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@import AVFoundation;

#define kSaveProgress (0.1)
#define kStartProgress (0.01)
#define kProgressKeyRate (0.5)
#define kProgressEncryptRate (0.5)
#define kMinGeneratingTime (2.4)

@interface HotAddressAddPrivateKeyViewController ()
@property(weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UIPickerView *pvCount;
@property(weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UIButton *btnXRandomCheck;
@property(weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UIView *vTopbar;
@property(weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UIView *vContainer;
@property int countToGenerate;
@end

@interface HotAddressAddPrivateKeyViewController (DialogPassword) <DialogPasswordDelegate>
@end

@interface HotAddressAddPrivateKeyViewController (UIPickerViewDataSource) <UIPickerViewDataSource, UIPickerViewDelegate>
@end

@interface HotAddressAddPrivateKeyViewController (UEntropy) <UEntropyViewControllerDelegate>
@end

@implementation HotAddressAddPrivateKeyViewController
- (id)initWithCoder:(NSCoder *)aDecoder {
    self = [super initWithCoder:aDecoder];
    if (self) {
    }
    return self;
}

- (id)initWithNibName:(NSString *)nibNameOrNil bundle:(NSBundle *)nibBundleOrNil {
    self = [super initWithNibName:nibNameOrNil bundle:nibBundleOrNil];
    if (self) {
    }
    return self;
}

- (void)viewDidLoad {
    [super viewDidLoad];
    CGRect frame = self.vContainer.frame;
    if ([[BTSettings instance] getAppMode] == COLD) {
        self.vTopbar.hidden = YES;
        frame.origin.y = 0;
        self.limit = PRIVATE_KEY_OF_COLD_COUNT_LIMIT;
    } else {
        self.vTopbar.hidden = NO;
        frame.origin.y = CGRectGetMaxY(self.vTopbar.frame);
        self.limit = PRIVATE_KEY_OF_HOT_COUNT_LIMIT;
    }
    self.vContainer.frame = frame;
    self.countToGenerate = 1;
    self.pvCount.delegate = self;
    self.pvCount.dataSource = self;
}

- (UIViewController *)successDismissingViewController {
    if ([[BTSettings instance] getAppMode] == COLD) {
        return self.parentViewController.parentViewController.parentViewController.presentingViewController;
    } else {
        return self.parentViewController.presentingViewController.presentingViewController;
    }
}

- (IBAction)generatePressed:(id)sender {
    if (self.btnXRandomCheck.selected && (
            [AVCaptureDevice authorizationStatusForMediaType:AVMediaTypeVideo] == AVAuthorizationStatusNotDetermined ||
                    [AVCaptureDevice authorizationStatusForMediaType:AVMediaTypeAudio] == AVAuthorizationStatusNotDetermined)
            ) {
        [self getPermissions:^{
            DialogPassword *d = [[DialogPassword alloc] initWithDelegate:self];
            [d showInWindow:self.view.window];
        }];
    } else {
        DialogPassword *d = [[DialogPassword alloc] initWithDelegate:self];
        [d showInWindow:self.view.window];
    }
}

- (IBAction)xrandomCheckPressed:(id)sender {
    if (!self.btnXRandomCheck.selected) {
        self.btnXRandomCheck.selected = YES;
        [self.btnXRandomCheck setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"xrandom_checkbox_checked"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
    } else {
        DialogAlert *alert = [[DialogAlert alloc] initWithMessage:NSLocalizedString(@"XRandom increases randomness.\nSure to disable?", nil) confirm:^{
            self.btnXRandomCheck.selected = NO;
            [self.btnXRandomCheck setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"xrandom_checkbox_normal"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
        }                                                  cancel:nil];
        [alert showInWindow:self.view.window];
    }
}

- (IBAction)xrandomInfoPressed:(id)sender {
    [[[DialogXrandomInfo alloc] initWithGuide:YES] showInWindow:self.view.window];
}

- (void)getPermisionFor:(NSString *)mediaType completion:(void (^)(BOOL))completion {
    AVAuthorizationStatus authStatus = [AVCaptureDevice authorizationStatusForMediaType:mediaType];
    if (authStatus == AVAuthorizationStatusNotDetermined) {
        [AVCaptureDevice requestAccessForMediaType:mediaType completionHandler:^(BOOL granted) {
            completion(granted);
        }];
    } else {
        completion(authStatus == AVAuthorizationStatusAuthorized);
    }
}

- (void)getPermissions:(void (^)())completion {
    __weak __block HotAddressAddPrivateKeyViewController *c = self;
    [[[DialogXrandomInfo alloc] initWithPermission:^{
        [c getPermisionFor:AVMediaTypeVideo completion:^(BOOL result) {
            [c getPermisionFor:AVMediaTypeAudio completion:^(BOOL result) {
                dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), completion);
            }];
        }];
    }] showInWindow:self.view.window];
}

@end

@implementation HotAddressAddPrivateKeyViewController (DialogPassword)

- (void)onPasswordEntered:(NSString *)password {
    if (self.btnXRandomCheck.selected) {
        UEntropyViewController *uentropy = [[UEntropyViewController alloc] initWithPassword:password andDelegate:self];
        [self presentViewController:uentropy animated:YES completion:nil];
    } else {
        DialogProgress *d = [[DialogProgress alloc] initWithMessage:NSLocalizedString(@"Please wait…", nil)];
        d.touchOutSideToDismiss = NO;
        [d showInWindow:self.view.window];
        dispatch_async(dispatch_get_global_queue(DISPATCH_QUEUE_PRIORITY_HIGH, 0), ^{
            [UIApplication sharedApplication].idleTimerDisabled = YES;
            XRandom *xRandom = [[XRandom alloc] initWithDelegate:nil];
            BOOL result = [KeyUtil addPrivateKeyByRandom:xRandom passphras:password count:self.countToGenerate];
            [UIApplication sharedApplication].idleTimerDisabled = NO;
            dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
                [d dismissWithCompletion:^{
                    if (result) {
                        [self.successDismissingViewController dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil];
                    } else {
                        [self showBannerWithMessage:NSLocalizedString(@"xrandom_generating_failed", nil) belowView:self.vTopbar];
                    }
                }];
            });
        });
    }
}

@end

@implementation HotAddressAddPrivateKeyViewController (UIPickerViewDataSource)

- (NSInteger)numberOfComponentsInPickerView:(UIPickerView *)pickerView {
    return 1;
}

- (NSInteger)pickerView:(UIPickerView *)pickerView numberOfRowsInComponent:(NSInteger)component {
    NSUInteger preCount = [BTAddressManager instance].privKeyAddresses.count;
    return self.limit - preCount;
}

- (NSString *)pickerView:(UIPickerView *)pickerView titleForRow:(NSInteger)row forComponent:(NSInteger)component {
    return [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%ld", row + 1];
}

- (void)pickerView:(UIPickerView *)pickerView didSelectRow:(NSInteger)row inComponent:(NSInteger)component {
    self.countToGenerate = (int) (row + 1);
}

@end

@implementation HotAddressAddPrivateKeyViewController (UEntropy)

- (void)onUEntropyGeneratingWithController:(UEntropyViewController *)controller collector:(UEntropyCollector *)collector andPassword:(NSString *)password {
    UInt32 count = self.countToGenerate;
    float progress = kStartProgress;
    float itemProgress = (1.0 - kStartProgress - kSaveProgress) / (float) count;
    NSTimeInterval startGeneratingTime = [[NSDate date] timeIntervalSince1970];
    [collector onResume];
    [collector start];
    [controller onProgress:progress];
    XRandom *xrandom = [[XRandom alloc] initWithDelegate:collector];
    NSMutableArray *addresses = [NSMutableArray new];

    for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
        if (controller.testShouldCancel) {
            return;
        }

        NSData *data = [xrandom randomWithSize:32];
        if (data) {
            BTKey *key = [BTKey keyWithSecret:data compressed:YES];
            key.isFromXRandom = YES;
            NSLog(@"uentropy outcome data %d/%lu", i + 1, (unsigned long) count);
            progress += itemProgress * kProgressKeyRate;
            [controller onProgress:progress];
            if (controller.testShouldCancel) {
                return;
            }

            NSString *privateKeyString = [BTPrivateKeyUtil getPrivateKeyString:key passphrase:password];
            if (!privateKeyString) {
                [controller onFailed];
                return;
            }
            BTAddress *btAddress = [[BTAddress alloc] initWithKey:key encryptPrivKey:privateKeyString isXRandom:YES];
            [addresses addObject:btAddress];
            progress += itemProgress * kProgressEncryptRate;
            [controller onProgress:progress];
        } else {
            [controller onFailed];
            return;
        }
    }

    if (controller.testShouldCancel) {
        return;
    }

    [collector stop];
    [KeyUtil addAddressList:addresses];
    while ([[NSDate new] timeIntervalSince1970] - startGeneratingTime < kMinGeneratingTime) {

    }
    [controller onSuccess];

}

- (IBAction)cancelPressed:(id)sender {
    [self.parentViewController dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil];
}

- (void)successFinish:(UEntropyViewController *)controller {
    UInt32 count = self.countToGenerate;
    __block UIWindow *window = controller.view.window;
    __block UIViewController *dismissingVc = self.successDismissingViewController;
    [dismissingVc dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:^{
        DialogAlert *alert = [[DialogAlert alloc] initWithMessage:[NSString stringWithFormat:NSLocalizedString(@"xrandom_final_confirm", nil), count] confirm:nil cancel:nil];
        [alert showInWindow:window];
    }];
}

@end

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Home » Resources » Blog » Cyber Security » Implementing Phishing-resistant MFA
Steve Haley|Cyber Security, Risk Management
Phishing attacks continue to make news around the country. Businesses of all sizes have fallen prey, suffering damaged reputations and potentially losing millions of dollars.
Before the year 2022 has even concluded, a SlashNext phishing report found there had already been 255 million phishing attacks detected in the year, a 61% increase over the previous year. The SlashNext report notes that zero-hour threats are spiking, representing 54% of all detected threats. A zero-hour (or zero-day) threat is one that hasn't been seen before and doesn't match any known malware signatures, making it much more difficult, or even impossible to detect by traditional signature-matching solutions.
According to the report, the industries most often targeted are:
Professional and scientific services
The most common method for zero-hour phishing threats was credential stealing, representing 76% of detected attacks. Recent headlines showcase how common human error is in data breaches. Bed Bath and Beyond recently disclosed that it had data accessed without authorization after an employee was phished. Michigan Medicine notified more than 33,000 patients that their health data may have been compromised after a phishing attack resulted in employees giving up their login information.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is urging organizations to implement multifactor authentication (MFA) strategies that are more resilient to phishing attacks. Not all MFAs are created equal. Less phishing-resistant MFA policies are more likely to fail at blocking one of the following cyber-attacks:
Phishing is a form of social engineering in which cyber threat actors use email or malicious websites to solicit information. For example, in a widely used phishing technique, a threat actor sends an email to a target that convinces the user to visit a threat actor-controlled website that mimics a company's legitimate login portal. The user submits their username, password, and the 6-digit code from their mobile phone's authenticator app.
Push bombing (also known as push fatigue)
Cyber threat actors bombard a user with push notifications until they press the "Accept" button, thereby granting threat actor access to the network.
Exploitation of SS7 protocol vulnerabilities
Cyber threat actors exploit Signaling System No. 7 (SS7) protocol vulnerabilities in communications infrastructure to obtain MFA codes sent via text message (SMS) or voice to a phone. SS7 is a set of protocols that allows phone networks to exchange the information needed for passing calls and text messages between each other.
SIM Swap
SIM Swap is a form of social engineering in which cyber threat actors convince cellular carriers to transfer control of the user's phone number to a threat actor-controlled SIM card, which allows the threat actor to gain control over the user's phone.
Here is information on some different MFA options, listed from most to least secure.
Phishing-resistant MFA options
Considered the MFA gold standard, these options provide the best phishing defense. They are not applicable to push bombing, SS7, and SIM swap attacks.
FIDO/ WebAuthn authentication
The only widely available phishing-resistant authentication is FIDO/WebAuthn authentication. The FIDO Alliance originally developed the WebAuthn protocol as part of FIDO2 standards and is now published by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). WebAuthn support is included in major browsers, operating systems, and smartphones. WebAuthn works with the related FIDO2 standard to provide a phishing-resistant authenticator. WebAuthn authenticators can either be:
Separate physical tokens (called "roaming" authenticators) connected to a device via USB or near-field comms (NFC),
Embedded into laptops or mobile devices as "platform" authenticators.
In addition to being "something that you have," FIDO authentication can incorporate various other types of factors, such as biometrics or PIN codes. FIDO2-compliant tokens are available from a variety of vendors.
PKI-based MFA
A less widely available form of phishing-resistant MFA is tied to an enterprise's PKI. PKI-based MFA comes in a variety of forms; a well-known form of PKI-based MFA is the smart cards that government agencies use to authenticate users to their computers. PKI-based MFA provides strong security and is sensible for large and complex organizations.
However, successfully deploying PKI-based MFA requires highly mature identity management practices. It is also not as widely supported by commonly used services and infrastructure, especially in the absence of SSO technologies. In most PKI-based MFA deployments, a user's credentials are contained in a security chip on a smart card, and the card must be directly connected to a device for the user to log into the system (with the correct password or PIN). The U.S. government's personal identity verification (PIV) card and common access card (CAC) are examples of PKI-based MFA.
App-based Authentication
These app-based authentication MFAs are resistant to push bombing but vulnerable to phishing. They are not applicable to SS7, and SIM swap attacks.
One-time Password (OTP)
App-based authenticators verify a user's identity either by generating OTP codes or by sending "push" pop-up notifications to the mobile application.
Mobile push notification with number matching
In mobile push notification, the user accepts a "push" prompt sent to the mobile application to approve an access request. When number matching is implemented, there is an additional step between receiving and accepting the prompt: the user is required to enter numbers from the identity platform into the application to approve the authentication request. See CISA fact sheet Implement Number Matching in MFA Applications for more information.
Token-based OTP
Token-based authenticators verify a user's identity by generating OTP codes that the user enters to prove possession of the token.
Authentication via an app- or token-based OTP or mobile push with number matching is the best option for small- and medium-sized businesses that cannot immediately implement phishing-resistant MFA.
The following app-based MFA is vulnerable to push bombing attacks as well as user error:
Mobile application push notification without number matching
In a standard mobile app push notification without number matching, the user opens and accepts a "push" prompt sent to the mobile application to approve an access request. There is no additional step between receiving and accepting the prompt.
SMS or Voice
SMS or voice MFA works by sending a code to the user's phone or email. The user then retrieves this second-factor code from their text or email inbox to use for login authentication.
Vulnerable to phishing, SS7, and SIM swap attacks, SMS or voice MFA should only be used as a last resort MFA option. However, it can serve as a temporary solution while organizations transition to a stronger MFA implementation.
Train Your Employees
A phishing-resistant MFA system can go a long way to protecting your organization from attacks, but human error can still lead to vulnerabilities. A thorough cybersecurity training program that includes multiple phishing campaigns annually will help your employees spot phishing attempts and avoid taking the bait.
CompliancePoint offers a full suite of cybersecurity services that will help your organization better defend itself from cyber-attacks, including cyber risk assessments and breach readiness assessments. Contact us at connect@compliancepoint.com to more about how we can help your business.
Finding a credible expert with the appropriate background, expertise, and credentials can be difficult. CompliancePoint is here to help.

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Communication is the process in which people convey their thoughts, feelings and ideas with each other and language is the key to all communication. Improving one's communication skill requires proficiency in the language. Training centers offers many courses to improve one's proficiency in English language according to the individual's needs and requirements.English has become a medium of communication in to the world of business for both native and non-native speakers. The number of people, non-native speakers especially, wanting to learn English are growing rapidly and spoken English has become their main importance. This is so for students, teachers, job-seekers, professionals, travellers, etc.
As we all are familiar that English has become almost common and mandatory language everywhere around the world (with some incomparable conditions), so it's essentiality to learn has also increased simultaneously and greater than before demanding. Now when we come to the learning part, they are classified into two that are theoretical and practical. In theory way, the necessary basics are to be learnt by means of reading and writing. On the other hand, we have the practical section where you need to involve yourself in an English speaking surrounding. This is followed everywhere when a training institute is chosen for learning. To increase the speed of captivation, you need to thrust yourself forward along with the support provided.
When you consider an institute, probably you will have various options for using the opportunity. Moreover, the contribution of time is a major factor. This is because a complete focus can shape your path as expected. For example, someone who is waiting for a call letter from the desired company for about a month or two can surely use it maximum with a goal. And if you are already in a job and attending these classes then you will have to maintain some patience. The range of sources provided depends upon the type of institute you join. Some help in supplying the needed study materials or with guidance and with a plain class or with slide shows. This is completely a choice in which type of surrounding you want to learn. Well, self-concern or interest matters more. If you are curious in learning then you might learn irrespective of the situations carried.
For the theory portion, there are two divisions that are, firstly for reading and writing and secondly are to prepare for spoken English. If you are learning to write in English, like other languages start with alphabets, then words, framing short sentences and know the grammar well to become capable of knowing written communication. This will take some time and more practices to excel in the verbal stream. If you are preparing for learning oral English, you can have the theory part translated in your native language and can skip the verbal for to have only the vocal form. For this you will have to attend regular classes, attend some group discussions, and try to speak out with some easy topics with common simple wordings. Never give up or get exhausted if you fail to make a good conversation. Just try your best and give your maximum efforts day by day.
As for practical portions, people who know well about the basic theoretical can switch over to the effective English communication. The training will completely bases on the age and requirement of the person. For school going children, the class can help them in speaking positively, flawlessly and fluently. They may be given to recite poem, story or essays by their own. They will be trained with many conversations and stage performance. For the elderly, training relies on the extent of language usage in their day to day life; for example for participating in group discussions, preparing speech, and PowerPoint. Sometime, for college students they need to learn in the point of attaining jobs or attending interviews. For people who are in job need to boost their confidence and overcome their other similar weaknesses (like interacting with others, stage fear, shyness and other personality developing issues) in them. An English communication training will not train you learn the language or for the simple stuffs you join but rather give you a big change that can help you deal with your life and related challenges.


What is the mountain's studio village rice cooker feather gold?
The original method called "charcoal grill burning firing method" is used for mountain studio village rice cooker. By burning the ingredients of charcoal inside the rice cooker you will make the rice refreshing more refreshing taste. This charcoal ingredient is baked at a high temperature exceeding 1200 ° C, so the effect lasts semi-permanently.
The roundness created by repeated research creates exquisite convective heat. The inner lid pressurizes it and creates warmth retaining properties unique to pottery. This heat insulation effect cooks rice plumply.
Because there are no possession parts and there are feathers wrapped and turned, Because the heat storage is more uniform and stable, you can cook more deliciously.
Because you can use it for cooked rice etc., You can eat various rice deliciously and happily.
The rice cooker becomes stronger by cracks entering the fire. Since cracks are gaps, work called "sealing" is necessary to prevent leakage from the cracks. It is best to make rice porridge or "boil down" flour, rice rice soup and so on.
A rice cooker was introduced by Yuko Watanabe "My favorite cooking utensils and ingredients"
Cooking cooker was introduced in cook 's book by Yuko Watanabe. ※ My favorite dish tools and ingredients 」P32 ~ P33 excerpt ※ A pot and a lovely oven is a special pot for cooking rice. Steam cooked with this and other white rice is sweet as shiny and it is a treat only with rice. Our rice cooking was decided for this pot, and since then, I began to emphasize the taste of rice cooked in this kettle to visitors. So why is it good to cook with this? It seems that the structure has a secret. The lid is doubled and does not escape the steam inside. The inside of the kettle is processed with charcoal and far infrared effect. I do not need a troublesome fire suppression, I will stop the fire if it blows over a strong medium heat. And waiting 20 minutes, that's it.
Everyone can easily cook delicious rice with mountain kobo village rice cooker. Here I will show you how to cook white rice. It is very popular because it is unnecessary to adjust difficult difficulties.
1. Add rice and water Add 3 rice and 3 rice water. Please put rice in advance. Please do not sharpen inside the pot. Please adjust according to your preference about the extent to which water covers about 1 cm above the rice.
2. Place the inner cover and outer cover Please cover it in order of inner lid → outer lid. Cover the hole of the inner cover in the direction of the handle and the hole of the outer cover perpendicular to the handle.
3. Hang on high heat Please apply high heat to the kettle. Cassette stove etc are also available. Please note that IH heaters, halogen stoves, stoves, etc. can not overheat.
4. Wait until there are rumblings on the border When it boils to a certain extent, the rust will rise in the hatch of the kettle. I will stop the fire once it comes around Border.
5. Steam without taking lid off Steam for 20 minutes after stopping the fire. Loli gradually returns to the kettle. Please do not take lid absolutely.
6. It is completion After steaming for 20 minutes, I cooked the rice cooker down from the stove and it is completed. Both inner lid and outer lid are getting hot. Please remove it slowly with a pot knob etc. Please take rice into the bowl and enjoy it.
The cooked rice cooker manufactured at the Kobo village of the mountain, clay is ordered from Mie prefecture. The location of the studio is also in the area of air dose less than 0.08 usv / h (Yamato-cho survey). I examined radiation dose of cooking pot in Miyagi Prefecture Industrial Technology Center.
The radiation dose of the rice cooker main body and carbonized quenched part was 0.05 μSv / h. It is a numerical value within the reference value with no problem at all. You can cook rice carefully with confidence.
· When using for the first time, be sure to cook "porridge" slowly with medium heat. Crack prevention and strengthening of the shuttle become. · Be sure to wipe off moisture from the bottom of the pot and heat it. · Please do not sharpen rice in the pot. · After using it for flavored rice etc., the taste will soak into the kettle, please flush as soon as possible. · After use, keep the bottom up until the next use, always dry. · Cooking a small amount in a cooker will result in breakage of the kettle, stop it. · There is no heat retention function. Please eat as soon as possible. · Please do not use detergent when possible. · Do not leave water or polished rice in it for a long time. · Do not use with gas stove with temperature sensor. · Do not overheat with halogen stoves or stoves.


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Richard Pérez-Feria is Senior Vice President, Editorial & Entertainment at República, a Miami-based advertising, branding, interactive and communications agency, where he focuses on the firm's myriad Web and media projects, entertainment, sports and celebrity clients, licensing and ancillary business opportunities and special events.
Pérez-Feria was formerly the Editor-in-Chief of Time Inc's People en Español, a position he held from early 2003. He brought two decades of publishing experience to the nation's best-selling Spanish language magazine. In his first year, Pérez-Feria oversaw a revolutionary redesign of the New York City-based magazine and, in the process, redefined its three primary areas of focus: exclusive celebrity stories, fashion and beauty features and compelling human-interest coverage.
During Pérez-Feria's incredibly celebrated tenure, People en Español enjoyed unprecedented growth, including year-over-year rate base increases, record advertising sales and numerous editorial and creative awards. Every year Pérez-Feria was Editor-in-Chief, People en Español was on Adweek's "10 Under 50" List, a first for a Hispanic title. The magazine also won two FOLIO: Gold Awards as "Best Entertainment Magazine" and an additional Gold Award in 2006 for "Cover of the Year" featuring Jennifer López and the 50 Most Beautiful people. Pérez-Feria went on to lead the publication as it won two Henry Luce Awards (Time Inc's magazine awards) for "Best Design" and "Cover of the Year" as well as being the only Hispanic magazine on the Chicago Tribune's 2005 list of "Top 50 Magazines" (#9) and was one of Media Industry News' "Top 20 Launches of the Past 20 Years." Many other accolades during Pérez-Feria's stewardship followed, including the 2004 GLAAD Award for "Best Spanish Language Magazine Article" and the 2005 GLAAD Award for "Best Spanish Language Magazine."
Currently penning his memoirs—to be published by HarperCollins—titled It's Exhausting Being Fabulous…And Other Things I Told My Mother, Pérez-Feria, upon leaving People en Español, launched RPF Ventures, Inc, a Los Angeles-based entertainment company focusing on film, television and media projects where he served as President. He was also the Executive Producer of the award winning and film festival favorite movie, East Side Story.
Before starting at República, Pérez-Feria was the founding Editorial Director at BRASH.com, the large and much-lauded men's Web portal owned by Glam Media (glam.com). At BRASH, Pérez-Feria was solely in charge of the site's creative output as well as its content and penned the vast majority of its articles.
Prior to heading People en Español, Pérez-Feria was Editor-in Chief of 7x7, San Francisco's premier fashion and celebrity magazine. Concurrently, he served as an editorial consultant to the San Francisco Chronicle's Sunday magazine, working directly with the paper's editor Phil Bronstein. In 2000, Pérez-Feria joined Weider Publications' New York City office as Vice President, Editorial and Creative Services, overseeing all editorial and creative aspects of the health and fitness publishing company's specialty division. During his tenure, he launched numerous titles, including special newsstand issues of the company's core magazines. He also served as Editor-in-Chief of SHAPE's Fit Hollywood, JUMP, Fit Pregnancy Style and Strong.
From 1995 to 2000, he was Executive Vice President and Editorial Director of PressCorps, Inc in New York City. As co-founder and co-owner, he led numerous trade and consumer titles and many magazine launches serving as Editor-in-Chief of a variety of publications including Celebrity Style, music choice Magazine, Teen Celebrity, City Family/La Familia de la Ciudad, American Druggist, Issues In Patient Care, Medical Tribune, gym, Burn! and TennisMatch.
From 1990 to 1993, Pérez-Feria was Editor-in-Chief of Miami Mensual/Monthly, then the nation's largest monthly bilingual consumer magazine for Hispanics. In 1992-93—along with his responsibilities at the popular monthly—Pérez-Feria was co-host (with Tara Solomon) of a nightly, three-hour radio program on WMBM called Beach Party With Tara and Richard where he interviewed numerous celebrities and colorful personalities populating the emerging South Beach (FL) scene. In 1989, Pérez-Feria was the founding Editor-in-Chief of the Miami-based financial weekly, International Business Chronicle.
Pérez-Feria initially gained widespread recognition as the founding Editor-in-Chief of POZ, the first national consumer magazine for the HIV-impacted individual, where he led the publication from 1993 to 1995. Pérez-Feria and POZ received numerous honors, including a nomination for a National Magazine Award for General Excellence. Pérez-Feria began his journalism career at the venerable Esquire and was on the launch team of the groundbreaking and award-winning New York City weekly, 7 Days.
On a personal note, Pérez-Feria was the recent recipient of Ballet Hispanico's prestigious Inspiration Award, honoring those who have empowered the Hispanic community through the quality of their vision. The award was presented during a glittering gala in New York City. In 2006, Pérez-Feria was also unanimously selected by the Board of Directors of GLAAD to receive its first-ever Visibilidad Award, presented by Gloria and Emilio Estefan at the sold out GLAAD Media Awards, given to a high-profile Hispanic media professional who best represents the goals and ideals of the charitable organization. On February 2, 2003, the City of San Francisco established Richard Pérez-Feria Day and bestowed Pérez-Feria the city's highest honor in a well-attended ceremony. Pérez-Feria was also Honorary Chairman of the 2007 and 2008 GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles as well as serving on the Host Committee for the 2006-08 Outfest Honors in Hollywood.
A graduate of Tulane University, Pérez-Feria currently resides in Miami Beach.


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Windows 10 S review: Microsoft's OS for students is hard to love
Windows 10 S may be Microsoft's answer to Google's Chrome OS, but it's a poor introduction to the Windows ecosystem. (Updated to note that the Windows 10 S upgrade deadline has been extended to March 2018.)
By Mark Hachman
Senior Editor, PCWorld |
Dan Masaoka
Hey, this is (only) Windows 10!
Security and speed
A click away from Windows 10 Pro
Conclusion: If this is Windows, kids will want a Mac
Microsoft's Windows 10 S is what happens when a once-easygoing operating system has kids and turns into a helicopter parent. Windows 10 S, a locked-down version of Windows 10 found on the Surface Laptop and a small group of low-cost, third-party notebooks, keeps students safe and secure by restricting them to the Windows Store. But as our review shows, the lack of freedom chafes.
Locking your PC away from the big, bad, outside world makes sense when your children are going off to high school or college, Microsoft thinks. But even the most dutiful parent will wonder why their child can't use Chrome to beam YouTube videos to a Chromecast, print on some local printers, or protect their PC with anything other than Windows Defender. There's always an escape hatch: a simple upgrade to Windows 10 Pro. But otherwise, Windows 10 S can be an exercise in frustration.
Microsoft provides Windows 10 S free of charge to academic institutions, and it's not hard to see why: Microsoft wants a school's IT department (not you) to buy its associated Intune for Education management support software, as well as an Office 365 for Education subscription for the Office apps students will use.
Windows 10 S and its hardware are also chasing Chromebooks, the cheap clamshell notebooks powered by Google's free and manageable Chrome OS, which have taken the education market by storm. The resemblance is not an accident: In fact, as we were writing this review, Asus let us know that a version of its Chromebook C202 would be released in September as the W202NA, a Windows 10 S-powered machine.
As with Chromebooks, students can't pick up a copy of Windows 10 S and load it onto their own machine. Instead, Windows 10 S will come preloaded onto Microsoft's Surface Laptop or a small cadre of third-party Windows 10 S laptops priced for modest school budgets and ruggedized to withstand classrooms full of kids.
So far, however, only the Surface Laptop is available. As Microsoft revealed in August, the low-cost Windows 10 S laptops won't ship until at least September, possibly missing the back-to-school window for the 2017 school year.
For this review, we're not considering how manageable Windows 10 S is, or whether it's a better choice for securing an academic environment than Chrome OS. Instead, we're looking at it from the user's perspective—what it's like to use compared to full-fledged Windows.
Our test machine: the Surface Laptop.
We tested a Microsoft-supplied Surface Laptop, which comes preloaded with Windows 10 S. We will note, however, that we upgraded the Laptop to Windows 10 Pro for benchmarking. To return the Surface Laptop to Windows 10 S, we downloaded a publicly available Surface recovery image, which is something you'd normally do only if your system were malfunctioning. The process was pretty easy, though Microsoft says that you'll need a USB stick of at least 16GB in size. We found it took about an hour's worth of time to download and install the image.
Microsoft also asked us to make this crystal-clear: If you revert from Windows 10 Pro to Windows 10 S, all apps, data and settings are reverted, and will be erased from your PC.
If you're comfortable working within the Windows 10 environment, Windows 10 S really is almost virtually identical to Windows 10. The so-called Out of the Box Experience is identical, with Cortana walking you though setup. Once inside the operating system, nearly all Windows functions like Windows Hello, File Manager, Cortana, Windows Ink, and the various built-in Windows apps all work identically to their equivalents in Windows 10 Home or Pro.
Microsoft tries to convince you that Windows 10 S is almost Windows 10 Pro.
In fact, Microsoft's own summary slide points out that Windows 10 S and Windows 10 Pro are nearly identical, but with two key differences: Windows S is restricted to apps in the Windows Store, and you can't join a Windows 10 S machine to a company domain. Otherwise, on both Windows 10 S and Windows 10 Pro you can use BitLocker, Windows Subsystem for Linux, and the HyperV virtual machine manager, though you may need to enable features within the Windows Features control panel.
Like Windows 10 Pro, you have access to advanced features like Hyper-V even within Windows 10 S. Don't expect to enable all of these advanced features on the low-cost Windows 10 S hardware, though.
It's when you become bored or dissatisfied with Windows that the troubles start.
For safety's sake, Windows 10 S prohibits you from installing apps from anywhere but the Windows Store. You'll be able to download the app, but when it comes time to install it, the Windows 10 S helicopter parent steps in:
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Sorry, no Win32 apps for you! Windows 10 S has strict protections in place.
That means, for instance, you can't download a game from the Steam gaming service. If you'd like to use Google's Chrome browser, you can't—only Edge. Windows 10 S will allow you to download an executable file from a third-party source, or transfer it onto the PC from a USB stick. When it comes time to launch it, though, Windows 10 S will block it.
You likely have certain apps that you simply take for granted, whether they're class requirements—like Photoshop (or GIMP), AutoCAD, or MatLab—or teaching aids for younger students, like Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing. Silly little utilities that you may have tucked away in a folder simply won't work. Remote support solutions like LogMeIn123 also require the user to download an executable before a remote technician can log in and help you solve an issue with your PC, so this solution's out, too. Even tried-and-true executable "apps" within Windows, such as the Command Shell or Registry Editor, are off-limits.
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If you try to download and install Google's Chrome browser, a different warning pops up, encouraging you to open Edge instead.
This can't be overstated: The lack of flexibility is the biggest reason not to invest in a Windows 10 S notebook—unless you plan to upgrade it to Windows 10 Pro.
A larger issue, in my mind, is that Windows 10 S forces you to use Microsoft's Edge browser. While the number of available Edge extensions has climbed to 48 at the time of this writing, with excellent choices including Ghostery and LastPass, Opera, Chrome, and Firefox have thousands of plug-ins and extensions from which to choose. Importing websites and stored passwords from platform to platform simply isn't as convenient in Edge as it is in Chrome. Bottom line, it's a change in behavior that's forced upon the user, which is sure to irritate some.
Finally, there's Office. The Windows 10 S "private catalog" feature allows a school or university to create a sort of "store within the Store" to carve out apps that a particular class might need. It won't allow you to join the machine to a business or corporate network, though. This might not mean much, but if you had visions of saving a buck or two by connecting a business account of Office 365 to a Windows 10 S PC, it won't work. The Surface Laptop we reviewed did come with a year's subscription to Office 365 Personal, however, which is available in a beta form. I noticed no differences between Office 365 and the Windows 10 S versions of the apps.
A number of Office apps are available under Windows 10 S, which appear to have the same functionality as they do under Office 365.
Some parents will undoubtedly support removing the potential distraction of say, Overwatch, from their child's PC. And if a school has a web-based curriculum set up for Chromebooks, a Windows 10 S machine should be able to step in without missing a beat. But in my mind, the lack of freedom to obtain apps that students may need robs a lot of the value from Windows 10 S, especially as kids move higher in the educational system.
Unfortunately, the compatibility issues apply to third-party hardware, too. When I tried to connect the Surface Laptop to an older Dell all-in-one printer via a USB connection, the Laptop recognized the hardware, but wouldn't load the driver—in other words, I couldn't print, with no explanation why. Any driver or third-party application that contains scripts or executable files will be blocked by Windows 10 S, Microsoft's support documentation reveals. But that's a lot of gobbledygook to a consumer who buys a Surface Laptop for their student, then has to call Microsoft or a support tech to find out why their son or daughter can't print a draft of their paper.
Unfortunately, this older Dell printer that I use at home can't print anything when I'm running Windows 10 S. Note the "driver is unavailable" message.
It's worth digging though this Microsoft-compiled index of supported (and unsupported) devices on Windows 10 S to see if you'll experience the same problems I did: The vast majority of older printers simply aren't supported by Windows 10 S. To be fair, setting up Google Cloud Print for a Chromebook has its own issues, which is why Google is adding local printing as an experimental feature in Chrome OS. Still, doesn't it seem slightly insane to be forced to ensure your devices are compatible before buying a Windows machine?
You may recall that the "S" in Windows 10 S supposedly stands for "simplicity," "security," and "speed". We've already seen the downside of "simplicity."
One of the selling points of Windows 10 S, according to Microsoft, is its resistance to "known ransomware." Windows 10 S is the company's newest and most hardened OS, according to a company blog post. ZDNet almost immediately put that claim to the test, and found that Windows 10 S could be exploited via an old workaround: Word macros. We didn't try to reproduce ZDNet's results, but take Microsoft's claim with a grain of salt.
Another thing to consider: Don't think that apps like Avast Antivirus Download Center, Kaspersky Now, or McAfee Central—all apps that appear in the Store when you search for "antivirus"—represent actual antivirus programs. They're not. You're dependent upon Windows Defender's built-in firewall and antivirus—both competent, but probably not as secure as a third-party solution.
Finally, there's speed. Microsoft claimed that Windows 10 S is faster to boot and resume than Windows 10 Pro. Originally, we found that Windows 10 S was slower than Windows 10 Pro. After retesting, we found it's slightly quicker to boot, but also slightly slower to resume from a cold boot. Neither difference is especially significant.
Piercings, tattoos, dating the drummer, beer, a joint: all tried-and-true ways for today's youth to rebel against their parents. Now, you can add another to that list: upgrading Windows 10 S to Windows 10 Pro. If your son or daughter wants to really stick it to The Man, they can upgrade to Windows 10 Pro in just minutes.
(While the upgrade from Windows 10 S to Windows 10 Pro is free on the Surface Laptop, it will cost $49 thereafter. It's not clear what Microsoft will charge to upgrade to Windows 10 Pro on the other, cheaper Windows 10 S hardware designed for elementary schools. As of Sept. 5, Microsoft extended the deadline to switch for free from the end of 2017 until March 31, 2018.)
Windows 10 S makes it easy to "switch," or upgrade to Windows 10 Pro.
You can upgrade to Windows 10 Pro through one of two ways: either by a link at the bottom of the Windows 10 S popups that appear when you try and run an executable file, or by simply typing Windows 10 S Pro into the search box of the Windows Store. Either way, clicking the Install button begins the process. It doesn't appear that you'll actually need to download the new operating system, as I was able to upgrade without being connected to a wireless network. Windows recommends that you save and close all your files and apps before you begin the process. Backing up to OneDrive or another location would be a good idea.
When I upgraded from Windows 10 S to Windows 10 Pro, Windows informed me it was "preparing to switch," rebooted once, than completed some final preparations before it launched Windows 10 Pro. All told, the process took nine minutes.
As we noted above, the switch from Windows 10 S to Windows 10 Pro is assumed to be a one-way street. That's not necessarily true, as you can download and restore from a Windows 10 S disk image. But restoring Windows 10 S from that disk image will erase all files, apps, and settings—so make sure you're prepared to do so.
It's difficult to construct a scenario where a user would want Windows 10 S. Sure, an elementary-school student with a curriculum built around the Web might not care whether they use Edge or Chrome. A concerned parent trying to minimize distractions for a child away at school might buy a machine running an OS that locked out most games. Part of the issue concerns how Microsoft has attempted to stretch Windows 10 S from elementary schools all the way through college, which have vastly different requirements in terms of hardware and software.
Windows 10 S tries to minimize security risks by restricting app installations to the Windows Store. But the lack of app flexibility and available hardware significantly limits its appeal.
If you can use Windows 10, you can use Windows 10 S.
Windows Store's app selection continually improves.
Lack of apps chafe -- no other Web browsers allowed
Incompatibilities with some existing hardware is a real gotcha
Besides the Surface Laptop, there's a lack of hardware


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Dr Thomas Asbridge presents a revelatory account of the Crusades, the 200-year war between Christians and Muslims for control of the Holy Land. The story of the Crusades is remembered as a tale of religious fanaticism and unspeakable violence, but now fresh research, eyewitness testimony and contemporary evidence from both the Christian and Islamic worlds shed new light on how these two great religions waged war in the name of God. Episode one traces the epic journey of the first crusaders as they marched 3,000 miles from Europe to recapture the city of Jerusalem from Islam, enduring starvation, disease and bloodthirsty battle to reach their sacred goal, and then unleashed an appalling tide of barbaric violence upon their Muslim enemies. Yet far from being the invincible holy warriors of legend, Dr Asbridge reveals that these crusaders actually considered surrender in the midst of their titanic expedition. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/BBCDocs Welcome to the BBC Documentary channel, offering audiences long-form documentaries that deliver a thought provoking and captivating viewing experience inside key moments from history and the lives of fascinating people. Want to share your views with the team? Join our fan panel: https://tinyurl.com/YouTube-DC-Panel Due to rights and sales restrictions, content on the channel may not be available in all territories. The availability of certain content may also change over time. This is a channel from BBC Studios who help fund new BBC programmes. Service information and feedback: http://bbcworldwide.com/vod-feedback--contact-details.asp...
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A City Council committee yesterday delayed a vote on a natural gas franchise agreement between the Pugh administration and Baltimore Gas & Electric after critics said the deal vastly shortchanges the city for the loss of parkland.
Council President Bernard C. "Jack" Young questioned why the city would agree to a lump sum payment of only $1.4 million in return for a project that has destroyed 19 acres of pristine woodland.
"This is the best deal you could have gotten from BGE/Exelon?" Young said, addressing city lawyer Victor Tervala.
BGE originally wanted to pay the city $100,000 for the 25-year franchise, Tervala said, while the Department of Recreation and Parks, which owns Leakin Park, was "very vociferous" about wanting substantially more.
BGE eventually agreed to pay $2.1 million in installments over 25 years. This was reduced to $1.4 million when BGE agreed to make a single payment now.
The lump-sum figure was approved by the Finance Department, Tervala said.
Young argued that, at very least, the city should get the full $2.1 million upfront in return for Council approval of the franchise.
"$2.1 million is ridiculously low," countered George Farrant, vice president of the Friends of Gwynns Falls/Leakin Park. At minimum, the city should get $9.7 million based on a recent national study that put the value of urban land between $511,000 and $1,200,000 per acre.
"Franchise agreements for access under city streets are different than agreements through a park," he said. Streets can be repaved, but Leakin Park, which he described as the second biggest "urban wilderness park" in the country, cannot be restored to its original status.
When completed, the new pipeline will carve out a 50-foot-wide swath of land across two miles of the park, replacing a 1949 pipeline on a different alignment. The land will remain devoid of trees or heavy brush so that the pipeline route can be inspected from the air.
Farrant called on the Council to demand a third-party, independent review of the proposed franchise.
Reginald Moore, director of Recreation and Parks, defended the agreement. BGE did not offer any public testimony.
With additional questions raised by Councilmen Kristerfer Burnett and Bill Henry, committee chairman John Bullock announced that action on the franchise bill would be delayed for at least two weeks.
Bullock asked Tervala to provide the committee with more information about the rationale for the negotiated price. Bullock told The Brew that the new information would be made public.
The project will restore a section of BGE's Granite Pipeline that transmits natural gas from interstate sources to a terminal in South Baltimore. The line supplies 90,000 customers in Baltimore city and county.
Last year, the Pugh administration approved construction of the 26-inch pipeline through Leakin Park.
To avoid environmentally sensitive wetlands, BGE choose a northern route through the park that has resulted in the removal of 700 trees, a sizable number of which were mature poplar, red oak and white oak.
To compensate the city for 11,345 inches of tree loss, BGE agreed to pay $2.6 million, half before the start of construction and half after the city signs the franchise agreement.
The company also has allotted $209,000 for the restoration of a nature path, a ball field and tennis courts destroyed by construction.
The park now contributes significantly to Baltimore's 28% tree canopy – which is below the goal of growing a tree canopy enough to cover 40% of the city.
In recent years, Leakin Park has been beset with floods, exacerbating maintenance problems caused by an inadequate Rec and Parks budget.
"We hope you will champion monetary changes appropriate. . . for the permanent devastation in one of the East Coast's most valuable parks," they wrote.
A review of campaign contributions by The Brew shows that BGE and its parent companies, Constellation and Exelon, were active donors to Pugh's 2016 campaign.
In the primary season alone, Pugh picked up $18,500 in contributions from 30 executives, mostly in $500 increments.
Among those contributing more were Calvin G. Butler Jr., CEO of BGE ($1,000); Frank Kelly, BGE manager of diversity ($1,000); Joseph Nigro, CEO of Constellation ($1,000); and David Vahos, BGE treasurer ($750).
Yesterday Butler, a resident of Cockeysville, was named co-chair of Baltimore County Executive-elect "Johnny O" Olszewski's transition team.


One person used to run outside with her dog and encourage it to bark to tell the fireworks off to stop it being afraid.
Mine have never heard fireworks so I don't know how they would be. Cleo might be frightened but I think Murphy would bark at them except now he is going deaf he might not hear them.
There was a bloody great bang right outside our house the other night from a firework. I nearly hit the ceiling it gave me such a fright. In the past Archie would have been a quivering wreck but fortunately he didn't hear it. I don't know why they can't legislate and make all fireworks noiseless. I think it's awful how some people are allowed to inflict bloody explosions like that on others and, in particular, animals. Grrrr.
I had a physio session this morning and took my neighbour down so she could visit the minor injuries unit at our cottage hospital. She fell down the stairs last night and her left arm is paining her. It's the same side she had a shoulder replacement done a few years back. I've come home and am waiting a call that she is either good to come home or needs taking to the hospital in Carlisle.
Hope neighbour is not badly hurt.
Wispa wanted to go out and fight the fireworks, always has done until last year when she decided they were not worth bothering with. We will just have the TV on and hope ti distracts her.
The mouse situation is no longer a joke. Traps out again tonight in the hope that they have forgotten how to disable them. They cannot get at anything edible but just like coming into the warm and romping around the place.
Owl, JIm found peanut butter was the best for the traps as they couldn't pinch it and go.
There is a post going round Facebook showing a greyhound lying in a shower cubicle and it is a quivering wreck due to fireworks.
I don't see why they are sold to the public at all. When JIm had his shop he had to have a special licence and secure storage for black powder but that is what is in fireworks so anybody could take the powder out of the firework and use for other purposes.
Licensed bonfires with fireworks should be enough but it is not for our benefit that the Government won't restrict them . It is for the Chinese and other nationalities who want to celebrate with them.
Should we be celebrating someone committing treason?
And since the Millennium everybody has to set them off at New Year as well now.
We never bought the kids fireworks. We went to an organised bonfire.
I hope your neighbour has not done any serious damage , Yantan.
Yet another fine, sunny day again. Spent yesterday putting plants to bed fin the greenhouse for the winter. It was a very pleasant 10 degrees in the afternoon.
We are having a big clear out. We are getting a new bedroom carpet and have to remove the furniture. We have a fitted wardrobe along one wall but also a separate single wardrobe and chest of drawer unit.
All are full to bursting!
I would like to do away with the single wardrobe. JIm has coats that have not been worn for at least 12 years since we came up here , and he is unlikely to wear them again, but he still wants to keep them!
Funny how that applies to me but not him.
Have tried peanut butter but will give it another go.
November 5th is not celebrating someone committing treason. It is celebrating someone being hung, drawn and quartered for trying to blow up a government which supported the ruthless persecution of Catholics. It took 4 days of torture before Guy Fawkes gave the names of co-conspirators. I don't think there is anything to celebrate here.Terrible wrongs on both sides. I am not a Fawkes supporter, but James I was truly awful in his persecution of both Catholics and innocent people alleged to be witches.
I am meeting RSPCA officer at river at 4 pm to discuss swan.
My neighbour has broken her arm, or her elbow. She was a bit glazed over when I collected her and I don't think she'd quite taken in all they had told her. Anyway it's beyond the cottage hospital and she needs to see a specialist at Carlisle. They told her to go prepared in case they have to operate. I brought her home and she was going to phone her daughter to come through and take her up to Carlisle. I'm glad she wanted her daughter to take her as I find driving distances difficult with my leg and in any case I can't leave Archie for any length of time. And of course today of all day's Ruby is away at an exhibition in Brum and won't be back till 7ish.
Oh and they would have sent her by ambulance but she refused.
My 3 aren't worried by fireworks, first dogs that I've ever had for 35 years where not one of them is a quivering wreck. Not that we get many round here anyway. A few on bonfire night and a few at New Year.
Hope your neighbour's daughter can take her to Carlisle and you don't have to do the journey Yantan.
Ha ha Blackmagic, we have wardrobes in every bedroom like that. Mostly coats and jackets and we're as bad as each other as to what not to throw out.
How did the meeting about the swan go Owl?
RSPCA officer was held up and by the time he was available the light had gone so mission aborted and we went home. Wispa had a good walk though, and swan was much the same. He has become as interested in me as I am in him and comes to say hello.
My son and grandson are coming up today, just an overnight visit. Sod's law says that my feet, legs, hips and back are ruddy killing me! Industrial doses of pain killers and a bright smile, methinks!
Enjoy the day as best you can Suzeanna!!
Steve's car flew through its mot...much relief!


This run started as a dream of a few friends running across Michigan, sleeping in tents on the side of the road when we were tired, and eating whatever we could carry. With the help of three organizations, The Rochester Area Jaycees, Blessings in a Backpack, and Meijer, the team of nine saw their dream become reality.
Through all the obstacles, the team remained positive and had a great time. With 9 people living in an RV the attitude and atmosphere could have been anything. Over the 234 miles in 37 hours you did not hear any complaining. Just light conversation and laughing.
Goals were accomplished, many memories were created and will be shared with friends and family for years to come (raymond). From the team of runners we would like to say thank you to The Rochester Area Jaycees, Blessings in a Backpack, and Meijer for all the support and help.


You can let people borrow your device without revealing your open apps, browser tabs, or personal data.
"Hey, mind if I borrow your phone?" Well, sure, you say. But even as you're handing your Android phone over to someone in need, you're wondering what browser tabs you have open, which emails are in plain sight, and whether you remembered to close up Facebook.
Luckily, there are some easy ways to lend your Android phone to a friend, a loved one, or even a total stranger with complete confidence that they won't see your stuff.
For a device that's going to be shared regularly, the trick is to dip into Android's Users feature, which lets you create profiles for other users on your Android phone or tablet. It essentially creates their own partition on the device—complete with their own data, apps, settings, and even home screen.
Another option is to switch your phone to "guest" mode, which creates a temporary profile that's completely separate from yours. Once your guest is done using your handset, you can wipe the profile in a couple of taps.
So, let's say you've got a family member who frequently needs to borrow your Android device. What we're going to do is set them up with their own user profile—one that'll store their apps, data, settings, and more in a separate user space.
You can create a new user profile on your Android device by tapping the Add User button from the Quick Settings panel.
The first step: Tap Settings > Users > Add user, or swipe down from the top of the screen with two fingers to reveal Quick Settings, tap the active user icon near the top, and then tap the Add user button. Once you do, your Android device will start the process of creating a new user space.
Within a minute or so, your handset will prompt you for a Google account username and password. Now would be a good time to hand your phone (or tablet) over to whomever the new user profile is for; let them go ahead and enter their Google credentials (they can also skip this step until later).
After a little more waiting, the default Android home screen will appear, complete with shortcuts to stock Android apps like Drive, Play Music, and the Play Store. For all intents and purposes, it's an all-new phone for your friend or loved one, and they can customize it, install apps, tweak settings, and more.
To switch back and forth between profiles, swipe down from the top of the screen with two fingers to open the Quick Settings panel, then tap the user profile icon at the top of the display.
Other device users can install new apps on their partitions, including ones that are already installed on your profile, but an app installed in two user profiles on the same device won't consume double the space. Also, if another user on your phone deletes an app you both use, the app won't get deleted on your profile.
You can choose to allow another user on your Android device to make phone calls and send SMS messages.
While you and another user on your phone can share apps, you'll never share each other's data—and that goes for music, photos, files, everything.
Your fellow device users can't make calls or trade SMS messages unless you say so; you can enable or disable phone and SMS access by tapping Settings > Users, then tap the Settings button next to a profile name. Keep in mind that if you do allow other users to make calls or send text messages, they'll be able to see your calling and text history, and vice versa.
While other device users have the option of setting up screen locks that you won't be able to bypass, you can always delete their profiles whenever you want; just tap Settings > Users, tap the Settings button next to a profile name, then tap Remove user.
The beauty of Android guest profiles is that they can be quickly deleted.
Instead of going through the whole (and potentially lengthy) process of creating a new user profile, there's an easy way to put your Android phone in "guest" mode—essentially, a temporary profile that can be launched quickly and just as easily deleted.
To launch guest mode, open Quick Settings with a two-finger swipe from the top of the screen, tap the User profile button, then tap Guest. A "Switching to guest" alert will appear; a few seconds later, you'll be looking at a fresh Android home screen.
Just like someone can in a permanent user profile on your phone, a guest user can use and install apps, snap photos, browse the web, and even tweak system settings (although not your personal settings).
If you leave an Android guest profile and then come back, you'll be prompted to either wipe and start over the guest session, or continue with the existing one.
Once the guest user is all done with your phone, they can wipe their guest profile by opening the Notifications window and tapping the Remove Guest banner. If you switch the phone back to your profile without deleting the guest profile, the next time you switch the phone to guest mode, you'll be asked whether you want to "continue" the existing guest session or "start over" with a fresh guest profile.


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Lauren Watson
After graduating from The Pointe! Studio of Dance, Lauren was accepted into the College of Visual and Performing Arts at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. During her time at UNCG, Lauren was able to mentor under artists such as Duane Cyrus, Robin Gee, BJ Sullivan and Janet Lilly. Additionally, she was able to perform, choreograph, and take many master classes. During her sophomore year, she traveled to Italy to perform and train in Graham technique. During her junior year, she auditioned and was able to learn "Prelude To Action" by Martha Graham and performed it at the Joyce Theatre.
In May 2018, Lauren graduated Magna Cum Laude with a BFA in Dance Performance and Choreography and a minor in Entrepreneurship. She has recently relocated to New York City and is training at Broadway Dance Center.
TaShara Slaughter
TaShara is a sophomore at Alabama State University on a full dance and academic scholarship. She is majoring in Dance. She is also an Elite Model. After college, she aspires to continue to dance with a professional dance company while pursuing her MFA.
Brion Watson
Brion is a 2014 Graduate of The Pointe! Studio of Dance. After graduation, he attended CCM at the University of Cincinnati briefly, then transferred to The Alvin Ailey School of Dance where he worked under some the industries top elite choreographers and performed with The Alvin Ailey Dance Company. During the summer, Brion performed at The Muny in St. Louis, Missouri, the oldest and largest outdoor theatre in the country. Credits include: "Haispray", "Mama Mia", "Little Mermaid", "The Wiz", and The 100th Centennial Gala. TV credits include a Dance Double for Damon on FX's TV series "POSE and a short film "Free" as young Frederick Douglas which one was displayed at The New York Film Festival and our very own Charlotte Film Festival. After graduation, he booked The And Peggy Tour of "Hamilton, the American Musical" which his first stop was San Juan, Puerto Rico where he performed with Lim Manuel-Miranda, the creator and director of " Hamilton" and appeared on "Jimmy Fallon." Brion is still performing "Hamilton, the American Musical based in San Francisco, California.
Chelsea Alyssia Pettiford
I am currently a Bachelor Fine Arts (BFA) dance major at Alabama State University. I was very fortunate and blessed to receive a full four- year academic and dance scholarship at Alabama State University. Alabama State University has afforded me the opportunity to pursue a BFA Dance degree and cultivate my craft and passion for dance while experiencing the college life on a "HBCU" campus. Here at Alabama State University I have studied under the dynamic leadership with some of the best professional dance artist: James Atkinson, Lindsay Renea Benton, Jerome Stigler, Michael Metcalf and the late Kavin Grant. The Alabama State University is first and only "HBCU" with a BFA Dance Program, which provides training in four levels of the following genres of dance such as: Ballet, Modern, Jazz, African and Hip-Hop.
Some of my best memorable accomplishments here at Alabama State University includes: Dancing the role as "Clara" in The Atomba Nutcracker Freshman choregraphed by James Atkinson-Assistant Professor of Dance (2016). Induction into The Beta Phi Alpha Dance Society (2017). Induction into The National Society of Leadership and Success (2018). Participating in the National College Dance Festival, American College Association Dance Association held at the Kennedy Center Washington DC. performing as an ensemble dancer "Hearthside" choregraphed by Michael Metcalf -Assistant Professor of Dance at The University of Memphis (2018). Choregraphing a ballet piece for the 80th Coronation of Miss Alabama State University (2019). ASU Coronation Organization Queen "Miss W.E.B. DubBois" representing the Honors Program (2019). Participating in the annual ASU's Honors Day Convocation for the last three year with a 3.96 GPA.
Over the past four years I had the opportunity to participate in several stage performances selected by guest artist for Alabama State University's Annual Fall and Spring Dance Concerts with some to the greatest renowned guest artist such as: Regina Metayer (Montgomery Ballet Company Member), Anthony Burrell (Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre and Philidanco), TereLyn Jones (Dancer-Performer, Aerialist, Actress, Instructor and Choreographer Atlanta Georgia), and Lawrence Jackson (Associate Professor at University of Alabama).
Participating in the Annual International Conference and Festival of Blacks in Dance (IABD) has afforded me in the opportunity to receive numerous of invites and scholarships from various prominent dance companies to broaden my dance training by participating in Summer Intensive Programs such as: Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Summer Intensive Program in Denver, CO (2018) and Dissonance Dance Theatre Washington DC (2019).
I am so grateful for the inspiration of the former Dean Dr. Tommie Stewart's (Pop Culture & Hollywood Actress) vision for bringing dance to the forefront of Alabama State University. I am so appreciative for the astonishing experiences with the dynamic Dance Department Instructors and fellow colleagues for granting me the opportunity to be a part of this ASU family!
Upon graduation May 2020, I plan to obtain a position with a renowned Professional Dance Company.


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