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IBM, HP, and EMC press for encryption key juggler spec
Push unified protocol though open standards org
Any key management platform will be able to communicate across all of a company's encryption systems - if IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Thales, and EMC have their way.
The companies today said they're heading a group of vendors proposing a standardized encryption management specification through the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS).
Known as KMIP (Key Management Interoperability Protocol), the protocol is a scheme to lower drawbridges between different vendor's encryption systems that require keys and the key management systems that generate and store them.
The vendors proposing KMIP say that enterprise firms often use separate encryption platforms for in different situations: on laptops, for storage, in databases and applications, etc. Alas, this results in extra time and effort to manage each platform and occasionally lost data.
An open standard would let a business to use a single key management infrastructure to manage keys for all encryption systems that require symmetric keys, asymmetric key pairs, certificates, and other security objects, they say.
Other big names in the biz like Brocade, LSI, Netapp, and Seagate are also on board for the technical committee formed to work on the group's open standards track. The vendors ]aim to deliver KMIP-enabled encryption applications that can communicate with compatible KMIP key management servers.
The group says KMIP is ready for adoption and developed to support other industry standardization efforts and complement application-specific standards projects like IEEE 1619.3 for storage and OASIS EKMI. They claim KMIP will address a broader scope than related efforts.
OASIS executive director Laurent Liscia applauded the group for advancing the KMIP though the open standards process and encouraged other vendors and customers in the security community to participate in the standardization.
Additional details on the KMIP can be found here. ®


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Again like most busy people, my 'to do' list is never ending and something else always seems to crop up. I regularly read Sydney friend Geniaus' blogs as they are always relevant and interesting so when I saw her blog title, It's Taken Me a While, I immediately wondered what she was referring too. As I started reading, it could have been me writing that blog because I still hadn't got back to Judy. So once I finished reading, I went back to Judy's request.
I signed up for Genealogists for Families then and there and managed to take something off my to do list! Click here to join
I then spent quite a bit of time trying to decide which projects I would personally support as they all sounded worthwhile. I decided on the $25 loan option as that would allow me to support two loans. I ended up choosing one from Mongolia as I had spent a week travelling through Outer Mongolia in 1996 and had slept in a yurt and visited with local families. The other project I chose was from Peru, a place I have always wanted to visit (Machu Picchu is on my bucket list).
The very next day I received two emails telling me that both projects had been totally filled and that the recipients had their loans and I would receive progress reports. I was surprised as I had thought it would take longer to fill the loans. I then decided to support another project and again spent some time trying to decide but eventually picked a project in Kenya and just this morning I found out it has also been fully funded. It's terrific that these loans get funded so quickly.
My partner is now interested in KIVA and how it allows people to establish or run their own businesses or helps them out with special projects. He will probably fund a couple of projects too so I am looking forward to see what his choices will be.
The other really good thing is that Judy's idea is now gaining fantastic support from genealogists around the world and within a month of starting Genealogists for Families, there are 45 members with 62 loans with a total amount loaned of $1550. While this doesn't sound like much, it is supporting 62 people with their businesses, farms or whatever and is not just a charity handout. The loans are expected to be repaid and at that point, you can then reinvest that original loan money into new projects. In other words your original gift keeps on giving if you want it to. I think that's what I like best about KIVA.
Despite my tardy start on the team, I totally recommend and support the Genealogists for Families team on KIVA and I would love to think that some of my readers might do so to. Check out the links and if you can't get involved now, help us spread the word to genealogists everywhere. Click here to join.
As I indicated in my last Diary update, I am having a lovely weekend alone and have made some nice progress on my Wiltshire families thanks to purchasing my ggg grandmother's marriage certificate (she married again aged 70 years). However I will report on that next time as I am still looking for a few more bits and pieces. Until next time.

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Lightning in Rocky Mountain National Park this afternoon caused two separate small fires, one on Eagle Cliff and one on Beaver Mountain. Both fires have been contained due to available resources and immediate response by firefighters.
Available resources, location of the fire, and vegetation conditions make the difference in the ability of fire managers to suppress fires quickly. The U.S. Forest Service Northern Colorado helicopter that supported the Spruce Fire was just flying out of the park after completing their last sling load mission bringing supplies out, when firefighters at Upper Beaver Meadows reported smoke and trees burning on Beaver Mountain. Shortly thereafter smoke was spotted on Eagle Cliff.
Rocky Mountain National Park's engine plus two squads of firefighters quickly responded. The Alpine Hotshots, who are based at Rocky and were just returning from an assignment at Grand Canyon National Park, also sent a squad to each fire. Fire managers were able to use water bucket drops from the helicopter with critical ground crews to contain both fires quickly. Vegetation conditions were dry enough to allow for a relatively rapid initial establishment of the lighting-caused fires but wet enough to slow its spread.
The fire on Eagle Cliff was very small with one single tree burning and some ground fire. The fire on Beaver Mountain was contained at roughly 1/4 acre and was actively burning in pine needle litter and downed logs. Both locations were in steep terrain and firefighters reached both areas in less than an hour.
Estes Valley Fire Protection District provided critical support during the early development of these two fires, as contingency, should another fire be discovered or structures threatened. It is unusual to have two simultaneous lightning-caused fires at Rocky Mountain National Park. Fortunately resources were immediately available to respond.
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More:Middle East Peace Negotiations | White House Blog: Forging Ahead on Middle East Peace Talks
Today, Secretary Clinton hosted the relaunch of negotiations to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The Secretary said, "For our part, the United States has pledged its full support for these talks, and we will be an active and sustained partner. We believe, Prime Minister and President, that you can succeed, and we understand that this is in the national security interests of the United States that you do so. But we cannot and we will not impose a solution. Only you can make the decisions necessary to reach an agreement and secure a peaceful future for the Israeli and Palestinian people."
"…We've been here before and we know how difficult the road ahead will be. There undoubtedly will be obstacles and setbacks. Those who oppose the cause of peace will try in every way possible to sabotage this process, as we have already seen this week.
"But those of you here today, especially the veterans who are here today, you have returned because you have seen the cost of continued conflict. You know that your people deserve the benefits of peace. The core issues at the center of these negotiations -- territory, security, Jerusalem, refugees, settlements, and others -- will get no easier if we wait. Nor will they resolve themselves.
"Success will take patience, persistence, and leadership. The true test of these negotiations will not be their first day and it will not be their last day. It will be all those long days in the middle, when the path toward peace seems hidden, and the enemies of peace work to keep it obscured. But we are convinced that if you move forward in good faith and do not waver in your commitment to succeed on behalf of your people, we can resolve all of the core issues within one year.
"You have taken the first steps. You have both embraced the idea of a two-state solution, which is the only path toward a just, lasting peace that ensures security and dignity for both Israelis and Palestinians. I fervently believe that the two men sitting on either side of me, that you are the leaders who can make this long, cherished dream a reality. And we will do everything possible to help you. This is a time for bold leadership and a time for statesmen who have the courage to make difficult decisions.
"…And I want to conclude by just saying a few words directly to the people of the region. Your leaders may be sitting at the negotiating table, but you are the ones who will ultimately decide the future. You hold the future of your families, your communities, your people, this region, in your hands. For the efforts here to succeed, we need your support and your patience. Today, as ever, people have to rally to the cause of peace, and peace needs champions on every street corner and around every kitchen table. I understand very well the disappointments of the past. I share them. But I also know we have it within our power today to move forward into a different kind of future, and we cannot do this without you."
The full text of remarks by Secretary Clinton, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is available here.
J.C.P. in Iowa writes:
I would like the opportunity to use my discovery in electromagnetic biophysics to create a shift of power where the to ancient kingdoms are one (The West Bank)
"Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee:" the fountain of youth
This discovery was made through philology (ancient literature) using basic electromagnetic physics.
Soak IMMURSED in grounded water. It can be used as a treatment for acne, athletes foot, and high cholesterol.
My seven year old daughter was the first to call it the Princess Bath.
"Verumtamen Filius hominis veniens, putas, inveniet fidem in terra ?" He 'ouldn't come otherwise.
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Leviticus 13:42-43 acne, 15: "bathe himself in water"wash all his flesh in water" soak in electromagnetically grounded water, "be unclean until the even" the skin will absorb water and release it later. Soap makes grease water-soluble for your skin to reabsorb, 19:19 "garment mingled of linen and woollen" produce different electromagnetic charges
when rubbed on different objects, Deuteronomy 22:11 "woollen and linen together" produce different electromagnetic charges, II Kings 5:10-12 Jordan originates out of the ground, II Chronicles 26:19-20 "the leprosy even rose up in his forehead" this result was obtained by disrupting the unity of the electromagnetic field, Esther 2:12 these results were obtained, hence name Princess Bath, Psalms 45:7(44:7) "oil of gladness" cholesterol comes out of the blood through the hair in the form of powdered oil, Ezekial 44:17-18 "any thing that causeth sweat" producing a different electromagnetic charge, Mark
9:25 "enter no more into him" don't use soap or shampoo as it will make the cholesterol water-soluble for your skin to reabsorb, Luke 10:18 don't use during electrical storms, I Peter 3:21 "answer of a good concience toward God" removes the so-called negative energy, I John 5:8 "spirit" pneuma, wind, or electromotive force of attraction and repulsion which can be measured through the water with a voltmeter and which testifies in the blood by removing dangerous levels of cholesterol.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
Well it's been a long time coming, but from what I gathered from the leaders statements today, the proper attitude is present to achieve lasting peace and sucessful agreements on status issues.
Terrorists have declared their irrelevancy to this process, and their opposition to peace.
Yet after the parties have settled their differences and found an equitable arrangement to create the future both want, there lies a common roadblock to achieving it in the form of Hamas.
The parties will have to work together to remove every roadblock, with a little help from their friends present at today's gathering.
What we have here is five human beings who's sanity gives them the courage to defeat insanity, and create a saner world to live in.
I wish them all the best success possible.
As a member of the public, I appreciate their statements to the effect that they all know what we the people have a right to expect.
No matter where we come from.
Joseph A. M. in Oregon writes:
Madam Secretary and the U.S. Department of State Negotiation Team:
The success of these talks and with reaching a draft settlement, will have a profound impact for the entire Muslim World and will contribute dramatically to Global peace. The success for these talks, will prove to be the most important U.S. Foreign Policy challenge that we have faced in the past sixty years and the entire "international community" will be watching, if a true settlement may be reached. The engagement in dialogue between the Palestinians and the Israeli's directly, should be the center focus of the U.S. Administration and made a priority in Foreign Policy. There is so much a stake here. One of the many challenges that your "negotiation team" will face, is the mere fact that, President Mahmoud Abbas, does not represent the Hamas Political establishment and the current government in Gaza, I foresee this as being an enormous challenge for reaching an agreement -- I do have some ideas for resolving this shortcoming, let me know if you are open to suggestions, that may lead to be crucial with reaching an acceptable agreement for all parties? Feel free to contact me (via e-mail) if you would like to hear more on some ideas I have for adequately representing the interests of the Hamas government in Gaza. One of the key challenges and disagreements that they'll encounter, has been the same old story for the past sixty years, "territorial disputes" and the up-rooting of people from there original homeland, similar to the ongoing conflict and divide for the Island of Cyprus, between the Greek Cypriots and the Turkish Cypriots.
I wish the U.S. Department of State, the Israeli and Palestinian governments, my best heartfelt wishes for success identifying common interests and for reaching a mutual agreement for a settlement!
Adam in Israel writes:
I'm really excited to see how these talks play out. And way to go SecClinton on getting these started!
Sarah L.L. in Israel writes:
Rhetoric written and delivered dry and stilted. Transparent. Obviously looking for that November vote.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
@Joeseph A M,
You know , one of the reasons Dipnote exists is that it's a good place to offer ideas, and since I doubt if folks have the time to solicit advice from you personally, you might as well do what the rest of us do and simply post them.
So here's a creative idea how to test if Iran is willing to promote peace or not, and eliminate the roadblock to peace Hamas represents through its terrorism.
In order to pre-empt a situation in which Abass and his constituents must remove Hamas by force (their being no reconciliation or acceptance of peace by Hamas) I would suggest he ask Iran to resettle them and send one -way plane tickets to aid in their banishment from Gaza, so the people of Gaza may become part of a contigious Palestinian State.
That would seem to be a reasonable request intended to avoid more bloodshed.
So it's also a good way to assess Iran's intent towards the peace process in whether they accept or not.
I once compared the last Admin. with the one Pres. Obama leads today by perhaps a unique standard.
The last Admin. was famous for the statement "You're either with us or against us."
Well the tone today is just a little different in that while there is continuity in policy in large respect, it's more like "You're with us, or get out of the way."
And in this process of finding the "undiscovered country" (peace), I believe the operative attitude expressed here will be the one that assures the parties' success if they hold it, together, as a public, unified stance. And serve Hamas notice of eviction.
Simple logic will tell you that if a political group denies the existance of other's right to live in peace, that they have voided any rights to exist they may have had in the process of becoming terrorists.
And we don't negotiate with terrorists.
The Quartet statement on Hamas is reflective of this policy, and you are going to be waiting by the phone a long time I think before anyone asks your "advice" on "adequately representing the interests of the Hamas government in Gaza." Their "interersts" not being in the interests of peace.
Brad B. writes:
Surrounding this issue I have noted the following from the State Dept:
1) Condemnation of an Israeli Rabbi who cursed the Palestinians. There is some controversy about whether he meant all Palestinians or just those trying to kill Israeli Jews. The comment did not acknowledge this. (Crowley Aug 29.)
2) State Dept. condemnation of the mass of anti-Israel rhetoric coming from the Palestinian leadership has been extremely thin and almost always indirect in the period leading up to these talks. Near daily Palestinian comments calling for the killing of Israelis is ignored as are the many honours that have been given by Abbas to glorify past terrorists.
3) 4 Israeli Jews were killed by terrorists. I have not found a comment by Crowley that did not in some way refer to "both sides."
I'm watching this process with considerable sadness and expect more perfidy from the US.
O.C. in the U.S.A. writes:
if Israeli's cooperated in building a solar farm in a rural community on the West Bank then Palestinians did the same in a rural area of Israel, this might be a good test to see how well and easily each side can cooperate together. Start with a small project and get High Schoolers involved in a cooperative design together. let them be the driving force and influence for change.
O.C. in the U.S.A. writes:
Better....You start with the project below but since High Schoolers like money, you form a solar company that builds solar panels in Gaza, you give small shares to the High schoolers involved in the program and equal shares to Israeli and Palestinians school. As solar panels are built and installed across Israel, Gaza, Syria, Egypt on and on, schools increase their funding and the highschooolers are happy to receive a dividend check every 3 months or so. Keep the banksters and fraudsters away from the project and both countries will have a world class educational and technology oriented industry. I think I'd better handle the pursestrings because I'm good at sniffing out corruption and I'm very tight with the pocketbook. I'll be like No!, No! No! No!, Yes!, No!, No! No! Revize your calculation and get back to me!
Patrick W. in Maryland writes:
This is a positive step forward in bring peace too, the Citizens of their countries.
If they can continue to have these kinds of open communications. That show that their working together on improve their Citizens lives and wellbeing.By bring some sense of security to the region i think thats Great.:)
I Wish them good luck on their progress._:)
Joseph A.M. in Oregon writes:
@Eric in New Mexico;
You would make an ideal guest speaker on the O'Reilly Factor or on any "Fox-News" programing, your political ideals are in line with the far-right.
I'm glad to see an effort made by the U.S. Department of State, and by the U.S. Administration in resolving a conflict that has been ongoing for the past sixty years, and that is so profoundly inter-connected to establishing global peace. I admire our administration for having the courage in pursuing direct talks, between the Palestinians and Israeli's and for attempting to achieve a "two-State solution" with resolving one of the most difficult of Foreign Policy challenges that we face during this century.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
Well Joeseph, I suppose it wouldn't be hard to make more common sense than Glenn Beck, who apparently has little if any...but you probably watch more "Faux" news than I since I tend to get mine from the source rather than let a third party interpret it for me.
But in any case, if you don't avoid personal insult as habit when folks disagree with you, there are rules of discussion here on this blog I suggest you review.
I was just trying to save you the grief of waiting for a call that will never come bro...I suppose you can thank me later.
I'm glad this got off to an auspicious start, I salute the effort and wish the parties all the best, but I'm not about to pat anyone on the back and say "good job" until I see results.
I'm sure there's a whole lot of folks that are of like mind.
It's not a "conservative" or "liberal" thing to be sick of being witness to their conflict and terrorism in general.
I think its just human.
Joseph A.M. in Oregon writes:
@Eric in New Mexico;
Thank-you for your clarification and with addressing your point of view. I really do not expect an e-mail from the U.S. Department of State, regardless of how innovative or desireable a suggestion may be.
I tend to shy away from U.S. mainstream media, they have a tendency of presenting a narrow-minded, one-sided point of view and are lacking with the "in depth analysis", regardless of Foreign Policy topic -- I much rather watch the News Hour on PBS.
The U.S. Administration and Department of State facilitating the direct talks is long over-due and hopefully some good towards resolving the many differences will come out of this process and effort.
I appriciate your posting and comment today, thanks!
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Ability to excel in driving experience and a nationwide support my firm belief that faith includes about I think.
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A.M. in Jordan writes:
The existence of the Zionist entity in the heart of the Arab-Muslim is in itself a strange
Because the Zionist entity is not shared with the Arab world, anything that characteristics such as religion, customs
Traditions and language. The existence of Israel within the Arab world is a big mistake, and constant tension
In the Middle East also note since 1948. Such as the entry of foreign objects inside the human body begins
Body fever, tension and fatigue and to ensure even go out foreign objects.
To all Arab and Islamic countries to form the Ministry of Defence and one common to all States and the expulsion of the Jews
From the Middle East. This is the best choice for Arabs and Jews in that one because he Bjrdasiraiil within the Arab world
Will feel the Arab world would not be true of the world would not be true of the Jewish people will never feel the stability and comfort, but if
Came out of Palestine, all Palestine greetings to all
Pamela G. in West Virginia writes:
It is truly amazing that these leaders have agreed to bilateral negotiations. We must give our leaders the strength to keep these talks going for the betterment of all mankind.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
@AM in Jordan,
I took the liberty of editing your post to read more accurately, hope it provides you with some useful perspective.
"The existence of (terrorist entities tearing at) the heart of the Arab-Muslim is in itself a strange
Because the (terrorist mindset) is not shared (by most within) the Arab world, anything that characteristics such as religion, customs
Traditions and language. The existence of (terrorism) within the Arab world is a big mistake, and constant tension
In the Middle East also note since 1948. Such as the entry of foreign objects inside the human body begins
Body fever, tension and fatigue and to ensure even go out foreign objects.
To all Arab and Islamic countries to form the Ministry of Defence and one common to all States and the expulsion of (terrorists)
From the Middle East. This is the best choice for Arabs and Jews in that one because he (seeks peace) within the Arab world
Will feel the Arab world would not be true of the world would not be true of the Jewish people will never feel the stability and comfort (of lasting peace),
Came out of Palestine, all Palestine greetings to all (peace be upon you)."
Lassina in Cote D'Ivoire writes:
the succes of the ongoing negociation depends on both parties and if usa accept to support the truth
M.A. in Jordan writes:
The reasons for Arab-Israeli conflict is the occupation of Palestine in 1948. Palestine Arab Islamic state like the rest of the Arab and Islamic states surrounding Them. Means that there are Jews and Zionists in Palestine a big mistake, because this entity Zionist is not consistent with the surrounding area (such as language, customs, traditions and religion) The only solution to end the Arab-Israeli conflict is the expulsion of Jews from Palestine All of Palestine. The Jewish people will not rest and will not feel comfortable and stability But if it gets out of Palestine and the Middle East completely. If people continue to Jews in Palestine and the Middle East, the death and destruction will continue. Palestine Arab Islamic state and will remain
A. in Jordan writes:
There is no democracy in Israel as a state is illegitimate and illegal and not recognized Evidence of this if anyone wanted to write a comment in the Israeli websites Does not allow him or be there are many obstacles to prevent him from writing a comment The reasons for Arab-Israeli conflict is the occupation of Palestine in 1948. Palestine Arab Islamic state like the rest of the Arab and Islamic states surrounding Them. Means that there are Jews and Zionists in Palestine a big mistake, because this entity
Zionist is not consistent with the surrounding area (such as language, customs, traditions and religion) The only solution to end the Arab-Israeli conflict is the expulsion of Jews from Palestine All of Palestine. The Jewish people will not rest and will not feel comfortable and stability But if it gets out of Palestine and the Middle East completely. If people continue to Jews in Palestine and the Middle East, the death and destruction will continue. Palestine Arab Islamic state and will remain
A. in Jordan writes:
There is no state called Israel. State of thieves called Israel a basis of the displacement and killing of Innocent nation of thieves basis bloodshed and war And the arrest of people for tens of years to
prevent him from claiming The right to life . basis steal the land of the Palestinian people And then steal the land of the Arab-Muslim the entire .State of the thieves do not know the law ..... Does not recognize the law of the United Nations, state that considers itself above the law . the law is the siege of Gaza And the bloodshed and destruction of houses and killing innocent people and occupying the country This is a country named Israel thieves


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Tatyana Fazlalizadeh, a Brooklyn-based painter and illustrator, responds to street harassment by creating dialogues through art in public places. Stop Telling Women To Smile, a series of portraits depict strong willed women responding to catcalls or inappropriate comments.
This series, which has been fostering solid conversations since it's 2012 NY inception, is simple in its assertion, yet complex in the response. Madison Carlson of Feminspire addresses some male reactions the work has evoked, one of which involved a penis being drawn on the woman's face. The New York Times additionally notes: "Andrés Carlos, 50, stood by the freshly pasted posters on Tompkins Avenue. 'A woman likes nothing more than being told she is beautiful,' he said. 'For me, this is ridiculous.'"
But, Fazlalizadeh and Carlson disagree with Carlos. This is not about beauty, but control. Carlson asserts, "Yelling or whistling at a woman on the street like she's a dog who will come when you call, or telling a woman to 'Smile. It can't be that bad. You'd be so much prettier if you smiled,' dehumanizes her. It reduces her purpose to pleasing the male gaze. The posters, answering that reduction with confrontation, are meant to show street harassers that they are not entitled to women's smiles or any other part of them."
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The ultimate goal of prevention and intervention is to stop dating violence before it begins. During the preteen and teen years, young people are learning the skills they need to form positive, healthy relationships with others. This is an ideal time to promote healthy relationships and prevent patterns of relationship violence that can last into adulthood.[1]
Studies investigating the effectiveness of programs to prevent dating violence are beginning to show positive results. Most programs focus on changing knowledge, attitudes and behaviors linked with dating violence while focusing on the skills needed to build healthy relationships.
In one rigorous NIJ-funded study, school-level interventions in 30 New York City public middle schools reduced dating violence by up to 50 percent.[2]
Researchers evaluated dating violence and sexual harassment interventions by randomly assigning classes to receive:
Youth exposed to domestic violence are at greater risk for being both a victim and the perpetrator of dating violence. Classroom-level interventions were delivered in six sessions, using a curriculum emphasizing the consequences for perpetrators, state laws and penalties, the construction of gender roles, and healthy relationships.
School-level interventions included the use of temporary school-based restraining orders, higher levels of faculty and security presence in "hot spots," and raising awareness schoolwide.
Researchers found that, compared with the control group who received no intervention, students who received the school-level intervention or both the school- and classroom-level interventions experienced reduced levels of dating violence and sexual harassment. The researchers noted that the classroom-level intervention alone was not effective in improving these outcomes. In addition, students in the school-level intervention were more likely to intend to intervene as bystanders if they witnessed abusive behavior between their peers.
These findings are important in several ways:
The success of the school-level intervention is particularly important because it can be implemented with very few extra costs to schools.
See the curriculum evaluated in this study, Shifting Boundaries: Lessons on Relationships for Students in Middle School (pdf, 65 pages).
Youth exposed to domestic violence are at increased risk to be both a victim and perpetrator of dating violence.[3]
Yet we currently have no violence intervention protocols for this vulnerable group. To help fill the gap, NIJ funded an effort to adapt the successes of an existing evidence-based program, Families for Safe Dates, so it would be applicable to teens who are exposed to domestic violence.
To adapt Families for Safe Dates for teens exposed to domestic violence, the researcher recruited 28 women (and 35 of their 12- to 15-year-old children) from four counties, either when the women were in court filing a domestic violence protection order or when the women were seeking services through public or community-based programs. To be eligible, women had to have been victims of domestic violence but no longer living with their partners and to have a child 12 to 15 years old.
The researchers adjusted the protocol recruitment strategies, data collection procedures, measures, and program administration, and eliminated the follow-up calls from the health educator. They also determined that the intervention was reaching the high-risk group: teens who had been exposed to an average of seven years of domestic violence and had high rates of dating violence compared with national averages. These teens also had high rates of exposure to bullying, sexual harassment and peer aggression, as both victims and perpetrators.
Overall, the mothers and youth reported that they enjoyed the booklets and found them helpful and informative. Given low rates of booklet completion and follow-up, however, the researchers could not decisively determine what effects the booklet had.
The pilot study was instrumental in guiding the development, refinement and implementation of a larger, ongoing efficacy trial of the intervention that is being funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Read the final technical report Dating Abuse Prevention in Teens of Moms with Domestic Violence Protection Orders (pdf, 405 pages).
Learn more about the
CDC's Randomized Efficacy Trial of Moms and Teens for Safe Dates.
Adolescents who are maltreated and become involved in the child welfare system are at risk for being revictimized by romantic partners.[4] To better understand how to prevent revictimization among this high-risk group, NIJ funded a study to evaluate the effectiveness of two prevention curriculums. The study focused on girls because they sometimes face more serious consequences of dating violence (e.g., injuries, pregnancy) than boys do.[5],[6]
Participants included 176 adolescent girls involved in child welfare services. The girls were assigned randomly to receive one of two curriculums:
A third group of 42 girls were enrolled in the study but did not participate in a curriculum intervention.
Overall, the girls reported positive experiences about participating in a curriculum. The study found no significant differences in revictimization rates for girls who completed the social learning/feminist curriculum compared with those who completed the risk detection/executive functioning curriculum. In addition, compared with girls who did not participate in a curriculum, the odds of not being revictimized (sexually or physically) were two to five times greater for girls who received the risk detection/executive functioning or social learning curriculum.
The study suggests that high-risk girls can successfully participate in and benefit from relational programming.
Read an abstract and access the final report
Preventing Revictimization in Teen Dating Relationships.
[note 1] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "Understanding Teen Dating Violence".
[note 2] Taylor, Bruce, Nan D. Stein, Dan Woods, and Elizabeth Mumford. Shifting Boundaries: Final Report on an Experimental Evaluation of a Youth Dating Violence Prevention Program in New York City Middle Schools (pdf, 322 pages). Final report submitted to the National Institute of Justice, grant number 2008-MU-MU-0010, October 2011, NCJ 236175.
[note 3] Ehrensaft, Miriam K., Patricia Cohen, Jocelyn Brown, Elizabeth Smailes, Henian Chen, and Jeffrey G. Johnson. "Intergenerational Transmission of Partner Violence: A 20-Year Prospective Study,"
Journal of Counseling and Clinical Psychology 71 (August 2003): 741-753.
[note 4] Foshee, Vangie A., Heath Luz McNaughton Reyes, Susan T. Ennett, Jessica D. Cance, Karl E. Bauman, and J. Michael Bowling, "Assessing the Effects of Families for Safe Dates, a Family-Based Teen Dating Abuse Prevention Program,"
Journal of Adolescent Health 51 (March 2012): 349-356.
[note 5] Coker, Ann L., Robert E. McKeown, Maureen Sanderson, Keith E. Davis, Robert F. Valois, and E. Scott Huebner, "Severe Dating Violence and Quality of Life Among South Carolina High School Students,"
American Journal of Preventative Medicine 19 (November 2000): 220-227.
[note 6] Silverman, Jay G., Anita Raj, Lorelei A. Mucci, and Jeanne E. Hathaway, "Dating Violence Against Adolescent Girls and Associated Substance Use, Unhealthy Weight Control, Sexual Risk Behavior, Pregnancy, and Suicidality,"
Journal of the American Medical Association 286 (August 2001): 572-579.
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Middlebury Union High School, Mount Abraham Union High School, Vergennes Union High School and Otter Valley Union High School all held their graduation ceremonies last weekend. Smiles, laughter, tears and music filled the air as the class of 2011 walked across the stage. To catch a glimpse of the seniors' final high school moments, explore the slideshow below.
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MIDDLEBURY — The rain came steadily down but spirits were consistently high as friends and relatives of the 140 Middlebury Union High School graduates packed the Memorial Sports Center on Saturday to watch the MUHS class of 2011 receive their diplomas.
Six members of the graduating class shared the honors for having the top grades — two valedictorians and four salutatorians. Each was given the chance to address the crowd.
BRISTOL — Mount Abraham Union High School sent 126 graduates into a very soggy world on Saturday, amid advice that they should cherish the memories they made on campus and that they should thank the many people who nurtured them through their academic years.
Unrelenting rainfall failed to dampen the spirits of the throngs of relatives, friends, teachers and students who assembled beneath a large tent that had been raised east of the school building.
VERGENNES — Speakers at this year's Vergennes Union High School graduation invoked figures as varied as Harry Potter, Harvey Fierstein and Walden Project founder Matt Schlein.
Following advice, reflection and music from peers and teachers, 91 seniors crossed the auditorium stage this past Friday evening to accept their diplomas and move on to the next stage in their lives.
BRANDON — Otter Valley Union High School Valedictorian Will Pearl's message to his fellow classmates at graduation last Saturday in its simplest form was this: They matter.
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A graduate program that awards the Master of Software Engineering degree is not as easy to find as you might think. Many universities today make include software engineering as an area of concentration for the graduate degree in computer science or computer engineering. Software engineering remains an afterthought in many graduate level programs at the high profile schools, although many of those universities offer an undergraduate degree in the field. A degree devoted solely to software engineering is, at the graduate level, often made available only to working professionals. This list of resources for the degree is compiled from schools that have a respected school of computer science, have a manageable tuition structure and offer a terminal graduate degree in software engineering.
New Jersey Institute of Technology is the state's principal academic institution for technology and management degrees. The NJIT offers masters degrees and doctoral programs in the principal engineering fields, architecture, and a wide range of IT programs. The Master of Science in Software Engineering is a comparatively new program offered by the Department of Computer Science designed to equip students with advanced knowledge of the concepts, techniques, skills and tools for developing modern large-scale software systems. This is clearly a business oriented degree.
University of Maryland offers the Master of Software Engineering as a collaboration between the College Park campus and the University's professional education division, University College. The thirty six credit curriculum has several courses in project design and management, preparing students for supervisory roles in software and systems design. Electives include a course in Engineering Economics & Financial Analysis and an Introduction to Artificial Intelligence.
Arizona State University has one of the highest ranked computer and electrical engineering programs in the country. They are also proactive in the development of online degree options; the Master of Science in Software Engineering is available to Arizona students on campus and to students from across the country online. This program incorporates instruction for designing and developing software projects with the business and management skills needed to manage a team engaged in software systems development or redesign.
Santa Clara University turns out many of the computer science and computer engineering graduates that go to work in the Silicon Valley firms located throughout the region where the campus is located. The Master of Science in Software Engineering requires applicants to have an undergraduate degree in computer science or engineering; or to pass the computer science section of the GRE exam. This degree is oriented to the science and technology of software development with a minimum of the curriculum devoted to project management. The programming requirement in the program may be waived for professionals who have at least a year's experience.
University of Minnesota offers a two year program for the Master of Science in Software Engineering that is designed for professionals who have work experience in software development or a related field. The course load is flexible enough to allow students to continue working, and classes are taught on alternating Fridays and Saturdays so that normal work hours are not significantly disrupted. There is an industrial seminar series incorporated into the curriculum that includes instruction in software re-engineering & maintenance, as well as a course on legal and intellectual property issues.


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Supermodel Linda Evangelista has split from her billionaire boyfriend, Hard Rock Cafe co-founder Peter Morton, according to a report.
The runway beauty, 48, began dating the business tycoon in 2006, when she was pregnant with her son, Augustin James, following a brief fling with French fashion mogul Francois-Henri Pinault – the current husband of actress Salma Hayek.
Evangelista and Morton broke up in 2010, before reconciling months later, and he stood by her last year as the stunner took Pinault to court in a battle over child support.
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Texan Colonel William Travis sends a desperate plea for help for the besieged defenders of the Alamo, ending the message with the famous last words, "Victory or Death."
Travis' path to the Alamo began five years earlier when he moved to the Mexican state of Texas to start fresh after a failed marriage in Alabama. Trained as a lawyer, he established a law office in Anahuac, where he quickly gained a reputation for his willingness to defy the local Mexican officials. In 1832, a minor confrontation with the Mexican government landed Travis in jail. When he was freed a month later, many Anglo settlers hailed him as a hero. As Anglo-American resentment toward the Mexican government grew, Travis was increasingly viewed as a strong leader among those seeking an independent Texan republic.
When the Texas revolution began in 1835, Travis joined the revolutionary army. In February 1836, he was made a lieutenant colonel and given command of the regular Texas troops in San Antonio. On February 23, the Mexican army under Santa Ana arrived in the city unexpectedly. Travis and his troops retreated to the Alamo, an old Spanish mission and fortress, where they were soon joined by James Bowie's volunteer force. The Mexican army of 5,000 soldiers badly outnumbered the several hundred defenders of the Alamo. Their determination was fierce, though, and when Santa Ana asked for their surrender the following day, Travis answered with a cannon shot.
Furious, Santa Ana began a siege. Recognizing he was doomed to defeat without reinforcements, Travis dispatched via couriers several messages asking for help. The most famous was addressed to "The People of Texas and All Americans in the World" and was signed "Victory or Death." Unfortunately, it was to be death for the defenders: only 32 men from nearby Gonzales responded to Travis' call for reinforcements. On March 6, the Mexicans stormed the Alamo and Travis, Bowie, and about 190 of their comrades were killed. The Texans made Santa Ana pay for his victory, though, having claimed at least 600 of his men during the attack.
Although Travis' defense of the Alamo was a miserable failure militarily, symbolically it was a tremendous success. "Remember the Alamo" quickly became the rallying cry for the Texas revolution. By April, Travis' countrymen had beaten the Mexicans and won their independence. Travis' daring defiance of the overwhelmingly superior Mexican forces has since become the stuff of myth, and a facsimile of his famous call for help is on permanent display at the Texas State Library in Austin.


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Five years ago the Napa Valley School Library Consortium implemented Destiny® Textbook Manager™ at a few designated sites. This process has continued to be a learning experience that involves site libraries, student management specialists and IT departments.
Last summer, Library Services and the district textbook team transferred more than 2,500 textbooks from an existing high school to a brand new site. At the same time, we implemented Destiny Textbook Manager at another comprehensive high school and closed three elementary schools.
We began to dream of textbooks and talk of textbooks and think in textbook numbers and conditions. Our mantra became, "Managing textbooks is the one thing we can do that will save the district money and not impact a position."
We survived the textbook management process and saved the District over $180,000. The textbooks are in place; every student has their required books and we were able to quickly collect data for the Williams Report.
We actually had a countywide Destiny Library Manager user group meeting yesterday and did not talk about textbooks (or, only just a little…)
Below you'll find a video we created for our annual textbook report. If you can't see the video, visit this hyperlink: http://animoto.com/play/ke3Sk8gy3Mq9fPmZ7BC6FA
Kate MacMillan is the Coordinator of Library Services at Napa Valley USD and Napa Valley School Library Consortium. She serves on a variety of boards and is a second-term public library commissioner appointed by the Napa board of supervisors. You can connect with Kate by leaving a comment below.


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The New York State Police and the Division of Criminal Justice Services have partnered with NY-ALERT so you can receive free AMBER Alerts, Missing Child Alerts, Missing College Student Alerts and Missing Vulnerable Adult Alerts – via e-mail, text message or fax – whenever one of these alerts is issued in New York State.
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A little #WATN: Where are they now for you 1980s Canucks fans.
Vancouver on a Friday night can be a fun town, that is, if you know where all the cool events are happening. For nearly a decade now, Vernard Goud's Luvngrace Entertainment Events : Beauty, Art, Music & Fashion have been the events to attend. Their diverse visions in the arts and fashion usually have brought out some of the best Canadian celebrities the west coast can offer, like Pamela Anderson, Raphael Mazzucco and last Friday night, Richard Brodeur. I was asked by Vernard if I could do a write up about Richard's art show and share some of my thoughts and Richard's to a hockey audience that still adores him. I was honoured and humbled, especially after talking to Richard Brodeur. He is as wonderful and gracious as a person as he is as talented as an artist and as an NHL goalie.
Walking into the Chali-Rosso Art Gallery on Howe Street, I felt a little overwhelmed and a little out of place. I dressed for the part, I knew the procedure, but I'm a sports girl, and although I do love and appreciate the arts, I haven't been to such an event in a long time. I wasn't sure what to expect. However, both the organizers, Vernard Goud and Georgia Primar, along with Richard Brodeur made me feel right at home. So much so, King Richard, granted me an interview.
JG: Thanks for inviting me to your wonderful and successful event. It's great to see many fans of your hockey days become fans of your art. How long have you been painting?
RB: As an active professional artist since 1990, although I have been painting since the age of 18.
JG: That's fantastic, you became a professional artist just three years from retirement. You've had a few collections over the years. Couple questions now, first, what differentiates this collection from the previous ones and how long did this one take for you to finish?
RB: This load of work for me represent a more decisive and confidence in my accomplishments. It took me 3 months to finish the collection.
JG: I usually hear of artists taking a year or even more to finish their collections, three months is machine-like! This is a pretty sizeable collection. That's impressive. Explain your favourite piece in the collection and why?
RB: The childhood memories series is an emotional feeling to create nostalgia and happiness. The "I " series is exploring and challenging my own creativity. Its not fair to ask me that, but there is one that leaves a strong message about our world, Mother Nature is Crying, the Red Lilies is a statement in moving forward and challenging myself. Of course I love all my little kids playing and not having any worries about life.
JG:How does being a goalie show similarities to your approach to your art?
RB: Being a goalie you train yourself to be focused but aware of your surrounding and every time you play it is a new canvas and a new challenge physically , emotionally and mentally. Meditation and staying within yourself is so important.
JG: I guess being a goalie has given your art an approach of rapid movements and reactions, does that have much to do with how you finish your collections so quickly?
RB: Yes, when you put it that way, that's a part of the process. I don't really want to dwell on a piece. I want to feel it in the moment I am doing it. I usually am working on three to four pieces at a time.
JG: One last question. Do any of your old teammates come to the art shows and/or commissioned you to do some art?
RB:My old buddies don't understand what it's all about.
JG: Thank you so much for doing this for CanucksCorner, the three main writers on here are all big fans of the Canucks presently and in our youth. I can speak for Bruce and Brian, you played an integral part of our hockey childhood.
RB: I thank you for your support. Cheers.
Here are some pieces and event shots from Richard Brodeur's latest collection "The King and I" Solo Art Exhibit.
As we move forward in our lives, we hope to explore different aspects of ourselves. Richard Brodeur has moved on from the world of professional hockey, but it resonates deeply in his art and in his spirit. He has inspired many young boys and girls to be Canucks fans in the early 1980's, myself included. Today, I see Richard inspiring many artist to find what is true to them and to evolve but remain true to what drives their work. Thank you Richard, it was my honour.


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Irish is given recognition by the Irish Constitution as the national and first official language of the Republic of Ireland (English is the other official language). Although the Irish requirement was also dropped for wider public service jobs, Irish remains a required subject of study in all schools within the Republic which receive public money. Those wishing to teach in primary schools in the State must also pass a compulsory examination called Scrúdú Cáilíochta sa Ghaeilge (Examination for Quality in Irish). The need for a pass in Leaving Certificate Irish or English for entry to an Garda Síochána (police) was introduced in September 2005, and recruits are given lessons in the language during their two years of training. The most important official documents of the Irish government must be published in both Irish and English or Irish alone (in accordance with the Official Languages Act 2003, enforced by An Coimisinéir Teanga, the Irish language ombudsman). See recent Irish Language Curriculum news


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Landowner of the Year 2009 - Steve Nall
Western Creek Co. landowner Steve Nall was recently awarded
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Every year the Wildlife Department selects a landowner who has gone above and beyond to improve their property for wildlife habitat, and according Alan Peoples, chief of wildlife for the Wildlife Department, this year is no exception.
Nall is the owner of Canyon Creek Ranch in western Creek Co., which spans over 1,000 acres of mixed hardwoods with scattered mixed grass openings. His wildlife conservation efforts include prescribed burning, food plot management and participation in several Wildlife Department landowner programs such as the Deer Management Assistance Program, the Wildlife Habitat Improvement Program and fish stocking program. Nall also participates in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program and actively involves his young daughters in his effort while introducing them to the outdoors.
"It's wonderful that Steve is introducing these girls to the outdoors and it's obvious from visiting with him and some of the pictures that he has shown of the place that it's about the kids," said Russ Horton, lands and wildlife diversity supervisor for the Wildlife Department.
Efforts such as prescribed burning have led to increases in wildlife on the property while also helping control the spread of Eastern red cedar.
"I certainly consider it a privilege and an honor to be selected as Landowner of the Year and definitely appreciate the recognition and the work not going unnoticed," Nall said. He added that the work and progress on his ranch would not have been possible without the Wildlife Department and its employees as well as everyone who has helped work on the ranch.
"An achievement like this is definitely a group effort, and I want to take this time to just thank everybody that's been involved," Nall said."
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In the current political climate, which remains tense despite a recent decrease in violence and an agreement between the government and the opposition to seek a peaceful solution to the political crisis, many members of the Venezuelan media, which has vigorously opposed President Hugo Chávez Frías, fear that the decision will curtail their ability to report critically of the government.
On July 15, the Supreme Court's Constitutional Chamber dismissed an appeal contending that several articles in the Venezuelan Penal Code were unconstitutional. Rafael Chavero Gazdik, a private lawyer who writes about constitutional issues, filed an appeal (acción de nulidad por inconstitucionalidad) in March 2001 stating that Articles 141, 148 to 152, 223 to 227, 444 to 447, and 450 of the Penal Code violated the Venezuelan Constitution and international obligations agreed to by Venezuela under Article 13 of the American Convention on Human Rights, which guarantees the right "to seek, receive, and impart information and ideas." (In Venezuela, private citizens can seek recourse in the court system if they feel that a law is unconstitutional.)
Articles 148 to 152 and Articles 223 to 227 of the Venezuelan Penal Code include the desacato provisions, which criminalize expressions that offend public officials and state institutions; Articles 444 to 447 and Article 450 address criminal defamation and slander; and Article 141 establishes criminal penalties for destroying the Venezuelan flag and other national symbols.
Citing the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights' (IACHR) 1994 "Report on the compatibility of desacato laws with the American Convention on Human Rights," which argued that desacato laws contravene Article 13 of the American Convention on Human Rights because they suppress freedom of expression, Chavero maintained that as a member of the Organization of American States (OAS), Venezuela should repeal desacato provisions or amend them in accordance with international standards. In his brief, Chavero also asked the Supreme Court to repeal criminal defamation provisions or to update them by introducing the "actual malice" standard in cases where the person offended is a public official or a public person. (The "actual malice" standard, first articulated by the U.S. Supreme Court in the 1964 case New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, requires a plaintiff to prove not only that the offensive expression or published information is false, but also that the defendant knew or should have known it was false at the time the expression or information was disseminated.)
Although Supreme Court Justice Jesús Eduardo Cabrera Romero's July 15 ruling slightly amended the wording in Articles 223, 224, 225, and 226, the justice rejected Chavero's arguments. Explaining his opposition to the repeal of "contempt laws," Justice Cabrera wrote that private powerful economic and political groups within society should not be allowed to express thoughts and ideas that potentially weaken "State institutions, for their own or other purposes." Cabrera maintained that "such institutional weakening ... may be promoted through persistent, vulgar, slanderous, excessive, and fallacious attacks, against the bodies that make up the country's institutional fabric."
In addition, the court ruled that Venezuelan laws guarantee human rights and were not incompatible with the American Convention on Human Rights, noting that Articles 57 and 58 of the Venezuelan Constitution establish the right to information and free expression and offer broader protection than that provided under Article 13 of the American Convention on Human Rights. Furthermore, the court's decision specified that the IACHR's recommendations issued in its 1994 report were not legally binding.
After the ruling was delivered, Eduardo Bertoni, the IACHR's Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression, issued a communiqué decrying the Venezuelan Supreme Court's decision. International human rights groups such as Human Rights Watch and Venezuelan organizations such as the Programa Venezolano de Educación-Acción en Derechos Humanos have also criticized the ruling.
Increasingly, international human rights organizations have recognized that public officials are subject to a greater scrutiny and should not enjoy a higher level of protection than the rest of society. The IACHR's Declaration of Principles on Freedom of Expression, approved in October 2000, states that "public officials are subject to greater scrutiny by society. Laws that penalize offensive expressions directed at public officials, generally known as 'desacato laws,' restrict freedom of expression and the right to information."
The Declaration of Principles further argues that "the protection of a person's reputation should only be guaranteed through civil sanctions in those cases in which the person offended is a public official, a public person or a private person who has voluntarily become involved in matters of public interest." While the IACHR's Declaration of Principles is not a legally binding document, it represents the IACHR's interpretation of existing international law regarding freedom of expression.