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Web application hacking is on the rise. Most corporations have secured their data at the network level, but many have overlooked the crucial step of checking whether their web applications are vulnerable to attack. Web applications, which often have a direct line into the company's most valuable data assets and are online 24/7, are typically unprotected by a firewall and therefore easy prey for attackers. To combat this risk, you need to be running dynamic scans against your websites that search for vulnerabilities like SQL Injection, XSS, XXE, SSRF and Host Header Attacks.
Companies today are creating more software in house than ever before, to give them an edge on their competition. But with this rapid development comes an enormous risk, because most applications are not being built with security in mind. In fact, more than 60% of all applications fail the OWASP Top 10, and 80% of applications written in web scripting languages fail their first scan.
The solution is to implement static code scanning during application development. This is part of the "shift left" maxim, moving testing earlier in the application lifecycle. It used to be that code scanning required a copy of the source code, but source code may not always be available to you. Instead, the leading tools in this space now examine the binary code of the application. They look for coding flaws, back doors and many other dangerous vulnerabilities. Most importantly, the vulnerabilities are found before the application is released to production, which saves an enormous amount of time and money when compared to a "develop now, fix later" approach.
While your endpoint security is protecting your periphery and your dynamic and static scanners are looking for vulnerabilities in your applications, what about the network itself? A network scanner runs on a scheduled basis, checking for vulnerabilities on every IP device on your network. It looks for misconfigurations, missing patches, weak or default passwords, and much more. Network scanners use a library of known vulnerabilities that is constantly updated, with the objective of always staying one step ahead of the bad guys.
Traditional firewalls have always been known to protect the perimeter of the network. Firewall technology has dramatically evolved, however, to provide top-to-bottom application protection of the OSI stack. Next Generation Firewall vendors now have the ability to protect the internal network, as well as provide Web Application Firewall protection, Intrusion Prevention, URL filtering, and Advanced Malware Protection.
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Advanced Malware Protection helps an organization protect from and react to a malware attack. This uses Threat Intelligence to prevent general malware from entering the organization's network. During an attack, the system uses known file signatures and dynamic file analysis to identify and block malware.
DNS filtering provides protection for your users and data outside the periphery of your own networks. These solutions collect vast amounts of live internet data, identifying real and perceived threats around the world. The effectiveness of the solution is in how well it evaluates and correlates this data, and in turn, proactively protects you and your users.
The best DNS filtering correlates IP networks and DNS infrastructures to lean how threats are related. They automatically link events to known threats, and correlate the events with associated DNS infrastructures and IP networks. They assess suspect activity, identify patterns, and mobilize threat protection accordingly, while minimizing false positives.
Extra security measures aren't difficult. We incorporate them into our everyday lives. We set the alarm at our house and lock the doors on our car. We use pins to retrieve cash at the ATM and authentication credentials to log into company computers. The effort is small, and so it easily becomes a part of our daily habits. However, securing email—all email—is a different challenge. We may secure our houses three to four times a day or visit the ATM twice a week, but who wants to encrypt and decrypt hundreds of emails a day? Passwords, portals and extra steps eliminate the ease of clicking 'send' and replace it with an annoying, almost painful, experience. And so we don't secure each email. In fact, unless your organization conducts business in a regulated industry such as healthcare or financial services, your organization probably doesn't secure any emails at all. But what you know about email encryption is about to change.
End-Point security takes anti-virus to a whole new level. End-Point security solutions not only look for known malware, but they also use centralized, consolidated risk repositories to analyze behavior patterns and attack vectors. They provide visibility into attacks, identifying what happened and what resources were affected. They provide automated and manual upstream vulnerability assessments, allowing you to immediately quarantine sections of your network while you remediate.
Many organizations now take a holistic approach to implementing cyber security and have started implementing stricter controls for every aspect of their business. Security integration and orchestration are becoming a prerequisite to new technology investments. Many solutions include analytics and strong reporting capabilities, but for some organizations this is simply not enough. If your organization has a significant application presence, and you have deployed multiple tools to strengthen your security posture, you are probably finding that you are investing a lot of time and effort in logging, vetting, compiling, assigning and tracking vulnerabilities found by your team.
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While Application Security continues to grab headlines, there are still sophisticated threat actors targeting your networks and infrastructure. Network engineers and administrators are challenged in their ability to protect assets, locate threats, and stay up-to-date with the latest updates and patches. Organizations should consider a breach detection solution that monitors your network in real-time to detect anomalous activity and provides deep visibility into your IT assets and network activity. Breach detection solutions allow your team to find exploits as they occur. They analyze your network and establish a baseline for "normal" activity. Utilizing customizable alerts, they will notify you of unusual or suspicious behavior and present your response teams with a prioritized workflow for rapid remediation.
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Join us as we take a moment to praise The Static Minds and the sacred soul of rock and roll.
We could praise the two things independently of each other, but given their intrinsic relation, why not have them come together? Together, yes – together in the darkness.
Of course, it takes very little in the way of heavy lifting to connect The Static Minds and the sacred soul of rock and roll. The Static Minds are a Raleigh, North Cackalacky-based group of volume veterans, with time served in nearly a dozen bands of various repute to their credit. One might say they wear their influences on their sleeves – though we might suggest with considerably more accuracy that they actually wear their influences somewhere near the left lapels of their respective jackets, most likely in pin or patch form. Maybe a round number with "Rock And Roll Over," maybe something with the Tyner-fro.
"Feel Good" is a round number itself, rock and roll that can never be over, maybe something with the life and spirit and bouncin'-and-behavin' nature of the aforementioned Tyner-fro. It's a track that does as advertised, from an album – "Electricity" – that does the same.
And we need this "Electricity" to make these summer months more bearable – electricity for the ceiling fans and ice-makers and additional volume for our rock and roll. We don't say that lightly: we need this.
Maybe you're different – no crime there. But for us, the summer calls for standing tall, for getting under the wheels, for reminding us that the pop is the way, the truth and the light. The summer calls for electricity, and The Static Minds have the supply.
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Transferability of Model-Based Reasoning Using Prime Models in a Reactor Core Cooling Diagnostic System
Reference: Hewett, R. Transferability of Model-Based Reasoning Using Prime Models in a Reactor Core Cooling Diagnostic System. Knowledge Systems Laboratory, February, 1991.
Abstract: ICE (Identifying Causes and Effects) is a prototype system that exploits models of structures and functions of physical systems for use in multiple reasoning tasks including diagnosis, explanation, and prediction. ICE uses a model-based approach to reason about physical systems from models of physical structures and behaviors. It represents knowledge about physical systems at two levels of abstraction: domain and prime models. Domain models represent actual physical components and processes that make up particular systems whereas prime models represent abstractions of both normal and abnormal structures and behaviors of the systems. Each domain model can be viewed as an instance of a corresponding prime model. Thus, any properties of a domain model can be inherited model, any properties or causal behaviors of the corresponding prime model may entail instantiations. For example, a human respiratory system and an irrigation system are represented as domain models and both can be viewed as an instance of a prime flow model. In a prime flow model, we might represent abstract fault such as "a leakage of a flow structure can cause a decreased flow of a flow process that occurs in that structure." During reasoning about a respiratory system which can be viewed as a flow system, one can instantiate that "a leakage of a throat can cause decreased flow of inspired or expired air that flows through the throat."

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Mickey papa (Mickey Plays Papa) est un dessin animé de Mickey Mouse, produit par Walt Disney pour United Artists et sorti le .

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Mickey est en train de lire une histoire d'épouvante au coin du feu avec à ses côtés Pluto. Ils sont surpris par un bruit à l'extérieur. Ce sont les pleurs d'un bébé souris déposé sous le porche d'entrée. Mickey recueille le souriceau et tente de le distraire afin qu'il arrête de pleurer. Il se lance dans une imitation de Charles Chaplin, puis joue à saute-mouton avec un jouet à presser. Mickey réalise ensuite que le petit a simplement faim. Il va donc dans la cuisine et prépare une bouteille de lait. Pendant ce temps, Pluto découvre l'invité et tente à son tour de divertir le bambin. Le chien fait comme son maître et court avec des jouets, mais sans grand résultat. Mickey, de son côté, n'est pas en reste avec la bouteille qui, à cause de la chaleur, lui aspire le nez, le faisant ressembler à Jimmy Durante.

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 Titre original : Mickey Plays Papa
 Autres titres :
 Allemagne : Mickys Findelkind
 Italie : Topolino papà
 France : Mickey papa
 Suède : Musse Pigg som ungkarlspappa
 États-Unis : Pluto and the Baby, nom donné à la diffusion télévisée en 1950
 Série : Mickey Mouse
 Réalisateur :  Burt Gillett
 Voix : Walt Disney (Mickey), Marcellite Garner (Minnie)
 Producteur : Walt Disney, John Sutherland
 Distributeur : United Artists
 Date de sortie :
 Format d'image : noir et blanc
 Musique : Frank Churchill
 Son : Mono RCA Photophone
 Durée : 9 min
 Langue :
 Pays :

Commentaires

Ce film n'est pas sans rappeler un certain Poor Papa (1927) avec Oswald le lapin chanceux. Ce n'est pas le premier film où Mickey est père, il le rêve (ou plutôt en fait le cauchemar) dans Mickey's Nightmare (1932). Ce sujet doit beaucoup à la réalité car, à la sortie du film, cela faisait neuf mois que Walt Disney avait eu une fille, Diane Marie Disney.

Notes et références

Liens externes

Court métrage de Mickey Mouse
Court métrage de Pluto
Film américain sorti en 1934
Série Mickey Mouse

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On September 11, 2001 ... well, we all know. At first I thought it was like the bomber that hit the Empire State Building -- they would saw off the tail, plaster a bit, and that would be that. It turned out to be a bit more serious.
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The site itself reminded me of the Roman Forum, with its rubble and ruins. People were still working seven days a week to clear it out, and there were checkpoints all over the place. (Those people were less philosophical.) It was hard to get close, but I did my best using a bit of guile and a strong zoom lens. The page of photos should give some impression of what it was like.
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Service Learning is back in the spotlight this semester at The Storm King School. Along with it, a group of dedicated SKS students are back at the Newburgh Armory Unity Center (NAUC) to volunteer. Every Saturday morning, they travel to NAUC to teach "Kitchen Chemistry" and other fun subjects to local kids. Kitchen Chemistry is an interactive program for grades 1-6 designed to help children develop a love for science through simple, fun experiments using materials they can find at home.
NAUC has always been a favorite choice of SKS volunteers, and many have enjoyed the experience so much that they've gone above and beyond their required 20 hours of service each year. This fall, several students are on the road to doing the same, including junior Kenzo S. '23 and freshman Charlotte T. '25.
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Charlotte: "The Elephant Toothpaste experiment was the most fun so far. All the colors went everywhere. Everyone was a big mess and the kids were laughing…it was a real visceral reaction. It was wonderful."
Charlotte and Kenzo agree that volunteering at the Armory is a win-win situation for themselves and the children. "We've done really fun and colorful experiments so far, such as the Skittles Experiment, Elephant Toothpaste, and Clock Reaction. It's really great that the kids can learn high school chemistry concepts at such a young age, but in a fun way. Also, if you don't know something, you can't teach it. I think the knowledge will help me in my chemistry class next year," explains Charlotte. "Some of the experiments I've done before. Not only can I provide more help, but seeing the wonder in the kids' eyes reminds me of my first time seeing the same experiments," Kenzo continues.
Kenzo: "I've learned how much I enjoy answering the kids' questions. They're very curious and also very friendly. Seeing their personalities bloom is also a sight to behold."
NAUC Executive Director and Volunteer Coordinator Nancy Proyect is very pleased with our students' work this year: "We get a good number of volunteers from throughout the greater Newburgh community and the students from The Storm King School are among the best. They walk in the doors with a great attitude. I love when they want to return to the same classroom each week. A lot of the children we serve need good role models and consistency in their lives. Having the same volunteers each week really helps and the SKS students I've worked with this year seem totally committed to their volunteerism and have been excellent role models in the classrooms."
Both Kenzo and Charlotte, as well as their fellow Armory volunteers, hope that more SKS students will choose NAUC to help complete their community service requirement. "I definitely think other students should try it out. There's a certain magic to being there and interacting with the kids. The relationships bring me back and I find myself tapping into my more childlike side," explains Kenzo. "I love working at the Armory. I hope we can help get the word out so more SKS students will consider volunteering there," concluded Charlotte.
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"Despite the otherwise good work (of) the Public Integrity Unit's employees, I cannot in good conscience support continued state funding for an office with statewide jurisdiction at a time when the person charged with ultimate responsibility of that unit has lost the public's confidence," Perry said.
Perry had earlier threatened to veto the item if Lehmberg didn't resign. This was Lehmberg's first official public appearance since serving a 20-day jail sentence for a widely-publicized DWI arrest in April.
The veto in effect shuts off the $7.5 million bipartisan legislative appropriation ($3.7 annually) on August 31, at which point Travis County will be expected to pick up the tab. The embattled Lehmberg and members of her office outlined for the court what the Public Integrity Unit does exactly and how the veto would affect that work. The unit of 35 employees generally handles investigations involving public corruption, state property theft, tax and insurance fraud, and the like. Currently, there are approximately 400 cases pending before the public integrity unit. Only 280 of those are Travis County cases.
The unit was created by former District Attorney Ronnie Earle, who served as the Travis County DA for three decades until his retirement in 2008. Earle captured national attention with investigations into U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison and former House Majority Leader U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Sugar Land). It also became a symbol for what Republicans saw as the genesis of politically motivated prosecutions, despite the fact that Earle claimed he prosecuted far more Democrats than Republicans during his tenure.
With business-as-usual for the unit coming to an abrupt halt in less than two months, "we need to figure out an immediate plan," Lehmberg told the court. "This is a relatively new occurrence for us to deal with. But I am absolutely open to working not only with you all, but with other county officials and certainly state officials on alternatives. People are coming up with new things every day. I just figured the most important thing I could do today is to give you information so that you can make an informed decision over the next month about whether or not you want to fund any or all of the Public Integrity Unit."
Travis County Judge Sam Biscoe said the county taking over the $3.7 million funding for the year is "doable" considering the county has a $700 million budget. "It's an unexpected development, but it's part of government," he said. "I certainly wasn't sitting around waiting on the opportunity to spend another $3.5 million on something that historically the state has covered. At the same time, what you do is you roll with the punches."
Lehmberg said while she does not view Perry's veto as a personal attack, the move "feels partisan and is misguided." When asked about resigning at this point, Lehmberg said "I'm not going to."
The court plans to address the issue again on July 2 after looking at available options and alternative solutions. "I think it's 50-50 that a majority of the Commissioners Court will want to do the right thing," said Judge Biscoe. "And the right thing is us taking up a part of if not all of it." However, "once we decide to pick it up, we probably are stuck with it indefinitely."
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The investments rate and production levels of Bankers Petroleum, the biggest exporter in the country, that exploits by concession the Patos-Marinza oilfield, are affected from the low oil prices in the world markets. VP of Operations and Production of Bankers Petroleum, Mr. Guangqing Zhang declares that the commodity prices are a key factor for enabling growth for Bankers, but it is also very important to have security of the investments in Albania and timely reimbursement of VAT and other tax amounts to improve investment confidence of the new ownership group. While Bankers is still in conflict with tax department for the non-recognition of a tax liability of USD 300 million, he added that the case is in the International Arbitration and its decision will affect in the company's investments plan.
How was the company's performance in 2016 and during 2017?
Mr. Zhang: Bankers went through a material ownership transaction in 2016 where the Canadian public shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange were purchased by a Chinese group, Geo Jade Petroleum, which trades on the Shanghai Exchange. The overall performance of Bankers Albanian assets, mainly Patos-Marinza oilfield, has been stable but our pace of activity and production levels have been impacted by the low oil prices in the world markets. We have reduced our capital spending accordingly to maintain a balanced program within our available cash-flow. 2016 was a very challenging year, as the oil price dropped below $30/bbl Brent for a period of time and was below $50/bbl for most of the year, which impacted our revenue. 2017 has been more stable above $50/bbl Brent, but is still a very challenging environment for sour heavy crude oil production.
Last year, you have been in tax dispute for $ 300 Million with the Tax Directorate. Can you give us the latest updates on this issue?
Mr. Zhang: The Expert Determination has been completed by PWC in our favor, but the ICC Arbitration Appeal process is still underway. We are expecting this to be complete before the end of the year. Upon winning the Arbitration, the reimbursement from the Tax Office of the taxes charged under this dispute will be critical for Bankers to increase investment levels in Albania. We are focused on finding a solution with the government on how to get effective reimbursement of these tax amounts for the benefit of all of our stakeholders including the people we employ locally, communities surrounding our operations, local service providers and domestic refineries.
What has changed in Bankers after it was bought by Geo Jade? What are the investment plans of the Chinese company in Albania?
Mr. Zhang: The way we operate our business in Albania has not changed significantly as a result of the ownership transfer. We have a very competent and highly effective team that will be improved with support from our new ownership group and allow us to commit to further growth in Albania. Our investments plan for Albania are being established currently and will be a balanced program where the majority of the cash-flow from our operations in Albania will be invested in Albania. Commodity prices are a key factor for enabling growth for Bankers, but it is also very important for us to have security of our investment in Albania and timely reimbursement of VAT and other tax amounts to improve investment confidence of our new ownership group and improve return on investment for the Albanian assets compared to other international assets of Geo Jade.
During the last years, oil prices have been low. How has this affected the company, its investment and profit plans?
Mr. Zhang: Oil prices have a major impact on our operations as we have a balanced investment plan with our cash-flow. We had a large capital program in 2013 and 2014 and have invested over $2 billion over the 2004 to 2017 period. The potential of the Patos-Marinza oilfield is good, but sour heavy crude oil does not have significant return on investment at low oil prices. We are testing new technologies, such as thermal techniques to heat the crude oil and improve mobility of the oil. This may be the next big level of production increase from Patos-Marinza but can only be realized with significant investment enabled by cooperation from the government and improvement of commodity prices. The future potential is good, but we do need several things to fall into place before we can realize the growth.
After Crude Oil Auction, Albpetrol will Sell 3.6 Million Nm3 Gas
The state owned oil company, Albpetrol, after the successful completion of the sale of 200.000 tons of crude oil that has taken place last days, it has decided to open another auction. According to the announcement made in the Public Procurement Agency, Albpetrol will open an auction sales for a quantity of 3.6 Million Nm3 gas. This quantity is extracted as an accompanying gas during the oil extraction operations, a practice that is typical in the oil resources. According to Albpetrol, the gas is produced at the Cakran-Mollaj resource.
Auction conditions
Albpetrol announced that the price will be calculated under the formula:
0.8 x TTF+K where:
TTF- is the price in EUR/mwh of the accompanying gas published on the Dutch Stock Exchange and;
K - is the value in EUR added by the Bidder on the Minimum Estimated Price.
This is the first time, after a long time that Albpetrol will open an auction for gas sales. Delivery of the quantity to the winner will be 600.000 Nm3 within one year from signing of the contract, whereas the remaining quantity of 3 Million Nm3 will be delivered within 5 years from signing of the contract. The interested operators must submit their bids by October 3, 2017.
From the crude oil auction, Albpetrol sold 200.000 tons of crude oil to "IZVOR 99 " Company and has forecasted to receive over US$ 50 Million from this transaction. Two were the companies which took place in that auction and the company which provided the highest value ("IZVOR 99") was awarded. That was the first auction made by Albpetrol this year for the sale of the crude oil.


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Q: Migrating from Magneto 1 to Magento 2 I migrated all my settings, products etc from M1 to M2 recently.
Our old site has while developing our new M2 site gained new customers and products. So what would happen if I choose to migrate my data from M1 to M2 again?
As in this command: php bin/magento migrate:data --reset
Would the old products be overwritten and new products, customers be added or would it create duplicate products, customers and what not?
Thanks in advance.

A: there is a 50% chance that you will have corrupted data if you do so. and re-migration will fail even in -a ignore mode, because of a lot of data changes.
duplicates and incompatible records.
what you need to do is :delta

The incremental migration tool installs deltalog tables (with prefix
  m2_cl_*) and triggers (for tracking changes) in the Magento 1 database
  during the migration of data. These deltalog tables and triggers are
  essential to ensuring that you migrate only the changes made in
  Magento 1 since the last time you migrated data. These changes are:
Data that customers added via storefront (created orders, reviews,
  changes in customer profiles, etc.)
All operations with orders, products, and categories in the Magento
  Admin panel

bin/magento migrate:delta -a config.xml

A: I don't think re-migration is a good option, actually, you don't need to re-migrate your data.
There is a more optimal solution is that you can use the Recent data migration service or Smart update that helps to move newly incurring entities to your new store and bulk update your data on Magento 2.

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Obituaries » News
Transmissions: It's no comedy
by Gwendolyn Ann Smith
Illustration: Christine Smith
Two films on the American Film Institute's list of top 100 movies ever made have something in common.
The first is "Some Like It Hot" (1959), where Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis masquerade as members of an all-woman jazz troupe to escape revenge-seeking mobsters. The second is "Tootsie" (1982), where Dustin Hoffman presents as a woman to get a job as a soap opera character, and enjoys success he lacked as a man.
The movie trope of people, predominantly men, crossing gender in order to evade some negative situation, is a long-established comedic concept. After the success of the two films above — as well as the late Robin Williams vehicle, "Mrs. Doubtfire" (1993) — the silver screen filled with comparable movies. I could easily list dozens of similar films, as well as a few television shows, that mined this concept to death.
I want to mention one film in particular, however, and that is "Juwanna Mann" (2002). It's one of the last of this long line, flogging what was at that point a largely exhausted plot line.
In the movie, Jamal Jeffries, a popular basketball player portrayed by Miguel A. Núñez Jr., is banned from the sport. He creates the titular female persona, Juwanna Mann, and joins a women's basketball team. Juwanna excels on the court, all the while having the same tired hijinks and the typical redemption arc that one had come to expect from the "bad boy dresses as a woman and learns compassion" storylines.
The film didn't do all that well commercially or critically, and largely marks the end for this genre — except somewhere along the way, the basic plot of "Juwanna Mann" became the culture war of the 2020s.
Across the country right now is an explosion of anti-trans laws being introduced in statehouses, and most of them center on the misguided notion that allowing transgender women — they never seem all that concerned about transgender men or nonbinary athletes — in women's sports will lead to trans women as well as male athletes self-identifying as women to dominate women's sports. Indeed, trans women and these deceptive men — often conflated by lawmakers using the term "biological males" — will dominate women's sports.
Of course, these same lawmakers aren't aiming for a Hollywood redemption arc for any such athletes. No one is finding their true love in the last reel either. The very comedic trope typified by the "Juwanna Mann" is now the cause célèbre among the right wing.
In South Dakota, House Bill 1217 — a bill barring trans girls from participating in school sports — made it to Governor Kristi Noem's desk. This was after it was already killed in committee, but "smoked out onto the floor for a rushed vote just a day later," as local media reported. Noem, who initially intended to sign the bill, instead pushed back. Apparently, HB 1217 was not anti-trans enough.
HB 1217 is but one of 78 anti-trans bills introduced in 25 states. Not all of them are on sports, as I mentioned. Some, like House Bill 1 in Alabama, would make it a felony to provide care to transgender people, and require teachers and counselors to disclose to parents if a student discusses trans feelings to them. Texas and Mississippi have similar bills, with the latter criminalizing transgender care up to age 21.
Most, however, are about barring trans women in sports, to apparently prevent the plot of "Juwanna Mann" from becoming reality. The only problem with this is that it was a bad comedy movie from two decades ago.
Trans girls have been allowed in sports for a number of years now, and last I checked were not dominating women's sports. We have been allowed in the Olympics without having to participate as the wrong gender for far longer, and aren't bringing home truckloads of gold medals.
In their defense, many will try to claim that trans women have a "biological advantage," all the while sidestepping that the majority of trans youth do not have any edge as a result of not entering puberty, or being on puberty blockers.
The numbers of transgender people in competitive sports at any level are quite small. It's far more common for a trans kid to be bullied out of school — or be kicked out by the administration — than it is for them to suit up for the school team.
According to an Associated Press report, lawmakers in states pressing for such a ban could not cite a single instance where a trans woman had caused a problem on a women's team.
Of course, there are also no cases at all where a male pro basketball player tried to disguise themselves as a woman and sneak onto a women's basketball team. Again, that only happens in the realm of fiction. It has no place in reality.
That's really what this boils down to: lawmakers are legislating to prevent a non-existent, fictional problem. It's as likely to happen as a real-life Austin Powers defeating an actual Goldmember. It would be funny, if these bills wouldn't curtail the rights of people across the country.
What's more, while these bills are primarily targeting trans girls, they will, ultimately affect all children. If a girl excels in sports, these laws open the doors for their gender to be challenged, and for them to end up having to prove they are girls.
In short, everyone loses when these bills pass — and that is no comedy.
Gwen Smith can barely open a pickle jar, and is no threat in sports. You can find her at www.gwensmith.com
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Home Business We Will Guard Against Stealing Of Recovered Loot —FG
We Will Guard Against Stealing Of Recovered Loot —FG
THE Federal Government has assured that it would guard against the stealing of funds recovered from looters.
Speaking on Sunday at the end of the 2017 Spring Meetings of the World Bank/International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington, Finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun, said the funds would be channeled into funding the 2017 budget.
The minister, who did not give the amount so far recovered, said the government, had opened an account where the recovered funds would be kept to guard against the money being stolen again.
She said, "We have a recovery account where all the recovered money goes, which we reconcile. In the budget, there is a provision that recovered funds would be used to fund some specific projects. Any excess recovery that we have, we have to take a decision on. So far, we have not recovered up to the amount we thought we would recover. What we are trying to do is to make sure that the recovered funds are not misappropriated.
"What we have discovered is that many agencies have recovered funds and we must keep an eye on those recoveries, otherwise there is a risk of re-looting of the funds.
"What happens is that all the agencies that recover are meant to send us a report every month about how much was recovered and the account in which the recovered fund is kept. We have to make sure that the cash recovered goes into the bank because some agencies will be saying the cash is evidence but we say no the cash is money that the government has to use."
The minister said one of the major issues discussed at the meetings was the issue of raising revenue through taxation.
She said, "Domestic revenue mobilization is critical to the nation's development," adding that the country had just 6 per cent tax to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), which is one of the lowest in the world.
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According to her, "Ghana has 15 per cent, South Africa has 30 per cent, most advanced countries have between 30 and 35 per cent."
She added that the bulk of the 6 per cent tax revenue generated by the country came from petroleum tax "If price of oil goes up, we collect more PPT, if it goes down we collect less. This makes us more vulnerable. The solution is broader taxes that are reflective of entire economy. We have got to deal with the issue of tax. People just have to pay taxes. Societies where people pay taxes are the ones that develop. If everybody pays a little the money is enough to do a lot. The problem is tax evasion and government has to stop that."
She, however, said the government would not increase taxes or introduce new ones but would work hard to bring every eligible person into the tax net.
"We will make sure it is very difficult to evade tax. We have already started that by gathering data because to tax people you must know how much they have. If you don't know how much they have, taxing them would be a guess work.
She added that the government would ensure that everyone that had a claim with the government showed evidence of tax payment. "Everything we are doing is driving people into the tax net. That is what happens in every country. Nobody pays tax because they want to; people pay tax because they have to. We will make it much difficult for people to evade taxes. At every point of government, we will be picking up data that we will use to compel tax payment. If you buy a business class ticket, we will find out if you are paying tax. You come to government for a payment, we will find out if you are paying tax. You want something from the government, we will find out if you pay tax. That is how we are going to get better payment.
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"We also are hopeful that we will get the support of developed countries in our fight against tax evasion. There is going to be better cooperation from developed countries because a lot of money has left Nigeria. There is a focus on sharing data with advanced countries so that they can help us. We have an understanding with the British government to get the list of every Nigerian that owns a property in the United Kingdom. With that we will able to see how much those with properties abroad are paying as taxes to Nigeria.
"We will name and shame those who do not pay taxes. We only have about 13million tax payers in Nigeria, most of them are PAYE. Many people evade tax in Nigeria and it is really the wealthy that evade tax. We are going to be more aggressive in tax collection, not because we want to witch hunt anybody but because we have to collect the taxes. It is the job of the government to redistribute income."
The minister also spoke of the readiness of multilateral agencies such as the World Bank, African Development Bank and others to collaborate with Nigeria to address the electricity challenge in the country.
"If there is one thing that will really drive growth in Nigeria it is power because the number of jobs it will create, the number of opportunities and wealth that could be created is unimaginable. So, getting power right is not negotiable. The World Bank has said they are going to support us. AfDB, IFC and other have also pledged to support us because they say they like our Power Sector Recovery Plan.
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"These multilateral agencies have looked at the plan and they like it. We all agree that it is a big problem which will take some time to solve. But there are milestones of what we expect to see. The multilateral agencies have pledged their support financially but those investments are tied to certain results. They were optimistic that if we implement our plan, we will make progress."
The minister also added that in the course of the meetings the issue of housing was discussed.
She said, "The World Bank has agreed to work with us on the Family Home project. Affordable housing for us is a tool to fight corruption. If someone works for 35 years and cannot own a home, the system is indirectly promoting corruption. So, we need to have a system like most other countries, whereby you put down 10 per cent and every month you pay a part and by the time you retire you own your home. We need the mortgage market to be redirected. We have come up with the private home fund which will be backed up by the private sector to build houses which would be given to our people and be given to people who pay a deposit and are willing to pay back the balance over a period. We are probably one of the only countries that do not have proper mortgage plans."
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Jennifer Lawrence & Darren Aronofsky: Dating?!
It was only two months ago that the Internet was abuzz with rumors that Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Evans were dating.
They would've made for a ridiculously good-looking couple, but it seems it wasn't meant to be. Instead, Jen has chosen to continue to amaze us with her incredibly random taste in dudes.Yes, according to In Touch, Jennifer, 25, is hooking up with 47-year-old Darren Aronofsky, director of Requiem For a Dream, Black Swan and other films that gave you oddly depressing nightmares.
Jen and Darren are currently working on a film together, and insiders say there's been some serious romantic tension on set.
"It started when they were in early discussions about the project. They began flirting, and soon they were hooking up. Now it's getting serious," an on-set source tells the tabloid.
"Jennifer and Darren think they're being sneaky, but it's all anyone can talk about!"
We all know that Jen has a thing for older, artsy dudes, thanks to her relationship with Chris Martin.
And Aronofsky has a history of romancing his leading ladies - he married Rachel Weisz after meeting her backstage at a play.
So could this be the start of a real relationship for J-Law?
Probably, but more likely we'll hear a rumor that she's dating some other rando in like a week.


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>> Crime
>> Robberies
Man injured in hit-and-run after being robbed in North Las Vegas
Officers went to the area of Craig Road and Martin Luther King Boulevard on Thursday afternoon after receiving reports of a shooting and a person being hit by a vehicle.
By Blake Apgar / Las Vegas Review-Journal
Updated November 26, 2021 - 7:53 am
North Las Vegas police (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A man was hospitalized Thursday afternoon after being injured in a hit-and-run incident in North Las Vegas shortly after he was robbed, police said.
North Las Vegas officers were dispatched to the area of Craig Road and Martin Luther King Boulevard about 4:15 p.m. after receiving reports of a shooting and a vehicle hitting a pedestrian, police spokesman Alexander Cuevas said.
The man who was hit by the vehicle was taken to a hospital, where he is expected to survive, Cuevas said. Police do not have any information about the vehicle that hit him.
Investigators found that the man who was hit had been robbed near a business, Cuevas said. He fired his gun while running after the people who robbed him, according to Cuevas.
As the man crossed Martin Luther King Boulevard, he was hit by a vehicle that was not involved in the robbery, Cuevas said. The driver fled the scene.
North Las Vegas police did not know who robbed the man, he said.
Contact Blake Apgar at bapgar@reviewjournal.com or 702-387-5298. Follow @blakeapgar on Twitter.
Posted on: Crime, Local, North Las Vegas, Robberies, Shootings
Tagged: mc-crime
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Police are asking for the public's help in tracking down a man they say is suspected in a recent rash of casino robberies across the Las Vegas Valley.
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By Justin Razavi / RJ
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London, Ontario
First Media Job
CKDR AM, Dryden, Ontario
Born in London, Ontario and raised in Sudbury, Scott Turnbull is the name behind a friendly, likeable, and personable, host who has worked various radio formats, every time slot, and on a number of radio stations since the mid 1970's. Scott launched his career following graduation from Fanshawe College in London.
Scott was heard on the CKSO AM airwaves from 1976 to the early 1980's. Before Sudbury, he was on CKDR AM in Dryden and then CHYR AM in Leamington, near Windsor. After Sudbury, Scott headed to North Bay and eventually Thunder Bay.
By 1988 Turnbull was in Sault Ste. Marie and although he thought he'd only be in the city for a short while, he would remain there, even after his retirement in 2018. Scott and his wife Liz call the Sault their home. He was the morning host on EZ Rock 100.5 FM. He remained with the station after it was later rebranded to be known as "Mix 100" and then "KiSS 100.5". Scott had previously worked afternoons on KiSS 100.5's sister station Q104.3. Scott was also host of "Solid Gold Saturday Night" heard on various Rogers' FM stations in Ontario including Sault Ste. Marie, Sudbury and North Bay. The program featured hits from the 1960's and 70's.
On Friday, June 18, 2018 Rogers Media announced that Scott Turnbull would be retiring from KiSS 100.5. Serious heart surgery meant taking a leave of absence since November of 2017. Turnbull had paid a visit to the station in April to say hello to KiSS listeners and to thank those who had been supportive during his time in hospital and during recovery. Scott returned on Friday, August 10th to bid his audience a proper farewell. He was honoured by industry friends, co-workers and the people of Sault Ste. Marie. He had been in the business for some 43 years!
Scott Turnbull is a sports enthusiast to say the least! Hockey is one of his greatest passions. He served as colour commentator for the Soo Greyhounds of the Ontario Hockey League for ten years, retiring from that position at the end of 2005. He is a huge fan of football especially the Canadian Football League and the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Baseball is on his list of likes, particularly the Detroit Tigers of the American Baseball League.
In addition to following his favourite sports teams, Scott promised himself he would spend time working on his golf game. For years he was a motorcycle enthusiast having owned no less than 8 bikes in his day. Today Scott calls himself a "Jeep" man. He became a proud grandfather for the first time in January of 2006 with the birth of Rowan, a son to his daughter Tara. Scott's second grandchild followed Rowan, a brother, Nolan. Scott is also the proud father of Dave, a professional drummer who works at Laurentian University in Shipping and Receiving. Scott and his wife Liz have a daughter, Samantha, who is studying at Queens University.
Scott acquired the nickname "Bear", short for "Sugar Bear", the iconic mascot in the Sugar Crisp commercials. Before radio, Scott was a surveyor. A member of his crew, Harvey, came to work one day and told Scott he looked like "that cartoon bear" in those cereal commercials. The others picked up on the nickname and would eventually shorten the moniker to "Bear"!
These days, Scott works at keeping the house tidy and ensuring that dinner is ready by the time his wife, Liz, gets home. Although dinner may be ready, Scott will tell you he doesn't actually cook the meal. He says he's not allowed to touch anything in the kitchen! He makes up for it with the vacuuming, laundry and shoveling!


Up on a hill in Dummerston, an old oak is revealed during a timber harvest.
Will Lehning took some nice sunrise photos at an active jobsite in Dummerston VT last week after the year's first snowfall.
Sunrise photo # 2 from Will.
Brothers Mike & Steven King decided to take photos of each other working across the cut area last week on a job in Westminster VT. This is Mike's view from the harvester of Steven's forwarder.
And Steven's view of Mike's harvester.
We have a 1999 Rottne Rapid Forwarder for sale. It is at our shop in Westminster and advertised on Craigslist at https://burlington.craigslist.org/hvo/5377984755.html.


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C-Suite Advisors is delighted to welcome guest blogger, Tony Rushin!
If you saw or read anything about Apple's announcement September 10th, you're probably scratching your head and thinking: 5 new iPhones? Tony must be confused.
Nope. I am counting the new iPhone 5C and 5S (more info below). I'm also counting the iPhone 4, 4S and 5 because once owners of these phones upgrade to iOS 7 (available tomorrow) they will think they have a new phone! Note: iOS 7 will also run on the iPod touch 5thgeneration plus the iPad 2, iPad Retina display and the iPad mini.
Tim Cook, Apple CEO, calls iOS 7 "the biggest change to iOS since the first iPhone". Developers and pundits agree – and they're saying a lot of positive things.
I caught up with one of the local pundits, Nancy Chorpenning, last week. Nancy is the Managing Director of C-Suite Advisors and is on the Board of Directors for the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO). She helps business owners focus on the right priorities that lead them to success in their business (check out her "8 Keys to Improving Profitability" interactive seminar).
Overall better user interface (big change earlier this year when Apple transferred responsibility for the user interface design from Scott Forstall to Jony Ive).
Control Center – just swipe up on any screen to access common functions. Turn on/off Bluetooth, WiFi, Airplane Mode, Do Not Disturb, etc.
Notification Center is enhanced. A summary of today – including calendar, birthdays, emails, weather – and a heads-up on tomorrow.
Camera controls – take a square photo that's ready to be posted on-line.
Multitasking between open apps is easier and more intuitive.
Siri keeps getting better and can control more now.
If you already own an iPhone 4, 4S or 5, I suggest investing time learning the iOS 7 features after you upgrade. It's really like having a new phone. Check the Apple store – they have Business Geniuses now and often have classes at 8:00 am before the store opens." (Nancy's being modest: she helped the local Apple stores design an iPhone/iPad class for NAWBO that they are now using more broadly).
Here are the newly announced iPhones, which both take full advantage of iOS 7.
iPhone 5C. The "C" stands for Color but it could also stand for Consumers. This is Apple's attempt to offer more price points in the marketplace. The 2-year contract prices for iPhones now stack up like this: iPhone 4 = free, iPhone 5C = $99, iPhone 5S = $199. You can pre-order it now (as of 9/13) and it will be available 9/20. From a functionality standpoint, think of it as a slightly enhanced iPhone 5 (it has the same processor, screen and graphics as the 5). The housing is made of plastic (but still a great look and feel) and comes in five colors: green, blue, yellow, red and white. Compared to the 5, it has an updated FaceTime HD Camera and a better backside illuminator sensor for the camera; the battery is also slightly better than the iPhone 5.
Touch ID: security, via a fingerprint sensor, built-in. Great to protect sensitive data (like emails) if the phone is lost or stolen. Critical for HIPAA compliance and for professionals such as attorneys and law firm staff.
A7 64-bit processor: This is the first 64-bit processor in a phone (vs. 32-bit). This is a big technology deal and means there will be even more powerful apps coming.
M7 coprocessor: has motion sensing so the phone can offer different information if you're sitting, walking, running or driving. More powerful apps are coming – especially for health and fitness.
Camera upgrades: lots of new features here. Helping a novice photographer like me take better pictures is always welcomed.
Battery life: With all those new features the battery still delivers 10% more life than the iPhone 5.
In addition, Apple is offering their iWork family of applications – Pages, Keynote, and Numbers – plus iMovie and iPhoto for free on the 5C and 5S.
Marketplace reaction to Apple's announcement last week has been lukewarm. However, I think once the new phones – including iOS 7 – start getting used, the power and benefits will be recognized and appreciated. I predict a very busy Christmas season for Apple.
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Urology-specific quality measures are coming
Two electronic Clinical Quality Measures will help urologists report on prostate and bladder cancer care.
Bob GattyWhen Congress passed and President Obama signed legislation in 2015 to scuttle the troublesome (to say the least!) sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula for Medicare payments for physician services, urologists joined the rest of organized medicine in breathing a huge sigh of relief.
After years of complaining, lobbying, and suffering with constant threats of huge reimbursement cuts due to the SGR, finally sense and reason would come to the process of paying health care providers for treating Medicare patients.
The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA), in repealing the SGR methodology for updates to the Physician Fee Schedule (PFS), replaced it with a new approach to payment-the Quality Payment Program, which rewards the delivery of high-quality patient care through Advanced Alternative Payment Models (APMs) and the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) for eligible clinicians or groups under the PFS.
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Providers who participate in an Advanced APM through Medicare Part B can earn 5% incentive payments for participating in an innovative payment model. Those who participate in MIPS will earn a performance-based payment adjustment. Providers-physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, and certified registered nurse anesthetists-can participate in the Quality Payment Program if they treat 100 patients and bill Medicare at least $30,000 per year.
But with anything so complex as paying physicians for their services for thousands of specific procedures and doing so based on quality of their work rather than volume, there were bound to be complexities and new requirements imposed on providers that must be met if they expected to be paid the maximum amount possible for their work.
And so it is. However, the reporting requirements imposed on providers are numerous and complex, such that Bryan Mehlhaff, MD, of the Oregon Urology Institute (OUI), Springfield says it's a distraction in their efforts to care for their patients.
"All of us view it as like a hangnail," he commented.
But, said Dr. Mehlhaff, "I fully understand this is bipartisan and that MACRA is not going away. After all, it's the replacement for the failed SGR, which we're all happy is gone."
So, to help make it easier and more efficient for urologists to submit these needed reports and get properly paid, the OUI, a member of LUGPA, took it upon itself to develop two electronic Clinical Quality Measures specific to urology.
LUGPA President Neal D. Shore, MD, said: "As leaders in the field, LUGPA's members are committed to advancing best practices and patient outcomes. OUI represented this approach when it took the initiative to begin working on these quality measures and then sharing them with LUGPA's leadership for input."
Next: Two quality measures developed
Two quality measures developed
The first quality measure, which will mandate a bone-density screening for men who are being prescribed androgen-deprivation therapy with the intent to treat for a year or greater, has been approved by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and will take effect Jan. 1, 2018. The bone density screening has to occur prior to the ADT or within 3 months of initiation.
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The second, mandating BCG treatment for those with high-grade nonmuscle-invasive bladder cancer, will take effect the following year.
"eClinical Quality Measures are vitally important to maintaining quality of care, and they reflect a commitment from LUGPA and its members to pursue best practices that consistently advance the practice of urology," Dr. Mehlhaff said.
Now, additional measures are expected to be developed by LUGPA for the treatment of osteopenia or osteoporosis in men with non-metastatic prostate cancer who are on androgen-deprivation therapy, for International Prostate Symptom Score or AUA Symptom Index change 6-12 months after diagnosis of BPH, and for the use of active surveillance for low-risk prostate cancer patients.
All of these eClinical Quality Measures will be available for use by all urologists, according to Dr. Mehlhaff and Colleen Parker, RN, also of the Oregon Urology Institute, who did the majority of the heavy lifting to get the initial two measures developed in conjunction with a panel of technical experts.
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"We're designing these measures for all of urology, and we have to get it right," Dr. Mehlhaff declared.
Next: How the measures work
How the measures work
What exactly are these "measures" and how are they used?
Simply put, to earn the incentive payments-and to avoid penalties-providers must send data to CMS by March 31, 2018 explaining how the practice used EHR technology. Providers who do so can earn their incentive payments or payment adjustments in 2019.
The electronic measures developed by Dr. Mehlhaff and Parker on behalf of LUGPA can be used as templates to make the reporting process easier.
"Depending on the service, the physician puts in information and the EHR translates it to a code," Parker said. "For example, if a patient has diabetes out of control, the template will exclude him from the measure. A man with BPH has voiding symptoms, but so do diabetics and it may not necessarily be due to their prostate. The urologist doesn't want to go into great detail about their diabetes, so this template automatically excludes them. You just do that with a data entry and it's automatically carried forward so the physician doesn't have to keep entering that information."
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Using the bone density evaluation measure, the urologist can easily indicate whether or not a bone density scan was performed on a patient on androgen deprivation therapy, Dr. Mehlhaff explained.
"It's a relevant measure because the vast majority of urologists didn't learn about osteoporosis, but we are actually creating it," he said. "So it's valid that we would manage this. I view this as a relatively simply measure to comply with, and I would guess that urologists are fairly amiss at paying attention to this currently."
"CMS likes you to look at things that are preventive," added Parker, "because that reduces disease, poor outcomes, and cost."
By doing this scan and identifying osteoporosis, you're preventing fractures, reducing cost, reducing pain. After all, when our patients have fractures, their lives can spiral downward quickly."
The bladder cancer measure helps providers report accurately on the treatments provided to these patients, she added, explaining that it automatically excludes patients whose immune systems have been compromised or if they have active tuberculosis, for example.
"The important thing here is that these eClinical Quality Measures are being developed by urologists regarding things that are pertinent to urologists," said Dr. Mehlhaff. "And since we are doing this in conjunction with LUGPA, they are measures that every urologist in the country can use and take advantage of."
Dr. Shore added, "LUGPA has made it a priority to continue leading initiatives in value-based care in order to advance all of our urology colleagues whether practicing within independent or academic practice settings."
For more details on the Quality Payment Program, visit qpp.cms.gov.
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Nearly everyone connected to the California community colleges is aware of the challenges of accomplishing this mission while serving the very diverse populations that make up our student bodies. This is evidenced through the work being done by the Basic Skills Initiative.
At Diablo Valley College, in the Summer Institute (its Extended Opportunity Programs and Services college readiness program), students are putting water color pencils and paint brushes to paper, drawing their nightmares, their memories and their dreams—all in the pursuit of improving their English writing skills.
In its most rudimentary form, the idea began when one of the Institute's English instructors added pictographs to the writing assignment as a way for students to access their memories for a personal essay.
In the years since, the curriculum has developed and evolved a great deal. In 2008, EOPS Director Emily Stone attended the Asilomar Leadership Skills Seminar, where she met an instructor from Berkeley City College who used art to introduce the writing process in her basic skills college writing classes.
Inspired by the meeting, Stone brought the idea back to John Thomas, the current Summer Institute English instructor, who was excited about the idea of more intentionally incorporating art into the English 90 curriculum. Thomas collaborated with Arthur Scott King, a DVC art instructor, to develop a curriculum that uses art to reflect each student's internal emotional and physical journey and link it directly to his or her essay.
Under the leadership of Lindsay Kong, EOPS Summer Institute coordinator, the EOPS program wrote a grant to pilot this project idea and it was successfully funded by the DVC Foundations for College Success (Basic Skills Initiative) and the DVC Foundation.
"Using art as a tool for teaching narrative writing, the Summer Institute English instructor and art instructor have successfully utilized interdisciplinary collaboration and innovation to introduce the process of writing through alternate avenues," says Stone.
As part of ongoing efforts to address the academic needs of its participants, the Summer Institute staff, English instructor, and art instructor also collaborated on and implemented a two-day workshop for students that introduces the concept of writing through alternative and more visual means. The workshop has proved to be very popular with the students, and since its inception more than 150 students have participated.
At the beginning of the art project King has the students draw a larger space, which represents the head or body, and a smaller space, which represents the mind.
In this way, students can draw words or symbols that tell the story of what happened and how they were feeling, without naming names. He encourages them to "think of the soundtrack," or the music in their heads that goes with the story, and to express that with the forcefulness of their mark or with color.
The students use the water color pencils to do the drawing, and use the brushes with water only at the very end.
"The art images they create present a visual journal of the event—a snapshot of who they were and where they were when the event happened. It makes the writing easier," King says, "because the process helps them bring things into focus and make sense so they can write about it. They can now see it with clarity and from a different perspective.
The artwork they create then becomes the subject of their essay for English 90, the English component of the Summer Institute. At the end of the summer, the essays are compiled into an anthology, which itself has morphed from an in-house photocopied work to a professionally-produced product that includes color reproductions of student art work which reflects their essay topics. This, too, is paid for by the grants.
"I am a strong believer in incorporating strategies and activities that will reach students with different learning styles," Thomas says. "Incorporating art more directly into the English 90 curriculum helps those who may not have strong language or writing skills, but who may be visual learners or artistically inclined. Incorporating art into the English writing assignment helps students explore and brainstorm for a topic and develop their ideas before they confront a blank piece of paper to begin the actual writing process.
In collaboration with instructors John Thomas and Arthur Scott King, the EOPS program has developed a Student Learning Outcome specifically related to the English/art component. Summer Institute instructors will use this SLO next summer and continue to assess the impact of the English/Art component on students' writing and progress in English 90.
The English class, like the course strengthening basic college math skills, is offered in a fun and supportive environment. An Orientation to College counseling course provides students with important skills and a plan for understanding and succeeding in college. All three EOPS Summer Institute classes are offered as a learning community, with a group of students enrolling in all three courses together, making it easier to meet new friends and form study groups. Other key program components include at least one campus tour to UC Berkeley and weekly community-building pizza lunches.
Note: None of this would be possible without the numerous contributions by many dedicated and hard-working faculty, staff, and administrators in counseling, math, art, and English departments as well as many student services units.
Original article on Affinity Online.


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==11492== 8 bytes in 1 blocks are definitely lost in loss record 3 of 4
==11492==    at 0x4029F6F: malloc (vg_replace_malloc.c:270)
==11492==    by 0x8049778: list_add (list.c:169)
==11492==    by 0x8049B9F: process_new_allocation_stats_and_state_PRIVATE (m61_allocation_core.c:54)
==11492==    by 0x8049CAC: attempt_create_allocation (m61_allocation_core.c:86)
==11492==    by 0x8048984: m61_malloc (m61.c:70)
==11492==    by 0x80487C4: main (mytest.c:12)

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169 lnode *n = (lnode *) malloc(sizeof(lnode));
170 n->value = value;
171 syslog(LOG_NOTICE,"in list_add.  added lnode=%p Adding active_allocation n->value=%p\n", n, value);
    ...

245 syslog(LOG_NOTICE,"Freeing (*tmp)=%p\n", (*tmp));

246 syslog(LOG_NOTICE,"(*nptr)->next=%p  &(*nptr)->next=%p\n", (*nptr)->next, &(*nptr)->next);
247 *nptr = (*nptr)->next;
248 *nptr = (*nptr)->next;
249 free(*tmp);             //Free this lnode

the first part of list.c logs:
Sep 27 00:05:27 appliance m61[11492]: in list_add.  added lnode=0x420abb8 Adding active_allocation n->value=0x42088b0

the second part logs:
Sep 27 00:05:27 appliance m61[11492]: Freeing (*tmp)=0x420abb8


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Essay on Technology: Nuclear Weapon and Young People
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"Is Technology damaging young people's Lives?" Pornography, money laundering, online casinos and fraud, all of these are common activities on the internet nowadays and is this really what a government funded, military fuelled; warfare inspired invention was designed for? The Arconet, as it was called when a government project was designed as a weapon in the Cold War over fifty years ago, but in the last twenty years has caused many times more damage than it ever did.
Childhood obesity is at an all-time high despite the wide spread of activities available to young children. Maybe this is because none of them can even make it out the door without an interaction with their computer, Television or mobile phone. "15% of 6-19 year olds are obese", NYAS.gov.uk Most of these obese children are unable to play sport because they cannot leave their computer as they are hooked or addicted to video game. "91% of children play video games" (That was from 2010 so imagine it now with even more games consoles on the market.) There is nothing wrong with a relaxing hour or maybe even two but children under nine are spending many hours a day on these machines as if they were life support machines in a hospital – ridiculous. In my experience at school, boys who were fat and didn't play sport were always the ones who were sat in there room on their computer supplying various lies to their teachers about lost work or missed sports practices. Can technology the work of the most intelligent really be leading to the creation of the least intelligent? In the twenty years of the World Wide Web the average IQ of developed countries has dropped by 6% contrary to the rising pattern of the last few decades. A six percent decrease in average intelligence could be argued to be minor, but this drop will be linked to the average salary. So the next generation of child are expected to have an even larger drop in IQ, and so the average salary is expected to decrease and more and more unemployed people turning to the government for funding. The availability of television to children is baffling. "96.7% of homes have a television" Almost all children have free access to a television and many other electronic devices and so when a child comes home from school he will go straight to the television where his mind switches of and everything he learnt in school is soon lost from his short term memory and never makes it to his long term memory. So for a modern child to learn even basic maths takes up to twice as long. Technology can broaden our horizons and open us to the troubles of the world and not just ourselves. "in 2011 £11.6 billion was given to charity via a technological device, US Gov" Technology is giving people the opportunity to learn about others less fortunate than us but also gives them the ability to do something about it and donate to charity. "2012 the UK raised £58 million for water aid so African people can have clean water" Young people watch, read and hear about big charity events whilst they grow up via technology and it's become a socially correct rather than a moral decision to donate money to charity. This view of other societies via the internet or other devices can hold a mirror up to our own helping us to improve and develop into greater beings. "Contemplate a splinter in another man's eye…
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