Why not channel Alexander McQueen's ladies of darkness or Rick Owen's mummies this Halloween?
More and more, fashion-conscious women are wanting to get their scare on come Halloween but aren't always willing to head to the party with a face covered in blood. Chic Halloween is HUGE right now and thankfully, we have the answer.
The high fashion catwalks of New York, London, Milan and Paris might be the last place you'd think to look for Halloween costume inspo, but let it be known they're a hotbed for the best in gothica, avante-garde and downright freakiness - all much welcome come October 31st.
The spring summer 2018 shows, that have just completed in Paris, have shown us some of the best; take McQueen's gothic fantastic look, Ashish's sequinned 'Witches' tops, Dior's bumble bee stripes or Rick Owens' walking dead.
The lace show at McQueen was a gothic dream. Take the swathes of lace, heavy duty jewels and wet-look hair to your next Halloween party.
Ashish has it right with its 'Witch' and 'Good Mourning' sequinned tops. You can find some similar Halloween fashion accessories here.
We j'adored Dior show this season. The sparkly mirror dresses won us over, but it was this yellow and black striped bumble bee look that we're copying for Halloween. Just add some antennae.
Never one to shy away from the shocking, Rick Owens' spring summer show made for prime Halloween outfit fodder. This walking dead mummy look ruled. On a budget? Recreate with roughly 24 rolls of toilet roll.
The romantic red leathers at the Saint Laurent show provided us with a dangerously chic devil look.
You definitely won't show up wearing the same outfit as someone in this airport essentials look which is complete with an eye mask, pillow and 'carry-on baggage' labels.
This look would be less suited to a uni halls Halloween party and more an elegant dinner on October 31st.
Channel D&G by creating your own playing card outfits, but suit it to Halloween by adding lots of blood. Et voila: you're The Queen of Broken Hearts.
The flower bouquet dress, modelled by Gigi Hadid, at Moschino was brilliant. Just use wilting flowers facing south for a more Halloween-appropriate look.
There's something very spooky about this spider web-effect look. You can make your own with juxtaposing stripes.
Not a look you'd take down the corner shop, but perfect for scary season. Just check out that crimped clown hair.
To recreate this look, splatter fake blood over black clothing.


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Highlights of the 2019 Annual General Meeting of Rotary District 7070 and the 2019 District 7070 Rotary Foundation Dinner
After the Annual General Meeting of District 7070, on November 14, 2019, District 7070 hosted all of the Rotary District 7070 Club Presidents and their Rotary Club Rotary Foundation Directors/Chairs at The Oshawa Golf and Curling Club, to an excellent meal during Rotary Foundation Month and heard from some outstanding Rotary Foundation speakers. Here is what happened....
Annual General Meeting : District 7070 Governor Beth Selby, chaired the Annual General Meeting of Rotary District 7070 as President of the Corporation. Financial statements (for the year ending June 30, 2019) of the Corporation were reviewed, Directors were elected (to hold office from July 1, 2020), the accountant was appointed for the year ending June 30, 20209, and there was a confirmation of all acts done and taken by the Directors and Officers of the Corporation since the last meeting of the members of the Corporation.
Club Presidents' Rotary Foundation Dinner
District 7070 Rotary Foundation Chair (and Past District Governor) Michael Bell opened the Rotary Foundation portion of the meeting and talked about December 3, (Giving Tuesday) and encourage all clubs to invite their friends , relatives , business associates, and the general public to "tell the world" to give to The Rotary Foundation. He added that because of the money donated to the Rotary Foundation , 3 years ago, there were a total of 1,117 Rotary Foundation Global Grants handed out last year. He also encouraged all Rotarians to donate, noting that only 30 % of Rotarians donate to The Rotary Foundation. He also thanked all clubs and club presidents for a very successful 2018-19 Rotary Year in terms of The Rotary Foundation, highlighted , over the last few years by the addition of Arch Klumph Society members and 7 Major Donors. He also thanked past District Governor Ted Morrison, our current Annual Programs Fund Chair for getting clubs to get their objective in and also for contributing. He also congratulated Rotarians for their efforts in contributions to End Polio Now. PDG Michael talked about contributions to the Rotary Foundation Endowment Fund, which are in the $10,000 to $250,000 category. He said that with help from Carol Seabrook Ferguson (Major Gifts), they will help you review all of the options. If you and any of your members are looking to become Major Donors to The Rotary Foundation, OR if you know of anyone in your community , please let him know.
Past District Governor and current District 7070 Chair of the Rotary Foundation Annual Programs Fund Ted Morrison presented the Rotary Foundation video highlighting the work of The Rotary Foundation ove rthe last 100 years. Here is a link to that video: https://youtu.be/vNkmvitMUes
He talked to the Club Presidents about leading by example and donating to the Annual Programs Fund, and encouraging all of their club members to do the same. Ted hoped that all clubs will have a speaker talking about The Rotary Foundation, in November, Rotary Foundation Month. Ted said that The Rotary Foundation is the engine that drives Rotary and its clubs to do so much good in the world. He talked about the donations going to grants and the Share system, and that our District gets half of the money back after three years to turn into grants.
He congratulated everyone for the very successful Rotary Foundation Walk in September raising over $100,000 for The Rotary Foundation. He asked each President to attend the Grants management Seminar in February and take your Foundation Chair with you. He asked the Club Presidents to go in to MyRotary , see their clubs contributions and keep putting gentle pressure on their club members to make a donation.
He asked each Club President to go into Rotary Club Central and put in their 2019-20 goal for the Annual programs Fund and for the PolioPlus Fund. 19 Clubs still had not done so.
He reminded Club Presidents and Rotary Club Foundation Chairs to encourage their members to donate to the Annual Fund and to the Polio Fund and added that the Bill Gates donations of $2 for every 1$ Rotarians donate is still on for this Rotary Year. Ted thanked District Governor Beth Selby for the District 7070 donation of $30,000 US of District Designated Funds to Polio Eradication, on World Polio Day in Durham Region. This turns into $180,000 after all of the multipliers kick in.
Ted encouraged everyone to remember Past District Governor Bill Patchett , who did so much for District 7070's contributions to The Rotary Foundation and the "Mill for Bill campaign. He encouraged all clubs to get their donations in as soon as they can. He said that if we all pull together, Bill's dream of $1 million to the Rotary Foundation by June 30, 2020 just may become a reality.
He talked about everyone should give something. And if you can't give $100, please make a donation to the EVERY YEAR TO THE EVERY ROTARIAN EVERY YEAR PLAN. PLEASE GIVE WHAT YOU CAN!!!! Ted also talked about the graduated awards we can receive as our donations to The Rotary Foundation grow, year after year. And our donations are tax deductible. We can even put our donations in our will and become Benefactors to The Rotary Foundation.
The Rotary Foundation transforms your gifts into projects that change lives both close to home and around the world. As the charitable arm of Rotary, we tap into a global network of Rotarians who invest their time, money, and expertise into our priorities, such as eradicating polio and promoting peace. Foundation grants empower Rotarians to approach challenges such as poverty, illiteracy, and malnutrition with sustainable solutions that leave a lasting impact. Strong financial oversight, a stellar charity rating, and a unique funding model mean that we make the very most of your contribution. He urged everyone to Give and become a part of Rotary's life-changing work! Read highlights from the past year in our Rotary Foundation annual report. Rotary Foundation named World's Outstanding Foundation
Ted also reminded all of the Presidents to select individuals from their club to go on line and get their qualification completed for the 2019-20 Grants Management , which are required each Rotary year, so that their club can be certified to apply for grants. He also urged everyone to make a donation to the Rotary Foundation, which can be done so easily, right out of your bank account on a monthly basis, by way of Rotary Direct. Support our efforts year round by making a recurring gift. You choose how much and how often you want to give— it's a simple and secure way to make a big impact. Online contributions can be made monthly, quarterly, or annually. Direct enrollment form or enroll by phone at +1-866-976-8279. To update your existing recurring giving, contact us at rotarydirect@rotary.org or call +1-866-976-8279. For security reasons, changes to your credit card information should be made by phone.
Be sure to see Ted's presentation on how the three Funds of the Rotary Foundation work on our District website right here.
PDG Dr. Bob Scott, who has been our advocate for raising funds for polio eradication for the last 33 years, showed us why, as he showed us photos of children with polio. He gave an update on the Global Polio Eradication Initiative and its partners: Rotary, The WHO, the CDC, UNICEF, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and the governments of the world.
Bob noted that type 2 polio has been certified as eradicated in August 2015, and as of October 24, 2019,type 3 has now been eradicated. And there has been no evidence of new polio cases in Nigeria now for 3 years.
Bob Scott thanked the Gates Foundation, for continuing their commitment to match 2 for 1 every new dollar Rotary commits to polio eradication, through 2019-20 which will mean $450 million more for polio eradication. Bob took us back to the days when there were 1,000 new cases of polio per day in the world to today. Bob noted that only Afghanistan and Pakistan remain with polio cases. He noted that we have stalled in our global efforts. In the 2019 Calendar Year to date: there have been a total of 88 new cases. He noted that there number of cases caused by the circulating virus is becoming a concern.
Bob said that there are still many challenges: the missed children (in the last round of immunization in Afghanistan , 1 million children missed); the killings of volunteers(over 250), (the Taliban, who used to be on our side, and not now); the gaps in polio surveillance; and the funds, so much needed, to get the job done. He even mentioned the wars that are still being waged. But when the fighting subsides, vaccinators are there, administering the vaccine.
Bod said that 18 million children are walking and alive, because of our efforts to eradicate polio. Four of the 6 World Health Organization regions have been certified polo free.
Each year, we continue to immunize 450 million children in 60 countries and fund 150,000 workers in 70 countries and continue our surveillance in 70 more countries.
Bob asked all Rotarians to Learn, Connect with everyone, and donate.
2018-29 Rotary Citation Awards: Past District Governor Mary Lou Harrison noted that this was a very difficult year to attain this award. There may be additional awardees presented awards to other clubs. Very close to their attainment were the Rotary Cubs of Markham Unionville, Picton, Toronto West, Toronto Leaside , Whitby Sunrise, Bowmanville and Stirling.
The Rotary Citation with Silver Distinction was presented to the Rotary Clubs of Oshawa-Parkwood, Parkdale High Park Humber and to Toronto Danforth.
The Rotary Citation with Gold Distinction was presented to the Rotary Clubs of Markham Sunrise, Newmarket, Port Hope, Scarborough and Toronto Bay Bloor.
The Rotary Citation with Platinum Distinction was presented to the Rotary Clubs of Oshawa and North Scarborough.
District 7070 Rotary Foundation Awards for 2018-19: Past District Governor Mary Lou Harrison presented awards to clubs who made significant achievements in donations to the Rotary Foundation:
1. End Polio Now Countdown to History: Congratulations to the clubs that contributed at least US $1,500 to Rotary's polio eradication efforts: Ajax, Alliston, Bowmanville, Campbellford, Coburg, Colborne, Etobicoke, Markham Sunrise, Oshawa-Parkwood, Pickering, Picton, Quinte Sunrise, Scarborough, , Scarborough Passport, Toronto, Toronto East, Toronto Sunrise , Uxbridge, and Whitby.
2. 100% Foundation Giving Club : Congratulations to the clubs that achieved an average of $100 per capita giving and 100% participation with every club member contributing at least $25 to any of the Rotary Foundation Funds: Port Perry, Richmond Hill, and Toronto Skyline
3. Every Rotarian - Every Year: Congratulations to the clubs that achieved a minimum Annual Fund contribution of US $ 100 per capita, with every member contributing at least US $25 to the Annual Fund: Port Perry, Richmond Hill, and Toronto Skyine
4. Top Three Highest Per Capita Annual Giving Banner: Three clubs in the district that gave the most, per capita, to the Annual Fund: 3. Toronto at $198.58 per capita; 2. Scarborough Passport at $254.51 per capita and Number One: Scarborough Twilight at $360.83 per capita.
SAVE THE DATE: JANUARY 19, 2020: A ROTARY CELEBRATION FOR THE LATE BILL PATCHETT, ON HIS BIRTHDAY:
District 7070 Rotary Foundation Chair Michael Bell asked everyone to save this date to celebrate the Rotary life of Bill Patchett, from 2 to 4 pm on January 19 at the Best Western Hotel in Cobourg with proceeds going to The Rotary Foundation.

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10 Years After Repeal, LGBTQ Vets Are Still Affected By 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
By Mallory Yu,
Mia Venkat
Published September 24, 2021 at 1:31 PM MST
LEILA FADEL, HOST:
This week the Department of Veterans Affairs announced that LGBT veterans discharged from the military under its "don't ask, don't tell" policy may now have access to VA benefits like home loans, health care and money for college. This will apply to veterans who were given other-than-honorable discharges due to their sexual orientation, gender identity or HIV status. The announcement, though, comes 10 years after the repeal of don't ask, don't tell allowed gay service members to be open about their sexualities. We wanted to take a moment to mark this anniversary, so we spoke with three veterans about serving under that policy and its lingering effects on them.
(SOUNDBITE OF LAURA VEIRS SONG, "SONG MY FRIENDS TAUGHT ME")
TAMMY SMITH: My name is Tammy Smith. I'm a recently retired army major general. Before don't ask, don't tell, the policy was so strict. The military didn't want you to exist. And so when don't ask, don't tell came into place, for me, what it felt like was at least the acknowledgment that I existed. I think of it as I had two sets of friends. So I had the people that I worked with, and then I had a whole separate set of friends that were kind of my off-the-grid friends. And those were the members of the LGBT community.
And it was not uncommon - if you passed by someone you knew off the grid, you would walk past them and pretend like you didn't even know them because you never wanted to risk having to explain to somebody. It's like, well, how do you know Jones (ph)? And I will always hold that feeling of what it felt like to walk past my friend and pretend like I did not know them.
LINDSAY CHURCH: My name is Lindsay Church, and I was a second-class petty officer and linguist in the Navy for four years. Serving under don't ask, don't tell is to know that if you slipped up, your life would be ruined. When I served, I couldn't keep a romantic partner. I was hospitalized for three surgeries while I was in service. I spent 55 days in the hospital, lived in the medical barracks for five months. I couldn't involve my partners in nearly losing my life in a hospital. I could only involve my mom and people that nobody would assume were my partners.
I literally broke up with somebody because she sent me two dozen roses while I was in the hospital, and I was too scared that I would get caught. So her not understanding how much fear I lived in felt like a denial of what I was going through. And so I just ended it because it was easier than navigating the uncertainty of whether or not I was going to get caught. Nobody was ever penalized for asking. A lot of people were penalized for telling or not telling and getting caught. And this younger generation won't feel what it felt like to live under don't ask, don't tell, but it doesn't mean that they're not going to serve in a homophobic or transphobic military.
LATONYA WHITE: My name is LaTonya White. I go by Tee White. I was in the military for 15 years. I was active duty Army. I felt like hiding my queerness was the price I had to pay to do the job I wanted to do, to get the results that I wanted to get out of life. And so it was like, if I can't be gay, I won't be gay. And that's just how I lived my entire military career.
Like, I was a soldier, and then I was Black, and then I was a woman. And then, you know, and that's how it went for me because the soldier was the one that paid my bills. And everything else will come second, third or not at all. The truth of the matter is being Black and being a woman in the military is hard enough. And with don't ask, don't tell before it was repealed - good. Now it's not something else that I have to fight. It's just that simple. I had enough uphill battle. There's no need to add more to the load.
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WHITE: The VA making the announcement about giving benefits to other-than-honorably discharged veterans - I mean, I feel like it's one of those, oh, we got you now. Oh, thanks. Have you seen enough deaths? Have you seen enough hospitalizations? Is that what it is? - because a lot of people who got dishonorably discharged or less-than-honorably discharged because of being LGBTQ are the same people who need the VA's help and assistance, especially when it comes to mental health. So do I think the VA made a good decision? I do. I think there's still a lot of way ahead.
CHURCH: Most of these folks are not ready to talk about this. They've already decided that the system isn't for them and that they have endured enough in their military service, that they don't want to go back and face the shame and face the judgment. And so VA and DOD have a lot of work to do to reach those folks. Otherwise, they're not going to take advantage of this. Like, they're just done.
SMITH: When I had the opportunity to meet veterans who had been discharged under don't ask, don't tell or the policy that existed previously, I made sure that I always said, I want you to know that me, as a senior officer, know that your service was as honorable as any other service member and what you did for your country was as important as any other service member. So I think this announcement is indeed healing.
FADEL: That was Army Major General Tammy Smith, former Navy Officer Lindsay Church and former Army Sergeant LaTonya "Tee" White on their experiences serving under don't ask, don't tell.
(SOUNDBITE OF THIS WILL DESTROY YOU'S "I BELIEVE IN YOUR VICTORY") Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
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Musicians, Actors and comedians have always had a bit of a love affair with the cigarette for some reason. Perhaps it's because they lead a life where they spend a lot of time hanging around not doing much, or maybe they just socialize more than the majority of people which leads to an increase the use of alcohol and tobacco. Whatever the reason, this high tobacco use has led many well known members of society to an early death.
Examples of musicians who have succumbed to their nicotine addiction before their time include the likes of the guitarist John Cipollina who died at the young age of 45 from emphysema, Eric Carr the Kiss drummer who died at 41 years old, or the incredible Nat "King" Cole who was just 45.
These days we all know the damage smoking is capable of doing to our bodies but that doesn't stop a large number of people in the public eye from taking up the habit, even if they now do it behind closed doors. This change has got a lot to do with the fact that smoking is now frowned upon by society and many people who have become addicted to nicotine are embarrassed about the fact that they find it impossible to stop.
Thankfully there is now a device on the market which allows the nicotine addict to get their fix without many of the poisons that are known to cause such conditions as lung cancer and heart disease. It's called an electronic cigarette and you don't have to be on a rock guitarist's salary to be able to afford one for yourself.
The electronic cigarette is a tobacco replacement which delivers nicotine to the user in a cleaner manner. It's battery powered and works by vaporizing a nicotine-laced liquid when the user inhales on the cigarette-shaped device.
There are a growing number of celebrities and normal people who have woken up to the possibility of switching over to the e cig from traditional tobacco products. People such as Leonardo Di Caprio, Katherine Heigl, and Johnny Depp have been seen using one and their influence is having an effect on the general population of smokers who see them as way to continue getting a fix without doing so much damage to their health.
These smokeless cigarettes are easily available on the Internet and web sites such as ecigaretteshop.com offer information on which are the best to buy. Brands such as Green Smoke, V2, and Safe Cig offer starter kits for as little as $60 so you don't have to break the bank to get started. It's a small price to pay to ensure you don't end up six feet under 30 years before your time like many of the famous smokers who didn't have the option to use this new high tech device before it was too late.


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After Great Recession, More Married Fathers Providing Child Care
The U.S. economy lost 8.7 million jobs between December 2007 and January 2010.1 Sixty-nine percent of the jobs lost during the recession were held by men, 2 and the employment rate of married fathers (whether working full or part time) with employed wives decreased from 92 percent in 2005 to 88 percent in 2011.3 The large job losses and persistently high unemployment from the Great Recession and its aftermath prompted families to adapt to financial hardship and reallocate fathers' and mothers' time spent in the labor force and in the home.
Vulnerable Families Research Program Child Care, Employment, Family, Unemployment Publication
As Opioid Use Climbs, Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Rises in New Hampshire
The opioid crisis besetting every region of the United States directly affects more than just those who use substances. For a pregnant woman, a consequence of substance use can be neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS)—withdrawal symptoms experienced by the newborn (see Box 1).
Vulnerable Families Research Program Drugs, Family, Health, New Hampshire, Substance Abuse Publication
Child Care Costs Exceed 10 Percent of Family Income for One in Four Families
Access to quality, affordable child care is critical for American working families, and it is a major focus of efforts to bring about more family-friendly workplaces. In this brief, we analyze families' child care expenses and identify, among families with young children (under age 6) who pay for child care, the share that are "cost burdened," defined here as spending more than 10 percent of their gross income on child care. Using data from the 2012–2016 Current Population Survey, we present our findings by number of children; age of youngest child; parental characteristics; family income measures; and U.S. region, metropolitan status, and state. Unless otherwise noted, families include only those with children under age 6 who had any child care costs in the previous year.
Vulnerable Families Research Program Child Care, Community Development Finance, Family Publication
Child Care Expenses Make Middle-Class Incomes Hard to Reach
Most Americans believe that through hard work and saving they can secure an economically sound, middle-class lifestyle.1 But for many working families, the high price of child care makes this goal extremely challenging.
Vulnerable Families Research Program Child Care, Children, Family Publication
Child Protective Services May Link Families to Needed Income Supports
The adverse effects of poverty on child and adolescent development are well documented and have been of interest to policy makers for several decades.1 Childhood poverty has a number of lasting impacts, including negative educational and cognitive outcomes, social and emotional behavior problems, poor adult economic outcomes, and health problems.2 For some children, these challenges are coupled with other family stressors including child maltreatment: children in poor families are approximately five times more likely to experience maltreatment than children in non-poor families.3 A number of public safety-net programs exist to help improve the economic well-being of vulnerable children,4 but little is known about the extent to which families with a child maltreatment report receive these services over time. In this brief, we examine the incidence of receiving four types of income support both immediately after the child maltreatment report and eighteen months following. Receipt of benefits immediately after the making of a report may suggest that families were connected to support services prior to their engagement with child protective services (CPS); receiving them only later may suggest the influence of the CPS engagement on support service use. The income supports analyzed include the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as food stamps; Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF); housing assistance; and the Social Security disability support. We also examine whether there are differences in the use of these income supports across rural and urban settings.
Vulnerable Families Research Program Children, Family, Food Assistance, Poverty, Safety Net Publication
Coös County Teens' Family Relationships
This fact sheet examines Coös County, New Hampshire teens' perceptions of their family relationship experiences using data from the Coös Youth Study collected in 2011 from 418 eleventh graders in all Coös County public schools. Authors Corinna Jenkins Tucker and Desiree Wiesen-Martin report that Coös older adolescents feel close to their parents and siblings but also argue with them. A small group of youths report perpetrating violence on a family member.
New Hampshire Coös Youth Study, Family, New Hampshire, Young Adults Publication
Coös Teens' View of Family Economic Stress Is Tied to Quality of Relationships at Home
Family economic hardship during adolescence affects family relationships and the social, emotional, and behavioral development of a substantial number of American youth.
New Hampshire Community, Coös Youth Study, Family, New Hampshire, Wages, Young Adults Publication
COVID-19 Didn't Create a Child Care Crisis, But Hastened and Inflamed It
In this new Carsey Perspective, authors Jess Carson and Marybeth Mattingly describe the ways that the COVID-19 pandemic has strained the nation's already-fragile early childhood care systems. Child care providers are struggling to address revenue losses associated with closures, fewer enrollments, and new safety guidelines. Meanwhile, demand for formal child care is shifting in yet-unknown ways, with unemployment, telework, uncertain school reopenings for older children, and health-related concerns all playing a part. The authors conclude that the child care system requires significant policy support to regain lost footage, but encourage policymakers to utilize the pandemic's disruption as an opportunity to rebuild child care in more equitable and sustainable ways.
COVID-19, Vulnerable Families Research Program Child Care, Children, COVID-19, Family, Unemployment Publication
Data Snapshot: Poorer Working Families With Young Children Are Unlikely to Afford Child Care
Low-income families with working parents face significant burdens paying for child care, which can function as a barrier to work and often means parents must rely on child care arrangements that are less formal and less stable.1 Amid national concerns about the high cost of child care, it is important to keep this issue at the forefront. Given the especially high costs of care for very young children, this snapshot highlights the child care costs faced by families with a child under age 3. Figure 1 shows the share of families paying for child care (bottom sections) by their income level. As a family's income-to-poverty ratio rises, they are more likely to pay for child care. Poorer families who do pay for child care are much more often paying over 7 percent of their income on child care, the current benchmark of affordability from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.2
Vulnerable Families Research Program Child Care, Family, Income Publication
Data Snapshot: Working Families with Young Children and No Out-of-Pocket Child Care Struggle Financially
Working families with young children face substantial barriers in accessing and affording quality child care. Figure 1 shows that among working families with a child under age 3, those who do not pay for child care are more likely to live in poor or low-income families than those who do pay for child care (61 percent versus 45 percent).
Drug Overdose Rates Are Highest in Places With the Most Economic and Family Distress
The U.S. drug overdose problem has reached epidemic levels, prompting President Trump to declare a public health emergency. Since 2000, 786,781 people in the United States have died from drug overdoses and other drug-related causes, with nearly 40 percent of those deaths occurring in the last three years alone.
Demography Drugs, Family, Mortality, Substance Abuse Publication
Families Continue to Rely on Wives As Breadwinners Post-Recession
This brief presents an analysis of the increased role employed wives played in family economic stability prior to, during, and after the Great Recession, focusing on changes in the contribution of employed wives' earnings to family earnings by state, region, metropolitan areas, and nonmetro residence.
Vulnerable Families Research Program Employment, Family, Income Publication
Fewer Than Half of WIC-Eligible Families Receive WIC Benefits
The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) serves millions of low-income women, infants, and children who are at nutritional risk by providing checks or vouchers for nutritious foods, nutrition counseling, breastfeeding support, and health care referrals.1 Foods eligible for WIC are high in certain nutrients and designed to meet the special nutritional needs of low-income pregnant, breastfeeding, or postpartum women, as well as infants and children up to age 5.2 Research has shown that WIC is a successful and cost-effective program. Numerous studies find that WIC participation improves pre- and postnatal health outcomes; families' overall nutrition; access to prenatal care, health care for children, and immunizations; and children's cognitive development and academic achievement.3 In 2015, the average monthly WIC benefit was $43.58 per person. Easing the costs associated with buying nutritional foods frees up family resources for other necessities, like housing and medical costs. Families with pre-tax incomes up to 185 percent of the federal poverty line are eligible for the program.4 WIC benefits are especially important for rural families, as the poverty rate is higher in rural than in urban areas (18 percent compared with 15 percent in 2014).5 It is important to consider uptake differences by place type as research indicates that rural women perceive more stigma surrounding participation in government assistance programs compared with women in urban areas.6
For One in Four Very Young, Low-Income Children, Parents Are Young Too
This brief maps the distribution of children living with young adult parents, describes their parents' characteristics, and details ways to strengthen policy supports that can fortify their families' ability to succeed.
Vulnerable Families Research Program Child Care, Children, Family, Young Adults Publication
Homeless Teens and Young Adults in New Hampshire (co-publication with the Children's Alliance of New Hampshire)
More than 1,000 adolescents and young adults in New Hampshire are homeless, and their numbers are growing. The brief, co-published with the Children's Alliance of New Hampshire, provides an estimate of homeless youth in New Hampshire calculated from national and state data and describes the needs of homeless youth based on interviews and a survey of providers of homeless services in the state.
Evaluation, New Hampshire, Vulnerable Families Research Program Family, Housing, New Hampshire, Young Adults Publication
Household Reports of Energy Assistance Receipt Increased 48 Percent During Recession: Proposed Cuts Threaten Vulnerable Families
This brief examines heating assistance usage and the implications of President Obama's 2012 budget proposal to cut $2.5 billion from the $5.1 billion energy assistance fund for low-income families at a time when families are struggling with higher energy costs amid a difficult economy. The federal Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) assists vulnerable families in paying their home heating and cooling bills. Nationwide, from the winter of 2006/2007 to the winter of 2009/2010, there was a 48 percent increase in households receiving energy assistance. This growth appears to have accelerated with the recession, particularly in the rural Northeast and Midwest. Many more families are eligible than receive assistance. Brief author Jessica Carson discusses how proposed cuts would have a concrete and immediate impact on families, particularly those in rural areas and in harsh winter climates.
Vulnerable Families Research Program Family, Housing, Poverty, Safety Net Publication


I interviewed Quinton Aaron at Kiki Shepard's 12th annual charity bowling challenge to raise awareness for sickle cell. Quinton will be forever remembered for his first lead role playing Michael Oher alongside Sandra Bullock and Tim McGraw in The Blind Side, released November 20, 2009. Find out what Quinton says about his bowling game, meeting Whitney Houston, and working with Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side film. Watch below.


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John Hood (1720–c.1783) was an Irish surveyor and inventor, born in Moyle, County Donegal.

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In 1772 was published in Dublin Hood's Tables of Difference of Latitude and Departure for Navigators, Land Surveyors. In it he recommended that in surveying the bearing of objects should be taken from the meridian of the place. The tables printed in the book are the natural sines of all the angles, in degrees and quarter degrees, to different radii, the latter ranging from 1 to 100, as being best adapted to Gunter's chain.

Hood also gave an account of the diurnal variation of the magnetic needle and its correction, and a description of a new surveying instrument. This invention was elsewhere called Hood's compass theodolite, and is described as the basis of theodolites later used in Britain and America. He is also said to have anticipated the invention of Hadley's quadrant, but took out no patents.

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1720 births
1780s deaths
18th-century Irish people
Irish surveyors
Irish inventors
People from County Carlow

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Like A Lapwing is a piece of digital artwork by Sarah Vernon which was uploaded on July 31st, 2015.
Original image of the lapwing is from The Biodiversity Heritage Library on Flickr to which I have added my own textures.
The quote I have used as my title is a favourite from Much Ado. My mother was lucky enough to see Peggy Ashcroft as Beatrice at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in 1950. �When Dame Peg made her entrance in the scene, she was exactly like a lapwing,� said my mother.
Thank you very much, HH!
Love this! Birds are a favorite subject matter for me and this is just such a beautiful treatment! v/f/pin!
Congratulations for your feature in Greeting Cards For All Occasions 8-1-15!


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Off-Road love
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When I was an editor at Petersen's Four Wheel Off-Road, way back in 1980, one of the perennial favorite trucks around the office was the Mitsubishi Montero, perhaps the closest thing to a real Jeep ever made by any Asian car company (well, if you don't count Toyota's blatant rip-off of the Land Rover/Range Rover, which the Toyota boys called the Land Cruiser).
Steve Parker: Mitsubishi's 2010 Outlander Off-Roader a Serious Vehicle
How do you see the partnership with Rabobank-Giant Off-Road helping in reaching your goals?
Q&A with Katie Compton: Mountain bike and cyclocross for 2011?
Model year 2010 continues where model year 2009 left off with another year of exciting and innovative Off-Road offerings.
Sneak Peek!
Katie Compton will join the Rabobank-Giant Off-Road Team for two years with the goal of qualifying for the Olympic cross-country in 2012.
Katie Compton joins Rabobank-Giant Off-Road
Compton, from Colorado Springs, and Rosara Joseph of New Zealand are the first two women athletes on the expanded Rabobank-Giant Off-Road Team.
"I am very excited to join the Rabobank-Giant Off-Road Team for the next two years, which I believe will be the best of my career," Compton said.


Some cold temperatures in late October hinted that the Mid-Atlantic ski season would be off to an early start, but mild temperatures in December limited snowmaking opportunities at many resorts. Some resorts have fared well: Wisp, Seven Springs, Hidden Valley, and Snowshoe were able to capture opening dates in recent weeks; but it took a shot of cold air and some natural snow to help other resorts begin their 2012-2013 winter season. In the coming days, the tally of open resorts will rise dramatically.
Resorts that recently opened include Pennsylvania's Alpine Mountain, Big Boulder, Blue Knob, Blue Mountain, Camelback, Elk Mountain, Jack Frost, Shawnee Mountain, Big Bear, and Ski Sawmill, in addition to Seven Springs and Hidden Valley. Whitetail Resort will open on Friday, December 28, while Roundtop and Liberty will open on Saturday, December 29.
All four Virginia ski resorts have now opened, including Bryce, Massanutten, the Homestead, and Wintergreen.
In West Virginia, Snowshoe, Timberline, and Winterplace are open. Canaan Valley Resort plans to open on Saturday, December 29.
In North Carolina, Beech and Sugar Mountain Resorts are also open.
Opening conditions can vary across resorts; some may only have a few beginner trails open initially, but cold temperatures over the next week should allow plenty of snowmaking opportunities and the chance to fortify open terrain.
As always, check with resorts before making a visit; operating hours can vary in the early season. Many resorts will also be charging holiday rates through New Year's Day.


These links provide a way to run NWPA drivers with NetWare 3.12 and 4.11, which originally did not adequately support drivers of that architecture. First download the NWPA Update Package, which is a DOS executable, self-extracting file containing update modules, then read the instructions on how to use the file and install the modules for your particular NetWare version.
Note: The NWPA Update Package has been tested to function without problems on NetWare 4.10 as well, but the intended targets for the Package are primarily NetWare 3.12 and 4.11.
Note: The modules listed on this site are provided as a courtesy to the general public, but are not necessarily released as finished products, and are therefore not supported. Novell, Inc., provides no documentation of any kind for any of the modules listed on this site. They are provided as-is, and as such are applied at the user's own risk.


You should go see the doctor. I think you may have an Affliction.
Something like that for the Fall would look like a schizophrenic's EEG.
Drummers, 1979-81 looks exactly like I thought it would.
It's wild looking at PIL how short a period what I think of as the classic iteration of the band actually lasted relative to the entire lifespan of the group.
Somehow, Bruce Smith has the second-longest tenure. Huh.
You mean Levene became lazy.
I recall posting something about this before. Not a single original member left.
Yep Santana 65 members apparently. Like an army of...well you decide.
My lawyer assured me the charges would be dropped the media wouldnt be involved.
The important thing is hopefully you didn't spill too much beer.