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Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire & John Axelrod
Biography Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire & John Axelrod
John Axelrod
After successful tenures as Music Director and Chief Conductor of the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra and Theatre, and as Music Director of the Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire, in 2011 John Axelrod was appointed Principal Conductor of the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano "Giuseppe" Verdi (LaVerdi), and in 2014 he became the new Artistic and Musical Director of the Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla (ROSS). Since 2001 he has conducted over 160 orchestras around the world, thirty operas and fifty world premières. Some of his long- term relationships with European orchestras include the Orchestre de Paris, the Rundfunk- Sinfonieorchester Berlin (RSB), NDR Symphony Orchestra, Hamburg, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Turin, Orchestra Del Teatro La Fenice, Venice, Orchestra Del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, the RSO Wien and the Mariinsky Orchestra, among many others. In Japan he regularly conducts the NHK Symphony Orchestra, and in the United States he has often performed with the Chicago Symphony, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, The Philadelphia Orchestra and the National Symphony, among others. John Axelrod's opera activity is extensive. He graduated in 1988 from Harvard University. Trained personally by Leonard Bernstein in 1982, he also studied at the St Petersburg Conservatory with Ilya Musin in 1996.
Orchestre Philharmonique des Pays de la Loire
In September 1971 the Orchestre Philharmonique des Pays de la Loire gave its first concerts in Nantes and Angers under the baton of Pierre Dervaux. Created on the initiative of Marcel Landowski, music director at the Ministry of Culture, the original orchestra was formed by amalgamating the Nantes Opera Orchestra and the Angers Orchestra of the Société des Concerts Populaires. Thus, since its beginning, the orchestra has been based in two cities: Angers and Nantes. Pierre Dervaux was its first music director, followed by Marc Soustrot from 1976 to 1994, and Hubert Soudant from 1994 to 2004. The orchestra became "national" in 1996 with further concerts in Germany, Hungary, Austria, China, Japan and elsewhere. Following the Brazilian Isaac Karabtchevsky, the American conductor John Axelrod was appointed music director in September 2010, and was succeeded in February 2013 by Pascal Rophé, who has brought his own characteristic contribution to the orchestra's repertoire. The Orchestra is supported financially by the Regional Council of the Pays de la Loire, the Ministry of Culture, the Nantes and Angers town councils, and the Départements of Loire-Atlantique, Maine-et-Loire and Vendée.


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In Leni Zumas's intense, beautifully crafted novel, abortion has been outlawed across the US. Further draconian policies follow: laws against the disposal of fertilised embryos and the Every Child Needs Two act, which forbids adoption by single parents. These are intended to imprison women in outgrown roles, but they are hardly impossible to imagine in the America of 2018. The new laws affect the four women who narrate Red Clocks in different ways, but all of them feel the pinch.
Risky, to try to out-Atwood Atwood, but the book on which this models itself is The Robber Bride. Like that novel, Red Clocks is far more driven by characterisation, and its exploration of the bonds between women, than by its plot, which comes down to relatively predictable binary choices. Roberta is a single woman trying to conceive, and many clocks are ticking against her; Mattie, her teenage student, has an unwanted baby in her womb; Gin, an unabashed witch, finds herself on trial for a crime she did not commit; and Susan, a former lawyer, feels trapped in her marriage and lost in motherhood. They are weird, passionate, unforgettable characters.
In a place that is neither mind nor heart, or both at once, she wants an ashy line down the center of a round belly; she wants nausea [...] spider veins at the knee backs, loose stomach skin, lowered breasts. Affronts to vanity worn as badges of the ultimate accomplishment.
[...] does the desire come from some creaturely place, pre-civilised, some biological throb that floods her bloodways with the message Make more of yourself! To repeat, not to improve.
The dialogue is so quick and multilayered as to take one's breath away. The rank uselessness of the men who appear in this novel crystallises in their words, in the way they contradict their words with their actions. The powerlessness and fury of women find an outlet in their spoken protests, their pleas to be heard by idiotic doctors, husbands who cannot see their marriages unravelling. Zumas elucidates, in virtuosic prose, the struggle to be valued running like a power line under every incarnation of feminism. Her talent is electric. Get ready for a shock.
- Red Clocks by Leni Zumas (Borough Press, £16.99). To order a copy for £14.44, go to guardianbookshop.com or call 0330 333 6846. Free UK p&p over £10, online orders only. Phone orders min. p&p of £1.99.

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Sirius Black falls through the Death Veil at the Department of Mysteries. He is upside-down, surrounded by swirling blacks and reds with only his face visible.
Through the Veil
Artist SaBenerica
Copyright © 2015
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For me, the saddest scene in all the Harry Potter books.
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Cheap Chinese goods
And the joy of being able to order them online, free shipping included.
I've been looking at vertical mice for a while now. They're supposedly more ergonomically comfortable and relieve your arm of a lot of stress, which is just the kind of thing I secretly really need. But they're all so darn expensive, all the ones being recommended by most websites. Then someone on a forum mentioned how an equal-quality knock-off of a half-decent vertical mouse was available on eBay for eight bucks.
It may not be the real deal and it may not be as comfy as it looked, but for the price of your average fast-food meal, how big of a mistake can you really make? Granted, I had to wait a month for the thing to ship all the way from China, but it's fun to suddenly receive a package in the mail.
There's similar stories to tell for other objects you can get for cheap off the internet. Great to try things out with, though you should keep in mind not to fully rely on them for quality. Still, for the price, you could very well just order enough of the things to last you as long as the original.
Still want to set up that automated package ordering system.
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We see coaching as one of the most sophisticated skills a person could ever learn.
In the truest sense of the word, coaching is not just about learning the skills to coach and facilitate a person through a conversation. It is as much about learning to implement and embed into your life all the key aspects found in individuals with a heightened sense of consciousness, awareness, and self-mastery.
Higher consciousness conveys the consciousness of an individual who has reached a higher level of development and who has come to know reality as it is. It is usually associated with exceptional control over one's mind and will, intellectual and moral enlightenment, and profound personal growth
Enlightenment in the context we hold it is nothing but the nature of one's own self being fully realized. It is about living in a state of wholeness – a state in which consciousness and the unconscious work together in harmony. In a sense, enlightenment can also be a destructive process. It has nothing to do with becoming better or being happier. It is the crumbling away of untruth. It's seeing through the façade of pretence. It's the complete disillusionment of everything we imaged to be true
Self-mastery reflects a special level of proficiency. People with a high level of personal mastery can consistently realize the results that matter most deeply to them in their lives. They approach life as an artist would approach a work of art, by becoming committed to their own lifelong learning. They approach one's life as a creative work, living life from a creative as opposed to a reactive viewpoint.
They embody a series of practices and principles such as purpose and vision, holding creative tension, structural conflict, commitment to truth and using the subconscious.
The art of coaching is about coming from a place of unconditional acceptance of what is, unconditional positive regard, and genuineness (Carl Rogers). In our world-view this is only really possible if you can come from that place with yourself.
To get here you must unlearn what you have been programmed to believe since birth which requires you to be able to see on a very real level the invisible instructions running your life and from here being able to create and live into commitments that deeply inspire you.
True transcendence is not about letting go of who you are, but about embracing all that you are. Once you awaken, you will have no interest in judging those who sleep (James Blanchard) To be happy, you must be your own sunshine (C.E. Jerningham)
In latest surveys on coaching at large, big organisations now recognize that to gain the ROI from coaching, the main requirement is for coaches to be able to work with the ingrained patterns of behaviour of their clients (Ridler Report 2013). Again, for this to be possible the coach must be able to work with their own ingrained patterns of behaviour.
- Empower coaches to embed all the core competencies of the ICF into their life.
- The intended outcome is to empower coaches to coach at an MCC level enabling them to apply for this credential (if they meet the full requirements required).
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In going through a transformational coach training programme, as coaches you come so far in making the shifts in your life you wanted to.
If you leave the personal transformation part too long, things can easily go back to the way they were.
Through our research on what makes an exceptional coach, what makes you exceptional is not so much the doing – it's your being. Your being is developed through the personal development in yourself.
In our world to the degree you have made sustainable shifts in your life and really shifted the core reoccurring patterns, then when clients are with you, you provide that as a possibility for them to make those same sustainable shifts as well. Your client can only get what you have gotten. As long as you are transforming, your clients can transform.
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We were all awake by first light.
We went to the lookout to see for ourselves what was happening.
With the light, the stars had transformed back into ships again, and they were still there, in the same place.
It seemed a long time before they started moving, but when they did, they didn't turn away as we had hoped, they kept coming towards us, to the very end of Onetahua and then beyond.
For a while there was great excitement. The Spirit Ships continued to sail east, well past the point where you turn to come into the Bay, and we thought they were making for Rangitoto.
But that turned out to be wrong. Instead of continuing to the east, they suddenly turned, and came into the Bay.
Now, everything became more urgent… they are coming!
We carried more water into the Pa and filled everything we had; others were stockpiling firewood, and some were strengthening the palisade.
All the time we heard news from the lookout. The ships were in the Bay, but moving very slowly.
At the middle of the day two small boats came from the big ones; one from each. These ships were so big that they had their own boats! Some said the Spirit Boats had spawned young.
Throughout the day, more men, and more boats were arriving. They came from further round the bay, coming closer to where the danger was.
There were a lot of people to feed.
There was an ongoing hui on the shore as the men gave their opinions, heard the chiefs, and discussed what to do. Counsel was sought from the Kaumatua and Tohungas who gave their wisdom on the happenings of before, and on the spirits and omens.
In the late afternoon the wind stopped. The big ships stopped moving, and as the sun set, their sails disappeared. But the small boats still came on.
The ships were close enough now to see them better. They were so big! As the men had said, they were very wide, and they were very high. It was impossible for them to stay upright without some sort of charm.
They were so wide it looked like they had a wall built around them; the height of three or four men. And the sails… if they were truly made of tapa, then it seemed like all the tapa in the world was on those ships. There was some movement on the ships, but they were still too far away for even the sharpest eyed of us to make out exactly what it was. Some thought they might be floating islands.
As it grew later the small boats were still getting closer, and now we thought that we could see men in them. Men, not monsters. But what manner of men, that could summon such magic, we had no idea.
Then it was decided. We would go to meet them on the water. It was better to meet them there than let their magic come ashore, especially as it was coming on dark. We did not want their magic loose in the darkness. We did not want them among us when we couldn't see them.
So two boats went out to meet them, one of ours for each of theirs.
Two boats was fair. It was an appropriate meeting party. It made no threat, but equally it conceded nothing.
We could have sent far more, but that would be threatening, and we don't know yet what other powers they possess. It was also thought unwise to show our full force until we know more of theirs.
The two boats would go out to the visitors to discover their intent and hear their Pepeha; two boats filled with our strongest and bravest.
Two other fast boats stood in the water, crewed and at the ready in case they were needed.
As our men moved towards them, the Spirit Ships' boats turned, and starting making their way back. We thought ours might come back too, on account of the closing darkness, but they didn't.
We watched as our men followed them on, closing, and then in the failing light… they went right up to the Spirit Ships.
How brave they were, and how proud we were of them.
As they disappeared into darkness, we prayed for their safety, and the Tohunga made his enchantments.


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10/17/2010 // US // TiffNews10 // News Desk
U.S. – A new study suggests magnet therapy may help patients with depression that is difficult to treat. As reported by HealthDay News, researchers found that the use of magnetic impulses for brain stimulation may work for extended periods when used in conjunction with antidepressants.
Study leader Dr. Philip Janicak, a professor of psychiatry at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, is quoted in the report as stating of the findings, "We wanted to address the question of whether the benefit of TMS [transcranial magnetic stimulation] can be sustained over a reasonable time… Based on this trial, the answer is yes."
Janicak is further quoted as stating that the small study "indicates that we can maintain the benefit of TMS over six months, and do it safely — there were no further risks associated with the use of TMS in combination with antidepressant drugs."
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I first met Ali and Brad at their home in Charlestown, Massachusetts for their couple's session. As we walked around town, they told me about their hopes of getting married in the beautiful mountains of Vermont and having an elegant, beautiful and laid-back wedding celebration. Their ceremony took place at a historic Catholic church and later the couple was joined by their friends and family at the Mountain Top Inn for their reception. As they dined, their guests enjoyed great views of the green mountains. The room was impeccably styled with organic, natural and romantic details like garlands decorating the tops of tables and curtains draped along the barn posts, framing the dining area. It was just the right mix of elegance and countryside bliss.
Reception Location: The Mountain Top Inn & Resort | Floral Design & Styling: A Schoolhouse Garden | Ceremony Location: Christ The King Church | Stationery: August + White | Bride's Gown: Katie May | Bridal Boutique: Ceremony Boston | Shoes: Sam Edelman | Hair: Colleen Mac | MUA: Charlotte Phinney | Band: Ripcord Music | Linens: Linen Shop VT | Ring Box: The Mrs. Box | Special thanks to Ashley at the Mountain Top who made sure every moment of the day was perfect.


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Monetary Donation for Victims of the Boulder Flow in China
Aug. 20. 2010
Marubeni Corporation
Marubeni Corporation hereby announces that today we will provide monetary donation to the amount of 10 million yen toward relief efforts in Gansu, the P.R. of China, which was heavily damaged by the boulder flow on 7th of August,2010.
We would like to express our deepest sympathy to those in disaster areas and we wish for the earliest recovery from this tragedy.


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Investor's first read – Daily edge before the open
Nasdaq Comp.5,048:
Russell 2000: 1,212
Monday, Aug. 17, 2015 9:09 a.m.
The Bulls did show up Friday and it was a good day with stocks closing at the highs for the day. But it was not a BIG day. The Bulls will have their work cut out for them at slightly higher levels.
A mixed-to-soft open should be tempting to the bulls, though this market is not without uncertainties such as: sluggish global economies, especially China, soft guidance on corporate earnings; uncertainty on the timing of a Fed increase in interest rates, a slump in commodity prices that generally accompany (lead) economic recoveries, "pricey" stock valuations.
If the Bulls are going to override those uncertainties, they will have to step in now. This is a case where it smarter to let the market tell you where its strength lies rather than to guess.
For weeks, I have projected a buying opportunity in the fall (Sept./Oct.), and still see that happening.
RESISTANCE: If the bulls can reverse a soft open, look for jump to DJIA: 17,587; S&P 500: 2,103; Nasdaq Comp: 5,082.
SUPPORT: DJIA:17,375; S&P 500: 2,079; Nasdaq Comp.: 5,018.
NOTE: Support and resistance levels are where I expect the intraday prices of the DJIA, S&P 500 and Nasdaq Comp. to reverse or close. Buyers should be cautious when a resistance level is reached but consider buying when support levels are reached. Sellers should consider taking action when resistance levels are reached and defer selling when support levels are reached. These levels are picked daily and based on my application of technical analysis.
- STATUS OF MARKET: Bullish but vulnerable to a continued correction/consolidation into the fall
- OPPORTUNITY: Volatility has set in, market reversed Tuesday after quick plunge and will be rebounding into resistance (again).
- RISK: Above average with news sensitive market.
- KEY FACTORS: Fed decision on rates; strength of economic rebound; Outlook for Q3/Q4 earnings; technical underpinnings weakening
- CONCLUSION: Big week for economic reports plus FOMC meeting and a report (no press conference) at 2:00 Wednesday.
The biggest factor here is the U.S. economy. Will it rebound from its reported Q1 slump, which most likely was distorted by weather, oil prices, the impact of a strong US dollar, even seasonality ? So far, results are mixed. Yesterday's news indicates softness in chain store sales and Consumer Confidence, but a bit of strength in PMI Services and good strength in Richmond Fed Manufacturing.
Recession does not look like a real risk, so much as a "pause" in the economy.
My TECHNICAL ANALYSIS of the 30 DJIA Companies: (As of 8/11).
On occasion, I technically analyze each of the 30 DJIA stocks for a reasonable risk, a more extreme risk, and an upside potential over the near-term. I add the results of each, then divide by the DJIA "divisor" (0.1498588) to get the DJIA for those levels. This gives me an internal check on the DJIA itself, especially if certain higher priced stocks are distorting the averages,
As of August 12, a reasonable risk is 17,357; a more extreme risk is 17,233. Near-term upside potential is 17,790. Friday's stability improved the low/high numbers here.
-Devaluation of the Chinese yuan
-U.S. economy – rebound Q3 and Q4 ?
-Fed increase in interest rates
Note: Source of economic data
For a weekly economic calendar and good recap of indicators, go to mam.econoday.com.
George Brooks
Investor's first read
A Game-On Analysis, LLC publication
Investor's first read, is a Game-On Analysis, LLC publication for which George Brooks is sole owner, manager and writer. Neither Game-On Analysis, LLC, nor George Brooks is registered as an investment advisor. Ideas expressed herein are the opinions of the writer, are for informational purposes, and are not to serve as the sole basis for any investment decision. References to specific securities should not be construed as particularized or as investment advice as recommendations that you or any investors purchase or sell these securities on their own account. Readers are expected to assume full responsibility for conducting their own research pursuant to investment in keeping with their tolerance for risk


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Today the Meemster, Ad, Hanko and I went fabric shopping. I've had a gift certificate since 2006 that I've been too afraid to use without assistance. I get all sweaty and worked up going in the quilt store. Talk about feeling like a poser! Anything I feel about running pales in comparison to how I feel when I walk in that quilt store and meet the icy stares of the dames that run the place. They are all so nice, but I feel their eyes on me while I fabric shop, and I feel like a third grader amongst college students: way out of my league.
It takes me forrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeevvvvvvver to decide on fabric colors--it's like having to choose your paint colors before seeing the picture you're going to paint. So difficult. It involves a lot of stacking, stepping back, and squinting. There's no going back once you start, so it better be good. I love my final choices though. I can't wait to see what the quilt looks like. Here's a few pics of my fabric. Or is it fabrics? Do you see the grammatical shenanigans I'm going to get myself into here? (Ignore the yellow in the left corner. That's an actual beautiful quilt from Meem's quilt group when E and I got married.)
My last experience with the quilting class was less than sensational. I was already nervous, which is never good. Like I said, I'm not great at sewing. I learned when I was in junior high, and I tried REALLY hard but I was slow. Instead of waiting for me to struggle through the project I was making, my grandma just finished my projects one day when I wasn't at her house. It killed me. I was so sad. From that point on, I was just kind of unsure and inferiority complex-ridden about sewing. I thought I'd done something wrong. Cut to me 15 years later trying to learn at the hands of some very talented women. I didn't even know how to thread my machine needle. Oh the shame.
April has been sewing, like since she was in the womb, so there was no terrible sewer cameraderie there. It's in their genes. Gluten-free E is even Totally Badass Quilter E. (Subject of another post.) I hate looking stupid at anything. Anyway, I went to the class with sweaty palms and my new sewing machine, and I just didn't feel comfortable. You know that feeling where you're smiling, but inside you're like I am going to either scream or cry if anyone asks me anything too complicated? Yeah, that. I liked the thing about everybody sitting around talking while they sewed things, but I felt like I was paralyzed by my lack of knowledge. If you don't know how to do anything without someone holding your hand, it's a very slow process. I felt like a baby.
Do you know what's the hardest for me about quilting? All the seams on the back. All the ironing--I'm sorry--PRESSING. Don't call it ironing or those ladies will jack you up in the parking lot after the class. All the holding the seams the right way so they don't stitch in the wrong direction. Ooooh. It gives me hives. The thing is, I can envision beautiful quilts in my head. I want to be awesome at it. I don't like being semi-awesome or mostly-retarded at things. I just felt such shame when the instructor held up my quilt top that had taken me hours and tears and sweat and seam-ripping to finish, and said now this is exactly what you don't want the back of your quilt to look like. Did you hear that? It was the sound of my pride deflating. The corners of my eyes burned and I silently swore to myself that I would try so hard never to humiliate a student like that, particularly if they had really tried their best at something.
I have to say I've had some very positive experiences with quilts and/or fabric since then. I've come to learn that April is totally laid back and cool about the whole thing, and that Meems is a really good teacher. She has spent a lot of time helping me. She doesn't mind telling me 800 times how to sew a border, or watching me try to press unsuccessfully because I can't remember the right technique. When it's just the two of us at my house, I don't feel nearly as stupid. I've managed to complete another quilt in the meantime since the last class with her assistance. I'm going to take this positivity and give the class another try.
I'm never going to be any good unless I can be in that quilt shop and learn the trade. If I'm going to be in this family, I'm going to have to learn. I want to learn. I want to be awesome. Like crocheting, quilting gives you the ability to gift meaningful, handmade gifts to people you love. I want that. Time to suck it up, put on my big girl panties, and sew.


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Amanda Lynch, Center Director
Ages: 6 weeks to 12 years
Elementary Schools Bussed To:
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Our center is accredited by NAEYC.
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In Cooking Academy, kids learn new recipes from cultures around the world and develop a healthy relationship with food. Kids in this delightful and delicious program whip up everything from Southwest rainbow lettuce wraps to pumpkin muffins, building their skills in STEM, communication, and more along the way. And yes—little chefs get to eat their culinary creations!
Music Explorers™ (2 – 4 Years)
KinderCare families are already giving a standing ovation to our newest Learning Adventures program: Music Explorers! Built entirely from scratch, our new program teaches kids to sing, move, listen, play instruments, and even create their own tunes. It blends math, science, social studies, literacy, and mindfulness (think yoga!) for a uniquely KinderCare way of learning the foundations of music.
Phonics Adventures® (2 – 4 Years)
Learning how to read is a whole lot of fun at KinderCare! We help kids grow to love books and words (and get ready for kindergarten) in our Phonics Adventures program. From discovering the basics of vowels to practicing poetry, kids learn all about letters and sounds in small-group lessons made just for their age group. (Bonus: Kids who attend our phonics program are more prepared than their peers for school—and we have the data to prove it.)
Spanish Adventures provides young learners with a foundation for later success with the Spanish language. Music, games, children's Spanish literature, and other tools give children multiple opportunities to hear, practice, and see Spanish language for vocabulary and conversational development. Curriculum includes lessons on greetings, numbers, colors, animals, family, body parts and pets as well as how to get engage conversationally during common scenarios at home, a restaurant, or at the zoo. Qué pasa?
STEM Innovators (3-8 Years)
You've probably heard a lot about how important STEM education is for your child, but what does that really mean? Our STEM Innovators program takes kids' natural ability to make sense of the world and applies it to robotics, chemistry, coding, geology, and more. Your child will experiment with activities like learning how lemon juice and baking soda interact to uncover secret messages, watching fizzy reactions in action, and discovering how to use technology to do amazing things!
Yoga, Tee-Ball, Book Club, Beginning Adventures, Garden Club
Our Teachers
We're the only company in early childhood education to select teachers based on natural talent. Being a great educator isn't enough though. KinderCare teachers are also amazing listeners, nurturers, boo-boo fixers, and smile-makers. Put more simply, we love our teachers and your child will, too.
Meet just a few of our amazing KinderCare teachers!
An Artist's Heart
"My classroom is full of art!" says Mary Annthipie-Bane, an award-winning early childhood educator at KinderCare. Art and creative expression, she says, help children discover who they really are.
We put our best-in-class teachers in a best-in-class workplace. We're so proud to have been named one of Gallup's 37 winners of the Great Workplace Award. When you put great teachers in an engaging center, your children will experience an amazing place to learn and grow.
Our Families
Don't take our word for it. Hear what our families have to say about our amazing center!
The phonics program at KinderCare was some of the best money we have spent during our time there. I would highly recommend it to every parent. The difference the program and the one on one attention made in helping my daughter recognize and learn the sounds of letters was amazing. The program gave her such an edge when the class started learning to read in Kindergarten that she was able to read chapter books by the end of the year and sound out most of the words without much help. I would without hesitation make the same decision to enroll her again and have done so with my second child."
Donna B. - KinderCare Parent
As a parent of an internationally adopted child, we required a facility that could offer more than basic daycare services. Our son, at 19 months, was not accustomed to eating solid foods, which meant he would need special attention at breakfast and lunch. He was still learning to understand English as he had only been with us for four months prior to attending KinderCare. After reviewing multiple child care favilities in our area, it was clear that KinderCare would offer him the best level of care.
The Center Director, Becky Stein, and the teachers and staff of KinderCare welcomed our son to their facility with patience, attention and most importantly, love. They took time to meet with us to discuss not only his needs, but his overall goals for education.
It is now more than a year since he enrolled at KinderCare. The efforts of the KinderCare team are clearly showing results. He is now speaking English very clear, asking many questions and singing his ABCs and many other songs. He has a strong knowledge of various types of cars/trucks, shapes, animals, insects, and many other items due to KinderCare curriculum. He is very polite, saying please, thank you, excuse me, etc. when appropriate. Each day we pick him up, it is clear he has learned something new and is excited to tell and/or show us, much to our delight.
The love and patience provided by the entire KinderCare team makes us realize how lucky we are to have found them. It is clear that KinderCare is preparing our son for the next level, both in academics and appropriate behavior."
Tom B. - KinderCare Parent
When we began the search for a school for our daughter, Bailey, we truly wanted a school. Not a daycare that just watched children, but an actual school that had programming and was fully aware of developmental milestones. We interviewed at several schools and did a lot of research. Once we looked at everything, KinderCare Seven Fields rose to the top and we have not been disappointed.
The teachers and staff at KinderCare Seven Fields have gone above and beyond for our daughter. She was born premature and, due to our work situations, started there when she was only seven weeks old and weighing only five pounds. During her first year she has experienced some hospitalizations and set-backs, but the staff has worked with her extensively, and we credit them with her phenomenal progress. They maintain excellent contact with us and are very aware of our daughter's strengths and needs. I, myself, am a principal and I cannot begin to give enough praise to the staff for their professionalism and the educational environment they have created. Bailey loves going to school and is always smiling when she is there. They have truly made a difference in our lives and we are looking to the next several years with KinderCare Seven Fields!"
Wendi - KinderCare Parent
When his older brother moved on to Kindergarten, our youngest son had to learn how to be dropped off at KinderCare on his own. It was new and different and he struggled with the change. But Ms. Becky found time every morning to check on him, most of the time being there in person at his drop-off to hug him, hold him or take him on an adventure. Even though she had a lot of responsibilities as center director, she went out of her way to help one of her youngest students with a tough part of his day. I know it meant a lot to him because he often asked to hug her goodbye when we were leaving the center in the late afternoon. Ms. Becky also took the time to email me or his dad and let us know that he was happily playing. She wasn't only taking care of him, she was taking care of us, too!"
Jane P. - KinderCare Parent
Dear Becky, I wanted to offer some feedback on the Learning Adventures courses my daughter has been taking through KinderCare. Because she is younger than the recommended ages for some of the courses, I had some concerns, but you assured me your teachers would monitor her progress and make sure she was not out of her depth and got the most from the classes. Has she ever! We started her with the KinderMusic, and the level you anticipated would be best for her was right on target. She walks around the house making up songs to classical music. I wasn't sure she needed the Phonics classes as she knew her alphabet, but I'm glad I followed your recommendation to start her there. At a little over three years old, she is miles ahead of her peers and is starting to read and sound out words. She uses the Patterns and Graphing learned in the Math courses almost daily, as part of her play. And we have just started Spanish classes. Any parent who is serious about helping his or her child get a head start needs to know about these exceptional options offered by KinderCare. My daughter is bright, and she needs a challenge--a fun challenge. And with your input, feedback, total care, and commitment, we were able to partner and design a program that is fun and challenging. It is allowing her to meet her full potential. I knew from the first day I met you, the teachers and the other administrators at your center, that you had created a space that was committed to the total development of a child. My family is most grateful for this. As my daughter has now learned to say, gracias."
Mara A. - KinderCare Parent
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Once wanted dead or alive by US-led occupation forces, Muqtada al-Sadr is refashioning himself to join the political process being installed by Washington.
But despite the Shia Muslim leader's latest moves to cease his militia's armed opposition to US-led occupation forces, his bid to integrate into the political mainstream remains uncertain.
"The mission of US forces is to kill or capture Muqtada al-Sadr," said Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez, the US commander in Iraq on 12 April after the Mahdi Army took control of three southern mainly Shia cities and confronted foreign occupation troops.
Al-Sadr had at the time vowed to turn Iraq into another Vietnam for the US.
But in a move welcomed by Sanchez's deputy, al-Sadr's militia on Friday announced a unilateral ceasefire with US forces in the Baghdad district of Sadr City.
"Any time we are resolving differences peacefully rather than through use of arms, that's a success," Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt told Aljazeera.net.
Mahdi Army stand-down?
The Mahdi Army offered to help police and military forces secure the "safety of institutions, Iraqi state buildings and government buildings" as well as guard public utilities and oil infrastructure from "terrorists and saboteurs".
But the senior spokesman for al-Sadr in Baghdad, Abbas al-Rubaii, told Aljazeera.net the ceasefire was designed to avoid confusion between legitimate resistance and other kinds of attacks, such as those on civilian infrastructure.
Many Iraqi youth rallied to
"It does not mean we accept the occupation," insisted Rubaii.
Al-Sadr's followers rose up in April after the US closed down his newspaper and then moved to arrest him for the alleged murder of a rival Shia leader last year.
He initiated a shaky ceasefire last month in the southern holy city of Najaf and the surrounding region. A truce with US-led forces followed on 4 June but recent days have seen sporadic clashes.
Pressed into politics
Iraqi political analysts says al-Sadr has been responding to different pressures as he moves from military to political engagement, demonstrating both a degree of weakness and strength.
Senior religious figures within the Shia community have pressed al-Sadr, insisting that holy cities such as Najaf cannot belong just to his followers, and that his confrontations may jeopardise Shia interests in Iraq.
The impending transfer of civic authority to a transitional Iraqi government has forced his hand, says Baghdad University's Abd al-Jabbar Ahmad Abd Allah, a professor specialising in issues related to national unity and democracy in developing countries.
"His decision to distinguish between resistance and terrorism is politically strategic," Abd Allah told Aljazeera.net.
"Until now, [the Mahdi Army] has been attacking the tanks of the United States. But from 1 July, Iraqi officers will be there on the street and if he attacks them, such actions will be presented as terrorism.|
"He also thinks that he has many followers not just to fight but [to vote] in municipal and national elections, and in this way he can make political gains."
Limited options
Dr Jabar Habib Jabar, a political scientist at Baghdad University, agrees that al-Sadr is reacting to critical events, stressing that al-Sadr has gone about as far as he can militarily.
"Your agenda can't be just to oppose the occupation and be anti-American," Jabar told Aljazeera.net. "You have to present your political demands and social programmes."
Jabar says al-Sadr's opposition
Al-Sadr's position was weakened, moreover, after his Mahdi Army suffered heavy casualties fighting far-better armed US-led forces in Karbala and Najaf in April and May.
The interim administration's willingness to engage with al-Sadr, however, stems from the awareness that the rebellious 30-year-old Shia leader is popular.
"His support comes more from the young – the more rebellious and emotional part of society.
"It comes from students, the unemployed youth, especially in the [mainly Shia] south," says Abd Allah, adding that older Shia see the more senior religious leader Ayat Allah Ali al-Sistani as a wiser, more respectable figure.
Al-Sadr's armed defiance of the US-led occupation also helped transform him into a figure associated with national resistance, says Jabar.
And fundamentally, al-Sadr's popularity stems from the stature of his late father, who was a revered Ayat Allah.
With this in mind, the government hopes to demonstrate and strengthen its own credibility if it can persuade al-Sadr to engage with it.
Al-Sadr was invited a week ago to join a national conference, which will select a council to advise the interim government. But he has rejected the invitation, saying the one seat on offer failed to recognise his political weight.
Jabar says this shows al-Sadr is unlikely to join this body and will focus on preparing for the elections scheduled for January 2005.
Treading carefully
Although Al-Sadr has yet to reveal his political agenda, he is expected to promote a theocratic approach and has been linked by the US to the Shia in neighbouring Iran.
The holy city of Najaf witnessed
Avoiding outlining specific policies, al-Rubaii describes al-Sadr's fledgling party as a reformist religious movement committed to social justice, adding that the government should take the country's Islamic identity into account while upholding ethnic and religious rights in a federal state.
But if al-Sadr pushes for an Islamic republic that reminds the US too much of Iran, he may find his political participation, let alone any meaningful gains, severely limited by US pressure.
That prospect, however, carries the threat of future instability. Al-Rubaii says that if the proposed future multinational security force in Iraq is "a US occupying force by another name" or if the interim government curbs basic freedoms, "we will return to arms".
Pragmatic politics
One issue still looming for al-Sadr's is the outstanding arrest warrant issued by an Iraqi judge in connection with the murder of the Shia leader Abd al-Majid al-Khoei in April 2003.
It was believed the US favoured al-Khoei's influence among the Shia.
Al-Sadr has denied any role in the murder.
Nevertheless, al-Sadr still needs to face justice, Kimmit told Aljazeera.net.
"He will be handed an indictment for his participation in the murder of Ayat Allah al-Khoei. The people of Iraq must see him brought to justice," he said.
However, the US has recently described the case as "an internal Iraqi matter".
Al-Rubaii questions the legality of the existing warrant, but says that if an independent Iraqi investigation requires al-Sadr to face an Iraqi judge, "we shall respect the law". Analysts say that such cooperation is essential.
No arrest?
However, some analysts believe it may be an impossible scenario to follow through with arresting al-Sadr.
"There is no individual or government in Iraq that can arrest al-Sadr," says Abd Allah, offering two reasons why this is the case.
Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt:
Firstly, members of the interim administration want to avoid jeopardising their own support before elections.
And secondly, there is a practical wish to encourage stability.
Jabar notes al-Sadr's involvement in al-Khoei's murder has not been proved and suggests it is unlikely.
But he agrees that if required, pragmatism is likely to prevail leading to some kind of deal.
"They can't forget about the court case but, yes, I think they are heading towards this kind of solution."


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Join the Australian Team!
World Masters Squash Championships – 23-29 August 2020
This is your opportunity to play for Australia – with a full Aussie kit to impress everyone in your local club and family, and a world travel experience that is unrivalled.
The Championships
Every two years the World Masters squash championships are held as individual events for each age group, but with an overall point score championship for the large and small nation groupings.
In 2018, the Championships were played in Charlottesville USA with over 800 competitors. The Australian team with more than 70 came second to England in the large nation's competition. We don't want that to happen again.
Am I good enough to play?
The individual championships in each age group are open to anyone to enter. In 2020, there will be local club players in each age group from Poland and surrounding European countries. If you are playing Masters competitively in your local competition or at the Australian Masters, you are certainly good enough. Plate systems apply, so you will have at least three matches, maybe many more.
Of course, most of the best players in the world over 35 will be there playing as well. Charlottesville saw Australian players such as Sarah Fitz-Gerald, Brett Martin and Sue Hillier carry on their squash careers by becoming world champion. In 2020, they could be your teammates.
Will I be part of the Team?
Points are scored depending on where you progress in the main draw, but also where you finish in the multiple plate events. For countries like Australia, with an historically good standard of squash, many of our players will find themselves in plate finals and semis with the possibility of scoring points for Australia.
With a large team, this will be our strength.
We are aiming to have over 100 players from Australia in Wroclaw in 2020. Sure, we want some of our past and present world champions to turn up and win, but we need every point to beat England, New Zealand, Canada, United States and South Africa to name a few.
In 2020, for the first time, we aim to have the Australian team staying at the one hotel and supporting each other in their individual matches. Just imagine a large group of Aussies in a major hotel in the middle of Wroclaw on long, warm, summer nights in August – let's do Australia proud.
We will also make an Australian team uniform available to order before you go – probably a playing shirt and a warm-up top. We want to be a very visible presence in the world's largest squash centre in the green and gold. And we'll tell all the other players to talk to us because we're friendly Aussies.
The Hasta La Vista Club
The venue for the World Masters in Poland is the world's largest squash centre with 32 pristine Courttech courts. This means that over a thousand matches in the week will all be played in the same centre, with the best matches showcased on the glass centre court with comfortable spectator viewing.
Wroclaw – The City
Wroclaw is a university and research city of about 600,000 people in the south-west of Poland. It is recognised by many as one of the most beautiful cities in Europe, with a historic 13th Century city centre. It is the capital of the region of Silesia, and has really only been part of modern Poland since 1945. The city has at times been part of the kingdoms of Bohemia, Prussia, Hungary and Germany.
AMSA Coordination – Our Role
The Australian Masters Squash Association, with the help of the State and Territory associations will provide some coordination to make playing for Australia in the individual championships a great social event and something you can be proud to enjoy.
We've appointed Travel Associates in Canberra (TA-CBR) as our coordinating agency. TA-CBR will have all the details of what is happening with the World Masters and work closely with the AMSA coordination team.
We have already identified a team hotel (the Sofitel Old Town) in the centre of Wroclaw and have reserved 50 rooms for the week – so we can socialise together.
Before and during the championships, we will set up an Australian social media group that will make it easy to coordinate all the action both on and off the courts. Based on past experience, there will be a number of official and unofficial social events planned for the week and the AMSA team will assist team members to book and get organised.
We will produce a 2020 Australian playing shirt/top and a warm-up top for you to order and receive before you go overseas.
At the Australian Masters on the Gold Coast, we will set up a contact point or arrange a special session for those thinking of travelling to Poland, so that you can ask questions and make suggestions. We really would like you to think about joining us.
Making it a European Exploration
The Championships are only for one week. For some, they will want to fly directly from Australia to Wroclaw and return when play is completed. That's fine, TA-CBR can book your flights.
For most, we expect that you will want to take some time to visit other sensational parts of Europe before or after the Championships. You will be able to coordinate the flight bookings, hire cars, hotel and tours with TA-CBR, with any Travel Associates offices, or even with your own local travel agency who can also coordinate some aspects of the trip with the TA-CBR.
You might want to get a few friends together and make a travel group out of it. How about a few days in Prague before the Championships and a few days in Berlin to follow. We might even be able to organise a local hit or socialising with the local squash clubs.
Or fly into London or Paris and make your way across Europe by train, play in the Championships, and fly back out from Moscow or Minsk.
Where groups set up an itinerary, we can not only help to coordinate, we can share your travel plans with others if you want to build the size of the group to reduce costs.
The objective is to provide a flexible level of coordination and support that meets your individual needs and enables you to get the most out of playing in the Championships.
Costs and Fundraising
TA-CBR has looked at accommodation and flights and estimated about $740 for the week's accommodation each on a twin-share basis with full breakfast in the Sofitel hotel in the Old Town, and about $1,850 for the return economy airfare. That seems pretty reasonable to us for a such an amazing opportunity to play for Australia and socialise with some of the friendliest sports people you're likely to meet.
AMSA will also work with the keen players to see what we can do about raising some sponsorship and financial support for our highly competitive Australian team. We will use any funds to reduce the incidental costs such as entry fees, social functions and local transport. We might even use some of the funds to induce some of our great Australian world-class squash players who do not normally play in the Masters to reconsider in 2020.
We want to win – we want to beat England – in 2020.
Even if you are thinking the Championships might be interesting, but you're not sure yet, register now.
By registering, we will provide you with updates and further details as we get closer to the Championships, so that the excitement can grow and you can imagine yourself playing in the green and gold on the Hasta La Vista courts with Aussie team mates cheering you on.
We will be looking for a commitment to play in the Championships by about December this year to achieve the lowest costs and the best accommodation and flights.
We expect most arrangements will be finalised by February 2020, including side trips and flights, so you can focus on your training and cutting down on fats and alcohol in preparation for representing our nation proudly (that's a joke, by the way – the AMSA coordination team fully appreciates the energy sources required to play our great sport).
Register now and join all of us in Wroclaw in August 2020. If you haven't been to a World Masters Squash Championships before, talk to someone who has. They keep coming back – and so will you.
Further Information
Letter to players
Travel Information
World Championships Coordination Team
Ron Smith
Garry Irwin
Gary Hampson
Travel Associates Canberra
Lisa Koskinen – 1800 739 288
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The consequences of antivirus missing a zero-day ransomware attack are dire enough that many individuals and businesses are choosing to add a separate ransomware protection app. Some such apps work by preventing unauthorized changes to protected folders, while others apply behavioral analysis to detect encrypting ransomware. NeuShield Data Sentinel makes no attempt to detect ransomware—instead it focuses on reversing the effects of a ransomware attack. In testing, it did a fine job, though it does have some limitations.
Quite a few ransomware protection tools come from enterprise security companies that decided to do the world a service by offering just their ransomware component as a freebie for consumers. And quite a few of those are falling by the wayside, as companies find that the free product eats up support resources. For example, CyberSight RansomStopper is no longer with us, and Cybereason RansomFree has likewise been discontinued. Data Sentinel is NeuShield's primary product, by contrast.
You pay $1.99 per month for Check Point ZoneAlarm Anti-Ransomware, and CryptoDrop Anti-Ransomware goes for $29.99 per year. At $39.99 per year, Data Sentinel is on the high side. On the other hand, it's not going to vanish because the company can't afford to maintain it. And its substantial online management console justifies the ongoing yearly subscription charge.
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Data Sentinel's main window is mostly white, with touches of blues and blue-greens. It defaults to an Overview page that displays what the company calls the Data Protection Matrix. This page is more window dressing than anything, but it's cool-looking. Points on a circular matrix move based on disk activity, forming a big green blob that changes shape. If Data Sentinel detects activity related to boot-sector ransomware, the shape turns red for a while. That's it.
Three menu items down the left open pages devoted to Anti-Ransomware, Anti-Wiperware, and Mirror Shielding. Clicking NeuShield Explorer brings up a modified version of Windows Explorer. I'll explain these in detail below. One more menu item opens your NeuShield account online.
Getting Started With Data Sentinel
Unlike any other ransomware protection product I've seen, Data Sentinel includes a remote management console. That being the case, it makes sense that you start by signing up for an online account. Next, you purchase the product, or enter a license key, and download the installer.
The website generates an installer that's specific to your account, so you don't have to sign in after the quick installation. Once it's installed, it starts protection immediately. Specifically, for each user it protects the files in: 3D Objects, Contacts, Desktop, Documents, Music, OneDrive, Pictures, Saved Games, and Videos. Clicking Anti-Ransomware in the menu lets you see the list of protected folders. You can't remove folders from that initial cadre, but you can add more to the list.
Clicking Anti-Wiperware reveals Data Sentinel's boot sector protection. It detects and kills off apps that try to encrypt or corrupt your hard drive, and apps that try to infect the Master Boot Record. There's no way to reverse those actions, which is why in this case Data Sentinel needs to proactively prevent them. You can turn these protections off…but you shouldn't.
Mirrors, No Smoke
NeuShield calls the feature that lets you recover clean versions of your files Mirror Shielding. Understandably, they don't go into a lot of detail about precisely how it works. Though you can't turn this feature off, it does have a dedicated page in the main window.
The Mirror Shielding page lists three types of threats neutralized by Data Sentinel: fileless malware, advanced persistent threats, and zero-day threats. Where you might expect an on-off switch, there's a link to learn more about each.
The gist of Mirror Shielding is that Data Sentinel gets between your files and all attempts to change them. In effect, it virtualizes your file system, so those changes aren't permanent. If ransomware encrypts your files, even that change is virtualized, and you can undo it by throwing away the changes that haven't been committed.
Data Sentinel commits files on a regular basis, every 24 hours by default. Here, committed means that Data Sentinel applies the pending changes to the actual file. What happens if files get committed after encryption? Data Sentinel maintains previous file versions, which it calls Data Engrams. By default, it maintains seven Data Engrams.
Data Sentinel doesn't automatically commit files over the weekend, because ransomware attacks often target end-of-day Friday for their dirty deeds. If you're sure all is well in a given folder, you can manually commit files at any time.
NeuShield Explorer
With Data Sentinel installed, Windows Explorer gets a few changes in its handling of files and folders. When you right-click a protected folder, you'll find a NeuShield menu item, with submenus to revert or commit changes to that folder. In the Properties menu for a protected file, you'll find a NeuShield page that lists all that file's Data Engrams, with the option to restore to previous versions. Note that restoring discards all later versions. Use this ability carefully.
Clicking NeuShield Explorer in the main window brings up a trimmed Windows Explorer that only displays protected folders, making them easier to find. This is also where you invoke One-Click Restore; more about that shortly.
How Data Sentinel Works
Some kinds of malware hide in the background, exfiltrating your personal data, forcing your computer to participate in a bot army, or using your resources to mine cryptocurrency. The longer they can go undetected, the better.
Ransomware is totally different. Once it has done its nefarious work, it needs to get your attention, explaining what happened and how you can pay the ransom. Ransomware announces itself, so there's no need to detect it, provided that you're prepared to undo its damage.
When ransomware gets in your face, demanding money, just ignore it. Instead, use Data Sentinel to revert your files to their clean, unencrypted state. On the chance that the ransomware process is still active, you can put the recovered files in lockdown for a specified period, 15 minutes by default. In lockdown, the files are protected from any change.
As for the ransomware itself, you handle that with a feature called One-Click Restore. This feature leverages the System Restore function built into Windows to restore your system to the way it was yesterday, without touching your documents and settings. My company contact notes that future versions won't depend on System Restore, and therefore will complete their task much faster.
Hands On With Data Sentinel
I installed Data Sentinel on a virtual machine. Once it was up and running, I hit it with a collection of real-world file-encrypting ransomware, one at a time. After finishing with each sample, I reverted the virtual machine to a safe state.
As always, a few of the ransomware samples just didn't perform. Perhaps they recognized the presence of Data Sentinel. Those that did function did so completely, encrypting files in many locations. Most, but not all, displayed a ransom note, or changed the desktop background into a ransom note.
Data Sentinel did nothing to stop them, as expected. The ransomware announces its own presence, and the changed filenames of the encrypted file revealed the extent of the damage.
I used NeuShield Explorer to check which folders were affected, and then reverted each folder's contents to their saved state. I accepted the offer to put the folders on lockdown, choosing to lock them for an hour rather than the default 15 minutes. (You can cancel all active lockdowns from the notification area icon menu).
I observed that reverting folders did not get rid of the ransom notes. In addition, I could see in Task Manager that some of the ransomware processes remained active. Good thing I used lockdown!
To fully cleanse the system, I invoked One-Click Restore. This feature promised to remove all changes made since the specified time and that
It's worth noting that the process of reverting changes brought my files back to their state as of yesterday. Any edits and deliberate changes made today vanished, along with the nasty changes made by ransomware. And the One-Click Restore eliminated all programs installed today, not just the ransomware. Those lost edits and minor changes are small potatoes, compared with losing all your files, or paying the ransom.
Disk-Encrypting Ransomware
Most ransomware attacks hold your essential documents for ransom. They leave the rest of the computer alone. Disabling the computer would take away your ability to pay the ransom, after all. However, you do occasionally find ransomware that encrypts the whole disk, and I keep one of those in my collection.
This ransomware program simulates a crash, pretends to collect data about the crash, and then reboots, claiming it's recovering your drive. In truth, it's encrypting the whole drive. When it's done, it flashes a garish ransom demand. Protection utilities that focus on file-encrypting ransomware often miss this one.
When I launched the sample on my test system, it didn't get to do anything nasty, because Data Sentinel caught it immediately. As promised, its protection matrix display turned red for a while, and a small popup announced that Data Sentinel protected against an attack on the boot sector.
Screen Lockers and Online Management
Screen locker ransomware is much more common on mobile devices, but it exists for PCs as well. A screen locker, as the name implies, takes over your screen, displaying its ransom note and preventing all other activity. These often pretend to be warnings from law enforcement, calling the required payment a fine rather than a ransom.
One-Click Restore could easily handle this problem, except that the screen locker prevents you from invoking that feature. Kaspersky Internet Security includes a special keystroke to break the hold of screen lockers. Data Sentinel's handling is way more sophisticated.
The Data Sentinel online console lists all your protected devices (just one in my case) and offers access to detailed logs of client activity and account activity. It also lets you remotely control the local copy of Data Sentinel.
To recover from the screen locker, I first clicked the Device Details button. This revealed a multi-page collection of important details about the device's hardware, network, and security, as well as the settings of the local Data Sentinel client. It also changed the Device Details button into a Restore/Revert button.
Clicking that button gave me a choice of One-Click Restore or Revert Files. For this case, no files were at stake, so I chose the first option. Unlike the local client, the online console gave me a choice of which restore point to use.
Data Sentinel doesn't just wildly revert the computer to a prior state without consulting the local user. By default, it shows a confirmation message for 30 seconds, and the user can choose to confirm or not. You can set your own message and increase the message time up to five minutes. You can also choose to force the restore after confirmation timeout. I needed that last option, since the test system's screen was locked. Long story short, the remote restore totally did the job.
The online console also gives you more control over how you revert files after an encrypting ransomware attack. From online, you can choose multiple folders at once and revert them. Locally, you must manage one folder at a time. Business owners take note—by changing settings in the console you can put your IT department in charge of Data Sentinel installations, removing the local user's control entirely.
Limitations and Engrams
By default, Data Sentinel commits changes once a day. That means that when you revert files, you could lose changes you made after the most recent commit. But losing those changes on a handful of files is vastly less impactful than losing all your documents to ransomware.
It's conceivable that you might miss evidence of a ransomware attack at first. Some don't display a message, but rather embed an email address in the names of modified files, for example. In that case, Data Sentinel might commit the ransomware's changes, making a simple revert action useless.
Don't despair; you can still recover your files, though it will take time. For each affected file, you right-click it, choose Properties, and open the NeuShield tab. Here you can revert to previous Data Engrams, up to seven of them by default. I'm told that a future version may let you revert a whole folder to a specific date rather than just the most recent.
Keeping the data necessary for recovering files takes disk space, naturally. It's hard to say exactly how much, but the product's FAQ says it averages about a 10 percent increase in disk space used. You shouldn't use Data Sentinel on a drive that has very little free space. But then, your life will be better in many ways if you ensure your drives have plenty of free space.
Other Techniques
Acronis Ransomware Protection attempts to detect malware based on its behavior. That's always a little risky, because by the time behavior is detected, some files may already be toast. Acronis has an ace up its sleeve. Like Data Sentinel, this product restores clean copies of affected files. It does so by restoring from backups it keeps online. Note, though, that it offers just 5GB of storage for those files.
ZoneAlarm Anti-Ransomware also does its best to detect ransomware behavior and terminate the attack before it can do harm. It, too, does its best to restore any files that were encrypted before the takedown. ZoneAlarm's protected backups exist locally, and the company quite reasonably doesn't go into detail about how they're stored. In testing it proved very effective.
Bitdefender Anti-Ransomware takes an unusual approach. A ransomware attacker that encrypted the same files twice would risk losing the ability to decrypt them, so many such programs leave some kind of marker to avoid that problem. Bitdefender emulates the markers for many well-known ransomware types, in effect telling them, "Move on! You've already been here!" This approach is, of course, very limited.
Trend Micro RansomBuster throws a slew of techniques into the ring. Its Folder Shield component prevents all unauthorized changes to files in protected folders, for starters. Its behavioral component detects ransomware activity in any folder. And it recovers files that got encrypted before behavioral detection kicked in. However, it didn't fare well in testing.
The technique of preventing unauthorized changes can be quite effective, and it's used by many general-purpose antivirus programs, among them Bitdefender Antivirus Plus($26 at Bitdefender) and Webroot. As with Data Sentinel's approach, this works without requiring detection of ransomware as such, provided the user doesn't blindly authorize the wrong program.
Panda Dome Advanced($53.24/Year at Panda Security) takes that last concept a step beyond. It prevents unauthorized programs from all access, even read-only access. In addition to balking ransomware attacks, this technique could foil a data-stealing Trojan.
You install ransomware protection to handle a case where your main antivirus lets a zero-day attack slip past. A slick new attack like that just might elude behavior-based detection as well. With Data Sentinel, that attacker will encrypt your files, but you'll almost certainly get them back.
Does Exactly What It Says
Data Sentinel costs $10 more than the most expensive competitor I've tested, and most of its competitors are free. But that price gets you features not found anywhere else, in particular a high-powered online management console. In testing, it handled file-encrypting, disk-encrypting, and screen-locking ransomware. You do risk losing the current day's changes, but that's better than losing all your files. If you're willing to pay for ransomware peace of mind, especially in a business setting, Data Sentinel can be an excellent choice.
At present, our Editors' Choice ransomware protector is Check Point ZoneAlarm Anti-Ransomware. I anticipate Data Sentinel growing to share that honor, perhaps with the promised version that's not reliant on System Restore.
NeuShield Data Sentinel
The Bottom Line
Any ransomware detection technique can fail, so NeuShield Data Sentinel doesn't attempt detection. Instead, it offers multiple techniques to recover from ransomware, techniques that performed well in testing.


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When contacted, by a Raleigh TV station, to comment on a new school policy in Sampson County, NC that essentially barred students from wearing US flags on their clothing — or flags from any other foreign country –on September 11th , the Superintendent of Sampson County Schools, Dr L. Stewart Hobbs Jr., called the situation unfortunate, but said educators didn't want to pick which flags should be permissible.
That Dr. Hobbs' fear of offending students with a possible connection to a foreign country is greater than his commitment to the principles of this nation is as telling as it is sad. It's a bad lesson to teach in the schools, much less to the general public. Dr. Hobbs should remember that in each of his classrooms there is a United States flag. Students are required to recite the pledge of allegiance every day and are also required to learn American history and civics. Schools have been entrusted with these responsibilities to not only help build our nation, but to also cultivate love of country. Barring students from wearing flags as a way to commemorate a national tragedy ignores our history, demeans the patriotism of students and foists on students the mistaken notion that all nations are the same. One of the goals of education is to teach individuals to make reasoned, informed discriminating choices. That the Sampson County school system seems incapable of doing so and prohibits its students from doing the same, is an irony we can live without.


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State lawmakers are seeking to restrict licensing of foster parents who have felony convictions.
The Massachusetts Senate on Thursday approved a measure that would put a six-month moratorium on the placement of any child with a foster parent who has been convicted of a felony. It would not apply if the agency explains why the placement is needed and assures that the child is not in danger.
The House on Wednesday backed a separate measure that would ban the Department of Children and Families from placing children with foster parents convicted of a violent crime. The ban would be in place at least until the Child Welfare League of America completes a review of DCF.
The Republican-sponsored amendments were tacked on to a spending bill moving through the Legislature.
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