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Congratulations to the writers of the five shortlisted poems for the inaugural Walrus Poetry Prize, co-presented by founding partner the Hal Jackman Foundation. Voting is now open for the $1,000 Readers' Choice award. Read the finalists here, then cast your vote (limited by cookies to one per visitor) using the widget at the bottom of this post.
by Méira Cook
My lords and ladies, gentlemen of the jury—
when you hear hoofbeats, assume horses. Not zebras.
This is true in almost all parts of the world
except the African savannah, where it is safer
to assume zebras. Also eland, giraffes, herds
of this and that. In India, assume cows; in Spain,
bulls, matadors in their sun-blurred hooves.
In Tuscany, angels, in kingdom-come horses again,
pale quartets of "Wish You Were Here." My client
sends his regrets. He is busy
falling through blank verse for all eternity while a mere afternoon
passes its shadow over us. The sun moves from one window
of the courthouse to the next, and then it is tea time.
One sugar or two? Perhaps a bun. Stretch
and yawn and back we go. I submit
for your perusal Exhibit A.
This is a map of the world, of God, and of everything.
Above is heaven, below is hell.
The future is to the right, the past is to the left.
My client, in his plea for mercy, wishes me to recall
his salient points. His sense of humour, direction, and yes, style,
his tendency to violent foreshortenings, and that finding
himself irredeemably zebra, he hoofed the streets
of his brawling, captious nature, kicking
up dust and all the limping platitudes
of this earth, our home. They tell you dreams
don't come true. But they never tell you how.
by Nyla Matuk
The stoat takes a last stand, and, turning white
ermine as winter's breath, would rather face its hunters
than soil its fur in a chase, buying purity
with its own death. This cui candor morte redemptus
is the word in the dream made flesh.
Look at the choppy surface on these headwaters.
How should I presume, excited to the moon,
the difference between such raptures?
In Mad Men, every car scene is a wavy ur-dream,
clouds from the recent past that seem
a reminder that I used to take a man
at his word. The feeling hovers, then begs,
finally coming to small death. I will buy
my own purity, wearing a red dress.
They say "rave" is from the French rêve.
Who are the great, mad men? Spell it "small death."
Consider that the dream, riding the horns
of ornamental dilemmas, feels like mortality.
For and against the grain. Rave, death, rêve, dress,
the spotted stoat's last stand, the dream the ermine's last breath.
by Stevie Howell
Almosted into marble by the Medusa-eyed hoi polloi,
The Queen's stone jowls, éraillure of crow's feet,
are freshly quarried—fifty years late,
her face is lithic-flaked into a new lustrous, toothy smile,
as electricity excites mercury vapour, she is light-boxed,
backlit, mounted, thrust every few paces in the chambers
of the London tube. Her
cumulonimbus-hued bust, the size of Easter Island moai,
is shit-grinning over diamonds, on exhibit for the great
unwashed to grub up drool over. Jewels encased in
UV-proof acrylic vitrines, whettingly
argon-sandwiched, cannot be made stonier by our
brutish, countryside-bred, dazed unblink. We share
our sheep's hypoxic shrug at the Lorenz curve of the earth,
we leap magpie flat-footed, shriek obsidian
disbelief tidings, genetic-fervent for useless, shiny things.
The Janus of the Jubilee and Olympics has the Queen
loitering in tunnels, her visage pinned to brick; a tattered
flag to the proclaimed, uncharted
country of herself billows above the footbridge—
the gammon display reminiscent of Styrofoam castles,
glue and sand. Mickey Mouse and the Magic Kingdom, Iraq
under Saddam. But my companion says no,
she looks like an albino Grinch. She looks like Rip Torn
in a Swarovski choker and cotton candy wig.
by Bardia Sinaee
Barnacle geese enjoy Nordic palatals,
stone relief fish beds and aberrant gulls.
When shellfish submerge and wash up riding buoys,
the geese fly one lap, plunge into fjord, ease
back their black neckties and splurge.
Barnacle geese sing hymns to their children
then push them off cliffs to see if they live.
No trust falls. No terranean birds.
Barnacle geese sing hymns to their children
then teach them the words. We'd call this stoic:
ask Goose Dad for insects and have your pick,
but ask about sex and he'll make you eat fins.
I saw it last Christmas: Mom gutting the bird,
bailing fistfuls of pebbles and sand from its craw.
She took out its windpipe and voice box intact
and blew out a goose call the neighbours all heard.
Goose heads on platters with poppy seed loaf.
Goose born of driftwood in barnacled reeds.
Goose on the cliff with sisters and brothers.
A few on the ledge, a few in the water.
by Nyla Matuk
I noticed you first, your birth a paranormal float on that sintered
causeway of white light. As a gift moves us to tears, so your
amatory pleas reamortized all our uses for Moreau and Mastroianni
in La Notte, along Rome's hospital road, the grace of her hardened outbacks
swayed by illuminations of buxom blondes on ceramic piazzas.
Do I take this man as a full bouquet? I do.
Bus stations when they mattered—when they épatait la bourgeoisie…
rounded the corners of each View-Master slide.
They called me the hyacinth girl, an allusive-historical
moment propice that fairly educated T.S. Eliot on Henry James.
Then James was labelled "pale porpoise" by Vladimir Nabokov.
Quick to judge; aesthetically judgmental. In truth, like a hyacinth,
a limp handkerchief, a little goodbye. Whosoever has reason to object.
Juror, face the accused. Accused, face the juror. There's that star moment,
the delicate cliffhanger when an Olympian gymnast's taped feet come into focus
on TV, and it is the cliché, it is the still point of the turning of the world,
from which an analogical chain forms in our minds: torrential rain
to missed balance beam; Ayers Rock, resting as some junked furnace of the gods,
to a motherboard that, from Central Command on the deity's planet,
was sent the final, last regulatory body for this mortal coil.
In front of the daily glow of your magic lantern, how do you adopt the
depressive position? How can such flickerings bring on suspicion, harvest
your light from perspective studies by Flemish masters? I can't
know this, because there are some things that remain terrible, sublime,
agglutinous, in the gulf between what I notice and what I should want.
I look back in wonder. I'm always in recovery over such things.
Maybe curatorial velocity is realized with the help
of a lever-operated Scopitone, a one-armed bandit peep show.
Sunshine, so much of it, leaving a purple sheen.
Cinema of a fairy world, chimera of woods.
Cedar- and pine-framed memories of childhood.
The soft relief of those conifers across the lake, long and late.
My melancholias were prequels to my mortsafes.
Armed with the new logic, Paul de Man played the ingenue,
a Swiss Army knife of delusion and semblance. He depended on the kindness of strangers. They fell away, and he became that awful unheimlich: himself.
Get this: Titan arum, the world's tallest flower, bloomed. A lime green
phallus, shot from the centre of an undulated, cabbage-purple cup of shrubbery.
If Longinus had a vagina. The long story of the vagina.
Pope says science can unite humans with God (Huffington Post).
The long and vagina of it.
Science says Pope can unite God with humans.
Sarnia, Ontario has often been called the dirtiest place in Canada: it has the worst air quality of any city in the country. The community of approximately 70,000 people sits adjacent Chemical Valley, an enormous cluster of refineries and industrial facilities — including Imperial Oil, Dow Chemical Canada, Suncor Energy, and Shell Canada — which collectively represent 40 percent of Canada's petrochemical sector.
Courtney Gilmour was born in Sarnia in 1984. Her right arm ends just above the wrist. Her left arm ends immediately below the elbow. She has one fully functional leg; the other ends mid-femur. Courtney uses a prosthetic to assist in walking. As seen in the above video, she performs trivial and complex tasks with only the "nubs" at the end of her arms.
Courtney's mother routinely drove through Chemical Valley during her pregnancy. Shortly after their daughter's birth, three geneticists visited the Gilmours to analyze their blood, hair, and other genetic markers. All three experts independently concluded that consistent exposure to pollutants led to Courtney's birth defects. Her parents accepted these findings, and raised her to become a confident, independent woman. They noted her mental and physical perseverance from an early age. (more…)
Throughout human history, libraries have been targeted in seemingly personal attacks by invading forces. The immense Library of Alexandria was burned in 48 BCE — whether by accident or on purpose is not entirely clear; the Japanese army destroyed many Chinese university libraries during WWII; the Khmer Rouge burned most of the National Library of Cambodia in the 1970s; and Iraq lost huge portions of its national archives during the 2003 war, perpetrator unclear.
The invasion of York during the War of 1812 contained a touch of "comic opera" quality, as historian and former University of Toronto professor George Glazebrook called it in his 1971 book, The Story of Toronto, that was especially evident in the looting of the first-ever Toronto Library. As a long-time librarian, I often think that libraries are special; this part of the war's history suggests that they may indeed be considered sacrosanct in the conduct of warfare.
The fifteen-ship American fleet first appeared in the York harbour on April 27, 1813. According to Glazebrook, York was "defended by a few obsolete cannons and 300 regulars, with the shaky support of an equal number of inexperienced militia against an invading army of 1,700 supported by powerful guns on a ship that moved at will." Despite the weak defensive line, Canadian and British casualties in the invasion were less than half those of the Americans. (more…)
In this episode, US publishing consultant Mike Shatzkin takes stock of the industry's current environment. Shatzkin is founder and CEO of the Idea Logical Company and author of the ebook The Shatzkin Files. He delivered this talk, "Publishing into the Flood," at Book Summit, presented in partnership by Humber College and the Book and Periodical Council, and held at Toronto's Harbourfront Centre on June 21.
JOHNNY WAS DEAD WHEN I got home.
I opened the door, and do you know what? I knew. I couldn't feel him anymore, is the only way I can describe it. You might think that's crazy, but that's the way it was.
After a while, I found him in the coat closet, curled up in the back corner. He hardly took up any room — he was the smallest I'd seen him since he was a kitten. I crawled in there with him and took one of his tiny paws between my fingers, and I thought of little Andrew Lloyd Webber all alone in Wendy's empty apartment. And I started to cry. I cried for him, and I cried for all the cats in the world who don't have love, and at least that's one thing Johnny had. You can take everything else away, but at the very least he had love.
THAT NIGHT MY PHONE rang, and it was Sherry, which is funny because I couldn't remember ever giving her my home number.
"I've been calling everyone." She sounded out of breath. "Something awful's happened."
"Oh, no," I said. "Is it Wendy?"
"Oh, Eunice," she said, and that's when I heard the catch in her voice, and a second later, she was sobbing.
"Shhh," I said. "It's okay. Let it out."
By this time, I'd taken Johnny to the vet. I'd said goodbye to him, and the nurse had given me a big hug, and then I'd come home to my empty apartment.
"Wendy, she —"
"I know. I know it's hard. Shhh." (more…)
THE NEXT DAY WAS a Friday so I had my reports to do, and I was also preoccupied with thinking about the night before.
The clinic had been decorated with garlands and plastic holly, and the vet had poked and prodded Johnny, and he didn't complain — he never was a complainer — but I could tell he was feeling anxious. Before we left, they recommended lots of rest, and I told them he'd been doing that already, and they said that's good, but then I caught the vet and the nurse exchanging a glance that they didn't think I saw.
I was also feeling bad for how short I'd been with Sherry the day before, because all she'd really wanted was my company, and all she wanted us to do was help a sick friend — a dying friend — together. I was planning on saying something nice to her when I went to deliver my reports, but she beat me to it.
She walked by on her way to lunch and stopped in front of my desk and smiled at me. "Eunice," she said in a very sincere voice, and I knew she was going to ask me about Johnny because Sherry is the type to look to the future and let bygones be bygones. "Eunice," she said, "how is your day going?"
"Oh, Sherry," I said and heard my voice catch, "he's not doing very well." Then I realized she hadn't asked about Johnny at all.
Sherry made a sad face where she stuck out her bottom lip and sort of folded it over her top lip, and she stared at me for a good fifteen seconds before I mustered up a smile and said, "Thanks for asking, Sherry."
"Well," she said with a wink, "you know me!"
I nodded and switched my gaze to the Grand Canyon. The way the edges of my computer screen framed that natural wonder, it humbled me to see it. Johnny and I are specks, I thought to myself. We are teeny-tiny specks, the two of us. (more…)
THE NEXT DAY, SHERRY and Val and Ruth P. went to visit Wendy on their lunch hour. I could've gone with them if I wanted to, but it was a Thursday and my reports are due on Friday, and the three of them were gone for more than an hour, and I can't afford that kind of time the day before I have to hand in my reports.
They brought Ruth P.'s card that we'd all signed with Ruth C.'s pen (I wrote, "Eat lots of Jell-O!" because I was trying to think of something nice associated with hospitals, and the fact that they often serve Jell-O was the only good thing that came to mind), and Sherry told me later that day that Wendy had been in good spirits. She was sitting up and joking with the gals about not having to do her weekly score sheets for Mr. Vanderhoeven. Wendy's score sheets are quantitative and my reports are qualitative — there's a big difference.
"Did you tell her about the kitten?" I said.
Sherry squinted. "No, I don't think we mentioned the kitten. But Wendy said our card was very thoughtful, and she really appreciated my idea about us keeping up her apartment while she wasn't there, but she said she'd like to wait for the biopsy results before we started that because she might be going home soon. She said she was hoping for the best." Sherry took a deep breath. "And then there were tears."
"Oh, no," I said. "Wendy started to cry?"
"No, I did. We've gotten so close, Wendy and me, and I couldn't bear to see her lying in that hospital bed wearing that ratty nightgown of hers, surrounded by all sorts of equipment. Not that she's hooked up to any of it, but it's there, you know?"
I stood up then, and I put my arms around Sherry. She feels so deeply about her friends, I thought, but who's feeling deeply about her? So I hugged her and said, "Maybe there's still good news to come." (more…)
FOR THE NEXT FEW weeks, Sherry came by on her way to lunch to give me the latest on how Wendy was doing — "She's sleeping better," or "She threw up six times today, can you believe that?" You could depend on Sherry to have her finger on it.
At the end of each day, I'd go home to Johnny, and we'd sit and watch our shows together, and every so often I'd notice he was a bit lighter than before. I remembered when he used to be big and round and I'd tried to put him on a diet a few times. "To make you svelte," I used to tell him, but it never worked because he enjoyed his food too much. I petted him and felt his ribs poking me and said, "You're a svelte kitty now, Johnny. What a handsome, svelte kitty you are."
ABOUT A MONTH LATER, Sherry came by my desk looking very emotional, and I could tell right away something big had happened because Sherry gets emotional when it comes to her friends.
"Eunice, you can't imagine what I've been through. Yesterday I realized Wendy's been off for a month — an entire month, Eunice. I called her up and said, 'This is ridiculous. A person does not miss a whole month of work without something being seriously wrong.' I said, 'Wendy, you are unwell, and we need to get you to a doctor. And if it means me driving you to the emergency room and waiting with you until you are seen, then so be it. So that's what I did." Sherry gasped suddenly at my computer screen. "Oh God, look at those palm trees. What I wouldn't give to be there right now, sipping rum punch with the sand between my toes. Right, Eunice? You know what I'm talking about."
I didn't, but I stared at my tropical getaway screen saver and tried to imagine the real thing.
Sherry told me she drove to Wendy's apartment, and Wendy looked about as bad as she'd ever seen her. She was all curled up on her couch in a filthy stained nightgown, and her apartment "looked like a garbage bomb had hit it." (more…)
OUR OFFICE IS VERY community-minded. We hold two food drives a year: the first one at Thanksgiving and the second one not at Christmas, because the poor people get so much food from other food drives at Christmas that we like to surprise them with something extra on a random day when they're not expecting it.
We also look out for, as Sherry puts it, "our own little community." People are always asking how everybody is, how everybody's family is. Personally, I have never had much time for socializing at work. My reports keep me busy all day, right up until five o'clock when I would go home to Johnny.
Every so often, Sherry would come by my desk, sometimes after one of her vacations, and ask me how my day was going. That was about the extent of my socializing. I couldn't even tell you how many places Sherry's been; I know she's been to China and Australia, and when you go that far away you have to go for at least three weeks because of the jet lag. I only know that from Sherry. The farthest I've ever been was to Florida with my family, and it wasn't even all that warm when we went.
"That Wendy's not right," is what Sherry said to me when she came by my desk that October noon hour, and I honestly had to think for a minute before I could picture who she meant.
"Wendy who?" I was eating my ham sandwich, and the polar ice caps were on my computer screen. Apparently they're starting to melt, if you can believe that. I gazed at that big stretch of white and I thought, Winter is coming. Then my wheat field scene came on, with the environmentally friendly windmills, and I felt reassured.
"Wendy, who sits next to me!" said Sherry. "Haven't you seen her lately? She looks awful, and she smells awful because she's throwing up all the time. I think she's sick with something." (more…)
The latest crash was, without a doubt, the best story yet. John could tell the first time he told it. He could tell by the way his listeners' faces fell, everyone standing in a small circle holding their drinks while the last barbecue of the year heated and smoked behind them, steaks forgotten. It was late in the year, the evenings already sharp and suddenly cold, the sky grey with impending sleet. There was always someone, John thought, who just couldn't let go, who had to keep the summer going. So there were steaks and burgers, sweaters and jackets pulled around tight, and blue smoke blowing sideways away from the barbecue while John held a beer and talked gravely about the latest accident.
"So he cut the wheel back — and that was the right thing to do, cut the wheel back, and get out of the skid — but he went too far with it, and there was this dump truck," John said, listening to himself as he talked.
Tone it down, he told himself, pull back — not so preachy.
"Not survivable," saying it like a judge delivering a verdict. "I could tell that right away. You didn't even have to run — nothing anyone could have done anyway.
"Crushed them right there where they were sitting, even the kid in the back seat. Hard to even tell what parts belonged to which body."
John hadn't even seen the bodies — the police had come and taped off the scene after the firefighter had pushed him back, closing the road and holding up tarpaulins when the firefighters started cutting the car into pieces — but nobody knew that.
John thought about throwing in a resigned shrug, then thought better of it. He caught a glimpse of Mary's eyes, and they looked sharp and beady and black like a crow's.
Afterwards, when they'd left for home in the car, she started talking, her voice low, her face fixed and straight ahead so that she was talking to him without ever looking at him. "You enjoy it too much," she said. "All these horrible things that happened to other people." Her hands were working in her lap as if desperately trying to find something to do, he thought, or as if she was afraid he might hit her. (more…)
The third crash was different — not quite in their yard this time, but caused by too much speed on the same familiar straightaway, and by the same sharp curve just before the house. A car had swung its way almost into the ditch, one front wheel over onto the loose stones of the shoulder, but this time the driver had cut the wheel sharply, in time to get his car back onto the road. He was successful in that, but in the process he flung his car across the centre line and straight into the path of a dump truck heading in the opposite direction. Neither driver had a chance to react after that, and the accident was awesome in its sheer brutality.
There were no pieces travelling around the car in their delicate prescribed arcs, finding their way to a new position along explainable lines. This was all hard, full, spectacular stop, the car crumpling abruptly underneath the huge engine of the truck, the back of the car accordioning into the front as it kept moving forwards.
Inside the house, the head-on impact sounded like an explosion. John jumped off the couch, knowing immediately what had happened. As he ran for the door, Mary threw the book she had been reading at him, the pages whiffling and fluttering, but she missed.
John could see how serious the accident was as soon as he got out the door. It was the way the dump truck was crouched over the crushed car like a cat over a small and absolutely dead mouse. The driver's door on the truck was open, the driver running around the car from one side to the other, trying to see inside. The roof, what you could see of it, was crushed flat down to the tops of the doors, so the vehicle looked more like a sheet-steel tank than anything else.
There was an absolute absence of sound, everything startled into silence.
John could see that other cars were stopping, people piling out in a rush until they got close enough to the car to take a good look. Then they were simply slumping away, leaning on their cars as if they needed the support, as if their bones and muscles had suddenly developed an inexplicable weakness. (more…)
In this episode, Quill & Quire web editor Sue Carter Flinn discusses the lure of Mount Everest with Toronto author and poet Tanis Rideout, whose debut novel Above All Things recounts the ill-fated final expedition of adventurer George Mallory, intertwined with a day in the life of Mallory's wife, Ruth.
"A love story, a tale of adventure, and a study in obsession all at once, Above All Things is simply breathtaking. With Tanis Rideout's debut, a major new voice in Canadian fiction arrives." — Joseph Boyden, Scotiabank Giller Prize–winning author of Through Black Spruce
"Above All Things has it all: adventure, tragedy, mystery, and a deeply moving love story. It's gorgeously written and beautifully paced. I could not put it down. Prepare to be dazzled." — Alison Pick, author of the Man Booker Prize–nominated Far To Go


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Summer Strawberry Salad Recipe
This salad is hard to beat when it comes to color, flavor and nutrition! It makes for a wonderful side on a summer day. Diane Sahley — Lakewood, Ohio
TOTAL TIME: Prep/Total Time: 15 min. YIELD:4 servings
- 4 cups hearts of romaine salad mix
- 3/4 cup sliced fresh strawberries
- 1/2 cup unsweetened pineapple tidbits, drained
- 1/4 cup mandarin oranges, drained
- 1/4 cup fresh blueberries
- 1/4 cup chopped pecans
- 1/4 cup poppy seed salad dressing
- 1. Arrange salad mix among four salad plates. Top with the strawberries, pineapple, oranges and blueberries. Sprinkle with pecans. Drizzle with dressing. Yield: 4 servings.
Nutritional Facts
1 serving equals 175 calories, 12 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 5 mg cholesterol, 118 mg sodium, 17 g carbohydrate, 3 g fiber, 2 g protein.
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No Cookies Allowed: 20 Other Amazing Christmas Desserts
Cookies often steal the spotlight on Christmas Eve (and morning!). But, there are lots of other amazing Christmas desserts that needn't be overlooked. From seasonal cakes to pies to trifles and yule logs too, these wintery treats will help distract your guests from Santa's cookies!
Looking for more holiday desserts? Check out these gift-worthy Christmas sweets.
Quince Tarte Tatin
Chef Michael Tusk uses fresh quinces from California to make this twist on the classic French upside-down apple tart. Quince is more dense than apple, so it retains a bit of firmness even after it's cooked.
Recipe: Quince Tarte Tatin
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EAU CLAIRE -- Area women who are at high risk of breast and cervical cancer are getting assistance thanks to a state program run by the Eau Claire City-County Health Department in cooperation with the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire's School of Nursing.
Low-income women, age 50 and over, who are uninsured or underinsured are eligible to participate in the Wisconsin Women's Cancer Control Program. The health department administers the program while UW-Eau Claire graduate nursing students, under the supervision of adult health nursing faculty, perform the breast, Pap and pelvic exams.
"We're talking about a group that is at-risk but have no means for getting health care," said Michaelene Mirr, professor of adult health nursing. "It's rewarding to participate. We see people who haven't seen anyone in a year so they have basic questions they need answered. It's rewarding and feels good to be able to take the time these people need."
The program is currently working with about 200 women in Eau Claire County, said Francie Peardon, coordinator of the Wisconsin Women's Cancer Control Program and a health educator for the health department.
"We're working to have these women get screened every year," Peardon said. "Screenings are done by various medical providers in the community. Ideally, we'd have all medical providers participating in the program for continuity of care but we're not there yet. However, by working with the university nursing programs, we are able to reach women we might not otherwise reach."
To qualify, a woman's household income must fall below a set level, she must be aged 50 or over, and the exam must not be covered under any insurance she might have in place, Peardon said.
"A woman could work full-time and still qualify," Peardon said. "She might have insurance with a high deductible or the policy might only pay for hospital care. Annual screenings are recommended to detect cancer at an early stage."
UW-Eau Claire nursing students benefit from the program by improving their exam skills as well as their understanding of the struggles of the uninsured and underinsured, Mirr said. Many graduate nursing students work in clinics where any test that is needed is ordered, she said.
"It's eye opening for them to see people who don't have that as an option," Mirr said. "Often they've never been in a situation where they had to make decisions regarding priority health care."
The graduate students gain confidence in their exam skills while they work in a supervised environment, Mirr said. As a result, the students are experienced with the procedures when they get into clinic settings, she said. In addition, Mirr said, the students get experience working with an older population.
Mirr and her students also participate in the Wisconsin Senior Aides Program. The federal program provides medical exams for people age 50 and over who are low-income and have been displaced from their jobs.
The two programs work well together because many of the women in the senior aides program are in need of the services provided by the cancer screening program, Mirr said. With the services provided all in one location at the university, it increases the chances that the women will go ahead with the necessary screening, she said.
Mirr and the students provide services to between eight and 10 senior aides program participants each month and about 10 women a year in the cancer screening program. In its fourth year, the cancer screening program is starting to attract more women as word gets out, she said. "The numbers are picking up because of how the programs dovetail," Mirr said. "And we're getting more and more repeats."
The programs are easy to enroll in and require little paperwork, Mirr said of other factors contributing to the programs' growing successes.
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Bluffton , South Carolina
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Overall Score: 88.5
- Activities: 89.4
- Design: 93.0
- Food: 79.6
- Location: 85.8
- Rooms: 95.0
- Service: 88.0
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From the editors of Condé Nast Traveler:Truth be told, the Inn at Palmetto Bluff was built as bait. It's the centerpiece of an upscale housing development (imagine Mayberry with million-dollar homes) at the headlands of the May River, midway between Hilton Head and Savannah. And although the marshland setting is undeniably pretty, what better way to lure prospective buyers than with a top-shelf hotel? The property consists of 50 waterfront cottages in one of two sizesenormous (1,140 square feet) and really enormous (1,340 square feet)a sophisticated two-story spa, a fitness center that overlooks the pool and the river, and a splendid restaurant. Fishing and kayaking are both gratis, but the real sporting attraction is the Jack Nicklausdesigned 18-hole golf course, with its stunning views and resident alligators.2005 Hot List
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Writing, Poetry, Art, Music, Travelling, Meeting new people
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Im getting it installed here on Friday for a trial. I'll update this thread if I think of anything to add.
I started writing this as a comment to the article linked below, but it got very painful really quickly, especially with no preview, so here it is in it's own thread:
OK So initial feedback from showing the BETT video (EduGeek.net - BETT 2010 - Capita and Stone Computers Demo) of the SIMS app to staff and management has been very positive and i've been doing some digging, asking some questions of my account manager (who checked some things with Groupcall) and i thought i'd share the responses for anyone that is interested. Answers have been reworded slightly.
I'd like a demo on my phone to test. I was hoping for this at BETT, but it was not offered. Is it possible to try it out?
-> Demo link to follow Contact your account manager for info.
If i install to my personal handset then decide to leave, can it be remote disabled?
-> Each device has a unique installation and can be remotely locked/disabled.
Follow up: I'd like for it to auto disable if not synched for x-days. It appears from the settings the different DBs have expiration times but i think that just controls when it next synchs.
At secondary pricing I'd need 28 units minimum before it's worth getting a site licence, but i only want to try it out with 1/2/5 initially, how will that work if i later add many more? [Secondary: £299 1st device, £99 after that. £2995 site. Primary: £195 1st device, £99 after that. £1995 site.]
-> Once a number of individual school licences reach the equivalent of the site licence, the school's licence will automatically be upgraded to a site licence. [therefore cost is capped.]
Follow up: What affect if any is there for a dual Primary/Secondary site, where most of my students are Primary (2/3).
Usually new modules require installation / training, at additional cost. What is the hit?
-> Training is optional since Emerge is so intuitive. Remote training can be provided if desired.
On-line training materials are available and will be sent to existing customers on receipt of payment.
Groupcall is in the process of creating a range of training videos
I'd like the nurses to have access too. When will medical / behaviour be available?
-> A number of profiles are currently available, however we can add / create bespoke profiles as requested.
The additional of medical information is available now.
Groupcall intends to add the facility to write back behaviour information in the next release (due April 11)
Assessment information is currently under review, and we're hopeful that it'll be added before the new academic year (Sept 11), however this is yet to be specified or confirmed.
Can one device be used with multiple logins, i.e. I can have a shared iPad for Heads of Year to use?
-> Yes it is possible to set this up using the Emerge management console which will be installed for the school to manage.
Any idea on timeframe for other devices i.e. Android, Nokia, etc.
-> Not defined yet - but hopefully an Android app will be available in the next few months, followed by WM& and then Java.
Further queries and thoughts posed:
iPod Touch 4 is currently around £150 here for an 8GB. I think 3rd gen is cheaper still. Will it work on that?
Is the pricing annual? Or is there an on going cost?
The demo, appeared to have a limit of around 50 students on a search, but i may be wrong. When searching it finds the character / combo in any part of the name, so 'al' returns 'sally' and 'wallis'. That could be a limitation for me!
Can it access UDGs so when used for a school trip all info is in one list?
Any recommendations on management software to lock down usage of the devices?
On this i'm thinking one of the synch charge cases / racks seen at BETT2011 would do the job. They could all be restored from backup to prevent rubbish being downloaded. Any useful apps though could be added for all. I'll be looking at other threads regarding this, as i'm sure it'll be an issue when kids get given iPads; dont want them playing Angry Birds! (Unless it's in Physics!)
Last edited by vikpaw; 10th February 2011 at 11:57 AM. Reason: wrong link, new one to follow.
Im getting it installed here on Friday for a trial. I'll update this thread if I think of anything to add.
The cost for this is Annual. According to Groupcall to its cover the costs Capita charge for writing back to Sims.
What's all this trial business? I asked if it was possible to trial and was directed to that link with demo data. I'd love to actually show SLT a working demo with our data.
Garyholder mentioned a trial in another thread too. How long do you get and how many devices?
Please can someone test the disable function and explain how it works. I'd rather it relicensed itself every morning, than have to be disabled.
There have a been a few comments about the Groupcall Emerge 'app' recently, particularly relating to the charges we impose for the 1st device licence. (posted by 'Glenda' yesterday).
I wanted to set the record straight by stating that the higher initial licence of £ 299 for secondary & £ 199 for primary schools is in place to cover the initial Emerge Management Module installation, configuration and training charges. Also the primary school site licence @ £ 1995 is incorrect, the annual primary subscriptions is £1000.
Lastly, regarding Vikpaw's "further queries" which are included below, I have added my comments as follows:-
Q: iPod Touch 4 is currently around £150 here for an 8GB. I think 3rd gen is cheaper still. Will it work on that?
A: YES, as long as the device is running iOS4 or above, however, in performance terms, it runs better on the 4th Gen iPod Touch (this is the recommended option).
Q: Is the pricing annual? Or is there an on going cost?
A: YES, but the product is rapidly evolving and all upgrades are included.
Q: The demo, appeared to have a limit of around 50 students on a search, but i may be wrong. When searching it finds the character / combo in any part of the name, so 'al' returns 'sally' and 'wallis'. That could be a limitation for me!
A: When browsing you see the first 50 hits, however when searching it searches all students in the school. On the second point, the ability to do this type of searching is more flexible, but thats just my opinion.
Q: Can it access UDGs so when used for a school trip all info is in one list?
A: Yes, this is possible.
Q: Any recommendations on management software to lock down usage of the devices?
A: The system comes with a management console that controls security and access to the MIS data on the device, no other software is required. We are looking at the ability to control profiles on the device to lock it down, so it could only be used for this purpose (if required by the individual school).
Hope thats useful. Happy to answer any other queries.
Cache (11th February 2011), NickBryson (11th February 2011), RobFuller (4th May 2011), vikpaw (11th February 2011)
EDIT: Also if it is for the "Emerge Management Module installation, configuration and training charges" the product why is it that you pay the £295 each year? as it would only be installed once.
Has the pricing for primary changed then? I was also told £1995 for a primary site license when I asked about it.
Thanks Lawrence.
With regards to browsing students. How do you do that? On my demo, when i click on Students, then By Name, i see the As by default, down to last name Am*. I can't browse the Bs unless i click in the search box and type a B at which point i get any name with a b in it, and i'm assuming only the first 50. What do you do if you want to see the Ds or there are over 50 Smiths. In my case i could have a few hundred Al* because we never know if it's Al **, Al-* or Al* .....
Apologies for the incorrect pricing, i took that from what others have said, namely Localzuk, which is why i kept it in black and in brackets in my original post.
I'd be interested in your views on my ideas regarding how to lock it down. I still feel i'd rather it is approved for use on a daily/weekly/preset basis, and disables automatically if not synched. Rather than having a blanket freedom to use indefinitely which needs remote disablement. Hopefully it wouldn't happen but if it fell into unscrupulous hands, or should a user decide to go renegade, switching off the wifi would block the disablement surely...?
We had our trial installed this afternoon and have had a couple of hours to have a play with it and shown the Deputy Head and Head teacher who were both really impressed.
Early indications shows that it will be perfect for our needs - PE Registration.
The management software was installed onto our SIMS server remotely (Logmein) by a Groupcall engineer who talked me through the whole process of adding new devices etc. The 4 week trial is for unlimited devices. I created a Groupcall user on our SIMS system and had to add this in the installation process. We have our wireless vlan'ed off but my iPhone4 could still cross our VLAN's to see the SIMS server through our smoothwall box.
I was a little concerned after seeing how quick the demo was at BETT and the test data that with a school of 1,450 students it would be a lot slower but I don't feel it has any speed issues at all. The photo feature of all students is also very useful for those 'forgetful' members of staff.
In an ideal world I would love for each member of staff to have an 'i' device if for no other reason than for this app - anyway back to reality!
If anybody else has any questions, feel free to post them here and I'll try and answer them but you may be better contacting Groupcall directly.
How did you deliver the app to the device? Is all config done at server side?
Is the trial through Capita or Groupcall? i.e. Who should potential customers call, sims or groupcall?
All the config is done server side.
You need to setup devices with the UIUID (Unique ID)
The users are also required to be setup - you need to enter the staff name and initials who you want to create accounts for - these are not pulled from sims and uses the staff codes to link to the timetables etc.
I organised my trial via groupcall - I believe it's a lot easier to get a trial if you have your own devices although I think they do have hardware to loan but this takes longer to organise.
vikpaw (12th February 2011)
We had the 50 hit list because its takes slightly longer for the whole student list to load and we didnt think that users would browse a list of 1000+ students (without searching), we wanted to keep the usage fluid. But noting your points, what we have done is the following:-
1. The list now has a 100 records in it.
2. When you search (e.g. for "Be"), it now orders the list to display anyones surnames that start "Be" first (like Becker, Boris; Beckford, Karl etc..) and then will list students names that contains "be" (like Abbey, David).
I think this is better, appreciate your comments, we have already put this in the server side update, which will be available to all existing (and new) customers for Emerge which should be auto-updated later this week.
Hopefully, this highlights something else, which is that Emerge is a framework, the App on the device doesnt know about schools, students or parents etc, it is completely controlled by the server that gives the device the data and the way it should be displayed and used. It makes it extremely flexible and extendable. The current version of Emerge is just the begining, its the functionality and data that we have thought of together with input from schools. Where it goes is based on the feedback and ideas for functionality we get, which are always welcome.
Finally, we will have a look at the idea of a configurable auto-disable, such that it would disable even in offline mode after N hours/days. Currently, when online a user can be immediately disabled, but I take your point about offline.
Thanks and Regards
vikpaw (13th February 2011)
Thanks again Lawrence.
It's great to hear you're open to suggestions, and take them onboard so quickly.
The searching was based on my experience of iphone and having the alphabet down the side of contacts, which is how i expected yours to work. If you can do that, it would be great. The increased list and ordering is very useful
My trial install happens this week, will keep you posted, I have ipads, itouches and iphones ready to go.
Are you trying it on WP7 too?
I may be interested in the result then, even though SLG works well on WP7!
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In Frozen River, the veteran actress Melissa Leo has one of those faces that's all creases and hollows and weather-roughened valleys. As Ray, who lives in a dingy, broken-down trailer home in upstate New York with her two sons (and, when he's around, her louse of a husband), Leo looks as if life has been beating her up from almost the moment she was born. She's desolate, all right, but she isn't weak. Her don't-mess-with-me glare, all bones and sinew, is that of a woman who can't afford femininity, whose existence has been melted down to pure survival. (She's like a Bonnie Raitt who has been around the block more times than the real one.) I first saw Leo playing a teenage hooker in the grubby little 1985 exploitation picture Streetwalkin', and even there (she was in her mid-20s), she had a sullen charge that pierced the film's phony surface. In Frozen River, Leo's acting has a brittle severity and power. Every moment of her performance feels torn from experience, and so does the movie, which finds a suspense in broken lives that are hanging in the balance.
Frozen River, which took the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance this year, has the festival's imprimatur of social relevance it's a tale of hardscrabble economic woe yet as written and directed by Courtney Hunt, the movie is no somber, medicinal downer. It takes the form of a thriller you can believe in. Ray's husband, a gambling addict, has run off to Atlantic City with the down payment Ray had planned to use for a new double-wide trailer home. (To save up, she's been feeding her kids popcorn and Tang.) When Lila (Misty Upham), a Mohawk Indian from a local reservation, tries to steal her car, Ray discovers a moneymaking scheme: The blankly morose and pitiless Lila smuggles illegal immigrants (mostly from China) at $600 a pop, driving them across a nearby frozen river that's an unchecked U.S./Canada border. Ray, weary of slaving away as a dollar-store cashier, agrees to be Lila's driver (she'll attract less attention because she's white), and for everyone involved these trips are perilous potential death rides of hunger and fear. Ray couldn't care less about the people she's transporting; her lack of piety makes the movie sting and gives it life. So do Ray's run-ins with a local trooper. Frozen River is a tale of ordinary Americans scraping bottom, yet there's a redemption in that. The film asks: If you were this desperate, wouldn't you do the same? A-


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NYT: Ad Group Unveils Plan to Improve Web Privacy
As a reflection of the industry's focus on privacy and the protection of consumer's digital signatures, the AAAA, AAF, ANA, DMA, IAB, and NAI have come together on an important consumer privacy initiative. The NYT offers an excellent overview here.
As the debate around online privacy and advertiser access to users' data continues, a group of the advertising industry's largest trade organizations was to announce on Monday the details of a self-regulatory program that would allow users to opt out of being tracked by its member organizations.
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Whether you are looking for email security onsite, in the cloud, or an integrated hybrid of both, McAfee Email Protection delivers email security the way you want it. Going beyond anti-spam and malware protection, Email Protection integrates data loss prevention technology, content-based policy enforcement, click-time link scanning, and continuity services to ensure email access during server outages. For the most sophisticated and targeted email attacks, integration with McAfee Advanced Threat Defense provides a closed-loop solution capable of eliminating the stealthy and zero-day malware often used to enter organizations through spear phishing.
McAfee Email Protection provides the ultimate in security and flexibility. Security is delivered from McAfee Labs, providing the most comprehensive Global Threat Intelligence. You can choose a pure cloud implementation (blocking all inbound and outbound threats), an onsite solution for the more hands-on control, or a multi-layered deployment that combines the strengths of both through a single management and reporting console. With McAfee Email Protection, you can deploy what you need now or have the flexibility for future changes.
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McAfee Email Protection empowers you to deploy email security the way that best fits your current and future needs.
The majority of successful attacks on businesses begin with a phishing email. ClickProtect, a feature of McAfee Email Protection, uses the McAfee Gateway Anti-Malware engine to detect malicious content behind URLs found in email messages. This demonstration walks through how to configure ClickProtect, and shows several examples of what an end-user will experience with this feature enabled.
This demo will show you how to configure ClickProtect in three simple steps. ClickProtect is the click-time link scanning feature in McAfee Email Protection that helps you elevate your level of protection against phishing and advanced malware.
This demo shows administrators how to quickly locate email messages using McAfee Email Protection.
This demo video introduces ClickProtect, a feature of McAfee Email Protection that helps you eliminate the threats from embedded URLs within an email message.
Readers' Choice Award winners are selected based on an extensive, in-depth survey of Information Security magazine and SearchSecurity.com readers. It includes over 1,700 information security executives and managers, who are asked to assess and rate products deployed within their organizations from a listing of more than 400 products spanning 22 product categories. McAfee Email Protection was awarded best email security.
For the third year in a row, McAfee Email Protection earned SC Magazine's Five-Star Rating. "Strengths: ClickProtect and Threat Detection features are great additions to an already full-featured email security platform."
Gartner recognizes McAfee as a visionary in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Secure Email Gateways, as published on July 1, 2014.
SC Magazine has named McAfee and McAfee Email Protection as an Industry Innovator.
Ranked by IT solution providers (SPs), CRN Research ranks the Top 25 must-have technology suppliers from a list of nearly 230 companies in 12 product categories that SPs need to consider when formalizing their partnerships today and for the future. 1,000 unique SPs of all types and sizes were surveyed.
For the second year in a row, McAfee Email Protection earned SC Magazine's Five-Star Award and Best Buy Rating. "Strengths: Easy to configure and manage, and loaded with predefined templates for security and compliance. Weaknesses: None that we found."
Established security player McAfee has embraced cloud security that includes protection for email, web, and identity authentication traffic.
What does characterize McAfee as an Innovator is its approach to the most important aspect of innovation: how one thinks. The Network Security Business Unit — the home of McAfee Email Protection — is solidly ensconced in the type of thinking process that results in innovative solutions to difficult, and occasionally obscure, information assurance challenges.
Premier analyst firm Forrester Research, Inc. has named McAfee a leader in "The Forrester Wave™: Email Content Security, Q4 2012." We consider this a testament to the strength, stability, flexibility, and effectiveness of McAfee's email protection solutions.
The Holy Grail of IT products is one that is low cost, easy to use, and offers a rich feature set. McAfee Email Protection easily fits those criteria in the email security and content filtering space. Verdict: An absolutely brilliant product. We make it our Best Buy.
The Intel-owned security company has been preaching cloud security measures since before the cloud truly formed. McAfee's central cloud piece is the Cloud Security Platform, which secures content and data—e-mail, Web and identity—as it moves to and from the cloud.
McAfee Email Protection was selected as a finalist for SC Magazine's Best Email Security award. The category highlights products that address the ability to exchange email messages securely, ensure the privacy of messages, and more. McAfee Email Protection was evaluated on its effectiveness, manageability, non-intrusiveness, ease of use, and other factors that impact the implementation.
With five stars across the board in every product rating category, McAfee Email Protection was awarded the top 5-Star Rating by SC Magazine – measured on its features, ease of use, performance, documentation, support and value for the money.
McAfee positioned as a leader in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Secure Email Gateways.
SC Magazine says McAfee Email Gateway is "a true market leader."
In a recent test, Virus Bulletin says, "This was the only product in the test that was configured to scan the contents of incoming email during the SMTP transaction and block those emails it was certain were spam. ... Helped by this two-layered blocking, the product's spam catch rate of 99.60% was higher than that of any other."
McAfee Email Gateway delivers total email protection for enterprises. It integrates inbound and outbound defenses, streamlines compliance, simplifies administration, and lowers operating costs.
McAfee SaaS Email Protection and Continuity blocks more than 99% of spam, viruses, and other malware in the cloud, before it reaches your network. Enforcing outgoing email policies and enabling email access during outages, it's an easy-to-use solution that requires no additional hardware, software, or maintenance.
McAfee Advanced Threat Defense detects today's stealthy, zero-day malware with an innovative, layered approach. It combines low-touch antivirus signatures, reputation, and real-time emulation defenses with in-depth static code and dynamic, malware analysis (sandboxing) to analyze the actual behavior of malware.
McAfee SaaS Email Archiving simplifies email searches and eases archive administration with a cost-effective solution that doesn't require additional hardware or software.
McAfee SaaS Email Encryption is a cloud-based solution that helps encrypt valuable information, allowing you to maintain a stronger business and comply with privacy regulations.
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For a technical summary on the McAfee product listed above, please view the product data sheet.
For a technical summary on the McAfee product listed above, please view the product data sheet.
For a technical summary on the McAfee product listed above, please view the product data sheet.
For a technical summary on the McAfee product listed above, please view the product data sheet.
For a technical summary on the McAfee product listed above, please view the product data sheet.
This specifications sheet introduces some common considerations and its benefits and challenges for each of the leading email encryption techniques available.
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For a technical summary on the McAfee product listed above, please view the product data sheet.
Get answers to commonly asked questions about transitioning to McAfee SaaS Email Protection from Postini.
See the 2014 results of the McAfee Phishing Quiz, an online assessment of business users' ability to detect phishing emails. This data spans from over 30,000 respondents in 49 countries.
Gartner recognizes McAfee as a visionary in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Secure Email Gateways, as published on July 1, 2014.
Information confidentiality and reduced configuration flexibility are often cited as reasons for not taking advantage of cloud-based email security. This brief discusses how hybrid security can enable organizations with these concerns to enjoy the benefits of the cloud without sacrifice.
This solution brief explains how the McAfee Security Connected approach provides advanced threat protection for the financial services industry and prevents targeted attacks.
Email is a vital communication vehicle for just about every business these days—and it is also a key threat vector for cybercrooks who are looking to steal valuable data or execute inbound attacks. As part of our unified, integrated Security Connected framework, McAfee Email Gateway and McAfee Advanced Threat Defense work together to find and freeze new, unknown, and stealthy advanced threats. For a complete end-to-end solution, add McAfee Real Time to the mix to quickly identify and fix systems impacted by advanced malware.
Learn about how McAfee Email Protection solutions can be implemented with Microsoft Office 365 for a comprehensive, layered defense against threats.
This paper discusses the what, why, and how of email sender identity technologies. When properly implemented and incorporated into your email security strategy, SPF, DKIM, and DMARC can go a long way towards securing email, your most valuable communications tool.
McAfee is a leader in the email security market, delivering optimal email security solutions for any enterprise.
Despite the range of functionality offered in Office 365, like any cloud-based offering, it cannot be all things to all customers. There are some missing features in Office 365 that will prompt some customers to consider the use of third-party, cloud-based, or on-premise tools to enhance Office 365's native capabilities. In this white paper, Osterman Research dives into the current limitations of Office 365 with recommendations on how organizations can strengthen security, compliance, and control in their environment.
Learn about the key issues that organizations should address in the context of cybercrime delivered through email, and practical advice on what organizations should do to protect themselves.
This white paper discusses the need to identify and manage outbound content and the steps that organizations should consider in doing so.
Organization-to-organization, pull delivery, and push delivery offer a range of options to satisfy most organizations' requirements for encrypted email. All three options are nicely integrated into email security solutions from McAfee and require minimal administrative overhead to implement.
Adobe Flash vulnerabilities and exploits have worried users and security professionals for many years. The situation today remains serious. A quick search of the National Vulnerability Database shows 277 vulnerabilities reported in Flash Player since 2011. For Flash zero-day attacks (which means that there was no patch from Adobe when the vulnerability was exploited), researcher […]
The post An Advance You Won't Want to Miss: McAfee Adds Flash Exploit Detection to NSP 8.2 appeared first on McAfee.
Much has been written in a variety of news, financial, and political publications about the effects upon the populace and economy as a result of the October 2013 government shutdown. From thousands of children having their "Head Start" programs terminated to poultry and meat inspections potentially not occurring, to a $2 billion to $6 billion […]
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McAfee Labs provides important information about threats in a variety of ways, from our McAfee Global Threat Intelligence service that feeds into many of our products, to published Threat Reports, our online Threat Center, and many active bloggers. Although it is useful for security professionals to know about the latest threats, one question that I […]
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In September, we invited readers of the McAfee Labs Threats Report to complete a short survey and let us know what they think about the report. Here's what we learned. Readers are most interested in learning about the most significant threats and how to defend against them. Most also want to know what threats are […]
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One question I often hear is "When will Intel Security (McAfee) publish a report on the latest threat?" It seems to be a hot trend today for security companies to offer reports with topics such as "Operation X" or "Malware Y," or to trumpet how many zero-day vulnerabilities they have found. Do we now measure […]
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