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[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 131 (Wednesday, July 9, 2014)] [Proposed Rules] [Page 38796] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2014-16049] ======================================================================== Proposed Rules Federal Register ________________________________________________________________________ This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains notices to the public of the proposed issuance of rules and regulations. The purpose of these notices is to give interested persons an opportunity to participate in the rule making prior to the adoption of the final rules. ======================================================================== Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 131 / Wednesday, July 9, 2014 / Proposed Rules [[Page 38796]] NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 10 CFR Part 61 [NRC-2014-0080] Low-Level Radioactive Waste Regulatory Program AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Strategic assessment update; extension of comment period. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: On May 15, 2014, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) published a request for public comment on developments concerning the Low Level Radioactive Waste (LLRW) Regulatory Program. These developments over the next several years would affect licensees and States with LLRW disposal sites and actions that the NRC could take to ensure safety, security, and the protection of the environment. The public comment period was originally scheduled to close on July 14, 2014. The NRC has decided to extend the public comment period to allow more time for members of the public to develop and submit their comments. DATES: The due date for comments requested in the document published on May 15, 2014 (79 FR 27772) is extended. Comments must be filed no later than September 15, 2014. Comments received after this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the Commission is able to ensure consideration only for comments received before this date. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods (unless this document describes a different method for submitting comments on a specific subject):
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2014-0080. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-287- 3422; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document. Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Office of Administration, Mail Stop: 3WFN-06-44M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. For additional direction on accessing information and submitting comments, see ``Accessing Information and Submitting Comments'' in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Melanie C. Wong, Office of Federal and State Materials and Environmental Management Programs, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415- 2432; email: [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments A. Obtaining Information Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2014-0080 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You may obtain publicly-available information related to this document by any of the following methods: Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2014-0080. NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the ADAMS Public Documents collection at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``ADAMS Public Documents'' and then select ``Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by email to [email protected]. NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. B. Submitting Comments Please include Docket ID NRC-2014-0080 in the subject line of your comment submission, in order to ensure that the NRC is able to make your comment submission available to the public in this docket. The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact information that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your comment submission. The NRC will post all comment submissions at http://www.regulations.gov as well as enter the comment submissions into ADAMS. The NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to remove identifying or contact information. If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to include identifying or contact information that they do not want to be publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to remove such information before making the comment submissions available to the public or entering the comment submissions into ADAMS. II. Further Information On May 15, 2014 (79 FR 27772), the NRC published a request for public comments on developments to the LLRW Regulatory Program in the next several years that would affect licensees and States where LLRW disposal sites are located and actions that the NRC could take to ensure safety, security, and the protection of the environment. The public comment period was originally scheduled to close on July 14, 2014. The NRC has decided to extend the public comment period to allow more time for stakeholders to develop and submit their comments, and to consider and address the questions posed by the NRC in the document published on May 15, 2014 (79 FR 27772). The deadline for submitting comments is extended to September 15, 2014. Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 1st day of July, 2014. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Gregory Suber, Acting Deputy Director, Environmental Protection and Performance Assessment Directorate, Division of Waste Management and Environmental Protection, Office of Federal and State Materials and Environmental Management Programs. [FR Doc. 2014-16049 Filed 7-8-14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590-01-P


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Hi Friends,
I am taking the liberty to share a kind note from a distant email friend and Christian lady that I know.... Ruth H.
I was also sharing something near and dear to my own heart, my ministry of: Bible Tracts, Inc. -- a wonderful, colorful small paper Bible tract that can and will open the eyes of Unbelievers, and perhaps those who are now 'siting on the fence,' in these very last days of this wicked system of things. Yes ! We ALL need to share the Word of God, the KJV BIBLE... AND THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST !! All over the world, all the time.
I am not a rich man, but disabled and ride a power scooter given to me by the local VAMC in Iron Mtn., MI., when I go shopping or what ever. It sure does take pressure and pain from my back, knees, feet and knees.... PTL. Anyway, when some younger guy at the store is sent out to help me put my groceries in my truck, I hand him a few bucks $$ and a colorful bible tract, and they love me !! I tell them, "please read this in your spare time -- you will love it !" I have NEVER been turned down. And if they have any questions at a later date, I will follow up by inviting them to a church meeting on Sunday, and then start a bible study with them. God gives me the 'tools' and it is my duty to follow up and show that person the road to Salvation in Jesus Christ !
I am blessed to have a good handful of nice, Christian friends, whom I email, consult and visit with all over the USA, and even though I have never met them in person, I feel well connected and happy to have them for support, etc.
---Tommy Schuckman
Leaving information for others to find is a good thing.....I see some pick them up. One way or another
the 'message' must get out there for the ones who have nothing to hang onto. To find faith from the
bottom of the barrel is a real uplift. Also, just sharing a kind word and treat with respect those who
least expect it opens doors...I wear my cross all the time so they know where it comes from. Yes, there
are ways to reach the unreachable.
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2016 00:55:23 -0400
Subject: Fwd: [TOM'S JOURNAL.---"The Man in the Door".] Will Christians survive the 'False Prophet,' etc ?
You know, we will all go before the 'Bema Seat' in Heaven and account for all of our past sins and also good actions and how or if we even MADE the time to further the Lord's Kingdom by sharing the Gospel while on earth.... or were we just plain COWARDS and useless idiots..... duh . I have been using some very fine "Bible Tracts, Inc.," -- that serve me well as I always try to keep a few in my wallet, and they are colorful and easy to read, with a strong, informative message. Not everyone had a good education like me....LOL... PTL. Here is the Info: www.bibletractsinc.org Phone: 309-828-6888 -----Bloomington, IL. I once met the main director/ evangelist, Mark, at my old church in Union Grove, WI...a Baptist church, and what a great man. They also do some dangerous missionary work in the darker, Muslim side of Africa and dig water wells to help the people get PURE drinking water. To me that would be even more scary than mortal combat !!
I get the tracts for free, but I like to send a donation to help them $$$, and that is ONE of my various Ministries or sorts. I have a bold tongue that gets me into trouble too much, but 'harnessed by the Holy Spirit' it can and does do a lot of good !! PTL, again.
The country of Germany where I was once stationed in the Army in late 1968, right before 'Nam has pretty much returned to it's old Pagan roots, but that country is one of my best, hungry readers !! There are many good Christians in Russia and underground China too, who read my humble blog posts ! That all makes me HAPPY, and although I am too big and heavy to dance.... I am dancing in my heart.
If ever there is a time to shift into high gear with the Gospel sharing work -- this is it ! Don't go to heaven alone --- take some one with you !
Tommy S

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What is the symbolism of koi fish?
In Japanese symbolism the koi represents perserverance in adversity and strength of purpose. The strongest koi swims upstream until it reaches the final waterfall, where it vaults into the mists and becomes a water dragon.
It depends on what you're asking. Are you asking about the actual fish or the tattoo? It is said that the fish probably originates out of Persia (now Iran). Wild carp are called "koi" in Japanese. The term "koi" was later applied to all carp both wild and colored. The Japanese have a special word for wild carp called "Magoi." Colored and inbred Magoi are called Koi. The Koi that have been bred for color are called "Nishikigoi". Many Japanese use the word Koi to refer to wild carp. The term though has taken a secondary meaning in most of the world. Koi to most of the English speaking world means the colored carp which the Japanese refer to as "Nishikigoi" There are many different types of "Koi" Asagi, Bekko, Hakarimono, Hariwake, Karasugoi, Kohaku, Koromo, Matsuba, Sanke, Showa, Shusui, Tancho, Utsuri. They are some of the most beautiful fish.
The Koi fish tattoo symbolizes..
According to Japanese legend if a koi succeeded in climbing the falls at a point called Dragon Gate on the Yellow River it would be transformed into a dragon. Based on that legend, it became a symbol of worldly aspiration and advancement.
More generally, the Japanese associate koi (also known as carp) with perseverance in adversity and strength of purpose. Because of its strength and determination to overcome obstacles, it stands for courage and the ability to attain high goals.
Others say it means good fortune or luck.
Koi is a popular aquarium and ornamental pond fish.
In China 7 golden Koi is good luck!
The symbolism goes: the larger the koi, the richer you are. Those fish are expensive.
According to tattoo websites, a koi represents good fortune, prosperity and riches. Also in Japanese culture, it symbolises male strength.
It also says you are determined and don't conform to what society expects – like a koi swimming upstream against the current.
Koi are used to symbolize yin and yang in ponds. But all of the above answers are correct as well. Normally there is a balance of 1 black koi with 9 gold koi. People also use goldfish for this symbolization though. So it can just depend on who you ask. More info at: email@example.com.
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Thinking about your Bucket List helps you Learn about what Matters to you.
This is a board game meant for anyone who wants to bring meaning to the conversation of "what's on my Bucket List". Are you someone who has thoughts, ideas, visions or even vague impressions of what you want to do before you "Kick the Bucket"? How about who you want to be or how you want to live – right now and for the rest of the time you have? If you want to explore what matters to you in all areas of your life then this game is for you.
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Boris Karloff's Thriller - season 1, episodes 28-37
Episode 28 - Yours truly, Jack the Ripper
Boris Karloff ... Himself - Host
John Williams ... Sir Guy
Donald Woods ... Dr. John Carmody
Edmon Ryan ... Capt. Pete Jago
Ottola Nesmith ... Rowena
Adam Williams ... Hymie Kralik
Nancy Valentine ... Arlene
Ransom M. Sherman ... Police Commissioner
Description: 70 years after the Jack the Ripper killings in London, Sir Guy (John Williams) convinces the police that Jack may still be alive, eternally young, and still killing, currently in New York.
Episode 29 - The devil's ticket
Boris Karloff ... Himself
Macdonald Carey ... Hector Vane
Patricia Medina ... Nadja
Joan Tetzel ... Marie Vane
John Emery ... The Pawnbroker
Robert Cornthwaite ... Dr. Spengler
Hayden Rorke ... Mr. Frank
Description: A artist "pawns" his soul to the devil and must retrieve it by painting a portrait of another person whose soul will be exchanged for his.
Episode 30 - Parasite mansion
Boris Karloff ... Himself
Pippa Scott ... Marcia Elizabeth Hunter
Jeanette Nolan ... Granny Harrod
James Griffith ... Victor Harrod
Tom Nolan ... Rennie Harrod
Beverly Washburn ... Lollie Harrod
Description: A young woman is held captive in a mansion by a family of recluses hiding a supernatural secret.
Episode 31 - A good imagination
Boris Karloff ... Himself
Edward Andrews ... Frank Logan
Patricia Barry ... Louise Chase Logan
Ed Nelson ... George Parker
William Allyn ... Randy Hagen
Ken Lynch ... Joe Thorp
Britt Lomond ... Arnold Chase
Description: Bookstore owner Frank Logan has a problem with his wife, Louise, and her numerous marital flings. Fortunately, Frank believes he's found the perfect solution to his problem. His beloved collection of books give him ideas on how to take care of Louise and her paramours for good.
Episode 32 - Mr. George
Boris Karloff ... Himself - Host
Virginia Gregg ... Edna Leggett
Howard Freeman ... Jared Leggett
Lillian Bronson ... Adelaide Leggett
Gina Gillespie ... Priscilla
Joan Tompkins ... Laura Craig
Description: Priscilla, a young girl, lives with her scheming relatives who are trying to get hold of her inheritance... and a ghostly protector, Mr. George.
Episode 33 - The terror in Teakwood
Guy Rolfe ... Vladimir Vicek
Hazel Court ... Leonie Vicek
Charles Aidman ... Jerry Welch
Vladimir Sokoloff ... Papa Glockstein
Reggie Nalder ... Gafke
Linda Watkins ... Sylvia Slattery
Bernard Fein ... Stage Manager
Description: Erratic, talented pianist Vladimir Vicek cuts short his honeymoon with his beautiful wife Leonie in order to attend the funeral of arch-rival Carnowitz He bribes a caretaker to gain access to the dead man's crypt and desecrates the corpse. His obsession so alienates his wife that she takes on a lover who subsequently insinuates himself into Vicek's employ as a manager. When the pianist's upcoming concert program is announced, it includes a Carnowitz sonata, spitefully written by the late composer exclusively for his over-sized hands, a composition no one believes Vicek is physically able to play. Just before the concert, the graveyard caretaker appears and attempts to blackmail Vicek.
Episode 34 - The prisoner in the mirror
Boris Karloff ... Himself
Lloyd Bochner ... Prof. Harry Langham
Henry Daniell ... Count Alexander Cagliostro
Marion Ross ... Kay Forrest
Jack Mullaney ... Fred Forrest
Patricia Michon ... Yvette Dulaine
David Frankham ... Marquis Robert de Chantenay
Peter Brocco ... Prof. Thibault
Description: A professor studying the depraved sorcerer Count Cagliostro, brings to the U.S. the mirror which was instrumental in the Count's murder spree. The looking glass was blacked over to entrap Cagliostro, but Prof. Harry Langton, obsessed with the magician's secrets, scrapes off the paint and installs the mirror in his residence.
Episode 35 - Dark legacy
Boris Karloff ... Himself
Harry Townes ... Mario Asparos / Radan Asparos
Ilka Windish ... Monika Asparos
Henry Silva ... Toby Wolfe
Alan Napier ... Attorney Pinchot
Richard Hale ... Lars Eisenhart
Doris Lloyd ... Mrs. Edith Pringle
Description: A second-rate nightclub magician inherits a genuine book of sorcery from his occultist uncle. He uses it to summon a demon to create impossible magic feats for his act but there is a price to pay.
Episode 36 - Pigeons from hell
Boris Karloff ... Himself
Brandon De Wilde ... Timothy Branner
Crahan Denton ... Sheriff Buckner
Ken Renard ... Jacob Blount
David Whorf ... Johnny Branner
Guy Wilkerson ... Howard
Ottola Nesmith ... The Zuvembie, Eula Lee Blassenville
Description: Two stranded motorists and a local sheriff battle evil forces that inhabit a run-down, abandoned mansion in the middle of a swamp in the middle of nowhere.
Episode 37 - The grim Reaper
Boris Karloff ... Himself
William Shatner ... Paul Graves
Natalie Schafer ... Beatrice Graves
Henry Daniell ... Pierre Radin
Elizabeth Allen ... Dorothy Lyndon
Scott Merrill ... Gerald Keller
Fifi D'Orsay ... Toinette
Paul Newlan ... Sgt. Bernstein
Description: Celebrity author Beatrice Graves purchases a cursed painting of the Grim Reaper; her nephew Paul warns her that most of its previous owners have died violently but she scoffs - until blood appears on the Reaper's blade.
Extras for episodes from this post (promos not included in my source):
1x28 - Yours truly, Jack the Ripper (Audio Commentary by Alan Brennert and David Schow, Isolated Music Score by Jerry Goldsmith)
1x29 - The devil's ticket (Episode Promo)
1x30 - Parasite Mansion (Audio Commentary by Steve Mitchell and Beverly Washburn, Isolated Music Score by Morton Stevens)
1x31 - A good imagination (Isolated Music Score by Morton Stevens)
1x32 - Mr. George (Audio Commentary by Lucy Chase Williams and Gary Gerani, Isolated Music Score by Jerry Goldsmith)
1x33 - The terror in Teakwood (Audio Commentary by Jon Burlingame and Steve Mitchell, Isolated Music Score by Jerry Goldsmith)
1x34 - The prisoner in the mirror (Isolated Music Score by Morton Stevens)
1x35 - Dark legacy (Isolated Music Score by Jerry Goldsmith)
1x36 - Pigeons from hell (Audio Commentary by Gary Gerani)
1x37 - The grim Reaper (Audio Commentary by Ernest Dickerson, Gary Gerani, Tim Lucas and David Schow, Isolated Music Score by Jerry Goldsmith, Episode Promo)
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The Office of the Vice President for Student Success publishes the Student Handbook. It is available from the Office of the VPSS, the Division of Student Affairs, and the Library. The Student Conduct Code, Student Discipline Code, and student rights and responsibilities are defined in the Student Handbook.
A complete list of chartered organizations may be found on the Internet at www.tamiu.edu. The Office of Student Affairs maintains regulations and procedures for the establishment of student organizations.
Student Violations of Academic Integrity (Cheating, Plagiarism)
Students are expected to maintain high ethical standards in their academic work, and faculty members are expected to maintain the fairness and integrity of course grades. Students who are caught claiming credit for work that they did not do – whether the dishonest consists of cheating on exams, intentionally plagiarizing papers or course projects, or other forms of academic misrepresentation and dishonesty – can expect to receive failing grades in the course in question. Faculty members are required to report such serious breaches of academic honesty to their chair, their Dean, the Provost, and the Associate Vice President for Student Affairs.
In addition to grade penalties, students guilty of academic dishonesty may be placed on probation, temporarily suspended, or permanently expelled from the University by the Provost, as specified in the Student Handbook. The Honor Council reviews each case reported to the Provost and makes recommendations. (See the Honor Code in Appendix E.)
Student Leave of Absence and Pregnant/Parenting Students
As required by Title IX, TAMIU provides leaves of absence for students, including pregnant/parenting students, in accordance with the TAMIU Attendance Rule and Student Leave of Absence rule (which includes a Leave of Absence Request form). Both rules can be found in the TAMIU Student Handbook. If you receive a request for a leave of absence from a student, including pregnant/parenting students, please promptly report it to and seek guidance from the Office of Student Affairs.


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"Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates"
by Georg Weissel, 1590-1635
Translated by Catherine Winkworth, 1829-1878
1. Lift up your heads, ye mighty gates!
Behold, the King of Glory waits;
The King of kings is drawing near,
The Savior of the world is here.
Life and salvation He doth bring,
Wherefore rejoice and gladly sing:
We praise Thee, Father, now,
Creator, wise art Thou!
2. A Helper just He comes to thee,
His chariot is humility,
His kingly crown is holiness,
His scepter, pity in distress,
The end of all our woe He brings;
Wherefore the earth is glad and sings:
We praise Thee, Savior, now,
Mighty in deed art Thou!
3. O blest the land, the city blest,
Where Christ the Ruler is confessed!
O happy hearts and happy homes
To whom this King in triumph comes!
The cloudless Sun of joy He is,
Who bringeth pure delight and bliss.
We praise Thee, Spirit, now,
Our Comforter art Thou!
4. Fling wide the portals of your heart;
Make it a temple set apart
From earthly use for Heaven's employ,
Adorned with prayer and love and joy.
So shall your Sovereign enter in
And new and nobler life begin.
To Thee, O God, be praise
For word and deed and grace!
5. Redeemer, come! I open wide
My heart to Thee; here, Lord, abide!
Let me Thy inner presence feel,
Thy grace and love in me reveal;
Thy Holy Spirit guide us on
Until our glorious goal is won.
Eternal praise and fame
We offer to Thy name.
The Lutheran Hymnal
Hymn #73
Text: Ps. 24
Author: Georg Weissel, 1642
Translated by: Catherine Winkworth, 1855, alt.
Titled: "Macht hoch die Tuer"
Second Tune: Johann A. Freylinghausen, 1704
Third Tune: August Lemke, 1849
Tune: "Macht hoch die Tuer"
First Tune Published in: _Praxis Pietatis Melica_
Ichabod explores the Age of Apostasy, predicted in 2 Thessalonians 2:3, with an emphasis on UOJ, Church Growth, and Emergent Church heresies. The antidote to these poisons is trusting the efficacious Word in the Means of Grace. John 16:8. Most readers are WELS, LCMS, ELS, or ELCA. This blog also covers the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, and the mainline denominations.
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Kim Kardashian and Kanye West get explicit on Twitter
"My boyfriend has taught me a lot about privacy," Kim Kardashian told DuJour magazine earlier this year, in a cover interview that accompanied her pregnant bikini photoshoot. "I'm ready to be a little less open about some things, like my relationships. I'm realizing everyone doesn't need to know everything. I'm shifting my priorities."
Pause for a moment to let that really sink in.
Then please refer to Exhibit A: a photo that Kim posted on Instagram about seven hours ago. Spoiler alert: If you've ever wanted to see every contour of the reality star's famous butt, unshackled by the pesky millimeter of fabric that just barely hides it from view on a normal day — well, then today is your day, my friend:
Clearly, Kanye's Post-Baby Workout Plan works like a dream. (Or, you know, the Atkins Diet.)
And finally, here's Exhibit B: Kardashi-man Kanye West's response to his girlfriend's latest selfie.
Just don't ask him what, precisely, he and Kim did after he arrived at their manse. Haven't you vultures ever heard of privacy?!?


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August 7
We're partnering with Qualified Pet Dental to offer anesthesia-free teeth cleaning.
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A full physical exam before treatment.
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Call our Del Mar store to make your pet's appointment.
In some cases, the doctor may determine that your pet cannot, for medical or behavioral reasons, safely receive this dental treatment. This is rare, but occasionally it does happen. If they cannot treat your pet you will only be charged a veterinary assessment fee of $39.
There is a $39 cancellation fee for less than 24 hours notice.


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Wild Junket wins Best Travel Blogger at the Holiday Extras Customers' Awards 2012
The search for Best Travel Blogger was new for 2012 and was the only category open to voting from the general public.
The main awards, which this year attracted votes from 101,000 HolidayExtras.com customers, recognise and reward the best companies in travel.
Nellie Huang and Alberto Molero, editors of Wild Junket, rose above the competition from 10 other bloggers to be the first to win the title.
Matthew Pack, CEO of HolidayExtras.com, said: "Travel blogs are a great way for travellers and holidaymakers to discover relevant, first-hand knowledge about the places they wish to visit. This year we wanted to reward and help spread the message of the sites that offer compelling content and awe-inspiring images."
Alberto Molero, Creative Director and co-founder of WildJunket Magazine, commented: "Nellie and I are really excited about this award. As much as we appreciate getting recognition from the travel industry, it's this kind of award that truly reflects or readers' support. Receiving this award definitely encourages us to continue producing quality content for travellers."
Notes to editors
Voting for the Best Travel Blogger category took place between April and September 2012.
Go to www.holidayextras.co.uk/customers-awards-2012 to find out more.


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Academy of Accuracy
The San Gabriel Benchrest School is a great program. At the recent April 9th school session, many of the nation's best short-range shooters served as instructors, including NBRSA President Dennis Thornberry, Cactus Classic HV winner Gary Sinclair, and Hall of Famer Walt Berger. Imagine if you could go to your local golf range, and, for $35.00, be tutored by Jack Nicklaus, Phil Mickelson, and Tiger Woods. A wide variety of topics was covered–everything from match strategies to bullet-making. And it was particularly interesting to see that, among the top shooters, there remains room for innovation in the short-range game. Though the 6PPC is still the cartridge of choice, the day's top shooter used a 220 Russian. A number of guys pre-loaded their ammo–and many of the "top guns" are now weighing their charges. Clearly, there ARE some new ideas being worked on in the BR game, and the forward-thinking San Gabriel gang is at the leading edge of the sport.
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Charming Amanda Le, in the picture above, shot one of the small groups of the day at the BR School, an impressive 0.163″. Who said short-range benchrest is just for pudgy old guys with cranky personalities? Eighth grader Amanda is living proof that precision shooting can be enjoyed by just about anyone, and that youth and beauty certainly can trump age and experience. Watch out guys–in a couple years, Amanda and her "Pink Thing" may challenge the good 'ol boys at the Super Shoot. BR School Director Stephen Perry reports: "Amanda (Ted Carlson's grand-daughter) is a junior shooter all of 14 years old. She is not a regular with us yet, having only shot BR twice with us. She shoots the Pala course with Ted and the big boys. Congratulations on your first BR trophy, Amanda."
|San Gabriel Benchrest School
by Stephen Perry
The San Gabriel BR School concluded successfully. Those that chose to be a part of it expressed their gratitude for what they saw. It proved to be an great learning experienced for both veteran participants and newcomers who had never shot a PPC before. I was happy we could get so many people together to promote benchrest. And I want to give credit to all the club members and instructors who worked hard to maked the event possible.
The school began bright and early on April 9th. All our "profs" arrived by 0700 and registration was completed by 0745. Students, who had pre-registered, were assigned to one of five topical seminars. These covered virtually every aspect of the Benchrest game from bullet-making, to gunsmithing, and even target-handling and scoring.
Seminar Groups
The other classes were also popular. I noticed much interest in Gary Sinclair's presentation of shooting bench procedures and match strategies. Gary, along with Mike Marcelli, presented the proper way to be at the shooting bench and strategies for shooting groups in various conditions. Timing, targets, groups and aggs were discussed during a shoot.
Lawrence Weisdorn and Danny Moscaritolo also had good-size classes for their two sessions of BR Loading. I caught part of their class and could see they were discussing pre-loading which has become popular again. Also Lawrence ran a series of tests on temp and humidity and made a chart for his loadings. Danny showed how to prepare for pre-loading and what equipment is needed for it. Don Nielson and Dennis Thornberry discussed case preparation and wind flags. Don showcased his new high-speed case lathe. On sale now, it delivers higher rpms, with more power and all-metal construction. The new lathe will work with his current neck-turning tools. You'll find photos and a short video in the tech section below.
Gene DeLoney and Mike Sosenko drew a good size crowd of shooters interested in Benchrest gunsmithing. Gene displayed his Dodd Rail Gun and explained the modifications he did to smooth out some rough spots on the gun. Gene also brought out some of his chambering tools to show the curious what it takes to chamber a barrel. Mike, also a successful BR gunsmith, talked of some of the projects he has done. [Editors' Note: Mike recently smithed John Adams' new fast-twist 22 Dasher. Impressively, Mike steered the Dasher to a middle of the pack finish in the School Match against a very competitive field of full-race PPCs. This proved that VLD bullets CAN be competitive at short range. Mike will be working with AccurateShooter.com on some product evaluations in the next couple of months–testing a new infrared Chronograph and doing comparison tests of benchrest primers in a tunnel.]
John Loh and Tom Libby discussed front rests and bags and cleaning. Tom is one of our current World Record holders having shot a 10-shot NBRSA record in Unlimited Class. John's company, JJ Industries, manufactures the superb Loh "JJ" Front Rest, a favorite among our shooters and world-wide (Photos below). [Editor's Note: We observed that many of the "top guns" at the BR School had Loh rests on their benches. We were able to put one through its paces and were very impressed. It is incredibly smooth, and the windage movement is perfectly linear with no vertical jerking. Gary Sinclair loves his Loh, and Lou Murdica says that "I own them all, including a few Co-Axials. I do use the joystick rests when I'm testing and have plenty of time for precision aiming. But in a match, I really favor the ease and speed with which I can get an ultra-precise aim point with the Loh. It is also superbly machined."]
Dave Blazzard (Utah) and Lou Murdica had a nice crowd discussing BR Rifles, barrels, stocks, and triggers. Don't know if the new Kelbly trigger was discussed but the next time you see Lou ask him about the Kelbly trigger he will have a couple by then and have tested them. [Editor's note: Lou showed us one of the prototype triggers he has tested. He demonstrated how it can be easily adjusted from a couple of ounces to over a pound, just by switching out a pin. Lou liked the rigidity of the trigger housing and he predicted we'd be seeing many of these on the firing line soon. The trigger retails for $240.00 from Kelbly.com.]
Afternoon Agg–Putting Principles into Practice
Each match had a different winner for small group. Lou Murdica won the Warm-Up Match with a .167. Match 1 was won by Mike Marcelli with a .134 (also small group for the day). Match 2 was won by George Eickhof with a .149. Match 3 was won by Phil Levesque with a .183. Match 4 was won by Amanda Le with a .163. Match 5 was won by George Eickhof with a .162. For the class of regular shooters, Lou Murdica, shooting his 220 Russian, took top honors with a .2524 Agg. Phil Levesque finished second with .2566 and Dan Capps was third with a .2596.
Among the novice shooters, Amanda Le posted small group of .163 (not bad for an eighth grader!). HV Agg results were: 1st place Rob Daniels .2996, 2nd place Phil Peterson .3146, 3rd place Marty Childers .3362, 4th place Dan Carty with a .3478 Agg, and Amanda took 5th place with a .3834 Agg.
BR School Summary
Stephen Perry
|STEPHEN PERRY'S ADVICE for NEW SHOOTERS
New Shooters
We encourage new shooters to come back and participate in our monthly shoots. Hopefully many of these first-timers will join the fun. Here are some tips for shooters interested in getting started in short-range registered benchrest.
Take BR Seriously
Buying Your First BR Gun
Consider buying a new rifle if you can afford it. Good smiths that build complete BR rifles include Ron Hoehn, Gene DeLoney, Don Nielson, Billy Stevenson, Gary Ocock, and Kelbly's, among others. See the ads in NBRSA News, Precision Shooting, AccurateShooter.com. A new rifle gets you all the latest technology and more importantly, you'll have a gunsmith that knows how your rifle was put together. One the most frustrating things for a BR gunsmith is when a guy brings in a used rifle with no history. Most smiths want to know who did the work so they know what they might be dealing with. It's no fun for a smith to rebarrel the rifle and the customer comes back saying the barrel won't shoot. Chances are the bedding is bad but that becomes another item the customer must pay to have corrected. A new gun will hopefully have a good bedding job.
Tom Libby and Walt Berger Photos by Jan Cleary, used by permission. Thanks Jan.
Lou Murdica Profile–Thoughts on Calibers and Competition
Shooting a Pierce-stocked, VIET-actioned rig chambered in 220 Russian, Lou Murdica posted the best Aggregate in the BR School's 5×5 afternoon HV Agg competition. Lou had small group (.167″) in the initial Warm-Up Match, followed by two more groups in the ones. This was a very impressive performance, considering Lou was shooting the "wrong" cartridge, with pre-loaded ammo.
But Lou's fine shooting wasn't just a matter of luck. He's done a bunch of testing and his records demonstrate that the 220 Russian can run with the 6mm PPC, and that pre-loading is not a handicap. Lou told us: "I feel the 220 Russian is one of the most accurate .22 cartridges there is. I will be using it at the Super Shoot and at the Nationals. Based on my testing, shooting group after group, I've shot way more small groups and impressive aggs with the 220 Russian than with any other cartridge."
Why then, aren't more competitors using the 220 Russian, we asked? Lou replied: "The downside is that the case does stretch. You have to trim the case every time you load. I do that with a Sinclair tool that indexes off the shoulder. I know some guys have experimented with a sharper shoulder angle to cure the stretch problem, but then you lose the advantage of the design. The case design is right as it is–the capacity is right. You can mess around with the 22 PPC .100″ short, but you just end up with the same capacity after a lot of work."
Lou preloads his ammo at home, using a George Kelbly-made full-length bushing die. He trims the cases each time, then bumps the shoulder "just a tad" and neck-sizes with a .243″ bushing. His match recipe is 25.0gr VV N133 with Fed 205 primers and Spencer FB bullets. "Don Spencer makes the 'ugly bullet'. A lot of guys on the West Coast have set records with his bullets," Lou explained.
The barrel is a 22.5″, 4-groove Kreiger, chambered with a .246 neck for turned necks. The gold-hued action is really quite unique. It was produced in Germany by K.D. VIET, and Lou says it's the finest action he owns. That gold coating is not just for looks–it makes the action both very, very durable, yet incredibly slick. Lou showed us the inside of the action. Though thousands of rounds have cycled through it, there are virtually no signs of wear.
Given his success with the .220 Russian, would Lou recommend that caliber for new competitors? "No", Lou cautioned, "I'd say a new guy should start with a 6PPC. It is the most forgiving case. There are more components, and more good bullets in 6mm. Start with the 6PPC, get good at it first. Then, when you're ready to play, go to the Russian. And I'd suggest the Russian over the Walldog or 22 100-short. It's very hard to make good Walldog cases. And the 22 100-short is the same case capacity as the 220 Russian–so you're not really gaining anything. A 22 PPC has too much powder capacity I think."
We asked Lou if he had any "words of wisdom" he might want to share with new BR shooters. "It should be fun, and you should enjoy it. I started shooting Benchrest in 1984. It has given me so much mental relief and stress relief. It takes my mind off business. I love this sport and the people in it. Even after 20 years, I can't get enough. I shoot all over the country, and I've even shoot in Europe with a team that won the world championship (with George Kelbly, Faye Boyer, and Brad Rosenthal). Traveling to matches, getting together with my fellow shooters–that's what I love to do."
|A Few Surprising Trends
Powder Charges–Does Weighing Make a Difference?
Cleaning Methods–More Rounds, Less Brushing
Preloading–Not Just for Long-Range Anymore
Caliber Choice–Is There a .22 in Your Future?
Superior Firepower
There were some very impressive rigs on the line, including a Dodd Rail Gun belonging to Gene Deloney. A quick survey of the line-up showed BAT Machine and Kelbly actions to be most popular but there were quite a few Stillers including Mike Marcelli's slick Viper in a black stock–it looked very mean, a real stealth rig. Lou Murdica's match-winning rifle features a rare, German-made K.D. VIET action. Coated in some kind of mysterious, gold-tone unobtainium finish that's both slick and ultra-durable, after thousands of rounds the VIET action has shown almost zero wear according to Lou. He said it is the best action he's every owned, and he's tried them all.
Load Development & Tuning
Your editor sat in on a fascinating class session with Lawrence Weisdorn and Danny Moscaritolo. Both are relatively young and very successful shooters who advocate what I'd call the "scientific" or "quantified" approach to load development and tuning. Both Lawrence and Danny do extensive testing (under ideal conditions) with carefully measured loads. Lawrence explained that, after ignition, the barrel begins to oscillate. This moves the tip of the barrel up and down very slightly. What you want, Lawrence explained, is for all your bullets to exit the muzzle when the barrel is "dead center" in its oscillation cycle. Otherwise, barrel vibration can toss one shot high and another low. Lawrence tests to determine the exact load point where the bullet exits the muzzle at the optimum time in the barrel vibration cycle. This means that the barrel will be at minimum deflection. But in order to achieve this for all bullets in a group, Lawrence explains, you need to keep the bullets' velocity in a narrow range, so that in-barrel time is constant. Click HERE to download a 14 meg AVI video in which Lawrence explains this concept.
Using measured loads, in 0.1 grain increments, Lawrence tests for group size. His target/data cards demonstrate pretty convincingly that a very small variance in charge weight can result in "instant vertical" due to barrel vibration. Needless to say, in order to avoid tossing shots high or low, you need to keep each charge consistent within a tenth of a grain. Lawrence weighs all his charges, transfers them to small test tubes and then brings those to the match. Other shooters, such as Lou Murdica, are actually preloading their rounds before the match, at least for some calibers.
Of course many very, very successful BR shooters still throw their charges. And it can be argued that up to 30 FPS extreme spread doesn't show up on the target at 100 yards. Lawrence's work suggests that we may need to rethink that notion, because it over-simplifies things. We are not just concerned with how a speed variance affects the bullet's ballistic trajectory (gravitational drop). The point is that the bullet's vertical point of impact (POI) is affected by barrel vibration, not just by ballistic drop. According to Lawrence, we need to hold in-barrel time constant so that all bullets exit the muzzle at the right time in the vibration cycle. In order to achieve that, Lawrence believes, you need very low ES, and that means weighing every charge.
New Hardware
We had a chance to chat with Don Nielson of "Pumpkin" fame. Talented machinist and inventor, Don had brought his new powered case lathe. This features all-metal construction and spins at 750 rpm compared to 100 rpm for the previous version. The new machine costs $400 and Don hopes to ship the first units this month (May, 2006). Click on Don's photo to download a short AVI video clip showing Don turning a case-neck with his new machine. The new machine is compatible with existing Nielson case-holders and neck-turning tools.
John Loh (JJ Industries) showed us a very elegant and compact loading station he has created. It has four fixed base units that can be used interchangeably with stands for powder measures or Arbors. The whole set-up is nicely integrated, dispensing with the need for clamps. Remove the vertical rods and the loading platform takes up a minimal amount of storage space.
John showed us another cool little gizmo that many San Gabriel regulars were using. It is simply a block of Delrin that is placed firmly into the front sandbag to keep the base flat and the sides square. We've seen this before, constructed of wood or metal. John's innovation was to place a bubble level IN the form block itself. That way, when the block is placed in the front bag, you can make sure it is level. If the bubble isn't centered, just tap on one side or the other to make it right. You'll see John's Delrin bag block in the photo of the Loh Rest below.
Front Rests
A wide variety of rests were on display at the BR school. Certainly the Loh (JJ Industries) model seemed to be the favorite of a large percentage of San Gabriel regulars. Loh's rest is beautifully machined. The windage and elevation controls are very positive and run smooth as silk. However, with the Loh rest, you must adjust windage and elevation separately. With a co-axial rest, such as the Farley, you can move in both planes (vertical and horizontal) at the same time. Many shooters feel that helps them aim more quickly, or hold off more effectively. Below the Loh Rest you'll see the relatively new Sebastian co-axial rest ("SEB Rest"), produced in Indonesia. Below that is Butch Lambert's new joy-stick activated top. This is shown mounted to a conventional tripod pedestal base.
We didn't see any radical new optics on display at the BR school. However, your editor did have a chance to put a Pentax 100ED and Zeiss 85mm Diascope through their paces at the match. These two scopes were our top choices in our Spotting Scope Comparison review done last year. As expected, the Pentax was very impressive. It is extremely bright and has a nice, wide field of view, even at very high magnification. But, it is huge, and it demands a very heavy, solid tripod. In looking at 100-yard targets, my first reaction was that the eye relief was very short, when fitted with the 20-60 zoom (effective 26-78X) eyepiece. I felt I had to get uncomfortably close to the lens, and that became bothersome after a while. In bright, sunny conditions, the light gathering capability of the big objective was almost too good. My eyes are somewhat light sensitive, however, so I don't think this would be an issue for most folks.
"Mr. Moderator" behind the Pentax 100ED
By contrast, the Zeiss 85mm (fitted with 20-60 zoom eyepiece) offered more eye-relief, making the Zeiss more user-friendly than the Pentax. The Zeiss' image was a little more blue (less yellow) in tone than that of the Pentax. In my opinion, color fidelity was slightly better with the Zeiss. Contrast was good, but I'd give the edge to the Pentax as it was so bright. But when it came to pure sharpness, or resolution, in my opinion, the Zeiss 85mm out-performed the big Pentax. The resolution on the Zeiss is really just incredible–the best I've ever encountered, and I've also sampled the top of the line Leicas and Swaros. I also preferred the focusing system on the Zeiss. The course-focus wheel is fast and smooth and the fine-focus knob is just about perfect. Lastly, the Zeiss weighs less than the Pentax and is much more compact. Bottom line: If I was shelling out the cash, I'd buy the Zeiss, unless I wanted superior low-light capability. One thing to keep in mind, however, is that there ARE differences between individual scope units. Conceivably, if you pulled a different Pentax 100ED out of the box and compared it with a different Zeiss unit, the Zeiss' resolution edge might not be so apparent.
You can't win a BR match if your scope reticle is bouncing around from shot to shot. At San Gabriel, we noted that many competitors used a Murdica-Nielson zero lock device to avoid "wandering zero".
In the photo at left, you can see the device in place on Mike Marcelli's BR rig. That extra silver ring in the photo is used to "lock" the windage and elevation on a 30mm Leupold benchrest scope. Conceived by Lou Murdica, this accessory is now produced by Don Neilson. It features a split ring that fits together with internal dovetails. As installed, two small holes are drilled in the scope tube. Small adjusting knobs then hold the internal windage and elevation adjusters in place. In theory, with the device installed, the Leupold's reticle can't move relative to the bore axis. Feedback on the device was positive.
|San Gabriel Valley Benchrest Shooters News
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Club Lease Extension
Editor's Comment: As with many shooting facilities in California, there has been political pressure to close down the San Gabriel range. This is really a top-notch facility in all respects. All Southwestern shooters benefit from having such a high-quality range in the Los Angeles region. It would be a real shame if the Club is forced to move. Stephen Perry tells us: "I have my fingers crossed that the two-year extension the San Gabriel Club has applied for with the City will be granted." We should all support the San Gabriel shooters in their effort to keep the range open.
International Shooting Range Enhancement Fund Drawing
Stephen Perry reports: "I have 5 tickets left to sell for the merchandise drawings coming up in September 2006. These drawing tickets sell for $20 each. Each ticket will be eligible for a chance at one of some 30 prizes. These inclue: Rimrock BR rifle, Stevens chamber job, 1000 Bart's bullets, Hart barrel, Allied Reloaders box, Swindelhurst rimfire action, Bald Eagle front rest, 1-year NBRSA membership, 1-year IBS membership, 2007 Group NBRSA Nationals Entry Fee, 2007 NBRSA Hunter Nationals Entry Fee, Pierce Chamber Job, Remington 504 Rimfire Rifle, 2007 Super Shoot Entry fee, Dave Tooley Chamber Job, IBS Group National entry fee, 500 Euber bullets, 500 Rubright bullets, and the list goes on."
Gene DeLoney Appreciation Shoot
The Club's next Shoot will be an IBS SP / SP Shoot on May 14. This will be Gene's day–all day. This will be special because Gene will be moving to Arizona later this year. Gene has done a lot for San Gabriel BR so come on out and show your appreciation for one of our best.
Our monthly shoots are registered with the NBRSA or the IBS. The cost is $30 per day. Registration starts at 6:30 AM. We start shooting at 8:30 AM. We shoot a morning and afternoon Agg. At Registered Shoots all guns are weighed except when HB / UNL is shot. HB / UNL are what we call the Heavy Bench / Rail guns. Sporter and LV are 10.5 lb classes. HV is a 13.5 lb class. Sorry no coaching in Registered competition. Shoots are typically done by 3:30. Any question contact me at (909) 949-9921 after 6:00 PM.
Thanks everybody this has been a busy month for all of us at San Gabriel. Good luck to all the shooters attending the Kelbly Super Shoot May 24-27. — Stephen Perry
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All the photos (except Jan Cleary's images) were shot with a 2.0 megapixel Canon A60 "point and shoot" camera. Having been replaced in Canon's line-up with more powerful cameras, you can purchase a brand new A60 on eBay for under $65.00 (we paid $135.00 in 2004). The still images were taken at "medium" 1024×768 resolution, JPEG output. Each original picture is 200-300kb. You don't need 4-8 megapixel cameras to make images for the web! In fact, a 1024×768 photo is often much easier to work with and you still deliver plenty of pixels on screen. The video clips were taken with the same camera.The Canon A60 has some very nice light and color-control features that help produce great pictures. Fill-flash was used in most of the pictures. Daylight flash output was pre-set to 30% of max. This reduces the flash burn-out effect, and lessens the drain on batteries. EV, or exposure, was preset at -1/3 EV. This slight under-exposure (an old trick of film photographers) tends to give better contrast and saturation. Color temperature control was automatic–this is important because it lets you switch from flash to non-flash without worrying about odd color casts. Canon has two very nice features for in-camera image enhancement–a slight sharpening filter and a "Vivid" color setting. These both work very well for images published on the web.
You'll notice that the images of rifles usually are taken from a diagonal, from the front or the rear quarter. This helps fill the frame with the rifle, and minimizes distracting backgrounds. Getting in close and using a slight wide-angle setting also gives good depth of field and showcases the details of the metal work and stock. A rear quarter angle also gives the viewer a "shooter's eye view" of the rifle, so he or she can better imagine how it would feel to use the gun on the bench. Of course, there are times when you want to show the whole rifle from a normal perspective, as in the shot below.
After cropping the images, we generally add a little sharpening, and sometimes increase contrast or saturation, but normally the "post-production" image correction is minimal. Cropping, rotating, and adding labels is much more time consuming. All that work is done with Irfanview, a FREE image editing program. Unfortunately, the Canon's video files are plain-vanilla AVI. This results in very large file sizes. We are soliciting donations for a better video camera that can output MPEG files which should be about half the size. We also need to purchase some video editing software that will allow us to zoom, crop, and add captions to the videos.
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HITRUST: What You Should Know About Using Third-Party Tools - Part 4
As a designated HITRUST CSF Assessor, Wipfli encounters a lot of questions about cloud computing services and other technology solutions used to support compliance. This article series is intended to shed a little light on some of the most useful tools and features we've seen while performing assessments.
This series has already explored potential solutions that support five of the 19 CSF Assessment domains. Today's article dives into another two domains.
Configuration Management
The Configuration management domain is not inherently technical in nature. There is a lot of policy, procedure, collaboration, review, and approval involved. Yet tools can be used in this domain to help with management and compliance.
For endpoint management, Microsoft System Center includes numerous modules to help. As mentioned in the article addressing the Endpoint Protection domain, System Center also includes configuration management for updates related to software and security policy. If used in conjunction with Active Directory and sound group policy, an organization will have substantial control over endpoint configuration management.
Software configuration management (SCM) tools are part of the larger cross-disciplinary field of configuration management. SCM is defined as the task of tracking and controlling changes in the software, and SCM practices include revision control and the establishment of baselines. If something goes wrong, SCM can determine what was changed and who changed it. If a configuration is working well, SCM can determine how to replicate it across many hosts.
There are several tools available to help automate what used to be a highly manual process. Examples include Ansible, CFEngine, Puppet, and Chef. All of these tools provide a different graphical user interface and a slightly different spin on offerings, but for the purposes of HITRUST, they all provide the following features in one way or another.
- All are tools for automating configuration management, application deployment, and configuring tasks across an IT environment.
- Administrators, developers, and testers can run automation jobs at the push of a button, against multiple test environments.
- They can be used to deploy testing environments with specific configurations.
- They offer secure user management to only allow automation testing against an environment to which a user has access.
- Everything is logged and audited for reporting and review purposes.
- They include built-in communication and survey features so any new code will go through the correct approval and chain of custody steps before production deployment.
- They can be used to manage current versions of software/systems and archive older versions if recovery or review is needed.
- They can be used to keep code organized and appropriately labeled for easier collaboration between development and operations teams.
- They ensure that the organizationally defined configuration standard is always the actual state on the managed endpoints.
Those are just some of the features they have in common, but there are some factors that differentiate the various tools. Ansible advertises the fact that it is REST API based, which means just the engine can be used without the actual client. With the APIs, it would be possible to integrate Ansible's toolset into already existing compliance and configuration applications.
Chef and Puppet advertise integration and partnerships, with both AWS and Azure. Beyond application management, Chef and Puppet can also be used to manage cloud-hosted infrastructure and resources.
Vulnerability Management
A large part of this domain addresses vulnerability testing and management. There are abundant third-party vendors available to perform vulnerability/penetration testing on an organization's environment (including Wipfli), but there are also tools available so that an organization can do some of this testing on their own, or use a completely managed security solution.
Since vulnerability management is so large in scope and includes a variety of different security subjects, the tool descriptions that follow likewise provide for a variety of different uses and features.
- Microsoft Azure. Previously, vulnerability testing an Azure environment would require completing a form and then getting approval from Microsoft. However, Microsoft has since partnered with Tinfoil Security whose vulnerability testing solution is now built into Azure web applications. The integration is focused on web application security, which is different from network penetration testing.
The service is advertised to continuously scan against over 60 types of vulnerabilities including the OWASP Top 10 (the most critical web application security flaws), as well as providing an organization detailed instructions on how to fix any uncovered vulnerability. Like other offerings through the Azure marketplace, this is not a free service.
AWS has a fairly new add-on called Amazon Inspector. It's advertised as being an automated security assessment service that can help identify and remediate security issues.
AWS is also partnered with the company Tenable, through which all scans an organization would like to conduct are pre-authorized (thereby bypassing the approval process). Tenable's Nessus Enterprise for AWS is advertised as able to scan for vulnerabilities, advanced threats, web application security, and compliance violations.
The company also asserts that its solution can achieve these scans where other vendors cannot due to the cloud environment and rapidly changing IP addresses. This is an important feature to note because one of the pitfalls when an organization moves its environment to the cloud is that it expects all of its on-premise tools to continue working as intended. Organizations quickly discover however, that they will no longer work due to dynamic IP address environments.
- Alert Logic. This solution offers two products: Alert Logic Cloud Defender and Alert Logic Cloud Insight. Both are designed to work with the AWS environment.
Cloud Defender is a fully managed cloud-based suite of security and compliance solutions for hybrid IT infrastructure (Security as a Service). This means that Alert Logic will deliver its services from the cloud into an organization's environment.
Like PaaS, Alert Logic will be in charge of the majority of the program's management and operation. It's based on a pay-as-you-go subscription model and provides managed web application protection, network threat and vulnerability detection, security and compliance issue identification, and correlation of disparate security events.
Cloud Insight is a service that can integrate with AWS configuration. It provides automatic, real-time vulnerability assessments as new or changed elements appear in an organization's AWS environment, along with focused remediation options for any vulnerabilities found. It also keeps track of an organization's entire AWS asset inventory (a HITRUST requirement), and offers numerous reporting options.
- Qualys Cloud Platform. This offering gives a continuous view of security and compliance related to asset discovery, network security, web app security, threat protection, and compliance monitoring. Included are several vulnerability compliance tools.
Qualys Internet Scanners are used for perimeter scanning and scans publically facing devices via the Internet.
Qualys Cloud Agents are geared towards on-premise environments and are installed for use on laptops, desktops, servers, or virtual machines. The agents are used for scanning both on the perimeter and internally. They are advertised as able to extract and consolidate vulnerability and compliance data and update it continuously to their platform for analysis and correlation.
Qualys Scanner Appliances are physically installed within an organization and used for internal network scanning (also geared toward on-premise environments).
Qualys Virtual Scanner Appliances are software-based and advertised as being qualified to run on most virtual and cloud-based platforms (including AWS). The virtual appliances supplement the physical devices.
AlienVault, like many other offerings in this article series is a diverse suite (see article on Audit Logging and Monitoring). For vulnerability management, the solution offers a tool called AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM). The application contains a built-in vulnerability assessment tool and helps identify vulnerabilities, provides detailed reports on its findings, and helps with remediation. It also includes an asset discovery similar to the Qualys product, along with scanning and reporting features on-demand.
Cloud-Powered Compliance
As cloud computing becomes a more commonplace approach for securing healthcare data, using such third-party tools can also help organizations address HITRUST compliance and meet the assurances required across the 19 CSF assessment domains. With the conclusion of this four-part article series, we've managed to present field insights with regard to seven of the 19 domains and the third-party tools that can help. For more information on the information in this series, or other tools, features, and questions about requirements for other CSF assessment domains, contact us.


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Calm Little Chick Essential Oil Blend 4Kids
Nowadays, kids have a lot to deal with, and so do parents. Digital addiction is on the rise and even children seem like they're busy! Calm Little Chick was specially formulated to provide kids with a connection to nature that they can enjoy just by breathing.
Aroma: Floral, Citrusy
Ingredients: Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) Vetiver (Vetiveria zizanioides), Roman Chamomile (Anthemis nobilis), Petitgrain (Citrus aurantium ssp. amara), Orange (Citrus sinensis), Patchouli (Pogostemon cablin), and Vanilla (Vanilla planifolia) Essential Oils.
Safe for kids 6 months+
Topical: Dilute with GuruNanda Fractionated Coconut Oil at a 2% dilution rate to avoid skin irritation. Apply a few drops of the diluted essential oil to wrists, temples, back of the neck or bottom of feet to enjoy.
Diffusion: Add between 2-8 drops into a diffuser to enjoy the aroma.
Keep out of reach of children. Store in a cool, dry place. Dilute with a carrier oil at a 2% dilution rate before skin application. Consult your physician before use. Keep out of eyes, inner ears, and sensitive areas.
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Coastal Quest fulfills its mission by working with communities, government, industry, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and resource managers through its core program areas:
Capacity-Building and Knowledge-Sharing
The field of resource management and conservation is dynamic and ever-changing; thus there is a need for organizations to stay abreast of cutting-edge ideas and models as different players enter the landscape and new approaches gain traction. Through its Capacity-Building and Knowledge-Sharing program, Coastal Quest partners with organizations and individuals to share information and recommendations regarding new approaches and models, identify best practices,and provide the materials and training that best fit practitioners' needs and objectives.
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As part of its Applied Research and Tool Development program, Coastal Quest conducts original user-driven actionable research on novel and emerging environmental and social science topics in an effort to advance the conservation and resource management sectors and to develop innovative products for integration into decision-making. These products are designed to improve practices, build local capacity, inform consumers, and improve the effectiveness of coastal and ocean protection, management, and use.


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Orgasm headaches are sudden, intense headaches that occur just before or during an orgasm. They are generally harmless and a person can often treat them at home. However, people who experience headaches during sex should see a doctor, as they can be a symptom of a serious condition. Learn more here.
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Multiple Teams · Hall of Fame Game this Friday night vs. St. Augustine!!
Come out Friday night and support these two John Curtis Christian School legends as we induct Coach Joe Barcelona and Mr. Larry Manguno into our Hall of Fame! More details to come later in the week!
Multiple Teams · Join us as we Par-Tee with the Patriots at this year's Golf Tournament!
Monday, September 25th, 2017 Lakewood Country Club Check In begins at 11:00AM; Golfing begins at 12:30 Please help us to get the word out about the golf tournament! This event is put on the the Patriot Community Organization (PCO). The funds that the PCO generates go directly back to the school and provide things like
Multiple Teams · Ashley Rickner Memorial Luminary Walk Information
The John Curtis Cancer Benefit Volleyball Match is an annual fundraiser to support the fight against cancer. Ashley Rickner, a teacher, at JCCS, was diagnosed on May 30, 2013 with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. On June 7, 2014 she went home to be with the Lord. The Rickner family established the Ashley Rickner Foundation to support education
Multiple Teams · Michael "Yogi" Robertson (Coach Rob)
Michael Robertson went to his eternal home on Thursday, June 9th, 2016. He was at MD Anderson Hospital in Houston, TX surrounded by his beloved wife, Pam, and sons Michael (c/o 2001) and Jeffrey (c/o 2004), as well as family and friends. Mike was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma Cancer in May of 2013. His spirit
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There are a lot of terms we use in casting and in the movie-business in general. Here is a list of definitions which may be helpful in understanding the process.
Talent: Anyone working in front of the camera or microphone.
Crew: Anyone working behind the camera or microphone.
Cast: Actors who perform (usually speaking roles) under the direction of the Film Director. Other terms for cast: principal, lead, supporting, or day player.
Slate: Information an actor gives at the beginning of a recorded audition. It usually includes their clearly spoken full name and talent agency. If an actor isn't affiliated with a talent agency, they will usually say "independent." Minors are encouraged to also state their age.
Slate: Information an actor gives at the beginning of a recorded audition. It usually includes their clearly spoken full name and talent agency. If an actor isn't affiliated with a talent agency, they will usually say "independent." Minors are encouraged to also state their age.
Extras: People who fill a scene to make it more realistic (no lines). They must also perform simple tasks as directed by the Director or the A.D.'s (Assistant Directors). Another term for "extra" is "background actor."
Principal Player: A cast member who fills a lead role and around whom the plot revolves. This often means working on set for the majority of the shoot.
Supporting Player: A cast member who fills a supporting role in the film.
Day Player: A cast member who fills a minor role, often with only one day of shooting.
Featured Extra: An extra (non-speaking) who has a special role to play. This person may have a unique appearance or special skill required for the film-story.
Background Actor: This is the same as an Extra.
Stand-In: A person who literally "stands in" for one of the cast members while the crew lights and prepares the shot. Often, a cast member may need to go off to makeup or rehearsal while the crew lights the scene. The Stand-In helps give the lighting and camera crew a reference point for setting up the shot.
Voice Over: An off-camera recording of narration or drama. Voice only.
ADR ("Automated" or "Automatic" Dialog Replacement): Also known as "Looping." If audio recorded during a scene is unusable -- usually due to extraneous noises during a performance (cars, planes, crying babies, etc.) -- an actor re-records their vocal performance in sync with a final cut of the film. In some cases, an actor's voice may be entirely replaced by another actor. For more information about ADR, you may visit: http://filmsound.org/terminology/adr.htm
Walla: During sound editing (part of post-production), there may be a need for crowd noises during some of the scenes. Walla is a group of people together in a sound studio making various crowd noises as directed. For more information about Walla, you may visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walla


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An NBA star officially calls it quits.
FOX's Matt Napolitano with more:
"Pierce driving on Stoudemire... Yes... With four-tenths of a second left."
Plays like that were common during Paul Pierce's 15 years with the Celtics. The 10-time All-Star small forward announcing last season would be his final in the NBA, but Monday, he confirmed his retirement, signing a one-day deal with Boston to retire a Celtic.
Pierce leaving the association after 19 seasons. One NBA title with the Celtics in 2008 for which he also was named Finals MVP and at 15th all-time in points in the NBA.
Matt Napolitano, FOX News.
Paul Pierce will retire in green ☘
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text: Selenis Leyva of Orange Is the New Black attended the Hola Awards in an elegant fitted black dress from Toronto-based designer, Narces. Designer and Creative Director, Nikki Wirthensohn Yassemi, is largely inspired by the aesthetic of the mid 20th century's elegance and romance which she channeled into the creation of this dress. The dress was embossed with crystals that ran alongside the actresses' curves and outlined her perfectly. The one-of-a-kind look was made complete with a chic mesh top that was the perfect balance between edgy and elegant.


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The Purple Pound: How discrimination against disabled people costs businesses billions of pounds
At the age of 32, Angela Griggs's accounting career was ticking along quite nicely. Having spent her twenties gradually rising up the ranks at a leading firm, she had become an assistant manager. But her bright future was overshadowed by uncertainty when she suffered a stroke. She lost the use of her right leg and arm. Her speech had become slurred, and her stamina shot. At a time when many people feel they finally have a foothold in life, Griggs faced countless unwelcome learning curves. But she knew that, for her, getting back to work was the only way she would regain a sense of normality.
"The thing I have always wanted, from laying in hospital, to going back to work to now, is for everything to be back to normal," says Griggs, now 38 and living in Colchester, Essex. Thankfully, her firm, Scrutton Bland, made sure that they did not lose a valuable member of their team and supported her by reshaping her previous role.
"I didn't want to be cossetted and wrapped in cotton wool, even if with the best of intentions Just the chance to succeed and fail and all shades in between, but isn't that true of everybody?" says Griggs.
However, not all firms are so accommodating, and the talents of millions of people with impairments are left untapped, according to research by Purple: a non-profit organisation launching on 12 July and dedicated to improving employment opportunities for disabled people by supporting both business and job-hunters. Aside from the obvious moral and legal obligations that employers have to not discriminate, Purple's research shows that just a five per cent increase in the number of disabled people in employment would boost GDP by £23bn in 2030: a welcome figure in an age of austerity. Yet, negative attitudes towards people with disabilities not only pervade in the jobs market, but bleed into how firms treat customers and clients. And so, businesses lose out on the "purple pound" – a market that is worth £212bn to the UK a year.
Perhaps more acutely than any other coloured pound – such as the LGBT "pink pound" or the elderly "grey pound" – the purple pound's potential relies on people with disabilities being employed in the first place in order for them to spend. The process is, of course, cyclical. Nevertheless, fewer than half of the 11.5 million people in the UK with disabilities are employed compared to almost 82 per cent of the remaining population. Some 45 per cent of UK businesses are nervous about hiring a disabled person, Purple's research found, citing concerns about the interview process, not knowing whether to help with tasks such as opening doors or pulling out chairs, and falling foul of discrimination law. A worrying 43 per cent said that candidates should disclose disabilities on their CVs, despite there being no legal obligation to do so.
As a result of discrimination, whether intended or subconscious, disabled people pay around £500 a month more than everyone in transport, care, shopping and specialist goods, according to the charity Scope.
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Most child antidepressants are ineffective and can lead to suicidal thoughts
The majority of antidepressants are ineffective and may be unsafe, for children and teenager with major depression, experts have warned. In what is the most comprehensive comparison of 14 commonly prescribed antidepressant drugs to date, researchers found that only one brand was more effective at relieving symptoms of depression than a placebo. Another popular drug, venlafaxine, was shown increase the risk users engaging in suicidal thoughts and attempts at suicide
'Universal cancer vaccine' breakthrough claimed by experts
Scientists have taken a "very positive step" towards creating a universal vaccine against cancer that makes the body's immune system attack tumours as if they were a virus, experts have said. Writing in Nature, an international team of researchers described how they had taken pieces of cancer's genetic RNA code, put them into tiny nanoparticles of fat and then injected the mixture into the bloodstreams of three patients in the advanced stages of the disease. The patients' immune systems responded by producing "killer" T-cells designed to attack cancer. The vaccine was also found to be effective in fighting "aggressively growing" tumours in mice, according to researchers, who were led by Professor Ugur Sahin from Johannes Gutenberg University in Germany
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Green tea could be used to treat brain issues caused by Down's Syndrome
A compound found in green tea could improve the cognitive abilities of those with Down's syndrome, a team of scientists has discovered. Researchers found epigallocatechin gallate – which is especially present in green tea but can also be found in white and black teas – combined with cognitive stimulation, improved visual memory and led to more adaptive behaviour. Dr Rafael de la Torre, who led the year-long clinical trial along with Dr Mara Dierrssen, said: "The results suggest that individuals who received treatment with the green tea compound, together with the cognitive stimulation protocol, had better scores in their cognitive capacities"
New online test predicts skin cancer risk
Health experts have created a new online tool which can predict a person's risk of developing a common form of skin cancer. The tool uses the results of a 10-question-quiz to estimate the chance of a person aged 40 or over of having non-melanoma skin cancers within three years. Factors including the age, gender, smoking status, skin colour, tanning ability, freckling tendency, and other aspects of medical history are covered by the quiz
Multiple Sclerosis stem cell treatment 'helps patients walk again'
A new treatment for multiple sclerosis (MS) has enabled some patients to walk again by "rebooting" their immune systems. As part of a clinical trial at Sheffield's Royal Hallamshire Hospital involving around 20 patients, scientists used stem cells to carry out a bone marrow transplant. The method known as an autologous haematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) works by using chemotherapy to destroy the area of the immune system which causes MS
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Dementia patients left without painkillers and handcuffed to bed
Dementia patients experience a 'shocking' variation in the quality of hospital care they receive across England, a charity has warned. Staff using excessive force and not giving dementia patients the correct pain medication were among the findings outlined in a new report by The Alzheimer's Society, to coincide with the launch of Fix Dementia Care campaign
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Cancer risk 'increased' by drinking more than one glass of wine or pint of beer per day
Drinking more than one glass of wine or pint of beer a day increases the risk of developing cancer, according to medical experts. New guidelines for alcohol consumption by the UK published by chief medical officers warn that drinking any level of alcohol has been linked to a range of different cancers. The evidence from the Committee on Carcinogenicity (COC) overturns the oft-held view that a glass of red wine can have significant medical benefits for both men and women
Vaping 'no better' than smoking regular cigarettes
Vaping could be "no better" than smoking regular cigarettes and may be linked to cancer, scientists have found. The study which showed that vapour from e-cigarettes can damage or kill human cells was publsihed as the devices are to be rolled out by UK public health officials as an aid to quit smoking from 2016. An estimated 2.6 million people in the UK currently use e-cigarettes
Rat-bite fever
A teenager was hospitalised and left unable to move after she developed the rare rat-bite fever disease from her pet rodents which lived in her bedroom. The teenager, who has not been named, was taken to hospital after she complained of a pain in her right hip and lower back which later made her immobile, according to the online medical journal BMJ Case Reports. She suffered for two weeks with an intermittent fever, nausea and vomiting and had a pink rash on her hands and feet. The teenager, who had numerous pets including a dog, cat, horse and three pet rats, has since made a full recovery after undergoing a course of antibiotics. Blood tests showed that she was infected with for streptobacillus moniliformis – the most common cause of rat-bite fever. One of her three pet rats lay dead in her room for three weeks before her symptoms showed
Taking antidepressants in pregnancy 'could double the risk of autism in toddlers'
Taking antidepressants during pregnancy could almost double the risk of a child being diagnosed with autism in the first years of life, a major study of nearly 150,000 pregnancies has suggested. Researchers have found a link between women in the later stages of pregnancy who were prescribed one of the most common types of antidepressant drugs, and autism diagnosed in children under seven years of age
Warning over Calpol
Parents have been warned that giving children paracetamol-based medicines such as Calpol and Disprol too often could lead to serious health issues later in life. Leading paediatrician and professor of general paediatrics at University College London, Alastair Sutcliffe, said parents were overusing paracetamol to treat mild fevers. As a result, the risk of developing asthma, as well as kidney, heart and liver damage is heightened
Fat loss from pancreas 'can reverse' effects of type-2 diabetes
Less than half a teaspoon of fat is all that it takes to turn someone into a type-2 diabetic according to a study that could overturn conventional wisdom on a disease affecting nearly 3 million people in Britain. Researchers have found it is not so much the overall body fat that is important in determining the onset of type-2 diabetes but the small amount of fat deposited in the pancreas, the endocrine organ responsible for insulin production
Potatoes reduce risk of stomach cancer
Scientists have found people who eat large amounts of white vegetables were a third less likely to contract stomach cancer. The study, undertaken by Chinese scientists at Zhejiang University, found eating cauliflower, potatoes and onions reduces the chance of contracting stomach cancer but that beer, spirits, salt and preserved foods increased a person's risk of the cancer
Connections between brain cells destroyed in early stages of Alzheimer's disease
Scientists have pinpointed how connections in the brain are destroyed in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease, in a study which it is hoped will help in the development of treatments for the debilitating condition. At the early stages of the development of Alzheimer's disease the synapses – which connect the neurons in the brain – are destroyed, according to researchers at the University of New South Wales, Australia. The synapses are vital for brain function, particularly learning and forming memories
Sugar tax
The Government should introduce a sugar tax to prevent an "obesity crisis" from crippling the NHS, a senior Conservative MP and former health minister has said. Dr Dan Poulter believes that the case for increased taxes on unhealthy sugary products was "increasingly compelling"
Cancer breakthrough offers new hope for survivors rendered infertile by chemotherapy
A potentially "phenomenal" scientific breakthrough has offered fresh hope to cancer patients rendered infertile by chemotherapy. For the first time, researchers managed to restore ovaries in mice affected by chemotherapy so that they were able to have offspring. The scientists now plan to begin clinical trials to see if the technique, which involves the use of stem cells, will also work in humans by using umbilical cord material and possibly stem cells taken from human embryos, if regulators agree
Take this NHS test to find out if you have a cancerous mole
An interactive test could help flag up whether you should seek advice from a health professional for one of the most common types of cancer. The test is available on the NHS Choices website and reveals whether you are at risk from the disease and recommends if you should seek help. The mole self-assessment factors in elements such as complexion, the number of times you have been severely sunburnt and whether skin cancer runs in your family. It also quizzes you on the number of moles you have and whether there have been any changes in appearance regarding size, shape and colour
Health apps approved by NHS 'may put users at risk of identity theft'
Experts have warned that some apps do not adequately protect personal information
A watchdog has said that care visits must last longer
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) said home help visits of less than 30 minutes were not acceptable unless part of a wider package of support
Pendle in Lancashire tops list of five most anxious places to live in the UK
Pendle in Lancashire has been named the most anxious place to live in the UK, while people living in Fermanagh and Omagh in Northern Ireland have been found to be the happiest
Ketamine could be used as anti-depressant
Researchers at the University of Auckland said monitoring the effects of the drug on the brain has revealed neural pathways that could aid the development of fast-acting medications.
Ketamine is a synthetic compound used as an off anaesthetic and analgesic drug, but is commonly used illegally as a hallucinogenic party drug.
Dr Suresh Muthukumaraswamy, a senior researcher at the university and a member of the institution's Centre for Brain Research, used the latest technology in brain imaging to investigate what mechanisms ketamine uses to be active in the human brain
A prosthetic hand that lets people actually feel through
The technology lets paralysed people feel actual sensations when touching objects — including light taps on the mechanical finger — and could be a huge breakthrough for prosthetics, according to its makers. The tool was used to let a 28-year-old man who has been paralysed for more than a decade. While prosthetics have previously been able to be controlled directly from the brain, it is the first time that signals have been successfully sent the other way
The biggest cause of early death in the world is what you eat
Unhealthy eating has been named as the most common cause of premature death around the globe, new data has revealed. A poor diet – which involves eating too few vegetables, fruits, nuts and grains and too much red meat, salt and sugar – was shown to be a bigger killer than smoking and alcohol
Scientists develop blood test that estimates how quickly people age
Scientists believe it could be used to predict a person's risk of developing Alzheimer's disease as well as the "youthfulness" of donated organs for transplant operations. The test measures the vitality of certain genes which the researchers believe is an accurate indication of a person's "biological age", which may be younger or older than their actual chronological age
Aspirin could help boost therapies that fight cancer
The latest therapies that fight cancer could work better when combined with aspirin, research has suggested. Scientists from the Francis Crick Institute in London say the anti-inflammatory pain killer suppresses a cancer molecule that allows tumours to evade the body's immune defences.
Laboratory tests have shown that skin, breast and bowel cancer cells often generate large amounts of this molecule, called prostaglandin E2 (PGE2).
But Aspirin is one of a family of drugs that sends messages to the brain to block production of PGE2 and this means cancer cells can be attacked by the body's natural defences
Yet, catering to the needs of people with disabilities needn't be complex nor expensive, stresses Beth Grossman, head of policy and public affairs at the disability charity.
"Most adjustments businesses need to make are straightforward. For example, disabled people rate friendly and helpful staff and good accessibility as the most important factors when shopping." As for firms interested in hiring people with disabilities, she highlights that the despite the Access to Work scheme – a fund for specialist equipment, workplace adaptations and transport – 74 per cent of disabled adults feel they have lost out on a job opportunity because of their impairment.
Gradually, the retail landscape for people with disabilities is improving, says Grossman, citing firms including MS, which has a clothing range for disabled children, and Uber – with its wheelchair accessible vehicles in London – as having taken notice of the purple pound and improved their services.
But the overall picture remains bleak. Some 75 per cent of disabled people and their families have left a shop or business because of poor customer service, according to Scope's year-long independent inquiry the Extra Costs Commission.
Amy Oulton, a disability blogger, says she regularly cannot access shops or toilets because she uses a wheelchair. Oulton says an incident at a basement bar in London, where she walked down four flights of stairs with a stick while her friend carried her chair, was among the most shocking examples of discrimination she has faced.
She was told "people like you just can't come down here" because the barman was worried about her being trapped in a fire.
"I didn't point out that there is one tiny staircase for about 400 people to exit from as I was so shocked," says Outlon. "He then gave us a free beer to apologise. I felt embarrassed and it was the most awkwardly chugged beer of my life. Then I went home and cried."
"I would pick a place that was less accessible but with very helpful staff than a place that was more accessible but with rude or unhelpful staff on most occasions. People with disabilities are just normal people, so treat them like that."
Karen Dempster, a 29-year-old media and communication student at Kingston University with mobility issues meanwhile hopes that more fashion retailers will follow MS's lead and latch onto the purple pound.
"I love clothes and fashion, but shopping is difficult and some clothes I like have buttons or zips that I can't manage," says Karen, who wishes other shoppers wouldn't use the disabled changing rooms as a social space to try on clothes together. "There are lines for petite people, maybe there should be lines for disabled people too?" she argues.
Addressing the idea that some shop assistants and bosses may fear upsetting those with disabilities, she goes on: "Just ask if you don't know something. No one is offended if you say you don't know something and ask. It's worse if something is clearly bothering someone but they don't ask. Speak up more. Offering help is welcome, but never grab a wheelchair or manhandle someone."
Unless, of course, you're pressing the flesh to seal the job offer.
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