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Demi Moore Hospitalized!
1/31/2012 10:30:00 PM Anthony Yap No comments
This news may be a few days late, but it's worth re-mentioning. There were gossips that the actress who starred in so many Hollywood blockbusters including, Ghost, had been hospitalized, just two months after announcing her split from husband Ashton Kutcher. It appears that divorce can make someone sick. Well, that's no understatement, as a matter of fact, a failed relationship could result to emotional stress that could affect your health.
According to Moore's rep in a statement earlier: "Because of the stresses in her life right now, Demi has chosen to seek professional assistance to treat her exhaustion and improve her overall health."
A flurry of unconfirmed reports suggest her exhaustion is code for substance abuse and malnourishment. An eating disorder, a late-night 911 call, a seizure, a nitrous oxide binge, are some of the whispers you could hear around the web.
Ashton was said to had been involved on another woman, the main reason why Demi decided to file a divorce.
"As a woman, a mother and a wife, there are certain values and vows that I hold sacred, and it is in this spirit that I have chosen to move forward with my life," said Moore in a statement to press on Thursday.
In addition to making it clear that she was the one ending her "six-year marriage to Ashton," she also set the record straight: it's not that she's too old, it's that he's too young.
Her follow-up (on Twitter no less), she said: "Marriage is one of the most difficult things in the world."
Moore was a veteran of high-profile marriages and weathered her divorce from Bruce Willis, the father of her three daughters, better than any other in the business. They're friends, supporters, and have managed to put their family before their romantic drama.
Moore's brief statement on Ashton's cheating scandal proved she's still putting family before "keeping her man." And her address belongs in a hall of fame of strong women who've publicly handled their misbehaving husbands with aplomb.
That's why there's less talk about how the very public breakup of her marriage could be at the heart of her health problems. However, the effects of a broken heart take a physical toll. In a review released this month by University of Arizona, researchers found that divorced adults are at a higher risk of an early death than married adults. The effects of a split can be as harmful to health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day, being overweight or drinking heavily, according to the report.
One 2006 study found that middle-aged women, in particular, are at a greater risk of cardiovascular disease than married women of the same age. Cancer and mobility issues have also been linked to the after-effects of a long-term romantic separation.
But in the initial days and months after a divorce, the mental health risks are most threatening.
"When you are processing the ending of a marriage, you are overcome with a variety of complex emotions - sorrow, anger, shame, fear," explains Rachel Sussman, a licensed psychotherapist and author of The Breakup Bible. "Sleep and one's ability to eat may be impacted by the sorrow and stress, [which in turn] may effect your overall health and cause you to get very run down."
A painful split is also grounds for a relapse of bad habits. Eating disorders, long-under control, may resurface in times of stress. Most notable, substance abuse is found in higher rates for women during a divorce than men, according to a WHO World Mental Health study.
Moore has touted her clean living lifestyle in the years after her early '80s rehab stint but anyone who has suffered from drug addiction knows the threat of relapse hovers in times of transition.
"Demi Moore is a recovering addict so for someone like her, a divorce may indeed produce a relapse," Sussman tells Shine. "Addicts turn to substances for a variety of reasons including the need to modify pain. It's a poor coping mechanism and will often produce the opposite effect than the one you are looking for."
While the WHO study found more women using substances as band-aids during divorce, men were more likely to become isolated and depressed. Kutcher might not be the shining example of that statistic. While Moore battles her demons, Kutcher's been parading around Brazil's fashion week and sucking on coconuts for his twitter followers.
To be clear, just because there are risk factors to divorce, staying in a troubled marriage isn't the healthy choice either. One University of Iowa study found that couples who weren't happy together had lower immune systems and took longer to heal than happily married spouses.
Sometimes, divorce is the only option. But setting a self-preservation game plan doesn't end with finding an attorney. In searching online for the terms "divorce" and "health risks," you have to plow through alarmist warnings about the health risks for children of divorce before you can find anything about surviving as a parent.
To protect the mind and body during divorce, experts suggests: Exercise to prevent depression and keep your appetite and sleep patterns in check. Commandeer your support system: family, friends, even therapists, and sponsors depending on your needs. "Deal with your grief head on," advises Sussman. "It hurts but better now than later."
I suppose that's the same advise she's (Demi Moore) been receiving by now.
Mysterious Winged Structure from Ancient Rome
1/30/2012 09:25:00 AM Anthony Yap No comments
A recently discovered mysterious "winged" structure in England, which in the Roman period may have been used as a temple, presents a puzzle for archaeologists, who say the building has no known parallels.
The structure has been said to had been build around 1,800 years ago. The structure was discovered in Norfolk, in eastern England, just to the south of the ancient town of Venta Icenorum.
The structure has two wings radiating out from a rectangular room that in turn leads to a central room.
"Generally speaking, (during) the Roman Empire people built within a fixed repertoire of architectural forms," said Professor William Bowden, a professor at the University of Nottingham, who reported the find in the most recent edition of the Journal of Roman Archaeology. The investigation was carried out in conjunction with the Norfolk Archaeological and Historical Research Group.
The winged shape of the building appears to be unique in the Roman Empire, with no other example known. "It's very unusual to find a building like this where you have no known parallels for it," Bowden told LiveScience. "What they were trying to achieve by using this design is really very difficult to say."
The building appears to have been part of a complex that includes a villa to the north and at least two other structures to the northeast and northwest. An aerial photograph suggests the existence of an oval or polygonal building with an apse located to the east.
The winged building
The foundation of the two wings and the rectangular room was made of a thin layer of rammed clay and chalk. "This suggests that the superstructure of much of the building was quite light, probably timber and clay-lump walls with a thatched roof," writes Bowden. This raises the possibility that the building was not intended to be used long term.
The central room, on the other hand, was made of stronger stuff, with its foundations crafted from lime mortar mixed with clay and small pieces of flint and brick. That section likely had a tiled roof.. "Roman tiles are very large things, they're very heavy," Bowden said.
Sometime after the demise of this wing-shaped structure, another building, this one decorated, was built over it. Archaeologists found post holes from it with painted wall plaster inside.
Bowden said few artifacts were found at the site and none that could be linked to the winged structure with certainty. A plough had ripped through the site at some point, scattering debris. Also, metal detecting is a major problem in the Norfolk area, with people using metal detectors to locate and confiscate materials, something that may have happened at this site.
Still, even when the team found undisturbed layers, there was little in the way of artifacts. "This could suggest that it (the winged building) wasn't used for a very particularly long time," Bowden said.
The land of the Iceni
The researchers were not certain what the building was used for. While its elevated position made it visible from the town of Venta Icenorum, the foundations of the radiating wings are weak. "It's possible that this was a temporary building constructed for a single event or ceremony, which might account for its insubstantial construction," writes Bowden in the journal article.
"Alternatively, the building may represent a shrine or temple on a hilltop close to a Roman road, visible from the road as well as from the town."
Adding another layer to this mystery is the ancient history of Norfolk, where the structure was found.
The local people in the area, who lived here before the Roman conquest, were known as the Iceni. It may have been their descendants who lived at the site and constructed the winged building.
Iceni architecture was quite simple and, as Bowden explained, not as elaborate as this. On the other hand, their religion was intertwined with nature, something which may help explain the wind-blown location of the site. "Iceni gods, pre-Roman gods, tend to be associated with the natural sites: the springs, trees, sacred groves, this kind of thing," said Bowden.
The history between the Iceni and the Romans is a violent one. In A.D. 43 (CE 43), when the Romans, under Emperor Claudius, invaded Britain, they encountered fierce resistance from them. After a failed revolt in A.D. (CE) 47, they became a client kingdom of the empire, with Prasutagus as their leader. When he died, around A.D. (CE) 60, the Romans tried to finish the subjugation, in brutal fashion.
"First, his (Prasutagus') wife Boudicea was scourged, and his daughters outraged. All the chief men of the Iceni, as if Rome had received the whole country as a gift, were stripped of their ancestral possessions, and the king's relatives were made slaves," wrote Tacitus, a Roman writer in The Annals. (From the book, "Complete Works of Tacitus," 1942, edited for the Perseus Digital Library.)
This led Boudicea (more commonly spelled Boudicca) to form an army and lead a revolt against the Romans. At first she was successful, defeating Roman military units and even sacking Londinium. In the end, the Romans rallied and defeated her at the Battle of Watling Street. With the Roman victory, the rebellion came to an end, and a town named Venta Icenorum was eventually set up on their land.
"The Iceni vanish from history effectively after the Boudicca revolt in (CE) 60-61," said Bowden.
But while they vanished from written history, archaeological clues hint that their spirit remained very much alive. Bowden and David Mattingly, an archaeologist at the University of Leicester, both point out that the area has a low number of villas compared with elsewhere in Britain, suggesting the people continued to resist Roman culture long after Boudicca's failed revolt.
This lack of villas, along with problems attracting people to Roman settlements in the area, "can be read as a transcript of resistant adaption and rejection of Roman norms," writes Mattingly in his book "An Imperial Possession: Britain in the Roman Empire" (Penguin Books, 2007).
There is "still a fairly strong local identity," said Bowden, who cautioned that while local people may have lived at the complex, the winged building is out of character for both Roman and Iceni architectural styles, a fact that leaves his team with a mystery.
Nigeria sect leader threatens Nigerian president in message
Boko Haram sect leader Imam Abubakar Shekau
Lagos, Nigeria - An audio message allegedly posted on the Internet by the leader of a radical Islamist sect in Nigeria, threatens the oil-rich nation's president and denies its members killed Muslim civilians in an attack last week that left at least 185 people dead.
Meanwhile, unrest continued across the north with the kidnapping of a German on Thursday and the killing of 15 traders in a daylight attack by apparent armed robbers.
The video posted to YouTube on Wednesday, shows a still image of Imam Abubakar Shekau sitting on a beige sofa, a Kalashnikov rifle at his back. Speaking at times in Arabic, English and the Hausa language of Nigeria's Muslim north, Shekau said negotiations suggested by President Goodluck Jonathan between the sect and the government will not happen.
"He's lying. He cannot do it," Shekau said. "If Jonathan does not repent as a Muslim, even if I die myself, Jonathan's going to see. He's looking at me like I'm nobody, but he'll see."
In the message, Shekau acknowledged that Boko Haram carried out the Jan. 20 attacks in Kano, Nigeria's second-largest city, that killed at least 185 people. Gunmen from the sect armed with explosives and assault rifles, some wearing army and police uniforms, others suicide car bombers, attacked police stations, immigration offices and the local headquarters of Nigeria's secret police.
But Shekau denied killing civilians in the attack, claiming the sect's gunmen tried to protect the more than 9 million people who live in the important city in Nigeria's north.
"We're killing police officers, we're killing soldiers and other government people who are fighting Allah and Christians who are killing Muslims and talking badly about our Islamic religion," Shekau said. "I am not against anyone, but if Allah asks me to kill someone, I will kill him and I will enjoy killing him like I am killing a chicken."
Boko Haram wants to implement strict Shariah law and avenge the deaths of Muslims in communal violence across Nigeria, a multiethnic nation of more than 160 million people split largely into a Christian south and Muslim north. The group, whose name means "Western education is sacrilege" in the Hausa language of Nigeria's north, has now killed at least 262 people in 2012, more than half of the at least 510 people the sect killed in all of 2011, according to an AP (Associated Press) count.
The attack by Boko Haram comes during continued unrest across Nigeria's north. In Kano, gunmen kidnapped a German citizen who was working for Dantata & Sawoe Construction Company Ltd. on Thursday.
German Foreign Ministry spokesman Andreas Peschke told journalists on Friday that the embassy and a ministry crisis unit were working hard to resolve the case.
"I can't yet report any substantial progress," Peschke said.
Meanwhile, Zamfara state spokesman Ibrahim Muhammad Birnin Magaji said on Friday that gunmen killed 15 Muslim traders on their way to market. Birnin Magaji said the gunmen burned the bodies of their victims in a rural village in Katsina state on Thursday, about 120 miles (200 kilometers) from Kano.
He said authorities suspect an armed robbery attack, but no goods were reported missing.
Dana White calls out Internet hackers!
Dana White
The war is on between the UFC and Internet hackers. On Sunday, UFC.com was re-routed several times to the website UGnazi. The site's organizers, who White called terrorists several times during the "UFC on Fox 2" press conference, said the hacking of UFC.com is a result of the company's support of SOPA and PIPA. The wide-ranging bills are aimed at stopping online piracy, however at the cost of compromising the free Internet. White had lashed out at the hackers.
White dug in deeper during a conversation with The Score's Mauro Ranallo (13:30 mark).
"Keep hacking our site, do it again. Do it tonight," said White. "These guys look like terrorists now and a bill that was about to die, is about to come back."
The hacker taking credit for the UFC hit, @joshthgod, went a different route after the challenge, posting White's personal info, including a Social Security number, a list of residential addresses, a vehicle identification number and a personal phone number.
That followed a tweet that said White is now the target.
"@danawhite We don't want your site anymore. We are going after YOU! Follow me for tonights exciting events! #ufc #sopa #acta #pipa,"
White said the hackers are only hurting their own cause by alerting politicians that there's a serious issue. He's willing to risk his own safety to stop the online pilfering.
"Is SOPA the perfect bill? No, it's not. The only thing that we're focused on is piracy. Piracy is stealing. If you walk into a store and you steal a gold watch, it's the same as stealing a pay-per-view. I don't care what your twisted, demented idea of stealing is," White said. "These kids who grew up on the Internet never had to pay for anything, so they don't think that you should have to."
Dana White closed by saying he's not afraid of the Internet, it's where cowards live.
Corruption scandal shakes Vatican as internal letters leaked
Vatican City - The Vatican was shaken by a corruption scandal on Thursday after an Italian television investigation said a former top official had been transferred against his will after complaining about irregularities in awarding contracts.
The show "The Untouchables" on the respected private television network La 7 on Wednesday night showed what is said were several letters that Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, who was then deputy-governor of Vatican City, sent to superiors, including Pope Benedict, in 2011 about the corruption.
The Vatican issued a statement on Thursday criticizing the "methods" used in the journalist investigation. But it confirmed that the letters were authentic by expressing "sadness over the publication of reserved documents." As deputy governor of the Vatican City for two years from 2009 to 2011, Vigano was the number two official in a department responsible for maintaining the tiny city-state's gardens, buildings, streets, museums and other infrastructure.
Vigano, currently the Vatican's ambassador in Washington, said in the letters that when he took the job in 2009, he discovered a web of corruption, nepotism and cronyism linked to the awarding of contracts to outside companies at inflated prices.
In one letter, Vigano tells the pope of a smear campaign against him (Vigano) by other Vatican officials who wanted him transferred because they were upset that he had taken drastic steps to save the Vatican money by cleaning up its procedures.
"Holy Father, my transfer right now would provoke much disorientation and discouragement in those who have believed it was possible to clean up so many situations of corruption and abuse of power that have been rooted in the management of so many departments," Vigano wrote to the pope on March 27, 2011.
In another letter to the pope on April 4, 2011, Vigano says he discovered the management of some Vatican City investments was entrusted to two funds managed by a committee of Italian bankers "who looked after their own interests more than ours."
$2.5 Million, 550,000 Euro Loss
Vigano says in the same letter that in one single financial transaction in December, 2009, "they made us lose two and a half million dollars."
The program interviewed a man it identified as a member of the bankers' committee who said Vigano had developed a reputation as a "ballbreaker" among companies that had contracts with the Vatican, because of his insistence on transparency and competition.
The man's face was blurred on the transmission and his voice was distorted in order to conceal his identity.
In one of the letters to the pope, Vigano said Vatican-employed maintenance workers were demoralized because "work was always given to the same companies at costs at least double compared to those charged outside the Vatican."
For example, when Vigano discovered that the cost of the Vatican's larger than life nativity scene in St. Peter's Square was 550,000 euros in 2009, he chopped 200,000 euros off the cost for the next Christmas, the program said.
Even though, Vigano's cost-cutting and transparency campaign helped turned Vatican City's budget from deficit to surplus during his tenure, in 2011 unsigned articles criticizing him as inefficient appeared in the Italian newspaper Il Giornale.
On March 22, 2011, Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone informed Vigano that he was being removed from his position, even though it was to have lasted until 2014.
Five days later he wrote to Bertone complaining that he was left "dumbfounded" by the ouster and because Bertone's motives for his removal were identical to those published in an anonymous article published against him in Il Giornale that month.
In early April, Vigano went over Bertone's head again and wrote directly to the pope, telling him that he had worked hard to "eliminate corruption, private interests and dysfunction that are widespread in various departments."
He also tells the pope in the same letter that "no one should be surprised about the press campaign against me" because he tried to root out corruption and had made enemies.
Despite his appeals to the pope that a transfer, even if it meant a promotion, "would be a defeat difficult for me to accept," Vigano was named ambassador to Washington in October of last year after the sudden death of the previous envoy of the United States.
In its statement, the Vatican said the journalistic investigation had treated complicated subjects in a "partial and banal way" and could take steps to defend the "honor of morally upright people" who loyally serve the Church.
The statement said that today's administration was a continuation of the "correct and transparent management that inspired Monsignor Vigano."
Anonymous threatens Facebook again!
Anonymous, the hacker collective hacktivist group, is once again planning to target Facebook in an attack scheduled on Jan. 28 - at least, that's what a video uploaded to Youtube on Monday was claiming in the name of the hacker network.
"An online war has begun between Anonymous, the people and the government of the United States," the video begins. "While SOPA and PIPA may be postponed from Congress, this doesn't guarantee that our Internet rights will be upheld."
Following the U.S. government shutdown of file-sharing site Megaupload on Friday, Anonymous attacked the U.S. Department of Justice's website, among others.
Monday's Youtube video calls on the American people to participate in the hack by downloading Low Orbit Ion Cannon (LOIC), the tool that was successfully used to target the U.S.' Department of Justice. LOIC crashes websites by sending thousands of information packets to their servers.
The video gives instructions for downloading and running the program, as well as a time - 12 a.m. on Jan. 28 - to launch the attack. No time zone, however, is distinguished.
"Would you like to become part of the greatest Internet protests and first official cyber war?" the video asks. "Operation Global Blackout is ongoing and everyone can be a part of it."
Facebook is one of the world's largest websites, operating through thousands of servers located across the world. In the video, Anonymous acknowledges the difficulties of attacking such a large site.
"While it is true that Facebook has at least 60,000 servers, it is still possible to bring it down," says the Anonymous voice. "Anonymous needs the help of the people."
YouTube commenters have raised an important question, "Why would Anonymous want to crash Facebook, after the site came out against SOPA and PIPA?"
The video essentially equates the privately-owned company with the U.S. government, with no explanation for the linkage. CNET postulates that Zuckerberg took too long to voice his opposition, landing his social network a spot on the potential targets list.
The global network of hacktivists had made this threat before, and promised to shut down the site on Nov. 5, 2011, over user privacy concerns. Ultimately, no attack was executed. And although there was a spam attack, it came out on a later date and was immediately neutralized by Facebook. The loosely-connected hacker network called the threat the work of peripheral members.
Shalani Soledad and Congressman Roman Romulo Wedding
Shalani Soledad, President Aquino's ex-girlfriend was wedded to Congressman Roman Romulo yesterday (January 22).
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In the wedding, the groom, Congressman Romulo, told his bride, "I waited 44 years before God gave me this favor..."
And with some 500 guests as witnesses, Shalani Soledad was officially pronounced wife of Congressman Romulo at around 6:45 p.m. says sources.
One of the highlights of the ceremony, which began a little past 5:30 p.m., was the homily of His Eminence Cardinal Gaudencio Rosales.
Cardinal Rosales stressed that it was love that brought the couple together, and not "economic welfare" or "political status."
He also advised the couple to be "kind", "patient", "understanding", not to be jealous, and "do what God calls you to do".
The wedding was the first time Shalani saw her father, Adolfo Aguirre, and her mother Evelyn Soledad-Yumol, together.
But the bride walked down the aisle alone.
The background music, "If It's Love", "Fields of Gold", and "Just The Way You Are", was sang by Gail Blanco.
Celebrities in attendance were Senator Bong Revilla and wife Lani Mercado, Richard Gomez and wife Lucy Torres, Mariel Rodriguez, Migz Zubiri and wife Audrey, Valerie Concepcion, Marco Alcaraz and girlfriend Lara Quigaman.
Reception was held at the Evoliving Center Dockside in Nuvali, Sta. Rosa, Laguna.
Aquino's message
An online news report earlier said President Aquino would not attend the wedding but would send a gift "bought by his staff." He had wished the couple a happy life together.
"What is the message?" the President said recently. "The emphasis has always been to strengthen the family. We believe that a lot of the situations to the problems of the country will be best addressed by a family that is strong, united and caring to the children that they bring."
Actress-TV host Kris Aquino, who was not at the ceremony either, wished the couple "good health ... and all of God's blessings in the years to come."
She also said: "I'll echo what P-Noy (Pres. Aquino) said, may both of them continue to be instruments of true public service."
"We thought Roman would not be able to find that person he can be with all his life," said actress Dawn Zulueta. "He finally did and I think Shalani is perfect for him."
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DRC: Reaching Survivors of Sexual Violence in Ituri
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In response to high levels of sexual violence in the Ituri region of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has launched a project in Mambasa to provide medical and psychological care to survivors.
Driving along the red mud road, the MSF Land Cruiser passes through a cloud of white, yellow, and orange butterflies. On either side of the road is thick forest. The trees are packed so closely together that visibility is limited to a couple of feet.
It is not far from the Okapi Wildlife Reserve, and among the trees are animals on the brink of extinction, elephants, and villages inhabited of pygmy people who are the original inhabitants of this region. The trees also hide gold and diamond mines, both official and unofficial; smugglers of hardwood; poachers; armed Mai-Mai militiamen; and many other men carrying weapons.
The MSF staff in the vehicle represent one of three medical teams circulating between the towns of Mambasa, Nia-Nia, Bella, and PK51. At each stop, they provide care for victims of sexual violence and people suffering from sexually transmitted diseases.
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Their work is part of a project launched this past February. They have already been very busy. "In March alone, our teams took care of 123 victims of sexual violence and treated 907 people for sexually transmitted diseases," said Mame Anna Sane, MSF medical team leader.
"These are very big numbers. That is almost four people raped per day—and that is just the ones coming to health facilities. Rape is so taboo that many people don't come for help, so the real numbers are likely much higher."
Each of the three MSF teams is made up of a nurse, a psychologist, and a health promoter. Together, they provide support to nine health facilities in the region by training local staff members in the provision of medical and psychological care for survivors of sexual violence.
The MSF teams also supply the necessary medicines and work with local communities to raise awareness about sexual violence, encouraging victims to seek medical care promptly. Rape survivors need to come for help within 72 hours of an assault for treatment to be effective. MSF teams also educate people about the symptoms of sexually transmitted infections so that people recognize them and come for treatment.
Taking Care of the Survivors
The work with local communities is showing results, and there is evidence that rape survivors are coming forward more promptly.
When an MSF team is visiting the Biakato health center, a 70-year-old woman who survived a gang rape is brought in by a group of relatives and neighbors. Two days earlier, she was asleep at home when three armed men broke down her door. They dragged her out of the house and into the forest, where they beat her and then raped her one by one.
They left her in the forest, naked and unconscious. At the health center, she will receive psychological support and treatment for HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases. Her daughter is with her—but not all patients have family members to support them.
Marie, 37, is in the maternity ward at Biakato health center. She has just given birth to a baby boy and she is alone. Almost two years ago, as she went to sell drinks in a mine near her home, Marie was kidnapped by a Mai-Mai group. They kept her prisoner for more than a year and raped her repeatedly.
She only managed to escape when the Congolese army attacked the camp where she was being held. She returned to her husband, but he rejected her because she was four months pregnant from one of the rapes.
A Medical Emergency
"Our work involves changing mentalities to get rid of the taboo around [reporting] sexual violence, and to be able to offer proper care to every victim. [This mean working on] the mentality of the local population, but also of the authorities," Sane said. "Of course there is a criminal and legal aspect to sexual violence, but for us, it's first of all a medical emergency."
MSF's project in Mambasa will last six months and then be reassessed. It is already clear, however, that the need for medical and psychological care for survivors of sexual violence in the Ituri region are far greater than expected.
The region of Mambasa has many natural resources: gold and diamonds mines, loggers...
The region of Mambasa has many natural resources. Here red wood loggers bringing back their cargo to Mambasa.
Villages on the road from Mambasa to Biakato.
Marie (assumed name) is 37. She just delivered a baby boy that she named Alain. Marie had a small beverage business and she used to go the the gold and diamond mines in the forest where she could make a good sale profit. Once, on her way to the mines, she met with the Mai-Mai Simba who threaten to kill her with knives if she refused to be their "wife". She lived with them and other captives in the forest and had the opportunity to escape a year later during an attack of the Congolese army on the camp. She went back to her husband but was 4-months pregnant from the repeated rapes. Her husband repudiated her. She now lives with her older brother, but she is not sure that her sister-in-law will accept her new baby. She hopes to get some money to start a new business and rent a room for her and her baby, but she'll not return in the forest for anything in the world.
Mame Anna Sane, medical team leader of the Mambasa project, discussing with the Chief medical officer (médecin chef de zone) in Mambasa Reference Hospital.
MSF health promotor during a session on sexual violence and sexually transmitted infections (STI) in Molokai village. The original inhabitants of the region are pygmies people.
Viviane, MSF team supervisor, and Jeam-Mari, nurse in charge of the Molokai health center during a consultation.
Marguerite (assumed name) is 70. Two days ago she was sleeping at home next to her field when three armed men broke her door and dragged her into the forest. They beat and raped her. Her neighbors who heard the attack came looking for her and found her naked and unconscious body in the forest the following morning. They brought her to Biakato health center to receive emergency medical and psychological care.
Husseni, assistant field coordinator, discussing with the Biakato's health center staff that MSF support.
MSF car parked in front of the Molokai health center.
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There is now just ONE WEEK to go until the Symposium, but there are still a few days left to buy your tickets!
This week we reveal the rules to our special themed Steampunk Olympiad game, the Wingardium Leviosa Relay!
Also we have some details of the different Houses that comprise the Cincinnatus Academy of Science & Sorcery.
A basic charm to be sure, as most learn this at the age of eleven, but a very useful one with many applications. Its usefulness is likely why it is taught at such a young age, but using it to its full potential takes years of practice and, perhaps, a bit of creativity.
Contestants must not touch their balloon with any part of their body at any time.
In the event of Multiple heats, only the top 2 finishers will move on to the next round.
Balloons are not permitted to "rest" on any surface, and must be in the air.
Any team caught escorting their balloon, by letting it rest on the tip of their wand or any other surface, will be disqualified.
Contestants are not permitted to intentionally touch a competitor's Balloon with anything other than their wand.
Wands must be crafted and used in order to qualify for bonus points.
Bonus points are considered Individual, as opposed to team, points and can be earned by multiple people on the same team.
Each Wand may only earn 1 set of bonus points.
Anyone may enter a Steampunk Olympiad contest by registering at the NAMI table near the arena. To enter an individual event, we ask that each registrant make a $5 (or more) charitable donation per event; this money is handled by and goes directly to our partner NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness).
Those wanting to enter their Airship or group into the Olympiad need to report to Don Dodson and the Airship Registration table on the Upper Terrace during the Tea Stroll (Friday, 4pm to 6pm).
Last month we reveal some of the history of how the Cincinnatus Academy of Science & Sorcery was formed (click Here for that post), but today we reveal the names of the four different Houses that form the pillars of this magic community.
In the days leading up to Symposium 2019, we shall learn more about these legendary founders of the Cincinnatus Academy of Science & Sorcery, and gain some clues for the Adventure Mystery game that begins on March 29th.
All the last minute details . . . but most of it is already on the site and can be found via the Schedule.


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You can freeze kimchee butter for long term storage... if there's anything left to freeze.
What do you do with that old kimchee? That jar that's about.. two, maybe three months old? Give that jalapeño jam a break and make Kimchee Butter, it makes everything better. It has a creamy balance of flavors—savory, tart, and mildly spiced. I prefer to use fermented radish (kkakdugi) over Napa cabbage kimchee. It gives this buttery spread a smoother texture when pureed and blended with other ingredients. You'll need a food processor and a mixing bowl. For a non-dairy version use a good quality vegan butter. For cultured butter fans, this is a recipe for you. This recipe makes 1 1/2 cups.
Make sure that your butter in softened, if it's frozen let it thaw overnight in the fridge. Drain kimchee, press gently between paper towels to remove excess liquid. Put butter and scallions into a mixing bowl. Put kimchee, Korean chili paste, sugar, and miso into your food processor, pulse then blend into a smooth paste. If the paste is too thick, add a little kimchee juice 1/2 tsp at a time; use a spatula to scrape down the sides. Add this paste to the butter and scallions and fold in with a spatula until smooth and all ingredients are evenly incorporated. Store kimchee butter in a small covered container and refrigerate for at least six hours before using.
I use kimchee butter for pan-seared foods, mostly fish or chicken—it makes salmon even more slammin' in the oven. It's great for roasting vegetables; it makes potatoes extra crunchy. I also use it for boiling or grilling steaks; it makes the flavor of a fine cut of meat sing. For long term storage freeze your kimchee butter in an air-tight container or wrap in serving-size portions with freezer paper. You can roll it into a log in parchment paper, freeze and cut into medallion as you need.
Kimchee butter on a cheddar brioche bun with a smoked salmon and brie omelet.


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Revivals
Last performance this season
Ballets by Alexei Ratmansky, Andrey Kaydanovskiy, Martin Schläpfer
Volksoper Volksoper
Sunday 11. June
2 Intermissions
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Sunday, 21. May 2023, 16:30
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Sunday, 11. June 2023, 19:00
Alexei Ratmansky is a world star of contemporary ballet. From his native city of St. Petersburg his career has taken him first to the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow, whose Director he became in 2004, and on to New York, where he has exerted a formative influence as Artist in Residence at the American Ballet Theatre since 2009. His »24 Préludes« – choreographed for the Royal Ballet in London in 2013 – are a »ballet of mood«, in which eight dancers display the entire emotional palette of a variety of relationships in a thrilling manner. They are also a homage to 20th century British dance: to the expressive qualities of Antony Tudor and the elegant lyricism of Frederik Ashton.
Andrey Kaydanovskiy is a dancer with the Vienna State Ballet and for some time a highly sought-after choreographer. Following his first works in Vienna, he has created pieces for the Bolshoi Ballet and the Stanislavski-Nemirovich Danchenko Music Theatre Moscow, the Czech National Ballet and the Bayerisches Staatsballett in Munich. Now he has initiated an encounter with the composer Christof Dienz. This versatile musician – who is also a co-founder of the Tyrolean neo-folk music/jazz octet Knoedel – maintains a fascinating balance of styles within his work to create a music that is both »intuitive and physical«. In his ballet Kaydanovskiy allows two principles to collide: reality and fantasy, concrete and abstract, represented by an artist and his muse – an encounter that points in the direction of openness.
»Transformed into sunshine« is how Martin Schläpfer describes his world premiere to Beethoven's 4th piano concerto – music in which the Director and Chief Choreographer of the Vienna State Ballet sees images full of warmth and tenderness: »Harmonious, but not peaceful, knowledgeable but not domineering, having reached a state of rest but not silent, flowing, but not urgent: like a broad stream shortly before it opens into the sea, like the evening sun that transforms a clearing into gold and takes away the forest's claustrophobic darkness, even though the tree trunks are side by side. Centimetres turn into metres, danger into an opportunity« – in the words of Martin Schläpfer.
24 Préludes
Alexei Ratmansky
24 Préludes op. 28 von Frédéric Chopin für Orchester bearbeitet von Jean Françaix
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Wolfgang Könnyü
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Andrey Kaydanovskiy
Christof Dienz (Auftragskomposition)
Stage and costume design
Karoline Hogl
Christian Kass
In Sonne verwandelt
Konzert für Klavier und Orchester Nr. 4 G-Dur op. 58 von Ludwig van Beethoven
Marcus Spyros Bertermann
Hélène Vergnes
Stefan Bolliger
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Bromwyn's Main, Series 3 Come Dine with Me Australia.
Pat chicken dry. Make some pockets in the chicken being careful not to slice the chicken all the way through.
Roast macadamia nuts set aside to cool. Once the nuts have cooled, place in food processer with breadcrumbs, parsley, lemon juice and 2 tablespoons spice blend and mix until smooth. Add salt and pepper to taste.
Place chambert cheese and some of the crumbed mixture into the pocket of the chicken. Place a couple of toothpicks to keep closed. Rub butter and a bit more splice blend on top of chicken, Add salt and pepper.
Oil wired tray. Place chicken on oiled tray.
Underneath chicken, place a little bit of chicken stock and water to help stem underneath.
Cook for 35 minutes or until cooked and skin is crispy.
Take juices out of chicken pan and place in a saucepan. Add gluten free cornflour and mix until a smooth paste (your doing this on medium heat).
Add chicken stock and whisk until smooth. Bring to the boil to thicken.
Add a little more chicken stock powder and lemon myrtle spice blend.
Grease container with butter (I used Tupperware stack cooker) and layer potatoes, cheese and onion until all used up.
Mix cream, garlic salt and pepper together. Pour over top of potatoes.
Cover and microwave for 14 minutes on medium – high power for 14 minutes. Take cover off and add Parmesan cheese on top. Cook for a further 7 minutes. Let it rest.
Heat wok or pan with a little butter. Add brocollii and stir fry until just soft. Add spinach just to heat through.


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Big Doings Saturday at Parx + My Picks
by Brian Nadeau
All eyes will be on Parx Racing Saturday, and for good reason, as they host a pair of $1 million grade I races for 3yos, in the Pennsylvania Derby for the boys and Cotillion for the girls. Parx, with an influx of slot money over the years, has built up both races the hard way, from relative middle of the pack stakes, to a pair of legitimate grade I championship caliber races, and Saturday's duo are no different, as both could easily crown a champion.
The Pennsylvania Derby was a bit late to the grade I party, as this is the first year it will be run with top billing, but it certainly has earned the label, as "now" horse West Coast is here off his rousing Travers win, and would (somewhat sadly) put a stranglehold on a divisional championship with a win for Bob Baffert. Of course, that's due in large part because the three Triple Crown race winners this year—Always Dreaming, Cloud Computing and Tapwrit—have done absolutely zilch to back up those wins. West Coast will take a lot of beating Saturday, but don't forget the Pennsylvania Derby is at 1 1/8 miles, and the Travers was at 1 ¼ miles, and that could level the playing field a bit.
Irap probably benefits the most on the cutback, as he looked a surefire winner off the far turn of the Travers then came up wanting and finished 3rd. it's also noteworthy that trainer Doug O'Neill could have run Pavel, who looked awesome winning the local prep, the Smarty Jones (GIII), but opted to stick to his original plan and only run Irap. That tells me he's doing pretty darn good, and as a guy who picked and bet him in the Travers, I'm not willing to get off the bandwagon just yet. Irap can't win a championship Saturday, but he can firmly throw his hat in the ring, especially if he can make a dent against older horses before the year is out.
Irish War Cry would be a shocking champion, but it is easy to forget he did win the Holy Bull (GII) and Wood Memorial (GII) this winter before his form failed him. Personally, I'm over Irish War Cry, but I have the utmost respect for Graham Motion, so if he's running him here, then he's probably ready to fire. Of course, that really hasn't been good enough against the better 3yos and I wouldn't expect it to be Saturday either.
Timeline is a bit of unknown, as he beat no one of any significance in his first four wins, then was pretty bad in the Haskell (GI), though to be fair, he didn't have a great trip either. He also drew inside, and there's plenty of speed to his outside, so he's going to have to run hard every step of the way, which puts him in a tough spot, especially since he may not be good enough anyway.
I'll bet Irap to win and box him with West Coast while hoping the class of the Travers, and their recent overall form, rules the day.
The Cotillion also brings a Baffert would-be champion in Abel Tasman, who may already have sewn up divisional honors off a trip of grade I wins in the Kentucky Oaks, Acorn and Coaching Club American Oaks, but would really make it hard for anyone else to reach her with a win Saturday. The thing is though, she really has ever run very fast, and, at 4/5, as gamblers we are supposed to play against her. Plus, she's had a lot of dream trips while her rivals haven't. so yeah, she is a legitimate 4/5, but that doesn't mean we have to bet on her.
Salty will like the cutback from the 1 ¼ miles in the Alabama, and while she has had a lot of trouble, Abel Tasman beat her in all three grade I's, and pretty soundly in two of them. Yet she still always gets bet. So I'll play against her and try to get her out of the exacta, especially since I think she'll make her true calling at one-turn (and I have no idea why Mark Casse keeps trying her long and at two turns).
I'm not banking on an upset happening, but it if does, maybe it's by a filly who can get close to what looks like a moderate pace and get first run on the favorite off the far turn. It Tiz Well could be that gal, and she proved when 2nd in the Alabama, after setting a very sharp pace, that her win in the Delaware Oaks (GIII) was no fluke. Sure, she's still looking up at the big girl, but at three or four times the price, I'm willing to take a shot.
Actress and Lockdown will get bet too, and they aren't without hope if they run a lifetime best, but neither is all that trustworthy and both ran poorly in said Alabama, that was run with a sharp pace that, in theory, should have flattered their late runs.
I'll bet It Tiz Well to win at 6-1 or higher, and definitely box her in the exacta with Abel Tasman.


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Elora Environment Centre
The Elora Environment Centre works within the community to deliver leading edge environmental programming. Founded in 1993, we have empowered our community to bring meaningful change up from the grassroots ever since. With three focus areas for
Habitat for Humanity Guelph Wellington
About Us At Habitat for Humanity Guelph Wellington, we envision a world where everyone has a safe and decent place to live. To achieve this vision, we partner with our community to build homes that provide the foundation for bright, stable and
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Rotary is an international service organization that brings together a Global network of volunteer leaders who dedicate their time and talent to improving their communities and tackling pressing International humanitarian challenges. Rotary operates
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About Us Since 1980, Hospice Wellington has provided compassionate care, emotional support and practical assistance to individuals and families facing a life-threatening illness, extending through bereavement. Hospice Wellington was created as the
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The Grand River Agricultural Society is recognized as a Community Leader through its investment in expanding local news coverage. Thanks to its participation in the Community Leaders Program we are able to enhance areas of content that were
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Top 10: Crazy Construction Projects
Millau Viaduct - Millau, France
The same man behind the construction of Beijing's new airport put his mark on France as well, designing what is now the world's tallest bridge. Spanning the Tarn River in southern France, the Millau Viaduct's seven pillars burst from the gorge below. At its highest, the bridge reaches 1,122 feet, which is 53 feet higher than the Eiffel Tower. The bridge is approximately 1.6 miles long.
The Viaduct took three and a half years to complete, is part of the A75 route that links northern Europe to the Mediterranean, and opened with much fanfare on December 14, 2004. It cost $523 million, used two billion tons of concrete and metal, and thankfully comes with a 120-year guarantee.
Trivia: The Millau Bridge is so large it can be seen from space.
Freedom Tower - New York City
After considering several bids, the New York government agreed on a compromise between two world-renowned architects' plans to rebuild the World Trade Center site. Daniel Libeskind and David Childs designed Freedom Tower, a 1,776-foot skyscraper whose height commemorates the year of American independence.
Beginning construction on April 27, 2006, the immense structure will have 73 stories: the first 70 will be used for office space and the top three for restaurants and an observation deck. Estimated to cost $12 billion and to be completed by 2009, Freedom Tower and its 276-foot spire will surpass Taipei Tower, currently the world's tallest building.
Trivia: A cable suspension structure supporting Freedom Tower will hold wind turbines, which will provide 20% of the building's energy needs.
The World - Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Truly a mind-boggling project, Nakheel Developments thought outside the box for its latest large-scale development in Dubai. Two and a half miles offshore from the booming Middle Eastern city is a slew of manmade islands that don't look like much yet, as construction only started in September 2003.
However, if you look down on the project from the sky when it's completed in 2008, you'll see a replica of the Earth laid out in the sea. Made of 300 islands of various sizes, the $3 billion project recreates the world map and offers business and residential buyers entire islands, which range from $6.85 million to $36 million. Malls, office buildings, mansions, and parks will adorn the islands, which will be 50 meters to 100 meters apart and will cover a total of 5.6 miles.
Trivia: Rod Stewart is apparently looking into purchasing the United Kingdom property for a cool $33.4 million.
Hangzhou Bay Bridge - Cixi and Jiaxing, China
Most bridges cross rivers and lakes; there aren't too many that cross a whole sea. Hangzhou Bay Bridge is a 22.5-mile crossing that will connect the cities of Cixi and Jiaxing, in Zhejiang province in eastern China.
Connecting previously remote cities on China's economically-prosperous east coast, the six-lane S-shaped bridge will rank as the world's longest sea-crossing span. The cost of the bridge, set to be completed in 2008, topped $1.42 billion.
Trivia: The Hangzhou Bay Bridge is so long that the contractors built a service island in the middle, where commuters can stop for food and gas.
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Ada Lovelace, AC/DC, and Behavior Research
Ashley Zaya
In the spirit of Ada Lovelace Day coming up on October 9th, host Brian Contos chats with Verodin security analyst Ashley Zaya about her role on the Behavior Research Team (BRT) and the perspective she brings to the industry. Ashley reflects on her career in InfoSec thus far and the experiences she gained working in Boeing's fast-paced SOC. Ashley also shares valuable advice for women entering the field and her favorite movie soundtrack.
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We have to think about everything from the adversary's perspective and I'm able to look at problems from the offensive and defensive side. I can see how I'm directly helping customers to improve and get better every single day. That's what really motivates me.
Ashley Zaya joined Verodin as a Security Analyst on its Behavior Research Team (BRT) in February 2018. Previously, Ashley was the Incident Response Specialist for Boeing's Security Operations Center (SOC).
Welcome to the Cybersecurity Effectiveness Podcast, sponsored by Verodin. The Verodin Security Instrumentation Platform is the only business platform for security that helps you manage, measure, improve, and communicate security effectiveness. I'm your host, Brian Contos, and we've got a really special guest today. Joining me is Ashley Zaya. Welcome to the Cybersecurity Effectiveness Podcast, Ashley.
Ashley Zaya:
Hi, Brian. Thank you for having me.
Ashley, before we get started, can you give all our listeners a little bit of background about you?
Sure, absolutely. I've been a member of the Behavior Research Team here at Verodin for the past seven months. Originally, I'm from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, so I'm a true Yinzer at heart, forever and always. I went to Penn State University where I studied security and risk analysis with an emphasis on cybersecurity. I've been in the D.C. area for the past three years now, specifically in Maryland, so I've been enjoying my time here.
Well, that's awesome. We're glad to have you at Verodin, for sure. I do want to get into the Behavior Research Team, or BRT, a little bit later. Before we do that, let's step back a little bit. What compelled you to start your career in information security?
That's a good question. To be honest with you, it's not one of those stories where I was young and I really wanted to work with computers or anything. Don't get me wrong. I always loved playing with computers, playing video games, everything like that, but I originally wanted to go into animal science or work in a zoo. So, when I was applying to colleges, that's what I was applying for.
Ashley Zaya (cont'd)
Then, right before I started, I decided I really wanted to move over to doing something along the lines of IT. I worked at Best Buy for a long time in high school, and I really enjoyed just working with computers, so I went into comp-sci and quickly found out that that was not what I wanted to do. One day I was in a general education class, and one of our professors came in. His name was Smooth Dave, and he was telling us all about security and risk analysis. He really is smooth because he won me over. I switched over to security and risk analysis, and the rest is all she wrote.
Wow. You know, it's so interesting when I talk to people in our field, how they got into it and what their backgrounds were. There [are] people with degrees in physics and biology and psychology and all these things, and very few people, I will say, actually took a very direct path. I think that really adds to the eclectic nature of space. We just have so many folks from so many walks of life with different backgrounds. It's probably why this is such an exciting field, actually.
Absolutely. I agree completely.
So, given your background and what you've been doing and where you came from, what motivates you, both professionally and personally?
By nature, I'm a person that likes to give. I like to be able to help people. And when I'm able to see that and be able to measure and show that I'm providing some positivity into the world, that's what really motivates me, both on a personal and professional level. I want to put as much good out into the world as I can because it's better to leave the place, this world, better than when you first got here. So, from a personal and professional level, working with people, being able to help them with problems or specifically, in this role, being able to help measure against today's attacks, I can see how I'm directly helping customers or people or security analysts to improve and get better every single day. That's what really motivates me.
Yeah, you know, I love hearing that because I think it really encapsulates this notion of Ada Lovelace Day, and while it's very squarely about women in tech, women in STEM, however you want to phrase it, there's a much, much broader picture. It's why women in tech, why women in STEM, and it's this notion of making the world a better place and leaving it better than it was before you got here. I certainly love hearing that. Well, with that said, what did you do professionally, and what was your career path to joining Verodin and becoming part of the BRT, the Behavior Research Team?
Prior to coming over to Verodin, I worked in the SOC for Boeing, so I was there for about two and a half years as an incident response specialist. So, we were in charge of the continuous monitoring and detection of all the corporate networks, so everything on the ground. It was a very fun role and it was a great role coming out of college. Being in a SOC, you know, you kind of start out slow, learning everything, but then I got to grow so much, and I got to interact with so many different teams. In a given day, I could be working with the forensics team or I could be working with our cert team or our intel team and really having a lot of collaboration. Even more, every day was different. I would be looking at different malware or working different alerts, taking different incident response reports, so it was a great starting role.
Oh, that's fantastic. You know, I've heard people refer to working in a SOC as a bit of a grind, but a grind that a lot of people actually love because you're always problem-solving and there's never a lack of problems. There's always something new. Was it fun, was it interesting, was it frustrating, was it everything balled into one? What was your general SOC experience like?
I think it's a mix of emotions, and I think of people that have worked in a SOC can feel that way. You have days where you're like, "Yes, I did really well. We were able to solve this problem, think outside of the box." And then there [are] days where you just get slammed with alerts and you feel like you can never come up for air. So, it definitely was a mix of emotions, but I really did like it. I prefer my work environment to be more fast-paced. I don't like to just wait around and have only a few things to do. I like to keep busy, and I definitely kept busy in the SOC.
Yeah. Well, with that personality, you definitely came to the right place at Verodin, too, I think.
The fire hose never shuts off. So, you know, there's a lot of women listening, of course, to this podcast, as well as men, but what piece of advice would you give to maybe some of our women listeners out there that are interested in starting off in InfoSec?
Sure. I actually kind of have two pieces of advice, but the first one that I'll start with is, as we all probably know, cybersecurity, information security, is a very large umbrella, and there's so many different fields or areas that you could focus on inside of cybersecurity. One thing that I quickly found out when I joined is that you're not going to know everything, but that's okay to not know everything. It's being able to differentiate between what you know, what you don't know, and when to seek out help. Acting like you know everything isn't going to get you as far as you want, and you have to work with other people because there's always going to be other people that have pieces to the puzzle that you might not have. So, when you're not really sure of the answer, reach out to people, talk to people. It really helps to collaborate in this field.
My second piece of advice that I would give is [to] try to find a mentor that you can talk with about these things. I've been fortunate enough to not have one, but two, great mentors in my career so far, and you know, I haven't been in this field for so long, but they've helped me grow and excel and get me to where I am today, and for that I am so grateful. So, if you have the opportunity, try to seek out somebody that has been in the field for a while longer who you can look to for guidance.
Yeah, I think that's so important. I have two daughters that are both very interested in STEM. They're very young, they're in middle school, but they do programming and robotics and things like that. Where I live, here in the San Francisco Bay Area, there is a number of organizations, like Girls Who Code, and things like that that actually take young women and find mentors with them that are in engineering and leadership roles with Bay Area companies so they can learn from them directly. So, it's nice to see. Maybe you don't have these contacts or know these people already, but there's actually organizations out there that can help make that connection for you, which is nice.
So, you know, Information Security's always changing, which is one of the reasons it's so exciting. If you're doing the same thing twice, you're probably doing it wrong the second time.
What do you do to stay up to speed, up to date, on the latest and greatest, both from maybe an offensive and a defensive perspective?
One of the first things I did when I started out is I made a Twitter account, and I follow a lot of researchers. A lot. Just from that alone, I can get so much information, and it's always coming in in real time, and that's helped so much. Whether it be in my previous role, looking at malware, malware runs coming in, people that are researching that, posting information about that online, to now, looking at vulnerabilities and things like that. Twitter is really great for [finding] information quickly.
Yeah. Absolutely. It used to be you had to really hunt and peck to find information, but now, there's so much data out there. It's almost sort of getting it down to the stuff that's really important to you tends to be harder than just finding the raw data, so Twitter's a great delivery mechanism.
Brian Contos (cont'd)
So, let's jump in. We mentioned a little bit earlier about your role at Verodin as part of the Behavior Research Team, or BRT. Tell us exactly, what do you do as part of the BRT?
Yeah, so as part of the BRT, our job is to research and identify today's adversaries' techniques, tactics, and procedures. So, what does that really mean? In a given day, we're doing a lot. Like I said, I'm on Twitter researching, trying to find a lot of different information, whether it's today's TTPs, it could be related to malware or vulnerabilities that are being released, zero days, and what we really are trying to do is understand what our adversaries are leveraging and being able to recreate that and provide the content within the Security Instrumentation Platform that our customers can use.
Wow. That just sounds like it's an awesome job. I mean, you get to do net new research, analyzing sort of the latest and greatest trends and attacks and capabilities, and then operationalizing those. What's your favorite part of that role?
I think my favorite part of the role is the fact that we get to see everything from the beginning to the end, so we have to think about everything from our adversaries' perspective. So, what are they using, what tools are they leveraging? If they're using it, what kind of commands with the tools, and we have to recreate that in the platform, but then we also have to understand, well, when the adversary is performing like this, what kind of artifacts would we see? What would be in the event logs or anything like that? So, we have to understand it from that perspective all the way to, you know, if this goes through one of many tools, like, what type of signatures would that produce? So, I really like being able to see it from all perspectives. For me, like I said, I came from the defender role, so that's kind of how I operate, but now,I get to do it from both sides of the spectrum.
Yeah, that's gotta be great to see, both from the offensive and defensive side.
Ashley, thanks so much for your input on your background and your advice for women interested in InfoSec, and really, everything that you do at Verodin as part of the BRT. But I have one final question for you. Who's your favorite superhero or super villain, and why?
Well, I could say Cat Woman because I am a low-key cat lady, but I'm not going to pick that answer. To be honest with you, I'm not very big into superheroes. I've seen the Avengers and everything that came out recently, but not a super huge fan. But if I had to pick one, I would pick Ironman, and the reason that I would pick Ironman is because Ironman 2 soundtrack is completely AC/DC. If you don't know me, I am a huge, huge classic rock fan. I love classic rock, and AC/DC is one of my favorite bands. I go to them when I need a good pump-up song, whether it's in the gym or going into a big meeting, so that's my answer.
I love that. I love that. I remember when I was a kid and my... I have two older sisters, and they had a record collection that was very small. It consisted of two albums. It was a Molly Hatchet album, and it was AC/DC's Back in Black, and that's the one I chose.
I think I made the right choice. Nothing against Molly Hatchet, but...
I think you did!
Awesome. Hey, well, Ashley, thanks so much for joining us today, and again, thanks to all our listeners, as well. Be sure to check out other Cybersecurity Effectiveness Podcasts sponsored by Verodin.


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Use of terror will remain part of Pak's foreign policy: Former intelligence official
Punjab Update Bureau - Posted on July 9, 2019
New Delhi: A former senior official in India's external intelligence agency, the Research and Analyses Wing (R&AW), has said that the use of terror will remain a part of Pakistan's foreign policy even if it warps its policies.
In an article published by The Telegraph, Anand Arni, a former special secretary, R&AW said: "For the moment, there is little to pin our hopes on any change in Pakistani policy. Its use of terror as a part of its foreign policy has been successful even if it warps its policies."
"It cannot rectify as it simply does not know how to dismount. It will, thus, continue to use terror as part of its foreign policy until the world comes up with something more comprehensive and punitive. It is a game of deception and, unfortunately, they have become good at it", he said while adding that hope is not policy and especially not when the Pakistani Deep State is the policy subject.
Pakistan has been on FATF's grey list twice before (2008 to 2010 and 2012 to 2015) but is trying to avoid being blacklisted by convincing the world about its anti-terrorism actions.
As Islamabad is making all possible efforts to avoid blacklisting by the FATF, its narrative in dealing with terror groups is highly questionable.
"They have a good reason to make it look like they are cautiously reforming. They are desperately short of funds and did not want the US to block the IMF loan that was being negotiated," Arni said in his article.
Even though Pakistan wants the world to believe that it is acting earnestly against LeT, much remains murky about what has been done, principally about the cadres – have they been rebranded or moved to other jihadi outfits?
Arni said: "The LeT is highly trained with special forces capabilities and it's no easy matter to disarm and demobilise them. Anything that impacts on the LeT would need to be calibrated and carefully done for the Pakistan Army as it is in no position to take on such a highly trained and motivated force in an urban war in Punjab, its heartland."
"Actually, this practice of morphing jihadi groups has long been an ISI practice, not so much with the LeT, but with other groups. The LeT has been largely free from this due to their discipline and ideological considerations – they belong to the Ahl-e-Hadith (Salafi) school and cannot easily transition elsewhere. The Ahl-e-Hadith account for only 4-5 per cent of Pakistani Sunnis," said the former intelligence officer.
He claimed that terror outfits are aggressively operating from Pakistani soil and some of them have found an alliance in neighbouring Afghanistan.
Arni said that this time it appears that Hafiz Saeed-led JuD has begun to morph and what is worrisome is that it has now gravitated to, or at least has begun calling itself, ISIS.
He added: "Recently, a Pakistan-based correspondent for The Diplomat claimed that, in May, 'militants affiliated with the Islamic State and LeJ were arrested in Dera Ghazi Khan and Sialkot. IS cells affiliated with Kashmir-bound Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) have been busted in Punjab in the past.' All three, the LeT/JuD, the LeJ (Lashkar e Jhangvi) and the ISIS are Salafist."
The former intelligence official believes that the world would face consequences if Pakistan failed to act against these terror groups.
He added: "It could be bad news for the world if Pakistan does not figure out what to do with the LeT cadres. Otherwise, it is entirely possible that they could pose a problem to the world by outsourcing their skills to the highest bidder."
"Some three years ago, a LeT explosive expert was arrested in France and the possibility of the presence (or involvement) of former LeT cadres in incidents in India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh or even South-East Asia cannot be ruled out," Arni concluded.


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RSPN's community activism campaign succeeds to enrol 33,436 out-of-school children
Dissemination seminar on Community-led Accountability for improving quality of education
ISLAMABAD: The Rural Support Programmes Network, on Wednesday organised a seminar to share the status of education in six districts where the RPSN has successfully executed a campaign on "Community Activism for Improved Access to Quality Education and Local Accountability (Article 25-A)".
During the yearlong campaign RSPN's team, through its project implementing partners National Rural Support Programme (NRSP), Sarhad Rural Support Programme (SRSP) and Sindh Rural Support Organisation (SRSO), mobilised communities to demand better and improved educational facilities for their children in the public sector schools. The campaign was funded by Foundation Open Society Institute Pakistan.
Mr. Ejaz Rahim, former Federal Secretary and chief guest of the event, attributed the success of the campaign to the recognition of the activists of the community. "It is them who move and bring about social change," he remarked.
Mr. Rafique Tahir, Joint Educational Advisor of the Ministry Of Federal Education, was the Guest of Honour, who mentioned that Pakistan was a member of the E9 countries which represent 70% of the world's illiterate adults. He emphasised that in order to decipher this alarming situation, we must engage the community and work on the non-formal education set up.
Ms. Shandana Khan, Chief Executive Officer RSPN, highlighted the achievements of the campaign which has succeeded to send 33,436 out of school children to schools, improve physical condition of 446 schools through infrastructural work worth Rs 100 million in 48 Union Councils of six low performing districts including Bahawalpur and Rajanpur in Punjab, Jacobabad and Kashmore in Sindh, and Kohistan and Battagram in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).
Ms. Nargis Sultana, Programme Officer, Foundation Open Society Institute – Pakistan, stressed on how things only change and progress through community movements. She believed that the positive results were achieved because of a fruitful collaboration between RSPN and FOSI.
The key contributors of the campaign present at the seminar came from remote underprivileged areas of Pakistan. Kohistan is one of the lowest in ranking in terms of development and education. Mufti Saeed ur Rehman a local prayer leader of the district, contrary to the existing norms in Kohistan, believed in education especially of girls, breaking a social taboo of the area. He made efforts to renovate 25 schools which resulted in almost 1200 enrolments.
Ruquia Bibi, President LSO, District Rajanpur, talked about four satellite schools that were built in her district, which is also a low ranked district. She also successfully enrolled 2900 out of school children of her area in schools through constant effort. By building a separate school for girls, she also managed to enrol 130 girls beside renovation of four school buildings.
The campaign encompassed the sensitisation of communities on the Article 25-A and the state of education in target areas, besides motivating the parents to demand the right to quality education through lobbying with the local stakeholders, specifically the district Education Department, politicians, journalists and religious leaders. This ultimately played a key role in improving the school conditions and enhance enrolment.
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If I was to put the process.start onto a Background Worker would this run in a separate thread and help free up my GUI to do other things without slowing it down ?

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