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Woodstock Film Festival Announces Cuban Superstar to Kick Off 2015 Fest
Film and Live Performance: THE POET OF HAVANA, featuring Cuba's beloved singer-songwriter Carlos Varela joined by Jackson Browne
(Woodstock, NY) May 2015- The Woodstock Film Festival will kick off the 16th annual festival with the New York Premiere of The Poet of Havana, Ron Chapman's energetic documentary about renowned Cuban songster Carlos Varela. Join director Ron Chapman, Carlos Varela and Jackson Browne for a post screening Q&A. The evening will continue with a performance featuring Varela, band members and American music icon Jackson Browne. The event takes place on September 30 at UPAC, 601 Broadway, Kingston, NY. Tickets are available at THE POET OF HAVANA - woodstockfilmfestival.com/events/2015kickoff.php
The Woodstock Film Festival is extremely excited to present this electrifying and timely program, as US/Cuban relations begin to return to normal. Both rocker and troubadour, Varela's controversial songs about frustration and yearning for freedom have made him an inspiration to his country's youth, an independent voice in a country where few people have managed to speak their mind.
The Poet of Havana explores the cultural, political and social significance Varela has had in his 30 years as a singer-songwriter. A veteran of censorship battles with the Cuban government, his emotionally charged songs—raw, metaphoric chronicles of contemporary Cuban life— have drawn comparisons to Bob Dylan's work. Jackson Browne's translation of Varela's Muros y Puertas (Walls and Doors), talks about how polarized we are as a society, evident in the song's refrain, "There can be freedom only when nobody owns it." Shot in Havana with unique access, the audience enjoys stunning concert and insider backstage moments, along with exclusive interviews with such international stars as Ivan Lins, Luis Enrique, Juan and Samuel Formel, Diana Fuentes, X Alfonso, Alexander Abreu, in addition to Jackson Browne and actor Benicio Del Toro (The Usual Suspects, Traffic, Guardians of the Galaxy).
"I first encountered Carlos Varela in Cuba, while shooting concerts and interviews with Cuban musicians for my next film," says director Ron Chapman. "What I found in this talented and insightful artist, was a musician, lyricist and voice so singular and powerful I was compelled to tell his story in a film all of its own."
The screening will be preceded by a Cocktail Reception at 6pm for Golden Circle ticket holders. All other ticket buyers will be admitted after the cocktail reception.
Cuban singer/songwriter Carlos Varela started playing music literally "in the dark." Growing up in Havana, whenever a power failure killed the lights, Varela and friends would play rock music blowing across the sea via a homemade radio antenna. In 1977, at a concert of Silvio Rodríguez and Pablo Milanés -- standard-bearers for Nueva Trova, homegrown folk music that reflected the unrest of many Cubans -- Varela realized music could be more than just a fun way to pass the time.
Although he insists poetics took precedence over politics, Varela has struggled with the restrictions of censorship. But while other artists might have sought refuge elsewhere, Cuba is his inspiration and has always been home. He has recorded eight albums and performs worldwide.
Jackson Browne is one of Varela's biggest champions. "He's from a generation that's really impatient, that wants something to happen, something to change. He's the voice of Cuban youth."
Jackson Browne has written and performed some of the most literate and moving songs in popular music and has defined a genre of songwriting charged with honesty, emotion and personal politics. He was honored with induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004, and the Songwriter's Hall of Fame in 2007.
His debut album came out on David Geffen's Asylum Records in 1972. Since then, he has released fourteen studio albums and four collections of live performances. His most recent album is Standing in the Breach.
Beyond his music, Browne is known for his advocacy on behalf of the environment, human rights, and arts education. He's a co-founder of the groups Musicians United for Safe Energy (MUSE) and Nukefree.org.
Ron Chapman, director of The Poet of Havana, started out as a musician, then went on to manage musical artists, produce albums and ultimately establish a film production company, directing rock videos and TV commercials for some of the world's leading brands. At his legendary Toronto music club "The Edge," Chapman provided a scene for some of the most exciting international artists of the day.
Chapman's 2014 documentary Who the F**K is Arthur Fogel, features Lady Gaga, U2, The Police, Madonna, Rush, and key music industry insiders. His forthcoming filmThe Forbidden Shore, with performances and interviews of over 60 top Cuban artists, will be the most in-depth cultural/music documentary to come out of Cuba.
In a return to his roots, Chapman has recently completed an album of his own songs.
Stay tuned for upcoming announcements regarding the OPENING NIGHT FILM, and other events, by following the festival on social media and visiting www.woodstockfilmfestival.com.
About the Woodstock Film Festival:
Hailed by Indiewire as "A true American Maverick Among Fests" and named among the top 50 film festivals world wide, the Woodstock Film Festival premieres exceptional films, hosts the most talented emerging and established professionals in the movie industry; presents A-list concerts, panels and parties, and creates stimulating, innovative programming year-round.
The Woodstock Film Festival is a non-profit, 501c3 with a mission to present an annual program and year-round schedule of film, music and art-related activities that promote artists, culture, inspired learning and diversity.
The Woodstock Film Festival celebrates its 16th Anniversary, September 30-October 4, 2015, with an extraordinary line-up of fiercely independent films, panels, concerts and special events in Woodstock, Rhinebeck, Kingston, Rosendale and Saugerties.


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Jungle Giant CR 10
N Huge humanoid (giant)
Init +4; Senses low-light vision; Perception +15
AC 24, touch 16, flat-footed 20 (+4 deflection, +4 Dex, +8 natural, -2 size)
hp 127 (15d8+60)
Fort +9, Ref +13, Will +7
Defensive Abilities rock catching, spell storing, warding tattoos; Immune disease, poison
Speed 40 ft.
Melee 2 slams +17 (2d6+8)
Ranged mwk composite longbow +15/+10/+5 (3d6+8/19-20/x3)
Space 15 ft.; Reach 15 ft.
Str 26, Dex 19, Con 19, Int 10, Wis 14, Cha 11
Base Atk +11; CMB +21; CMD 39
Feats Deadly Aim, Improved Critical (longbow), Improved Precise Shot, Point-Blank Shot, Precise Shot, Rapid Shot, Skill Focus (Stealth), Weapon Focus (longbow)
Skills Climb +12, Craft (bows) +8, Perception +15, Stealth +12 (+20 in forests), Survival +10; Racial Modifiers +4 Climb, +8 Stealth in forests
Languages Common, Giant
SQ archery expert
Archery Expert (Su)
A jungle giant is proficient with all bows, and does not provoke an attack of opportunity when firing a bow in melee combat.
Spell Storing (Su)
Once per day as a immediate action, a jungle giant can absorb a targeted or ranged touch spell used against it, negating the effects against it but not against any other targets. It can retain this stored power for up to 1 minute, during which time its tattoos glow with blue fire. If it damages a target with a successful hit using a melee or ranged weapon, it can cast the spell on the target as a free action, as if it were using a spell storing weapon. This spell uses the caster level and DC of the original caster. This discharges the stored spell.
Warding Tattoos (Su)
A jungle giant's magical tattoos grant it a +4 deflection bonus to Armor Class. The giant loses this bonus if it wears armor.
Environment warm forests
Organization solitary, hunting party (2-9 plus 1-3 girallons), or tribe (10-40, plus 35% noncombatants, 1-3 druids or sorcerers of 2nd-5th level, 1 ranger or barbarian of 3rd-7th level, and 2-8 girallons)
Treasure standard (masterwork composite longbow [+8 Str] with 40 arrows, other treasure)
Reclusive by nature, jungle giants lair deep within the rainforest. These giants distrust the ways of civilization and resent trespassers. More than one vine-covered lost city in the deep jungle owes its fall to jungle giant ire. The warrior-women of these tribes usually fight with bows, sacred weapons often passed down over generations from mother to daughter. To touch a jungle giant's bow without permission is a mortal insult.Jungle giants stand 17 feet tall and weigh 4,000 pounds. Their barklike skin bears runic brands etched into each giant as a rite of passage into adulthood. Jungle giant tribes are matriarchal, ruled by an elder female warrior. Males traditionally defend the village, gather food, tend livestock, and raise children.

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Man exonerated from child molestation conviction after serving 15 years
Larry Pohlschneider was in the law library at Corcoran state prison several years ago when he happened to notice a flier on the bulletin board from Santa Clara University School of Law's Northern California Innocence Project.
"It said, 'If innocent please contact,' and it had an address," Pohlschneider recalled. He thought it was worth a try, so he put his story on paper and sent it to the project.
On Wednesday, Pohlschneider, 48, walked out of prison, a free man after serving nearly 15 years of a 24-year sentence. Thanks to evidence presented by the Innocence Project, the Tehama County, Calif., District Attorney's Office agreed that his 2000 child molestation conviction should be vacated and the charges dismissed due to the ineffective assistance of his trial counsel.
A hearing is set for Nov. 12 in Tehama Superior Court in Red Bluff to determine whether Pohlschneider is "factually innocent," and thus eligible for state compensation of $140 for each day he spent behind bars. That would amount to approximately $766,500.
In a telephone interview Wednesday, Pohlschneider described himself as "just kind of numb and a little relieved." He said he is not bitter, but he remains incredulous that the system could result in such an injustice.
"I still find it hard to believe that someone could be convicted of a crime that never happened," he said.
Pohlschneider's first stop after his attorney picked him up at the Deuel Vocational Institute in Tracy was a Denny's restaurant in nearby Lathrop. Then it was on to Jimmy's Barber Garage in Sacramento for a haircut – on the house – and across the street to Rick's Dessert Diner for cheesecake – also on the house.
Albert Earl Harris, the second husband of Pohlschneider's ex-wife, had already been charged with molesting the three young children who were victimized. Harris, 54, who eventually pleaded guilty and is still imprisoned, is the father of a girl and boy he confessed to molesting. Pohlschneider is the father of a girl that Harris acknowledged molesting, but Pohlschneider said he considers all three of them – now adults – as his own children.
A physician assistant who examined the children in connection with the Harris prosecution decided that the victims subsequently had been molested by another person, and investigators focused on Pohlschneider. Under intense questioning, the children implicated Pohlschneider, but very soon retracted those statements, according to Maitreya Badami of the Innocence Project, who was Pohlschneider's lead counsel after the organization took his case.
Despite the retractions, Pohlschneider was found guilty by a jury, based primarily on the "so-called medical evidence" of a second molester, Badami said in a telephone interview Wednesday.
Badami and other members of the Innocence Project produced sworn testimony from Dr. James Crawford, medical director of the Center for Child Protection at the University of California, San Francisco, Benioff Children's Hospital and a nationally recognized expert on child abuse and neglect.
"He examined the evidence and was appalled," said Badami. "He called the conclusion of the physician assistant 'complete nonsense.' "
But the evidence went unchallenged during the trial by Pohlschneider's lawyer, Thomas Hilligan, according to Badami.
"He failed to consult with a doctor," she said. "He never even got the photos of the examinations so a doctor could look at them."
A message seeking comment left Wednesday on Hilligan's telephone answering machine at his Red Bluff home went unanswered.
Hilligan, 79, resigned his license to practice law in 2008, while professional misconduct charges were pending against him in an unrelated case, according to State Bar records.
Pohlschneider said he has no definite plans for the immediate future, adding, "I haven't had a chance to adjust to being out."
The three abused children were prohibited by court order from visiting Pohlschneider during his incarceration, but he said he has "a thick pile of letters" expressing their love for him.
"My first concern is my kids," he said. "They were not just abused by Harris, but also by the system. They have been living with this guilt forever, and it doesn't seem to matter how much I tell them it wasn't their fault."
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The first industrial doctorate of its kind will equip you with interdisciplinary research and practical skills for a job in big data science or data analytics.
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Our Professional Doctorate in Big Data is the first industrial doctorate of its kind, and is supported by The Data Lab.
We build on Stirling's highly successful taught MSc Big Data to equip you with a range of cutting-edge, interdisciplinary research and practical skills and tools, that will lead to an academic or industry job in big data science or data analytics.
In addition to enhancing students' employability through work-based learning, the doctorate prepares you to undertake interdisciplinary Big Data research, jointly supervised by world-leading Stirling academics and Big Data industry experts.
This professional/industrial doctorate is designed to:
If you are interested in studying a module from this course, the Postgraduate Certificate or the Postgraduate Diploma then please email email@example.com to discuss your course of study.
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Students applying may have a variety of backgrounds including:
Students may also come from other Science or Engineering backgrounds, to gain applied research and analytical skills that are in high demand in the Scottish job market.
Students with suitable research-oriented Masters degrees in numerate and computational disciplines (Computing, mathematics, Physics, Engineering), will be considered for direct entry to the second year of the Doctoral Training Component, on a case by case basis.
If English is not your first language you must have one of the following qualifications as evidence of your English language skills:
If you need to improve your English language skills before you enter this course, our partner INTO University of Stirling offers a range of English language courses. These intensive and flexible courses are designed to improve your English ability for entry to this degree.
Find out more about our pre-sessional English language courses.
The module details given below are subject to change as the University regularly revises and refreshes the curriculum of our taught programmes. The modules outlined below represent those offered in 2019/20 on this course of study.
You will undertake a number of taught modules to equip you with the skills required for big data science research. These modules are taught through lectures, practicals and small group work and are assessed through a variety of course work and exams.
To prepare for the professional doctorate, an independent research project (60 credits) will include a systematic review of an appropriately challenging applied research topic/area, and development of a full Doctorate research proposal as outputs – assessed through an oral viva exam and research poster presentation.
Following the taught component, you will undertake a period of industry-led applied research (360 level 12 credits) by working with experienced academic and industrial supervisors, on original piece(s) of an applied research project. The project could either be a single long project or a portfolio of data-centric projects, depending on the industrial organization's strategic priority needs. Outcomes will be presented in a doctoral dissertation assessment through a viva examination by internal and external examiners.
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If you're domiciled in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, you should be eligible to apply for a loan from your regional body.
English students apply for a loan of up to £10,000 per year as part of the UK Postgraduate Loan Scheme, Welsh students can apply for a non-means tested loan of up to £10,280 from the Welsh Government and Northern Irish students are eligible to apply for support of up to £5,500.
If you have the talent, ability and drive to study with us, we want to make sure you make the most of the opportunity – regardless of your financial circumstances.
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There are some instances where additional fees may apply. Depending on your chosen course, you may need to pay additional costs, for example for field trips. Learn more about additional fees.
If you're domiciled in the UK, you can typically apply to your relevant funding body for help with living costs. This usually takes the form of student loans, grants or bursaries, and the amount awarded depends upon your personal circumstances and household income.
EU and overseas students won't normally be able to claim living support through SAAS or other UK public funding bodies. You should contact the relevant authority in your country to find out if you're eligible to receive support.
We aim to be as flexible as possible, and offer a wide range of payment methods - including the option to pay fees by instalments. Learn more about how to pay
Demand for people with big data skills is projected to grow rapidly in the coming years attracting high salaries.
Our Professional Doctorate in Big Data Science is run in partnership with industry and is designed to produce graduates with the skills that companies need.
e-Skills UK estimate that the number of Big Data jobs in the UK have risen by 41% from 2012 – 2013. By 2020 there will be 56,000 Big Data jobs in the UK alone with Big Data professionals earning on average 31% more than other IT professionals. Source (SAS.com).
The Doctorate programme, equivalent to an Engineering Doctorate (Eng D), is aimed at a clear and distinct market of professionals seeking to enhance their employability opportunities through applied, impact-led research. You'll learn to develop and validate innovative, data-driven and evidence-based approaches within your chosen career. The programme is geared towards enhancing both your applied, multi-disciplinary research and employability skills in big data science.
The doctorate is open to any profession where data-driven and data-intensive research, and its informational derivatives, are central to the development of sustainable business and industry models, including decision-making, project and risk evaluation, policy and technology development. The doctorate research component is relevant to the student's professional setting and career aspirations.
Stirling is a member of The Data Lab, which is an Innovation Centre with the aim of developing the data science talent and skills required by industry in Scotland. The Data Lab collaborates with the University of Stirling to help deliver the course, and provide funding and resources for students. You can find out more about the Data Lab from their web site.
We have also developed this professional doctorate in partnership with global and local companies who employ data scientists. HSBC have a development centre in Stirling and have provided some very interesting Big Data projects to our students. Amazon's development centre in Scotland is close by in Edinburgh. The first year of the course features a long Industry-led research dissertation project, generally in partnership with a company or technology provider. This provides students with a showcase of their skills to take to employers or launch online.
We also have a programme of invited speakers from industry who give the students a chance to ask questions of people who are doing data science every day. Recent companies have included MongoDB, SkyScanner and HSBC.


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Blanched broccoli is a vegetable dish prepared by briefly placing the florets into boiling water to cook them slightly. Salt water is typically used for blanching, which adds some flavor through the cooking medium; sufficient water should be provided so that the florets can move freely once placed into it. Once this water is brought to a boil, then broccoli that has been cut from the stem into bite-sized florets is placed in the pot and allowed to cook for a few minutes. The blanched broccoli is then removed and can be served right away or frozen for later use.
Very few items and little cooking and preparation time are required to make blanched broccoli, which makes it ideal for many situations. A large pot should typically be filled with water, which is then placed on a stovetop over high heat to allow it to come to a boil. It is usually best for someone to begin with cold water, rather than hot water, as the times required to bring each to a boil is nearly the same and cold water from a tap often tastes better.
Salt should be added to the water for blanched broccoli. This introduces some seasoning and flavor to the broccoli as it cooks, without overpowering the actual taste of the vegetable itself. Once the water is salted, however, it may stop boiling for a few minutes, as higher salt content actually increases the boiling point of water.
The broccoli for this dish should typically be prepared by rinsing it under cold water to clean it. The stems can then be cut away from the stalks, and each head can be cut up into bite-sized pieces. These florets should then be trimmed as needed to ensure any bad spots are removed and that they are ready for the water. Once trimmed, the florets can be placed into the pot of boiling water, which should be full enough for them to move freely within the pot. It is typically better for someone to cook the florets in multiple batches if using a small pot, rather than overcrowding the water. This ensures that the blanched broccoli is cooked through evenly.
The florets should only boil for a few minutes, until they take on a bright green coloration. They can then be removed from the water and either served immediately or placed into an ice-water bath. This "shocks" the blanched broccoli to ensure the vivid color remains and helps cool them for use in a salad or for freezing. The short duration of the boil allows the blanched broccoli to have a softer texture than when served raw, without diminishing the nutritional value of the water-soluble vitamin C within it.
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Anne Wolff, a renowned world-class animal artist, not only does extremely detailed and anatomically correct animals, but more importantly, is able to capture the spirit and personality in each animal. Her clients say it's the way she does the eyes, which are indeed the windows to the soul.
Animals have always been the primary focus of her art career because its what she has loved the most and she believes that to do something extraordinarily well you must concentrate on learning and perfecting that subject. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Art Degree from Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York. Her work speaks for itself. Her style is to have minimal or no background so that the animal is the center of attention. Over the past 25 years, Anne has amassed a very large following of loyal clients who have commissioned her to portray generations of their pets.
Anne has a promise for her future clients. That promise is when a person sees their portrait for the first time that they will be touched on a deep emotional level. Many people are moved to tears, even if their pet is very much alive and in the same room. Others laugh at the sight of their best friend in a picture. And yet others are rendered speechless.
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Black Hat 2014: Nest Hack or Hardware Fail?
At Black Hat, I attended "Smart Nest Thermostat: A Smart Spy In Your Home," presented by researchers from the the University of Central Florida. From the title, you would think that all Nest users were doomed, but this was far from the case.
In fact, in the first part of the talk the researchers discussed the steps that Nest has taken in securing the device. However, there were some privacy concerns around what data is delivered to the cloud, such as log files and other information that users cannot opt-out of.
The actual hack itself that was demonstrated required not just physical access to the device but also actually opening the device and disrupting the processor pins, which then allows you to load custom firmware onto the device through the USB port.
Therefore, the actual vulnerability isn't exactly as sensationalistic as you might think. The researchers did show some other potential attack vectors, the most notable being that Nest connects and automatically updates itself. Clearly, this could be a significant issue if the Nest cloud were compromised and all of its customers automatically downloaded malware ridden firmware.
The impact on the trust of the device and company would come into question, so it is definitely critical that Nest keep their cloud infrastructure secure. The researchers plan to make a patch available that will stop the device from sending data to the Nest cloud, but I personally wonder if that might become an attack vector in itself, let alone void any warranty.
You can check out the presentation deck here (PDF).
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- Data Loss Considered to be Biggest Risk for the Internet of Things
- Why You Should Care About the Apple Backdoor
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Treatment of acute myocardial infarction in coronary care units has had significant success over the past half decade, with a resultant 50% drop of mortality rate for in-patients. In this relatively brief but comprehensive monograph the authors present their concept of the organization and function of the coronary care unit. Introductory chapters deal with the natural history of patients with acute myocardial infarction and some problems of designing, equipping, and staffing a coronary care unit. Perhaps the most informative chapters are the fourth and fifth. The fourth reviews the physiology of oxygen therapy and techniques for administering oxygen in acute
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The Digital Video Advertising Landscape
Changing consumer behavior and technological advances in content delivery have resulted in a new media landscape, one where the lines between TV and video are increasingly blurred. This TV-video-shift is prompting the marketplace to rethink definitions and approaches to video advertising.
In order to understand digital video and its many benefits, we must seek to understand its complex and ever-shifting ecosystem. This section outlines how all these moving parts interact, including branding opportunities, the planning processes, pricing models, and creative decisions required to ensure high quality consumer experiences.
Across video platforms, new opportunities to reach and engage consumers come in many shapes and forms. The term video is perceived through varying yet overlapping frameworks and lenses. Brands and marketers utilize these options to better connect and engage with consumers.
Mapping the Ecosystem
From start to finish, buying and selling digital video involves a number of steps—often dependent on multiple vendors—to ensure a high quality video asset makes it through the entire lifecycle of a video ad and with all usage rights in order. So, what are these different components and who are the key participants throughout the lifecycle of a campaign?
Publishers: Organizations with owned or curated media who sell inventory on their websites and/or apps.
Publisher Networks: Organizations that aggregate advertising space but don't necessarily own them.
Agencies: A service business dedicated to planning, creating, and handling advertising for its clients. An ad agency is independent from the client and provides an outside point of view to the effort of selling the client's products or services.
Trading Desks: A centralized agency team or organization that provides a managed service layer, typically on top of a licensed demand-side platform (DSP) and other audience buying technologies. This group typically manages automated, bid-based media, and audience buying on behalf of their advertiser clients.
Brands: The company or product being advertised.
Demand-Side Platform (DSP): Software used by buyers to access and decision against publisher inventory. Other functions usually include bundled bidding algorithms / optimization techniques, third-and first-party data integrations, tagging and attribution functionality, and media delivery reporting.
Sell-Side Platform (SSP): Software used by publishers to aggregate, consolidate, and manage available demand sources and exchange inventory. Sometimes includes ad serving functionality.
Data Management Platform (DMP): Technology service that allows participants/operators to aggregate and normalize disparate data sets for advanced campaign analytics/reporting as well as segmentation and targeting.
Advertiser Ad Server: Technology that provides centralized storage, tracking, and delivery of media campaign assets.
Publisher Ad Server: Software to manage advertiser creative tags and delivery priority amongst many advertisers.
Measurement Vendors: Companies that measure a range of metrics valuable to advertisers and publishers, including but not limited to, measuring for viewability, online or offline sales, and brand awareness.
Verification Vendors: Third-party technology companies intended to measure target delivery, viewability, brand safety, and fraud.
Creative Vendors: Third-party vendors who offer their creative skills, consulting, and products. These fall into two buckets. 1) (as you have it written) and 2) vendors that manage and deliver the creative assets, including quality control and rights management.
IAB offers a Digital Fundamentals class—available as an in-person class and as an online learning curriculum—that provides learners with a comprehensive introduction to the digital advertising ecosystem.
The Media Buying Process
The media planning process involves selecting where to advertise and when to use specific media vehicles (the right timing) to deliver a message, to reach and engage a target audience.
Within the brand's budget constraints, the media planning process includes: determining the media objectives and establishing communications goals, developing a media strategy and tactics to enable the media objectives, and determining how to measure the effectiveness of the media plan.
Key Pre-Planning Considerations
- What objectives do you have for your campaign?
- Are there specific measurement goals that are important to meet?
- What is your budget?
- Do you need to utilize a third-party vendor to perform measurement?
- In thinking about the audience you're trying to reach, which targeting parameters will be most important? Age, Gender, Behavioral Targeting Segment, Re-Targeting Segment, Household/Purchase Targeting Segment, Country, Designated Market Area (DMA), Time Zone?
- What's the most relevant inventory medium or media mix given the target audience? Desktop, Mobile, Connected TV, Inventory Source, Contextual Category, Genre?
These key considerations will help define the scope of the campaign and determine measures of success, a.k.a. Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). KPIs are measurable performance metrics that allow marketers and agencies to work towards a common goal. A campaign can be sold against a number of KPIs. In TV, the most common KPIs are achieving a certain Gross Rating Point (GRP)[10], reach[11], or frequency[12]. In digital video advertising, the abundance of data allows campaigns to measure a wider variety of KPIs, including a specific target audience, verified ratings delivery, viewability rates, and/or other criteria. Brand advertisers also require brand and sales metrics such as brand awareness, brand consideration, and offline sales to be available to them.
Planning and Targeting
After determining the campaign success metrics, budget, and desired outcomes, the next steps are defining the target audience to reach, the creative formats and media/channels to utilize. The audience will be based on the desired outcome of the campaign. For example, an automotive advertiser may be trying to incite higher in-dealer test drives for their newest car model. For them the target audience could be families in suburban areas that have owned the brand in the past.
The purchase funnel, or purchasing funnel, is a consumer focused marketing model which illustrates the theoretical customer journey towards the purchase of a product or service. Digital video is used throughout the purchase funnel as a branding mechanism, driving awareness, brand familiarity, consideration, through interactive capabilities and calls to action to purchase.
Media mix modelling can be used in strategic planning to determine which platforms, publishers, and formats to use. Some useful questions to ask at this stage include:
• Is the campaign focused on driving brand awareness, direct response (i.e. purchase), or loyalty?
• Should we use a combination of display, video, and mobile ads?
Next step is adding targeting parameters to better reach the desired audience. In contrast to TV where demographics (age and gender) are the most commonly used targeting parameters, digital video advertising allows additional targeting types, including:
Behavioral Targeting: Targeting based on user behavior typically from third-party data providers, or information collected from owned and operated properties. This data could include user purchase history and intent, general interest, web navigation history, and customer relationship management information
Geographic Targeting: Targeting limiting the delivery of a campaign to specified countries, states, postal codes or DMAs (Designated Market Areas)
Daypart Targeting: Limiting ad delivery to specific time frames when the target audience is expected to be most receptive. For example, you can set the ad to run only in the evening or only on weekdays
Contextual Targeting: Targeting to inventory based on the content of the page on which the ad is running
Technology Targeting: Targeting based on the technology the user is utilizing to access the content, such as Browser, Operating System (OS), Device, and more
Inventory Buying
After defining KPIs, audience, and targeting criteria for the ad campaign, the next step might be the development of specific media tactics. This is separated from the task of media planning and traditionally is the responsibility of the media buyer. Media buyers select the media vehicles and inventory needed to execute the media strategy. Their key considerations include which media properties will give them the reach and frequency (considering quantitative measures such as audience duplication and cost) to develop an optimal "media mix" inventory plan to fulfill the campaign.
Depending on the platform utilized, agencies/DSPs may be able to select inventory offered by a publisher, which may be an entire website/web property or mobile apps or particular ad locations within a website or mobile app. In addition to managing inventory, domain-level whitelists and blacklists may be applied to campaigns. Whitelists (generally more restrictive) declare the campaign may run only on the listed domains, whereas blacklists declare a campaign may not run on the listed domains. While possible, it's not advisable to select both a whitelist and blacklist, as that would overly restrict targeting options.
Campaign Launch and Delivery
Launching and delivering a campaign requires an IO, sourcing the right creative and trafficking the media.
IO Approval: Insertion order (IO) is generated and approved as a commitment from an advertiser to run the campaign.
Sourcing Creative Assets: Typically, the video plan requires assets in many different formats and specifications. The activation team also has to get confirmation that the rights are in place for all placements on the media plan.
Traffic Media: The trafficking process starts after the planning and creation phase, and assumes that you have the required video/companion assets and tracking tags.
Once a campaign has been set up in the system, the IO approved by buyer and seller, and creative assets trafficked, it is ready for launch. Once launched, an account manager or delivery manager will monitor the campaign closely to ensure there aren't any setup mistakes.
Campaign effectiveness is critical to campaign optimization. In some cases, advertisers can get daily reporting on the health of their campaign, and can see how the campaign is performing against their KPIs. The data gleaned from these reports can provide insight into potential adjustments.
Campaign reporting can normally be customized to meet the end-client's needs, but typical metrics reported may include:
Brand Awareness: How many of the target audience have become aware of the brand post- campaign?
Purchase Intent: How many of the target audience purchased the brand or product as a result of the media campaign?
Additional video metrics may include: click-through rate (CTR), video completion rate, video view- through rate (VTR), quartile analysis, creative type, creative length, video starts, video view count, average view rate, average view time, and conversion rate.
Examples of additional studies and advanced reporting include:
Real-time brand metrics that can be used to measure specific campaign objectives to include message recall, awareness, purchase intent and brand favorability through a control/exposure survey-based approach
Insights showing both TV & Digital ad exposure as well as the brand's customers TV viewing behavior
Audience verification reports that use verified demographic data to identify audiences exposed to an online ad campaign
Online and offline sales studies that rely on different methods to track how the video campaign ties back to sales
Viewability and invalid or fraudulent traffic analysis and verification
In 2016, IAB established the Digital Media Buying & Planning Certification exam to set an industry benchmark for digital media planning and buying competency. One to two years of digital media planning and/or buying experience is required to be eligible for certification. IAB also offers preparatory classes supporting this exam.
Campaign Optimization and Path to Conversion
How does it all come together?
Using information from the current campaign (such as how it's pacing against the delivery plan, forecast and KPIs) the technology partner can optimize and re-adjust the campaign to achieve the desired outcome. This ongoing feedback loop is a part of every campaign.
To optimize against advertiser goals, the platform needs to be capable of processing billions of events, dynamically combining first-, second- and third-party user data in real-time. A comprehensive DSP can also self-learn, improve, and continuously optimize against brand KPIs, thereby delivering the best outcomes.
Video campaigns, just as with any other medium, are evaluated by their effectiveness through a path to conversion or an increase in brand awareness, depending on the campaign's overall goal. Simply put, this is the process of evaluating a sequence of events that will help to infer behavioral scenarios that are likely to produce the end goal. This analysis can then inform future planning or in-flight optimization between channels, audiences, or creative messaging.
To find out more about attribution, path to conversion and incrementalism of impression delivery, please reference IAB's attribution primer.
Digital Video Ad Formats
Digital video ads can be broken down into two different formats: linear and nonlinear. Either format may include a "companion" ad that displays outside the player.[13]
Linear video ads are ads that are sandwiched between segments of streaming video content much like a TV commercial. They can play before (pre-roll), during (mid-roll), or after (post-roll) the streaming content. Linear ad formats can be accompanied by a companion ad or they can include an interactive component such as branded components of the video player (i.e. logos within the control bar, progress bar, etc.)
Non-linear video ads are typically served as images that "overlay" the video content. The ad runs concurrently with the streaming content so the user sees the ad while also viewing the content without interruption. Ideally, the non-linear video ad is small enough to allow a relatively unobstructed view of the content. Non-linear video ads can be delivered as text, static images, interactive rich media, or as video overlays. Typically, a non-linear video ad developer can take advantage of the medium and use the small overlay as an invitation for consumers to further engage with a more robust set of interactions. As with linear ads, nonlinear ads can be served with companion ads.
Companion ads are served along with linear or nonlinear ads in the form of text, static image display ads, rich media, or skins that wrap around the video experience. These ads come in a number of sizes and shapes and typically run alongside (or surrounding) the video player. The primary purpose of the companion ad is to offer sustained visibility of the sponsor throughout the streaming video experience. Digital video companion ads are always served with a master ad, which is either the linear or nonlinear ad.
Digital Video Ad Units
There are two primary types of ad units: in-stream & out-stream.
In-stream video ads are played before (pre-roll), during (mid-roll), or after (post-roll) the streaming video content that the consumer has requested. In-stream video ads are displayed within the context of streaming video, frequently used to monetize the video content that the publisher is delivering, and can be played inside short-form or long-form video. Users typically cannot stop in-stream ads from being played, particularly with pre-roll. There are three different types of video content where in-stream may play: journalistic (i.e. news content); syndicated (i.e. distributed content); and user-generated content.
Out-stream video ads is video advertising that takes place outside of in-stream video content. The key difference between in-stream and out-stream video ads is that out-stream video ads leverage the existence of standard display ad units to deliver a video experience. For example, a site visitor may view an article on a news website and a muted, auto-play video ad may load in a standard display ad unit.
Out-stream video ads are not the primary focus of the page and typically not rendered in a prominent video player. The visitor did not visit the page with the intent to view a video nor did they actively initiate the experience.
In-banner video is a video clip within a web banner that leverages the banner space to deliver a video experience as opposed to another static or rich media format. The format relies on the existence of display ad inventory on the page to be delivered.
In-article video ads load dynamically between paragraphs of editorial content when a user scrolls through the page, playing video when the ad unit is in view.
Native videos are promoted videos within one of the six IAB native core ads[14] (i.e. in-feed unit, paid search unit, recommendation widget, promoted listing, in-ad with native elements, or custom). Native videos include a headline, description, and context for the ad.
In-feed videos are native video ads found in content, social, or product feeds, often paired with a headline, description, and logo.
Interstitial video are ads that appear between two content pages. Also known as transition
ads, inter-commercial ads, and splash pages. Other terms such as in-page, mobile pre-roll, and incentivized videos appear in the context of mobile interstitials or ads that have 100% share of voice/screen.
Digital Video Content Types
Inventory opportunities are expanding as a result of the growing number of screens, devices, and platforms. Video content types range from long-form, which IAB glossary defines as typically more than 10 minutes, and short-form, typically less than 10 minutes. Full Episode Players (FEP) haven't yet been defined by IAB, but as described by ABC provide schedule-free viewing of premium, full-length shows. User-generated content (UGC) is defined as any form of content such as blogs, posts, chats, tweets, podcasts, digital images, video, audio files, advertisements and other forms of media that are created by users (i.e. not professionally produced). Most of these videos are found on YouTube.
Online Video Platforms (OLV)
IAB defines video platforms as those environments in which video content is shown or streamed, including desktop, mobile devices, tablets, Over-The-Top (OTT) devices, and Advanced TV. As technology advances, we can expect to see more new devices and ways of consuming content entering the marketplace. One example of this is shaping up in Digital Out-of-Home (DOOH) media. From large, digital billboard-style formats to screens in taxis, elevators, and gyms, we are seeing digital video content and ads, discovered and consumed in unique formats, reaching consumers in locations they frequent most.
Visit IAB DOOH Committee page for additional Digital Out-of-Home resources for buyers and publishers alike.
Digital Video Creative Decisions
In addition to the steps outlined above, there are creative decisions required to achieve a campaign's desired result. These include (beyond the duration of the campaign itself) the duration of the advertisement, frequency and sequencing, as well as the campaign's interactive elements.
The duration of the ad will depend on the target audience, and the device on which it will be shown. Several studies (including the IAB Multiscreen Video Best Practices report) indicate that the ideal ad length can vary by generation and screen. Ten-second videos for instance can help maximize impact among millennials and multiscreen videos should be branded with smaller mobile screen sizes in mind.
Frequency & Sequencing
Frequency and sequencing will also depend on the campaign's target audience, budget constraints and the campaign's media mix modelling. The effective frequency is the number of times a person must be exposed to an advertising message before a response is made and before additional exposure is considered wasteful. The subject of effective frequency is quite controversial. In digital advertising context, ad sequencing refers to scheduling a particular and ordered ad sequence made of different creatives; should the ad be shown during primetime and have burst during the weekend, or should it be shown in specific times during the day?
Interactive Elements
Interactive elements that can be used in video ads, and are generally executed with a VPAID tag that allows for interactivity with the user. There are various forms of interactivity: a campaign can be set to have personalized assets—if the user's locale is New York, it can present the user with relevant financing options for New York as opposed to Los Angeles. Social icons can also be utilized to make video sharable, and an "add to calendar" feature can work well for movie releases. If the brand is trying to drive in-store car testing, they could add an interactive form to be completed by the user prior to going to the showroom.
These are only some of the interactive elements used in video campaigns. To explore additional examples of interactive and cross-platform creative executions, please visit the IAB Cross-Platform Creative Showcase.
What Makes for Quality Digital Video Creative?
Some of the most often shared content is video advertising. The 2016 Rio Paralympics trailer "We're the Superhuman?" is a great example. The three-minute video was viewed over eight million times on YouTube, and now has over 1.8 million shares across social media. It's proof that great content works— even when it's advertising.
So what can advertisers do to garner more views and shares? For starters: Do not just repurpose the same TV commercial on every platform!
It may seem as though this option is a money saver, but it will inevitably cost more in terms of negative brand perception—for instance, when a 60-second ad designed for a TV screen is served to a user on a mobile device. Traditional TV and digital video environments are profoundly different. TV viewers are used to lean-back experiences; digital consumers are typically more lean-forward, short-term task focused and susceptible to clicking away at a moment's notice. Mobile consumers have also grown accustomed to content that has been meticulously tailored to their tastes, and they expect advertising to be no less relevant and personalized. While in some cases repetition may improve recall, too much frequency on any platform can cause annoyance among consumers. A good way to ensure a better consumer experience is to shoot video ad creative from the outset in different aspect ratios (9:16 and 16:9) with story lines of different lengths so as to better match the ad to every platform on which it will be viewed (i.e. vertical video ads for mobile app platforms such as Snapchat and Instagram).
Considering the digital video viewers' experience is vital. Think critically about audience and the platform the ad will appear on, and use targeting to send messages tailored to unique groups in the campaign. With video viewability (the opportunity to see a video ad) defined as a video advertisement playing for two continuous seconds with half of the ad's pixels in focus in the browser, advertisers need to hook their audiences quickly. Additionally, with the power of the internet at viewers' fingertips, marketers are advised to offer a strong, concise call-to-action or message that the video viewer can act upon or remember. Interaction points can include a "click-to-call" to learn more about the brand, the option to fill out a post-video form or end card, to request a test drive for a new car, or to download a coupon for a discount.
Many platforms will offer the ability to run dynamic creative—in other words, the ability to allow advertisers to schedule slightly modified ads as the timeline of the campaign progresses. Be sure to take advantage of this capability. While some platforms offer advertisers the ability to run short creative, other brands are responding with longer creative. Though challenges can arise from placing and promoting long form video ads, the payoff—if done correctly—can lead to increased attention, earned media, and even virality. In the end, people respond to ads that challenge their expectations, pull at their heart strings, and show them something they've never seen before.
Finally, if you want humans to respond to your message, be sure your message sounds human. Internet users have spent the last 20 years overwhelmed with offers and messages, and will often quickly tune out messages that are executed poorly, or are just irrelevant to them. Targeting and personalization will be the name of the game—delivering fewer ads, to the right people, at the right time.
Location-based advertising, campaigns enhanced by location data and/or utilizing location-based ad targeting capabilities, can deliver more meaningful ad experiences and increased return on investment (ROI) when used effectively. Marketers can, through the use of location data, gain insights into their target audiences enabling them to develop proximity-specific campaigns such as serving a localized version of video ad to in-market auto intenders.
To learn more about location-based marketing strategies, see the IAB Mobile Location Playbook. To get involved with the IAB Local Advertising Committee and related location working groups, please email [email protected].
Video Pricing Models
The most common video pricing models in the digital video landscape today include:
CPM: Cost per thousand impressions, calculated as CPM = Total Cost / Total Impressions x 1000. For example, a website that charges $1,500 per ad and reports 100,000 impressions has a CPM of $15.
CPCV: Cost per completed view. Pricing model in which the advertiser pays for every time a video ad runs through to completion, calculated as CPCV = Total Cost / Completed Views. Rather than paying for all views, some of which may have been stopped before completion, an advertiser only pays for ads that finished playing.
CPV: Cost per view. Pricing model in which the advertiser pays for every time a video ad starts (each start is counted as a view), calculated as CPV = Total Cost / Total Views.
VCPM: Viewable cost per thousand. Pricing model in which the advertiser pays based on the cost of 1,000 viewable impressions, calculated as VCPM = Total Cost / Total Viewable Impressions x 1000. A viewable impression refers to an opportunity to view an ad for more than two seconds.
VCPV: Viewable cost per view. Pricing model in which costs, views, and viewability are all taken into account to determine what the advertiser pays. Calculated as VCPV = VCPM / CPV where "view" usually means a completed view.
CPAOT: Cost per audience on target
CPE/CPI: Cost per engagement/cost per interaction. Pricing model in which the advertiser pays for every time a user actively engages—or interacts—with an ad. For example, when a user hovers over a lightbox ad to expand it, that's an engagement/interaction.
- Time-Based Pricing: CPH (cost per hour) and CPS (cost per second) are pricing models in which the advertiser is guaranteed a minimum exposure time for their viewable impressions and then charged based on how much time 1000 impressions create. Read more about how the Financial Times implemented this measurement.
As the business model for video is so dependent on views, marketers should be aware that the definition of a view can vary depending on the platform (i.e. Facebook vs. Snap Inc. vs. YouTube).[15]


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halva + jam hamantaschen/
the whole time we were in europe, whenever my phone would get a little bite of wifi and refresh its facebooky self, a new outrageous form of hamantaschen would pop up on my screen and my jaw would drop and i would take eggboy's attention away from his maps and tell him all about them. cheddar biscuit hamantaschen. hand pie hamantaschen. manischewitz hamantaschen. sprinkle (!!!!!!!) hamantaschen. taco hamantaschen!!!!!
like, i'm sorry, original sacher torte, you need to hold on, i'm having a hamantaschen emergency. being present and living in the moment, it's what i do best (?)
fascinatingly, i found a hazelnut filled triangle cookie in the back of a dainty pastry case in lucerne that looked almost exactly like the massive hamantaschen from new york delis. i asked the baker what it was called, curious if lucernians had a different name for it, but she didn't know and i already had a mouth full of marzipan so i didn't get one and now, talking to you, i'm embarrassed by my poor research skills.
needless to say, i had a big list of things to make as soon as i got home and hamantaschen was number one. (goulash was number two, knödel was number three.) it was a true sign that leah koenig's new book, modern jewish cooking, was waiting for me when i returned. and there are some sexy hamantaschen in that book, both savory and sweet.
there are a lot of sexy things in that book in fact. a sundae with tahini, pistachios, and figs. jalapeño-shallot matzo balls. savory french toast with za'atar butter. it's like leah asked me what all of my favorite ingredients were and then fancied them up in the most inspiring and beautiful ways. there's already a stain on the hamantaschen page, and i look forward to getting the rest of it all dirtied up and loved to bits.
these hamantaschen use the dough from leah's book, which is extra convenient because it doesn't require softening butter or cream cheese, and so you don't need to use an electric mixer. it's also totally dairy free. for the filling, i took some of my own liberties and used halva spread from sesame story, which is the creamiest halva i've ever had, but you can also make your own and do what leah does and add a brilliant pinch of cayenne. and then any jam will do. i pulled out blueberry, blackberry, apricot, and strawberry... the more kinds you use, the more you get to taste test :)
halva + jam hamantaschen
makes about 36 cookies
dough (from leah koenig's modern jewish cooking):
2 1/2 c/315 g all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp kosher salt
1 tb fresh orange juice
1/4 c/60 ml vegetable oil
2/3 c/130 g sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp lemon zest
whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl.
in a large bowl, whisk together the orange juice, vegetable oil, sugar, eggs, vanilla, and lemon zest until combined. slowly stir in the flour mixture until the dough begins to come together. turn the dough out onto a flat surface and knead a few times with your hands until it is smooth, but not sticky. (if the dough appears too dry, knead in more orange juice, 1 tsp at a time. if it looks too wet, knead in up to 1/4 c/30g more flour, 1 tb at a time until you reach the right consistency.)
divide into two flat discs, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 3 hours or overnight.
preheat oven to 350f/180c and line a large rimmed baking sheet with parchment. remove half of the dough from the refrigerator and roll it out on a lightly floured surface to 1/8-in/4-mm thickness. use a 3-in/7.5-cm round cookie cutter or glass to cut out circles and transfer them to the baking sheet, 1/2-in/12-mm apart. re-roll scraps and cut out additional circles.
spread about 1/2 tsp of halva spread in the center of each circle and then add a small dollop of jam. fold the left side over on an angle, followed by the ride side and then the bottom, forming a triangle-shaped pocket. pinch the seams firmly to seal. repeat this process with the remaining dough.
bake for 15-20 minutes, until lightly browned. let them cool on the baking sheets for 5 minutes, and then transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely. store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days.


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Why are Sober Living Homes on the Rise?
As drug addiction continues to rise across the United States, sober living homes are increasing in numbers, and for good reason.
With improved rehabilitative treatments and techniques, sobriety has become a more realistic goal for many addicts. There are thousands of treatment centers around the country, and now more than ever, suburbia is becoming a viable option for those in recovery.
Sober living homes are the ideal place for those recovering from addiction, helping them find security during a difficult time. Because many addicts are not able to continue living with their families and loved ones, some are unable to find a place to live while getting sober. This can result in quick relapses, a direct result of an unsupportive environment.
Do Sober Living Homes Work?
There is evidence showing that sober living homes are indeed effective, and are a viable option for helping overcome addiction.
One study interviewed 245 individuals who had recently joined a sober living home, and conducted follow-up interviews at 6, 12, and 18 months, to determine their progress. Results of the study showed lower alcohol and drug use, improvements on Addiction Severity Index (ASI) scales, and improved psychiatric severity on the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI). The study found the most important factor for predicting sobriety was an individual's social network. A sober social network improved chances of sobriety, showing the importance the environment has on getting sober. Additionally, engagement in 12-step groups was associated with fewer arrests and lower alcohol and drug use.
Another study published in the Journal of Psychoactive Drugs reported similar results: involvement in 12-step programs and a sober social network were key factors for getting sober.
A leading addiction researcher at the John Hopkins University, Michelle Tuten further explains the importance of sober living homes for those wanting to get sober:
"It's no surprise that… users stay off drugs longer when they live in a structured, drug-free environment after finishing detox. Drug-dependent individuals frequently report housing as their most pressing need. If we want to help people stay off [drugs]… we need to do more than help them initiate abstinence; we need to help them maintain abstinence and build a drug-free lifestyle as well."
Sober living homes, like those offered by Carla Vista, understand how important community, environment, and a sense of purpose are for addicts wanting to get sober, and cultivate environments that allow residents the best chance to succeed. This is why every Carla Vista sober living home promotes a strong family dynamic, requires attendance at 12-step meetings, and assists residents in finding employment and integrating into their communities.
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Many organizations in the sober living industry are expanding their businesses into residential areas, in order to reach more people in recovery. Carla Vista is a leader in sober living with homes throughout Arizona, Colorado, Nebraska and Nevada, showing how living in quiet, well-kept neighborhoods helps assist in the recovery process.
When addicts are able to feel like normal, productive citizens, there is a higher chance that sobriety will stick long term. That is why Carla Vista makes it a priority to help residents integrate into the communities in which they live. Residents are asked to volunteer, hold a job, or attend school to further their education while staying in a Carla Vista home. This model is being used by dozens of other sober living home organizations who see the improvement in Carla Vista's residents.
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Although sober living home organizations are benefiting from the increase of individuals in recovery, so many other groups' lives are improving as well.
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An increase in the number of people in recovery has a huge impact on other citizens, too. More individuals in recovery means less addicts in the community. As those in recovery begin to make their way into society, communities gain hard working peers, employees, and employers ready to make a difference in their areas.
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This was originally posted in May 2013-
You never truly appreciate a town until you've left it. Maybe it's just me, maybe it's a military thing …but it's always true. I left Moore, Oklahoma in August 2010. I didn't linger and say goodbye to all of the places we loved to shop or eat, I was focused on the new life we were starting. But, like every town we left during our twenty years in the military, I assumed it would always be there just in case we ever decided to wander back by and say hello.
Today I've watched countless reporters talk about the devastation, the loss of homes and cars, businesses and pets and even life, with the same sense of detachment they convey when reporting a political scandal. And I wish for just a little while they could stop thinking of this in monetary terms, stop focusing on the relief funds, the clean-up efforts, and the new statistics…and remember these are people and this was their home.
Veterans Park was near my house and my daughters and I use to walk there every night in the summer. They would play on the swings or chase lightening bugs while I walked the track, then we'd stop on the bridge and scan the water for snakes…always hoping we wouldn't see one but then getting those delicious chills up and down our arms if we did. Today it's broken trees and bits of chipped marble left from the memorial wall. But the last time I saw it, it was crawling with teenagers we rounded up for the biggest midnight game of hide and seek you've ever seen.
Both of my daughters went to Highland East Junior High before moving on to Moore HS. I spent countless hours parked in their horseshoe shaped drive waiting to pick them up after school. They made friends there, friends they still talk to. They joined clubs and went to dances. They had crushes on boys and gossip sessions with their friends. They planned sleepovers, lost homework, doodled on notebooks and they made memories.
I was one visit from scoring a reserved parking spot and my own chair at the Moore Medical Center. My husband broke two ribs trying out his new table saw, my daughter fell out of the pool (yes, you read that right) and sprained her back, and my youngest child tripped over someone, did a somersault and knocked herself unconscious at school…those are just the highlights. There were countless nights spent there with fevers, stomach viruses, and unexplained kid rashes. In retrospect I think I should have had that reserved parking spot.
We're going to miss the skating rink where we practically lived on hot summer nights, stopping at Freddy's every Friday for their creamy delicious ice cream, the post office with the friendliest staff in the country, and the bowling alley where I took all the girls after prom ended in tears and broken promises.
Moore isn't just a town on a map and it isn't just a bunch of statistics and demographics. It's a home to thousands of people…and it was home for us. We made a life there, and then we packed it up and carried it away with lots of happy memories. For our friends, the residents of Moore, all they have left are their memories. The stuff that made up those lives is gone…carried away by a tornado. But…the people I know will persevere. They soldiered on after the bombing, and again after the Mar 3rd tornado in 99'. They're not just strong, they're Oklahoma Strong.
Jim and I traveled through Moore in May of 2016. It's a changed city. The debris and chaos is all gone. Every single home has been rebuilt, and nearly every business is back up and running. The only visible sign of change was the Moore Medical Center. A new hospital is standing where the old one was, but the interior wasn't quite finished. There's a makeshift triage center in the parking lot made up of a long chain of portable buildings and tents. The grand reopening was scheduled for a few days after we left.


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Carrots add a splash of color to a variety of dishes, and their versatility makes them a staple ingredient in many kitchens. Cooking carrots can be as simple as boiling them for a few minutes, but this vegetable is also suitable to eat raw. Either way, one choice you must make is whether you'll peel your carrots. In some cases, it's healthier to enjoy your carrots unpeeled.
Don't Be Afraid to Peel
Don't think of peeling your carrots as significantly diminishing their nutritional value. Many of a carrot's nutrients are found in the skin and immediately beneath it, but according to "The New York Times," peeled carrots are still a healthy vegetable to eat. The fact that a carrot's peel and its flesh are the same color is an indicator that the two parts of the vegetable have a similar nutritional value, notes horticulture professor Dr. Stephen Reiners in the "New York Times."
Scrub Carefully to Remove Pesticides
If you buy non-organic carrots, it's healthier to take the time to peel the skin before cooking the vegetable or eating it raw. When carrots are treated with pesticides as they grow, the peel holds the majority of the chemical. If you'd rather not peel your carrots, take time to wash them thoroughly with hot water. An alternative approach is to dilute some vinegar or a combination of lemon juice and salt in hot water before washing the carrots.
Organic Carrots Are Ideal
If you have the budget to do so, consider buying and eating organic carrots. Organic produce isn't sprayed with pesticides, which means you can safely eat the entire carrot to maximize its nutritional value. "Organic Authority" magazine reports that carrots contain a high degree of phytonutrients, many of which are found in the skin or immediately beneath it. Consuming phytonutrients leads to a number of health benefits, including lessening your risk of cancer and boosting your immune response.
Get Crunching For Your Health
The U.S. Department of Agriculture National Nutrient Database doesn't break down the nutritional value of peeled versus unpeeled carrots, but notes that raw carrots are a healthy item. One cup of chopped carrots has just 52 calories, less than a gram of fat and 3.6 grams of dietary fiber. Carrots are also a valuable source of calcium, potassium and a number of vitamins. They also provide beta carotene, which improves eye and skin health while improving your immune system.
- The New York Times: Q&A; Peels and Vitamins
- MedlinePlus: Pesticides on Fruits and Vegetables
- Organic Authority: Carrots
- U.S. Department of Agriculture: Phytonutrient FAQs
- U.S. Department of Agriculture National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference: Carrots, Raw
- University of Maryland Medical Center: Beta-Carotene


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Well the name of this recipe has been passed down from a long time ago. "Chocolate balls" in Grade 1 where we made these for a demo on instructions and methods, in which we made fruit punch as well. The name "chocolate balls" then changed to "chocolate truffles" in Year 7 where we made these for a prac. And I'm going to call them "not quite chocolate balls" since they are ball-shaped but not quite chocolate flavoured.
I told Magster the recipe on MSN, but it was all in jumbled order since we were chatting in between messages. So here it is :)
chocolate balls
makes around 30 balls
- 1 packet Marie biscuits
(250 grams of any type of sweet biscuit would do as well)
- 1 cup of desiccated coconut
- 1 tablespoon of cocoa, sifted
- 1 can of sweetened condense milk
method:1. Crush the biscuits until they resemble crumbs.
Note: You can do this in a food processor, or put it in a bag and smash it with a rolling pin (or any other tool you like) Or any other way which results in the biscuits resembling crumbs in the end :)


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Franklin, Ind. - The Franklin College baseball team set season highs in hits and runs in Friday's 17-12 series-opening victory over Defiance College from John P. McDowell Field. The Grizzlies tallied 22 hits and moved into sole possession of fourth place in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) standings with the victory.
Franklin (20-12, 11-9 HCAC) scored 10 times in the second inning to seize control of the contest. Seven of the 10 runs were scored with two outs. Sophomore Joe Ardizzone (Indianapolis, Ind./Roncalli) hit a bases-clearing double to give the hosts a 6-2 advantage. After a walk, junior Tyler Ison (Whiteland, Ind./Whiteland Community) hit a three-run home run during the two-out attack.
Defiance (8-25, 2-18 HCAC) plated three runs in the sixth inning to trim Franklin's lead to 10-5. However, the Grizzlies answered with four runs scored in the bottom half of the inning to once again put the game's outcome out of reach. Ardizzone plated junior Jameson Brock (Noblesville, Ind./Noblesville) with a single. Senior Rickey DuBois (Mishawaka, Ind./Penn) connected on a two-run double. DuBois tied the single-game school record with three doubles.
Junior Seth Powers (Greenfield, Ind./Greenfield-Central) improved to 4-4 on the season. He struck out five batters in six innings.
Franklin also scored one run in the seventh inning and plated two runs in the eighth inning to complete the scoring.
Individually, sophomore Jason Simpkins (Indianapolis, Ind./Roncalli) went 4-for-4 with two runs scored. DuBois also added four hits with two runs batted in (RBI). Ardizzone had a team-high four RBI and collected two hits. Sophomore Braden Pelley (Columbus, Ind./Columbus North), junior Mitch Frey (Kokomo, Ind./Kokomo) and Brock also recorded multiple-hit efforts.
Franklin returns to action on Saturday, April 26 at noon when the two teams conclude the weekend series with a doubleheader. Live statistics of both games will be available here.


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How and Where to Live with Physical Disability.
As a degenerative physical disease such as myositis progresses, our coping methods also progress. In the beginning there are inexpensive physical aids such as canes and walkers and often the help of a spouse or family member. Then come more expensive pieces of equipment such as wheelchairs, hospital beds, adaptive toilets, lifting mechanisms and modified vans. Next may come home renovations or moves to homes with more appropriate layouts. Next we may hire caregivers from home health agencies. Finally comes the really big decision of whether to enter a facility. Recently I have noticed more discussion about assisted living or skilled nursing facilities among the myositis community. I can only speculate that as awareness grows and diagnoses increase in number more of us have advanced to the point we can no longer live independently.
It is difficult to write a general article about the need for assisted living or the experience of residing in such a facility because there is no federal standard. It has been left to each state to create its own definitions and requirements. In some states such as California, assisted living facilities may approach the level of skilled nursing in the amount of care they are allowed to provide. In other states assisted living can only provide minimal assistance with activities of daily living. For those states with more restrictions, skilled nursing may be the only option. Of course that means more expense and less freedom.
I wrote a series of blog entries on the subject of assisted living and much of the content is still valid especially for those living in a state such as California. I have provided links to each of those blog entries below. I am continuing to do research on the subject and someday I might turn this into a book. For now I will expand on the series of articles I have already written, with special emphasis on the unmet needs of the physically disabled.
Follow these links to read more:
Is it time for assisted living?
Making the decision to move to assisted living, emotionally, practically and financially.
How we chose the facility we did.
Deciding what to take, what to leave, how to adjust our expectations.
What life in assisted living has been like.
How can we make assisted living better for the physically disabled?
7 Responses to "How and Where to Live with Physical Disability."
Thanks, Mike, very thoughtful articles.
Thanks, Mike, not only for this article but for all the rest. I have what they are labeling an "aggressive" form of IBM, I am quickly, contrary to normally slow, progressing from one stage to another; walking comfortably less than 3 years ago, to being mostly scooter-bound now. The truth is this disease is incredibly expensive and my lack of funds keeps me from the tools I need to be adept at making the best situation for myself. Anyway, I enjoyed your nook and am enjoying your blog.
nice article i have been recently diagnosed with IBM and like Mark's comment above my condition has been rapid in its progression, i'm sure Doctors thought i was a fake someone cant show up like i did with numerous symptoms suddenly. well i did 2 years on EMG Tests and tests and tests and tests then a biopsy. now today im losing weight 21kg recently more tests. the long journey with IBM. Never heard of it until a few months ago. Regards Chris
Hi Mike,
I am so inspired by your proactive outlook. I have enjoyed reading your blog over the past year or more and purchased your e-book when it came out. My father has IBM. He is a computer enthusiast and I would like to know more about the way that you stay connected with the world. He has difficulty using his fingers and can't physically write anymore. I am thinking about getting him a writing bird, seen here https://www.activeforever.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=writing+bird and perhaps a few other devices to try that will help him tap out messages on the keyboard. What assistive devices do you use with regards to your computer use/blog and are there people who help you (beyond getting you up for the day and setting you in front of your computer). Thanks, Ruthie
United States defined under ADA 1990 (American with Disability Act) under title II that Public transportation authorities may not discriminate against people with disabilities in the provision of their services. They must comply with requirements for accessibility in newly purchased vehicles, make good faith efforts to purchase or lease accessible used buses, remanufacture buses in an accessible manner, and, unless it would result in an undue burden, provide Paratransit where they operate fixed-route bus or rail systems. Paratransit is a service where individuals who are unable to use the regular transit system independently (because of a physical or mental impairment) are picked up and dropped off at their destinations. Thus, US States also promotes the non-Emergency Medical Transportation services for assisting them during such situation.


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Police are keen to identify this man
Humberside Police are keen to identify this man in connection with a theft from a car on Granville Road, Scunthorpe between 11.30pm on Thursday October 5 and 1.30am the following day.
In the incident a black Ted Baker wallet containing cash, bank cards and a driving licence was stolen.
If you recognise him please call 101 quoting investigation number 16/46584/17 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.


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Lot # 121
Fall 2017 - 2nd Session Live auction
Lawren Stewart Harris
ALC BCSFA CGP FCA G7 OSA RPS TPG 1885 - 1970 Canadian
Morin Island, Eclipse Sound, North Baffin Island, Arctic Painting XXXVI
oil on board 1930
on verso signed three times, titled variously three times and inscribed with the Doris Mills inventory #1/36
12 x 15 in 30.5 x 38.1cm
Acquired directly from the Artist by a Private Collector upon his return from service in World War II in 1943; shortly thereafter the Collector moved to Colorado
By descent through the family to a Private Estate, Toronto
Sold sale of Fine Canadian Art, Heffel Fine Art Auction House, May 25, 2006, lot 82
Private Collection, Vancouver
Doris Mills, L.S. Harris Inventory, 1936, Arctic Sketches, Group 1, catalogue #36, titled as Morin Island, Eclipse Sound, location noted as MacDonald Studio, 26 Granville St.
R. Preston, editor, The Canadian Historical Society, Report of the Annual Meeting Held at Victoria and Vancouver, June 16 � 19, 1948, Toronto, page 36
Peter Larisey, Light for a Cold Land: Lawren Harris�s Work and Life�An Interpretation, 1993, pages 109 and 111
Paul Duval, Lawren Harris: Where the Universe Sings, 2011, reproduced page 338
In August of 1930, Lawren Harris traveled to the Arctic in the company of his friend A.Y. Jackson on the supply ship the SS Beothic. Jackson had traveled twice previously to the Arctic and would later return, but this was to be Harris�s only trip. Harris later noted, �We were most fortunate on this occasion as this particular expedition made the most extensive trip ever taken in the Arctic region in one season.� The ship traveled to Greenland, Ellesmere Island, Morin and Bylot Islands, and Baffin Island and also explored the Newfoundland and Labrador coasts. The arctic voyage came after a series of trips to the north shore of Lake Superior and later the Rockies in the late teens and twenties. Throughout this period, Harris had sought to simplify and refine his painting to reflect both his deep commitment to the landscape itself and his theosophical beliefs. Harris believed that the purpose of art was to better mankind and to improve his spiritual state. The trip to the Arctic therefore strongly reinforced his philosophical beliefs, which held that the Far North could be the source of spiritual and aesthetic purity.
Harris was very much impressed by the arctic landscape on the journey and, in addition to making his art, made a film of the trip. As Peter Larisey has pointed out, the excitement of the trip as seen in the film is in marked �contrast to the stillness and uninhabited views in Harris�s paintings.� Harris recalled: �While we were on this trip Jackson and I painted a large number of sketches, although the painting was difficult as we usually saw the most exciting subjects while steaming through channels or being bumped by pack ice. On many occasions we had time only to take rapid notes. These notes we worked up into sketches, crowded into our small cabin, seated on the edge of our respective bunk with only a port-hole to let in the light.�
The works that Harris produced as a result of this trip are amongst the finest sketches of his career, and the fact that many were produced from quick pencil drawings is a testament to his great skill. Morin Island provided Harris with a bold triangular shape, something he had previously explored in Rocky Mountain sketches and which would figure prominently in his later abstract work (such as Composition No. 1, 1941, collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery). The severity and geometry of the form of the island is emphasized by the device of silhouetting the upper part of the peak against the softer cloud forms. The remoteness of the main island is further emphasized by the repeated pattern of the whitecaps on the ocean and the island at the right. The sketch is a remarkable evocation of a landscape as forbidding as it is magnificent.
Harris and Jackson had exhibitions of their arctic work in Ottawa at the National Gallery of Canada in December of 1930 and at the Art Gallery of Toronto (now the Art Gallery of Ontario) in May of 1931. As Larisey noted, Harris �more than any other Canadian painter�was responsible for integrating the Arctic into the Canadian landscape tradition.�
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Whether you want to teach English to refugees, mentor local school kids or volunteer for Samaritans, we offer lots of volunteering opportunities.
Why volunteer?
Volunteering can be hugely fulfilling – giving you the chance to gain new skills, build your confidence and CV, and give back to the local community.
Watch this video about why Royal Holloway students volunteer and what they feel they've gained from the experience.
Get recognised
We'll recognise your volunteering through our formal accreditation scheme Get Recognised and the RHUL Passport which rewards student's contributions to Royal Holloway and the wider community. This will look great on your CV. You may also pick up a special prize or award.
Once a year we join forces with Voluntary Support North Surrey and Runnymede Borough Council to host the Runnymede Volunteer Awards, handing out lots of different awards.
You can also gain accreditation for your volunteering through the Duke of Edinburgh Award and national Vinspired Award.


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Several parents and students from Prince George's County public schools met Monday night at Yogi Castle Hyattsville (Arts District) starting at 6:30 p.m with Delegate Alonzo T. Washington during the 1st Annual District 22 Ice Cream Social with special guest PGCPS CEO Dr. Kevin Maxwell.
The discussions centered on some of the sweeping changes currently in progress within the schools. Some of the parents were still unhappy and they expressed themselves as you can see from the video above. Parental engagement is very important component to the school districts across the world not just in Prince George's County. There has been a quick recognition and a direct link between parent engagement and the academic success of students all over the world. In fact, a key predictor of academic achievement is the level of collaboration between families and teachers. A lot remains to be done. We plan to share more information and the next steps as the time progresses but it was a good start. #PGCPS