Digital & Platform Services is a new organization comprised of the digital, technology, operations and data businesses in the Corporate and Investment Bank (CIB).
Digital & Platform Services was created ensure that businesses and disciplines across the firm are aligned to deliver next-generation technologies and build the financial platform of the future. Weare responsible for identifying, developing and delivering products, and services – inside and outside the bank – that will transform the way J.P. Morgan, and its clients, do business.
Prof. Rama Cont holds the Chair of Mathematical Finance at Imperial College London and is director of the CFM-Imperial Institute of Quantitative Finance since 2012, after previous appointments at Ecole Polytechnique (France), Columbia University (New York) and Sorbonne (Paris).
His research in finance has focused on modeling of extreme market risks: market discontinuities and breakdowns, liquidity risk, endogenous risk and systemic risk. His 2006 paper on 'model risk', an early reference on the topic, was the first to propose a quantitative approach to model risk.
Cont has served as a consultant to the BIS, the European Central Bank, the New York Federal Reserve, Norges Bank, the US Commodity Futures Commission (CFTC), the US Office of Financial Research, the IMF and a dozen major CCPs in Europe, Asia, the US and Latin America.
He was awarded the Louis Bachelier Prize by the French Academy of Sciences in 2010 and the Royal Society Award for Excellence in Interdisciplinary Research in 2017 for his research on mathematical modeling in finance.
Andrés Choussy joined NEX from J.P. Morgan where he headed the Derivatives Clearing business in the Americas. In his previous role, Andrés served as the J.P. Morgan Board Member for Traiana and was a Member of the CME Clearinghouse Risk Committee, ICE Clear US Futures Risk Committee, the LCH US FCM Advisory Committee, and the CME OTC FX Steering Committee. Prior to this, Andrés held a number of positions at J.P. Morgan, including: Global Co-Head of OTC Clearing, Global Head of FX Prime Brokerage, and Head of Credit Derivatives Clearing in the Americas.
As Chief Marketing Officer and Senior Vice President of Global Marketing & Corporate Communications, Mr. Jockle leads the company's global marketing and corporate communications efforts, spanning a diverse set of solutions and audiences. He oversees integrated marketing communications to clients in the largest global financial markets and to the Numerix partner network through the company's branding, electronic marketing, research, events, public relations, advertising and relationship marketing.
Since joining Numerix in 2008, Mr. Jockle has launched the organization's award-winning thought leadership program, bringing to light challenges and insights from Numerix market experts. Mr. Jockle also hosts the Numerix Video Blog to tackle the challenges pressing the derivatives markets—from regulatory issues to trading strategies.
Prior to joining Numerix, he served as Managing Director of Global Marketing and Communications for Fitch Ratings. During his tenure at Fitch, Mr. Jockle built the firm's public relations program, oversaw investor relations and led marketing and communications plans for several acquisitions. Prior to Fitch, Mr. Jockle was a member of the communications team at Moody's Investors Service.
Bill Stenning is Managing Director – Clearing, Regulatory & Strategic Affairs at Société Générale in London and is responsible for co-ordinating the business response to the Regulatory change agenda, primarily focussed on markets. Bill is Société Générale's delegate on a number of industry association steering committees, as well as representing Société Générale with a range of service providers, CCPs and other financial market infrastructures.
Prior to joining Société Générale, Bill was a Managing Director within DTCC's Deriv/SERV division having previously been Chief Operating Officer – Trading at Sungard Trading and Risk Systems. Bill joined Sungard from SwapsWire Limited, where he was the founding Chief Operating Officer, before which he was a Business Manager for Rates and FX within the Global Trading Division of Chase Manhattan.
Bill has been a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales for over 20 years, and holds a 1st class BEng(hons) in Electronic and Electrical Engineering from the University of Surrey.
Mark joined Schroders in 2014 where he has formed the Data Insights Unit, a team of data scientists. The team uses analytics and machine learning for investment and research, to give fund managers an 'information edge' over competitors. Before joining Schroders Mark's career has been in various other Insight roles, including McLaren F1 (Race Strategy Analyst), Tesco (Customer Insight; Site Location Planning), Talent Innovations (CTO) and Telefonica Smart Steps (Head of Analytics of Telefonica's Big Data monetization initiative).
Rado Lipuš, CFA is the founder and CEO of Neudata, an alternative data intelligence provider. Prior to founding Neudata, Rado's professional experience spans 20 years of FinTech leadership, sales management and data innovation for the buy-side. He spent several years in quantitative portfolio construction and risk management at MSCI (Barra) and S&P Capital IQ and raised funds for CITE Investments. Rado worked latterly as Managing Director at PerTrac in London, a leading FinTech and data analytics solutions provider to Hedge Fund allocators and institutional investors in EMEA and Asia. His experience also includes financial data firms such as eVestment, 2iQ Research, I/B/E/S and TIM Group. An acknowledged expert, Rado is regularly invited to speak about alternative data at conferences and industry events. Rado received his Master of Business Administration from the University of Graz, Austria and is a CFA charter holder.
Javier is head of the Quantitative Investment Strategies (QIS) group in EMEA within Goldman Sachs Asset Management and leads the Alternative Investment Strategies and Client Portfolio Management teams in London. Javier joined Goldman Sachs in 2010 and was named managing director in 2013.
Prior to joining the firm, Javier was a senior strategist and head of UK and Europe Client Solutions at Barclays Global Investors, where he had a lead role in the design, marketing and development of the multi-strategy hedge funds and global multi-asset products in Europe, Latin America and Asia Ex-Japan.
Javier earned a BA in Financial Management and Accounting from The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, and an MSc in International Securities, Investments and Banking from the University of Reading in the United Kingdom.


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Henry G. Saperstein, longtime owner of UPA Prods., died of cancer Wednesday in Beverly Hills. He was 80.
A pioneer in the merchandising business, Saperstein also was an animation producer and distributor and producer of several Godzilla films.
He worked with Col. Tom Parker as Elvis Presley's licensing agent, also handling merchandising for "Wyatt Earp," "The Lone Ranger," "Lassie" and "Roy Rogers" during the 1950s.
He acquired the financially troubled UPA Pictures in 1960. Known for its earlier work in theatrical shorts and advertising, the company under Saperstein was successful in television, producing hundreds of Mr. Magoo, Gerald McBoing Boing and Dick Tracy cartoons.
He produced "The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo," the first primetime animated series, which aired on NBC in 1964, as well as TV specials such as the classic "Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol" and "Uncle Sam Magoo."
His longtime association with Japan's Toho Films resulted in his executive producing Woody Allen's first film, "What's Up Tiger Lily?" as well as "War of the Gargantuas" and "Godzilla vs. Monster Zero."
For 25 years he handled U.S. licensing for the Godzilla character, and UPA Prods. continues to distribute 12 of Toho's monster pics for TV and video.
His eclectic productions included Warner Bros.' 1963 animated feature "Gay Purree," the Timothy Leary docu "Turn on, Tune in, Drop Out" and music features "The T.A.M.I. Show" and "The Big TNT Show." In 1968, he was exec producer on John Boorman's "Hell in the Pacific" for ABC Films.
Saperstein kept the Mr. Magoo character alive as an advertising spokesman and in a later TV series, "What's New Mr. Magoo?," and also exec-produced Disney's recent live-action "Mr. Magoo" starring Leslie Nielsen.
A member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, he is survived by his wife, Irene; daughters Nicole, Joan Nackerud, and Patricia, a senior editor at Daily Variety; and son Richard of Eugene, Ore.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to the Henry G. Saperstein Research Fund, care of AMC Cancer Research Center, 1775 Sherman St., Suite 1000, Denver, CO 80203.
A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. today at Hillside Memorial Park. For further information, please call (310) 659-6004.

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Life ban for pitch invaders
The English FA ahave announced that any fan who invades the pitch at an England game will be banned for life.
The Football Association have pictures of around 80 supporters from CCTV and video footage of England's recent match against Turkey and those identified will be banned for life from England internationals and FA Cup matches.
England face disciplinary action by UEFA later today over the pitch invasions and racist abuse during the game.
FA marketing and communications director Paul Barber said: "The minority of people that cause us problems has now become too large a minority.
"We are going to work with thepolice and call on the courts to impose punishments as severe as they can be for any of those people convicted of football-related offences.
"We will certainly impose our own life bans on anyone that comes on to the pitch during an England game. They will not get tickets for England games in the future and I mean that for life."
"We will look over the next several weeks at how we can change the demographics of the people who follow England, particularly abroad," Barber added.
"We all know there is a very large percentage of young white males that follow usabroad.
"For the most part, they are peace-loving football supporters who want to enjoy the game but there is a minority – andit is too many – that seem to want to cause problems."


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A lot of the same rules you probably already use for choosing food also apply to choosing the right supplements. Study the nutrition facts label and look for ingredients that are plant-based, organic, and come from whole-food sources. Likewise, steer clear of synthetic chemicals or other artificial ingredients, sweeteners, and fillers.
Plant-based supplements are made from fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, spices, bark, flowers, leaves, and other botanical ingredients. The exact source depends on which vitamin or mineral is needed. Typically, the process starts with a plant that is already naturally high in the desired nutrient. From there, supplement manufacturers use a variety of methods to extract the desired nutrient and create a plant-based supplement that can provide the full Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) of a wide variety of vitamins and minerals.
If you are not familiar with the existence of plant-based supplements, then it's easy to think that every vitamin on the shelf is the same. This could not be further from the truth. To give you a better idea, here are some common vitamins and minerals with their preferred plant-based source next to their synthetic or animal-sourced alternative.
Bioavailability is how easily your body can absorb a given nutrient. An overwhelming amount of evidence indicates that healthy, whole plant foods are the foundation of a nutritionally complete diet. This includes the supplements you use to maintain your health. The best supplements are those that your body is equipped to handle, in other words — they're plant-based. This is because your body evolved to recognize and use nutrients that come from the plant sources that our ancestors found in nature.
Relying on plants is better for your health and better for the environment. While the majority of plant-based supplements are also vegan, it is still possible that unscrupulous manufacturers will sneak in some animal byproducts or use non-vegan, gelatin capsules to hold the otherwise vegan ingredients. More often than not, plant-based supplements are vegan but check the label carefully to be sure.
Buying plant-based supplements is always the smarter option, but how do you know you are getting the best? Look for a brand you can trust that pays attention to how and where each plant-based ingredient is grown and processed.
Make sure the plants used are grown using sustainable practices. Organic and wildcrafted sources are best, and reduce the likelihood of it being tainted by industrial farming chemicals and pesticides.
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As soon as plants are harvested, they begin to degrade. Heat, humidity, and time are all enemies of fragile plant nutrients. Supplement companies who are serious about your health will do all they can to protect the plant and keep these valuable nutrients, cofactors, and conutrients in the final product. Proper drying, milling, and concentrating techniques that lock in these compounds should be in place. Without these rigorous protocols, your supplements will not provide their maximum possible benefit.
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I gathered ideas from a number of people who have felt that their host needed a little schooling in the art of making people feel welcome.
Find out when your guests will arrive. Try to be home to greet them or let them know if you'll be late. People sort of wonder if their hosts want them to visit if they have to sit and wait on the doorstoop until their hosts arrive.
If your visitors are flying in, pick them up at the airport if possible, and try to meet them in the terminal. If they come by car, keep a lookout, and when they arrive, go out to greet them.
them they look great; you like their new hair-do, their shirt, their purse. Help them with their luggage.
When they come in your house, offer them something to eat and drink. Ask if they want to go to their room or sit and visit for a few minutes first.
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toothpaste and hair dryers, but many don't. So it's a good idea to have these items available.
If you have a chiming clock, stop it. You may not hear it chiming every fifteen minutes, but they will.
and ask them to make some choices. "I thought one day we'd rent bikes in town and go biking. Another morning we could play golf, eat lunch in the village, and then take the gondola up the mountain." Also, ask them what they would like to do.
Before your friends arrive, ask what foods they like. Do they eat breakfast? What do they like for lunch?
Have the refrigerator stocked, and tell them to help themselves. Have fruit and juices and a fresh coffee cake or brownies ready to snack on. If you're a tea drinker but you know they like coffee, have a coffee pot and coffee ready. Invite guests to feel free to make their own coffee in the morning.
If your friends are staying more than a few days, suggest some places they might like to go by themselves while you attend to your business. This gives everyone time off to regroup.
Also remember, even with the most compatible visitors, there will inevitably be a few tense moments. Expect them to occur and do some shrugging.
If you follow this list, your guests will feel welcome throughout their visit.
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EXCLUSIVE: Four Romanian fugitives remanded in custody after being arrested in UK - now facing extra
FOUR Romanian alleged fugitives have been arrested in the UK and are now facing extradition proceedings after being remanded in custody.
The four appeared before Westminster Magisyrates' Court on Saturday.
Among them was Constantin Ciprian Ciuraru, 30, (pictured above) of an unknown address, who was arrested in Kent.
He is wanted in Poland on a theft charge he has been convicted of.
Ciuraru was refused bail with a record of the court case saying this was because he is "likely to abscond" and due to the "nature and seriousness of offence, his lack of community ties in UK," and "the sentence to serve."
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It said this was also because he is of no fixed abode and can provide no security money.
Constantin Daniel Floresciu, 36, also appeared in the court and was refused bail.
He is wanted in Romania to serve a six year sentence after being convicted of agrravated theft.
He was found living in May Street, Coventry, and arrested.
Also in court was Mariana Calimache, 59, who is wanted in Romania to serve a lengthy sentence for tax evasion.
She was found to be living in Maybank Avenue, Hornchurch, east London, before her arrest.
The cases were adjourned for further hearings later this year.


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"How Pornography Changed Me Forever" – New Harm Story – By Hope T. – "My power was taken away from me"
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New Harm Story! Hope shares her tragic abuse that led to her understanding the true devastation of porn.
HOW PORNOGRAPHY CHANGED ME FOREVER
– By Hope T. (female, 37, U.S.)
http://www.antipornography.org/harm_stories.html#167794
My story is hard to share since I'm not sure exactly what happened throughout the entire ordeal. I guess I always knew something was wrong with the man that I met when he asked me to lie about our circumstances, after he sexually assaulted me. I was severely traumatized by that time in my life and the events that surrounded them, so I had no idea how to recover from them, and I ended up in a toxic field that I believe puts me speaking here now.
I felt that since we had already been intimate that there was no backing out of it. I had been married before meeting him, and only intimate with my husband before him. So, it had been just my ex-husband for about ten years, then in one night it was all gone. I felt like a slut and awful.
I dated this man and quickly learned that there was something very wrong with him. He was very abusive and hiding things, one of which was a deep interest in porn. I discovered this on his computer.
Soon enough he began to share intimate knowledge of my body with a close friend, which horrified me on top of the rape. I wondered how his friend knew, and they would pick on me and insult me. The objectification was obvious by him and his friend, as well as a serious attempt to hide things. He also had no problem being an exhibitionist himself, and would do odd things to me when we were just going about ordinary, everyday activities. I learned to just freeze and let these moments pass.
Things came back to me, such as sex to him always being an act that was very much not about connecting, but about control and performance. I learned to survive the experiences, not enjoy them. I did my best to block them out and get through them, and pretend them away — as an actress would. He would do degrading things at times that I won't fully share, and I was terrified to confront him.
I always had a feeling that the acts were being forced or compelled on me at times, and when I would not agree to things that he wanted, he would look to others for release. I am grateful I did not agree to do many things because of my values. He had pressure me to have sex in public, despite me repeatedly saying "no" — among other terrible requests to which I had to repeatedly tell him "no."
I was thrown into this relationship as a victim of rape — scarred and scared. He did the crime, provoking and incapacitating me, never letting me know his guilt because he knew I would go to the police. Then his entire objective, I believe, seemed to be the hinting at several ways to get me into compromising sexual moments in order to expose me and himself — whether for money, boredom, or just because he was severely twisted. I never saw any tapes, but I believe that he made them.
I think back at how horrified I am day to day. Comments he made to friends about my body, comments he made about noises I made during sex — as if they were to be heard by other people — made me literally want to vanish off of this earth.
I am one of the most bashful people on the planet when it comes to intercourse. I had been with one person, ONE male before him in nearly a decade, and he took me and tried to turn me into what felt like or what I would call a prostitute. I would not know how I feel much different from one now.
I am devastated by this realization. It was not my choice or with my knowledge, even though I always knew something was very wrong. I also knew that if I ever questioned him on certain things he would become violent, so I think I knew it was not safe to talk about.
I am still afraid. I don't know how to piece it all together for sure. That is partly why I'm here. He was clearly diseased severely, and thought he could take, intimidate, and dismantle another woman for his gain, and with no repercussions. He didn't care about my values or morals and what it would do to my life one bit.
I will tell you nothing has kept me up more nights as much as this catastrophe. Nothing has made me want to take my own life as much as this heart wrenching tragedy has. This is to say because it was not my choice, and he was fully cognizant of what he was doing the entire time, along with his cohorts. I would never ever have agreed to the things he began, requested, and did deceitfully.
And since I ended the relationship I had with him, which was coated with lies and abuse, I have been with no one, and have spent my time trying to make my life better. I have felt like the slut or criminal, when again I did nothing. This again makes me cringe. The things he exposed or shared were sacred things to me, and I'm still not sure how to recover, but somehow, somewhere, I will find the strength.
The thought of other men, women, or people looking at my naked flesh, and seeing me have sex without my knowledge, makes my blood boil. Especially since they saw me with a man who raped me, and while doing acts that degraded me without my consent. If he had asked, he knew the answer would have been, "No way!" I'd have blown up in a full rage if he had requested. I'd have stood there and taken whatever abuse came my way.
So in my experience… my story… my power was taken away from me and shared with who knows how many people. When I walk into the world every day, I wonder if people might know me or recognize me from sick images released by a sick man. I hope not. It saddens me beyond repair. It breaks my heart because the choice was not my own, as I have reiterated so many times throughout this passage.
I wonder how many people know that? And if so, if they would continue to feed a sick monster like the porn industry because of my story. Will anyone now watch porn and wonder, "Did that woman get tricked into this?Or is she being drugged and raped? And if so, then I will refuse to watch this. I want no part of this."
Do you know how many women out there are dying inside because of this violation? It has changed my worldview on this industry forever.
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STATISTICS: Every 30 mins a porn film is made in the US. The USA produces 89% of all pornographic webpages.
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So it looks like America is not only addicted to CONSUMING pornography, but to MAKING it! ~~ We think that the U.S. should be ASHAMED to be the undisputed "leader" in porn production, which is of course an industry filled with degradation, dehumanization, racism, misogyny and exploitation. What do YOU think?
POWERFUL POSTER: "Abuse Through Prostitution Steals Children's Lives" – From Barnados Children's Charity UK
Here's a very disturbing and powerful Barnados poster which shows how being trafficked for sex in prostitution ages children. Horrifying but true! 😦
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Do you have a partner that watches PORN and doesn't understand why it bothers you? Try this! ;-)
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Here's a very short story of a young women who pretended to lust after other guys to help her boyfriend understand how she feels when he watches porn. She got an interesting result! 😉 Please check it out below and let us know what you think! We will pass along a link to the post to the author. 😉
By feminismo3x (female, 22, U.S.)
DISTURBATION: Instead of explaining to my boyfriend about how I felt about him lusting after other women in porn while being in a #relationship with me, like I had tried in the past, I decided to just put him in my position.
As we were laying there in his apartment bedroom, I pretended to masturbate to Thor, the supposedly sexy chiseled godlike actor, and Edward, the supposedly hot dangerous vampire in Twilight, both of whom I don't even know their real names.
So I moaned ,"Oh Thor.. oh yeah.. Edward.. yes yes yes!" And not to my surprise, my boyfriend, upset and utterly disturbed, turns the other way and says flat out "You're disgusting." So I try to comfort him by putting my hand on his shoulder. "Honey, are you OK?" He stays faced away and says in a monotone voice, "Don't touch me, you gross me out," and throws my hand off him.
I hold back my giggle, instead, I pretended to give him an angry tone: "Honey, you need to grow up, OK, it's normal, everyone does it. God, I'm not hurting anyone, I'm just in the moment to get off and then I'll be done. I still love you." I smiled, and gave him a big hug. He pushes me off again. I can tell he was hurt. "At least I'm not watching Thor or Edward naked with their rock hard abs and hard c*ck, like you do with…" He continues: "I told you I stopped watching porn already, OK?", and he assured me he was on the same page: "PORN IS WRONG. So.. you were masturbating to both Thor and Edward?.. AT THE SAME TIME??? EWWW! GROSSS!!! GET OFF ME!!"
"NO stupid," I replied, "I wasn't even thinking about them. I was just trying to prove a point."
Still disturbed.. he laid there with his arm over his forehead… Grossed out.
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U.S. Sex Trafficking statistics: VICTIMS: 94% female, 88% minorities, 41% minors
Check out this powerful graphic of U.S. sex trafficking statistics! VICTIMS: 94% females, 88% minorities, 41% minors!
Please like and share this post to help educate people about the devastating harms of prostitution and human trafficking! (Both of which are fueled by pornography!) Thanks, anti-porn team! 🙂
GREAT NEWS!! No more rape pornography allowed in the UK, and automatic Internet filters to be installed by default! :-)
Also other anti-porn measures to be enacted as well! Check out the highlights and details below, and please LIKE, COMMENT and SHARE to help spread this AMAZING news! Thanks! 🙂
Note: Now we really hope that all other countries in the world will follow this powerful example of doing the right thing on behalf of women, children, and all of society! 🙂
Automatic web filters for new customers, and opt in for existing accounts by 2014.
Filters fitted to all new mobile phones.
Ban on adult content for public wi-fi.
New offence of possession of porn simulating rape.
New powers for watchdogs to access heavily encrypted sites.
[Daily Mail] – Pornography depicting rape will be outlawed as part of a government crackdown on web filth.
David Cameron today unveiled a raft of reforms to shield children from 'poisonous' websites that are 'corroding childhood'.
In a victory for the Daily Mail, the Prime Minister announced every householder connected to the internet will have their access to online porn blocked unless they ask to receive it.
By the end of next year, all 19million UK homes currently connected to the net will be contacted by service providers and told they must say whether family-friendly filters that block all porn sites should be switched on or off.
From the end of this year, all new customers setting up a broadband account or switching provider will have the filters automatically switched on unless they opt to disable them to allow sites with 'adult content'.
'The Daily Mail has campaigned hard to make internet search engine filters "default on". Today they can declare that campaign a success,' Mr Cameron said.
'We are taking action to help clean up the internet and protect a generation of children from often extreme online pornography.'
Other measures announced by Mr Cameron today included adult content filters on all new mobile phones, a bar on accessing adult content through public wi-fi and calling in Ofcom to regulate industry progress.
Internet giants such as Google were told they have a 'moral duty' to do more to stop child abuse images being accessed.
Pornography involving simulated rape will be banned both online and offline, and online videos will be subject to the same rules as those sold in sex shops.
There will be stronger powers for watchdogs to investigate the 'hidden internet' – heavily encrypted forums and pages that allow abusers to cover their tracks.
There has been growing alarm at evidence that a third of children have accessed online pornography by the time they reach ten.
Six in ten parents now say they are worried or very worried about their sons and daughters seeing violent and sexual material on the web.
In his landmark speech at the NSPCC, Mr Cameron said action is more urgent than ever because web access has 'changed profoundly' in recent years.
'Not long ago, access to the internet was mainly restricted to the PC in the corner of the living room, with a beeping dial-up modem, downstairs in the house where parents could keep an eye on things,' he said.
Today, there is material freely available that is a 'direct danger to our children'.
The Prime Minister added: 'I'm not making this speech because I want to moralise or scaremonger, but because I feel profoundly as a politician, and as a father, that the time for action has come. This is, quite simply, about how we protect our children and their innocence.'
Mr Cameron announced that in future deciding about family-friendly filters will be a required part of the set-up process for installing an internet connection.
When existing web users are contacted, family-friendly filters will be pre-selected.
Only an adult will be able to change the filter settings and the account holder will receive a confirmation email. Some ISPs are offering text alerts, in case children hack into the account.
Any adult ignoring the alerts will have filters installed automatically.
'By the end of this year, when someone sets up a new broadband account the settings to install family-friendly filters will be automatically selected. If you just click "next" or "enter", then the filters are automatically on,' Mr Cameron said.
'And, in a really big step forward, all the ISPs have rewired their technology so that once your filters are installed, they will cover any device connected to your home internet account.
'No more hassle of downloading filters for every device, just one click protection. One click to protect your whole home and keep your children safe.
'Once those filters are installed, it should not be the case that technically literate children can just flick the filters off at the click of a mouse without anyone knowing.
'So we have agreed with industry that those filters can only be changed by the account holder, who has to be an adult. So an adult has to be engaged in the decisions.
READ THE REST OF THIS AMAZING STORY AT THE LINK BELOW: (And please don't forget to like, comment and share to spread the word of this great success and to support the cause. Thanks! :-))
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2372833/Internet-porn-depicting-rape-BANNED-Cameron-unveils-opt-rule-web-users.html
P.S. Special thanks to our friend and supporter, artist and author Suzzan Blac, of The Rebirth of Suzzan Blac , for the heads up on this great news. Please LIKE her Facebook Page or subscribe to her personal Facebook profile to support her helpful work to educate people about the harms of sexual abuse and exploitation. Thanks! 🙂
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ANTI-PORN VICTORY! :-) Porn industry loses lawsuit and must still prove workers are over 18
GREAT NEWS! The government just won the legal case requiring the porn industry to prove that all workers are over 18 years old! The pornography industry brought the case against the government because they felt it was too much of a "burden" on their "free speech" rights to have to ensure that underage exploitation wasn't occurring by documenting the age and identity of everyone that was being photographed in the nude by them, or being filmed having sex. ("Sex" that is almost always unsafe, and often full of cruelty, abuse and degradation.) Thankfully the judge in this case wisely disagreed with the pornographers and decided to hold them accountable!
Needless to say the porn industry is upset about this. @MarkKernes of Adult Video News just tweeted:
"@markkernes: 2257-The good news: No more warrantless searches without probable cause. The bad news: We still have to prove we aren't child pornographers."
We actually think that pornographers having to prove that they aren't sexually exploiting children is perfectly reasonable. What about you? Do you agree?
Check out the details of this case and this anti-porn victory below in a press release by Stop Porn Culture:
JUDGE FINDS AGAINST PORN INDUSTRY IN FREE SPEECH COALITION V. HOLDER
The Free Speech Coalition, the lobbying arm of the porn industry, suffered a major blow today in their challenge to the constitutionality of 18 USC 2257, which requires them to keep age verification records that porn performers are 18 or above. Judge Michael Baylson, a federal judge serving on senior status for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania found in favor of the government and ruled 2257 to be constitutional under the First and Fourth Amendment.
Dr. Gail Dines, an expert witness for the Department of Justice, argued that 2257 was vital for protecting children from being sexually exploited by the porn industry. Because "Teen Porn" is one of the top porn search terms in the world (500,000 searches daily), one of the largest porn genres on the internet, and the female performers in this genre look especially youthful, Dr. Dines argued that 2257 is one of the key ways to prevent the porn industry from using minors as a way to build a consumer base for young looking female performers.
Go Gail Dines! Go team! 🙂
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Story by GlobalNonCompliance: "When You Objectify Women in Porn, You Objectify Yourself (And Your Current and Future Partners)"
Check out this thought-provoking story on how using pornography harms and objectifies both women and the user. Also, please don't forget to SHARE AND COMMENT! We will pass on a link to this post to the author so he can read your feedback. 🙂 Thanks!
WHEN YOU OBJECTIFY WOMEN IN PORN, YOU OBJECTIFY YOURSELF (AND YOUR CURRENT AND FUTURE PARTNERS)
By GlobalNonCompliance (male, 20's, U.S.)
Porn is addicting, more it is insidious and will grow on you like a parasite. Porn opens young men and women up to a world of pain and suffering that they could never begin to glimpse from the get-go. It starts innocently enough with a computer in the bedroom as a teenager, it can end with taking one's own life like many of the men and women you watch like to do.
It will tear the lives of man and women, husband and wife, girlfriend and boyfriend apart. It will breed violence and decay within the minds of those who worship and salivate over these icons of sexuality and smut. It can be linked to an increase in murder and rape, pedophilia and a morphing of the social construct of sex in general. Porn is a gateway drug to deeper hardcore perversion and sadomasochism, the darker sins of humankind… SEX AND VIOLENCE AS ONE.
People think it's OK, but when you grow up with a computer in your bedroom, what you end up watching after years would scare somebody who has actually participated in actual hedonism. I haven't had a real relationship in many years because of my addiction and lack of self-control. You may say that's not me, but we all have urges, and you open up Pandora's box when you watch porn.
When you view pornography there are certain emotions and stress revealed, and when this become habitual, those emotions change almost overnight to guilt and anxiety, because deep down you know you're not only objectifying those women on the computer screen, but you're objectifying yourself, and your future partners. Not only that you're escaping something that you refuse to recognize within yourself, some lack of self-confidence or rage at the world. You are building THE damaging habit and burning terrible images into your brain that you will always carry with you unto death.
A healthy sexual relationship cannot exist in many people's lives when porn occupies a young man's thoughts, emotions, and chemistry. The problems with pornography here and America only embodies a much greater crisis, a crisis of the spirit, or the lack thereof in this civilized world. Be careful what dark forces you invite into your life and allow to take hold, because asking them to leave only faith and love can provide. Don't you have enough escapism already in your life, to invite another in you may never get out?
Please don't forget to like, comment on and share this story to help spread the word about the harms of pornography and to support the cause. Thanks! 🙂
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Anti-Porn Internet Resources: (Woman focused or neutral.)
AntiPornographyBlog YouTube Channel,
Anti-Porn Blogger MySpace Page,
NoPornPledge, DianaRussell.com, NoPornNorthampton, Against Pornography, StopPornCulture.org,
one angry girl antiporn resource center, Genderberg.com, MediaWatch.com section on pornography,
Sex Industry Survivors,
Erase the Dark,
Prostitution Research and Education, (It addresses pornography also as it is a form of prostitution.),
Anti-Pornography and Prostitution Research Group (Japan),
CharlieGrrl's "Blog of Feminist Activism against Porn",
Shelley Lubben.com, (Ex porn-star helping other porn stars)
Shelley Lubben's MySpace Website,
List of Dead Porn Stars and How They Died,
Where My Ladies At (About porn and it's connection to hip hop and rap.),
Feminist Fred: A Place for Men to Learn about Feminism, (Also home of Pornsick Pat),
Compulsion Solutions,
Internet Pornography Statistics (InternetFilterReview.com),
Porn and Sex Industry Statistics (Enough is Enough),
Pornography and Sex Trade Statistics (Most thorough and documented),
PBS Documentary "Porn In America". Full video and lots of information.,
Pornography: Creating Demand for International Sex Trafficking (By Shared Hope International)
Anti-Porn Film and Slideshow. Plus Stop Porn Culture Info
** A GROUND-BREAKING documentary about pornography is available! **
Visit the site HERE for "The Price of Pleasure: Pornography, Sexuality and Relationships." See clips: I.e. Noam Chomsky on "choice" in porn. See the whole film HERE right now at Media Education Foundation. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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NOTE: Please contact SPC HERE for information about buying a copy of the slide show if you can't attend a training.
Key Articles about Pornography
"Not Tonight, Honey. I'm Logging On."
ContentWatch.com Learning Center articles on pornography.
Robert Jensen articles on pornography, sexuality, and gender.
"Not Your Father's Playboy, Not Your Mother's Feminist Movement", by Rebecca Whisnant.
"The Porn Debate: Wrapping Profit in the Flag", by Stan Goff.
"Exposure to Child Porngraphy as a Cause of Child Sexual Exploitation", by Diana Russell and Natalie J. Purcell.
"Guilty Pleasures: Pornography, Prostitution and Stripping", by Jackson Katz.
My Fears for All Felicities, by Stephen Walker (About documentary on pornographer Max Hardcore called "Hardcore.")
BLOOD, SWEAT & SEX: My Hard Life in Porn - Performer Aurora Snow exposes the HARSH TRUTH about porn
POSTER: (Netherlands) "Whatever Its Legal Status, Prostitution Causes Great Harm to Women"
Jenna Jameson's 25 Reasons Why No One Would Ever Want To Be a Porn Star
What You Can Do, 102: Support Adult Industry Reform from Within. I.e. Via Jenna Jameson & Other Performers Who Support Positive Change
Former Pornographer Dave Pounder exposes truth: male porn actors use Viagra, and porn actresses are damaged
NEW HARM STORY: EX PORN PERFORMER JESSIE ROGERS: Author, Advocate, Volunteer for AntiPornography.org
Books about the harms of pornography
Pornified: How Pornography is Damaging Our Lives, Our Relationships and Our Families, by Pamela Paul. (Buy it here at Amazon.com.) (Note: The author has stated that she regrets the errors on pg. 259 in the sentence beginning with "Meanwhile, women on the Left…". The sentence and the points made in it are inaccurate but corrections were not able to be made for the paperback edition.)
Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture, by Ariel Levy. (Buy it here at Amazon.com.)
Pornography: Driving the Demand in International Sex Trafficking, by Captive Daughters Media. (Buy it here at Amazon.com, or at Xlibris here. Table of contents here. Full text of Introduction by David Guinn here.)
The Macho Paradox: Why Some Men Hurt Women and How All Men Can Help, by Jackson Katz. (Buy it here at Amazon.com)
Getting Off: Pornography and the End of Masculinity, by Robert Jensen. (Buy it here at Amazon.com.)
Not for Sale: Feminists Resisting Prostitution and Pornography, edited by Rebecca Whisnant and Christine Stark. (Buy it at Amazon.com here or at Spinifex press here.)
How to Make Love Like A Porn Star: A Cautionary Tale, by Jenna Jameson. (Buy it here at Amazon.com: ) It includes much valuable information about the pornography industry that makes it clear how harmful it is.
"Against Pornography: The Evidence of Harm", by Diana Russell (Buy it at Amazon.com here or at Diana Russell's website here. Book info here.)
"Dangerous Relationships: Pornography, Misogyny and Rape", by Diana Russell. (Buy it at Amazon.com here, or at Diana Russell's website here. Book info here.)
Life and Death: Unapologetic Writings on the Continuing War Against Women, by Andrea Dworkin. (Buy it at Amazon.com here.)
"Making Violence Sexy: Feminist Views on Pornography", edited by Diana Russell. (Buy it at Amazon.com here or at Diana Russell's website here. Book info here.)
"Pornography in America: A Reference Handbook", by Joseph W. Slade. Buy it at Amazon.com here.
Conferences about Pornography:
Pornography: Driving the Demand for International Sex Trafficking, 2005 conference info with anti-pornography resources. Video of National Feminist Antipornography Movement 2007 Conference "Pornography and Pop Culture: Reframing Theory, Rethinking Activism".
Pornography, Violence, Rape and Crime:
"Pornography as a Cause of Rape", by Dr. Diana E.H. Russell,
Making Women's Place Explicit: Pornography, Violence, and the Internet, compiled by Jennifer Nash, Harvard Law School,
"The Link Between Pornography and Violent Sex Crimes", by Robert Peters,
"Porn Use and Sex Crimes", by Rory Reid,
Pornography's Link to Rape, by Dr. Judith Reisman
First Amendment and Pornography Information:
Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press,
First Amendment and Pornography Legal Information,
"It's Not About the First Amendment", by Mark Kastleman,
"The Free Speech Argument Against Pornography", by Caroline West.
IT'S GIVING TUESDAY ♥ – Please donate to help end the horrific harms of pornography, prostitution and sex trafficking
NEW DOCUMENTARY– 'Hot Girls Wanted' goes inside the amateur porn industry — and exposes exploitation
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DOES SEX ED CONFERENCE FOR STUDENTS GO TOO FAR? It teaches teens to use PORN, virtual sex, and meth!
VICTIM: Viewing child porn isn't harmless. Viewers "are dads, brothers, sons. This could be your sister"
VIDEO: Why BDSM is like George Orwell's 1984. How Slavery, Torture, Abuse & Sadomasochism Became Pleasure
Man Who Held Sex Slave Captive for 6 Years Sentenced to 20 Years. PORN used to groom victim into BDSM
"Retired Porn Star Sunset Thomas Escapes Life of Prostitution" – Nevada brothel existence "prison-like"
A teenager has PORN-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER. Boy forced to watch porn. New mental illness diagnosed
"Porn Is Not Empowering" — by Kelsey Ruane, Anti-Porn Feminist — (via XOJane – "Unpopular Opinion")
"Porn and domestic violence: NSW Police says respect for women from young men crucial"
"The U.S. Loves Lesbian Porn, and Other Highlights from Pornhub's Year in Review Stats" – via BetaBeat
All That Is Necessary for Evil to Triumph Is for Good People to Do Nothing (So say NO to pornography!)
Google Has Tagged A Vast Database Of Child Porn Images — Making Them Impossible To See
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Церковь Успения Пресвятой Богородицы —  православный храм Шахтинской и Миллеровской епархии, Каменское благочиние.

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Каменная церковь с фундаментом из местного кремнистого камня  —  Успения Пресвятой Богородицы в станице Калитвенская Каменского района Ростовской области строилась около 1809—1833 годов по проекту архитектора И. Е. Старова. Освящена в 1833 году. Храм находится в  от реки Северский Донец. Храм построен в виде разностороннего креста, помещение внутри — в виде квадратной палаты. Алтарь троечастный, разделен двумя поперечными арками; в южном и северном предалтариях устроены выполнены приделы. Своды в алтаре покоятся на столбах.

Храм построен в стиле классицизма с четырёхколонными порталы на трёх сторонах здания, с порталом двухъярусной колокольни, имеет голубой купол с позолоченными крестами. Иконостас храма создавался с участием итальянских мастеров. Иконостас Коринфского устройства, резной из дерева, резьба «петрушечная». Средний иконостас двойной: средняя часть иконостаса имеет три яруса, арка над ним имеет пять ярусов. Боковые - придельные иконостасы выполнены в четыре яруса. Стены храма расписаны.

В храме имеется три придела:
 Главный придел храма — в честь Успения Пресвятой Богородицы;
 Северный придел храма — в честь Димитрия Солунского;
 Южный придел храма — в честь Иоанна Предтечи.

В 1872 году вокруг храма была установлена ограда.

Церковь строилась на средства прихожан. Помощь в финансировании строительства оказывал войсковой старшина Андрей Евстафьевич Хорошилов.

В годы Великой Отечественной войны храм был закрыт, подвергался обстрелам. Позднее в здании дважды в здании храма возникали пожары. После войны в здании храма был склад удобрений. В конце 1980-х годов здание расчищалось, восстанавливалось. Реставрация храма проходила также с 2006 года.

Ныне храм действующий. Относится к Шахтинской и Миллеровской епархии, Каменское благочиние. Богослужения в храме совершаются в воскресные дни, в двунадесятые и великие праздники.

Около храма находится церковный колодец, широко известный с конца XIX века, благодаря целебным свойствам его воды.

При церкви находятся захоронения прихожан: И. С. Семенова, Е. Ф. Федорова и А. А. Финляндского.

Святыни храма
В церкви Успения Пресвятой Богородицы хранится рака с частицами святых православной церкви.

Ссылки
 Э. А. Сокольский. Ст. Чудо на Донце. Донской временник. Краеведение Ростовской области.
 Калитвенская. Церковь Успения Пресвятой Богородицы
 Калитвенская – жемчужина на Донце
 Станицы Калитвенской  Успенская церковь. Духовенство области войска Донского

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Калитвенская
Храмы Успения Богородицы

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The creeping cull of cultural diversity in Orbán's Hungary
As Viktor Orbán's Hungary faces its 2 October referendum on European migrant quotas, diverse opinion is being silenced through partisan cultural funding.
Rob Sharp
Prime minister Viktor Orban and former president László Sólyom at the Presidential Palace, Budapest, 2010. AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky. All rights reserved.The English-speaking press has paid relatively little attention to the changing cultural and artistic landscape under Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán. Yet its potential repercussions are profound for both the European public and those who might like to follow in the footsteps of Péter Esterházy, the world famous Hungarian author and vocal critic of Orbán who died in July.
Exacerbated by the economic crisis, cultural spending in Hungary has come under fire for lacking transparency and breadth. Yet in an environment where Orbán's nationalistic endeavours have made global headlines – Hungarians will vote on Sunday on whether to approve the European Union's migrant quotas – nurturing a plurality of voices is more important than ever.
Critics say Orbán is narrowing the playing field – boosting support for an elite circle close to him and ignoring the rest. In May, it emerged the country's National Cultural Fund (NCF), falling partly under the control of central government, has slashed funding agreements for a number of cultural magazines, including 59-year-old classical music title Muzsika, theatre magazine Színház, Jewish journal Szombat, and Beszélő, which carries articles on democracy and film criticism. Though the money involved is relatively small, the effect of such cuts, for those involved, is significant.
Artist Kinga Tóth, a board member at literary organisation József Attila Kör, the second largest literary association in Hungary, which supports young writers – including, at one point, a young Esterházy – says the organisation's own subsidy cuts affect long-term freedom of expression.
"This organisation is very important, because it is the first step to the best Hungarian publishing companies like Magvető and Libri," says Tóth. "Without an organisation like this the younger generation has little access to publishing, to literary life, to the biggest publishing companies."
According to Compendium, an online platform started by the Steering Committee for Culture of the Council of Europe, low-cost culture was common in Hungary under socialism. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, the country looked, in part, to western models, and established the arms-length NCF in 1993. Since then, conservative governments have put greater emphasis on national heritage than left-wing alternatives. Efforts "to shelter culture from political and ideological influences have not yielded lasting and overall success". Since the election of the centre-right Fidesz in 2010, a huge governmental reorganisation took place and the highest level of cultural administration came under the control of the ministry of human resources.
One of the main sources of anger among the country's artistic community is the increasing power of the Hungarian Academy of Arts (the Magyar Művészeti Akadémia or MMA), a former non-governmental organisation now recognised in the Hungarian constitution. The MMA is involved in the country's major cultural decisions, and its members are given a generous monthly stipend. According to Budapest-based English-language platform the Budapest Beacon, the MMA's president, György Fekete, ultimately appointed by Orbán, once said his objective was to "counter liberal tendencies in contemporary fine arts".
Viktor Orbán, leader of the mainstream rightwing opposition Fidesz party: 20 years of articles and interviews. Habeebee, Flickr via Creative Commons. Some rights reserved. "The worst still may be the new 'cultural dictatorship,' since the Orbán government has established the Hungarian Academy of the Arts from its loyal supporters," writes professor Attila Ágh of Budapest Corvinus University in a 2014 edition of the Journal of Comparative Politics. "The government has entrusted all decisions in the cultural sector to its leaders and has channelled all resources from the state for cultural life through the MMA."
As reported in a series of articles published this year on Hungarian news platform 444, the MMA's budget and salaries are increasing steadily, with the NCF's funding decisions frequently falling in favour of projects with links to those in official positions at the organisation, which has considerable overlap with the MMA. Several prominent buildings have been transferred into the MMA's possession, including the nineteenth-century neoclassical Műcsarnok Kunsthalle on Heroes' Square.
Timea Junghaus, an art historian and founder of Gallery8, a contemporary art space for the Roma community – and former curator of the Roma pavilion at the Venice Biennale – says that Roma artwork, though marginalised in Hungary since the 1970s, gets relatively little state support, despite a strong community of Roma artists in the capital. "Contemporary art is now understood as in resistance to nationalism, chauvinism and xenophobia in Hungary," she says. "Because contemporary art is conscious and critical about [the] conservative way of operating. This is not something the government is open to discussing."
This conservative take on arts funding might not be a problem if Hungary didn't exhibit unusually high numbers of culturally inactive people, a by-product of a country where over a third of people live below the poverty line. Television consumption, on the other hand, is huge, and investment in public television – recently accused of bias against migrants – has risen under Orbán. "It's not just nationalistic, it's anti-migration, anti-hospitality," says Marcell Sebok, an assistant professor at the Central European University (CEU) who teaches on visual culture and heritage. "It's about an example for having state-run propaganda, for a closed society as they imagine, we shouldn't be hospitable."
Keleti, Budapest. September 3, 2015: A refugee family spent the night at the main entrance of the station building. Michael Gubi, Flickr via Creative Commons. Some rights reserved.According to Alexandra Kowalski, who is leading a new masters course at CEU on cultural policy from this autumn, Orbán excludes dissenting voices more broadly by assuming direct political control over state-backed media and indirect power over a Hungarian media ecology dependent on public funds. Critical outlets are limited to the likes of local platforms such as 444, Atlatszo, and Direkt36 that rely on subscriptions, NGO funds and advertising. "The culture of dissent from the socialist years is in this sense quite alive," she says. "But these voices are not heard or included in a national debate, the structure of information flows simply short-circuit them."
She says that the country's "illiberal-democratic models" are compatible with capitalist modernity, and may be understood with reference to the "cultural industries" discussed by Max Horkheimer and Theodor Adorno in the 1940s, which can be manifested in liberal or illiberal, in democratic or authoritarian ways. "The case of Hungary today illustrates the collaboration between market and a strong state in the production of an illiberal regime," she says.
Another useful concept to understand the current situation in Hungary is Pierre Bourdieu's notion of social field, she adds. "In order to understand the cultural power of Orbán's regime, one has to analyse and disentangle the complex threads that reduce the autonomy of the field of cultural production – of intellectuals and academics, artists, journalists – vis-à-vis the political-economic machine that is the Hungarian party-state."
Some artist onlookers say that cronyism, one of Orbán's mechanisms of control, is nothing new – and that particularly among the fine art community, Hungarians should learn how to play by the free art market rules of the rest of Europe. "To be present in this giant competition its not easy, but not impossible," says Sándor Szász, an artist and co-founder of project space Budapest Art Factory, and an advocate for Hungary's independent art scene. "In the past, artists in Hungary would imagine their success only through Hungarian institutions. Since the local art market was not strong enough to create their stars through galleries, the institutions were creating an elite without any connection to global art scene. I think Hungarian artists should change their attitude on not depending on local institutions or funds, and try to have access to foreign galleries."
The case of Hungary today illustrates the collaboration between market and a strong state in the production of an illiberal regime.
Either way, a cultural scene dependent on private capital can be compatible with a nationalistic status quo.
Earlier this month, 444 reported that the Hungarian government has spent some 32 million euros on publishing anti-migrant propaganda. In a country where the hands of cultural production lies in the hands of so few, and those people are relatively wealthy, any action to undermine the variety of voices reaching voters seems significant when Europe faces frequent choices over a continent-wide refugee crisis. By the look of events this year in Hungary, the breadth of audible opinions is as limited as ever.


**Disclosure: My family did receive complimentary admission to the Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial in order to facilitate this review. No other compensation was received. All opinions are 100% my own.
After the video, my daughter was quite literally able to "fill" Lincoln's shoes. After exiting the theater, we noticed a pair of "Lincoln-sized" shoes that kids can try on. Talk about giving kids perspective!
Once we finished exploring the Visitor's Center, we headed on our walk to Lincoln's home site. Unfortunately, all that remains of Lincoln's cabin is the foundation and the hearth. However, it is still neat to see.
Nearby, there is a living history farm. Interpreters inhabit the farm on certain days, so check with the Visitor's Center to see if they are present during your visit. When we were there, a number of farm animals were enjoying the cool weather.
Thoroughly enjoying the wooded area, we walked along the Trail of Twelve Stones. Each of the twelve stones along the trail comes from another site that was important in Lincoln's life. My daughter was delighted to find bricks from the Mary Todd Lincoln House as well as a stone from Gettysburg because we have been to both sites.
While exploring, you will also find a small cemetery. In the cemetery rests Nancy Hanks Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln's mother. My daughter was very moved after learning that Lincoln lost his mother so young. You can easily avoid the cemetery if you do not feel your child is ready for a visit.
We truly enjoyed the Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial. The memorial portrays history in a way that children understand. Sometimes, kids can feel so distanced from history!
Some helpful tips: All of the sites are within easy walking distance of each other. However, if you need to, you can drive from the Visitor's Center closer to the other sites. There are bathrooms near the sites as well as in the Visitor's Center. There also are picnic tables at both locations. The trails are easy. However, I suggest avoiding using a stroller. I felt like there could have been more direction on the availability of interpreters at the farm, so I recommend asking at the Visitor's Center before you head to the farm.
The Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial admission is extremely reasonable--$5 per car for whole week! You will want to check the website for operating hours as the Visitor's Center is seasonal.