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Our view: Want to do something crazy to start off the new year? Don a cheesehead for a national network, then jump in a near-freezing creek.
When New Year's Day rolls around, Chico residents can start the year right by celebrating in a couple of quintessentially Chico ways — with a dip in Big Chico Creek more fit for a polar bear, and showing appreciation for Chico's biggest celebrity.
The NFL Network is coming to Chico on Sunday to film Green Bay Packers fans in quarterback Aaron Rodgers' hometown.
A film crew has told The Graduate, a sports bar on the edge of downtown Chico, that it will be filming on Sunday during the Green Bay game. Apparently, the network is here to take footage of Rodgers' hometown to show during the playoffs as the Packers try to win their second straight Super Bowl.
The network's timing could have been better if it wanted to film rabid Packers fans.
Sunday's 10 a.m. game means nothing to the Packers because they have already clinched home-field advantage for the playoffs, win or lose. In fact, Rodgers might not even play.
But The Graduate has been telling its patrons to come anyway in Packers garb and make a good showing for the network.
Rodgers has been on an unimaginable run since being named MVP in the Super Bowl in February. He has followed that up with a season that likely will earn him the league's MVP award. In addition, he was voted as a starter to the Pro Bowl for the first time and was named the Associated Press' Male Athlete of the Year, encompassing all sports.
Right about the time the Green Bay game ends, dozens of hearty souls will plunge into Big Chico Creek for a Chico tradition at the One-Mile Recreation Area known as the polar bear swim.
It's not an official event because the city government wouldn't sanction such madness, knowing a raft of lawyers would outnumber swimmers for such an event. So locals know to show up at 1-1-1 — 1 p.m. on Jan. 1.
The water will be roughly 42 degrees. Yikes. But this year the swim will be more of a polar bear wade because there was only one day of measurable rain in all of December. There's not much water in the creek, so swimmers will have to try very hard to get entirely wet.
Most people who participate say it's a great way to start off the new year. The sane people in Chico will have to take their word for it.


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Crude Oil Bounce Gives Energy Stock A Lift As Market Volatility Ebbs
In addition to some optimism from the House's approval of a second round of funding aimed to help the economy, stock market participants also seem to be taking some cheer from the continued rebound in oil prices after a futures contract earlier in the week plunged into negative territory. This morning West Texas Intermediate crude is up more than 3%, building on gains from the previous two sessions.
Yesterday, energy stocks were by far the best performing sector amid the rebound in oil prices. However, the bounces in crude futures and energy stocks are from very low levels—the S&P 500 Energy Index (IXE) is half of what it was at the start of the year and, despite a three-day crude rally, the West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures contract for June delivery (/CLM20) is trading around $17 per barrel, down from around $60 at the start of the year. Though the market may be seeing some light at the end of the tunnel, global demand is expected to remain muted from the economic impact of coronavirus. And until recently, major producers hadn't agreed on a production cut that would help support prices.
As part of the global economic fallout from the pandemic, business confidence in Germany plummeted to a record low amid a slump in services and manufacturing. In the United States, jobless claims numbers out yesterday, combined with the staggering job losses we've seen recently, could put the domestic unemployment rate of around 20%, Bloomberg reported.
Those are just some of the signs of the toll the pandemic is taking on the global economy. But traders and investors seem to be thinking that having data, even if it's bad, is better than having the high levels of uncertainty we saw in the middle of last month. Global stocks overall have been staging a comeback.
Durable Goods and Corporate News
In the latest piece of economic data from the United States, durable goods orders for March fell more than expected. They dropped 14.4% when a Briefing.com consensus had expected a 10% decline. Excluding transportation, however, painted a stronger picture. That number fell just 0.2%, versus a 4% decline expected in a Briefing.com consensus.
In earnings news, Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) earnings beat Wall Street estimates but revenue disappointed, and the company trimmed its outlook for the year. Meanwhile, American Express Company (NYSE: AXP) said its quarterly profit dropped sharply as it set aside more than $2 billion to cover potential losses from credit card payment defaults. That's similar to moves we've seen major banks take to prepare for possible coronavirus related loan losses.
On another note, CNBC reported last night that Google parent Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) would be slashing its marketing budget by as much as 50%, according to an internal release. A company spokesperson later confirmed that some areas' budgets will be cut, but that others might not. As GOOGL prepares to report quarterly earnings next week, this emerging storyline might be one to listen for during the conference call Monday afternoon. Also, it might be worth watching how this action might reverberate across the Tech and Comms sectors.
Home on the Range
One hopeful sign that has emerged in the market is that participants are once again able to talk about support and resistance in a meaningful way. It seems that the market has set a range for the time being—roughly between 2750 and 2880 in the S&P 500 Index (SPX)—which is a lot more comforting for investors than the market dynamics back in March, when stocks hitting their up or down limits on a somewhat regular basis, and adding to the uncertainty. See chart below.
It's true that the oil scare this week has been a trigger of uncertainty, but as oil rebounds, jitters on Wall Street appear to be lessening. The CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) has eased back toward 40 again, indicating that nervousness is still elevated compared to what we witnessed in the early part of the year but is well below its coronavirus peak above 80 last month.
One thing that seems to be helping to soothe investors is the amount of data that we're getting. To be sure, the jobless claims numbers have been bad on a historic scale. But at least they are providing clarity, whereas in the middle of last month investors were dramatically selling equities in part because they simply didn't have a handle on how bad things could get. Now, it seems like we do.
Thursday's jobless claims offered another staggering figure well into the millions. But the 4.427 million initial unemployment claims for the week ended April 18 represented a drop of more than 800,000 from the downwardly revised figure for the previous week.
Testing the Still-Muddy Waters
With more of a grasp on what the coronavirus means for the economy, investors seem to be more willing to wade back into stocks.
It's arguable that that willingness to buy could bode well for a continued market recovery as the money currently sitting on the sidelines finds its way back into equities as the nation gets back to work and retail sales recover as shops reopen.
With that backdrop, investors started out Thursday in a buying mood.
But stocks pulled back – with the SPX and Nasdaq Composite (COMP) ending slightly lower and the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DJI) posting a marginal gain—after the World Health Organization posted a draft document saying a clinical trial in China didn't show patient benefit from a potential COVID-19 treatment, remdesivir, made by Gilead Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: GILD).
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But GILD said results of the trial were inconclusive because there weren't enough participants. There are also other ongoing studies of the drug.
Still, the increased doubt about one of the forerunning potential treatments for COVID-19 provided the market with an alarming reminder of the hurdles the population still faces from a disease without cure or approved treatment.
GILD shares took it on the chin—falling some 8% before recovering somewhat—but are still up 20% on the year. It's an important reminder that biotech investing can be volatile, especially with something like the current race for a coronavirus treatment. A number of firms—from biotech upstarts to so-called "big pharma"—are in the running, and GILD is but one of the frontrunners at this point. Trading on emotion and rumor can be a dangerous endeavor.
CHART OF THE DAY: TIGHTENING UP? While the daily movement in the S&P 500 Index (SPX—candlestick) is still a far cry from the pre-pandemic times earlier in the year (blue channel), it's also beginning to feel like the SPX has established a trading range roughly between 2750 and 2880 (red channel)—a sharp contrast to the heady days of March. Might we see further consolidation in the days to come, or could a news item—positive or negative—test one of these levels? Data source: S&P Dow Jones Indices.Chart source: The thinkorswim® platform from TD Ameritrade. For illustrative purposes only. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
New Home Sales Slump: Government data this week showed new home sales sliding more than 15% in March to a seasonally adjusted yearly rate of 627,000. That was a pretty big drop, but it's arguable that there could be more declines to come. While video tours of houses can be pretty cool, a house is generally something that people want to walk through in person. The report follows data on existing home sales from earlier in the week, which also fell more than expected. Of the latest numbers, Briefing.com noted that "... COVID-19 shutdown issues didn't ramp up until the latter half of the month, which is a harbinger presumably of decidedly weaker activity in April."
Worst May Be Behind the Housing Market: But not all the news in the housing market is doom and gloom. After falling dramatically as sellers and buyers retreated from the housing market, new listings began to trend upward over the weekend of April 18–19, according to research from Zillow. And while pending sales are also down significantly on a yearly basis, they may be turning a corner, Zillow said. While it's too early to tell if the bounce in pending sales is the start of a recovery in home sales, "it shows that the deterioration is no longer getting worse—at least for now," according to the Zillow report. Still "the possibility of a double-dip or W-shaped recovery, in which the situation improves for a time before worsening again, cannot be entirely dismissed at this point."
On the Mortgage Front: This week, the latest mortgage applications index from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) showed a 0.3% seasonally adjusted weekly drop in overall mortgage applications. But within the data there were also some promising signs. Home purchase applications rose 2%, helped by increases in Washington and California. And although the refinance index dropped slightly for the week, it was close to its 2013 highs and was 225% higher than the same week a year ago, leaving the refinance share of mortgage activity at 75.4% of total applications. "Borrowers continue to take advantage of low rates to gain some monthly savings, which is a welcome reprieve during these tough economic times," Joel Kan, the MBA's associate vice president of economic and industry forecasting, said in a statement accompanying the numbers. That means people could end up having more money each month to spend on other things that might help stimulate the economy.
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New album 'Fantastic Vision' from Borland released in February 2016, inspired by painter Goya's darker era.. Borland released a few songs with Invisiblegirl in or around 2009.
'During the late 18th century, the Spanish artist Francisco Goya suffered an unknown serious illness which left him almost completely deaf. His paintings that followed this, and leading up to his death, were dark, disturbing and largely unseen for years - he became a recluse, painting directly onto the walls of his home, allowing only his close inner circle to see his creations. After his death, the paintings were hacked from the walls and placed on canvases, finally made available for the public to see'.
AKA Belle have a new song 'Mustangs' .."Proceeds benefit Wild Love Preserve and the 130 native wild Idaho horses they have rescued in Challis, Idaho!" The song is available from their website; http://www.akabelle.org/.
Vocalist and writer Catherine has worked with Invisiblegirl in the past singing on 'Fun', a single by Invisiblegirl (the artistes).
KIN has a new album out entitled 'Slow TV' and is available from her website http://www.kinnoise.com. **** Music Maker magazine.
KIN released 'Dot Dot Dot' 5 tracks, with Invisiblegirl in 2009.
Spider King has his new album 'Shot to Pieces' out on Finders Keepers Records.'As a central mast to 1970s/80s Manchester's "deserted" DIY era, spanning angular jazz funk, punk and sarcastic synth pop, Spider King has also played huge parts in Manchester's honorary adoption of The Velvet Underground's Nico (as her lead guitarist), fronted Martin Hannett's first ever band and inhabits a key roll in the careers of Sad Cafe, Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias, Paul Young and AC/DC's Mancunian debut. With dozens of self-penned songs, unreleased demos and two of the best collectable Manc punk funk 45s to grace collectors want lists it's almost unbelievable (almost tragic) that Mike King never released a full length album... until now'.
*Spider King is published by Invisible Girl Music Ltd 2014 details.
Invisible Girl Music publishing was in court last year over a copyright dispute with a record producer. The legal profession benefited greatly. The song 'Touch Sensitive' by The Fall was locked up in 2006. Mark E Smith talks about it briefly in the first two minutes of this interview from 2002.
South Manchester radio station Imagine FM recently did a 3 hour documentary radio show about the history of Strawberry Studios.
Along with many other people associated with the studios, Invisiblegirl Records label manager Julia Adamson talks about working at the studios during the 1980's.
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When you receive Jesus Christ as your Savior and Lord, you receive the power of His blood that seals your redemption from sin and entitles you to eternal life. And if that was the only thing Salvation in Christ brought you, it would be the greatest gift of all. But there is much more to this agreement with Almighty God. This agreement is a sacred covenant between you and the Father God that entails more that most believers have ever even imagined. It's time to discover the depth and power of God's eternal oath with you.
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Tokyo Jihen drummer Hata Toshiki (34) issued a public statement through the official website of the band's management office, regarding his arrest in February for obstruction of performance of public duty. He apologized to the band's fans and the people associated with the band, saying that he deeply regrets the incident and hopes to once again dedicate himself towards his musical endeavors as part of Tokyo Jihen.
Hata was arrested on February 10. The police department of Mitaka, Tokyo, received a call from a woman reporting that the glass window of her bathroom had been broken. An officer dispatched to the scene saw Hata nearby, but when he called out, the drummer rammed him instead of replying. Hata was reportedly drunk at the time.
A judge issued a summary order for the case on March 14, penalizing Hata with a fine.
Ever since the incident was reported, Tokyo Jihen has suspended promotional activities and delayed the release of their single "Sora ga Natteiru / Onna no Ko wa Daredemo" (originally planned for release on February 23). The band will officially resume promotional activities on April 5.


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While in Seoul, travel to the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) and Panmunjom – officially known as the Joint Security Area (JSA) – and experience the infamous border that divides North Korea and South Korea. Learn from an expert guide about the role of the DMZ and the negotiating site of the JSA, from the Korean War to the present. You'll visit the Freedom Bridge and the 3rd Infiltration Tunnel and observe life on the other side from the Dora Observatory.
After pickup from your Seoul hotel in the morning, hop aboard your comfortable coach and head to the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), which divided North and South Korea during the Korean War. Now the world's most heavily fortified border, the DMZ includes historical sites of conflict as well as the last remnants of the Cold War.Drive along Freedom Road, which stretches along the banks of the Imjin River – bordered by an 8-foot (2.4-meter) razor wire fence and military watch posts – and stop in Imjingak Park to see artillery used during the Korean War. Continue to Freedom Bridge and explore the area on foot as you learn from your guide about the nearly 13,000 POWs who crossed on their return to freedom in South Korea. Re-board the coach and head to the 3rd Infiltration Tunnel, believed to have been planned as a military invasion route by North Korea. In the DMZ exhibition hall, which now stands as a monument to peace, you'll see photographs and war artifacts on display. Afterward, head to the Dora Observatory to look through telephoto lenses and observe the village of Kijongdong as your guide describes life on the other side. After a stop at Dorasan Station, proceed to the Unification Village to witness life in this small farming community. Your guide will take your group to a local restaurant for lunch before the Panmunjom portion of your tour. Situated in the middle of the DMZ, this former 'truce village' was the site of the 1953 armistice, ending the Korean War and splitting the peninsula in two. The JSA was established as the negotiating site between North Korea and the United Nations Command (UNC) and is now used for diplomatic dialogue by the two Koreas.First, pass through a series of checkpoints where your ID will be verified, and stop at Camp Bonifas, a small base where about 5,000 U.S. and South Korean soldiers reside just 440 yards (402 meters) south of the DMZ. Disembark from the bus and head to Ballinger Hall to watch a slideshow, hear historical facts about the JSA's significance and receive a briefing. Visit the Freedom House, a four-story building topped with a transparent roof, a facility that functions as a liaison between the South and the North. Visit a conference room and hear how the house supports various forms of inter-Korean dialogue, contracts and exchanges. Your final stop is the Bridge of No Return, first used for POW exchanges in 1953. The bridge was named for the irreversible choice of whether to remain in the country of their captivity or return to their place of origin. Afterward, your guide will accompany your group back to Ballinger Hall before your return to Seoul.
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This apartment with 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms is located in Puerto Lucia - Salinas, Santa Elena Ecuador, in the county of Salinas. This oceanfront property with beach, greenbelt and ocean views is situated in the coastal region of Ecuador. The land area of this apartment is 145.00 square meter (1,560.76 square feet), and it has a living space of 168.00 square meter (1,808.33 square feet). This apartment has split air conditioning. This apartment is available furnished. The property also features a community pool and a wading pool and a jacuzzi.
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Number of Bedrooms: 3 Number of Full Bathrooms: 2 Total Living Area: 168.00 m² (1,808.33 sq ft) Total Lot Size: 145.00 m² (1,560.76 sq ft) Number of Stories: 12 Roof Type: Concrete Flat Roof Floor Covering: Concrete, Tile Construction Type: Concrete Block, Concrete, Slab Construction Status: Completed Year Built: 2010 Air Condition Type: Split Air Conditioner Furnished Type: Fully Pool Type: Community Pool, Wading Pool Jacuzzi Type: Exterior, Heated Parking Type: Parking Lot Number of Parking Spaces: 1
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Location: Puerto Lucia - Salinas, Salinas, Santa Elena, Ecuador Country: Ecuador State: Santa Elena County: Salinas City/Town: Puerto Lucia - Salinas Location Type: Oceanfront Geographic Type: Coast View Type: Beach View, Greenbelt View, Ocean View
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Street Access Type: Paved Road Type of Water: City Water Type of Electricity: Public Type of Sewer: Public Type of Internet: Cable Internet Type of Television: Cable Television
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Church Family,
This week we will start a series on the Book of Job. If you remember the story, Job went through an awful lot of suffering and we get to watch how he responds. The story of Job explores why good people suffer, why there is suffering at all, and what God's place is in it. We will not be able to cover every theme of Job over the next few weeks, but we will seek God's wisdom through this ancient text. Let's LISTEN, LISTEN, LISTEN for a word from God.
Today we will have music from Adam and some special music from Jon Secaur! We will also have a scripture reading from Julien Russo and the communion meditation and prayer from Ryann Kuchenbecker. You will be blessed hearing from these wonderful folks.
Sunday, June 14th, 2020
Mantua Center Christian Church
MCCC Home Worship
You will need:
A candle and match
Bread and Juice (if desiring communion)
Order of Worship
WELCOME PANEL on the Video
- Welcome to Worship
- Today you can gather
- A candle and match
- Bible
- Bread and Juice (if desiring communion)
GREETING & CALL to WORSHIP - CHAD
The Peace of the Risen Christ and the Power of the Holy Spirit be with you. Welcome to worship this week with the Mantua Center Christian Church. Together...we are seeking to have Open Minds, Open Hearts, and Open Arms to live and love like Jesus.
We are starting today a short series on the Book of Job. Job's story is found in the Hebrew Scriptures and has influenced people's understanding of suffering, grief, and how we wrestle with God's place in all of it. Job encountered a great deal of suffering and provides an example of how to be faithful through it. Just maybe not in the way we've always thought...
Family in Christ, gathering near and far, together but separate let's set aside this time to grow and nurture our faith. To discover what it means to be faithful to the call of Jesus Christ in our lives. Let's remember who we are and whose we are.
Let's light a candle reminding us God with us here and will always remain.
Let's worship the Lord...
OPENING SCRIPTURE - Romans 5:1-5 - Julien Russo
Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand; and we boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God. 3And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, 4and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, 5and hope does not disappoint us, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.
MOMENT with ALLY
HYMN - Be Still My Soul
PASTORAL PRAYER - Chad
Psalm 130
Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord. Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications! If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, Lord, who could stand?
But there is forgiveness with you, so that you may be revered. I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I hope; my soul waits for the Lord more than those who watch for the morning, more than those who watch for the morning. O Israel, hope in the Lord! For with the Lord there is steadfast love, and with him is great power to redeem. It is he who will redeem Israel from all its iniquities.
God, you are the God who hears our cries. Hear us now as we cry out in repentance, in fear, in joy, and in sorrow.
We lift to you in these days those who grieve for lost loved ones, for lost community, for a lost sense of "normal." Out of the depths, we cry to you.
We pray for those this day whose world has been turned upside down. Who are trapped in a reality they didn't choose. Who are wondering when what they are facing will end. Out of the depths, we cry to you, O Lord.
Whether we are grieving the pandemic or rampant racism in our country. Whether grieving lost jobs or lost opportunities...Out of the depths, we cry to you.
God of Hope and Redemption, we wait for you. We wait for your dynamic and moving presence to breathe life in our lives and hurts. We wait for you to give hope and consolation to the weariness in our bones and in our souls. We wait for your love, which has great power to redeem, great power to enliven and embolden us to live in the ways you have called us. Out of the depths, we cry to you.
As we cry out, Lord, we pray too that you might move our feet. That we might reach out in care and compassion. Seek justice for those who are hurting. Do our part to be salt and light, your shining lights in a world of pain and sorrow. Meet us in the depths and call us forth to your redeeming presence.
In this hour, each of us have pain and grief, joys and gratitude we carry with us. We give them to you now in silent prayer…..
And now unite us as a family in the prayer Jesus taught us saying...
Job 1:13-22
SERMON - Chad Delaney
SPECIAL MUSIC -- Shelter Me by Fr. Michael Joncas sung by Jon Secaur
Meditation and Prayer
Words of Institution - Sarah Smith
BENEDICTION - Sarah Smith
Thank you so much for your time worshipping with us this morning. In this hectic era that we find ourselves living in, it is a blessing to get to indulge in this moment of community with you. Speaking of community engagement, keep an eye on your emails over this next few weeks to see how you can connect both online and in super small in person groups if you so choose. We thank you for your patience as we discern the best ways to go about this. If you are not on our email list and would like to see how you can connect and support Mantua Center, I invite you to check out our website which I will put in the description below. Don't forget to leave a comment or like on this video if we did something that really moved you! We love to hear from you. If you want to hear more from us, feel free to subscribe to this channel as we will be putting out services every Sunday from now into the future.
To close us out, hear these words from Enfleshed: Liturgy that Matters, April 19, 2020 -
"Beloveds, God sends us as witnesses.
The presence of Christ rises again wherever healing is sought.
This is a hope that does not minimize pain, but honors it.
This hope does not erase the past, but knows it transforms our collective future.
This hope does not cower under that which wounds, but builds community to rise before it.
In the company of the Spirit, let us go and live what we believe."


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What do a state government agency, a healthcare services provider, a multinational law firm, and a beloved Canadian financial institution all have in common? While this sounds like the setup to a corny punchline, the answer is no joke: They've recently been breached. In fact, companies across every industry are finding themselves victims of data breaches stemming from employee fraud, cybercrime, and even state-sponsored attacks. It no longer matters what business you're in: If you work in the IT department, you need to immediately formulate strategies and processes around data breach prevention, detection, and response.
Each day, dozens of data breaches take place, exposing millions of records. Here are just a few recent incidents across industries:
- The Oregon Department of Human Services reported that more than 645,000 Oregonians had their personal data compromised, with lost data including HIPAA-protected information like names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, case numbers, and protected health information (PHI). The breach took place thanks to a spear-phishing email campaign that led to nine employees giving out their user credentials to hackers, allowing access to more than two million emails within the department and associated PHI for 19 days before the hack was discovered and compromised accounts were secured.
- Wolverine Solutions Group, a third-party contractor of mailing and other services for hospitals and healthcare companies, was the victim of a ransomware attack that targeted servers containing more than 600,000 patient records for hundreds of hospitals and sub-entities, including Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. While there is no indication hackers stole customer data, the company still had to mail out letters to all patients whose data was potentially exposed, along with paying for free credit monitoring.
- Hundreds of commercial insurance policyholders of global specialist insurer Hiscox had their data compromised when hackers specifically targeted an unnamed U.S. law firm that had previously worked with the insurer, itself a major provider of cyber insurance. The hack exposed information stored on the law firm's servers, compromising the data of up to 1,500 policyholders.
- Canadian financial institution Desjardins had the personal financial records of 2.9 million individual and business members exposed due to unauthorized access of internal data by an employee. Data exposed included each client's name, date of birth, social insurance number, address, phone number, email address, and banking habits.
Protecting Sensitive Data Is Your Responsibility
These data breaches occurred weeks before they were discovered. It then took each company hundreds of hours and major expenses to fix the breach, notify customers, pay for identity theft monitoring services, deal with law enforcement, and manage questions from concerned customers.
In industries like government, healthcare, financial services, and the legal sector, organizations are responsible for particularly sensitive customer data, including patient data, credit card numbers, Social Security numbers, and the trade secrets of clients. Such organizations are targeted by hackers of all sizes who know these industries represent a target-rich environment filled with data that fetches top dollar on the black market. As an organization operating in this environment, you have an ethical obligation and a legal responsibility to do everything you can to monitor, detect, and respond to threats.
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Tall Trees At Thornbury
Quick Facts
- Current Prices:$789,777
- Closed Prices:$735,000 to $762,500
- Median Sale Price:$760,000
- Average $ per sq ft:$153
- Association Fee Ranges:$83/mo
- Type:Single Family Home
- Age:2004 to 2005
- Sq. Ft.:4,344 to 5,799Sq. Ft.
- Bedrooms:4 to 5Bedrooms
- Bathrooms:4 to 5Bathrooms
Homes for Sale
This neighborhood is perfect for those seeking single-family homes. The homes in Tall Trees At Thornbury represent a wide range of time periods and styles. In general, homes in Tall Trees At Thornbury are about $550,000 – $800,000 and sit on half-acre lots with four bedrooms and three bathrooms.
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Hack, slash, wait, repeat.
Boo boo doo de doo.
Summer launch for FF remaster.
World of Warriors.
Save big, then save the world.
Where's Drippy, though?
Happy Loot Year.
A bad batch.
Swamp Things.
Katana that banana.
Enter the Rooster.
EverQuest spin-off gone for good.
Break the chain.
Clash of the Titans.
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Edinazzu said:These guys have been promising to bring it back for the last 4 years. I've finally given up hope but I always was a CoV fan. http://www.heroes-and-villains.com/phpb/home.php
You won't get a game out of Golden Girl and her farce of a game project. I was with them for four and a half years before realizing I'd been duped. https://www.shipofheroes.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=15&start=330#p7837
My best friend even warned me about it after I joined it but I had too much hope in me to see what he was telling me. I really feel like an idiot for believing in that #%@!.
I've got a feevah, and the only prescription... is more cowbell.
Beyorn said:
I'm missing it as well. I don't have a go to mmo anymore .
I want my masterminds dammit!!!
CoH was lagging its player numbers, but also Blade & Soul and Guild Wars coming out 2012, NCsoft was clearing the decks of internal competition.
Real shame, in a league of its own as best supers MMORPG.
Warlyx said:yup , count me in , miss creating new and weird (stupid) builds , teleporting around just for fun , doing group events , or just standing around atlas checking customes and what not
Nyctelios said:I think it's more about "just hold on the things that give us more money" and "that failed to achiev the sucess we aimed".CoH was lagging its player numbers, but also Blade & Soul and Guild Wars coming out 2012, NCsoft was clearing the decks of internal competition.
Real shame, in a league of its own as best supers MMORPG.
They shut down MxM, they don't have intern competition for that.
I agree, it was about flagging numbers first and foremost. But they were launching two new MMOs that year, how many can one stable have before they are seen as competing with one another?
cheyane said:Me too I used to always love how characters would get moved by stuff like vehicles and other players. What a great game it was /sad
Amathe said:CoH rocked. I miss it too.
Ship of Heroes is being developed. Might also be fun.
I think it was about a year or so before it shut down, kind of like a last ditch effort to keep it going.VengeSunsoar said:I don't remember it going free to play.
- AlPersonally the only modern MMORPG trend that annoys me is the idea that MMOs need to be designed in a way to attract people who don't actually like MMOs. Which to me makes about as much sense as someone trying to figure out a way to get vegetarians to eat at their steakhouse.
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It did for awhile before the closure. F2P characters could level to 50, but not access the Paragon system. I believe it was a last ditch effort by NCSoft to increase the level of profits from the game to a point where they could justify continued investment in it.VengeSunsoar said:I don't remember it going free to play.


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Everyone should have the right to study, but unfortunately, many do not have the same opportunities to do so.
Oliver and Misael are the nephews of Cojolya's embroiderer Andrea Reanda, and they are also students who participate in our program— Mano a Mano para el Desarrollo (Hand in Hand for Development). Only 14 months apart, they are almost twin brothers who study at the same school and are in the same class. They're happy to be continuing in the Mano a Mano program because for them it is a source of support that helps them break barriers that would otherwise hinder them in their academic careers.
They come from a family of 4 sons and one very smart mother who primarily works as an embroiderer and also does some beadwork. As their father suffers from addiction, he has not been a reliable figure in their lives, and Juanita, their mother, runs their household. Through her embroidery and beading, she supports her family as much as she can, but she does not earn enough to send them to school; they only just get buy on food and daily necessities. Because of this financial pressure, Misael and Oliver, the eldest brothers, help sustain their family through doing beadwork after school. In low income families in our community, the biggest responsibilities fall on the shoulders of the eldest siblings who help their parents in contributing to sustaining the family.
In spite of their family's conditions, they are motivated to excel and genuinely like going to school. Before, they were very close to leaving school because they did not have the necessary resources to do their work well, and they wouldn't turn in their homework. It was a sacrifice to keep them in school with so many barriers to perform well and only one parent contributing to their futures. At Mano a Mano, they have school supplies and computer access in order to conduct school research assignments. They are now giving it their best in school, especially because they want to take advantage of the resources now available to them as their parents did not have the opportunity to study.
Their teacher had a lot to say about their progress in the past year, "Before, they would never bring in their homework, and it wasn't because they didn't want to. They clearly did not have the financial resources to buy materials. It was very hard to work with them because they couldn't come in to do activities with their classmates. Thanks to the Mano a Mano program, they always have the necessary supplies and tutoring support that we ask of them. They always turn in creative work, they come to school everyday, and I am so proud of them for their progress."
Misael and Oliver have almost reached high school, and they hope to finish this academic chapter successfully. They both dream to help their youngest brothers, now that their 6 year old brother Mateo just began school, and the youngest, Elías will begin in a couple of years.
Our students are open to making positive changes in their lives, and we want to open a space for them to reflect on their values and their treatment of others. Last week, we held a workshop about honesty, equality, gratitude, respect, and social and environmental responsibility.
We talked about how the best way to practice respect is by not discriminating against others for how they look or their physical condition, nor for the way they think, because we should all have the right to express our ideas.
Many students also mentioned the importance of respecting grandparents, parents, siblings, teachers, fellow students, and elders. For example, Pedro mentioned, "We should respect our parents because they worry about us. In fact, we should respect everything that surrounds us, like the environment." Oliver also emphasized the importance of staying eco-friendly, "To respect and protect our environment, we need to throw out our garbage responsibly and take good care of our water."
Beyond environmental responsibility, students had a lot to say about how to be responsible as young people in order to grow and be a better person. Manuel mentioned, "One of my most important responsibilities is finishing my homework and helping my parents and siblings."
Students also spoke about how to support equality in the home, at school, and wherever they meet up with their friends and peers. In terms of interpersonal life, we discussed how honesty is so important for establishing trust and healthy relationships. We played a game where each student had to pass through a loop of thread, no matter their size, to reflect the importance of equality and working as a team.
Afterwards, each student wrote about the values you they were developing and how to apply them in daily life. Yulissa wrote about valuing positive acts and human rights, noting, "It's important that everyone has the right to food. We should all have the right to have an education and achieve what is important to each of us." We are hopeful that our students recognize education as a root of positive growth and look forward to having more discussions about the significance of personal values in and outside the classroom.
Our middle and high school students participated in a new initiative called "Reading Club" this month, in which we try to make reading exciting and relevant to our older students as there is a wide range of reading level and age in our program.
Loúrdes, José Miguel and Yulissa read a chapter of His Last Trip and came in with comments to discuss the book over breakfast with our program coordinator and teacher, Chonita. The story was a modern day fable about addiction and generational class in which a rebellious young man stops studying and playing sports once he begins experimenting with drugs and ends up stealing from his father, who kicks him out of the house. While living on the street, he falls deeper into drug addiction yet comes to miss and appreciate all his parents had given him.
Given the drama and morals of this story, our students had plenty of reactions. Some of the lessons they took away were:
-It's important to have a trusting relationship with your parents, and you want to respect them so that they can trust you
-Lying and robbing will only worsen your life
-Trying to be a good son or daughter is a significant lesson to learn for young people and will help us in the long run
-It helped us remember to appreciate what our parents do for us
Beyond the comments each student brought in to Reading Club, they also had the opportunity to read their favorite parts of the story alongside their friends, for a better understanding and more fluid reading. Furthermore, as we live in a conservative, indigenous area, confronting the prevalent yet hidden and shamed problem of addiction in our community through fictional novels like His Last Trip is a healthy way to process and prevent alcohol and drug abuse.
As most people where we live don't make a habit of reading, it's very important that our students pick up the practice and learn to love books and expand their knowledge. Ensuring that reading is compelling for young people can not only make a difference for our students but also can combat high levels of illiteracy in our community.
In order to keep up with reading, we need a variety of books as books are too expensive for parents here. As a result, a lot of the work we do is share necessary materials with our students so that they develop better study habits and a love of reading.
We are thankful to our donors for supporting us in providing books. What are some of your favorites, and what are some of your recommendations?


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I want to bless the name of the Lord for the Herald of His Coming ministry. The messages are so inspiring, so challenging, so urgent and so uplifting. Most of what I now know as a Christian and what I am today is attributed to the Herald. I started receiving the paper right from my secondary school years (late '80's), when I first gave my life to Christ. It formed the foundation blocks of my Christian life. It has made me love prayer above all else. I am now the prayer secretary of my fellowship. Any time I am down spiritually, I pick them up and I am revived. I have given out quite a number of my copies to other Christians and it has helped them tremendously. I bless God for all this....
I thank you for Herald of His Coming and praise God for it. The Herald has been of great help to me in my prayers and has strengthened me spiritually. I pray God will give you the grace to continue in this vital work.
We have been blessed by the Herald of His Coming. The articles draw us closer to the Lord, developing a deeper spiritual understanding of who God is and who we are and how our hearts should be overflowing with love for Him with a desire to obey Him and to grow more and more each day to be like Jesus, our blessed Lord and Saviour. Thank you for making it possible for us to receive the Herald....
I have been receiving Herald of His Coming for three months now. Indeed I miss word expression of how fast they have uplifted me spiritually. Many thanks to the Almighty God who enables you to serve Him very faithfully. I am now temporarily teaching at a certain secondary school waiting to join the university, and Herald has been my closest friend. I would like to ask you to include the following people in your mailing list ...
Thanks for the messages in the Herald of His Coming. That makes me grow in knowledge of the truth and leads me always in the fresh way of the Spirit. I do give appreciation for your free gift of the Herald. Since the last two months I have read them and seen exciting messages and insights of the truth. That is why I would be so thankful to you if you get me the magazine monthly....
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I request you to pray with me for God to show me plan to introduce the Herald to my Muslim and Hindu friends over here as they don't know about their loving Saviour....
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You have been faithful in continually sending Herald of His Coming even though we have spent much time in the Philippines during the past 29 years. We find the content of the Herald very inspiring, convicting and motivating, especially regarding the subject of revival. To my knowledge, not one issue of the Herald has ever gone by way of the recycle bin but was saved and either shipped to the Philippines or taken personally on our trips so that our brethren over there could also have the privilege of enjoying its contents. We still make this a habit. Knowing that our nation, as well as others, are much in need of a fresh visitation of the Holy Spirit, the Herald articles on revival are like pouring fuel upon the fire!....
I am well aware of the carelessness and sometimes total indifference in our churches regarding the subjects of hell, judgment, etc. May God send all of us a fresh evaluation of God's grace and what it cost Him to take away the condemnation of sin in our lives! May the Lord continue to use the Herald as a Voice crying in the wildernesses of our day--Isaiah 40:3.
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Why Not Try Edible Landscaping?
We are approaching the time when people begin to think about what they are going to plant in the coming year. Thoughts turn to trees, shrubs and other plants that would make the landscape more attractive. Another option, however, is to plant something that will not only add beauty to the landscape but also produce food for the table.
Blueberries are plants that generally require very little attention. They have very few pests so they do not have to be sprayed often. Different blueberry varieties ripen at different times and homeowners can have an extended harvest over the course of the summer. One additional benefit is that some blueberry varieties have nice fall colors.
Blueberries normally require two different varieties to insure good pollination. They also come in three different "types". Rabbiteye and some southern highbush varieties tend to tolerate our heavy soils pretty well. Northern highbush can be grown in the area but they may require more attention. No matter what type blueberry you choose, make sure the soil pH is around five in order to get adequate growth.
Fruit trees are another addition to the landscape that can add beauty during bloom and food during the summer and fall. Many fruit trees, however, need a great deal of attention throughout the year in order to get edible fruit. Apples and peaches, in particular, need to be sprayed on a regular basis to prevent pests from damaging the fruit.
Some fruit trees require less attention and may be more ideally suited for those people who do not have the time to tend to them. Asian pears have very few pest problems and produce a beautiful bloom in the spring of the year. Asian pear fruit are round like an apple and have a subtle flavor. There is a disease that can kill Asian pears called fire blight, but selecting a fire blight resistant variety can minimize this problem.
There are many other options for edible landscaping including oriental persimmons, paw paws, asparagus, blackberries and herbs. Each plant has its advantages and disadvantages, and its own requirements for good growth. Do a little research before putting these in the landscape to make sure they are adapted to the site and will perform as expected.


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You Will Never Ever Strongly Believe These Unusual Truths Responsible For Online Video Gaming
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I use Samba on a CentOS 6 server to share files between Windows, Linux and Mac clients. Guest access is allowed to all folders, but is read only, and there are several Samba accounts for writing files to the shares. The purpose of this tutorial is to document, roughly, what my configuration was to set up Samba for sharing a couple of folders on the local network in this way. Install Samba # yum install samba # service smb start # service nmb start # chkconfig nmb on # chkconfig smb on Create the sharing directories (In my actual setup, I have used /etc/fstab to mount these directories on separate, large disks, so there's plenty of space. That's beyond the scope of this tutorial, but: /etc/fstab UUID=xxxxxxxxx /var/lib/samba/photos ext3 defaults 1 0 UUID=xxxxxxxxx /var/lib/samba/sharedfiles ext3 defaults 1 0 with the real UUIDs substituted in!) Let's create the two directories where our shared files will be stored: # mkdir /var/lib/samba/photos # mkdir /var/lib/samba/sharedfiles Add the users and groups In order to support this model of guests having read only access, and granting write access only to known users, we need to have some users and groups set up at the Unix level. The users and groups at the Unix level map to some of the Samba users we will create later. They are separate users -- having a Samba login and password doesn't mean you have to give the user in question shell access, because they are two separate accounts and can have two separate passwords. We simply use the users, as I said, to 'map' the Samba credentials to the Unix permissions on disk. We will also create a group, samba-writers, to allow us to have group write access to the shared folders. I'll add my user account, peter, to this group. # groupadd samba-writers # usermod -a -G samba-writers peter Let's set the permissions on our two shared folders for this group: # chown peter:samba-writers /var/lib/samba/photos # chown peter:samba-writers /var/lib/samba/sharedfiles # chmod 775 /var/lib/samba/photos # chmod 775 /var/lib/samba/sharedfiles Mode '775' on a directory allows the user (peter), the group (samba-writers) to write files, and others (guests) to just read. Now, let's add the mappings between Samba users and Unix users. Open /etc/samba/smbusers using your favourite text editor. I'll use vim throughout this guide. # vim /etc/samba/smbusers peter = peter user1 = user1 user2 = user2 The example accounts user1 and user2 will be for our other Samba-enabled accounts. Again, we will create Unix shell accounts for user1 and user2, but use different passwords for SMB and their Unix account, and not share the shell password with the users. They only need and want Samba access, so we won't let them log in to the shell. First, we'll set my password for Samba. A different password from my shell login password. # smbpasswd -a peter ('-a' to add the user for the first time. To change it later, just 'smbpasswd peter') And let's add the other users. # useradd -G samba-writers -s /sbin/nologin user1 # passwd user1 # smbpasswd -a user1 Notice we set the shell to /sbin/nologin. These users, as I've said several times already, we are not allowing shell access. # useradd -G samba-writers -s /sbin/nologin user2 # passwd user2 # smbpasswd -a user2 Set up the configuration files Now that our users are ready for Samba, we need to set up the Samba configuration to share the two folders we've created, and allow the right level of access to users, as well as to guests. # vim /etc/samba/smb.conf The default CentOS configuration file has quite a lot already in it. Look for the headings, and make these changes: Under Network Related Options: workgroup = WORKGROUP server string = Server Shared Files netbios name = MACHINENAME hosts allow = 127. 192.168.0. hosts deny = ALL Set WORKGROUP to the workgroup name, if it's configured differently on your Windows clients. (On some older Windows versions, it may need to be MSHOME.) Set MACHINENAME to the name you want the Samba server to have. Finally, we use the 'hosts allow' and 'hosts deny' directives to force Samba only to serve to clients on the local network. In this case, 192.168.0.1 -- 192.168.0.254. You may want to change this to your IP addressing scheme in your network, or remove it to not restrict access to the local network. Under Standalone Server Options: security = user passdb backend = tdbsam map to guest = Bad Password domain master = yes Under Browser Control Options: local master = yes os level = 99 preferred master = yes These directives aren't strictly necessary -- in fact, they may cause conflict if you're doing other Windows networking things on the same workgroup. 'os level = 99', combined with the other options, will force this machine to be the 'local master browser' (LMB) and the 'domain master browser' (DMB). Whichever machine on the network has these roles is responsible for keeping a list of the other machines on the network. Clients use this list to look for other machines that have shared folders available. I've found that forcing my Samba server to be the LMB and DMB, as well as using it as a WINS server, speeds up the time it takes Windows to 'search' for other machines on the network by many many times. (Remember opening 'My Network Places' and clicking 'Show workgroup computers' only to have to wait 15 seconds while Explorer locks up? This avoids that.) In more complex scenarios, you might not want to enable this to avoid conflict. For our small network scenario, it's a useful speed bonus and causes no problems. Under Name Resolution: wins support = yes Samba becomes a WINS server, which again can help speed things up -- it means you can address other sharing computers by name without waiting for long periods for NetBIOS to resolve the name. (Some more tech info about this, if you're interested.) You may want to configure your Windows machines' 'WINS server' IP address to point to your Samba server to get this benefit. (You might need to configure this in your router's DHCP settings for it to stick to all of them.) Finally, at the bottom of the file, we add our shares: [sharedfiles] comment = Shared files for the network path = /var/lib/samba/sharedstuff guest ok = yes writable = no create mask = 0664 directory mask = 0775 force group = samba-writers write list = @samba-writers [Photos] comment = Shared photos path = /var/lib/samba/photos guest ok = yes writable = no create mask = 0664 directory mask = 0775 force group = samba-writers write list = @samba-writers Each folder has its own name in brackets, followed by the options for that folder. We use 'guest ok = yes' to allow guests, but 'writable = no' to make them read only. Anyone in the 'write list' (anyone in the group samba-writers) can write. There are also other settings to set the default permisisons on files ('create mask = 0664', owner read+write, group read+write, others read only) and folders ('directory mask = 0775', owner read+write+enter, group read+write+enter, others read+enter). Once we're done, save that file and quit the editor, and reload Samba: # service smb restart # service nmb restart Just make sure your firewall is letting Samba through: # system-config-firewall-tui And we're ready to test! Accessing the shares Linux Without logging in, we can access the shares by going to smb://machinename (or smb://192.168.0.whatever) in the address bar of the file manager. This works in most file managers. To log in and have write access, you may have luck with a 'Connect to Server' window that lets you type in the username and password, like this one in the Ubuntu 12.04 desktop's File menu. I've had problems with write access this way, though, so you may need to use something like smbfs to mount the share permanently. Mac Under recent versions of Mac OS X, the server should appear right away in the Finder's sidebar. Simply click the server name to see the shares and browse them. For write access, simply click the 'Connect As' button in the window and enter your username and password for SMB that you set up earlier. If you don't see the server in the sidebar, (Lion is more temperamental than Snow Leopard was about this), press ⌘K to bring up the 'Connect to Server' dialogue. Type cifs://machinename or cifs://192.168.0.whatever and click OK to connect. Windows The server should show up in 'Network' for guest access. The best way to log in and have write access, I have found, is to map the shared folder as a network drive. In an Explorer window, click 'Map Network Drive' in the toolbar (it's under the Tools menu on Windows XP and earlier). Choose a drive letter, enter \\machinename\foldername as the path, and make sure you tick to 'Connect using different credentials'. You'll then be asked for the username and password, which is the SMB password you set for the account earlier.
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WyzrdX posted a topic in Just Starting LinuxHello all. I am recently returning to Linux after about a 10 year absence. I have not kept up with development except through various articles. Here is my plight. I have searched and there are really no topics that actually fit what I am looking for. And google seems to bring me here time and time again. I dont want a dedicated NAS OS. I want to be able to do other things with the system on occasion, not continuous, i.e. development, etc. I am looking to set up a home NAS/media/file/backup server. I am not really asking for Distro advice as I am going to use CentOS. I am running it on Gigabyte GA-H61N-USB3 1155 ITX with Intel Pentium G630T (35W CPU) 8 GB DDR3 1333 Perc 5/i w/ 4 WD RE4 1TB Dirves. Here is what will be on the network. 1 MBP (heavy use) with OSX 10.7 maybe upgrade to 10.8 1 Windows 7 Laptop (wifes mostly for internet FB stuff) 1 Xeon Workstation with OSX/ WIndows7/ Fedora 15 1 iPad (internet and file sharing) 1 Kindle Fire (internet use only) 2 Android Phone (mostly using internet, no file sharing) 1 Sony BP-S580 DLNA capable Blu-Ray 1 Xbox 360 Mostly This will be for streaming files and media in the network but I am also returning to school to get another degree. (Programming this time versus current Admin Degree. ) So I will be accessing files remotely. The reason I am here is to find out what packages should I grab. I have a static IP with 2 firewalls but want to access files etc. I want as secure as possible so VPN is a good place to start. SFTP for letting a friend or iPad access media server for itunes files as well as other media. Samba of course. And anything else you can think of that will help. I tried this same question at 2 other sites and got the general consensus response WHS. I DONT want M$. I have it because I work with it and I am tired of it. Windows 7 is the last M$ OS I will run. Although OSX is my OS I use the most. But I am not a FANBOY either. Any ideas help or corrections please feel free. Even criticism is welcome, constructively for a 2nd time n00b.


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We already lock up those convicted of crimes. Why punish their innocent families, too?
Why does the Massachusetts Department of Correction make it so difficult, so unpleasant, for those who visit loved ones in prison?
For friends and family, those visits can be misery. An honest mistake, or the whim of a corrections officer, can cut short a visit or not allow it at all. Women, including those who clear considerable hurdles to get to distant facilities, can be sent home for wearing leggings or a blouse too tight or too loose. A hand on a shoulder, or a rambunctious child, might get the family ejected. Insufficient deference to guards, even the rude or unreasonable ones, can mean ejection and suspended visiting rights. A staff shortage might mean arriving at a prison only to learn all visits are canceled for the day.
"When I go there, I feel like I am also serving a sentence," said a woman whose husband is in prison for second-degree murder. She asked her name not be used for fear her husband will be targeted inside. "I have to mentally get myself together to be treated who knows what kind of way."
It has gotten worse since the Department of Correction introduced new visiting rules in March 2018. Before, anyone could visit an inmate, as long as they passed an onsite background check. Now, only 8 or 10 designated family members and others are allowed to visit, after submitting to a pre-approval process so onerous it dissuades some from even trying. Approved designees may visit only one inmate in the system unless they receive special permission.
The new rules were meant to combat contraband in prisons, according to a Department of Correction spokesman, but did not provide data showing whether drug-smuggling is down. (There have been several cases of guards smuggling in drugs since then.)
Here's what is down: visits across the system, by a quarter, in the first year, with one prison seeing a drop of 36 percent.
"They try to make it as awful as possible so that people don't want to visit," said Elizabeth Matos, head of Prisoners' Legal Services, which has sued to overturn the new rules.
Restricting visits isn't just inhumane, however: It compromises public safety. Studies show that inmates who maintain contact with family and friends behave better in prison, and are less likely to reoffend on the outside.
And for those who can't clear the high hurdles to see their loved ones in person, phone calls are hardly an alternative: The cost of inmates' calls — charged to their families, who are overwhelmingly poor — is a massive burden, totaling some $24 million a year. The DOC charges 10 cents a minute, much higher than folks on the outside would pay for a phone call, but a spokesman points out other states charge even more. The rates at county jails are unconscionable, with a 15-minute call at one costing as much as $7.50.
Gouging inmates' families on phone calls has been a scam for years, as prison and jail officials around the country have an incentive to let the telecom companies charge as much as possible because they get hefty commissions on the calls. The practice has been attacked in other states, and in Massachusetts Prisoners Legal Services has sued Bristol County over its phone contract.
Lawmakers have filed legislation to reverse the visiting rules and to provide inmate calls at no cost. Both should be no-brainers.
The woman whose husband is serving time for second-degree murder gets how people might feel he doesn't deserve to see his family, especially because the man he killed won't see his again. She, too, lost members of her family to murder.
"I am a black woman from Boston," she said. "I have seen both sides."
But their son should not be held responsible for his father's mistake, she said. The state shouldn't make it more difficult for him to read to his child or help with his homework, to maintain the kind of connection that will make them both more likely to succeed in the years ahead.
"It is a never-ending cycle of hurt for us," she said, her watchful 8-year-old son sitting quietly beside her. "These harsh policies cause trauma to another black child, who will grow up to be a black man. Where does it stop?"Globe columnist Yvonne Abraham can be reached at email@example.com and on Twitter @GlobeAbraham