It is the fundamental urge of all living creatures to re-produce, to seek protection in the safety of numbers and to seek order through some form of social harmony. As human beings differ little from this, all over the world from the beginning of recorded time societies have existed, which have bound it's population together in such a way. Whereas many Empires have been formed, flourished and died out at the hand or in the name of imperialism and dictatorship one system has remained. It is as strong today as it ever was, binding together millions across the globe, not with fanatical religious dogma but with the spirit and belonging of an extended family. One that is both socialist in principle and patriarchal in structure – the Scottish clan system.
The word 'clan' actually derives from the Gaelic form 'Clann', meaning 'children' or 'stock'. However it's meaning in Scots can be a tribe or race or can represent a family unit.
North of the Forth and Clyde and occupying what is considered the Highlands were the Picts, A mysterious people of which very little is known today. Settled in Strathclyde were the Britons who had spread from England along with the Saxons who occupied the southeast. The Attacotti were in Galloway and Argyll, during the 6th century the Kingdom of Dalriada was established, from here came the Scots or Scoti, the eventual inheritors of the nation.
Evidence of Tribal and territorial divisions began in Dalriada around 500 AD with Fergus Mor son of Erc. Four tribes governed the area: Cinel Gabran, Cinel Comgall (lead by Fergus) along with Cinel Lorn and Cinel Angus (lead by Fergus' brothers Lorn & Angus).
The arrival of St Columba in 563 brought more than simple Christianity (St Ninian had already established a monastery in Galloway). St Columba was a powerful and influential missionary whose work not only extinguished the druidic culture of the Picts but began the process which led to the eventual unification of Scotland.
The coronation of Kenneth MacAlpine in 843 heralded a new age for Scotland. The court was moved from Dunstaffinage in the west to the comparative safety of Scone in Perthshire.
Security was indeed an important issue, Scotland had already suffered for over 50 years from constant Norse invasions, monasteries had been destroyed and the country sustained attacks from all sides. Caithness & Sutherland, The Western Isles and parts of Northumbria were all in Norse hands; Scotland would have to wait nearly 500 years before regaining total control of its lands.
When Malcolm Ceanmore became King in 1058 after killing MacBeth a recognisable Clan system began to emerge, Malcolm was an aggressive man (the name 'Ceanmore' can be translated as 'Big Head') and a committed Anglophile. His marriage to Margaret, granddaughter to Edmund King of England brought many changes to the Scottish Court (which had now moved to Dunfermline). Questions of the ancient rights of succession were to the fore and there was conflict between the existing system of Celtic Tanistry and the English Feudal system.
Malcolm was persuaded by the Queen to adopt the latter, Gaelic was aboloished in avour of English as the language of the court and roman Catholicism was the practiced religion.
Many prominent Saxons and Normans were invited to Scotland and given lands, this angered and alienated the Celtic subjects whose desire to keep the old traditions led to them supporting his brother, Donald Ban's succession after his death in 1093. The resulting Celtic backlash led to the expulsion of many Saxon and Norman arrivals who were swiftly dispatched to either England or the afterlife!
Clan Donald claimed to have originated from Conn a second century King of Ulster, the Campbells were alleged to have descended from Diarmaid the boar and the MacKinnons and MacGregors with the noblest lineage of all could trace their ancestry back to King Alpin, father of Kenneth MacAlpine. However most clan names struggle to verify their heritage before the 11th century.
The power of the clans never sat easily with the authority of the crown or indeed with each other. Conflict between the clans frequently broke out right up to the 18th century and the efforts of some Kings to control their power bordered on the fanatical. The Lord of the Isles was stripped of his titles by James IV in 1493 and the efforts of King William of Orange to make these powerful Highland families swear allegiance to the crown led to the tragic and totally avoidable massacre of Glencoe.
An act of almost unparalleled barbarism, which left many – including the King with the blood of innocent men women and children on their hands, Glencoe has left an indelible mark on the Highlands today.
Glencoe left a sour taste in the mouth of many highlanders.
This was made even more bitter by England's betrayal of their Scottish neighbours during the Darien Venture and the outrage at the 1707 Act of Union could only make matters worse. By the time George I succeeded in 1714 relations were at an all time low. Indeed the succession to the crown of England which began Hanovarian rule was the result of an Act of Settlement signed in 1701. A Scottish parliament however had never acceded this act and support was still strong for the Stewart line. Supporters of the Stuart cause were called 'The Jacobites'.
The 18th Century say a tremendous period of unrest in Scotland; Many clans such as the MacGregors found themselves outlawed and their most famous son Rob Roy MacGregor was hunted across the country. A first attempt to forcibly re-establish a Jacobite King in 1715 finally ground to a halt after the Battle of Sherriffmuir. James Francis Edward Stewart, "The Old Pretender" Who would have been James VIII was a melancholy and ineffective leader, the jacobite cause would need a more courageous and inspiring one. The found these qualities in his son Charles Edward Stewart – 'Bonnie Prince Charlie'.
Charles inspired the men of the highlands and impressed the women, he was altogether a more heroic and more dashing figure than his father. During 1744 and 1745 he had been in Paris trying to summon the support for a French armada to invade Britain, this support was never forthcoming so he decided to invade anyway – by himself!
He landed on Eriskay in the Western Isles in 1745 and was politely advised to go home, his reply in typical fashion was 'I am come home'. From there he gathered support from the Highland clans and the Second Jacobite Rebellion (or the "45") began with the raising of the standard at Glenfinnan.
The march to London began and support for the cause from the Highland clans increased with a memorable victory at Prestonpans. As time wore on though, and despite reaching as far south as Derby, The moral in the Jacobite camp was waning. The Highlanders were homesick and tired and many began to return home. Charles was forced to turn back and after a last hurrah at Falkirk the final shattering blow was dealt out on Culloden Moor in 1746.
The aftermath of Culloden was shocking. Reprisals were swift and bloody.
The leader of the Hanovarian troops the 'Butcher' Cumberland gave no quarter to the Jacobites and legend has it that the order for this was written on a playing card – the 9 of diamonds – This card has subsequently been called 'The Curse of Scotland'. Charles was hunted by the government and evaded capture by seeking protection all over Scotland, He eventually fled to Europe to face his own gradual decline.
It was clear that Scotland and the Jacobite cause were inextricably linked. Any symbol of Scottish culture was a symbol of Jacobite defiance and this had to be eradicated. The playing of the pipes and wearing of tartan was prohibited and punishable by imprisonment. The highlanders right to bear arms was limited, and the clan spirit was all but broken. By the time the Disarming Act was repealed in 1782 the damage was irreparable. Many traditional skills were lost and the clansmen who had returned to their crofts with tales of defeat in battle were broken and disillusioned.
The Highland Clearances in the 18th and 19th Century seemed to be the final blow in the destruction of the Clan system. However, what became clear as the Highlanders were forced from their native land was that a system so rooted in the traditions of kinship and the family unit would never be wiped out so easily. If anything the Highland Clearances brought a regeneration to the clan system.
As the settlers spread throughout the 'New World' the clan became the cement that bonded them together, The formation of the Highland and Islands Immigration Society in 1846 helped open up areas in Australia and New Zealand. The great spread of 'Jock Tampson's Bairns' had begun. The very which had threatened to destroy the clan system turned it into a World-wide phenomena.
The 19th Century also saw a romantic revival in Scotland. Publications of Gaelic poetry became popular and the state visit of George IV was an event totally stage managed by Sir Walter Scott. Clan gatherings and parades were organised for the visit with every clan in its own tartan. An almost fanatical resurgence in interest in all things Scottish left Weavers and Kiltmakers exhausted. Hundreds of new clan tartans suddenly appeared and were distributed to the Clans on an arbitrary basis.
Beyond this Queen Victoria's love affair with Scotland (and allegedly one Mr Brown!) had resulted in a steady little industry. As a tourist destination Scotland was seen to have an unashamed beauty and the romantic notion of the Scottish Clans added to the Myth. Today Clan Societies abound and the Clan Chiefs reside all over the world.
The Lord Lyon, an appointed officer of state and member of the Royal Household holds authority in all matters heraldic, Genealogical and armoric. Peace between the clans is assured by the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs.
The Clan societies operate much as they always have, as guardians of the traditions and welfare of their people. No other society springing from such a prehistoric source can be said to hold this modern age together with such a sense of compassion, such pride and unfathomable brotherhood.
At the heart of the structure of the Clan was a contradiction. Two distinct concepts of Clan heritage existed together and functioned as one: Firstly there was the 'Duthcas', this was the fundamental right of a Clan member to settle in Clan territory and find protection there. Alongside this was the heritage of the individual Chief. This was called 'Dighreachd' and placed the Chief as the head of the Clan and as overall owner of its lands.
The Chief's succession in the Celtic tradition was decided and governed by a system known as 'Tanistry'; this was the ancient law of succession whereby an heir was chosen from a group of individuals with hereditary claims. This group would typically consist of males whose great grandfathers had, themselves been Chiefs. It was the existing Chief's task to choose an heir or 'Tanist' from this group who was regarded as the person most suited to succession.
This system ensured that a strong leader was always chosen. Indeed, throughout the lifetime of the Chief the Tanist would be second in command, taking full responsibility for the Clan during the Chiefs absence.
Beneath the Chief were the Chieftains, from which the Tanist had been selected; these were the heads of the individual houses from which the Clan was formed. The eldest of these was called the 'Toiseach' and in most cases he became the Tanist. The Captain of the Clan was selected from any of the above. The 'Daoin-Uaisle' were the gentlemen of the clan, beneath them existing the main body of the clan itself.
A tribal unit was called a 'Tuath', several of these together was called a 'Mortuadh' or 'great tribe' and two or more of these made up the 'Coicidh' or province. Where several of these provinces joined each donated some land and this became a central district in which was located the capital. Where the four Perthshire provinces joined lies the palace of Scone.
Each province had a King or 'Ri' and from these the Sovereign or 'Ard Ri' was selected, however as the Scots from the Kingdom of Dalriada emigrated into the Highlands the title of 'Ri' became less common and was abandoned around the 12th century.
The difference between the Scottish and Pictish Clan systems were clear. At the heart of the Pictish system was a Celtic patriarchy. The land belonged to the tribe and they were responsible for its well being, the chief acting as the father of the Clan. Influences from south of the border had made the Scottish Clan system more feudal with the Chief or King being the sole owner. These two systems fused together and became the Clan system we know now.
Both ideas co-existed in a peculiar way: The relationship between the King and the Clan Chiefs was feudal, whereas the Chiefs themselves practiced a more traditional Clan system. In times of war (which was frequent), The Clan took on the form of a military regiment. Each Clan had its distinctive badge and war cry and its own pipe tunes to rally to. No Clan would enter into a war until its people were consulted. Only after full consent was given was the Clan put on a wartime footing.
The Clan was a symbol of unity and strength; it was also structured on egalitarian principles.
Although the body of the clan were regarded as its kin there were natural divisions within it, which, although it rarely affected the individuals standing nevertheless existed. Those members of the clan with blood ties were the 'Native Men'. The shared the Clan surname. Sometimes individuals or small family groups would come into the Clan who had no blood relation and were merely seeking protection or sanctuary. These were the 'Broken Men' of the Clan, sometimes a smaller neighbouring Clan, which had suffered some natural or man-made devastation and were unable to survive alone, or else simply individuals with no specific allegiance.
As well as these there were the Septs, These were large and powerful families within a Clan. They did not share the native surname but in some cases their heads could be as powerful as the Chief himself. Smaller Clans could also bond together for protection, forming a larger confederation. The Clan Chattan, made up from several smaller member Clans was an example of this.
At no time was the bond of kinship more important than during times of war. Every man knew that his brother, in actuality or in spirit stood and fought by his side. Every Sept family or other such unit had a clearly defined position within the fighting line. The blood stirring sight of a fiery cross 'Crantaraidh', half burned and dripped in blood rallied the men together. This spirit of brotherhood at such a time made the highlanders attack incredibly ferocious. The tactic was to make the first attack the fiercest and many Clan battles were short-lived affairs, Won or lost in the first charge.
Peacetime in the Clan held many traditions; even during wartime men were elected to stay behind for agricultural purposes and were thought no less for it. The concept of fosterage was well known and infants were often exchanged between families to strengthen the bond within the Clan.
The chef himself was frequently cast in the role of matchmaker arranging marriages, which settled inter Clan feuds and strengthened social ties. A practice known as 'handfasting' was adopted, this was a kind of trial marriage which lasted for one year and a day. At the end of this time the marriage could either go ahead or not. During Handfasting the couple lived together as husband and wife.
The rights of women were well protected under the Clan too. Many women were given the opportunity to assist on councils and unfaithful, cruel or uncaring husbands were held in very low regard.
The laws and traditions of the Clan were its most sacred possession – next to its people. As the chief was inducted into his position he stood on a ceremonial stone with a sword in one hand and a white wand in the other he swore an oath to uphold these. He was the overall arbiter of Clan disputes and dispensed the law, as he dispensed the tenancy of land, Fairly and each according to his rights and needs. The Tanist as his second held the Clan lands in trust for posterity, swearing also to uphold tradition.
The dispensation of the law was assisted by the 'Brieve' a form of judge who's position was hereditary and who's salary came directly from imposed fines. A council of between 12 and 14 men who met on 'moothills' or mounds, coming together in a circle, helped him in the undertaking.
from the Septs which was offered in exchange for their continued protection. Arbitration was the most common way to settle any disputes – even between Clans. Only as a last resort and with the full support of the Clan was war considered. Nevertheless the frequency of disputes has left many a Clan with a bloody and violent history.


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Abdi Ahmed, a native of Somalia, is waiting for his wife and two children to join him in Dayton. They were set to arrive in February but President Donald Trump's proposed travel ban halted the process.
More refugees — most from Africa — are settling in Dayton
Cheryl McHenry, Staff Writer
Advocates say those who arrive complete a lengthy vetting process.
Mohammad is from Saudi Arabia. He sits across from Ibrahim, who is from Sudan. Nearby, three other classmates arrived in the region from Libya, Afghanistan and Uzbekistan.
At the St. John's ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) School in Dayton, people from throughout the world are bonding over a shared goal: to learn English and become part of the community.
Dayton is not known as an international gateway, but it is a destination for a growing number of refugees from war-torn countries. Since 2013, Catholic Social Services of the Miami Valley has helped 868 refugees settle in the region and the numbers have gone up each year.
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In 2016, 282 refugees came here from 13 countries, including 43 from the predominantly Muslim countries that were on the Trump administration's initial travel ban. Those 43 refugees include 28 from Iraq, 14 from Syria and one from Iran.
The bulk of the refugees who arrive here, however, come from Africa, with the Democratic Republic of the Congo leading the way. That one country accounts for more than 40 percent of all refugees who arrived in the Dayton area in the past four years.
Refugees flee their home countries because of armed conflict, sexual violence and hunger, said Michael Murphy, program manager of the Refugee Resettlement Program for Catholic Social Services of the Miami Valley, the official portal through which refugees arrive in the Dayton area.
Opening doors to refugees — or closing them, as some wish to do — has spurred controversy locally and in other parts of the world, and the temperature seems to rise with each new terrorist attack. But advocates say that those who come here do so only after a lengthy vetting process.
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Murphy said refugees spend an average of nine years waiting in camps before being cleared to come to the United States.
"It's multiple checks," he said. "There's often kind of a misconception about what the process of resettlement looks like and the timeline."
Rebecca Williams, coordinator at the St. John's ESOL School, said more than 400 students pass through the school every year. It's almost a mini-United Nations, where students come from 50 countries and speak more than 50 languages. Williams says about half of the students are refugees.
"The refugees desperately want to be able to have a job and feed their family and to become contributing members of our community, and they know that learning the English language is a key to be able to do that," Williams said.
As she entered a low-level English class recently, Williams said, "Good morning. Who is from DR Congo? Raise your hand if you are from Congo."
About a dozen hands went up.
Among refugees who make Dayton their home, about 80 percent are from countries in Central and East Africa, said Murphy, and about 70 percent of those are from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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'Just like a cage'
Abdi Ahmed fled civil war in his native Somalia and spent eight years in a refugee camp in Kenya before coming to Dayton. He describes his experience in the camp as "just like a cage which is opened up."
His family is still in that cage — the Hagadera camp in Dadaab, Kenya; at nearly 106,000 refugees, the Hagadera camp is the second most crowded in the world, according to Refugee Council USA.
Ahmed's wife, Kordyo; 7-year old daughter, Hamdi; and 3-year old son, Ibrahim, were due to arrive in Dayton Feb. 2. Their resettlement process was delayed, however, because of the initial Trump administration travel ban, which put a 120-day hold on all refugee arrivals.
Ahmed works as a truck driver. He votes and pays taxes and says, "I love this country." When asked why he wants his family to come here, he doesn't hesitate. "I want them to get a better life."
Their current life is one of extremely limited opportunity, Ahmed explained. His family members are Somalian, but turmoil in that country means they can't go back there. They have little freedom to travel within Kenya either, and are basically confined to the camp, where they live in a tent, get their running water from one of the two faucets that serve their block and subsist largely on the maize, beans, flour and oil that is provided by USAID, the World Food Programme and similar charitable organizations.
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Children can attend school through 12th grade, Ahmed said, but they can't go on to college or get a job. The camp has a health clinic, but most medicine is available only to the refugees whose families can afford it. Ahmed helps out when he can, sending money and visiting every two or three years. He wishes he could do more, but a single visit costs him $2,500 to $3,000.
"There's no life" for the refugees," Ahmed said. "The only hope they have" is to come to America or a European country. If they don't get out, "they die like that."
His family's status is still in flux. After a federal appeals court blocked Trump's initial executive order, the president signed a revised order on March 6, removing Iraq from the list of nations affected by the 120-day hold. But that order, too, was blocked, this time by a judge in Hawaii. The administration is appealing the ruling.
Ahmed understands the travel ban on refugees is intended to keep out terrorists but argues that refugees are victims of terrorism.
"Everywhere there's bad people, but I don't think a small baby can be a terrorist," he said.
RELATED: Turner: Dayton mayor doesn't have authority to open door to immigrants
Waiting game
The vetting process for refugees starts with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, which then shares that information with the U.S. State Department and with about 30 other countries that provide refugee resettlement services, Murphy said.
"People are checking backgrounds, they're identifying who people are, they're making sure that all of the information that is provided is accurate," he said. "If the information can't be verified, the person doesn't move forward."
When refugees are allowed to enter the United States, they're connected to one of nine agencies, including the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, of which Murphy's organization is an affiliate. He said the refugees are then filtered through those affiliates.
"Before they come to Dayton, we get allocated a certain number of people that will be coming based on the information that we provide back to that national office," he said.
On average, Murphy said, Catholic Social Services of the Miami Valley resettles between 250 and 400 refugees a year.
Once an individual or family comes to Dayton, a Catholic Social Services representative picks them up at the airport, helps them find housing and connects them to the various programs aimed at helping them become economically self-sufficient. Murphy said the U.S. refugee resettlement program is based specifically on economic self-sufficiency.
"So when individuals and families come to the U.S., all social service programming is built on breaking down barriers in order to build the foundation for them so that they are able to find employment," Murphy said. "What previous experience did they have and how can we build on that so that they can be self-sufficient and independent?"
In explaining why refugee arrivals have been delayed even after the travel bans were blocked in the courts, Murphy said, "It isn't something that you can turn on and off like a faucet. When we are given a stop date, the system stops."
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals is scheduled to hear the Trump administration's appeal of the injunction against the latest travel ban during a May 15 hearing in Seattle.
Ahmed hopes a door will be cracked open allowing the rest of his family to join him in the place where he has made his home for nearly two decades.
But there are no guarantees, and Murphy said he can give him little information other than to hope for the best.
"So," said Murphy, "his wife will wait, his children will wait, and he will wait."
868: Number of refugees resettled in the Dayton region since 2013.
282: Number resettled in 2016.
40: Percentage of refugees who come from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Source: Catholic Social Services of the Miami Valley

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Lakeith Stanfield on how he became a church crooner for Come Sunday
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Based on a true story, Netflix's new film Come Sunday follows renowned pastor Carlton Pearson, played by Chiwetel Ejiofor, who puts his family and reputation at risk when he questions the church doctrine and his own belief in a vengeful God. We spoke with Lakeith Stanfield, who co-stars as Reggie, the church's music director and organist, about transforming from a non-singer to a church crooner for the film.
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PRNewswire	 Nov 6, 2020 1
Infosys, a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting, announced that it has completed the acquisition of Blue Acorn iCi, an Adobe Platinum partner in the US, and a leader in digital customer experience, commerce, and analytics. This follows the announcement the company made on October 08, 2020. Marketing Technology News: Adform Becomes the First DSP to Fully Integrate with BritePool to Solve for Third-Party Cookie Elimination This acquisition further strengthens Infosys' end-to-end customer…
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Infosys, a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting, announced a definitive agreement to acquire Blue Acorn iCi, Adobe Platinum partner in the US, and a leader in digital customer experience, commerce, and analytics. The move further strengthens Infosys' end-to-end customer experience offerings and demonstrates its continued commitment to help clients navigate their digital transformation journey. Blue Acorn iCi is an award-winning digital customer experience company. It brings to Infosys…
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Blue Acorn iCi, the leading independent digital customer experience (CX) company, today announced the appointment of Clare Rappaport as the company's Chief Client Officer. In her new role, Rappaport will lead cross-functional teams responsible for onboarding and servicing client engagements while embedding client-centricity to the core of Blue Acorn iCi's growth strategy. Rappaport will represent the collective voice of Blue Acorn iCi's roster of existing clients. Marketing Technology News: Future CEO: Top 6 Skills…
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Acquisition Strengthens Blue Acorn iCi's Commerce Practice and Expands Geographic Presence Blue Acorn iCi, a leading independent digital customer experience company, announced the acquisition of Mediotype Commerce , a leader in the digital commerce ecosystem. Mediotype, based in Boulder, CO, will expand its facility and become the Western US headquarters for Blue Acorn iCi. In it will be housed a full team of CX, commerce and data science experts, all in place to serve leading and aspiring brands. The acquisition…
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Immediately Acquires BrandShop to Pioneer First-Of-Its-Kind Digital Customer Experience Company for Fortune 1000 Brands Blue Acorn, a digital commerce UX design and strategy agency, announced it has merged with data-driven marketing solutions provider, iCiDIGITAL. The new firm, Blue Acorn iCi, will be co-led by Greg Boone and Kevin Eichelberger, and brings together a 400-person team of world-class engineers, data scientists, digital commerce experts, designers, and strategists. Blue Acorn iCi's presence spans across the…
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Hft, a national charity supporting people with learning disabilities, has presented a petition to the Government calling for an increase in funding for adult social care.
More than 3,850 people have signed the petition which was launched in response to the introduction of the National Living Wage (NLW), as part of Hft's It Doesn't Add Up campaign, to raise awareness of the funding pressures faced by social care providers.
The NLW, which became law in April 2016, entitles anyone over the age of 25 to a minimum of £7.20 an hour, rising to £9 an hour by 2020. While Hft fully supports the payment of the National Living Wage, the charity is campaigning to have the Government meet the shortfall faced by providers from the increased salary costs. The charity believes this is vital to ensuring the range of care and quality of support offered can continue so vulnerable people with learning disabilities are not left without support.
Today (Tuesday 6 December) three members of Hft's speak out group, Voices to Be Heard, which represents the views of the people supported by charity, travelled to London to stress to the Government that the current funding measures, including the introduction of the social care precept, do not go far enough.
As the responsibility for social care has now been split between three secretaries of state the group visited each of the relevant ministerial departments to demonstrate their concerns. The tour began at the Department for Work and Pensions where a copy of the petition was left for the Minister for Disabled Persons, Penny Mordunt. Copies were also left at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy for Margot James and The Department of Health for David Mowat.
In the afternoon the members of Voices To Be Heard attended a Parliamentary reception where they had the chance to share their concerns about the funding deficits.
The event centred around the charity's newly launched report, undertaken by independent economics consultancy, Cebr, analysing the impact of the financial pressures facing the adult social care sector, with a specific focus on learning disabilities. Among the key findings of the report, which combines survey analysis from social care providers and financial modelling, is that based on the current level of service an uplift of at least five per cent per year is required to meet the rising cost of adult social care services.
Billy Davis, Policy and Public Affairs Manager for Hft said the Parliamentary event was an opportunity to bring this issue to the forefront of the government's agenda.
"I would like to thank everyone who signed the petition, which provides a clear demonstration of the strength of feeling around this issue. Despite repeated warnings from regulators and industry bodies around the fragility of the sector, the absence of social care from the Autumn Statement, means the need for additional funding is now greater than ever.
"While we fully believe in seeing our staff paid more for the excellent work that they do, the current funding measures, including the introduction of the social care precept, do not go far enough to address the shortfall.
To find out more about Hft please visit www.hft.org.uk.
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Sky Over Sea: 4 Reasons to Ship Goods from the Philippines to the US by Air
By Flo
Welcome to the BOB blog! It's great to have you here.
After years of shipping boxes all around the world, it's time for BOB to share some stories and expertise.
Here on our blog, we hope to offer a regular digest of tips, tricks, and relevant news to help you understand how to efficiently ship goods from the Philippines to the US, Canada, Australia, Saudi Arabia, and the 200 other countries we cover.
Why Doesn't BOB Ship by Sea?
In today's post, I'd like to focus on one of the most common questions I get from my clients: Can't you ship by sea?
The answer to this question is multifaceted.
The reason people ship by sea instead of air is, of course, to save money.
It makes good sense that it would be cheaper to put heavy boxes on a ship than on a plane. That's what makes it so affordable to ship balikbayan boxes to the Philippines.
In fact, an LA Times feature on Balikbayan boxes claims that it can be cheaper to ship such a box from the US to the Philippines than to send it across the street with a standard carrier.
Sending boxes from the Philippines to the US—and Beyond
Unfortunately, this doesn't work the other way around. If you want to ship goods from the Philippines to the US, or any other country for that matter, it's a whole different ball game.
Luckily, it's also BOB's game.
BOB packages, processes, and sends boxes from the Philippines to almost anywhere in the world. Today, we'd like to share our biggest reasons for shipping your goods by air.
4 Reasons to Ship Goods from the Philippines to the US by Air
1. Air Freight is Dependable
Last week, GMA News announced the vanishing of 600 shipping containers from the Port of Manila.
How it was possible is a question that has yet to be answered but reports tell us the containers disappeared between April and August of last year. The missing boxes went unnoticed until January.
In response to the discovery, the Commissioner of the Bureau of Customs formed a special investigation committee. This happened on February 22. Coincidentally, there was a fire in the Bureau of Customs building that same evening.
An aerial shot of Manila's North Harbor
The Port of Manila isn't the only one with problems. Port congestion is an issue the world over—another factor that makes shipping by sea unpredictable.
Ports, at times, can be as temperamental as the seas they trade across. If you put your goods in a container, one small change in policy could result in delays and hefty fees for the entire shipment.
When you put your goods on a plane, they travel with their own ticket and are monitored closely. There's a much stronger guarantee that they won't get held up, mishandled, or worst of all, lost.
2. Air Freight is Timely
Typically, sending a balikbayan box to the Philippines takes two or three months. If you want to flip it around and send a box from the Philippines to another country, options are fewer and farther between.
There's PhilPost's sea freight, but shipping takes five months and isn't tracked. The postal company itself doesn't recommend it.
So what do you do if you want to send an Alisbayan box to your family abroad?
Imagine sending shoes and clothes to your niece. If it takes almost half a year of waiting, she could outgrow everything before it arrives.
Conversely, picture trying to run a small business from home that relies on unique products from the Philippines, and having to plan orders months in advance.
One of our regular customers was in this exact same boat. She has created a line of Philippine-made products to sell through her Etsy store.
Then she moved to Canada. Now her locally made items are delivered to the BOB warehouse every month and shipped for sale in North America.
She is one of many who can count on BOB to ship goods from the Philippines to the US and other countries in a reliable amount of time. In fact, her last box arrived in three days.
Read more stories like hers on our testimonials page.
3. Sea Freight Contains Hidden Costs
It's no surprise that the speed of air freight comes at a cost. But how much do you actually save when you ship by sea?
While you'll pay less per pound or kilo, sea freight options carry such hefty port fees that you might end up losing what you thought you'd gained by taking the slow route—especially for smaller packages.
Unfortunately, the only way to know what the receiving port will charge is to actually send the shipment.
Companies that ship goods from the Philippines to US seaports such as Los Angeles, Seattle, New York, and Houston are unwilling to quote these fees because there are simply too many variables.
For example, if the receiving port were to request a random inspection, you would have to pay for it.
If your shipment is big enough, these fees can be negligible. But without an accurate quote, it's impossible to tell whether you'll win or lose when choosing to send, say, a medium-sized box by sea instead of air.
Everyone likes the idea of sending a balikbayan box by sea because you don't have to worry about weight. And it's a beautiful thing: these boxes have fulfilled a need in the Philippines for decades.
However, the lack of predictability still makes air the better option. And in a world of clutter, there's one more reason to choose sky over sea: it can help you adopt a more efficient and minimalistic approach to what you send abroad.
You can always count on BOB to efficiently provide quotes that help you make your boxes smaller and get the most value for your money.
In Summary, shipping by air can be the better choice because:
Port congestion makes sea freight unpredictable.
Unknown fees at the receiving port can drive up cost.
Shipping by sea takes 1-5 months; air can get it there in 1-5 days.
It's the minimalist and efficient way to go!
BOB is always on the lookout for the best ways to move boxes from A to B.
Today, we ship by air because it's our responsibility to take your goods and your time seriously.
As our country grows and its needs change, we are looking to the future and developing ways to introduce small-scale sea shipments for convenient personal exports from the Philippines to the US and the world.
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Hello, my name is Beatriz, and I am the domestic engineer at William & Sons (you might be more familiar with the title of stay-at-home mom). I feel privileged to be writing on Shauna's blog. I currently live in the beautiful city of San Francisco with my husband of eight years, Will, and our two boys (Honor and Noble).
I get to do life with other moms in the city. Mom's who share my faith, and some who don't. Some who have careers, and some who are dreaming of new business ventures. I get to live my faith out on a day to day basis, as I try to model for my kids what it looks like to follow Christ--to love and to serve others as we go about our day (although most days I know I miss the mark).
Nothing has impacted or altered my life more than motherhood. Although I haven't always felt this way, I can honestly say now, that I love my job! Becoming a mom has changed the way I depend on God, how I relate to Him and experience the reality of all that He is. I am learning to daily put my trust in Him as I tend to my family and live intentionally in my city. Sometimes I experience His grace, which gets me through those days that seem like they'll never end. There are times when intuition helps me see deeper than my four year olds words can take me, and then God gifts me the wisdom to teach and comfort him in a way that speaks to his heart. I am learning that I can't control my sons' worlds, that God holds them in the palm of his hand. It seems like everyday is a new adventure with these guys, but another opportunity for all of us to grow and learn.
There are three things I love to do that are life-giving to me, (aside from playing legos with Honor and snuggling with Noble).
I'm sharing a recipe with you today. You can print it from here.
you can find me on instagram @2beabea where i post my crafting, baking, and celebrating!
I would like to celebrate one of Shauna's Bay Area readers with Honor's favorite banana cake.
Yes, I'll bake you a cake and deliver it to you!
Anyone can comment, but cake delivery can only take place in the Bay Area!
or how you've experienced God's grace as you parent your kids.
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Support Trust for African Developments (STAD) is a continuation of Sudanese Orphans Support Trust (SOST) founded by a group of Southern Sudanese who came to study and/or sought asylum in the Netherlands.
Its main founding goal was to support the education of Sudanese refugee orphans in vocational training. STAD strives to support the education of orphans, following the famous Chinese saying " feed a hungry man today, he will be hungry; teach him how to fish, he can have food tomorrow; educate his child(ren), you have given him a future". Orphanages were its main area of concern because of the seemingly endless civil war (1983- 2005) between South Sudan and Sudan which claimed over 2 million lives. HIV/AIDS equally claimed many lives of adults resulting in a fast-growing number of orphans with an enormous impact on people living with it.
Orphanages are not a new phenomenon in South Sudan and in the African continent as well as elsewhere in the world. The high adult mortality South Sudan has always resulted in leaving orphans behind and it had never been a problem in most Sudanese communities. However, what made orphanage an area of concern to STAD was the magnitude and the circumstances surrounding the death of parents and caretakers in South Sudan. Orphanages took a different dimension because most parents or adults or relatives especially the men were killed in the seemingly endless civil war in Sudan and the indiscriminating cause of death by AIDs claiming both parents' lives. STAD strives to support the education of orphans, following the famous Chinese saying " feed a hungry man today, he will be hungry; teach him how to fish, he can have food tomorrow; educate his child(ren), you have given him a future".
In 2004 STAD activities were expanded to include support of economic activities, empowerment and capacity building programmes and projects for the youth and women in general in Northern Uganda and health care projects in Southern Sudan respectively. The signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) in 2005 between the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A) and the Government of Sudan (GoS), created high demand and need for reconstruction and or further development work especially in Southern Sudan – a region badly affected and destroyed during 21 years civil war.
Most rural people in Africa depend on agricultural and small-scale trade. The most vulnerable and adversely affected with the war and its related atrocities are the women, children and elderly. For example, women who had lost their husbands assumed the role of being heads of households by de facto, while children who lost both parents have to struggle to survive by assuming responsibilities at school age. This resulted in women struggling to feed their children/families by selling commodities such as flour, groundnuts, tea, fish, cassava and indulging into prostitution for survival escalating wide spread of HIV/AIDS. Unemployment among youth is rampant. To fight poverty & unemployment requires proper education, training & skills to meet the labour market. Providing training is a practical approach for proactive self-development of the members; a critical opportunity in breaking the vicious cycle of poverty, and unemployment in the communities and regions at large. As such education of children, especially orphans, training and economic empowerment of youth & women, provision of health care services & fight against HIV/AIDS, STDs among others are in the heart of STAD.


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Has all the low hanging fruit been plucked?
If you believe The New York Times article The Next Wave of 'Unicorn' Start-Ups – Uber and Airbnb were part of an early generation of tech start-ups that quickly reached $1 billion in value. The up-and-coming generation is looking very different.
… the easy opportunities for disrupting old-line industries are drying up. Now, many of the up-and-coming start-ups that may become the next unicorns have names like Benchling and Blend. And they largely focus on software for specific industries like farms, banks and life sciences companies.
CB Insights, a firm that tracks venture capital and start-ups. CB Insights used a variety of data — including financial health and the strength and size of the market a company serves — to identify 50 start-ups that may be on a path to achieving a $1 billion valuation (though there is no guarantee they will get there).
For you entrepreneurs that are looking for the next industry to disrupt, here's the CB Insights' list of 50 startups that may become the next billion-dollar valuation unicorns. You might want to stop reading here and figure out which one to emulate!
For those of you with a bit more patience, here's a bit more on the subject of unicorns. The number of companies with $1 billion market caps – unicorns – has gone from 131 in 2015 to 315 today!
So where are the next wave of unicorns coming from?
… a new class of software start-ups as different industries adopt more technology. Mr. Green, the venture capitalist, said it's become clear that software aimed at niche sectors offers larger opportunities than previously expected.
This jibes with my experience as a mentor. I haven't seen any startups attempting to compete with AirBnB, Uber, or Pinterest. But I have seen startups targeting farming, for instance. Aside from finding new industries to disrupt, like farming, there's also the "picks and shovels" startups, those companies providing services to today's unicorns.
The term "picks and shovels" refers to the California gold rush, where smart merchants sold picks, shovels, and dungarees to miners, rather than attempting to mine for gold themselves.
The megatrend that the article skips over is the rise of AI – the new electricity, and the blockchain/crypto revolution. I've been waiting since 1985 for the rise of AI! That's when I joined Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, as General Manager of their Educational Software Division. My colleague, Bill Gruener, had built the best computer science list in the publishing world. I was reading books on AI, in particular what were called expert systems, by computer scientists like Patrick Winston. In fact, it was reading those AI books, that took about a year to go through the python of the A-W copy editing, proof reading, typesetting, printing, and distribution to reach readers that gave me an idea for a startup: Why not enable computer scientists like Winston to publish their books on computer science online, so they wouldn't be out of date by the time A-W brought them to market? Unfortunately in those days the Internet was not available for commercial use – it was restricted to academics (and the military). Our only options for online publishing were CompuServe, AOL, and Prodigy. After studying them all and seeing if there was an alternative we decided that my idea was just too far ahead of its time – which has been the problem with many of my startup ideas!
But I'm far from convinced that all the low hanging fruit has been plucked. I believe applying AI and/or blockchain technology can totally disrupt large extant businesses like banking. So while I would encourage any would-be founder to study the CB Insights list for ideas, I would also encourage those with computer science educations to also study how some of that low-hanging fruit could still be pluck by standing on the AI or blockchain ladders.
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Windsor's Branch 28 of the Canadian Slovak League was founded in 1941. The President of Branch 28 is Bertha Vrablik.
The Slovak Domovina Dancers, established in 1983, is sponsored by Branch 28 of the Canadian Slovak League. They are a senior dance group with members 15 years of age and over. Under the direction of Irene Timko and instructor Anne (Palenkas) Chauvin, they have actively represented Windsor's Slovak community, participating in Slovak and ethnocultural festivals in Canada, the United States and in Europe.


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Guy David Innes-Ker, the 10th Duke of Roxburghe, represents one of Britain's most powerful aristocratic dynasties.
Educated at Eton, Cambridge and Sandhurst he lives at Floors Castle, a turreted stately home in the Scottish Borders where Prince Charles wooed Lady Diana Spencer and Prince Andrew proposed to Sarah Ferguson.
His first wife was the sister of the Duke of Westminster and their eldest daughter Lady Rosie was once seen as a possible consort for Prince William.
Their son Lord Ted is the former flatmate of the Prince's sister-in-law Pippa Middleton.
But it's not all turrets and tiaras in the Duke's fiefdom. He is also embroiled in a controversial development to site a 48-turbine wind farm on a grouse moor in the Lammermuir Hills between Edinburgh and Berwick-upon-Tweed.
Despite fierce local opposition construction is now under way and the Duke, who is already worth an estimated £70million, is set to earn more than £1.5million from the venture.
This makes him one of a growing number of aristocrats who have discovered that erecting a wind farm on their exposed acres is a massive earner.
They are paid by the energy companies that build the farms and those companies in turn receive huge government subsidies. By 2020 the government will be handing over £100million a year in rents to landowners simply for the right to erect turbines on their estates and it is estimated that each turbine generates an income of about £40,000 a year for the estate owner in question.
Those profiting or seeking to cash in include some very famous names. Earl Spencer, brother of the late Princess Diana, has been denounced as "avaricious" by some of his own tenants over his plans to build 13 giant turbines in the scenic Vale of Avon Dassett near his Althorp family seat in Northamptonshire.
Meanwhile the Queen's first cousin the Duke of Gloucester has given West Coast Energy permission to erect four turbines on his own Northamptonshire estate that could generate £3million in rent over 25 years.
Angry locals have pointed out that the Duke himself lives 70 miles away in an apartment in Kensington Palace and will therefore be untroubled by the development. The National Trust has now joined forces with the local authority and English Heritage (of which the Duke is a former deputy chairman) in a High Court challenge to the deal.
And David Cameron's father-in-law Sir Reginald Sheffield caused a furore last year after eight 400ft turbines were erected on his estate at Normanby Hall in Lincolnshire. In a letter to The Spectator magazine he denied owning the turbines and said his estate received a "modest income" from them, amounting to "less than one tenth of £3.5million".
For most people the sum of £350,000 is not remotely modest. "Sir Reginald is of course perfectly within his rights to take this rent," commented Clive Aslet, editor-at large of Country Life magazine.
Other turbine toffs include the Duke of Beaufort (worth £120million) who is attempting to build 19 of them on land near Swansea, 100 miles away from his family seat at Badminton House, Gloucestershire. In his case the turbines are expected to generate nearly £300,000 for the Somerset Trust, which runs his estate, and a spokesman for the Duke has insisted that he will not gain personally from them.
The Earl of Moray is believed to be raking in nearly £2million a year from his 49-turbine wind farm in Perthshire while the Earl of Seafield, who is Britain's seventh largest landowner, is expected to be paid about £120,000 a year from the wind turbines on his Banffshire estate.
The new rich are also taking their place in the "wind rush". The latest figure bidding to build turbines on her piece of the British countryside is US-born Dame Marjorie Scardino, chief executive of publishing group Pearson and one of this country's highest-paid female executives.
She and her husband want to erect two turbines in the grounds of their £2.5million home in Suffolk and have been accused of "riding roughshod" over neighbours' concerns. Opponents who say the turbines will be eyesores point out that the Scardinos are not even on the electoral roll for the area and they are understood to spend most of their time in London or overseas.
The growing interest in wind farms on the part of Britain's largest landowners is the result of the government's subsidy system. Under a scheme created by New Labour, renewable energy generators can claim a certificate for each megawatt-hour of electricity produced. These can then be traded with other parties such as power companies. They often need to buy them to demonstrate they have met their renewable energy obligations.
Critics say these subsidies may be well-intended but have a distorting effect. Professor David Newbery, director of Cambridge University's electricity policy research group, is a supporter of wind power but has called the scheme "bonkers". "It is shovelling money towards people who have been lucky enough to get planning permission and it encourages the construction of wind farms in remote places where it is very expensive to connect to the national grid," he has said.
Some aristocratic landowners including the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Northumberland have vocally denounced wind turbines as blots on the landscape. But it is no surprise that some of the largest estates, in windy landscapes where traditional agriculture is unlikely to flourish and the subsidies offer an unexpected windfall (pun intended), should belong to the nobility.
There are just over 3,000 wind turbines onshore in Britain and more than 500 offshore. But the Prime Minister has said they are "a cost effective and valuable part of the UK's diverse energy mix" and in the next decade the onshore numbers could more than double. Those offshore could reach 5,000. The prospect horrifies opponents such as Sir Simon Jenkins, the former newspaper editor who now chairs the National Trust.
Last year he accused the Chancellor of the Exchequer of being in thrall to the turbine-builders, saying: "George Osborne is putty in the hands of the wind energy lobby. The most expensive energy on earth will require hundreds of millions of pounds of subsidy for turbine parks planned by the Dukes of Roxburghe, Gloucester and Beaufort and a bevy of earls, lords and knights.
And a spokesman for Roxburghe Estates insists: "This is a sensitively sited and unobtrusive wind farm. The site already has electricity pylons on it and is discreet because of the terrain." That, however, is unlikely to appease critics of the turbine toffs.


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OSU Professor Plays Key Role On Winning Team at DEF CON 2018
By Brian Edwards, News Editor | August 23, 2018
The Black Badge winning team.
An Oregon State University professor played a key role in the team that won big at the 26th annual DEF CON 2018 conference, one of the world's largest hacking conventions. The DEFKOR00t team that included Dr. Yeong Jin Jang of Oregon State University's School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science competed against 24 other teams to win the prestigious Black Badge, known to attendees as the Uber Badge, in the cybersecurity competition. Jang managed the network security and attack/defense system for the winning team.
The annual DEF CON conference began in 1993 and typically hosts over 20,000 computer experts and hackers from around the world to compete in a variety of competitions. The event, dubbed as the world's best known "hacker convention" by InfoSec, is highlighted by the Capture the Flag (CTF) competition. CTF pits teams against each other to remove and fix vulnerabilities in a given system to defeat other teams' attacks and read the flags by hacking. At the same time, teams are required to fix vulnerabilities to defend and protect their system from flag stealing. The CTF competition is a simulated cyber warfare, although the system configurations and exploited vulnerabilities use real-world settings. For example, most of systems in this year's CTF final were running Ubuntu Linux 18.04 LTS on an AMD 64 architecture and exploited common vulnerabilities, such as buffer overflow, type confusion, logic bugs, etc.
The coveted Black Badge.
"Our team's strength came from building tools that support an attack-and-defense team," said Jang, assistant professor of Computer Science at Oregon State University and author of several security papers presented at prestigious academic conferences including ACM CCS, USENIX Security, and Black Hat USA.
"As a cybersecurity researcher and professor, learning about hacking skills is helpful for conducting research. The CTF competition provided some great opportunities to learn new techniques as we detected and observed how others were attacking our system. Fixing vulnerabilities to defend from attacks is hard," he added.
In related news, a team comprised of researchers from Oregon State (including Jang) and Georgia Tech was awarded the prestigious Distinguished Paper Award for the paper "Qsym: A practical concolic execution engine tailored for hybrid fuzzing" at the 27th annual USENIX Security Symposium. The symposium, which recently took place in Baltimore, is widely considered to be one of the top academic security conferences. In the paper, the team identified three major performance bottlenecks in current concolic executors that are used for hybrid fuzzing and tailoring QSym to break them each by each to pull out the maximum performance for the slow symbolic part.
Jang's computer science career is highlighted by extensive experience in CTF competitions. When he was a Ph.D. student at Georgia Tech, his team placed third and the skills he learned through the CTF competition such as reverse engineering, program analysis, exploit development and hardening programs helped him finish his doctorate.
"We are very proud of Yeong Jin's accomplishments at the recent DEF CON CTF and congratulate him on his Distinguished Paper Award from USENIX Security. There are not many people who embody both this level of practical security skills and knowledge, and research scholarship. The level of skills and knowledge that he maintains to compete and win the DEF CON CTF are incredible and an invaluable asset for our education and research efforts here at OSU and Oregon in general," said Rakesh Bobba Assistant Professor in Electrical & Computer Engineering at Oregon State University and Oregon Cybersecurity Advisory Council education chairperson.
"His success and scholarship is the latest example in the growing excellence of the cybersecurity program here at OSU, and exemplifies the university's long heritage of excellence in engineering."
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Chrissy Teigen Shut Down Troll Telling Her To "Cover Up" Around Luna
By Michelle Stein
Plenty of women — moms or not — prefer to ditch their uncomfortable work clothes, bras, and whatnot the second they arrive at home, throwing on a pair of comfy lounge pants or pajamas for ultimate unwinding. NBD, right? Well, some apparently think a mom chilling out at home in a robe is apparently scarring her child for life. Thankfully, though, Chrissy Teigen shut down a troll telling her to "cover up" around Luna, pointing the very reason why her kids could care less how "covered up" she is.
On Saturday, the mom of two shared a photo of 3-year-old Luna adjusting her mama's robe while wearing a zebra-print dress herself. "On set with my stylist," Teigen captioned the precious mother-daughter shot. Although plenty of Instagram followers commented about how cute the photo was, there's always that one person who goes and ruins things.
"Jesus cover up your daughter is right there," one disgruntled Instagram user demanded. Wasting no time, Teigen expertly clapped back, writing: "She sucked it for months and didn't mind it much."
I mean, it's true. Teigen has been candid about breastfeeding her babies — even posting photos of her babies while nursing them. So I wonder at what point a mom's breasts suddenly become things that are repulsive and should be hidden from their children at all costs? It doesn't make any sense. At all.
Thankfully, Teigen's fans also had her back in the comments section. (There are nearly 3,000 replies to the original, harsh comment.) One supporter wrote, "Why do people hate on her so much?!? This is ADORABLE and our daughters should be learning to love their bodies, not hide them! P.s. Underwear is uncomfortable."
Another supportive Instagram user pointed out, "As a fellow mom (with kids older than yours) it's cool to show your kids what it means to be comfortable in your skin. Why are people so weird about it? What's so odd about skin anyways?"
Yet another person chimed in with, "It's a robe. In her home. With her child. Questions? Why does everything have to be an issue?"
This is hardly the first time Teigen has been mom-shamed for one many other parenting-related reasons over the past four years or so. And they've all been equally as ridiculous. In July 2018, she was slammed for sharing a photo of herself breastfeeding baby Miles while Luna helped her baby doll "feed" out of Teigen's other breast. By November that year, however, Teigen was criticized for a photo of herself giving Miles a bottle. (Sorry, you can't have it both way, folks!)
In conclusion: Moms just can't win. No matter what we do, someone somewhere will find something to shame us for. For the most part, it seems as though Chrissy Teigen acknowledges and accepts this as fact. But when she does choose to shut down the trolls, it's a special treat to fellow moms everywhere. So thank you for the smile today, mama! And please, continue to ignore the trolls and keeping doing you.


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The Universal Language: Melissa Reese ponders Music
By The Music District
By: Malini Bartels and Melissa Reese
If you're wondering who the new face is on campus, it's Melissa Reese, our new General Manager. It was the Music District's tagline, Find Your Place in Music, that drew Melissa to apply for the open position earlier this year.
Melissa's excitement for the future of the entire Music District team revolves around streamlining existing processes from an operational perspective. Sound boring? Well, it basically means making things function smoothly and seamlessly, so we can have better interactions with everyone who walks through the door… and who doesn't want that? Melissa's new role will be felt by the entire community of musicians and music appreciators. Creating an impactful experience while on campus is the overall objective.
Melissa is in constant amazement at the versatility of the entire staff and all the marvelous music that fills our rooms. It goes to show, you needn't play an instrument to experience the long-lasting impact of music.
"Music is the thing that's there for you, no matter what, even if you don't play an instrument," says Melissa. "I can connect every major thing that happened in my life to the soundtrack that was playing at the time."
Melissa Reese with her family
Melissa spent her entire adult life working in extremely large institutions, two sizeable universities to be exact. Her journey to take a step toward a smaller organization led her to our door. The daily grind for this new team member includes handling financials, staff supervision, and business operations.
Of course, there is also time to enjoy our campus offerings, and Melissa appreciates bringing her whole family to events. You see music's influence here every day with parents bringing children in for lessons or doing lessons themselves. It's all ages, all skill levels, and all abilities at work.
"Music is not just about going to see a show… it's more than that. The MD shows how people can be participatory in music and it does not have to be a spectator sport."
Music truly is the universal language.


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By SecurityWeek News on March 07, 2016
Apple's iOS 9.0, 9.1, and most recent 9.2.1 releases contain multiple connected passcode protection bypass vulnerabilities that affect both iPhone and iPad devices, researchers at Vulnerability Lab warn.
These vulnerabilities allow a local attacker who has physical access to the device to bypass the passcode protection mechanism of the Apple mobile iOS, the bug's security advisory reveals. Apple iPhone 5, 5s, 6 and 6s, as well as iPad mini and iPad 1 and 2 are affected by the bug.
The passcode bypass poses a high security risk, with a CVSS (common vulnerability scoring system) count of 6.4.
By successfully exploiting the vulnerability, an attacker can gain device access and compromise sensitive user data, including address-books, photos, SMS, MMS, emails, phone app, mailbox, and phone settings, while also being able to access other default/installed mobile apps.
Vulnerability Lab researchers note that the issues are located in the "App Store," "Buy more Tones," and "Weather Channel" links of the Clock, Event Calendar, and Siri User Interface. By exploiting the vulnerabilities, a local attacker could request an internal browser link request to the App Store that bypasses the user's passcode or fingerprint protection mechanism.
According to researchers, an attacker can take advantage of these issues in several ways to gain unauthorized access to the affected Apple mobile iOS devices. Siri, the Events Calendar, and the Clock app of the control panel on default settings can be exploited in these scenarios, the advisory says.
Via Siri, an attacker could place a request for a non-existing app, after which Siri responds with an App Store link to search for it, and a restricted browser window is opened, listing some apps. The attacker can then switch back to the internal home screen by interacting with the home button or with Siri again.
The link to bypass the controls is visible in the Siri interface only and is called "open App Store." Apple iPhone 5 and 6(s) running iOS v9.0, v9.1, or v9.2.1 are vulnerable to this exploit, the advisory said.
An attacker could also gain access to the non-restricted Clock app by opening it via Siri or via Control Panel, which allows them to open the timer to the end timer or Radar module. The Clock app allows users to buy more sounds for alerts (via an included link) and the attacker can use it to open a restricted App Store browser window, after which they can switch back to the internal home screen as detailed above.
The link to bypass the controls is visible in the Alert - Tone (Wecker - Ton) and Timer (End/Radar), under the name of "Buy more Tones." The vulnerability affects iPhone 5 and 6(s) with iOS v9.0, v9.1 & v9.2.1.
The Clock app, accessible via Control Panel or Siri, contains another similar vulnerability in the internal world clock module, which includes a link to the weather channel that redirects to the store.
The link to bypass the controls is accessible via the World Clock (Weather Channel) and the security flaw affects only iPad 2 devices running iOS v9.0, v9.1 & v9.2.1, because only these models display the web world map. The iPhone version does not contain the bug.
By calling the App & Event Calendar panel via Siri, an attacker can then open 'Information of Weather' (Informationen zum Wetter - Weather Channel LLC) link in the Tomorrow task and, if it is deactivated, a new browser window opens to the App Store. The attacker can then switch back to the internal home screen, thus bypassing the passcode control on Apple Pad2 with iOS v9.0, v9.1 & v9.2.1.
Vulnerability Lab's Benjamin Kunz Mejri told SecurityWeek that Apple has confirmed all of these vulnerabilities, along with the fact that they can be exploited to compromise devices. However, the company did not provide other details on these issues and the researchers do not know when a patch will be released.
In the meantime, users can mitigate these issues by entirely disabling the Siri module on their devices and by disabling Events Calendar without passcode, along with the public Control Panel with the timer and world clock to disarm exploitation. Users should also activate the weather app, thus preventing the redirect when the module is disabled.
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The first two "Constructobots", Mixmaster and Scrapper, came to life when two stray AllSpark shards were embedded in a cement mixer and an excavator at a human construction site. After some initial confusion about no longer being inanimate vehicles, the pair named themselves and quickly figured out how to transform. After saving Bulkhead from a construction accident, they befriended him and were invited to the Autobot headquarters. However, their behavior left much to be desired, and the two found themselves kicked out by Optimus Prime after nearly decapitating Sari Sumdac.
Eventually, the pair stumbled upon Blitzwing and Lugnut stealing construction supplies, and saved the former from being crushed by his own loot. Impressed by their strength, Blitzwing decided to let them do the heavy lifting, then take them offline once they reached the Decepticon base. However, once Megatron found out about their existence, he had other plans: to let the Constructobots build his space bridge for him, something the two had no problem with.
While out stealing supplies for the bridge, Mixmaster and Scrapper met with Bulkhead again, and told him about their new job. Outraged, Bulkhead explained in detail the evil and deceitful nature of the Decepticons, and the Constructobots confronted Megatron about it. However, the Decepticon leader simply used that very deceitful nature, along with his "private blend" of oil, to convince the two that he was a good guy, fighting back against Autobot oppression. Not knowing who to believe, Mixmaster and Scrapper simply decided to join the ones with the better oil.
Taking on the title of "Constructicons", the pair went to steal the Autobots' AllSpark fragments for Megatron, but ended up being tricked by Bulkhead into drinking some contaminated oil. This scrambled their memory chips, and the Constructicons forgot all about Autobots, Decepticons and space bridges. Rise of the Constructicons
Going back to their usual pastime, the Constructicons started stealing and drinking oil around Detroit until the Autobots decided to put a stop to it. However, while they were out looking for the pair, Mixmaster and Scrapper found their way to Autobot headquarters. While the two were just looking for something to drink, the left-behind Sari took it as a Decepticon attack and managed to attack and repel them. Shortly afterwards, the Constructicons encountered Blitzwing, who had been ordered by Megatron to retrieve them. After being offered some oil, Mixmaster recognized it as the "really good stuff" he had vague memories of, and the pair followed Blitzwing back to the Decepticons. Sari, No One's Home
Mixmaster and Scrapper soon completed work on Megatron's space bridge, and were officially branded as Decepticons. Once Bulkhead was kidnapped by Megatron to put a finishing touch on the space bridge, he called out to the Constructicons for help, but they didn't recognize him. When the Autobots arrived to save Bulkhead and wreck Megatron's plans, Scrapper and Mixmaster managed to incapacitate all four of them. A Bridge Too Close, Part I
Within seconds Starscream and his clones attacked, and Mixmaster joined in on the battle whilst Scrapper went off to fetch Lugnut and Blitzwing. The battle was eventually won, and the Constructicons cheered on Megatron's speech about conquering Cybertron, despite having no idea what a "Cybertron" was supposed to be. When the Decepticon base came crumbling down due to the malfunctioning space bridge, the Constructicons desperately tried to save the oil inside it. They were last seen trying to cover it as the cavern collapsed. A Bridge Too Close, Part II
Somehow escaping from the cavern, Scrapper and Mixmaster retired to a junkyard, where they lounged around drinking oil and watching cars being dismantled while waiting for the other Decepticons to come and find them. Bulkhead surprised them by showing up in the middle of the night, and they promptly attacked him. Fortunately, they were willing to give him the benefit of the doubt and backed off to hear his proposition: Sumdac Towers had suffered some damage recently, and Bulkhead needed somebody to fix the holes. The promise of honest work, plus a little manipulation by Bulkhead, got the two Constructicons to agree, but on the strict provision that this favor was "off the books".
Once back at the Tower, the Constructicons set to work, Bulkhead taking this as an opportunity to try and persuade them to quit being Decepticons and join the Autobots. Their resolve was starting to weaken, until Scrapper accidentally fished up something from the bottom of the Tower. During the original accident, a bunch of AllSpark shards, a forklift and a damaged Headmaster Unit had fallen down the hole—and merged to create a new Constructicon, Dirt Boss. The belligerent Transformer wasted no time in asserting his dominance over his "fellow" Constructicons, using his ability to control machines to hijack Scrapper's body and intimidate them into obeying his orders.
Under Dirt Boss's command, the Constructicons began to hijack oil, attacking fuel trucks, petrol stations and any other source of energy. Bulkhead tried to persuade Mixmaster and Scrapper to stop listening to Dirt Boss, but failed. This led to the Autobot trying to take on all three Constructicons singlehandedly at the Fossil Fuels plant, which Dirt Boss planned to destroy. This resulted in him first getting his wrecking ball stuck in Mixmaster's chemical thrower, then getting controlled by Dirt Boss, who planned to sacrifice both Bulkhead and Mixmaster to set the plant on fire and blow it sky high. Fortunately for Bulkhead, the other Autobots showed up to help, freeing him from both Dirt Boss and Mixmaster. Unfortunately for the Constructicons, the spilled oil was set alight during the battle, and all three were transwarped to just off the shore of Dinobot Island…atop a burning oil tank, which exploded seconds after they arrived. Three's a Crowd
Scrapper managed to wash ashore on Dinobot Island, and lived there for forty-eight days, unsure of what had become of his two fellow Constructicons. He "adopted" and named the Dinobot Snarl, and the pair became part of the Substitute Autobots to help Sari fight Soundwave. Exhausted from the fight, he and Snarl went back to Dinobot Island for a long vacation. Human Error, Part II
Later, after the Autobots captured the Decepticons and returned to Cybertron, however, it was revealed that the other two Constructicons had also survived, though where they had been wasn't explained. Hooking back up with Scrapper, Dirt Boss put his two subordinates to work on his newest construction project: building something called " Devastator"… The AllSpark Almanac II


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