With nearly 4 billion people living in cities and the urban population growing, there is an urgent need to address health disparities and identify creative ways to ensure universal health coverage, according to the United Nations agencies on health and urban development.
The 'Global Report on Urban Health: Equitable, healthier cities for sustainable development,' jointly released by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), compares data on health from urbanites in almost 100 countries. The criteria vary from clean water access to HIV knowledge, obesity and air pollution.
The report shows that "in cities, progress in health depends not only on the strength of health systems, but also on shaping urban environments," Dr. Marie-Paule Kieny, WHO Assistant Director-General for Health Systems and Innovation and Joan Clos, Executive Director of UN-Habitat said in the Foreword.
The report was led and written by the WHO Centre for Health Development in Kobe, Japan.
Suggestions are made for ensuring access to water and sanitation, reducing urban sprawl, increasing road safety, making cities more friendly for different ages and for people with disabilities, according to a joint press release from WHO and UN-Habitat.
This is particularly relevant given the growing disparities between the richest and poorest urban populations, which is a focus of the report.
For example, in addition to the 3.7 billion city-dwellers today, another one billion will be added by 2030. Of that figure, 90 per cent will be in low and middle-income countries.
The report finds that in 79 low- and middle-income countries, children in the poorest one-fifth of urban households are twice as likely on average to die before their fifth birthday compared with children in the richest percentile.
One factor is access to improved health coverage. On average, the report finds that coverage for the poor still lags behind. At least 400 million women, men and children are excluded from affordable health care.
Considered a basic human rights, universal health coverage is a target of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which the international community aims to realize by 2030.
"This report gives countries and cities practical tools to reduce health inequities and achieve the SDGs," said Dr. Kieny.
On the occasion of World Cities Day, top United Nations officials are highlighting the key role of urban design in building sustainable, socially integrated and prosperous cities and human settlements.


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NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Heterodyne Duo will present a program of selected pieces that are highly varied in their compositional styles when the duo performs at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 19, in Cole Concert Hall on the Stephen F. Austin State University campus.
The duo features Dr. Nathan Nabb, SFA professor of saxophone, and Dr. Brad Meyer, director of percussion studies at SFA. They will perform "West, or Evening Song in Autumn" by Masakazu Natsuda, "The Metaphysics of Notation" by Mark Applebaum and "Walk the Walk" by Michael Daugherty.
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The score for Applebaum's piece is done entirely in graphic notation, which means that the performers react and improvise to the images found within the score, Nabb explained.
Tickets for the concert are $8 for adults, $6 for seniors and $3 for students and youth. For tickets or more information, call the SFA Fine Arts Box Office at (936) 468-6407 or visit www.finearts.sfasu.edu.


A version of this essay was delivered at Boston University on November 1, 2007, at a lecture sponsored by the Luce Program in Scripture and Literary Arts in memory and honor of Amos Niven Wilder.
THE LANGUAGE OF THE NEW TESTAMENT has been with me since childhood. The words of Jesus, specifically, are so familiar that I am constantly in danger of becoming insensitive to their power. As an antidote to that I have been trying once again to think about Jesus's words, the so-called authentic sayings of the historical Jesus, as well as those attributed to him by the earliest believing communities in the decades after his death, the words found in the mysterious fourth Gospel, for example, words which I think might more accurately be attributed to the risen Christ. I have been trying to read them again, and to think about them again from both a literary and a theological perspective, and then simply to experience them, and not for any mystical purposes (I personally have had just about enough mystical experience, and it's become a life-or-death matter that I contemplate these things and even try to put them into practice in a rather orthodox and practical way). I wanted to experience these words again naïvely, personally, literally, as if I had never heard them before. I wanted to find myself in the company of the other spiritually needy, blind, crippled, and lost individuals to whom they were first addressed by this adorable, radiant, and somewhat scary person who is like no one anyone has ever met.
I'm well aware of how all this appears to many of the people I know or associate with, of its quaint absurdity in the eyes of so many I encounter in the literary world, in everyday life, even among the religiously observant sometimes; and I am afraid their attitude can be contagious, or at least so profoundly discouraging that I have at times found myself giving in and adopting it. This sense of estrangement from normal reality and common sense, or rather this implicit accusation coming at me from outside or even from within myself that (as one prominent American poet once told me) I either believe in a fairy tale or am the victim of delusion and hallucination, calls for a powerful antidote. And this is where I find it: in contemplation of this human being as isolated and powerless as anyone else, who wished to show others how much God loved the world.
I have come to see language as sacrament in the New Testament—or rather, the words of Jesus as sacrament. I suppose that sounds general or vague, so I should say something about the term itself. A sacrament both represents, in a graphic and dramatic way, the state of grace it conveys and also creates an event-situation that predisposes the person receiving the sacrament to experience grace. So it's unusual, maybe, to think of certain words representing, conveying, and creating the setting for an interior and wordless experience, a condition of interior and inexpressible understanding and peace, but that is what I am saying. The sacrament of baptism, for example, is the visible form or enactment of burial and resurrection, and the shock and fear of being under the water has some emotional resonance with self-loss and dying, followed by the renewal or salvation of drawing breath again. So the sacrament actually effects what it stands for. (Though when I say "stands for" I think we need to take seriously Flannery O'Connor's famous observation, "Well, if it's a symbol, to hell with it.") The sacrament of marriage is said to be related to the union of Christ with his followers, to whom he says, "The Father and I are one." The sacrament of the anointing of the gravely ill might, as I understand it, bring to mind and allow one entrance into Jesus's miraculous acts of healing when confronted with the crippled, the insane, the blind, even the dead, and I think that just about accounts for all of us. And I think this is as good a time as any to tackle that troublesome term miracle. I could simply be done with it by quoting Whitman—"Who speaks of miracles? I know of nothing but miracles." But specifically I'd want to add that I understand the miracles to be Jesus's exceptional and usually extremely reluctant acts of personal friendship or sheer pity. Underlying, behind, and surrounding them there is always implicit a fierce warning against reliance on the supernatural, and an insistence on the primacy, for his followers, of the hardest and most improbable miracle of all—a consistent and perpetual attitude of compassion and love for all others. I think my favorite miracle is the restoring, with a touch, of the arresting soldier's ear when Peter cuts it off in the Garden of Olives.
As a corollary of all this, a word on the after-death appearances of Jesus to his friends, and to me the most moving of them, the one that involves their encounter with him on the road to Emmaus several days after his execution. I think it is enough to suggest that their initial failure to recognize him reflects the period of time that had to pass before the meaning of the cross, that apparent utter catastrophe, began to dawn on the scattered and disappointed disciples; before they could grasp the significance of that Passover meal during which Jesus had weirdly offered them his own body and blood to eat and drink; before they could grasp that their Messiah, instead of being crowned in Jerusalem, had done something far stranger and more astounding than anything they could have imagined, that in a Passover time, Jerusalem reeking with the blood of thousands of slaughtered lambs, Jesus had become the Lamb of God.
As Jesus spoke in images, is it so strange that his followers, or their followers, might have recourse to images when it came time to write about him? The real disaster here is the temptation of fundamentalism, the bizarre and disturbing abuses of absolute literalism, the insistence on remaining at the most primitive level of comprehension.
The Eucharist, the sacrament involving the poignant necessity of sitting down at a table to eat every day, involves the taking into our mortal bodies the transfigured and immortal body of Jesus as Christ, and a being reminded of and comforted by a most physical and literal sense of his companionship.
To these and other sacraments I would like to add the sacrament of words. I would like to talk about my experience of Jesus's words in the same way I have spoken about the ingestion of his body—those unprecedented words which astonish and silence the hearer, words first and for a long time orally passed down, along with remembrance of their event-settings, at some point written down in stark lists of his individual sayings, before finally being given the familiar narrative structure of the numerous Gospels, many of them modeled on the early Gospel of Mark with its marvelous clarity and simplicity. I believe that when we take these words in with full attention, ingest them with our eyes and ears, we are taking in not the body but the mind of Christ and the creative will of God, as Christ is called the Word through which the universe was uttered into being; we are taking in the very thinking of Christ, its meaning and presence which never goes away though we may choose to turn away from it; and we are taking in the ultimate mystery—that Christ came not to abolish suffering (clearly!) but to take part in it.
I think the taking in of Jesus's words changes us, and what we are newly enabled then to do is twofold. One, we receive the power to perceive that reality is the opposite of appearances or the evidence of our senses, or our previous experience of what it means to survive and succeed in the world: "Blessed are the poor, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven; blessed are those who mourn, because they will be comforted"—"Let the dead bury the dead, and come and follow me"—"Give to Caesar what belongs to him," the coin with his image stamped on it, "and give to God what is his," your own lives made in his image. The other thing that happens is we begin to be prepared to experience the end of the world. I'm not especially interested in the argument over whether Jesus intended to found a religion—though I'm inclined to believe his intention involved preparing us to experience the end of religion along with everything else. Even the literary and theological aspects of the New Testament itself, gradually composed in the after-light of Christ's earthly manifestation, still resonate with this state of perception and this ultimate imperative. Eschatology was not an abstract concept but something being lived out, incidentally, in the decades following the execution of Jesus. I have read that hundreds if not thousands of crucified bodies encircled the besieged Jerusalem before it was finally brought down and its residents largely exterminated some forty years after his crucifixion. Christ's words enable us to see that the truth is the opposite of appearances and that we have to change our lives, because whether it takes the form of the general and imminent conflagration we may all be facing, or of each person's solitary mortality, the hour of our death alone in some ghastly hospital room, say, the end of the world is truly at hand.
But quite apart from the teaching itself, what made the words with which Jesus conveyed it so radically memorable, enough to be orally transmitted to others for years and decades by often completely illiterate people before they could be collected for the first time in writing? What made these sayings so unforgettable in their intent that it would hardly matter whether they were reproduced verbatim, or in a range of variations when at last they were finally incorporated into the numerous Gospel narratives? What gives them their unique power?
The poet consecrates himself to and consumes himself in the task of defining and constructing a language within the language; and this operation, which is long, difficult, and delicate, which demands a diversity of mental qualities and is never finished, tends to constitute the speech of a being purer, more powerful and profound in his thoughts, more intense in his life, more elegant and felicitous in his speech, than any real person….
I doubt if this can be improved on as a way of describing the heightened states of consciousness recorded in great poetry. I frankly also think it contains an excellent description of Jesus as a person, the man of heaven, as Paul wrote, among the men of dust. Jesus did speak this way, in poetry—and here is something truly weird: according to the great German Protestant theologian Joachim Jeremias, when Jesus's sayings are translated back into Aramaic, it's clear that he favored a certain four-beat rhythm, and that he was especially fond of alliteration and assonance as well as rhyme!
Now I'm going to remind you that poetic forms (rhyme is the most obvious example) are mnemonics. And they served, in this case, the necessity of transmitting intact information of a subversive and disturbing nature in a culture almost entirely made up of illiterate and impoverished workers as well as slaves. Jesus employed Homerically extended parables, unprecedented in Judaic teaching, and he made vivid use of symbols from common experience (bread, water, light, life, shepherd, door) as well as contrasting images from the thought-world of the time or of any time (light/darkness, truth/lies, love/hatred) to make his meaning gripping and clear. What has been referred to as antithetic parallelism is one of the most noticeable habits of Jesus's manner of talking, and one has only to call to mind the incantatory phrases of the Sermon on the Mount as example. This is one of the moments in which Jesus's words most clearly reveal truth to be the opposite of appearances and our usual sense of what makes for a successful life.
Our poor friend Friedrich Nietzsche got so many things wrong when it came to religious experience, but in spite of himself he made somewhere the very funny but oddly prescient statement, "It was subtle of God to learn Greek when he wished to become an author—and not to learn it better!" I think I know what he meant, whether he completely did or not. If one thing distinguishes the Gospels from any other comparable works, or any works conveyed by language, it is their eerily childlike diction, their utter clarity and translucence. And this extreme simplicity, apart from facilitating multiple superimposed levels of interpretation, must also surely have served as a mnemonic aid as well as allowing Jesus's particular audience to identify with what he had to say. This style must have helped people to recall his meaning and message, which is so deep and clear and unforgettable that its rephrasings in the hands of different authors could not alter it.
I want to go off on a kind of tangent, an entertaining and relevant one I hope, involving a poet sometimes influenced by this style, one of such human power and significance that his most successful works also transcend everything associated with literary artifice. Rainer Maria Rilke wrote in a letter somewhere that when he was traveling, as I suppose he almost always was, the only indispensable book he carried and read from each morning before beginning his own work was a little New Testament, and I think this must have had something to do with the lucidity and devastating simplicity that came into his own writing. In 1913, in a hotel in Spain, he composed his own version of the great Lazarus narrative found in the eleventh chapter of the fourth Gospel—it never appeared in any of his collections and remained unpublished in his lifetime, and I came across it in an obscure collection his daughter Ruth helped edit from his scattered notebook fragments; and as a junior at Oberlin in 1976 I spent one of the happiest long winter days of my life trying to translate it.
to nature, in its sleep.
he asked them the way to the grave. He wept.
and out of sheer curiosity hurried behind.
to him, an enactment, a test!
their Death, their Being Alive.
when he hoarsely cried: Move the stone.
the corpse was beginning to stir.
I want to conclude by saying some more about the fourth Gospel.
When I was young, I was excited by the scholarship concerned with highlighting those words of Jesus which can be shown to be historically authentic, most of them occurring in the first three so-called synoptic Gospels, Mark, Matthew, and Luke (though some can be found in sources outside the canon, and if you are interested in pursuing this, the greatest work I know on the matter is Joachim Jeremias's Unknown Sayings of Jesus). Such issues are of much less consequence to me now. In some ways I have come to love best the Gospel of John.
The fourth Gospel is furthest removed in time from the historical person of Jesus, appearing maybe around 90 or 100 AD, in other words, sixty or seventy years after the crucifixion. It's possible the author was a follower of the disciple named John and was recording and giving order to John's memories and preaching, the way the author of the book of Mark is thought to have recorded Peter's. In a way the author of the fourth Gospel is not only the most theologically minded but the most literary, opening with the parallel or echo of Genesis's "In the beginning" and at the same time displaying an obvious familiarity with the transcendently poetic pre-Socratic Greek philosophers by borrowing one of Heraclitus's central terms, the mysterious multidimensional word logos, which means, of course, "word" but so much more as well. "The logos is common to all," says Heraclitus—in other words, there is just one—"yet men behave as if they each had one of their own!" It's clear from this fragment that logos more hugely signifies sentience itself. Which makes sense, since thought can hardly be said to exist in the absence of language, the absence of words. And this realization presents a departure point for all sorts of interesting digressions. For example, a few years ago I was introduced to the fact that the first known deliberate human burial sites, caves much like the one in which Jesus's corpse was placed, were discovered (where else?) in the vicinity of the Dead Sea, and are thought to be around sixty thousand years old; these sites provide concrete evidence of a capacity for symbolic thought, and from that can be inferred the existence of spoken language. When you have symbolic thought, you have indirect evidence of language; when you have language, you have poesis, making, creation. In the beginning was the Sentience, as well as, in the beginning was the Word by which God uttered the world into being.
I have said these things to you in images; the hour is coming when I shall no longer speak to you in images but tell you plainly of the Father. For the Father himself loves you, because you have me and believe that I came from the Father. Now I am leaving the world and going to the Father. The hour is coming, indeed it has come, when you will be scattered, every man to his home, and will leave me alone; yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me. I have said this to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have affliction; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.
I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine-grower. Every branch in me that bears fruit, he cares for, that it may bring forth even more. Abide in me, and I in you. I am the vine, you are the branches. If a man does not abide in me, he is cast forth as a branch and withers. If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you will, and it shall be done for you. As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love. This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
To me this is even more staggering than the words "God is love" in John's epistle. All reality is the manifestation of God, and as Christ has returned to God, unbound by space or time, what we are now presented with is a universe in which we are not alone, but one which says, "You are my friends." Think of it.
Christ's followers learned to use his very way of speaking—and this is what we have in the fourth Gospel—but they could not make themselves into Christ any more than we can. Yet this message remains: For you I have overcome the world. I am love, and you are my friends.
Christ turned water to wine, blindness to sight, death to life and—the most improbable of all his acts—hatred to love, and the desire for revenge to forgiveness. The older I get the more staggering this becomes to me. I've been around the block a few times, and have an idea of what men are capable of. I've been capable myself. And I would echo and amplify Dostoyevsky's declaration: If it could be proved that Christ is not the truth, the resurrection, and life, then I would rather have Christ.


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FRAC turns 50! Since 1970, the Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) has been the leading national organization working for more effective public and private policies to eradicate domestic hunger and undernutrition. Working alongside a national network of stakeholders, FRAC has been protecting and defending the federal nutrition programs through its research, analyses, technical assistance, and communications.
In January, Jim Weill stepped down as FRAC's President after 21 years at its helm. In the same month, FRAC welcomed its new President, Luis Guardia.
Between January and March, the U.S. started to realize that the novel coronavirus was indeed a global health crisis. Since then, the COVID-19 pandemic has dominated the country, including FRAC. FRAC began by reaching out to the network to solidify support and partnership during the unstable time. Resources, webinars, virtual meetings, and more have been produced by FRAC to share timely information, guidance, and support; for example, updates on COVID-19 funding packages and the separate legislative and judicial actions that are protecting many unemployed and underemployed adults from time limits on their SNAP eligibility.
The year started with a federal government shutdown, which threatened millions of Americans' access to the federal nutrition programs, so FRAC took numerous steps, such as releasing official statements and creating a toolkit, to advocate for ending the shutdown so that struggling households could access the federal nutrition programs. Alarmed by the proposed public charge rule, FRAC coordinated with its national network of partners, including Protecting Immigrant Families (PIF), to reject the proposed rule by providing a platform for partners and other advocates to submit comments. During this time, FRAC began serving as the nutrition lead on the steering committee for the PIF Campaign, which leads efforts against attacks on the nation's health and well-being. All year long SNAP was constantly being challenged, so FRAC held firm on protecting SNAP from, for example, two proposed rule changes: Categorical Eligibility and the Standard Utility Allowance. FRAC again created comment platforms, replete with templates and other resources, for each. Child nutrition was also in the spotlight with the Child Nutrition Reauthorization due. FRAC authored numerous resources and partnered with other organizations to promote several proposed child nutrition bills and to reiterate why a strong Child Nutrition Reauthorization bill is important for helping end childhood hunger.
FRAC's ongoing advocacy efforts to protect and strengthen SNAP helped ensure that the 2018 Farm Bill, which passed in December, rejected harmful provisions that would have weakened this program. FRAC also strongly opposed a proposed public charge rule that would make it harder for immigrant families to access a range of nutrition, health, and human services programs. Under the proposed rule, SNAP is included as a public benefit that could trigger a public charge determination.
FRAC launches interactive data tools illustrating state and congressional district poverty rates and household SNAP participation rates (including county level data), enabling policymakers and advocates to better pinpoint the extent of poverty in their communities and to understand the important extent to which the federal nutrition programs are vital in the struggle against hunger and poverty in the U.S. The maps also show that SNAP matters in every community across the country, regardless of size or demographics, and especially in rural communities.
FRAC releases first-ever report analyzing breakfast participation in the Summer Nutrition Programs, showing that only 1.7 million low-income children received summer breakfast on an average weekday in July 2015 — barely half as many who ate summer lunch. The report sets an ambitious, but achievable, goal of reaching 70 children with summer breakfast through the Summer Nutrition Programs for every 100 participating in summer lunch.
FRAC reports that the latest research shows school meals improve food security, dietary intake, and weight outcomes.
USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack, Senator Lisa Murkowski, and End Hunger Connecticut! received honors at FRAC's 26th Annual Benefit Dinner.
FRAC supports new USDA rules for healthier meals and snacks in the Child and Adult Care Food Program, an important step in addressing the nutritional shortfalls in our nation's children's diets and helping to tackle the nation's obesity problem.
FRAC releases "A Plan of Action to End Hunger in America" featuring "Eight Essential Strategies to Ending Hunger," including create jobs, raise wages, increase opportunity, and share prosperity; improve government income-support programs for struggling families; strengthen SNAP and Child Nutrition Programs; and build political will.
The Food & Agriculture Policy Collaborative, of which FRAC is a member, releases guide to Building Healthy Communities.
FRAC reports on the extent and causes of participation shifts in the National School Lunch Program.
FRAC's Hunger Doesn't Take A Vacation, its annual look at participation in summer meals, shows the first major increase in Summer Nutrition Program participation since 2008. The 2014 report shows a five-percent increase, largely due to concerted efforts by FRAC, USDA, and other national organizations to improve participation in this program.
FRAC leads the anti-hunger and anti-poverty communities in fighting back against Farm Bill proposals to weaken SNAP and in promoting implementation options that enhance program benefits and positive impacts.
New polling data from FRAC show deep support for ending hunger and strong opposition to cutting food assistance programs, including SNAP. Support for SNAP and efforts to end hunger cut across party lines.
FRAC spearheads the implementation of community eligibility in the first round of pilot states. Community eligibility, included in the 2010 child nutrition bill, will allow high-poverty school districts to serve free school meals to students. FRAC also supports the expansion of the Afterschool Meal Programs to every state. Both programs are the results of long-term advocacy by FRAC.
FRAC releases its first "food hardship" study, which looks at a household's ability to afford enough food, and contains data for not just the nation but also for every congressional district. This unprecedented study finds that nearly one household in six says they struggled to afford enough food.
FRAC leads efforts to broaden low-income children's access to healthy school lunch and breakfast, summer and afterschool meals, and child care food in the child nutrition reauthorization process.
FRAC launches FRAC Focus: Obesity and Poverty, a unique e-periodical highlighting issues at the intersection of hunger, poverty, and obesity in America.
FRAC marks its 40-year anniversary at the annual benefit dinner.
FRAC and allies obtain substantial improvements in refundable child tax credit rules that provide billions of dollars in help to low-income working families with children.
FRAC launches anti-recession website www.realstimulus.org and leads effort that obtains $20 billion in food stamp improvements in economic recovery act.
FRAC, state officials, elderly advocates, and other anti-hunger allies secure more than $10 billion in 10-year added funding in the 2008 Farm Bill for food stamps (now renamed the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP), including the first boost in the program's minimum benefit in more than 30 years.
Congress enacts FRAC's initiative to reform the summer food program nationwide, cutting red tape and increasing reimbursements to reach more children.
FRAC opens second state office, Maryland Hunger Solutions, to combat hunger and improve nutrition in the state.
FRAC and D.C. Hunger Solutions, along with Share Our Strength, launch ambitious Partnership to End Childhood Hunger in the Nation's Capital.
FRAC issues School Wellness Policy and Practice: Meeting the Needs of Low-Income Students to focus benefits of the new federal wellness policy mandate on those most in need.
FRAC and allies successfully stop deep budget cuts in food stamps and other nutrition programs supporting low-income people.
FRAC leads efforts at the state and local level to implement important 2004 child nutrition and 2002 food stamp reauthorization gains.
FRAC, the Child Nutrition Forum, and allies obtain a child nutrition reauthorization law that strengthens school breakfast and lunch, summer food, child care food, and WIC programs.
FRAC launches D.C. Hunger Solutions to combat hunger and improve nutrition in the District of Columbia.
FRAC launches Weekly News Digest which becomes the basic news source for thousands of advocates and stakeholders around the country on developments in anti-hunger, anti-poverty, and related areas.
FRAC and anti-hunger and immigrant allies obtain further restoration of benefits for hundreds of thousands of legal immigrants, significantly improved access to benefits for working families, and other important improvements in the Food Stamp Reauthorization Act of 2002.
FRAC helps lead anti-poverty and anti-hunger groups in obtaining tens of billions of dollars in refundable tax credits for low-income working families with children in federal tax legislation.
FRAC leads campaign securing passage of provisions of the Hunger Relief Act to make the Food Stamp Program more responsive to working families and other hungry Americans, and secures legislation strengthening the Child and Adult Care Food Program's nutrition benefits in family child care and afterschool programs.
FRAC obtains federal, state, and local administrative initiatives in food stamps to reverse the caseload decline among eligible people and make the program accessible to low-income working families.
FRAC joins other anti-hunger and immigrant groups in leading the successful drive to reverse a 1996 law and restore food stamp benefits to one-quarter of a million immigrant children, seniors, and refugees.
FRAC spearheads efforts that improve and expand afterschool food, school breakfast, and other programs in the 1998 child nutrition reauthorization legislation.
FRAC and national anti-hunger partners lead Hunger Has A Cure campaign, key pieces of which are included in the 1997 Balanced Budget Act.
USDA and the Census Bureau release the first-ever government study of the number of hungry Americans, using methodology adapted from FRAC's Community Childhood Hunger Identification Project surveys.
FRAC provides key leadership in the successful struggle to preserve the entitlement status of federal nutrition programs under assault in Congress.
FRAC organizes a national coalition, Save Our Nation's Nutrition Programs, endorsed by 500 organizations across the country.
FRAC rallies support for important Food Stamp Program improvements in the Mickey Leland Childhood Hunger Relief Act, the most significant anti-hunger legislation since 1977.
Release of FRAC's School Breakfast Scorecard brings nationwide attention to the fact that only one-third of the low-income children receiving school lunch also get school breakfast. The report's release contributes to passage of state mandates requiring schools with a high proportion of low-income students to serve breakfast.
FRAC launches the Campaign to End Childhood Hunger.
FRAC releases the most comprehensive nationwide study of childhood hunger ever conducted — the Community Childhood Hunger Identification Project —which estimates that 1 in 8 children under the age of 12 in this country is hungry.
FRAC marks 20 years of fighting hunger with its first annual dinner – honoring House Speaker Thomas Foley and Senate Republican Leader Bob Dole. Both express their commitment to ending domestic hunger and pay tribute to FRAC's contributions to this cause.
FRAC releases Feeding the Other Half, documenting the serious consequences of inadequate nutrition for low-income women, infants, and children eligible for, but not served by, WIC. The report is instrumental in gaining a significant funding boost for WIC.
FRAC's research and lobbying are central to the enactment of the Child Nutrition Amendments of 1989, which expand the availability of meals for low-income children in the summer and provide incentives for school breakfast expansion.
FRAC's Fuel for Excellence, a guide to the School Breakfast Program, is the launching pad for a multi-year National School Breakfast Expansion Campaign with 70 national partners.
FRAC issues The Widening Gap — a report documenting the increasing disparity between black and white infant death rates in the United States. It focuses public attention on the relationship between infant mortality and poor nutrition among low-income mothers.
FRAC's policy analysis, testimony, and leadership of the nationwide anti-hunger network play a key role in blunting the effect of proposals for massive cutbacks in nutrition programs.
FRAC leads the way in publicizing a proposed USDA school lunch regulation that would reduce portion sizes and allow ketchup and pickle relish to be counted toward meeting vegetable requirements. "Ketchup as a vegetable" becomes a national issue, and FRAC coordinates a successful campaign to have the regulation withdrawn.
Research and policy recommendations by FRAC play a key role in passage of the Child Nutrition Amendments of 1978, which greatly expand the WIC and School Breakfast Programs.
FRAC's research and field network play a crucial role in the adoption of the landmark Food Stamp Act of 1977, which improves access to the program for millions.
FRAC wins a court order to release $35 million in funds impounded from the Elderly Feeding Program. The released funds are used to increase the number of people served.
Litigation by FRAC leads to the release of funds impounded from the WIC program. This victory launches rapid growth in the program and WIC's eventual nationwide reach.
FRAC wins two lawsuits in the United States Supreme Court that prevent exclusion of thousands of participants from the Food Stamp Program.
FRAC is founded in New York City. FRAC pursues lawsuits in 26 states that ultimately lead to a requirement that every state must operate in all counties either a food stamp or a commodity distribution program to feed the poor.

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An easy way to understand Vibration Medicine is to see it as a therapy that uses energy or vibrational frequencies to aid recovery and to maintain a person's well-being.
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At our annual appreciation dinner for the members of the Sara's Garden and New Horizons Academy boards, we recognized the dedicated service of Julian Giovarelli.
Julian has selflessly served as the Sara's Garden Treasurer for the past 11 years. The time, talents and effort he has poured into this organization is beyond imagination and we could not be more grateful for him.
Julian is stepping down from his duties as Treasurer this year but will remain an active member of the Sara's Garden board. Thank you Julian!


Chalk paint! Have you heard of it? Or perhaps even better, painted with it?
Chalk paint is often confused with chalk board paint but the two are very different. Chalk paint or chalk 'style' paint is a very versatile paint that adhears to many surfaces with minimal preparation and is probably most well known for helping remove the headache from furniture painting. How so? Well the beauty of chalk paint is that surface prep is extreemly minimal, especially where sanding may have been required.
With chalk paint you can paint without sanding, yes you heard me correct NO SANDING. Of course in saying that, if the piece that is being painted has dents and marks that paint wont cover then of course sanding may be required for the finish that you desire, and before painting all surfaces should be free of dust etc. Imagine though how much time (and energy) you save not having to sand your item, especially if the item is large or intricate.
Apart from its great ability to bond effectively to many surfaces though, chalk paint also dries super fast which helps reduce time lost or wasted between coats, and when it dries it has a wonderful soft chalky finish. It distresses beautifully and with a little imagination and a sanding block you can apply a lovely aged distressed and rustic effect to the chalk paint. Chalk paint is most often 'finished' with a good quality finishing wax that adds not only depth to the paint but seals the surface, protects it and can add both an aged patina (if using dark wax) and a beautiful hand rubbed look.
I have to say that stumbling across furniture restored with this paint was probably the most profound moment in all my creative history. The restored pieces were stunning and the thought of not having to sand first had me leaping off my chair and running to my shed with my hands outstretched infront of me itching to get working. I had in my shed a small occasional lamp table that was very gloomy and in desperate need of restoration. The legs apart from being lovely were very intricate and the thought of having to sand them and the time it would take had made me lose interest and hide the table in the darkest corner of my shed. But now that I had possibly stumbled across the answer to my creative constipation and I was up and moving!
Where can you get chalk paint? Unfortunately I had let myself slip into a paint filled dream before I had done my research. Who actually sells chalk paint?!? This is where I came across Annie Sloan paints and products. Whilst googling chalk paints it wasnt long before I came across many DIY projects that your everyday person had done and with awesome results. They had of course used Annie Sloan chalk paints, so I wasted no time in looking Annie Sloan up and was delighted with the results. Her paints and products looked amasing and the reviews from people who had used them were glowing. She also (as far as I could find) was the only manufacturer of chalk paint. I was literally dying to try some and couldnt fill my e-cart quick enough. It was only at check out that I was plunged into a temporary but very severe depression. The paints were not available for shipment to Australia. Heartbroken doesn't quite cover what I felt and I was nearly ready to march into my shed and attack my lamp table with a saw. But before I had the chance to ruin my only piece, I had a brainwave and decided to google DIY chalk paint. With a little research I was thrilled to find that there are recipes available for DIY chalk paint. I was pleasantly suprised, the recipes required very few ingredients (all found at your local hardware store) and were very affordable. This sent me once more racing off hands outstretched to the local Bunnings Warehouse.
Should I make chalk paint? If you are eager to give it a go and have the desire and patience to try it out then do try it. If you are fortunate enough to get your hands on Annie Sloan products you are very lucky, if not dont despair, the DIY recipes may be just the thing for you.
Take a look at my first DIY chalk paint project!
Just a little bit fancy!
This table looks liquid hot!!!
Where in Sydney can I buy that???
Hi Eliana, porters paints version is not 100% natural as far as i am aware, I think it has a latex base … I am unsure of the VOC content of their blend so I always use basic safety techniques when using it.
Hi I make my own chalk paint with calcium carbonate bought from a local chemist, paint is lovely to use,my problem is,using Feast&Watson dark wax from Bunnings over white chalk paint,it turns a light orange colour,no problem with the clear wax.Hope you can advise me thank you.Colleen.
Hi Colleen. It may be the brand of wax that you are using. Any wax that has orange oil can be troublesome and some are just not made to go over paint. I highly reccommend natural beeswax blends that are fotmulated to go over painted furniture. We stock a natural wax that is non yellowing. Or if you are after a hard setting fast drying wax (solvent based) porters stucco wax is also non yellowing and works well. Hope this helps!!


How did nationalism contribute to World War 1? Instead of identifying with their kings and other leaders, citizens formed strong identities with others in their nation. Their… 843 Words 4 Pages World War 1 better known as The Great War , was caused by a great many elements, some long-term, some short-term and the spark. The belief that people should be loyal mainly to their nation- that is, so the people with whom they share a culture and history- rather than to a king or empire. On the other hand, Britain had centuries of power and had always been superior. The map in document A shows the European alliances in 1914, which was the year when the war began.
Africa had many of these resources that these nations needed in order to run factories and other industries, being rich in natural resources- such as rubber, gold and diamonds. Long-term causes, such as imperialistic foreign policies of the great powers of Europe, including the German Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, … the Ottoman Empire, the Russian Empire, the British Empire, France, and Italy, played a major role. The Rise of Nationalism The seeds of nationalism were sown prior to the war. Maybe a few troops here and there. Not only was the Dreadnought the fastest battleship around, but it also used a more effective form of weaponry that was more advanced than most battleships at the time. Bismarck was a very tactical man and was great at thinking up strategies.
Germany had to pay for all civilian damage c. With the exception of France, which was defeated by the Prussians in 1871, the Great Powers had not experienced a significant military defeat for more than half a century. This railway would have threatened the British trade exports and imports, giving Germany an economic dominance through trade. Nationalist sentiment could be found in press reporting and in popular culture. Example of Nationalism Nationalism is a form of chauvinism applied to a national identity.
This rivalry and the different ideas of. . Nationalism held a huge part in world war1 as it does in many wars. It seemed he would do all he could to promote Germany and make it truly powerful over the rest of Europe by making a group of alliances that wouldn't give France a chance to rise up to Germany since alone France was weak. To prevent war in the Balkans where the Ottoman Turkish power was declining and European powers all wanted to get in, some by playing on the nationalism of the Balkans. But it was assassination in Sarajevo that triggered World War 1.
What are some examples of nationalism in World War I?
Imperialism experienced its peak development by the late 19th century with numerous European nations leading in the movement. Everybody was fending for themselves, For France if a war did break out especially between Germany and Russia, France would be able to attain previously lost lands from Germany. This lack of cooperation between European countries in the attempt to govern and control weaker states so as to use their products for trade caused tension, and finally after it built up to a certain point, war was the only option left. A war seemed to be beneficial to every nation. However, due to interferences by other countries because of the tension it created, the railway was never finished. This is especially true in the case of war crimes and other such results of conflicts — the more a group can attach blame to another group, the higher the likelihood of war between the two opposing sides.
What in my opinion was the least important reason, for the war starting was how much richer all the countries were getting… 1888 Words 8 Pages How Did Women Contribute To World War 1 By: Jeff M. Bismarck was a very tactical man and was great at thinking up strategies. The Germans and Austria-Hungary felt superior since Serbia was such a small and weak country that had no colonies. The Nazi leadership under Hitler implemented this desire for a unified German nation through the occupation of the Sudetenland part of Czechoslovakia in October 1938. Penny novelists, cartoonists and satirists also mocked the rulers of these countries. This lack of cooperation between European countries in the attempt to govern and control weaker states so as to use their products for trade caused tension, and finally after it built up to a certain point, war was the only option left. During Kaiser Wilhelms reign over Germany, the years 1890-1914 have been seen as a period of anarchy.
Nationalism held a huge part in world war1 as it does in many wars. Militarism refers to a nation's capacity to develop a standing army and fortify it with advanced weaponry. Following th … e Treaty of Versailles, it lost a lot of land like was agreed upon, and then was no longer called the Ottoman Empire, and is now modern day Turkey. Through one action of a freedom fighter or terrorist, depending on which side you agree with, a whole upsurge of negative relations are formed, and already conflict is occurring. Finally, if a state suppresses an internal minority nationalist group be it an ethnic or cultural national group , the likelihood of internal violence, such as civil war, is increased due to the increased friction between such suppressed groups and the central state — the level to which a nationalist group is subjected to oppression influences its tendency towards violence. Alsace and Lorraine, and this would only be a great outcome for France.
The Second Balkan crisis 1912-13 In 1912, Serbia, Greece, Bulgaria and Montenegro attacked Turkey. Militarism, another factor in World War I, is closely linked with nationalism. Serbia wanted to take controll over all the Slavs on the Balkan Peninsula but Austria opposed Serbian rule. Alliances such as the Triple Alliance, which consisted of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy that lasted until the start of the war, and the Three Emperors League, which involved Russia, Austria-Hungary, and Germany and created tension prior to the war, were created in case of war, which would not be an issue had there not been minor conflicts occurring all over the world. The greater the number of stateless individuals who hold nationalistic sentiments, the greater the likelihood of war. If a nationalist group is influenced by a diaspora the dispersion of an ethnic or national group outside of a state or national border , the efforts to reincorporate those of the same nationality back into what is perceived as the ancestral territory may make a nationalist group more inclined to use force to achieve such an aim.
Women in this era are said to be the toughest one, they endure all pains and suffering just to be heard and express their thoughts. Nationalist and militarist rhetoric assured Europeans that if war did erupt, their nation would emerge victoriously. The war ended with an allied victory after the armistice in 1918. Hence, the legitimacy and defensibility of state borders is a crucial factor in whether a nationalist group or state will use force against another. To the Kaiser, and to many other Germans, Britain was the main obstacle to German expansion. Many nations also looked tolarger nations for protection.


The board of directors for the Boys & Girls Club of Marion County recently named Sean DeWitt as their new executive director. DeWitt had stepped in as interim director in late February following the resignation of Scott Murphy.
Cheryl Bowers, president of the board, said she and other board members are excited about the future of the Club under the leadership of DeWitt.
DeWitt said he was flattered by the board's faith in his abilities to lead the Club, an organization that he admits he had little knowledge of when he became a board member.
When asked about his goals, DeWitt said his vision is to help more and more children throughout Marion County, a vision that may include additional Club sites. Of course, any plans require the community's support and investment, said DeWitt. To earn that support, he said sharing the Club's stories and impact is vitally important.
In the end, DeWitt said he wants the local Club to be a leader in Marion when it comes to youth development and a place where children proudly tell everyone that they are a member.
"The Club has become more and more special to me over the years and I am beyond excited to have the opportunity to lead as the new executive director," said DeWitt.
A board member since 2011, DeWitt most recently served as the 1st Vice President as well as chair of the Resource Development/Marketing and Program Committees. He has participated in both conferences and trainings from the national Boys & Girls Club organization.
DeWitt has also been actively involved with other community organizations, including serving as a committee chair with EnVISIONing Marion, as a board member with Downtown Marion, Inc, and on the Pioneering Healthier Communities' Education and Awareness Action Team.
Sean and his wife Candice own and plan to continue to operate Neighborhood Image, a website design and hosting company, which includes the local news site Marion Online.com. They have been active in website design for over 15 years.
The Boys & Girls Club of Marion County is currently in the middle of their annual fundraising campaign and are gearing up for another activity-packed summer program. Serving over 700 youth last year, the Club serves an average of 120 kids each day through their after school program.
If you would like to support the mission of the Boys & Girls Club by making a donation, learn more about their summer program, or just take a tour, you can visit www.bgcmarion.org, call 740-387-3462, or stop by the Club at 565 Oak Street in Marion.


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Nxivm Cult
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The Vow: Ep. 3 "At Cause"
At the end of the last episode we learned a little about a secret women's group that Sarah was a part of.
We open with a recorded phone call between Sarah and Lauren Salzman. We haven't met Lauren officially yet but we will. Lauren is yakking about the secret women's group DOS. Secret woman's organization to better the world. Kind of like a sorority, except more badass. Cannot be thwarted, because the group is underground. "The women who were doing it were experiencing wonderful things about their commitment and they wanted to memorialize it permanently," Lauren says. Oh, no. Branding was decided to be the means to do so, because some line about "building a principal of self is you choose self above fear." So I guess they decided to scare themselves by branding each other as a means of celebration? They could have just gone to a bar, gotten hammered and ended the night getting regrettable tattoos like a normal sorority. But, self above fear! Onward.
We will be jumping back and forth in the timeline throughout this episode, so I will try my best to be clear where we are. We cut to hearing a recorded phone call, that is more towards present day, between Sarah and Mark. He is telling her that this secret group is really about having sex with Keith. Sarah is a combination of shocked, but not shocked. We see footage of Keith flirting and hanging on various women.
Sarah is mad at herself for not seeing the truth sooner, but Mark tells her that waking up comes in stages. For himself, he is done with Nxivm and is officially resigning. For Sarah, it's complicated. She has been running an ESP center in Vancouver and that is the source of her income. Some on the 'net have accused her of knowing the organization was bad news earlier, but staying in because the money was good. I don't see how you can draw that conclusion when she leaves shortly after she wakes up. But not before she gets branded for God's sake.
Nancy's hairstylist needs an EM. STAT!
We cut to video footage of Nancy Salzman sporting a tragic perm as she tells us about what it means to be "at cause." Sarah sums it up for us: when you are at cause you accept that everything you feel, you cause. When you are in charge of your emotions, you can choose to feel whatever you want, at anytime.
Sarah worked really hard to climb her way up the stripe path and she was eventually able to earn commissions on her recruits. Keith himself taught Sarah all his tricks to get people to sign up. In footage we can see that Keith really enjoys sales and is good at it. Keith taught them that the tactics were a manipulation, but the good kind of manipulation. I guess good, because what they were getting people to buy was gonna save the worrrrrld! But it sure was sold like any other product. Kind of sleazy and indeed, manipulative.
Sarah definitely got into being a successful salesperson and earning a living. She felt really good about being the number one recruiter for Nxivm. She was really proud of that achievement. But I don't think, like some people on the internet seem to, that you allow yourself to be branded if you're thinking solely about your bank account. That doesn't make sense.
We cut back to the recorded phone call with Mark and Sarah. She is conflicted as to what to do. She tells Mark if she hadn't trusted him she never would have gotten involved with ESP. I'm not blaming you, she says, but she kind of is. To his credit, Mark says that he knows he fucked up. Which he did, but kind of didn't, because he thought he was sharing something positive at the time. It's tricky
Sarah doesn't know who is trustworthy and who isn't. She trusts Mark, but she also trusts Lauren and she feels torn between those still in and those that are out. Mark just tells her to record everything.
Lauren Salzman
Lauren is Nancy Salzman's daughter. Sarah tells us that she and Lauren hit it off right away. They were like family, Sarah says. Lauren was a combination of best friend, therapist and boss. Weird mix, sure, but Lauren was who Sarah trusted the most.
We see footage of Lauren as Sarah tells us she was the most talented EM (Exploration of Meaning) coach in the joint. In the clips the filmmakers show, she seems genuinely likable. She also comes across like she could have been a talented therapist of some kind. If she had followed the above board route, gone to school for it and had been licensed. But instead she ended up working for an organization run by her mom and a sociopath.
We cut to hearing a phone conversation between Sarah and Lauren. Lauren is complaining about the members that have left and the hassles that has caused. One woman left and then told Mark and Bonnie about DOS, Lauren gripes. Then Bonnie and Mark left. Now they have been talking about branding and DOS and saying "defamatory things that will destroy business."
Sarah kind of struggles to tell Lauren that she is having a lot of doubts about being involved in DOS herself. She is wondering if maybe there is fucked up shit going on that Lauren herself may not be aware of. Lauren is annoyed that only now is Sarah expressing these concerns. Sarah points out that as soon as she says anything negative Lauren wants her to get an EM. "I'm just scared of what I have on the line." Lauren says. Sounds like you need an EM, Lauren!
Anthony "Nippy" Ames
Sarah met Nippy in Nxivm and I think they joined about the same time. Nippy is American, but they are both actors so they had that in common. He got involved with ESP, because he was struggling during auditions and needed help with that. He and Sarah hooked up at the event known as Vanguard week.
Ugh, Vanguard week. A week long celebration of Keith's (a.k.a Vanguard) birthday. Held annually at the YMCA resort in the Adirondacks. Sarah tells us it was really like adult summer camp and quite a lot of fun. All sorts of activities during the day, singing and dancing at night. "Support the mission. Build community. Celebrate Keith. Celebrate his birthday" Sarah says. "It's all for you*, for your birthday," we hear Lauren say as we watch footage of Keith blowing out candles on many cakes.
*I made The Omen joke in the 1st recap so I won't repeat myself.
A couple of years after they first hooked up, Nippy and Sarah got married. It was a huge ESPian celebration and Lauren was Sarah's maid of honor and officiant. Nippy smashed the glass in honor of Sarah's Jewish heritage while everyone cried "Mazel Tov!" Allison Mack sang.
Sarah wore a white strapless cocktail dress with a feathery skirt and oh, I hate it when women choose to wear cocktail style wedding dresses. This is the one time when it's appropriate to where a grand white floor length gown. Switch to a shorter dress for the after-party if you must, but please, no feathers! Her hair and make-up were really on point though.
Anyway, Sarah felt incredibly fulfilled during this period in her life. She decided she wanted to open an ESP center in Vancouver. Which she was able to do with Mark Vicente as her business partner. The advantage of that is she and her fellow Canadian ESPians could create that New York community, only in Vancouver. Better than flying across the continent every weekend to go to Albany. We see footage of actresses Nicki Clyne (who?), Kristin Kreuk (snore), Grace Park (seems vaguely familiar) and Allison Mack (ditto). I think Hollywood does a lot of filming in Vancouver which is why there was this intermix of Canadian and American actors coming in from that location. Anyway, the center was a hit.
Some of Sarah's friends outside of Nxivm would joke asking her how her cult was doing. How's the cult? But Sarah would say "well, if it's a cult… it's a cult of happy successful people so, what's the problem?"
We cut back to another phone conversation between Sarah and Lauren discussing Sarah's brand. "What if [Nippy] wants me to get it removed?" Sarah asks. "Can I get it removed?" Lauren, sounding mildly annoyed, says, "It's a scar so, I don't know." Then Lauren gives her this claptrap about how it's totally okay to have something of her own (a brand? Really, Lauren?) and it wasn't about Nippy. Besides, Lauren says, Sarah's self-esteem has been really wrapped up in her husband. "Anything I can do to support you and not feel fearful…" Oh yes, the problem is that Sarah is feeling "fearful".
Sarah and Nippy had a son (year? I am not sure), and shortly thereafter she was promoted to green sash (senior proctor). It's a big deal to be level green, because that's like the highest level a person can go within the organization. Also at this time, Sarah and Nippy were being pressured to move to Albany. Even though Sarah had that whole set up in Vancouver. We cut to footage of Keith joking that Albany was "the Rome of the modern world." Sarah never wanted to move there, but she didn't want to "stagnate" in her growth and Nippy wasn't all that happy living in Vancouver. And, as head of SOP, he felt he needed to be in New York.
Society of Protectors. Basically a men's group where men learn to be honorable. Or at least Keith's definition of what it means to be honorable? God, I hope not. Though you know many hours were spent with Keith prattling on about the issue of masculinity and the role of men in society. Nippy, Mark and another guy named Jim were the head of the organization.
Oh, here we go. We cut to footage of Keith yammering about masculinity. The group was supposed to be about men learning how to be good leaders. And good men are needed to be leaders "So we don't have a presidential election like the last one", Keith says referring to Trump. Well, you got me there, Keith.
We then hear a recorded therapy session with Nippy, Sarah and Nancy as coach/therapist. I only include it because it's such a good example of the superficial stereotypical notion Nancy and Keith have on what it means to be a man. The session was in regards to Nippy and Sarah's struggle over whether to stay in Vancouver or move to New York. After telling Nippy he's "the alpha", Nancy says, "maybe you don't like Vancouver because, on an unconscious level, it's her thing. …in Vancouver, you're not the guy, she is." "…I don't know people [and] I don't feel resourceful," Nippy replies. Whoop, there it is. No need to bring any alpha bullshit into it.
Dominus Obsequious Soroium or DOS
You have to speak Latin to translate that properly I think, because I have heard all sorts of versions of what that is supposed to mean. Master over slave woman, Dominant Over Submissive… Oh, okay, Wiki says it doesn't mean anything. At least not in Latin. It's more like an attempt at Latin. If you are interested, here is a link for some info: Wiki
At the end of January of 2017, Lauren came to Vancouver to lead an intensive at Sarah's ESP center. While she was there, she talked to Sarah about the next step she could take in her progress as a human being. Lauren told her that this was something she could do to move forward on the stripe path. I thought Sarah had progressed to green sash by now, which is about as high as you can go unless you're Nancy or Keith. So, I am very confused about the sequence of events. It's fine, though. It doesn't really take away from the story.
Anyway, this could be the thing that would take Sarah to the next level of success in life. With everything. But, before Lauren could really explain what she was talking about, Sarah had to swear to secrecy and give collateral as back up. Sarah was curious and the word collateral didn't faze her, because as she tells us, it was part of the Nxivm vernacular.
Cut to footage of Keith twaddling on about how commitment has to be collateralized, because your word isn't enough. But then he says "your word is your bond." I'm kind of taking it out of context, but my eyes, they roll.
The collateral needed from Sarah before Lauren would tell her anything had to be intense. The kind of stuff that would be very damaging if it ever was revealed. Lauren recommended Sarah make something up if she didn't have anything scandalous to share. So she did. She was videotaped saying awful things about her husband and family. Once that was taken care of, Lauren told her about DOS.
It's like a sorority, but for badasses. It's like the Freemasons, only for women. A force for good, only secret. A group of women, but like, super disciplined women who live outside of their comfort zone. Cool, said Sarah. But then Lauren added that "it's a vow of obedience and a lifetime commitment." Which wasn't an issue, because Sarah already saw herself as being a part of Nxivm for life anyway. But wait, there's more. Lauren described it as like a heightened version of the ESP coaching relationship. And it's called master/slave. It's pretty much a pyramid scheme of slavery. See pic.
Pyramid of slaves and masters.
Not hard to understand, just stupid. But Sarah had internalized a lot of stupid for years now so, this was not a problem. She did think it was a little weird, but so much is weird in Nxivm. The master/slave thing is like a metaphor; it's an exercise, Lauren told her. Sarah handed over some more collateral (nude photos) as requested and was in. Lauren was now her master and Sarah was accountable to her "all the time." This was fine by Sarah, because she liked the daily contact with Lauren. They were usually so busy they would only talk every few months before.
The initiation
Six weeks after joining, Lauren asked Sarah to come to Albany for a secret initiation ceremony. Lauren told her they were all getting a tattoo and it would be based on the four elements. Sky, mountains, river, something else, I forgot.
During the ceremony the "slaves" were blindfolded and driven to a secret location. Sarah cheated and peeped though. She recognized the secret location as Allison Mack's house. They were taken to a bedroom where it was revealed that instead of getting a tattoo, each woman, one by one, would be held down, naked, while getting branded with a cauterizing pen. While being filmed. The procedure would be performed by Dr. Danielle Roberts a member of Nxivm and an osteopath.
I heard in an online podcast (I think?) that the stench of burning flesh was unbelievable. It took a while too, because there were pauses while Lauren read some ceremonial words or something.
Sarah had not wanted to go through with it, but Lauren was like, you're green (senior proctor). You have to set an example. Sarah felt like she wanted to run, but at the same time she felt like she was being weak. This group was supposed to be about being strong. A badass. Living outside of your comfort zone! Overcoming fear! Lauren started "EMing" Sarah to help her overcome the panic she was feeling. Sarah says she was able to do it by basically disassociating. She impressed everyone, because she didn't even react to the pain. That's how far gone she was mentally.
Once the ceremony was over, Sarah did feel like a badass. It was so scary and so painful that getting to the other side of it felt like an accomplishment. There are a shitload of hormones and chemicals released in the body to handle traumatic events, too. Otherwise, I don't think Sarah would have experienced such a 180 degree turn in feelings. She literally went home on a high.
Now it was time for Sarah to get some slaves of her own. She got one, but she tells us in present day that she never knew what to do with her. Which is kind of funny in a macabre sort of way. Lauren wanted more collateral, too. Every month as a matter of fact. Like, how about the deed to Sarah's home? What?! Sarah was getting concerned about where all this stuff was being stored. "You don't need to know," Lauren told her. "That's just your control issues." This was not what Sarah signed up for. But she was "at cause." That stupid ESP term for never being a victim. Being in DOS was her own choice, after all. Okay, that's true, but somehow that translated to never being allowed to have second thoughts or change her mind?
Lauren was really pressuring her to enroll more women into DOS as well. Preferably skinny, pretty girls. Just "recruit, recruit, recruit". Sarah did not like this and tells us that she was starting to put things together. In part, because she took a good hard look at her brand and realized that it was not the symbols for the elements; it was the initials A. M. (for Allison Mack). And if you looked at the brand from the side, it read K.R., (Keith Raniere).
We cut to a phone call between Sarah and Lauren: "I didn't make the brand," Lauren says somewhat defensively. "I have Keith's initials beside my vagina", Sarah says, just a wee bit pissed. What's her husband going to think? Is Keith the one who organized DOS? Sarah has some questions. "It's not something we discuss, Sarah," Lauren says in a tone that manages to be both haughty and sheepish.
Lauren admits that Keith knows about the group (he gave permission to use "his tools" she says) and he knows about the branding but he didn't um… cause it or anything. Sarah asks Lauren to please delete all of her collateral. She kind of pleads rather than demanding it. Lauren says she will. Sarah's like, I don't care if Keith wants to have sex or whatever, but I am not down with having sex with him. Lauren laughs at the idea and says in a somewhat mocking tone, "You don't have to have sex with Keith… and it's not something I am doing."
Sarah tells us that in hindsight she realized that she was brought in to DOS not to be part of Keith's sex ring, but to recruit, because she's so good at it. Plus, she had the connections to women in the entertainment field who tend to be very attractive.
In a present day phone call with Mark, Sarah says she feels really responsible for bringing so many people into the organization. Mark is like, yup, I relate. Mark is the one that brings up the fact that they both had connections to the entertainment industry filled as it is with pretty women. Though Mark used the word "girls" instead of saying "women" and that pissed off some internet commentators to no end.
Sarah and Mark speculate that lots of women have probably been invited to join DOS, not to mention been hit on by Keith. But, they were probably too scared to say anything. Mark and Sarah are upset thinking about it. Then Sarah says, "Can you please tell Nippy?" There is something kind of funny (as in haha) about the fact that Sarah sends Mark in to tell her husband what has been going down. Mark says he will, but he doesn't sound too thrilled about it.
We cut to Nippy talking to one of the filmmakers. He tells us that Mark was the one who told him about Sarah getting branded. At first, he didn't think Keith was a part of it and he blamed Bonnie. I'm not sure why. I mean, Bonnie was the first of their friends to leave, but how was she to blame for Sarah's involvement with DOS? Nippy was struggling to accept the truth about Keith and was doing some mental gymnastics, I guess. But once he did face the truth? "I've been out there peddling this fucking shit for how many years?" Nippy says sounding disgusted. One of the filmmakers asks him how he felt after realizing the truth about Keith. "Pissed and scared," he says. "But mostly scared. If this isn't true, what I was doing… Then what's real?"
We then cut to a recorded confrontation between Nippy and Lauren. Nippy recorded it on the sly with his cell phone, I heard later in an interview. He tells her branding his wife with Keith's initials "in her fucking crotch" is some fucked up shit. Between that and the collateral it sounds illegal to him. They go back and forth. Lauren says that he's upset because he doesn't fully understand the situation. Nippy says that he doesn't want to understand it. Lauren snots, "I am sorry you feel that way." Then Nippy gets really pissed and shouts, "I'm sorry you branded my fucking wife!" He softens a bit and says, "You're my good friend and I love you, but if you can't see how this is bad…" And what's sad is, she can't. He resigns from SOP and says he is OUT.
Cut to a phone call between Lauren and Sarah post confrontation. What did you tell him? Lauren asks. That I had the brand, Sarah says. Lauren insists that Sarah needs to explain what DOS is to Nippy and if she did that, he would understand. Sarah's like, I don't have the time for this bullshit. I have to focus on my family. Though she says it in a gentler way, I'm paraphrasing.
Sarah tells her that she just doesn't feel good about DOS, no matter what Lauren says. She wants to go back to how things were between them before all of this. "Okay," Lauren snits. Did you delete all my collateral? Sarah asks. Nooo, of course she didn't. "You made a vow which I view as a sacred vow", says Lauren, sounding mildly insane. And Sarah "violated" that vow by "disclosing" to Nippy. Sarah starts to sputter because it's so nonsensical. Like, what was she supposed to do? She has a fucking brand next to her vagina! For the love of God, Lauren, use your head. <—That's me talking.
Then Lauren goes next level batshit. She tells Sarah that she "understands" if she wants to "choose Nippy" and that is "okay" with her. Naturally she says it in a tone of voice that sounds like a disappointed mom. Lauren continues, "You and I did discuss this before you came in and you promised… to uphold our relationship above your relationship with Nippy." Sarah gets totally exasperated and tells Lauren that she's not going to choose her over her husband. The whole thing isn't actually real. It's an exercise, a metaphor. She is not Lauren's actual slave. "Okay," says Lauren, again in that snitty tone. "I don't think you have bad intent about this," Sarah adds, "but this is not what you said it was."
Then we cut to a shot of a text conversation between Lauren and Sarah. Most of it is blurred out, but we can see that Sarah texted, "Hey Laur, I hear you are telling people I am "unhinged." DON'T FUCK WITH ME. I WON'T FUCK WITH YOU." Preach, sister. On the one hand, when I saw that, I was glad Sarah put Lauren in her place. On the other, it's sad that it got so fucked up between them.
We cut to present day and Sarah is looking at footage of Lauren on a laptop with one of the filmmakers. In the footage, Lauren is saying some pretty wise words (for real) about the nature of friendships. Then Lauren says something about helping people sometimes by saying things that are hard to hear, but how that can be done in a way where the person feels supported, not abused. Sarah looks heartbroken and starts to cry.
We cut back to Nippy and one of the filmmakers asks Nippy if he feels like he failed to protect Sarah. This is kind of a pointed question, since Nippy was once part of that men's group "Society of Protectors." He says he doesn't, because he stood up for her once he knew what was going on. He had trusted Lauren; he had trusted the whole Nxivm thing.
We see some past footage of Nippy and hear recorded conversation where Nippy talks about how much he wants to bring some good into the world. We hear Nancy tell him he is the most principled person she has ever met. "I know," Nippy replies. It's kind of funny.
We cut back to present day Nippy and he says bluntly, "I was the jackass." Which makes me like him. He then says that once you have accepted that you have fucked up, you fix it.
The date really shows you how fast shit went down. It was the end of January 2017 when Sarah first heard of DOS.
Present day and Sarah goes to the airport to pick up Mark. They go to the Vancouver ESP center and Mark films her (with a cellphone it looks like) while she tells a couple of staffers in a hurried almost frantic voice about the kind of shit that has been going down. She is leaving Nxivm and she advises them to not enroll anyone else into the program. "It is illegal, unethical and immoral," she says. The staffers say they understand, but one woman looks too stunned to fully process everything she's hearing. Eh, you can't really blame her. Sarah grabs some files from the office and the stunned woman looks like she is near tears. No snark, I feel bad for her. [ETA: Turns out this woman remains a Keith loyalist as of 2023.] Sarah tells them about the collateral and says she doesn't give a shit if everyone sees it.
Back at Sarah and Nippy's condo, she and Mark talk. Both of them are near tears and Mark feels like everything is his fault, "because all these people came in through us, you know?" Sarah's like, we brought them in, we're gonna get them out.
I believe the tears and the guilt they feel and that's my gut reaction to this. Some on the 'net don't agree. It just seems like on the discussion sites that I have read talking about this series, people come down really harshly on Sarah and Mark believing they are more culpable than they are portrayed. It's not my job to be their internet defenders, but I do want to be honest about how I feel about this or that. They have plenty of supporters too, though. I don't want to distort what's out there. Anyway…
Next week: "Building Character " We meet Catherine Oxenberg whose daughter India was still in DOS at the time of filming. And we meet "Jane Doe" who tells us about her experience being in the secret group.
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ONLINE NEWS: USM OBESITY SPECIALIST RECEIVES INTERNATIONAL AWARD
USM obesity specialist receives international award
By Audrey Dermawan | 19 January 2023
GEORGE TOWN: A lecturer at Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)'s Advanced Medical and Dental Institute (IPPT) in Bertam, Dr Teoh Soo Huat, recently received the Dr Peter G. Lindner Award from the Obesity Medicine Association (OMA), United States of America.
A lecturer at Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)'s Advanced Medical and Dental Institute (IPPT) in Bertam, Dr Teoh Soo Huat, recently received the Dr Peter G. Lindner Award from the Obesity Medicine Association (OMA), United States of America.
OMA, based in Colorado, is the largest organisation comprising clinicians, nurses and medical assistants who are involved in raising the standards in public health for those affected by obesity.
Dr Teoh, 39, is the sole recipient from outside of the United States, which recognises contributions by medical experts in the field of obesity.
"This award serves as a motivation for me to continue playing a bigger role in the field of medical obesity in the country.
I hope to develop the field through quality clinical services and to train doctors with similar interests.
"This is my way of honouring the country and USM for the support given to me, as I go into this field," he said.
The medical obesity doctor and expert in family health at the Clinical Medical Department in IPPT strives to assist the Malaysian community in dealing with issues regarding obesity, which at present has become more serious, through evidence-based treatments.
"We offer clinical services for those facing obesity problems by providing guidelines for healthy lifestyle changes, advice on behaviour modifications and obesity medication and consultation on bariatric operation procedures.
"Data collected from patients could also stimulate research efforts in improving treatment techniques and standards of service in the field, which is in line with the university being a tower of knowledge," he added.
Teoh, born in Jelutong here, has been involved in this field for close to 12 years, including serving for seven years with the Health Ministry prior to working at USM.
With the support of USM and the Higher Education Ministry, Teoh completed his subspecialist medical obesity training in Ottawa, Canada in 2022.
He had earlier received an acknowledgement as a National Fellow from the World Obesity Federation in 2020.


Oh it's THE ULTIMATE, alright!
First, mix 2 tablespoons with about 1/2 cup of leftover cranberry relish, and spread it onto both sides of your bread.
Now, lay your smoked Gouda and thinly sliced turkey breast onto one half, and top it with shredded romaine.
Okay, not really…but put the top on and admire it in all its glory!
How do you make your turkey sandwiches the day after Thanksgiving? I'd love to hear about it, either in the comments below or on my Facebook page!
Talk to you soon guys! Take care!
It's got to be toasted for me and some stuffing in there, too! I am going to steal your mayo/cranberry mix idea, though.
Yum! Adding stuffing would be delicious!
Wow that looks amazing! Gotta try the cranberry spread!