Breaking into a cashew nut can be difficult; but not if you're a monkey. Primates in Brazil are well honed in using stones to break into the nuts and new research suggests they have been doing so for more than 700 years.
Archaeologists have discovered that more than 100 generations of capuchin monkeys (Cebus libidinosus) have used stones as hammers and anvils to get into hard foods, with younger monkeys learning from their elders.
Researchers from the University of Oxford and University of São Paulo, Brazil, compared how living capuchins used stones to open the shells and hard casing of food with 69 stones found at archeological digs near cashew trees.
The stones used were identified as tools used by the monkeys from their size, shape, and damage caused by the cashews. It was also confirmed that dark residues on the tools were from the nuts, and charcoal found with the stones was carbon dated to between 600 to 700 years old.
"We have new evidence that suggests monkeys and other primates out of Africa were also using tools for hundreds, possibly thousands of years," said Michael Haslam a research fellow at Oxford's Primate Archeology Group and leader of the study.
Before the findings, according to the academic, the "only archaeological record of pre-modern, non-human animal tool use" came from three different chimpanzee sites in Africa.
In 2004, separate research showed the Cebus libidinosus used stones weighing up to one kilogram to pound nuts until they were open. "Nut-cracking activity is common and long-enduring," the group of researchers said at the time.
Further research from 2009 added that the stones are expertly picked for the job. Capuchins in Brazil have been seen to test their hammers before they used them: if the stone was too light or might break they picked a different stone. A test conducted during the work saw the monkeys pick a real but small stone rather than a large, artificial one. Previous research by Haslam also saw macaques eat 63 oysters in a row by smashing their shells open with a stone tool.
As a result of the most recent study, Haslam said it may provide some knowledge about how human behaviour may have been influenced by monkeys.
"Cashew nuts are native to this area of Brazil, and it is possible the first humans to arrive here learned about this unknown food through watching the monkeys and their primate cashew-processing industry," he said.
The research paper 'Pre-Columbian monkey tools' has been published in Current Biology journal.


Most charities don't actually measure their effectiveness; at best they report on their outputs. For example, a charity might tell you that they supply two additional teachers to a school in Africa. That sounds like a good project but perhaps it isn't. It might encourage a cash restrained government to reallocate some of the existing teachers they supply to other schools, or perhaps their more urgent need is better infrastructure. The primary objective in this case is not to increase local employment but to improve the education of these children, so that's what really needs to be measured. This is called Impact Measurement.
Despite these issues, impact measurement is gradually becoming accepted as the most reliable basis for evaluating interventions.
In an ideal scenario you will be able to see a report produced by a respected independent organisation. Ideally this should include the results of a Randomised Control Trial (RCT) that will compare results of two cohorts of beneficiaries, one with and one without the intervention. However, these are still a rarity. In all cases what you should be trying to identify are the outcomes from the programme, not the outputs.
For an example of a detailed cost/benefit analysis look at this one produced by GiveWell.
Is there a Theory of Change?
Theory of Change (ToC) is a relatively new concept that helps to define how a programme or intervention will achieve the desired result. It involves a careful examination of each step in the process and of the evidence supporting its effectiveness. It can be a useful indicator of how well an organisation has considered the implications of its activities. The absence of one may indicate a lack of rigour in the organisation.
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From this plan, budgeted costs can be established together with key indicators of progress. In the short run those indicators are likely to be mainly the outputs but as times goes by they will be replaced by outcomes such as final year pupil numbers and exam results.
If you are interested in learning more about Theory of Change there is a considerable amount of useful content at: Theoryofchange.org.


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What a fucking day then! They'd told us yesterday if conditions were good, which was 50/50, that we could land on one of the South Shetland Islands. We tried to keep our hopes in check but it's difficult, especially when we got our first glimpse of land, plus a bonus iceberg for good measure. It was all pretty exciting and the water was as calm as it could be.
This albatross looks like it's on a proper mission. Apologies for the poor quality of the photos, a lot of them are very zoomed in and will look like utter shite on anything bigger than a phone.
After breakfast we caught a lecture on the various whales that we might be able to see in the Antarctic and the islands just north. Sarah explained how you could identify each species by the air expelled from the blow hole, the shape of the back and the fluke, or tail. She told us that's how you spot whales; by the blast of air they eject from their heads like that's a completely normal way to breathe. I thought it was water. It's not, it's literally air from their lungs, it's just a bit damp due to condensation and the fact the whale is wet when it expels the air.
Our first sighting of land since we left the South American continent behind! I was utterly excited about this like I'd been lost at sea for three fucking months or something and had to live off teabags.
You'll never forget your first iceberg ❤
Halfway through the lecture we heard walkie talkies crackling. Sarah stopped mid sentence.
"Are we being interrupted for whales?" she asked a staff member scurrying towards her, "Because I'm okay with that!" she finished. Turns out, yes. Blasts of air had been spotted near the horizon, we all smooshed ourselves against the starboard windows, straining to see. There! They were distant but there they were! Whales existed here and we saw them breathing! A couple of people spotted a tail but I didn't.
No sooner had we learned from Lyn that porpoising was a thing that existed we saw chinstrap penguins doing it. They swim well underwater, they're so fast, but they breathe air so they jump out of the water like a dolphin, gulping in air as they go. This photo is zoomed in on an already blurry shot but it's the best I can do.
Sarah finished her lecture and Tarrant and I went to the bow to gaze into the blue for a while before Lyn gave a talk on penguins, and who doesn't love penguins? Sociopaths, that's who. We learned all manner of things. Turns out their feathers are like a survival suit and whilst their fat helps keep them insulated they're actually quite hard and not the cuddly little squishes we think they are. I'm not saying this fact has ruined my life or anything. They're built for swimming with their strong flippers, their torpedo shaped body and the position of their feet which they tuck under their tail and use as a rudder.
Bye bye, boat. SHIP! I MEAN SHIP!
We saw this in action after lunch which was when we sighted Smith Island looming out of the haze, and the iceberg on the horizon and i don't think I've ever been so excited about a block of ice before. It was beautiful, shining white and blue in the sun. We stood on the bow just taking it all in when we noticed movement in the water. It was penguins! Proper nippy little fuckers they were, speeding along and jumping out of the water like tiny bird shaped dolphins. This is called porpoising and they do this so they can grab a gulp of air to breath. It was incredible to watch, there were loads of them.
Our first zodiac landing in Antarctica! So bloody exciting!
The ship was steered towards Snow Island and we were just enamoured with the little penguins and the occasional distant blast of air from a passing whales. We dropped anchor and a zodiac was sent out to check the conditions at President Head where we hoped to land today. Apparently it's rarely good to land there. Too swelley. But today? Today was perfect! They'd split us up into four groups which would rotate in priority and on this landing we would be first. Team Albatross.
'Scuse me mate, I think your seal melted.
We got kitted up into all our layers and headed to the mud room where our rather fetching boots were waiting for us. We wrestled those on and shuffled to the gangway to the waiting zodiac, were helped onto it by three men, even I managed not to faceplant it then off we fucked. Even as we approached the beach we could see masses of elephant seals just hanging out on the beach. Wait, wasn't this dangerous? At Peninsula Valdes we were told in no uncertain terms that we weren't to go to the beach and I figured that was because we'd probably die.
Turns out that five metres is your viewing distance for elephant seals, unless they're jousting then you give them twenty five metres. I don't think these seals had jousting in them to be fair and we were allowed to get right up to that five metre limit which they'd marked with flags. It was amazing. Every now and then a seal would lift its head up, lazily regard the red coats gathered on the beach, maybe treat us to a yawn, then it'd flop back down. We wandered up the beach and bothered a couple of gentoo penguins. One of them was lying down, the other was preening itself.
Just chilling.
It's crazy what you see when you know what to look for. It kept reaching down to a spot at the base of its tail and this morning we'd learned that that's where it has an oil gland, and it reaches down to grab a bit of oil to spread through its feathers to help with waterproofing. Now I knew what it was I could see it! So cool. There was speculation that the one lying down was on a nest but Lyn told us later that no way would they make a nest away from the protection of the colony and they were probably just hanging out. There's no way of knowing the gender of them at a glance either.
This is the chinstrap penguin going for its oil gland.
This is a close up of one of the gentoo penguins. You think they'd put it in a more convenient spot. Blurry photo on account of the zooming.
A bit further along Jeff, the resident photographer, was chilling with a load of juvenile elephant seals. You can't tell their gender until the males start growing their proboscis, and there were a few with the start of a trunk but mostly they could have been anything. Jeff said they were moulting so they couldn't swim, they just had to hang out on the beach until they grew their fur back. Apparently it's not a fun experience for them at all.
So I thought seals had smooth edged flippers but if you look closely you can see they have, like, fingers with claws and it looks so creepy when they're scratching themselves. I think I could have lived the rest of my life not knowing seals had fingers and been happy about it.
There was also a chinstrap penguin wandering up and down the beach. We asked why it was alone, Jeff said they were just stupid. Lyn later said that it had probably just rocked up from a nearby colony and would head back there later. It was collecting stones though which is apparently something they do when they're nest building. Maybe Jeff was right.
It was walking and hopping and walking and hopping. I caught him mid-hop. So cute!
We spent an hour and a half alternating between strolling and staring. It's not like anything was doing anything particularly interesting, penguins weren't doing a little dance with a top hat and cane to an elephant seal barbershop quartet, but we couldn't stop gawping at them. I can't believe how close we were! Staff were on hand to make sure no one got too close because let's face it, tourists gonna tourist and they'll tourist extra hard for that selfie.
May I introduce you to this rock, or more specifically the lichen on it. Keith told us that an old way of determining the age of ice melt was lichen. I think there are more sophisticated ways of doing it now but if you knew what it was and how quickly it grew you could work out how long ago the ice melted.
That was fucking insanely good though. We were taken back to the ship and scrubbed our boots clean which actually involves painstakingly picking the tiny stones from the beach out of the grooves in the sole. They do check too and you'll be called out for the hall of shame over the PA if they're not spotless. Everyone was on such a high though, you could feel the buzz in the lounge as Mario went over the plan for tomorrow and Jeff recapped the incredible day. We all headed up to dinner at 7.15pm.
This little guy is a weaner, so called because he's been weaned already. I think it takes 4 weeks?
Every now and then the males would mock joust. These guys rose up like this for a few seconds, made a bit of noise then just flopped back down a bit like nah, fuck it.
As we were shovelling our starters into our chops a whoop went up from the people sat by the port side windows. Humpback whales! But, like, really fucking close! The captain steered the ship closer and just stopped and we all pressed ourselves against the windows. They were blasting air then surfacing, flashing us a bit of dorsal fin and tail. Phwoar! One of them breached! Fuck it, we went outside. We don't go anywhere without our parkas now in case we have to rapidly get on deck to put wildlife into our eyeholes, we threw them on and headed to the front of the ship.
So close to the ship, and there were so many we didn't know where to look.
Guys, there were about ten of them just circling the ship, blasting air. They were so close and they're so fucking huge! They stopped the ship for an hour and just drifted. The whales put on a show for us, there were three breaches and the ship erupted in cheers when it happened. I only saw one but fuck me, what an experience. There were so many we didn't know where to look resulting in a flurry of tourists scurrying from port to starboard and back again. I got a few photos but there were so many and we were there for so long I was able to enjoy it with my eyeholes too.
That on the left is a whale head.
Even better, we didn't miss dinner. The galley staff kept it warm for us so we were able to eat. We were resigning ourselves to getting stuck into the pot pastas we'd completely unnecessarily brought with us which would totally have been worth it because how often do you get to watch whales? And to be fair we'd been fed so much food throughout the day we probably had enough fat reserves to support us in the event of a casual marooning.
FLUKE!!
I reiterate; what a fucking day! Wait, that needs more exclamation marks… What. A. Fucking. Day!!!!!! We had a couple of drinks in the bar and chatted with our new friends and tried to absorb what we'd seen. I don't think I quite believed it. I feel like it's going to be one of those things that sinks in randomly and I'll start chuckling like an absolute maniac.
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This was not an official photo shoot, just some fun shots that I got of my niece Kelsey & her new husband Kyle. The ceremony was so beautiful & very emotional. They are such a sweet couple!
These first two are right outside the temple! We were sweating to death waiting for them to come out, but it was worth it!
These are from the reception that night!
I wish I would have gotten a shot of the back of her dress, it was gorgeous!


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GLOBALBLOCK REPORTS SIGNIFICANT KEY METRIC INCREASES TO END NOVEMBER 2021
- GlobalBlock Digital Asset Trading reports unaudited Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to end November 2021 -
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London, UK and Vancouver, British Columbia – GlobalBlock Digital Asset Trading Limited (TSX Venture: BLOK) (US OTC:BLVDF) (FSE:BD4) (the "Company" or "GlobalBlock") is pleased to announce Company's wholly owned operating subsidiary, GlobalBlock Limited ("GlobalBlock UK") has seen a significant increase in business activity. This increase has materialised in the absence of any meaningful marketing activities to acquire new customers, which is scheduled to ramp up in Q1 2022 once the new trading app has been launched.
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*The Company completed its business combination with GlobalBlock UK in July 2021 and continues to integrate the businesses and refine the internal procedures required of a public company. As such, it has been determined that the differing periods disclosed above (rather than a uniform period of for example, Jul – Nov) provides a more accurate picture of the Company's performance, and in some circumstances include the crypto market decline from March to July 2021. ** Value of all trades divided by number of trades over the period. ***Client Assets is defined as the total of fiat and digital assets held for clients calculated at each month end **** An active client is someone who traded with GlobalBlock. Rufus Round, CEO at the Company, said: "2021 was a very exciting year for GlobalBlock and with digital assets becoming more widely adopted, it has allowed us to build a solid foundation for the future. 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Last year I had an exhibition in London that mixed two things I love – yoga and art. What more could I ask for?
A small dream came true – my work was on display in a yoga centre. It was my longest exhibition and took place at at the wonderful Evolve Wellness Centre, a relaxing and airy venue in a South Kensington mews in London. Apart from brightening up the building I sold a few pieces, so all parties were happy. My work went up on the walls in September 2015 until May 2017, so it's a great addition to my artist CV.
Yoga's a great way to start the day: While I do love going to classes, practising at home is more convenient when I'm painting. I signed up to Do Yoga With Me and as a result I can keep up my practice in the comfort of my own home.
It helps me focus, especially if I haven't had as much sleep as I'd like.
Post-yoga relaxation or meditation is inspirational. I often draw the colours and textures of my abstract works from these times.
And best of all – I can keep my yoga gear on to work!
The jewel-like colours I choose for my paintings are frequently influenced by the seven main chakras. These are energy centres aligned along the spine and their colourful symbolism makes for great inspiration. Chakra itself means wheel or cycle, each one is a different colour and represents a different area of the body (Anahata, for example, is green and is situated at the heart). The "wheels" themselves bridge the energetic and physical bodies, corresponding to various emotions and stimuli. Additionally, there are various yoga poses that go with each.
When you see a depiction of a chakra, you'll see a circular symbol with petals around the edge. Anahata has twelve of these and a six-pointed star in the middle like a Star of David. In my paintings I'm less concerned about depicting the actual chakra images than conjuring up a "feel" of them. Hence I use bright acrylics, often more than one colour if I'm considering the "influence" of two or more chakras and gold leaf. As well as the dazzling chiyogami paper that has become a feature of much of my work.
In December 2016 yoga and art teamed up for me when Tri Yoga in London got in touch. Each year they hold a charity raffle and in 2016 they were supporting the Magic Breakfast. As a former long-time Londoner and Tri Yoga visitor, I was delighted to contribute some artwork to help a worthy charity. This one aims to see children going to school well-nourished and therefore able to focus on their morning lessons. See for yourself by clicking through to their page. Needless to say, I was over the moon to see that Tri Yoga patrons snapped up all five of my works. A great gift in itself that I had a hand in helping to raise the £15 000 that will be so useful.
Do you have any passions that inspire your artwork? Let me know in the comment section.


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On Monday's episode of The Late Late Show, host James Corden talked about the amazing efforts of K-pop group BTS and their fanbase! Here's what he said about the BTS Army!
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James Corden couldn't help but mention the incredible activism he's seen within the K-pop community, particularly amongst fans of international sensation BTS!
As Entertainment Tonight shares, Monday's episode of The Late Late Show saw Corden mention how BTS and their fans have been noteworthy for their contributions to the Black Lives Matter movement.
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BTS and their fanbase each donate $1 million to Black Lives Matter
BTS donated $1 million in support of Black Lives Matter, with Corden joking, "I guarantee you, there was a three-minute tightly-choreographed dance routine leading up to the signing of that check."
If that wasn't already incredible enough, the group's fanbase— known as the "BTS Army"— then decided to match the donation, donating $1 million themselves in less than 24 hours!
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Corden went on to explain how the BTS Army and other K-pop fans also took over the "#AllLivesMatter" hashtag on Twitter, overwhelming it with videos and GIFs of their idols to drown out hateful tweets against the Black community.
"It's clear to me that the only troops we should be sending in right now is the BTS Army," said Corden. "And we wanted to thank all the BTS fans for their phenomenal work these past few days."
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Corden surprises BTS fans with new Carpool Karaoke clip of group
Corden wanted to do something special for the BTS Army in recognition of their efforts, which is why he then debuted a new video from BTS' Carpool Karaoke session! As Entertainment Tonight reports, the segment was filmed back in February, but had never been shown until now.
The fun clip of BTS sees the K-pop group singing a round of "Baby Shark," before they break out into a chant of "shark, shark, shark!" to the tune of LMFAO's party song "Shots."
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How nice to have Emily back "home" at the Cozy Cabin, and how humbling for us to have an artist of her caliber share a stage with Shelby Lynne, John Oates, Mike Stern and Lee Rittenour just the week before!
"Thanks so much for allowing me be a part of this wonderful music event....This was a great experience. I enjoyed everything, Emily, your guests, the atmosphere, the food, the music. I am glad that I came. I will be back. You opened your home to a stranger who was not familiar to anything like this and I left feeling like part of the family. I appreciate not only the welcome into your home but the opened door into a new experience!"
Thank you, old and new friends alike, for supporting our love of live music, and giving indie artists like Emily a chance to be heard. Spread the word!
All week long, as we prepared for this weekend's performance, we kept saying we had a good feeling about this show, and it turned out we were right. It wasn't a house concert, it was a soul recital!
The Cozy Cabin "regulars" who weren't listening to Smooth Jazz CD101.9 in the 1990s soon discovered who Vinx was, thanks to the wonderful Vinx Super Fans who made up two-thirds of the sold out audience. Vinx serenaded the "gourmet audience" with covers ("Moondance" and "My Funny Valentine") and originals ("The Captain's Song," complete with audience participation, and "Tell My Feet") Vinx shared his dream job (being the guy who travels the globe announcing the President of the United States), kept us laughing for two hours, and even had expert assistance from helpful audience members who remembered song lyrics. Strangers quickly became friends, and first-time guests vowed to return. And we get to do it all over again September 5 with Emily Elbert!


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PUBLISHED: June 20, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. | UPDATED: September 23, 2021 at 6:09 a.m.
Kylie Jenner feels "blessed" to have Travis Scott in her life.
The 23-year-old make-up mogul – who has three-year-old daughter Stormi with the rap star – has taken to Instagram to pay a glowing Father's Day (06.20.21) tribute to Travis, posting a cosy picture of them all together on the platform.
Kylie – who is rumoured to have recently rekindled her romance with Travis – wrote on the photo-sharing platform: "happy father's day @travisscott [heart emoji] one day isn't enough to honor the dad you are. we are so blessed to have you .. [heart emoji] (sic)"
Kylie posted the family photo after revealing she wants to get married "one day".
The brunette beauty – who has 242 millions followers on Instagram – insisted she isn't "thinking about" settling down just yet but she hopes a wedding will feature in her future.
She said: "I'm not thinking about marriage, right now, but I would hope to get married one day."
Although Kylie's relationship with Tyga featured on 'Keeping Up With the Kardashians', her romance with Travis wasn't and she insisted she would never have pressured the rapper into being involved.
Kylie explained: "I don't know, sometimes he didn't want to be filmed. I never pressured him to be on the show."
Kylie famously kept her pregnancy secret until after she'd given birth and she admitted she was trying to avoid judgment over being a young mom.
She said: "I shared so much of my life. I was also really young when I got pregnant.
"It was just a lot for me personally. I didn't know how I would bring that to the public too. With everyone's opinions, it was just something I needed to go through for myself, so I decided to not even deal with that."
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Emily Churchill married Colonel John Craigie.1
Her married name became Craigie.
Child of Emily Churchill and Colonel John Craigie
Emily Jeannette M. Craigie+1 b. 11 Dec 1824, d. 6 Jan 1890
[S6646] Joseph and Frederick Crisp Howard, editor, Visitation of England and Wales, volume 5 (n.p.: privately printed, 1897). Hereinafter cited as Visitation of England and Wales, volume 5.
Margaret Maitland1
F, #508282, d. 19 January 1840
Margaret Maitland was the daughter of Sir Alexander Charles Maitland, 2nd Bt. and Helen Gibson-Wright.2 She married William Logan White on 9 August 1819.1 She died on 19 January 1840.1
From 9 August 1819, her married name became White.
William Logan White1
William Logan White married Margaret Maitland, daughter of Sir Alexander Charles Maitland, 2nd Bt. and Helen Gibson-Wright, on 9 August 1819.1
He lived at Kellerstain, Midlothian, Scotland.1
Anne Charlotte Maitland1
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Anne Charlotte Maitland was the daughter of Sir Alexander Charles Maitland, 2nd Bt. and Helen Gibson-Wright.2 She married Captain William Stirling, son of William Stirling, 13th of Keir and 10th of Cadder and Jean Stewart, on 1 June 1822 at Carmunnock, Lanarkshire, Scotland.1,3 She died on 17 September 1875.1
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Child of Anne Charlotte Maitland and Captain William Stirling
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Archibald Stirling of Keir d. 1783
Frances Stirling+1 d. 12 Sep 1757
William Stirling, 13th of Keir and 10th of Cadder+1 b. 5 Jun 1725, d. 22 May 1793
[S15] George Edward Cokayne, editor, The Complete Baronetage, 5 volumes (no date (c. 1900); reprint, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1983), volume IV, page 415. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Baronetage.
Captain William Stirling1
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Captain William Stirling was born on 23 August 1789.2 He was the son of William Stirling, 13th of Keir and 10th of Cadder and Jean Stewart.3,2 He married Anne Charlotte Maitland, daughter of Sir Alexander Charles Maitland, 2nd Bt. and Helen Gibson-Wright, on 1 June 1822 at Carmunnock, Lanarkshire, Scotland.1,4 He died in December 1826 at age 37.1
He gained the rank of Captain in the 1st Dragoon Guards.1
Child of Captain William Stirling and Anne Charlotte Maitland
Helen Maitland1
F, #508287, b. circa 1806, d. 26 January 1893
Helen Maitland was born circa 1806.1 She was the daughter of Sir Alexander Charles Maitland, 2nd Bt. and Helen Gibson-Wright.2 She married James Maitland Hog of Newliston, son of Thomas Hog of Newliston and Mary Stuart, on 7 August 1827.1 She died on 26 January 1893.1
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Child of Helen Maitland and James Maitland Hog of Newliston
Thomas Alexander Hog of Newliston+3 b. 14 Jan 1835, d. 14 Feb 1908
Arthur Molesworth Reynell1
Arthur Molesworth Reynell was born in 1790.1 He was the son of Richard Reynell and Elizabeth Molesworth.1 He died in 1912.1
Edward Martyn1
Edward Martyn was born in 1818.1 He was the son of Major Robert Martyn and Antoinetta Gaál.1 He married Franzisca Herzog.1
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TKI Therapy for Advanced Thyroid Cancer
Transcript:R. Michael Tuttle, MD: When I was a fellow, we didn't have systemic therapies for these patients, and oncologists were not interested in it. Give us a little bit of that historical perspective, how we came from Adriamycin not that long ago, to multiple 'ibs' these days. How did we get here?
Frank Worden, MD: Right. I think I started my faculty position the year 2000, and these patients came to my clinic and I was like, oh my God. It was really sad because I had nothing to offer them. The endocrinologist would send them to me and I felt so bad, like what can I really do for you? Then came Adriamycin. And with Adriamycin, the response rates weren't that great, the toxicity, the cardiac toxicity, and the myelosuppression, for what little benefit.
Naifa Busaidy, MD, FACP, FACE: Short-lived.
Frank Worden, MD: Yes, exactly. I'll be honest, I didn't really use a lot of Adriamycin in my career. There were some other cytotoxic chemotherapy agents, and I know Marten will talk about sometimes. He does use them, like gemcitabine, for example. We gave that in combination with docetaxel. But then came the targeted therapies, and so those became more en vogue for things like gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) and the renal cell carcinomas. I think once people were kind of realizing that these cancers were very similar to thyroid cancer, there was exploration looking at these oncoproteins—VEGF, and RET, and MAP, any of those other targets—that are linked to the aberrant tyrosine kinase. And so, with that, we have these drugs now that inhibit tyrosine kinase and VEGF, the angiogenesis that provide actually a sustained and durable response to treatment. That's kind of where we've come from and where we're at today.
R. Michael Tuttle, MD: So, now the difficult part is we've got a couple of FDA-approved drugs. When do I watch and when do I start? Eric, help me. Don't give me theoretical. I want to know when do I really think about starting somebody on one of these drugs or when do I definitely not? How do you sort them out when you see these guys in clinic?
Eric Sherman, MD: I think that the criteria that was put in the clinical studies for when patients should be put on this is not the time to start. So, the idea that tumor progression over 14 months—well, I think there has to be something that was in these clinical studies—for a lot of the patients it's too early. I think it's difficult to figure out exactly when the right time is, and I think it depends on a lot of different factors. Symptoms is an easy one. If they're symptomatic, you start, in general.
R. Michael Tuttle, MD: What kind of symptoms do they have? Because you guys always talk about symptoms. We never see symptoms in our thyroid cancer patients. What kind of symptoms do they have?
Eric Sherman, MD: It depends on the location. Most often, it's breathing problems if it's in the lung, or if it's right in the Hilar lymph node or mediastinal lymph node area. In bones, there's going to be pain. Now, some of those you can just radiate. So, sometimes if you can do a local treatment to take care of the problem. It does make more sense.
R. Michael Tuttle, MD: But if they have the symptoms that local treatment can't do, that would be an indication.
Eric Sherman, MD: Then it's an indication to go ahead and do something. And a lot of times when they're not symptomatic, it's location that's going to make a difference. So, if you have someone that has a peripheral nodule that's growing, that's doubling size in a year from 1 cm to 2 cm, I'm not going to be that worried about it. While, if you've got a paratracheal node or a paraesophageal lymph node nodule that's growing even 20% in a year, that's going to worry me more when that can't radiate or was already radiated, and starting to grow in that area.
R. Michael Tuttle, MD: Its structure, its rate of change, its local. How do you decide, Frank?
Frank Worden, MD: I heard Marten talk about this once and Marcia at an advisory board. It was really interesting about making a box, and those people who have large burden of disease that's progressing very quickly, those are the automatic kind of kneejerk you treat. And those on the flip side that are, like Eric said, you have 1 or 2 nodules that are really just not changing much. It's the disease that's more smoldering. You just continue to observe them and maybe even with yearly scans at that point. It's the people who are kind of in the middle, the large tumor that may not be growing very quickly, but then you may want to treat depending on the location, or if it's previously treated with radiation, for example. And the same thing, those small disease burden that really isn't changing that much, more like the miliary disease. That's why we have these lengthy discussions and meaningful discussions with patients. So, often times, we move CT scans up. There's some new preliminary data, which informs the oncologist about doubling time with thyroglobulin, like we use in medullary thyroid cancer, to follow those more closely. Those are the people I see back more regularly. And when I'm ready to start treatment, we'll sit down and say, 'Okay, look, you were really asymptomatic here, now you're a little bit more short of breath when you're walking up the steps. I think it's time for treatment.'
R. Michael Tuttle, MD: Marcia, same sort of ball park there in terms of when you start.
Marcia S. Brose, MD, PhD: I have a little bit of a different approach. So, I think all of the things that are said are probably where I come out, but the one thing I always like to point out is we actually have data. It seems like a lot of people like to just really say, 'Oh, I feel this way or I feel that way.' And Eric pointed out that if you do apply the eligibility criteria that were used in either the SELECT or DECISION study, some patients will not necessarily need to be tested. But let's talk about the numbers. The numbers say that if you look at the placebo arms for both of those, even using 14 months for progression as a criteria, we know that people tend to progress a little bit quicker, and quicker, and quicker. If you use progressive disease—RAI refractory disease as your criteria—on average, your patients will now have progression-free survival in the three-and-a-half to five-and-a-half months. That's a pretty aggressive disease.
Now, that's true that in both of those trials there's a tail and there's 10%. But we're talking 10% of the patients, not 90%. So 90% of the patients, that's a pretty good criteria. What that says to me, is it absolute? No. But, now, in order to not act on that criteria, I have to have a reason. What are the reasons? Well, the reason might be that it's a solitary nodule, it's one peripheral spot. Those patients can be often observed for a very long time because, as Eric said, it's a peripheral spot. It's not going to hurt them for a long time. So, I try to figure out who were those 10%, but I think that lots of times people argue that 90% of the people have those 10% characteristics. I just think that's not true, and I think we have to remember we do have data, that those criteria have given us data, and now you have to have a reason why it is that you feel that that patient is going to be in that 10%. But I find that people many times will take 90% of the patients and say that they would be those 10%. We have to be a little bit cautious about not following the data.


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By Steven R. Watros, Crimson Staff Writer
A study released Tuesday alleges that the management of two Harvard-owned timber plantations in Argentina has led to the deterioration of the Ibera Wetlands, the world's second largest wetlands, and a decline in the quality of life in surrounding communities.
Since the Harvard Management Company, which oversees the University's $32.7 billion endowment, acquired the two timber companies in 2007, the plantations have expanded in size, encroaching upon previously protected wildlife and threatening local farms, public health, and road quality, the report claims.
The principal author of the study, Samuel F. Wohns '14, said that the trees planted in the wetlands soak up a significant amount of water, depleting the supply for farmers and households. As a result, crop yields have fallen and community members have been forced to drill new wells on a continual basis, he said. These changes have been burdensome to local people, many of whom have limited financial means.
"We want the University to immediately halt the expansion of the plantations in Argentina...and to review its current practices and respond to community concerns," Wohns said.
Wohns said that agrochemical runoff has also polluted the water supply, damaging crops and endangering public health.
The report also contends that the pesticides responsible for the agrochemical runoff were sprayed by workers who reported not having adequate safety gear.
Despite accusations of irresponsible practices, both companies have been audited by sustainable management authorities.
"[Empresas Verdes Argentinas Sociedad Anonima] and Las Misiones successfully obtained the internationally recognized Forest Stewardship Council certification in 2010," University spokesperson Kevin Galvin wrote in an email. "Las Misiones S.A. underwent an exhaustive audit last month that included interviews with workers, members of the local community and environmentalists, and based on that process we expect that Las Misiones also will receive FSC certification."
However, audits done by the Forest Stewardship Council suggest that environmentally friendly practices on the Harvard-owned plantations have not been fully implemented and that Harvard has undone some of the sustainable practices put in place by a previous owner.
"These projects are within areas approved for commercial activities and have been managed diligently to ensure that they are in compliance with, or exceeding, all applicable rules and regulations in order to minimize impact to the wetlands," Galvin wrote.
Members of communities surrounding the wetlands penned a letter to University President Drew G. Faust summarizing their grievances. Wohns will deliver the letter to Faust's office on Friday afternoon, along with other members of Responsible Investment at Harvard.
The report was published by the Oakland Institute, a California think tank, and the Responsible Investment at Harvard Coalition.
—Staff writer Steven R. Watros can be reached at steven.watros@thecrimson.com. Follow him on Twitter @SteveWatros.
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Yet another fantastic November dawn on Loch Alsh. This time I remembered my kit as well as the camera so tried taking the shot with the variable ND filter pretty much on full strength to get a good long exposure to smooth out the water. I think it worked quite well although I ended up cropping the original image which was taken at full wide angle (17mm) because there was too much uninteresting white sky, particularly in the top left of the image.
Below are a few shots taken over the past couple of days, yesterday on the estate and on Sunday with Steve Carter over by Kishorn & Shieldaig. The view of Skye from Achintraid was slightly blown out in the highlights and needed quite a lot of work to tone that down and to be honest I don't think it worked too well, and we were jsut a little late for the best of the light on Loch Torridon.


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Magic May, that's how we baptised this month…because of immediate wins on the first day of that month! But we'll have to adapt this…to Magic 17 if things roll the way they roll right now! On this page a quick overview of the metal our athletes earned so far this season!
The most steady race in his young career so far ended up super well!
His swim was fast, his bikecourse he was powerfull and he came off the bike run well!
'You run 3'50-4'00 pace' we said before the race…he did and ran a regular 3'54/km after the tough bikecourse. In the end he realises 2nd place in his AG and 29th overall (pro field included).
Keep an eye on your pulse AND pace, it can prevent u from exploding at the end of the race!
It's great to see an athlete evolving from a non-finisher ending up in the ambulance to a podiumdancer on the Ironmancircuit! Some people thought his 5th overall place in IM 70.3 Turkey was a coincidence…he prooves it's not…at all!
Great determination and motivation in the head of this athlete, but that's a must have for our athletes!
Sophie/raph went to L'eau d'Heure for winning the Amphiman swimrun. A big test with in total 38K running and swimming. The water only measured 12-13°C…cold!
For both this was a big test towards the World Championships in Sweden where they will have to conquer >60km of swimming, trailing and running!
They did great and with a 10′ advantage on the 2nd team together they could put this victory in their pocket!
Tough racing on this hilly and cold race course! Together they PULL eachother to their limits!
But these big races weren't all this weekend. Our athletes managed to get in the front of the field of several races!
In Tournai (UCI 1.12C)Guillaume finishes 4th behind 2 French Professional riders who joined him in the breakaway…'total loss' behind the race, so he did give it all!
In Triathlons in Geel and Bilzen our athletes did very good races leading up to the bigger goals! In Geel it was Tony who got himself in the top 10, topping off his race with a 3'32/km 10K run!
Tony after his chase on the front of the field ends up 9th overall!
Tony is only swimming for 2years at the moment, so he MUST try to come back on the bike. With a 320NP he came off the bike in touch of the top 10 and his 10K at 3'32/km avg brought him to 9th!
But not only in belgium triathlon was on, in France (Choisy-Au-Bac) the first half triathlon of the season for a few of our athletes was planned! The perfect way to begin your season…Despite cold water to swim in and rain during the bikecourse! Arne, Michael, Toon and Hannah did great…with in the end an AG podium for Hannah!
Arne starting the run with cold muscles after a 13degrees swim and rain on the cyclingpart!
And what if our long distance triathletes start running their PB's in 10K races just before the season…in Fredericton (Can) Corey runs his PB and takes 3rd overall! Our athletes are on fire!
Corey running his fastest 10K split ever in Fredericton!
We couldn't dream it better than how things are happening!
Magic May continues with podia in Canada and Belgium!


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Five data lake myths
Published by: Team Logicalis on August 23, 2019 in Information Insights / IOT
Data has ability to create new opportunities and revenue models for organisations, but how to manage all that data generated and drive useful insights is something IT leaders are still grappling with. For good reason, data lakes continue to get a lot of attention, however misconceptions remain. Read these five data lake myths before taking the plunge….
Myth one: A data lake is a product which you can buy
A data lake is a reference architecture that is independent of technology. It's an approach that an organisation can use to put data at the heart of its operation that includes governance, quality and management of data, thereby enabling self-service analytics to empower all consumers of data.
As helpful as it would be, a data lake is not a product that you can just purchase. You can't just buy any data warehouse solution and call it a data lake.
Myth two: There is only one data lake solution
A data lake could be developed and used based on many relational database management systems – you're not tied into the prominent names, there are lots of vendors and systems available.
A data lake combines a variety of technologies to establish systems of insight to provide agile data exploration for data scientists to address business needs.
Myth three: Data lakes are for dumping data (and forgetting about governance)
While software and hardware are key components of a data lake solution, equally important is the cataloguing of data, quality of data, and data governance and management processes.
Just as some data warehouses have become massive black holes from which vast amounts of data never escape, a data lake can become a data swamp if good governance policies are not applied.
All data in a data lake must be catalogued, accessible, trusted, and usable; active governance, quality and information management are indispensable parts of the data lake.
Myth four: Delivering access to the data lake success is a measure of success
Having data in a central location is not a true analytics solution. The goal is to run data analyses that produce meaningful business insights; to uncover new revenue streams, customer retention models or product extensions.
But that data must be trusted, relevant, and available for all consumers of data. A data lake needs an intelligent metadata catalogue that can relate to business terminology, moving cryptic-coded data and making it more understandable with context. It will also attribute to the source and quality of data from both structured and unstructured information assets and governance fabric to ensure that information is protected, standardised, efficiently managed, and trustworthy.
Myth five: The data lake is a replacement for a data warehouse
The data lake can incorporate multiple enterprise data warehouses (EDW), plus other data sources such as those from social media or IoT. These all come together in the data lake where governance can be embedded, simplifying trusted discovery of data for users throughout the organisation.
Therefore, a data lake augments EDW environments to allow, enable or empower data scientists and analysts to easily explore their data; discover new perspectives, insights, and to accelerate innovation and business growth.
Thanks to mobile devices, apps and IoT, for example, the amount of unstructured data is growing exponentially, so it's no wonder the demand for data storage is intensifying. According to IDC, data lake adoption is expected to rise from 30% of organisations worldwide, to 90% within the next three years; to see if this approach could be a solution for your organisation, download our latest infographic if you'd like to know more and identify some practical next steps, why not register for one of our Data Services Workshops?
WRITTEN BY Team Logicalis
Up the creek with data? Four benefits of a data lake
When implemented correctly, a data lake can really benefit organisations by helping them to efficiently extract business value from their data environment.
View our infographic to see how a governed data lake could help you gain control of your data.
Data lake benefits
Easier data access to a broad range of data across the organisation
With a governed data lake, users can access structured and unstructured data located both on premises and in the cloud. They can access what they need, when they need it, without sending time-consuming requests to IT.
Faster data preparation
A data lake can accelerate data preparation in several ways. For example, implementing a data catalogue helps increase knowledge and understanding of the data, which in turn accelerates data preparation. In addition, building a data lake with a hybrid cloud infrastructure gives organisations the ability to store data on the platform most appropriate for its use. When data is placed in its ideal location, it takes less time to locate and access it, thereby speeding up data preparation and reuse efforts.
Enhanced agility
Faster data preparation lets users explore more. Components of the data lake can be employed as a sandbox that enables users to build and test analytics models with greater agility. They can experiment with analytics and—in some cases— "fail fast" to move on to the most productive avenues more quickly.
More accurate insights, stronger decisions
By providing access to more data, accelerating data preparation and letting users experiment with data, a data lake can help organisations generate more accurate insights. A well-constructed data lake can also track data lineage to help ensure data is trustworthy. All of these capabilities help organisations make better business decisions.
Read more: Five data lake myths
If you're thinking it's time to make waves with data in your business, register for a Logicalis Data Services Workshop. We'll carry out a robust gap analysis exercise to help you define the practical next steps towards a successful governed data approach – and help you avoid the dreaded data swamp!
Drowning in data? Swim in the data lake!
Data, data everywhere but not a drop to use, that's how the poem goes, doesn't it? Something like that anyway…. Is a data lake the answer to the challenge of making the most of ever-growing data volumes? Organisations we're working with are increasingly exploring this approach to address demands for an agile yet secure and well-governed data environment.
A data lake is a shared data environment that comprises multiple repositories and capitalises on big data technologies. Unlike a data warehouse, a data lake uses a flat architecture that keeps data in its native format until it's needed. It allows rapid landing and storage of data, and it provides ready, unfettered self-service access to data for analysis. Comprehensive governance capabilities help ensure data can be easily found, understood and stored without duplication.
For more information on the difference between a data lake and a data warehouse, we like this 'super simple data lake explanation' from Forbes.
How might a data lake address some of your data challenges?
A well-governed data lake will:
Enable swift access to a full range of data in a timely fashion for business users, analysts, data scientists and developers, so they can generate accurate, meaningful insights
Accelerate analytics and data preparation to keep up with the speed of business
Facilitate collaboration between knowledge workers, data scientists (when deeper analytic capabilities are required) and data engineers (when it's time to deploy data lake–based applications to line-of-business users).
Ensure data quality, security and governance to provide users with trusted, understandable data while protecting privacy and maintaining compliance with regulations
Accommodate a rapidly growing collection of data with a scalable approach to storage that supports fast-growing data volumes cost-effectively while maximizing existing resources.
Download our infographic to see how a data lake could help your business
Considering taking the plunge into the data lake? Sign up to one of our Data Services Workshops where our data experts will get to grips with your current data environment and infrastructure, your business challenges and data goals, and then give you practical advice and achievable milestones to help you meet your data aspirations.
Sashimi Rollin' They Hatin'
Alastair Broom
Last week we hosted a number of our customers (30 people from 18 different organisation in fact) to an event held at Sushisamba in London. From the 39th floor, overlooking most of London, I had the privilege of hosting some of our existing and potential clients for a discussion predicated by the upcoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Over an absolutely fantastic lunch, which thankfully included many tasty meat dishes – I'm no huge fan of raw fish – we talked about how organisations are going to have to rethink their strategy around data governance and security in the face of a very tough new law.
I just wanted to give you a few takeaways from the day, none of which are edible – I'm sorry…
The first of our guest speakers was Lesley Roe, Data Protection Officer from the IET. Lesley spoke about what the IET are doing to get ready for GDPR. They hold a vast amount of personal data, and given that they are advising their membership on all manner of related things, they need to lead by example. Key points from her presentation are:
GDPR is about giving people more control over their personal data. Every day we share an extraordinary amount of personal data with all manner of organisations, and this data is valuable. GDPR is about ensuring we retain the rights to that value. What it is processed for, how can process it, how its retained/deleted once its useful life has expired.
Everyone has a part to play and training of staff & staff awareness are paramount. This, however, is no mean feat.
The process of data governance, and the education of that process throughout the organisation, will be the only way to fully comply with the regulation. How do the IET classify old & new data? How do they manage the lifecycle of the data? How do they make sure they are only obtaining, using and retaining the data they need and have consent for?
None of this, however, is possible without first knowing what personal data is within your organisational context, and where it lives.
Much of the thinking around GDPR will be a huge shift in the mindset of organisations today. Companies just do not think about their data assets and their responsibility for that data in the spirit of the regulation at all.
Our next two speakers were from two of our technology partners, VMWare and Palo Alto Networks. Things to remember here:
Technology, without a doubt, has a part to play in ensuring compliance. The regulators are far more savvy to what the art of the possible is in the security market, and they will be expecting organisations to leverage technologies within reach of budgets and according to exposure to best mitigate any risks to rights of individuals.
The ability to prevent, detect and report on the nature and extent of any breaches will be very important. Technologies will be needed to prove that organisations can do this effectively and efficiently, especially in the face of stringent reporting requirements.
State of the art will really mean state of the art. Regulators will be assessing how organisations are using the best possible mix of technologies to minimise both exposure to risk, and impact of any breach if/when they should occur.
The last presentation was from Ed Charvet and his guest star Ian De Frietas. Ian is part of the alliance we have with legal experts BLP. The joint value proposition Ed and Ian spoke about is what I believe makes us entirely unique in this space:
The first step towards compliance is data discovery – what is personal data from the perspectives of both the GDPR and the organisations' context? Where is the data? How is data currently classified? How is it processed? How are permissions obtained? This is delivered through a mix of manual and automated processes to help customers understand where they stand today.
But this process takes time. The regulation comes into law on the 28th May 2018, and as Ian made clear, the regulator is taking a "zero day" approach. This effectively means that if you're not fully complaint on that day, you are non-compliant, and the regulator has ever power to come after you. With fines of up to 4% of global group revenues, or EUR20 million (whichever is the greater of course), this is a regulation with teeth – and with what seems like a very real political agenda. Watch out Facebook, Google, Amazon…
Being compliant with the likes of the DPA today, while impressive, would still mean on day zero you do not comply with the new law.
Key questions to ask are: do you have a legitimate interest to process the data? What exactly are you planning to do with it? These will need to be made very clear even before the gathering of data has begun.
What became clear throughout the day is that time is tight to reach compliance, and the ICO in the UK seem to be recruiting in earnest to gear up for real enforcement of the law. This feels like something that is going to change how data, and in particular the protection of personal rights and data, is valued and protected by the organisations that get the most benefit from it. What organisations need to do as a matter of urgency is find out what personal data they hold, and where they store it. They need to assess the current security infrastructures they have and find out what gaps existing that could pose a risk and ultimately a loss of personal data. They need to be putting the right people and procedures in place to comply with new and enhanced rights, tighter reporting deadlines, and they should be working out what Data Protection Impact Assessments need to look like for their organisation to satisfy regulatory requirements.
As a next step, please reach out to either myself, Ed Charvet, Alastair Broom or Jorge Aguilera to discuss how Logicalis can help our customers get ready for GDPR. From the data discovery workshop, to engaging with BLP in legal matters, and technology assessments powered by tools from the likes of VMware and Palo Alto Networks; we really can help customers on the road towards compliance.
Category: Information Insights / IOT, Security


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NYPA Press Release
Buffalo and Erie County Greenway Standing Committee Sets January 21, 2020 Deadline for Project Applications
For Immediate Release: 1/13/2020
Contact: Carol Sampson | Carol.Sampson@nypa.gov | (716) 842-3232
BUFFALO - The Buffalo and Erie County Greenway Fund Standing Committee has set Tuesday, January 21 at 4 p.m. as the deadline for submission of projects to be considered in the next round of funding.
The Committee receives funds from New York Power Authority (NYPA) as part of the settlement agreement related to the 50-year federal relicensing for the Niagara Power Project in 2007. During the 50-year term of the license, the Committee will receive $2 million a year. It is composed of one representative from Erie County, the City of Buffalo, Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy and NYPA.
To date, the Committee has reviewed more than 108 projects and approved support to 80 projects. In all, the Fund has received $26 million in payments from NYPA and committed more than $24.5 million to projects, some of which are multiple-year awards. Of the 80 projects, 71 have successfully completed the work the Committee funded.
More information regarding the application is available at the Buffalo and Erie County Greenway Standing Committee website at http://bit.ly/1XA6mTo.
About NYPA
NYPA is the largest state public power organization in the nation, operating 16 generating facilities and more than 1,400 circuit-miles of transmission lines. More than 80 percent of the electricity NYPA produces is clean renewable hydropower. NYPA uses no tax money or state credit. It finances its operations through the sale of bonds and revenues earned in large part through sales of electricity. For more information visit www.nypa.gov and follow us on Twitter @NYPAenergy, Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr and LinkedIn.


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Nomi Sofer
Pinellas County is a long, narrow stretch of Florida's Gulf Coast, with a million residents spread among million-dollar beachfront homes and trailer parks. Disparities in income levels translate into unequal access to neighborhood opportunity for children, but these gaps are easily concealed by data that's collected and mapped at the zip code level.
That's a challenge for an organization like the Juvenile Welfare Board (JWB), established in 1945 to address the needs of children and families in Pinellas County.
Starr Silver, JWB's strategic research manager, explains, "Take zip code 34695—the Safety Harbor area. This zip code is comprised of four census tracts, and each tract has a different opportunity level, ranging from low to very high. If you simply look at average income at the zip code level, you don't see those pockets of need."
That's why JWB turned to the COI, which reports data at the census tract, or neighborhood level. JWB combined its own rich data with the COI in the Kids Data Center to help focus resource allocation and program development across the county and provide a mechanism for tracking change over time. Shared with the county's network of eight Neighborhood Family Centers, the COI allows local community leaders to identify needs specific to the census tracts in their service area and customize their services to match the needs of the children and families they serve.
"In one community, food insecurity may be a bigger challenge than leaders realized; in another, we might see that the percentage of single mothers in the community is much greater than the county average, or we'll find that the portion of young children enrolled in preschool is much lower than the county average," Silver explains. "When local leaders have data that's specific to the census tracts they serve, they can be more strategic in providing services, reducing barriers, and raising funds."
For Denise Groesbeck, who served as strategic research manager during the years that JWB decided to create a customized version of the COI, the fact that it's a composite is central to its value as a tool for increasing equity. "Family and neighborhood conditions have a compounding effect. The more adverse or beneficial conditions a child experiences, the lesser or greater opportunity they have for successful development. That's the beauty of the COI. It doesn't show just one indicator—it produces a picture of the many factors that combine to create opportunity. That's also what makes the COI a trusted data source for us."
That's the beauty of the COI. It doesn't show just one indicator—it produces a picture of the many factors that combine to create opportunity. That's also what makes the COI a trusted data source for us.
Denise Groesbeck, Pinellas County, Florida
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Spanish Literature and Spanish Linguistics.
This will be my second year at Plains High School and I am looking forward to being part of the Plains High School Team.
Conference Period: 10:37 - 11:22 Mon. thru Fri.