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HTC Adds Native Bitcoin Cash Support to Its Flagship Smartphone
The bitcoin cash community now has a new way to secure and transact its digital money, as HTC adds native BCH support to its Exodus 1 smartphone. A key reason the technology manufacturer has chosen to do so is that many consumers are using BCH as a payment method and HTC wants to see a future where merchants use the Exodus to receive BCH payments.
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HTC Exodus 1 Now Supports Bitcoin Cash
Taiwanese consumer electronics manufacturer High Tech Computer Corporation or HTC (TWSE: 2498) has added native bitcoin cash support to its flagship smartphone, Exodus 1. The device's killer feature for cryptocurrency users is the Zion Vault, a digital asset wallet with an easy-to-use software interface integrated with onboard hardware security. This secure built-in wallet is now capable of conducting bitcoin cash transactions, so users can easily buy, receive, spend and store BCH on the phone without the risk of remote hacking.
HTC has announced the support for BCH as part of a new partnership with Bitcoin.com, which will include pre-loading the company's popular wallet app on the Exodus 1. Moreover, Bitcoin.com will also offer the smartphone, as well as the upcoming lower priced device HTC Exodus 1s, for sale on its online store. The Exodus 1s will feature the same native BCH support available to Exodus 1 users right now when it launches later this year.
Bitcoin.com CEO Stefan Rust commented: "There are so many synergies between Bitcoin.com and HTC. We are very excited to be on this incredible journey together." Bitcoin.com Executive Chairman Roger Ver added: "Bitcoin.com's partnership with HTC will enable Bitcoin Cash to be used as peer to peer electronic cash for the millions of HTC smartphone users around the world."
Bringing Users Full Control Over Their Data and Assets
To understand how HTC sees the promise of cryptocurrency and why it has added bitcoin cash support now, we talked with the company's Decentralized Chief Officer Phil Chen. Explaining the importance of the new partnership, Chen said: "Smartphones are everywhere and have proliferated across the planet. It's very important for the adoption of crypto that it is easy to store and use, no matter which cryptocurrency is preferred by people. So the fact that BCH, one of the biggest cryptocurrencies, is now easy to use on our smartphone is very important for us. Together, HTC and Bitcoin.com are helping to bring crypto to the masses."
Regarding its support for the crypto community in general, HTC sees this as an important part of its vision to empower users in the face of Big Tech. "True power is ownership of, control of and ability to transact with your digital assets. Cryptocurrency is the best place to start on this journey to allowing users to own their own data. It is a scary prospect for many of the big players in both Silicon Valley and in the smartphone maker space. If users are allowed to own their own keys and data, this will have a significant impact on the business models and revenue of these powerful firms," explained Chen.
He added that HTC built the Exodus 1 device to drive the movement to a fully decentralized web where users have full control over their data and assets. "The first step is to allow the crypto community to hold their own keys; this will be a learning curve for many. So the crypto community is so important as we look to the mass adoption of both decentralized devices and crypto/blockchain in general."
As for why users need a crypto-focused smartphone such as the Exodus 1, the developer says it provides usability for cryptocurrency. "While cold storage wallets are the ultimate in security, it can be hard and slow to use and transact your crypto. Live centralized exchanges, although fast, do not provide the security or afford you true ownership. It was important for HTC to find the right balance between the deadlock security of cold storage and the ease of use of live centralized wallets. You no longer need to have hardware wallets that then need something like Metamask and then a browser for instance. All the transaction and security capabilities are available using just your Exodus device."
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The company's Decentralized Chief Officer explained that HTC has developed the Zion Vault to achieve this. It's an all-in-one secure vault that allows users to keep their own keys and operate through a highly-secure Trusted Executive Environment (TEE), but also the ability to easily transact with those keys.
"All keys and passcodes are stored in TEE directly in users' Exodus 1 device. The user will always own their own keys. HTC or the Android OS will never have custody," Chen said. "Operating independently of the Android OS, the vault will protect the entrusted crypto-keys with stringent security. When authorizing your BCH transactions, Zion Trusted UI will create a safe zone through Trusted Executive Environments (TEE) that block possible malware attacks. Zion does not record any user information at any stage."
The Key Reason for Supporting Bitcoin Cash
HTC sees crypto as a new paradigm for consumer electronics, after smartphones have seen a plateau in terms of global device development and innovation. They expect that smartphones of the future will be the core of your digital identity and the way to keep your digital assets and data.
"It is part of a longer roadmap but the HTC Exodus 1 marks a new beginning for users and their data," explained Chen. "Only when users have full ownership of their own keys can we enact true decentralization, which is a vital first step toward protecting users. We see this as a stepping stone to how people will carry their own digital assets and digital identities in their pockets, in the very way we carry phones today." He added that the upcoming Exodus 1s will be able to operate as a full node on the BTC blockchain. "That's another industry first and we also expect more of this innovation as it is the only truly trustless way to transact using your crypto assets."
HTC's Decentralized Chief Officer added that BCH users have a lot to look forward to from the company's cooperation with Bitcoin.com going forward. "This is only the beginning of what the decentralized world can offer, so the possibilities and potential are endless. We can see a future where merchants are using their Exodus device to receive BCH payments at their point of sale (POS). That's a key reason we're supporting BCH; it's great to see so many consumers using BCH as a payment method."
Future plans for the partnership include offering special discounts when paying for goods in BCH, and the sale of future Exodus phones on store.Bitcoin.com, with further collaborations to be announced in due course.
What do you think about HTC adding native bitcoin cash support to its flagship smartphone? Share your thoughts in the comments section below.
Images courtesy of Shutterstock and HTC.
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Most companies have been unprepared to respond to cybersecurity incidents, revealed a global study by IBM Security. According to past editions of the study, this issue has plagued companies consistently over the past four years. While there are gaps in necessary automation and skills, the report showed that organisations are making privacy a top priority.
Failing to plan is a plan to fail when it comes to responding to a cybersecurity incident.
He added that the plans need to be stress-tested regularly and require full support from the board to invest in the necessary people, processes and technologies to sustain them. According to IBM's 2018 Cost of a Data Breach study, companies that can respond quickly and contain a cyberattack within 30 days save over $1 million on the total cost of a data breach on average.
But, there are positives. Organisations are recognising that collaboration between privacy and cybersecurity teams can improve cyber resilience – 62% indicated that aligning these teams is essential to achieving resilience. When asked what the top factor was in justifying cybersecurity spend, 56% of respondents cited information loss or theft. In addition, most respondents reported having a privacy leader employed, with 73% stating they have a chief privacy officer, further proving that data privacy has become a top priority in organisations.
However, less than one-quarter of the respondents said their organisations significantly uses automation technologies, such as identity management and authentication, incident response platforms and security information and event management tools, in their response process. The rest of them reported moderate or no use of automation at all.
Meanwhile, survey participants also reported a lack of staffing to properly maintain and test their incident response plans, with 10 to 20 open seats on cybersecurity teams. Most of them cited moderately high to high difficulty in hiring and retaining skilled cybersecurity personnel. In fact, only 30% of respondents reported that staffing for cybersecurity is sufficient to achieve a high level of cyber resilience.
Conducted by the Ponemon Institute and sponsored by IBM Resilient, "The 2019 Cyber Resilient Organization" is the fourth annual benchmark study on cyber resilience. The global survey features insight from more than 3,600 security and IT professionals from around the world, including the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Brazil, Australia, Middle East and Asia Pacific.
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Vevo, a video hosting service provider which is founded in 2009, has rapidly grown in popularity and surpassed MySpace to become the biggest online music video streaming service provider. Most of the Vevo songs and music videos are viewed on Vevo's YouTube channel. All Vevo's production would be syndicated on YouTube and its own official […]
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Whether you are a fan of music or not, you must've watched or seen music videos of Vevo on YouTube. Vevo is an American multinational video hosting service found on December 8, 2009 as a joint venture between two of the big three companies, Universal Music Group(UMG) and Sony Music Entertainment(SME). Vevo hosts music videos […]
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If you're from Texas, you no doubt recognize our repurposing of the famous Gonzales Battle Flag. If you're not a Texas history buff like us, here's the short version! In late 1835, Texians were beginning to agitate for freedom from Mexico and spread unrest and rebellion. In response, the Mexican Army demanded that a band of Texians located in Gonzales, Texas return a cannon which had been provided for their defense. The Texians' response was essentially a dare, "come get it yourself," from which the "Come and Take It" or Gonzalez Battle Flag was born. This skirmish turned out to be one of the earliest shots of the Texas Revolution.
Our founder Aaron Dabney grew up just over an hour away from the battle site and devoured Texas history as a kid. When he went out on his own to open a flight school in 2013, many people who knew better warned him he wouldn't be successful. In response to these warnings (we're sure glad they were wrong!) as well as Aaron's outright rejection of the corporate, big flight school model of training, he knew he wanted a logo that incorporated that flag.
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With above gulp setup, my broswersnyc works fine when I make changes to my html and sass files but it doesn't work for javascript files.
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Does it have to do with AngularJS? Because my app.js (which is within my public folder) consists of AngularJS controllers.

A: If you move your app.js to "public/js" folder it will work fine
gulp.watch('./public/**/*.js').on('change', reload); // doesn't work

because in the pervious snippet you're watching the js files in the child folders of the public dir.
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Please send all photos to [email protected]. Please make sure it is at the highest resolution and includes your name, email address, and phone number. Also provide a brief description of where you are, whom you are with, and what you are doing.


The 2016 Door County Fall 50 Event Guide is now available online. It has the individual leg maps and lots of useful information for team members and captains. Full-color, printed copies of the event guide will be available at packet pick up on race weekend. Click on this article and the image at the right to download the Event Guide in PDF format.


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Mark Ruwedel: Westward the Course of Empire
Mark Ruwedel's work is being shown in conjunction with the exhibit Overland to California: Commemorating the Transcontinental Railroad
In his series Westward the Course of Empire (1994–2008), photographer Mark Ruwedel documents the physical traces of abandoned or never completed railroads throughout the American and Canadian West. Built in the name of progress as early as one hundred and fifty years ago, these now defunct rail lines are marked by visible alterations to the landscape. Ruwedel catalogues eroding cuts, disconnected wooden trestles, decaying tunnels, and lonely water towers in quietly powerful images that point to the contest between technology and the natural world. Using a large–format view camera, Ruwedel treads the same territory as nineteenth century survey photographers, but his contemporary perspective brings a sense of loss to landscapes once viewed as exploitable resources. Ruwedel says,
"It is an honor to have my work shown as part of the California Historical Society's exhibition about the first transcontinental railroad and its lasting impact. This will be the largest exhibition of the Westward series which catalogs the remains of the hundreds of railroads built in the West following the completion of the first transcontinental line."
Mark Ruwedel is an artist based in California, currently living in Long Beach. He is represented in museums throughout the world including the J. Paul Getty Museum; Los Angeles County Art Museum; Metropolitan Museum, New York; Yale Art Gallery; National Gallery of Art, Washington; National Gallery of Australia; and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Ruwedel recently had a solo show at the Tate Modern in London as well as published his seventh art book. In 2014 he was awarded both a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Scotiabank Photography Award and has been short listed for the Deutshe Borse Prize for 2019.
"Ruwedel's photographs ask us to consider the imprint of history on the land, even as nature takes its course, gradually erasing human alterations," says Erin Garcia California Historical Society's Managing Curator. "Where nineteenth century railroad photographers celebrated the triumph of civilization over what was perceived as hostile land, Ruwedel's work suggests that the path forward for people and the land we live on is much less certain."
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A new study on Hawaiian limu reveals that some are only found in deep, dimly lit waters. Limu, or algae, are photosynthetic protists with a myriad of uses, from food and food additives to cosmetics, paints, toothpaste, and biofuels.
A team of researchers from the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Bishop Museum, and the Western Australian Department of Parks and Wildlife were awarded $792,021 by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to describe the new species of limu, or marine algae, from Hawaiʻi's deep waters. They anticipate the description of more than 60 new species of limu and many new records for the Hawaiian Archipelago.
These deep limu specimens were collected from mesophotic coral ecosystems, or coral reefs at depths of 30- to 150-plus meters (100- to 500-plus ft.). These areas are among the most poorly explored of all marine ecosystems on Earth. Deeper than conventional scuba divers can safely venture and shallower than most submersible-based exploration, these reefs represent a new frontier for coral-reef research.
The limu collections are from the entire 2,590-kilometer (1,600-mile) extent of the Hawaiian Archipelago, from Kure Atoll to the Big Island of Hawai'i. Technical divers using closed-circuit rebreathers, open-circuit SCUBA and the research submersibles Pisces IV and V were used to collect the algae. The collections were supported by NOAA's National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, Coral Reef Conservation Program, Office of Ocean Exploration and Research and the Hawai'i Undersea Research Laboratory. With the support of the National Science Foundation, the researchers will use a combination of DNA techniques and anatomical studies to describe these new species.
The project will involve a team of undergraduate and graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows. Mary Ade, a Research Experience for Undergraduate student who is working in the Sherwood Lab this summer through the DNA-based Discoveries in Hawaiian Biodiversity project, is one of the first to join the project. Her summer research project will wrap up with the description of several new species of brown algae in the genus Dictyota.


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Activists Spray Black Paint Over LVMH's La Samaritaine Store
LVMH chief executive Bernard Arnault poses with his executive committee after the ceremony marking Paris' department store 'La Samaritaine' reopening after 16 years of closure. Getty Images.
Activists from social justice organisation Attac on Saturday unfurled a giant banner over the headquarters of French luxury group LVMH and sprayed black paint on the storefront of its newly revamped La Samaritaine department store in Paris to protest the growing inequality during the pandemic.
The banner, which featured France's richest man LVMH boss Bernard Arnault, fellow billionaires telecoms investor Patrick Drahi, luxury group Kering's founder Francois Pinault and Francoise Bettencourt, daughter of the late L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt, read: "The gang of profiteers."
Activists said in a statement the stunt was intended to protest "the shameless enrichment of billionaires during the health crisis."
Attac is calling for the introduction of taxes on the richest people and the windfall profits of multinationals. LVMH could not be immediately reached for comment. The Samaritaine department store reopened to the public on June 23.
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What is St. Patrick's Day and Who is Saint Patrick?
It's that time of the year again - St. Paddy's day.
Of course, Saint Patrick's Day parades around the country have been cancelled due to the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), but millions around the world will still be celebrating it in their own unique way.
But what is St. Patrick's Day exactly?
Well, let's start with the basics.
What day is Saint Patrick's Day 2020, you ask?
3 days after the answer to the question, "What is Saint Patrick's Day 2019?"
2019 was a Sunday.
So this year is a TUESDAY!
Do you remember what you did for St. Patrick's Day 2019? (some of you probably DO NOT!)
For some of you, it involved a lot of time at the local pub, A LOT of GREEN, and the next morning telling yourself you will never drink again, with a VERY big headache.
But what is the meaning of it all? What date is Saint Patrick's Day?
Who is Saint Patrick? What did St. Patrick do?
And why does he have a day named after him?
The Story of Patrick
Well this story starts a long, long...
...long, long time ago...in Roman Britain (pictured below).
The year was AD 386 (or somewhere close to that), and a baby was born. His name...you guessed it.
Well actually, Patrick's British name at birth was "Sucat", but his Latin name was "Patricius" meaning 'noble'.
Much of the information in this blog post was taken from the book by William Federer, Saint Patrick. For more info, I highly recommend you check out the book.
Federer mentions in his book that Patrick was born at a time when the great Roman Empire was decaying (around AD 387).
Britain had seceded from Roman authority and briefly saw a resurgence of Celtic culture prior to the Germanic invasions in later centuries.
Patrick was raised in a respected Roman family, with his father, Calpurnius, being a civil magistrate, holding the office of decurio, and serving as a deacon in the church.
Patrick's grandfather, Pontius (no, not Pontius Pilate), held a ministry position in the Church, whose origins date from the 2nd century Roman occupation of Britain.
Patrick's mother, Conchessa, taught him to pray, but by his own admission, Patrick had not committed his life to God at an early age.
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Patrick is captured as a slave
Around AD 405, when Patrick was 16, he was captured, according to the autobiographical Confessio by Patrick.
While working on his father's farm near the sea, 50 "currachs" (long boats) filled with raiders weaved their way toward the shore.
The barbarians dragged him aboard a boat bound for the east coast of Ireland (pictured below).
Patrick was brought to Ireland, where he was sold as a slave to a cruel warrior chief named Milchu.
He faced captivity, as a slave in Ireland, from around 405-411 AD.
In this foreign land, Patrick saw their infatuation with superstition and magic spells.
Federer points out that Patrick became repulsed by their Druid priests, who led the people in worship of the sun, moon, wind, water, fire, rocks, and even human sacrifice.
The Druids, from whom Halloween originated, believed that the trees and hills were inhabited by good and evil spirits which had to be appeased or they would bring harm.
This worship of demons has come down to the present day in the guise "trick or treat" and elves, and leprechans.
Patrick, at this time, was NOT living for the Lord, but in his desperation decided to CRY OUT for Christ.
Suddenly Patrick began to feel a deep peace of God.
Patrick, in his writings, reflects on the times.
"But after I came to Ireland - every day I had to tend sheep, and many times a day I prayed - the love of God and His fear came to me more and more, and my faith was strengthened."
He continues on.
"And my spirit was moved so that in a single day I would say as many as a hundred prayers, and almost as many in the night..."
Patrick, for the 6 years, worked herding his master's pigs or sheep on the nearby hill, living like an animal, enduring long bouts of hunger and thirst.
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Patrick Escapes
After 6 years, Patrick escaped and returned to his family in Roman Britain.
He was ordained a deacon by the Bishop of Auxerre (pictured below) around 418 A.D.
Patrick explains a GREAT vision that he has:
I saw a man coming, as it were from Ireland.
His name was Victoricus, and he carried many letters, and he gave me one of them. I read the heading: "The Voice of the Irish".
As I began the letter, I imagined in that moment that I heard the voice of those very people who were near the wood of Focault, which is beside the western sea—and they cried out, as with one voice:
"We appeal to you, holy servant boy, to come and walk among us."
So Saint Patrick goes back to Ireland.
In 432 A.D., he was ordained as a bishop and was soon sent by Pope Celestine I (pictured above) to Ireland to spread the gospel to non-believers, and provide help to existing Christians.
The Apostle of Ireland was over 40 years old when he finally (leaving Britain) was able to return to Ireland.
For the next 30 years, Patrick labored in Ireland, bringing people from superstitions to the worship of God.
Patrick died in Ireland around 461 AD.
Saint Patrick's Day is on March 17th each year, on what is seen as the anniversary of his death.
Most Famous Quotes
Patrick was definitely a man of faith and took great risk in his proclamation of the gospel. Here are some of his most famous quotes:
"Daily, I expect murder, fraud or captivity," Patrick wrote, "but I fear none of these things because of the promises of heaven."
"I have cast myself into the hands of God almighty Who rules everywhere..."
Here's my favorite:
"I beg Him to grant me that I may shed my blood with those exiles and captives for His name, even though I should be denied a grave, or my body, be woefully torn to pieces, limb by limb by hounds or wild beasts, or the fouls of the air devour it."
So well did people remember his illustrations, that even today Ireland is known for its 3-leaf clover, which Patrick used to explain the Holy Trinity.
Patrick's success was seen through the over 300 churches he founded and the over 120,000 converts he baptized.
So HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!
Now we want to turn it over to you. What Saint Patrick event did you learn tonight? Was it that he was captured by a slave or that he was such a devout Christian?
Let us know in the comments section below.
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Acacia horrida (L.) Willd.
Basionym : Mimosa horrida L.
Synonym(s) : Acacia latronum (L.f.) Willd.; Mimosa latronum (L.f.) Willd.
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Acacia horrida (L.) Willd.
Common name : Robber-thorn tree
Vernacular name : Anegobli (Kannada); Seethaimul, Kaarodai, Odasithai, Anaimullu (Tamil); Pakitumma, Akitumma, Kasturi (Telugu)
Habitat : Dry deciduous forests, scrub jungles
Comments / notes : Foothills of forests. Tree with Umbrella like crown
Key identification features : Armed tree with prominent spines, white large in pairs, often hallow, tenanted by Ants. Bark reddish brown, flowers in spikes. Pods flat curved.
Flower, Fruit : July-May
Collection Nos : KFP 4208, KFP 5936
Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district, Kadapa district, Anantapur district, Vishakapatnam district, Guntur district
Karnataka : Ballari district, Vijayapura (Bijapur) district, Chitradurga district, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) district, Mysuru district, Raichur district, Tumakuru district
Odisha : Ganjam district, Koraput district
Tamil Nadu : Tiruchirapalli district, Dharmapuri district, Tiruvannamalai district, Salem district, Namakkal district, Villipuram district
Native : Tropical Africa, India, Myanmar
World Distribution : Tropical Africa, India, Myanmar. Introduced in South America
Literature : Flora of Karnataka, Saldanha, 1984; Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District; Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2; J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1; Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Acacia horrida. Downloaded on 18 January 2020.


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Vauciennes – miejscowość i gmina we Francji, w regionie Grand Est, w departamencie Marna.

Według danych na rok 1990 gminę zamieszkiwało 338 osób, a gęstość zaludnienia wynosiła 67 osób/km².

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Miejscowości w departamencie Marna

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Who Qualifies for SATOP and What Does it Entail?
The intent behind Missouri's Substance Abuse Traffic Offenders' Program (SATOP) is to help educate individuals who drink and drive about the dangers and risks associated with this decision. SATOP is a structured intervention required for all Missouri drivers who lose their license as a result of DWI.
Missouri law requires these offenders to take part in a three-part assessment. The assessment costs $126 and must be paid for by the individual. During the assessment the person's driving record will be examined, they will take an online mental health screening and will meet one-on-one with a behavioral health specialist. After being assessed, the person is then asked to fulfill a minimum of 10 hours of intervention education. In order to have their license reinstated, the offender must complete the intervention program to which they are assigned.
There are multiple education options and a behavioral health specialist will have a say in which program is most appropriate for each individual. The goal of the intervention is to help offenders understand the choices they have made and to take responsibility for those choices.
There is a program designed specifically for under 21 offenders whose arrest included a citation for substance possession or misuse. Low-risk adult offenders may be assigned to a 10-hour OEP (Offender Education Program). Higher risk offenders may be asked to participate in a Weekend Intervention Program (WIP) which lasts 48 hours or a Clinical Intervention Program (CIP) which takes 50 hours to complete. Repeat offenders and those whose assessments indicate the need may be placed in the SROP (Serious Repeat Offenders' Program) or in Level IV Traditional Treatment for substance abuse.
It's important to keep in view that SATOP is about deterring poor decisions in the future. There are multiple ways to intervene and help steer someone into a safer direction – SATOP is designed to match the right level of intervention with each person's need. At Family Guidance Center we offer the SATOP program. Contact us to find out more about our SATOP program.
The Serious Heart Link Between PTSD and Women
PTSD and Women: What are the Physical Risks?
In the month of October you probably saw many pink ribbons…or pink socks or scarves. That's because October was national Breast Cancer Awareness month. Nationwide education efforts about the risks of breast cancer and the need for regular check-ups have been embraced by the American public. But breast cancer is not the only serious health risk for women. Recent studies are revealing that women who've undergone a notable life trauma also face a higher risk of heart conditions like stroke or cardiac arrest. The research shows that PTSD and women can be a very risky combination.
The study is a joint study performed by the Harvard and Columbia University schools of Public Health. Researchers gathered data for two decades from roughly 50,000 subjects before publishing their conclusions. Even after controlling for other known risk factors such as being overweight, tobacco use and high blood pressure, the combination of PTSD and women proved to be serious. Women with at least four symptoms of PTSD faced a 60 percent higher chance of heart trouble compared to women with no PTSD history. And women who reported trauma but showed no symptoms of PTSD still faced a 45 percent greater risk of developing serious cardiac problems.
The association between PTSD and women reinforces what more and more health professionals are noting — the direct connection between mental and physical wellness. What happens in our brain correlates strongly with our physical health and well-being. Women who've experienced traumatic events may not be aware that the stress of that experience can be associated with serious heart issues later on.
If you're a woman and you've been through a traumatizing life event, it is important to reach out to a trained mental health professional. At Family Guidance Center we can help you understand the symptoms of PTSD and how to move forward toward wellness. Reaching out for help from mental health professionals means you're moving closer to the quality of life you want to enjoy.
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Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success
Eleven Rings shares the insider story of some of the best basketball teams and talents of all time: Michael Jordan's Bulls and Kobe's Lakers just two name two.
It's from the perspective of the most successful NBA coach of all times: Phil Jackson.
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Eleven Rings Summary
Chapter 1: THE CIRCLE OF LOVE
Chapter 2: THE JACKSON ELEVEN
Chapter 3: RED
Chapter 4: THE QUEST
Chapter 5: DANCES WITH BULLS
Chapter 6: WARRIOR SPIRIT
Chapter 7: HEARING THE UNHEARD
Chapter 8: A QUESTION OF CHARACTER
Chapter 9: BITTERSWEET VICTORY
Chapter 10: WORLD IN FLUX
Chapter 11: BASKETBALL POETRY
Chapter 12: AS THE WORM TURNS
Chapter 13: THE LAST DANCE
Chapter 14: ONE BREATH, ONE MIND
Chapter 15: THE EIGHTFOLD OFFENSE
Chapter 16: THE JOY OF DOING NOTHING
Chapter 17: ONE-TWO-THREE—LAKERS!
Chapter 18: THE WISDOM OF ANGER
Chapter 19: CHOP WOOD, CARRY WATER
Chapter 20: DESTINY'S CHILDREN
Chapter 21: DELIVERANCE
Chapter 22: THIS GAME'S IN THE REFRIGERATOR
Eleven Rings Review
Love -the bond of brotherhood- is what makes winning possible
Distributing leadership is what makes you a great leader
Not intervening is sometimes the very best you can do
Phil says the circle of love is the secret sauce that takes teams from a bunch of individuals to a cohesive winning team.
Of course, the author clarifies, it's not about romantic love, and not even brotherly love. What Phil refers to is the emotional connection that ties the warriors together in the heat of battle.
That kind of bond, of being willing to take a hit for a comrade, is critical to success.
Many other factors matter says Phil, like for example talent, intelligence, toughness and even luck. But without love none of those factors matter.
Phil quotes Dave Logan, John King, and Halee Fischer-Wright in their five stages of tribal development, which are:
STAGE 1 – Despair, hostility, and the belief that "life sucks."
STAGE 2 – Apathetic players perceiving themselves as victims and who are passively antagonistic. The mind-set is "my life sucks."
STAGE 3 – Focused on individual achievement and a mindset that "I'm great (and you're not)." The tribe is a tribe of "lone warriors"
STAGE 4 – Pride of belonging to the tribe and a belief that "we're great (and they're not). It requires an enemy, and the more powerful the enemy, the more powerful the tribe;
STAGE 5 – A sense of innocent wonder and the mindset that "life is great." (Chicago Bulls during 1995–98)
Phil Jackson says that the principles of leadership he used are quite simple:
1. LEAD FROM THE INSIDE OUT
Some coaches look at what try new hip techniques to gain an edge.
That's outside-in strategy and, he says, only works in the short term.
It backfires when players get tired of following orders and when the other teams catch up to your latest tricks.
He says that as long as he spoke from the heart, players would hear him.
2. BENCH THE EGO
Phil says that the most common type of coaching in the NBA are domineering or pandering to their stars and treating them like friends.
But the more he tried to exercise power in a direct way, the less effective and powerful he was.
What worked instead was distributing power as much as he could while still keeping final authority.
And he let go of his ego.
He wanted an environment in which everyone had a leadership role, however small that could be (also read Principles: Life and Work).
Just as a note, this does not mean being a pushover.
Learn to let go of your ego:
How to build an antifragile ego
3. LET PLAYERS DISCOVER OWN DESTINY
Phil says you can't force people to change, but you have to inspire them to want to change.
Phil wasn't even interested on getting players to do as he said, he wanted them to think on their own so they could make their own decisions during the game.
And he encouraged players to find themselves and find their own specific qualities (read The Gifts of Imperfection).
4. THE ROAD TO FREEDOM IS A BEAUTIFUL SYSTEM
Phil talks about the triangle offense system in basketball.
He says the beauty of the system is that every players counts and you can't simply rely on the superstar to do something.
It gives everyone enough freedom to express themselves within a well defined structure.
5. TURN THE MUNDANE INTO THE SACRED
The son of two extremely religious pastors, Phil observed the communities they were able to create with faith and religion.
He learned early what it means to connect people together and with something greater than themselves.
Over the course of the book, Phil talks about the sacred he created to infuse practices and games with a sense of the sacred.
6. ONE BREATH = ONE MIND
Phil used meditation both in his life and with his teams.
Specifically, he had introduced with the Bull mindfulness meditation and having the players sit together in silence and breathing together in sync.
7. THE KEY TO SUCCESS IS COMPASSION
The author says that kind and thoughtful words have transformative effects, even with the apparent toughest men.
He says the day Michael Jordan realized he needed to get to know his teammate was also the day he became a compassionate leader, which in turn helped me take the Bulls to where they got.
Also read Daring Greatly for more on compassion.
8. LOOK AT THE SPIRIT, NOT AT THE SCOREBOARD
A great team spirit is the key to the scoreboard, not the other way around.
9. SOMETIMES YOU PULL THE BIG STICK
Phil says he used many tricks to raise the players' game and level of consciousness. Including tough ones.
10. WHEN IN DOUBT, DO NOTHING
Sometimes focusing on something completely different than your current problem is the best way to solve that problem.
11. FORGET THE RING
Obsessing on winning is a loser's game, says Phil.
We should focus instead on creating all the conditions for success and then letting go of the outcome.
What matters is playing the right way and growing, as human beings and as players. Then the final win takes care of itself (also read sometimes you win sometimes you learn)
Obsessing on winning is a loser's game
In this chapter Phil Jackson focuses on his past as a player in the Knicks. If you're into basket it's interesting and I inivite you to check the book.
Phil talks about how he got into Zen and meditation and the power of beginner's mind.
Suzuki teaches to meditate sitting with a straight spine, relaxed shoulder and chin pulled in as if you wanted to support the sky with your head.
Then focus on your breath in and out. Don't try to stop thoughts, but let them come and go and then go back to focusing on your breath.
Let your thoughts come and go naturally.
They will become less and less intense and will have less and less power over your conscious mind.
Meditation helps you clear your mind and fully focus on what you need to focus on, without any distraction in the background.
Phil says that it took him years of practice, but eventually the more aware he started to be about what was going on within him, the more he became connected to the world outside.
He became calmer and more patient, qualities that helped him immensely as a coach.
The aspects of Zen that have been critical to Phil Jackson are:
1. GIVING UP CONTROL
If you want to obtain perfect calmness you cannot be bothered by what's going on in your mind.
Let the thoughts come and go, and they will be under your control.
Similarly, to control people, the biggest mistake is to try to control them directly.
Give them lots of room instead, even encourage them to be mischievous and then watch them.
The author says that was really helpful when dealing with Dennis Rodman.
2. TRUSTING THE MOMENT
Zen helped Phil focus on the moment without distraction from the past or the future, slowing down the way he experienced time and becoming more aware of the present.
3. LIVING WITH COMPASSION
Phil says he was particularly attracted to the Buddhist tenet of compassionate life.
Particularly, there was a key thought that became a building block of his work as a coach, and it was:
"what you do for yourself, you're doing for others, and what you do for others, you're doing for yourself."
The "Jordan Rules" is how the Pistons stopped Michael Jordan.
It worked by attacking him with multiple players any time he had the ball. Here's a video:
https://youtu.be/p2v0LOhjsJs?t=43
The author says he was looking for a system that had the ball move around in a selfless fashion, and ended up using the triangle offense to reach that goal.
Phil sees the triangle as a system that develops as the game unfolds, "in the moment".
The road to freedom is a beautiful system
The system has many upsides, including:
Hard to play against
The triangle was hard to play against and to prepare against because, well.. Not even the players themselves knew what was going to happen.
Depersonalize criticism
It allows coaches to criticize the play, not the players.
He was interested the players all understood the basics of the system, and every critique and feedback was about that, not about the player.
Distributed Leadership
The group, as a whole, had a purpose and each player was an important part of the system.
The players began teaching one another, and that formed a stronger bond that that no individual glory moment could ever foster.
Phil Jackson says that Jordan at the beginning was working solo a bit too often and that he had to emulate Magic or Bird instead in working with the rest of the team. He has a great quote from Red Holzman:
"the real mark of a star was how much better he made his teammates."
Jordan didn't love give the ball away more often.
But when he realized Phil wasn't going to back down, he started looking for ways to make the system work to make him win. Exactly what Phil wanted.
To be precise, Phil Jackson wasn't looking for a totally selfless team where everyone is equal and there is no space for creativity.
He was looking for a middle way between systems and space for personal creativity.
Once the Bulls hit that middle spot they took off.
Bull's Leadership
Phil Jackson thought Jordan didn't really have the magnetic personalities of Larry Bird or Magic Johnson.
Jordan was not a natural leader, he was a natural doer who pushed the team with his will and with the high demands he placed on everyone around him.
The team needed someone else to balance Jordan's perfectionism, so Phil named Bill Cartwright as cocaptain. Bill wasn't afraid to stand up to Jordan.
Bull's Tribal Initiation
Phil Jackson wanted to give the Bulls a safe environment away from the spotlights.
A place where they could get a sense of oneness and team spirit.
So he stopped press access to training and started introducing some tribal customs from the Lakota Indian tribe.
Alpha Dog VS Distributed Leadership
The tendency for some of us might be to have weak people around us so that we can feel superior and in power.
Phil Jackson surrounded himself with the strongest and most knowledgeable people instead and then giving them space to contribute.
Obviously, Phil had a Growth Mindset.
Read here on how to get a growth mindset.
Phil often reminded the team to focus on the journey rather than on the end destination.
Each game had to be meaningful for them in light of what they were trying to do as a team.
Phil Jackson also describes in this chapter how the work of Carl Rogers inspired him during this period.
Rogers helped his clients more on growing personally than on solving their specific problems.
He says that unless we accept ourselves first it's impossible to change and to accept others.
And that's exactly what he tried to foster as a coach: an environment where players can be and express themselves creatively within a team structure.
Haters and Team Chemistry
A great challenge for coaches is to stop the players who dislike you from corrupting the rest and undermining the team chemistry.
He quotes Casey Stengen:
"the secret of managing is to keep the guys who hate you away from the guys who are undecided.
I have seen a few teams and small companies crash and burn because discontent spread like a virus.
As Greene says in the 33 Strategies of War, you're better off eliminating these people.
Knowing the Players
Another great insight from Eleven Rings is that Phil Jackson made it a point to get to know his players.
He'd ask questions such as "what's your greatest aspiration", "whose influence you the most" or "what's something people don't know about you".
He'd have them fill questionnaire or used psychological tests such as the "social bull's eye" to assess how players felt in relation to others.
Phil also mentions he never figured out a way to heal the wounds of players whom didn't feel part of the team for getting little playing time.
Talking to Jordan
To get Jordan on board with his plans Jackson would not force anything on him.
He would treat him as a partner and ask him questions to switch his point of view. He'd ask how that strategy could improve the team, what would Scottie or Horace feels about it.
When he let Jordan solve the problems and answer the questions by himself, he'd be more likely to buy into the solution (the "rule of involvement" as explained by Kurt Mortensen in Maximum Influence. Also read How to Win Friends).
Preparing for Matches: Meditation
Jackson says that back then most coaches prepared players for matches by exciting them and revving them up. But he realized he'd have a harder time staying focused and effective under pressure. So he did the opposite: he would calm players down.
To do so he'd use mindful meditation.
Relating to Players with Compassion
Phil Jackson tried an old technique called "whipping boy".
The "whipping boy" technique uses a single player for most of the criticism to motivate the rest of the team to bond together.
Jackson understood the whipping boy stratagem was a losing one and constructive criticism, respect and compassion were the way to go.
Did it get harder as a winning team?
When it came to group cohesion, yes.
Once the spotlight turned on the Bulls, the team started vying for more attention and some players started getting jealous of Michael Jordan's fame and media attention.
As Michael Jordan said "success turn we's back into me's".
Phil Jackson talks here about the rise of Scottie Pippen as a player and as a leader.
Scottie was more human than Michael, better at relating with other players.
He says that in every successful team he's coached, players had a clear idea of their role in the team. Having a clear structure helps reduce the players' anxiety and stress because there's no need jostle around for power and positions.
My Note:
Simon Sinek similarly says that when there's internal accord and a supportive leadership than the tribe can focus on beating the external enemies (Leaders Eat Last).
Phil Jackson talks here about mindfulness.
It says it means "coming back to the present moment", an act which is not only limited to meditation itself, but should take place all day long.
Dealing With Player Mutiny
Scottie Pippen famously refused to go back in the game once.
Phil stayed focused in the moment and looked for another player to take the shot instead of Pippen.
He then didn't let the situation pan out without injecting his ego an escalating.
Pippen understood and the issue was behind them.
Phil Jacksons say he's often asked about the 95-96 Bulls.
And he says that the secret is that that team reached the stage 5 "life is great" mindset.
They were playing to enjoy the game itself and they were in a competition with themselves only.
Dealing With Rebels
How do you handle rebels like Dennis Rodman?
Phil says Dennis tried to buck the system, sometimes in small and childish ways, like showing up with an untied shoe or hiding some jewelry.
Sometimes Phil would make a joke, giving him a small fine or simply ignore it.
And once Dennis realized nobody was interested in his little push backs, he stopped.
This highlighted the psychological need of some people to stand up to authority just for the sake of not following orders. Once you ignore, the issue often goes away as they don't feel pressured anymore.
Standing Up to Bully
Jackson mentions the fight of Jordan vs Kerr.
He says that after he had stood up to Jordan, Jordan looked at him differently and never picked on him anymore. And he started trusting him on the court more as well.
My Note: This highlights again the importance of standing up to bullies (see an example here on: how to deal with an alpha male handshake)
Give Credit for Devotion
Phil Jackson quotes Liu Bang on the importance of giving credit to the players.
He says he would put players in the position to fully realize their potentials and then give them credits for their achievements.
Then, like the grass grows toward the sun, the players would sprout towards the coach in devotion.
Finding Courage: The Winning Team Secret
In one of Jackson's best seasons, the most significant match for him was a loss against a weaker team.
Instead of conceding defeat, they rallied and caught up.
They lost in the end by a few points, but realized that no matter how dire the situation, they could find in their heart the courage and the strength to turn the situation around.
That game, he says, the Bulls found their heart.
Phil starts the chapter with a Zen quote:
Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood, carry water.
Which is just another way of repeating a key tenet in Eleven Rings: focus on the task at hand, don't get lost in the past and don't worry about the future.
Phil Jackson describes here the emotional last dance with the Bulls.
The author says it's often a not easy task to foster oneness in popular sports.
It's a universe that often encourages egoistic behavior and stardom mentality.
He says it was even more so in LA, the city of the glorified self.
Rick, one of the players, said that Phil took a lot of pressure off from the team by putting that pressure onto himself instead.
He'd get cities railed up against him, raise a s*it storm, and the press wouldn't be thinking about the players.
This was a strategy later also used by football coach Jose Marino, albeit the guy after starting with a bang later slipped into anonymity.
Kobe Bryant: The First Mindset
Phil says that his approach with Kobe was to be as direct as possible and doing so in front of everyone.
He was playing the bad cop and then use one of his coaches to mellow the player later on.
When Kobe said he'd like to be captain as soon as possible, Phil replied that you can't be a captain if nobody follows you. And back then, nobody was with Kobe.
Eventually, it sank in and Kobe started looking for ways to play more collaboratively, culminating with his Alley-Oop for Shaq:
You can't be captain if nobody follows you
Eleven Rings discusses Kobe and MJ.
Both of them wanted to win at all costs.
However, Michael had to win at everything, while Kobe seemed to compete with himself first and foremost.
Kobe was possibly more difficult to coach though, because his goal was becoming the greatest of all time.
His goal was clear to him, so he didn't see the point to listen to Phil who told him to cut back on his shots and scoring.
Kobe VS Shaq
The alliance between Shaq and Kobe fell apart when Kobe wanted to be at the helm.
Jackson let it play out until it solved itself.
Phil says that trying to repeat a winning formula is a mistake many do.
Instead, the key to a successful run is to keep growing into the unknown and evolving.
Chapter 18 starts with a quote from the Buddah:
Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned
Phil says that the more freedom he gave Kobe, the more combative he became.
Jackson would later understand that Kobe took his laissez faire approach as indifference. And while in the past he had been passive aggressive, now he was openly aggressive.
Phil says he realized there wasn't much he could do to change his behavior, so he focused on dealing with his own anger in reacting to Kobe's anger outbursts.
I wished here he gave more practical examples and more factual stories.
But I felt like Jackson had made a leadership mistake here. By allowing Kobe to run slipshod, Jackson was showing weakness.
He was communicating he wasn't strong enough to stand up to Kobe, and people don't like weak leaders.
Don't Hide Anger
Phil says we're wrong trying to eliminate anger as if it were a flow.
The more you hide it, the more it will come out bursting later on.
It's better learning how it affects you.
And then learn to channel its energy for sustained focus and creative energy.
Also read Relentless by Tim Grover on how anger can put you in the flow and "Flow" for getting yourself into a state of flow.
Phil says the key to being successful in NBA is to:
Control emotions
keep your focus during games
play through pain
find your place in the team
stay cool under pressure
stay balanced during big wins and big losses
perform consistently
Reading that list, it's a lot to do with emotional intelligence (read Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman).
Phil says, there's nothing like a humiliating defeat to focus the mind.
To him it means reaching that stage of deep camaraderie arising when a group commits to something greater than themselves, no matter the risks standing in the way.
It involves covering teammates' mistakes and weaknesses and even fouling when necessary to protect a friend.
There's nothing like a humiliating defeat to focus the mind
Kobe Transformation
Phil says that during this season Kobe transformed from a selfish player into a leader that, finally, teammates wanted to follow.
The key, says Phil, was to learn that to get from his teammates, Kobe had to learn to give.
To learn how to get, you need to learn how to give
Kobe says he learned hugely from Phil.
He learned to be present and enjoying the moments as they come. And he learned to lead his two daughters as well.
Letting them develop and explore at their own pace without forcing anything on them, but nurturing and guiding them along.
The last chapter is about Phil's last season.
He felt it was a mistake having stayed one more year and he talks about the importance of letting go of losses.
Drawing again from Zen's teachings, Phil suggests that we should not resist losses.
The best way of coping with them instead is becoming an active participant in them. Instead of only seeking gain and happiness, we must accept losses as well.
Lastly, Phil says that the main message he wants to share with Eleven Rings is to see yourself as something bigger than yourself. Something going beyond the confines of your ego and embrace instead something that "includes everything".
What we resist persists
Coaches, managers and leaders can learn a lot. I would say the most important takeaways are:
Distribute leadership
Foster an environment for growht
A few more specific example of players rebellions and how he handled in the specific situations would have been nice (The Power Moves is all about specific situations and example, which I believe are the best way to learn).
"Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success" is a great book.
Absolutely recommended for anyone in any coaching or trainer position. And especially good for leaders leading highly driven and talented individuals.
I particularly liked the behind the scene and the focus on Phil's own personal growth via philosophy and meditation.
His approach of focusing on creating the conditions for success and then letting go of the outcome is also particularly inspiring (as opposed to a more "the result is all that matter" approach as in Extreme Ownership).
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Lucio Buffalmano
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