster
than if it's cold coffee beans on cold water. An easy one to make it sink is
slight agitation just a little bit of a jiggle and that's going to make that
coffee sink regardless of all of the other factors. There are other things
that can affect it as well like the hardness if the water can affect whether
the coffee sinks or floats on the top also things like the staleness of the
beans how long it's been since it was roasted if they're stale some people
will say they'll sink but then there's other people who've done experiments
with two different types of beans roasted them on the same day same type
of water same grind level on the thing … one sinks and the other floats. So
therefore that must be a difference then in the actual bean itself. So there are
so many complicating factors in this it is not a good reliable test of good
coffee. the best thing for you to do is check your ingredients number one see if
it's hundred percent pure. 2. see if you like the flavor. We're onto spices …hold
it over a candle pure spices will burn or ignite and impure spices don't. Don't
you find it a bit weird how they're just trying to burn every
here and all of the first part of this video if it burnt it meant it was bad …
remember the cheese if it burnt it was bad if the vitamins in the oven burnt
they were synthetic but now with spices if they burn it's good and if they don't
burn it's bad. Like surely this contradicts itself enough to let you
know that the whole video is bad. It's not giving you good information but
let's have some more fun and see if we can set some turmeric on fire over a
candle. Now I've been holding this over the flame for a good four minutes and
it's not getting close to igniting. I can get it to smoke if I take the candle
right to the edge but that's it there's no way this is going to ignite. the only
way I can get it to actually have a flame is to just give it a bit of a
blast with a blowtorch and even then it goes out pretty much immediately 🔥 let me
just watch theirs again … see here over the candle nothing's happening then they
move it away from the flame and away from the heat and magically it ignites …
it's as if there was a blowtorch just off-camera that you couldn't see 🤫the
company that put out this video that owns the channel Blossom is First Media
who surprisingly also own So Yummy who are the ones who if you've watched my
previous video about their videos puts out fake recipes that don't work, can't
work … just scientifically impossible but because they get shared because people
go wow ice cream frosting made from ice cream whipped with icing sugar that
looks yummy but it's physically impossible. I had so many comments in
that previous video of kids who'd spent their pocket money buying ingredients to
cook one of the So Yummy recipes and then them failing again and again and
they thought that they couldn't cook and they'd stopped baking. And after filming
that video I actually had one of the former video producers at So Yummy he
used to work for them contact me and I spoke to him on the phone and he said
"whether the recipes worked or not was never their concern" … it was always about
the the pacing and the timing to make it a viral, shareable, watchable video … that
was the concern.they'd refilm to get that just perfect but whether the recipe
worked or not who cares! 😡 Now this is not just limited to an issue
with First Media this is an issue across the whole of the social media platform
and the reason why it's an issue is because this sort of stuff is getting
promoted by the algorithm! I think unless the algorithm itself changes unless the
platforms Facebook and YouTube take responsibility for what they're
promoting there's just gonna be more of this because it works … it would have made
them so much money because they've got so many views so that tells other
companies we should try and deceive and do fake stuff because that's gonna work
it's going to get us views. Whereas previously if a newspaper did that then
they're not gonna get views they're gonna get shamed and shut down and
less people are gonna buy their stuff because it's not true whereas in this
case YouTube and Facebook keeps promoting, keeps promoting, keeps
promoting these same channels these same producers even though you go but they're
deceiving the public!! I don't know what do you think what do you think the
solution is? I actually just don't know what the solution is you try and solve
the problem viral videos on social media not being true I'll leave that up to you.
With thanks to my Patrons for sponsoring this channel and making videos like this
possible, paying for meat glue and ingredients and all the things that go
into making a video. If you'd like to join them you can go to patreon.com/h2ct and join them there. You can check out my other debunking videos here and some recipes
that actually work here. Subscribe, turn on the Bell, make sure notifications are
switched on on your phone and all those things you have to do to get notified
nowadays. Make it a great week and I'll see you on Friday 😍


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Facebook's latest figures showing growth in global users also suggest as many as 83 million may come from dubious sources – duplicate accounts, pages for pets and those designed to send spam.
Facebook members grew to 955 million at the end of the second quarter, but some 8.7 per cent may be dodgy, the company said in its quarterly filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
There are "inherent challenges" in measuring usage "despite our efforts to detect and suppress such behaviour", the social network said.
It said duplicate accounts – when a same user maintains more than one account – may represent some 4.8 per cent of active users.
Another 2.4 per cent may be for a business, group or "non-human entity such as a pet" and 1.5 per cent are likely "undesirable" accounts that use the accounts for spam or other malicious activity.
"We believe the percentage of accounts that are duplicate or false is meaningfully lower in developed markets such as the United States or Australia and higher in developing markets such as Indonesiaand Turkey," Facebook said in its filing.
"We are continually seeking to improve our ability to identify duplicate or false accounts and estimate the total number of such accounts, and such estimates may be affected by improvements or changes in our methodology."
The number of real users is critical for Facebook as it seeks to secure advertising revenues from the world's biggest social network. Some analysts have expressed doubts that the company can boost revenues.
Graham Cluley of the British security firm Sophos said fake accounts are a fact of life but could affect Facebook's bottom line.
"Clearly all Facebook users are interested in the site becoming a safer place, and the level of spam and malicious links being minimised," Cluley said in a blog post.
"But more than that, companies who are considering advertising on the social network want to be sure that any 'likes' they receive are from genuine users, not bogus accounts."
Facebook shares closed down more than four percent at $20.04, a sharp 47 percent decrease from May's offering price of $38.
Sourced & published by Henry Sapiecha
A security flaw in web-connected home security cameras made by Trendnet, which distributes in Australia, is allowing internet users to spy on the private video feeds of thousands.
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The security hole, which was revealed nearly a month ago by a blog called Console Cowboys, allows for real-time online access to the cameras without the need for a password.
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"They will have to do a firmware update which is very minimal," he said. Another 70 cameras in stock remained affected by the flaw but would have a fix installed by technicians before they were sold.
He said there could potentially be more cameras in Australia that were vulnerable which people had purchased overseas using sites like eBay but said he was the only Australian agent for Trendnet and that their web-connected cameras hadn't been a focus for his company.
What internet users claim they saw
One Reddit user, "Gl0we", claimed many owners of the affected cameras were using them in private spaces, including in living rooms and bedrooms. The user added that some were using them as baby monitors and that "a lot of work places" appeared to be using them too. "Some look like they might be spying on employees even," they claimed. "It's not even funny."
Tech blog The Verge claimed nudity was viewed, saying a woman taking off her pyjamas in her bedroom and a young mother standing next to a baby crib at night were seen by accessing the vulnerable cameras.
Trendnet addressed the problem in a statement.
"Trendnet has recently gained awareness of an IP camera vulnerability common to many Trendnet SecurView cameras," the Torrance, California-based firm said.
"It is Trendnet's understanding that video from select Trendnet IP cameras may be accessed online in real time," Trendnet said.
"Upon awareness of the issue, Trendnet initiated immediate actions to correct and publish updated firmware which resolves the vulnerability," it said.
In the statement, Trendnet listed 22 camera models sold since April 2010 which may have the vulnerability and provided a link to a site where camera owners can download a firmware fix.
"Trendnet is aware that this IP Camera security threat may affect your confidence in Trendnet solutions," the company said. "Trendnet extends its deepest apologies to consumers which may be impacted by this issue."
Australian security analyst at IBRS, James Turner, said that the camera vulnerability highlighted the fact that when you plugged any device into the internet, other people could find it. "Australians should be thinking about this issue very carefully as we look forward to all of the capabilities that the [national broadband network] is promising," he said.
As broadband became more capable and ubiquitous, he said people would "inevitably increase their use of internet-intensive applications and services, such as video conferencing."
The resulting plethora of devices, which will be left plugged in and turned on, many with webcams and microphones, would be "an appealing target to opportunistic hackers", he said
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Private photos of facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg uploaded to his Facebook have leaked oot into the public internet following the discovery of yet another security flaw, one of the many that have plagued the social networking website since its inception in February 2004.
The flaw, which Facebook has acknowledged, appears to have first been posted about on a body building forum along with step-by-step instructions on how to obtain access to the private photos of any Facebook user.
The forum post has since been deleted and upon discovering the security flaw, Facebook said it "immediately disabled the system" used to obtain private photos and would only "return functionality" once it had confirmed a fix.
The flaw "allowed anyone to view a limited number of another user's most recently uploaded photos irrespective of the privacy settings for these photos", Facebook said in a statement, and was "the result of one of our recent code pushes".
It was live for "a limited period of time", it added.
One of the photos extracted from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's profile shows him holding a chicken upside down as if it were dead. Another shows him holding two plates, one with what looks to have battered chicken on it and the other, thinly-sliced potato chips.
If reports of Mr Zuckerberg only eating meat he has killed are anything to go by, it's likely the chicken was slaughtered.
Other photos show him with "Beast", his fluffy white dog, and girlfriend Priscilla Chan at their home.
There are also photos of Mr Zuckerberg with friends while eating and drinking, with US President Barack Obama and with children in costumes, likely taken during Halloween in the US.
Facebook has had a long history of access control vulnerabilities, especially around unauthorised access to photos, said Ty Miller, chief technology officer at the Australian security firm Pure Hacking.
In December 2009 a privacy overhaul of the social networking site saw almost 300 photos of Mr Zuckerberg and his friends as well as his calendar and wall posts made public to even non-friends. His access privileges were revised to "friends of friends" following reports of the photo treasure trove.
"Facebook users should expect variations of this type of security flaw to continue into the future," Mr Miller said. "As a precaution Facebook users should ensure that they only upload content … that won't negatively impact them if it is leaked."
He added that the social networking giant should ensure that penetration tests were performed on all updates to the site to ensure that vulnerabilities like the recent one were detected prior to being released to the public.
SCHOOLS are using internet monitoring companies to read what students are saying on social networking sites.
The typical service used by schools such as Ascham looks at any publicly available material posted on sites such as Facebook, Formspring and Tumblr to monitor the sometimes ferocious use of the media by young people.
"We go where the conversations are, where young people or communities of interest are coalescing online," says James Griffin, a partner in SR7. The company's service does not intercept private messages, although some technology using keyword searches is able to do this.
Mr Griffin said Formspring allowed anonymous postings on the wall of identified hosts, which could then be seen by their friends, making it a standout tool for cyber-bullying.
Ascham is one of several private schools monitoring what their students do online at home or, with smartphones, literally anywhere. Ascham girls are not allowed to use social networking sites at school.
The director of students for years 11 and 12, Frances Booth, said: "We know it's become pretty much the essential way of communicating for thie current generation of students and we understand it's a huge part of their lives. But we're also aware of the dangers that can come from unrestrained use.
"They're aware we keep an eye on what they're up to. All we want is for them to be safe."
Other schools rely on students or parents to monitor postings. Stephen Harris, the principal of Northern Beaches Christian School, is ready to phone parents late at night if their children have posted something inappropriate, to make them take it down immediately. "Our school policy now extends the concept
of the school playground to any environment in the social media platform where a student of the school or a teacher is identified by either name, image or inference," he said.
Public schools are also stepping into what had previously been held to be either private or the domain of parents.
While social networking sites are not accessible from school computers, Lila Mularczyk, the deputy president of the NSW Secondary Principals' Council, recently argued that cyber-bullying connected with school was treated in the same way, no matter when it occurred.
"If the out-of-hours harassment is an extension of school relationships or a school event, that is [considered] part of the school day," she said.
Mrs Booth said: "We monitor the girls' usage of the internet both internally and externally, not because we want to stop them but because we want them to use it in a safe manner.
"We don't want them putting things out there that might put them in danger."
But Cameron Murphy, the president of the NSW Council for Civil Liberties, said that the monitoring was an "outrageous invasion" of students' privacy.
"Just because students may discuss things about school over the phone at night, it wouldn't be appropriate or lawful for a school to tap someone's phone and make decisions about them on that basis. Just because it happens to be a social networking site, it shouldn't be any different," he said.
But Mr Griffin, of SR7, said schools must act out of a duty of care to their students.
"Social media and cyber-bullying is simply an issue of the modern day that schools have to acknowledge and understand they can do something about," he said.
Internet security firm Check Point has launched software that lets parents watch over offspring on Facebook without being "friends" at the online social network.
ZoneAlarm SocialGuard alerts parents to signs of trouble in a child's Facebook account without them being privy to all posts, comments, pictures, videos or other digital content shared between friends at the website.
The program scans Facebook profiles, communications and "friend" requests and uses algorithms to identify potential bullying, sexual overtures, or talk of drugs, violence or suicide.
SocialGuard software runs unseen in the background, flagging suspicious activity and sending alerts to parents, according to its Redwood City, California-based creators.
"It's about protecting your kids from the social threats out there, while still respecting their privacy and fostering open communication," said Check Point vice president of consumer sales Bari Abdul.
"We are offering Facebook users a simple way to embrace social networking safely," he continued.
SocialGuard is crafted to detect hacked accounts, malicious links, online predators, and cyber-bullies, according to Check Point.
The software also checks to determine whether people contacting children online are being deceptive about their ages or if a stranger is trying to become a Facebook "friend."
"Parents are increasingly concerned, and rightfully so, about the dramatically increasing trend of criminals, predators and bullies targeting children over social networks," said analyst Rob Enderle of Enderle Group in Silicon Valley.
"SocialGuard provides a strong suite of tools that can effectively protect children from these types of social threats that are keeping parents awake at night."
Check Point cited a survey indicating that 38 per cent of teenagers have ignored requests from parents to be friends on Facebook, and that 16 per cent of children have only done so as a condition of using the social network.
SocialGuard is available to order online in Australia for $1.99 a month or $19.99 a year. It can be bought from zonealarm.com.
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It is the news that Clym is from Paris that generates Eustacia's vision of pomp and glamour. She gets so infatuated with her vision of what Clym Yeobright is, that before she even meets him, she has a dream of the two dancing the night away. There is further evidence of Eustacia's fascination with Parisian life. When Eustacia and Clym meet while trying to fetch the water bucket from the well, there is mention of the boulevards of Paris, and this piques Eustacia's interest. Clym recognizes her interest in the city by saying, I remember when I had the same longing for town bustle. Five years of a great city would be a perfect cure for that.
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But will you be mine?. Eustacia then asks even more questions about Paris, such as, Now tell me of the Tuileries, and the Louvre. (Page201). Frustrated with the lack of a solid answer from Eustacia, Clym cries I hate talking of Paris!, but this does not stop Eustacia's constant flow of questions about the city. This is definitely not the expected response to a proposal of marriage, and further evidences that Eustacia is more interested in a possible life in Paris than the love of Clym Yeobright. Clym Yeobright also is interested in marriage to help carryout his own personal goals in life.
Before the two meet face to face, without the mummer costume, Clym is introduced to Eustacia by Sam the turf-cutter. Sam reports to Clym that Eustacia is a handsome girl (Page 183) and that Clym ought to check her out. Clym's first response to this is, Do you think she would like to teach children? (Page 183). This brief passage shows that when presented with the opportunity to marry, Clym first thinks about the possibility that she would be willing to help him in his desire to run a school. As the relationship between the two progresses, Clym talks to his mother about his intent to marry Eustacia.
Naturally, Mrs. Yeobright objects. The first words of defense to come out of Clym's mouth are, She is excellently educated, and would make a good matron in a boarding school..I can establish a good private school..by the assistance of a wife like her.(Page 196-197) This is evidence that Clym is thinking of the possible uses of Eustacia helping him run a school for the Heath folk. A final bit of evidence that Clym is not entering into the marriage for love is presented, Yeobright began to perceive what a strait he was in. Sometimes he wished that he had never known Eustacia..antagonistic growths had to be kept alive..Eustacia's happiness. (Page 204-205) This sad passage points out that Clym regretted his hurried proposal of Eustacia and is now living with the consequences.
He does not want to bear the disgrace of abandoning Eustacia and the scorn of his mother, so he decides to carry on the planed marriage and live with the consequences. Thomasin Yeobright's motive to marry Wildeve is because it is practical. Grief-stricken over the failure of their first attempt to marry, Thomasin is left to wonder wether or not Wildeve will come and try to claim her again. During this time, Thomasin's love of Wildeve wanes. By the time Wildeve returns to Thomasin to set a new wedding date, Thomasin is no longer interested in the marriage for love's sake. She is now only interested in getting a husband to help support her.
She has abandoned the idea that love should be the a factor for marriage. Her views are best stated when she tells Mrs. Yeobright, I am a practical woman now. I don't believe in hearts at all. I would marry him under any circumstances since Clym's letter.
(Page 161). Further influencing the idea that a marriage to Wildeve would be practical is a letter that Clym Yeobright has sent to Blooms End. The letter states that Clym is most upset over the silly stories that have been circulating throughout the Heath of the couple's failed attempt to marry. He does not believe the reports, and Thomasin would like it that way. If Thomasin and Wildeve marry before Clym returns from his visit to a friend, she can say that the rumors are false, and Clym will never the true story of Thomasin and Wildeve.
Thomasin feels that this will also spare Clym the grief and embarrassment of finding out that the stories are true. Thomaisn enforces this view when she states, I have felt that I acted unfairly to him in not telling him all; but, as it was done not to grieve him, I thought I could carry out the plan to its end, and tell the whole story when the sky was clear. (Page 164). Damon Wildeve is a deceitful and vengeful character who's purpose of marrying Thomasin Yeobright is to carry out his own type of personal revenge against Eustacia Vye for breaking off their affair. The news is too much for the proud Wildeve, his feelings are best described when the author states that, He could only decently save himself by Thomasin; and once he became her husband, Eustacia's repentance, he thought, would set in for a long and bitter term. (Page 159).
So, Wildeve carries out his devious plan. At the wedding, Eustacia is present to witness the marriage. Feeling that this would be the best time to make Eustacia feel regret, Wildeve, while Thomasin is saying the I Do's, glances at Eustacia with a glance that said plainly, I have punished you now. (Page 169). The personal motives surrounding the marriages of characters in the novel reveal the self-centered tendencies of humans.
None of the characters chose love as the deciding factor over want in their marriage. This is a sad but all to common occurrence today, and a reason why we have such a high divorce rate. I'm sure that if divorce was more socially acceptable in the days of The Return of the Native, that the characters would regret their decisions, and be separated in a matter of months. Bibliography Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy English Essays.


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|Elegment Land ID
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|Alamosa County
|Vista Dr
|37.468491, -105.692134
|Parcel ID
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|Free & Clear
|Current Zoning
|Vista Dr
|General Elevation
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|Warranty Deed
|Well or Alternative Source
|Septic or Alternate Source
|Cell or Satellite
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There are also many opportunities for outdoor recreation within a short distance of the property. San Luis State Park, now known as San Luis State Wildlife Area, is 1,691 acres of Wildlife Area and is located just 30 minutes from the property. Activities here include four miles of gravel trails for hiking & mountain biking, Bird Watching, Boating, Fishing, Hunting and Camping featuring electrical hookups, grills, and a dump station. Find more information on the above activities here.
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The minimum dwelling size per the Alamosa County Land Use Code is 500 square feet – For Manufactured Homes it is 600 square feet.
Single & Double Wide Mobile / Manufactured homes are also allowed on the property within certain guidelines that can be seen in the Residential Use Standards portion of the Land Use Code.
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45 minutes to Great Sand Dunes National Park (more info)
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Northeast Corner: 37.468491, -105.691045
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As an affiliate of Ingenio Inc (Formally Keen.Com), the company was
formed in the Citrus County
jurisdiction to offer Nation Wide Phone Technical Support Services.
The merger of equals transaction between Novian Computers and PC
IGNITION PTS Services closed January 1, 2004.
January 1, 2004 both companies began operating as
one under the name PC IGNITION Computer Services.
Immediately the company focused on business centric services and
re-launched the Novian Web Services division as Ignition
Designs in March of 2004. In November of 2004 the company
launched it's Commercial Division and began acquiring new
accounts. In January of 2005 PC IGNITION Computer Services signed a
one year joint venture deal with Rumzy Inc, effectively
selling 50% stake in the company. PC IGNITION Computer Services
focused on becoming a VAR (Value Added Reseller) in 2005. In June of
2005 PC IGNITION Computer Services signed a two year definite
agreement with Nextel Communications, Inc to become the sole Mobile
Services provider for the company.
In October 2005 PC IGNITION Computer Services
& Rumzy Inc jointly acquired SA Creative based in Orlando Florida
to better their position as a web, printing, video, and promotional
design provider. The unit was combined with Ignition Designs
which was spun off of PC IGNITION
to form IGD Creative. IGD Creative was majorly owned by Rumzy
Inc with PC IGNITION having controlling interest in the unit. In October of the same year Sprint
Nextel Corporation inherited the Mobile Services agreement signed
four months earlier. PC IGNITION CS expanded its services further by
adding a additional lines of voice and mobile broadband services. In
September 2005 PC IGNITION CS officially became a VAR and formed
PC IGNITION Parts Order Store in conjunction with Tech Depot.
In November of 2005 the unit was renamed Ignition Parts Direct.
In January of 2006 it added H&J Electronics International as
a major supplier.
In December of 2005 PC IGNITION CS
agreed to extend its Sprint Nextel contract for an additional two
years. PC IGNITION CS expressed interest in improving operations and
customer service/management as well as product and service delivery.
PC IGNITION CS felt that Sprint Nextel's new position in the
wireless industry was just right for this motion. In February of
2006 PC IGNITION CS, the new company formed after the merger, began
offering ring tone and wallpaper services under the new unit then
known as Ignition Tones & Wallpaper. In March of 2006 PC
IGNITION Computer Services became Toshiba certified. Toshiba
presented PC IGNITION Computer Services' Chief Operating Technician
Fareed Warrad with a one year Toshiba Associate Technician
Certificate. In April 2006 PC IGNITION CS re-launched their
commercial division as United IT Services, a full service
corporate provider of commercial based network and office services.
Later on that same month PC IGNITION CS exercised their right to
spin off their share of IGD Creative as a subsidiary of PC IGNITION
CS. The unit remained unnamed at the time.
Later on that same month PC IGNITION CS exercised their right to
spin off their share of IGD Creative as a subsidiary of PC IGNITION
CS. The unit remained unnamed at the time.
October of 2006 the company went into a re-organizational strategy
which highlighted the company
name change. Aside from becoming
Ignitia IT Solutions, the consumer service division became
Ignitia Computer Services, the commercial division became
Ignitia Business, the ring tone and wallpaper service
unit was merged with Ignitia CS, Ignition Parts Direct
was merged with Novian Computer Sales and became Ignitia
Computers & Electronics, PC IGNITION's share of IGD
Creative unit that was spun off earlier that year became
Ignitia Online Solutions. Ignitia also assumed "Problem
Solved"™ tag line. Also in the same month Ignitia announced that it had
renewed the joint venture deal with Rumzy Inc for an
additional two years. In October of 2006 Ignitia also, in
conjunction with YTB Inc (Your Travel Biz, Inc) formed Explorah.Com
an online travel service provider. Explorah.Com will be marketing
itself as
In January of 2007 revised it's tag
line to "Relax, Problem Solved" ™, and changed it's logo once again
as well as launched
www.igitsupport.com to
better enhance customer service & corporate email system. In
February of 2007 Ignitia Online Solutions unit became
Ignitia Marketing & Promotions and acquired two new accounts In
the same month Ignitia IT Solutions signed a third party warranty
services agreement with Barrister Global Services Network to become
an exclusive third party warranty service provider for Barrister GSN
throughout the Citrus County Florida jurisdiction. In April 2007
Ignitia signed a second long term third party warranty agreement
with Nexicore Services, Inc. Ignitia will be offering
subcontracted services to Nexicore for the
Citrus County jurisdiction. Ignitia also
in the same month to assist future third party warranty Service
Company's request for service.
In May of 2007 Ignitia IT Solutions launched
Ignitia Mobile, a new MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network Operator)
wireless services in conjunction with Sonopia & Verizon Wireless.
In compliance with the 2005 Sprint Nextel Agreement that was signed
into effect by Ignitia, Ignitia Mobile did not
become an MVNO service affiliate of Sprint PCS. Ignitia Mobile along
with The PC Geekz Network (www.pcgeekz.net),
a technology advice forum, will be offering customized content to be
provided over the mobile phone services provided by Ignitia
In June 2007
Ignitia IT Solutions re-launched what was formally known as the PC
IGNITION Download Center as File Grabber via the website
www.filegrabbernow.com and began offering
ready-to-order Microsoft Windows drivers and other files as both
charge and free based files. File Grabber
will operate under the joint control of Ignitia Online Solutions
& Ignitia Marketing & Promotions. The following month
Ignitia launched Retrevio Data Recovery Services via the
www.retrevio.com. The website will offer users
the ability to send in their mobile phone's SIM Chip. Retrevio Data
technicians from there on would extract desired data, burn it on a
DVD and send the DVD as well as the SIM chip back to the user.
On June 12, 2007 Ignitia announced that it has entered into a
definite merger of equals agreement with WebNotica Services. The plan was
that Rumzy Inc would spin off Ignitia and then Ignitia would
subsequently merge with WebNotica. It closed the transaction on
August 31 2007 and began operating as
HSG Holdings, Inc on September
10, 2007. On October 17, 2007 HSG announced that it will shut down
it's online travel business in conjunction with YTB and sell it's
remaining "Explorah.Com" assets. On the same day HSG also announced
that it will cease its PC Geekz Online operations, File Grabber
Services, and Retrevio Data Recovery Services as well.
On February 1, 2008 HSG revised it's consumer and business
computer examination and service warranty for it's computer services
division. HSG also announced that it will continue to market it's computer
services division under the name "Ignitia" and changed Ignitia's tag
line to "Life's Technologies, Worry Free". The new examination plans
became "Worry Less" and "Experience More". The service warranty was
increased another 30 days to 120 covered days. The warranty's name
became "Worry Less, Experience More Warranty"
On March 12, 2008 HSG announced that it's COO and President,
Casey Christensen will be leaving the company to peruse other
interests. Case Christensen joined the company in 2007 when Ignitia
and WebNotica merged. HSG began searching for a replacement and said
that it would announce more information when it became available.
On April 30, 2008 HSG marked it's 1 year anniversary as an
authorized service provider on behalf of Nexicore Services Inc.
To that date it had completed over 110 service calls on behalf of
Nexicore. On May 3, 2008 HSG celebrated it's 5th year in business by
announcing a 5 Per 50 Special discount for new and current client's
who purchases services worth $50 or more.
On June 1, 2008 HSG announced that they have changed the
Ignitia Logo and began using the Sub Tag Line "An HSG Service
Brand" in conjunction with their current tag line "Life's
Technologies, Worry Free". The logo began appearing on all
marketing material, as well as invoices and all company related
On June 18, 2008 HSG launched a new Ignitia branded Support
Ticketing System powered by
www.OSTicket.com via
The new designed support site allows clients to open new
tickets, view open & closed tickets, cancel tickets, reopen
closed tickets, and better communicate with the Ignitia Customer
Service Network. That same day HSG launched instant online
support via
as well as a Tech Community Chat room on Ignitia's main site.
On October 17, 2008 HSG announced the immediate launch of
Emagine Press, a full service literary publishing company. The
company will be ran by the same management of HSG and expects to
release it's first publication in two to three years. You
can also learn more about Emagine Press by visiting the official
division website at
It was announced that Guilty of Faith: The Struggle of
Ramzi Hassan will be the first title to be released by
Emagine Press.
re-launched it's company support website
and transformed it into a full service support portal which
features the Support Ticketing System launched in June of 2008
as well as direct accesses to hardware manufacture based drivers
and support, free and paid versions of the leading pc
security software titles, live online chat support, as well as
access to the new RemoteAssistLive service that
was also launched on the same day. RemoteAssistLive
Remote Support Services is based on the previously launched
V.R.I.T.S or Virtual Remote I.T. Services previously offered to
only businesses. Now the new service is available to both
consumers and business alike for a low monthly rate providing
unlimited service.
HSG continues to work diligently hard to remain Citrus
County's #1 Information Technology Service Provider!


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Army Staff Sgt. Christopher R. Morningstar
Died February 5, 2006 Serving During Operation Iraqi Freedom
27, of San Antonio; assigned to the 562nd Engineer Company, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Fort Wainwright, Alaska; killed Feb. 5 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Stryker engineer squad vehicle in Husayniyah, Iraq. Also killed was Sgt. Jeremiah J. Boehmer.
Two Fort Wainwright soldiers killed in Iraq
FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska — Two Fort Wainwright soldiers died in an explosion while conducting operations in Iraq, Army officials said Tuesday.
Staff Sgt. Christopher Morningstar, 27, and Spc. Jeremiah J. Boehmer were killed Sunday when an explosive device detonated near their Stryker squad engineer vehicle in Husayniyah, Iraq.
The men were part of a convoy traveling through the area, said Army spokesman Maj. Kirk Gohlke.
They were the only soldiers killed in the explosion, according to Gohlke. He knew of no other casualties.
Both soldiers were assigned to the 562nd Engineer Company, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team based at Fort Wainwright.
Boehmer, from Parkston, S.D., was a combat engineer. He joined the Army in November 2002 and was assigned to Fort Wainwright in April 2003, Gohlke said.
Morningstar, from San Antonio, also was a combat engineer. He joined the Army in April 1997 and was assigned to Fort Wainwright in August 2003.
Holly Morningstar said her son grew up playing with toy soldiers. He joined the Reserve Officer Training Corps in high school before joining the Army in November 2002.
"It was just a natural progression," she told the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner by phone Tuesday from her home in San Antonio. "He loved serving."
She said her son made friends easily and was strong-willed.
He had visited her in October while on two-week leave. His son and daughter came from Eagle River to join him. They visited museums, ate at their favorite restaurants and spent a day at a lake, she told the newspaper.
"It was the first time Chris had ever tried water-skiing," she said. "He wasn't successful."
Morningstar re-enlisted shortly after arriving in Iraq this fall.
"I was worried," she said. "I wondered why he would want to put himself in danger again."
Jim Boehmer, of Parkston, said his son joined the Army after high school in November 2002.
"He needed some kind of adventure when he got out of high school and thought the Army was the way to go," he told the newspaper.
The sergeant was at home on leave in early January.
"His visit was the right time for the bowl games," Jim Boehmer said.
His son went to bowl game parties with friends, visited with his four siblings, grandparents and other friends and family.
He said he and his wife were impressed with how the Army affected their son.
"He said, The Army challenged me so much, maybe I'll let them send me to college so I can become a teacher," Jim Boemer said. "That just floored me and my wife. He was a little bit of a wild child, but he graduated into a beautiful man."
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After a year away, it was great to have the gospel workshop and concert back. The music was a blessing as always. To see all of the images from the workshop and concert click here.Read more
Architectural Photographer near Watertown, NY: Photographs of the Woolworth Building
A few weeks ago I had the enjoyable opportunity of photographing the newly renovated Woolworth Building in Watertown. I was hired by Purcell Construction to document the improvements they made to the iconic Watertown landmark. I loved how they had restored the original beauty of the building while modernizing the rooms and facilities to create…Read more


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If you're looking for an internship in Frederick, there's a good chance you're from the area. Most people looking for work and experience locally are locals, after all; often, it's simply easiest logistically to look for opportunities close to home.
Joy Gerdes is from Michigan.
In spite of that, when she decided to expand her professional skillset by pursuing work experience in the biomedical field, she chose Medigen Inc. in Frederick with the help of Frederick CREST. The result, for Joy, was an adventure in living in a new town, in doing impactful work, and in gaining valuable skills that she'll put to use as she navigates her career.
All told, spending the summer interning in Frederick was a great move – even if it involved more moving for Joy than for most people.
The Frederick Connection
Earlier in 2018, Joy was finishing up her year as a teacher 600 miles from Frederick as she considered opportunities to branch into a new field.
She knew that she wanted to develop STEM-based skills, but she wasn't sure of the best avenue to take toward that direction. That's when she received an email in connection with an academic program she was attending, the Masters in Chemistry and Life Sciences, a CREST-affiliated program at Univ. Maryland, College Park. The email notified her of the STEM opportunities available through Frederick CREST for students in the program. Her interest was piqued.
"I got connected with them, and Joanne reached out to me to help me find a position," says Joy. After the connection was made, she submitted her resume on the Frederick CREST website. From there, CREST moved ahead with outreach, navigating the opportunities offered by potential employers to line Joy up with a company that would be a perfect fit.
That's where Medigen came in.
Matched to the Right Biomedical Company
Located on Gas House Pike in Frederick, Medigen is a leading developer of vaccines against emerging diseases. With a focus on vaccine safety and natural immunity, the company's services aren't just in high demand – they're also incredibly important in affecting human health.
The company needed another pair of hands in the lab, and Joy was looking for hands-on experience. The situation made sense, and after working out role expectations, Joy packed up her things in Michigan and hit the road for Maryland when her school year ended.
That's when the adventure really started.
The Housing Dilemma
Most Frederick interns don't need to consider housing during their time in-role; they're generally commuting a short distance from home, so the situation is pretty straightforward. For Joy, though, making the transition from her home in Michigan was a bit more complicated.
Her initial plan on accepting the Medigen internship had been to stay at an Airbnb for two weeks while she searched for a longer-term housing situation. The thought was that the interval would give her time to search for housing in-person, versus trying to work things out remotely before the move.
It was good in theory, but in practice things quickly got difficult.
The Airbnb Joy was planning to stay in ended up having an allergen on the premises that made staying there unfeasible. After two days, it became obvious that Joy needed another place to stay, but, not being a native, she wasn't sure where to go. She booked a hotel room to buy time and started working through last resorts.
"I ended up calling my parents from the car, asking if they knew anyone in the area," she says.
They didn't. But they did know people in DC. Through a series of networks, Joy was able to find a friend of a friend of a friend of a friend who was willing to open up a home to her. It was a distant, unlikely connection – and a huge relief.
Frederick CREST offered help on the housing front, too: Joy was able to house-sit for Joanne for several weeks during the summer in a situation that worked out for all parties. Since then, CREST has sorted through some housing options to aid students and others participating in CREST programs.
The Valuable Experience
Joy's experience in Frederick wasn't completely seamless, but it was completely worth it.
"I remember feeling intimidated for the first month," she says. "Coming in from another field where I felt successful to a field where I felt really unskilled was intimidating."
But the team at Medigen quickly helped Joy get up to speed. "The team was great," she says. "It felt like everyone I worked with took the time to help me and take me under their wings."
That collaborative experience was empowering for Joy; by the end of the internship, she was doing meaningful work on her own, overseeing valuable research in the early stages of development for a dengue vaccine without direct, hands-on oversight.
When she presented her work at the end of the summer, the team was impressed. "I got to present a stability study where I was the only one who knew the data. The team was really encouraging and even seemed a little impressed."
Joy was impressed by the experience, too.
"I was really impressed at how much of a basic skillset they gave me," she says. "They were really good at teaching skills that they knew would help me in the future."
The Future
Joy's not entirely sure where her work experience in Frederick will take her, but she does know that, thanks to Medigen and Frederick CREST, she's equipped to explore a whole world of career possibilities that wasn't available to her before. With proven lab experience and a new set of lab skills, a lot of doors are swinging open – maybe even one in Frederick.
"Frederick was great," she says. "I'm sure I'll be back in some way."
For now, the Michigander is grateful for her Maryland experience. "It was definitely an adventure."
"In the end, it was really great."
Make a Frederick Internship Happen
Looking for an internship in Frederick? Looking for an intern for your Frederick business? At Frederick CREST, we're here to help. We build bridges between employers and education that benefit students, employers, and our city. We put our connections to use to line up ideal internship experiences for all parties involved – even for intern applicants from Michigan or beyond.
Frederick is a city brimming with opportunity, and we're honored to be a part of making STEM growth happen. If you're ready to make a Frederick internship happen, get in touch with us today.


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Sustainability Forum identifies ways to embrace a decarbonized future in the Energy Community
27 June, 2019 Vienna - The third Sustainability Forum was a co-organized event by Balkan Green Foundation, Energy Community, Heinrich Böll Foundation and The Nature Conservancy. The Forum gathered Ministers and Deputy Ministers responsible for energy, environment and climate change of the Energy Community Contracting Parties, high-level officials of the European Commission, EU Member States and Contracting Parties as well as representatives of academia, civil society and non-governmental organisations to discuss the best ways for the Energy Community to embrace a decarbonized energy future.
The Forum expressed concern regarding the delay in the establishment of a new 2030 Energy Community legislative framework to increase substantially the share of energy from renewable sources, especially wind and solar, improve energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emission, in accordance with the Paris Agreement.
The participants underlined that with ever more stringent emission rules, the profitability of coal-fired power plants is being increasingly questioned. They called for the adoption of strategies on phasing out subsidies to electricity generation from coal.
Rinora Gojani, the Program Manager from Balkan Green Foundation was part of one of the panel discussions where among other discussions, it was recognized that foreign investors should be prepared to invest in the region's untapped potential for renewables and energy efficiency and that, in coming years, the number of low-carbon projects backed by Asian banks and firms will be on the rise in the Energy Community region. Nevertheless, there is a clear need to raise awareness about the Energy Community acquis and ensure that sufficient due diligence is carried out by investors before energy projects are financed.
The participants acknowledged that the contribution of small hydropower plants to energy production in the Energy Community is extremely limited, while their impacts on the environment are disproportionately high. Therefore, the development of greenfield projects should be scrutinised, while full and proper implementation of Energy Community legislation on environmental assessments (at project, river basin and regional level) is a prerequisite to any project.
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International Student Accommodation Recruiter
International Student Accommodation Recruiter
International Language Centers
For the past 50 years, EF Education First has been the world's leader in international education. We offer students from Europe and Asia (aged 13-18) the opportunity to spend two to four weeks in the United States to improve their language skills, live with a local host family, and learn about American culture through fun and immersive activities.
Who You Are
Are you bold, fearless and confident?
Do you enjoy striking up conversation with new people?
Are you an achiever who goes above and beyond, never settling for status quo?
Are you organized, detail oriented, sales driven and operationally minded with a constant drive to improve?
If so, this role could be the one for you.
The Role
Host families are at the heart of our program. As a Host Family Recruiter, you play a critical role in driving our host family recruitment efforts to find new host families for our international student travelers who will be arriving during Summer 2020 (June-August). This position is a sales-driven role in which Host Family Recruiters attend various community events such as farmer's markets, street fairs, parades and festivals to promote and share the Language Travel program with the goal of recruiting new host families to participate. In addition, the Field Recruiter role may be responsible for conducting home visits, tracking recruitment efforts in company database, and other administrative tasks associated with host family recruitment.
Candidate must be local and live within a 1 hour radius of Mira Mesa, San Diego , CA
• Attend recruiting events such as farmer's markets, street fairs and grocery stores.
• Contact leads via phone and email using company database.
•Comfortable with door to door recruiting
• Develop partnerships and build networks with local businesses, schools, clubs, and organizations.
• Collect at least 3-4 qualified leads per hour while attending events.
• Schedule home visits with potential host families during and after events.
• Enter leads into company database.
• Find families through personal networks of friends, family, colleagues, neighbors and local organizations.
• Meet and work to exceed weekly and monthly goals and targets.
Candidate Profile
• Bright, positive, outgoing and approachable personality.
• Go-getter mentality and quick learner.
• An independent problem solver with a positive attitude.
• Sales-driven and results-oriented personality.
• Able to speak openly and easily with anyone and everyone.
• Ability to work in a team environment and take ownership of projects.
• Knowledge of the local area preferred.
• Passionate about education, travel and/or cultural exchange.
• Has driver's license and able to drive a car.
• Has a valid driver's license and use of personal vehicle for transportation
EF is an equal opportunities employer. EF offers competitive salaries and a multicultural working environment. If you are motivated by the prospect of an international career with a dynamic and forward-thinking company, we want to hear from you. For more information, visit www.ef.com/careers.
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Greg Cain started CrabPlace.com in 1997 in Crisfield,
Maryland, America's seafood capital. As business grew,
his brother, Matt, joined the company to head up operations.
The two began by selling and shipping fresh Maryland
crab caught daily by local watermen. Their unique packing
and delivery processes kept crabs at their freshest,
and our satisfied customer base grew quickly. As a result,
the company received the SBA Maryland Entrepreneurial
Success of the Year Award in 2001.
In 2005, Greg and Matt invited Rebecca Bent into
the CrabPlace.com family to be in charge of product
development, photography, and marketing. She is a Baltimore
native and the author of the cookbooks Burgers (2004),
Down at the Shore (2006), and Everyday is Delicious
(2007). She has been featured on the Today Show and
ESPN, and in Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, and elsewhere.
Her crab cake recipe earned CrabPlace.com recognition
as "The Best" online crab cakes in 2006 from the Kiplinger's
Personal Finance Magazine's Annual "Best of the Best"
Greg, Matt, and Rebecca have been crabbing since
they could walk, and still have fun pulling them in
and teaching their own kids. They also take great pleasure
in serving up CrabPlace.com seafood products to family
and friends and sharing their passion for Chesapeake
Bay foods and the shore lifestyle.
Our many satisfied customers know we pride ourselves
on delivering fresh seafood from our dock to your door,
and to your table. We are committed to ensuring that
our service is as outstanding as our food. Your complete
satisfaction is our goal, and we back that up with our
CrabPlace.com Guarantee.
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