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I don't know what to do or who to talk to... I've been very depressed because I really don't have any friends around here and it's so hard to go through this alone. I'm just so scared...
Married to CH (2005) and mother to DS1 (6/2006), DS2 (8/2008) and DS3 Sept 22nd, 2011!
All of your posts have given me a lot of hope. What I think I really need are some friends, it's hard for me to make friends though. I don't know about mommy groups. I feel like if I went to a mommy group everyone would judge me for the home birth and cloth diapering and staying at home and stuff. NJ is not crunchy-friendly. Also, I feel like I would be so much younger than everyone else.
Any advice on this?
deethai- Yes I did have a LOT of trouble telling my Mom about the baby. I actually had to devise a cute way of telling her without actually saying anything (and while I wasn't in the room)!
She's all excited about it, though, and will be at the birth. I've always forgiven her because... I guess 'cause she's my mom and she did her best.
That's interesting really, so how long did you wait to let her know about it how far along were you? I suppose you couldn't wait long if she lives close to you. How did you tell her and what was her initial reaction to finding out?
I have it easier I only talk to mine via instant messaging, so it would be a matter of typing something to tell her, even that I don't really want to do.
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Today: Lots of sun and pleasant. Highs: Mid-70s to near 80.
Tonight: Clear and comfy. Lows: 54-60.
Tomorrow: Mostly sunny early, then increasing clouds. Highs: Low-to-mid 80s.
The calendar may say we've begun meteorological summer, but we're going to manage at least one more day of sublime spring weather while we can. One more sunny, spectacular day closes out our weekend before things start to change. Summer can't be held at bay forever, and we'll certainly feel it by Tuesday and Wednesday, when we're looking at some typical mid-Atlantic heat, humidity, and risks for afternoon showers and storms.
Today (Sunday): Another sparkling weekend concludes with another day of weather bliss. Humidity remains a non-factor and skies stay mostly sunny as winds come from the south-southeast at 5-10 mph. Temperatures fall slightly short of yesterday in some spots, with most places probably topping out in the mid-to-upper 70s, though near 80 is not out of reach. Confidence: High
Tonight: Nothing to complain about here, either! Skies remain mostly clear and winds blow lightly from the south. It's another comfortable evening with temperatures dropping toward and into the 60s. Overnight lows dip to the mid-50s for most, maybe closer to 60 downtown. Confidence: High
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Tomorrow (Monday): Tomorrow serves as a stepping stone toward more summer-like weather. With high pressure moving offshore, mostly sunny skies through morning see increasing clouds during the afternoon. Temperatures top out in the low-to-mid 80s as winds come from the south near 10 mph. Humidity creeps higher, but should stay down in the barely noticeable range. Those out west in the mountains may need to watch radar for a shower or thunderstorm, but here in the metro area we should stay dry. Confidence: Medium-High
Tomorrow night: The turn toward summer continues with partly to mostly cloudy conditions and possibly some spotty fog and/or mist. Lows stay on the mild side, only getting down to the mid-to-upper 60s. Confidence: Medium-High
Tuesday really should feel like June when you step outside. Mostly to partly sunny skies jump highs to the upper 80s to near 90 with moderate humidity, before midday clouds build in the heat and instability. Some of those clouds could be of the cumulonimbus variety, and we're looking at a 50% chance for showers and thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening. A few showers may linger overnight, otherwise it's mostly cloudy and warm with lows in the upper 60s to near 70. Confidence: Medium
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Hey guys and gals, this week I'm starting off my Lush Legends series with the famous lip scrubs which seem a particular favourite for any Lush addict. The first one I have is the Bubblegum flavour which came in the Lush Legends set, and one that I have had before and loved! (I'm pretty sure I've mentioned this before, it might have been in my skincare routine from ages ago) But anywho this lip scrub smells of pure bubblegum, so it's quite sweet and tastes yummy. As with all of the lip scrubs they're really good at getting rid of any dead skin; which is why I find them best in winter, but don't forget to use a good lip balm after to keep your lips soft and supple. With this one though I do find it's more sugary? I can't describe it with text, but I would say the Mint Julips flavour is more moisturising... Not the best explanation! Another great thing about the Bubblegum one in particular is that the colour is bright pink, and the little jars are also quite handy to travel about with, perhaps if you're staying overnight somewhere.
The next one I have is the Mint Julips flavour; which is a kinda mint choc chip flavour and smells really good, yet again. As said before, this one doesn't seem as drying as the Bubblegum one for some reason, but still works just as good - Maybe even better! However with these little jars, I do think they are a little pricey (At £5.50 each) But if you're willing to pay then I would definitely recommend them, and they are also a good investment, as my first one lasted me a good couple of months.
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Goal: Support the full implementation of financial transparency rules that would expose secret payoffs and allow citizens to demand more responsible use of local resources
Big oil companies, it is time to come clean. Over 1.5 billion people dwell in places rich with natural resources like oil and natural gas, yet still survive on less than $2 a day. These resources, continually identified and nabbed by oil conglomerates, provide no wealth to those it is owed: those indigenous to the land. Sign this petition backing new transparency rules that would require oil companies to stop hiding secret payments to local governments and take accountability for the environmental damage, loss of land, and human rights abuses they have perpetuated.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is set to announce new transparency rules that would require oil companies to make records public, exposing formerly secret payoff to local governments for access to resources. This would give poor citizens in resource-rich countries a mechanism for fighting corruption: proof of oil and natural gas contracts and government misappropriation of income funds. With accurate information as to government negligence citizens can appeal to authorities, demanding more responsible use of local resources at the very least, making these raw materials an asset of theirs again.
Big oil companies such as Chevron, Exxon and ConocoPhillips won't be pinned to the mat without a fight. They've threatened to sue the SEC to keep these new laws from going into effect. With enough public outcry, we can keep that from happening and make sure that communities get the information they need to fight corruption in their countries. Tell oil companies to stop fighting transparency rules– sign the petition today.
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Veeam ProPartner Service Provider program helps VARs offer hosted services
VARs interested in VM backup and hosted services may want to keep an eye on Veeam and its ProPartner Service Provider program.
Veeam specializes in virtualization backup and management and the program has been in existence for 18 months and now has 1,000 partners.
According to Dan Timko, Director of Hosted Services for BlueWave Computing, an Atlanta-based VAR and IT services provider, a big draw for partners is the Veeam Backup & Replication product that's included in the program. Timko said that the product, services and upsell capabilities it provides was BlueWave's primary reason for joining the ProPartner Service Provider program.
The Backup & Replication product allows BlueWave, an Infrastructure as a Service company, to back up entire VMware deployments, take full snapshots and replicate VMs at its off-site facilities in Arizona.
"It helps reduce operating costs, and having better disaster recovery and backup has increased our revenue," Timko said. "With [Veeam's] licensing, there are no big, up-front purchases and we can sell per-customer VMs. If you don't back up a customer's VMs well, you won't have that customer for very long."
These VM backup and hosted services for customers have been a big growth area for BlueWave.
"Cloud services have been the fastest-growing part of our business and will be our biggest source of income over the next two-to-three years," Timko said. "Customers are starting to ask more and more about hosting and the cloud."
Mike Waguespack, director of emerging market development and global hosting for Veeam Software said that because of how easy the program is to join and the flexibility of licensing has helped it gain popularity.
"[VARs] can choose between CAPEX or OPEX models or have a combination of both where they use CAPEX for long-term customers and OPEX for the variable parts of their business," Waguespack said.
As reported on SearchDataRecovery.com, Waguespack also said that Backup & Replication 6 will include Hyper-V support.
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N-able spruces up managed services platform with VMware support
The latest version of the N-able Technologies managed service automation toolset adds remote monitoring for VMware, under the virtualization developer's "VMware Ready" program.
N-central 8.1, which was released this week, can now be used to monitor the hardware components of ESX and ESXi servers, including power supplies, fans and RAID-related hardware. The platform also reports about the condition of disk subsystems. The idea is to ensure that the hardware underlying virtualized servers are in tip-top shape, lest an outage seriously impact performance.
The feature is being billed as an industry first among managed services automation platforms.
With another new N-central 8.1 enhancement, managed service providers (MSPs) can now control N-central via a mobile application for Android-based devices. (You can download the mobile app on the Android marketplace.)
The third big change in N-central 8.1 lies in the scheduling component. The platform includes a much broader range of scheduling options. What's more, it can now be used to collect warranty information and create expiration alerts for equipment from Acer, Apple, Dell, Gateway, Hewlett-Packard, Lenovo and Toshiba.
The attention to automation should help MSPs focus staff on higher value technical services that could benefit from the attention of a human and not on routine concerns that can be automated. Said Karl Samborski, operations manager for Dynamic Strategies, an MSP in Cranbury, N.J.: "Using N-central, we've been able to lower our administrative costs, which means there's more time to focus on customer service."
MSPs that already use N-central and that have a current maintenance and support contract will receive the upgrade for free.
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Microsoft partners catch a break, new deal registration program delayed
News has spread that Microsoft will delay the LAR deal registration program launch that was slated for on Oct. 1, 2011 yet again until March 2012.
While some LARs who rushed to get trained on T-36 online certifications by Oct. 1 may be irked by the late notice, some think this is good news, and that Microsoft may even be responding to channel feedback.
"The thing is the processes behind all the registration programs for incentives and proofs of concept are not easy," said Josef Hans Lara, business development manager at LAR Long View Systems. "Microsoft needs to develop the process to make it smoother for partners."
Lara explained that the amount of paperwork required for opportunity registrations with Microsoft is a full-time job, and welcomes any effort to smooth out the kinks. Interestingly, Microsoft has not made any official announcement to its channel partners about the change yet.
"We haven't received any official notification per se. They have to prepare a nice email," said Lara, who relied on a colleague's discussion with a Microsoft executive for confirmation following news from Channel Register.
While it certainly is one component, the deal registration program goes beyond getting LARs not to compete for big clients. It's asking the LARs to offer services, which is a big portion of this new incentive program.
"Microsoft wants to make sure the LARs offer services so the clients can actually use what they buy," said Lara. The deal registration program ensures that the Microsoft partner is actually promoting all of the products while providing services. For companies like Long View Systems that have their roots in services, this is a win.
Lara also said, however, that partners in Europe may struggle the most with this new regime. This is mainly because of the high costs associated with T-36 online training, which is required to get their shops up to speed on providing customers services.
What do you think about this delay? What do you think about the new deal registration program in general? You can leave your comments below or contact Site Editor Leah Rosin or follow us on Twitter.
HP overhaul continues with webOS layoffs
After announcing in August that it plans to spin off its Personal Systems Group, Hewlett-Packard is making more moves. HP confirmed that it plans to lay off more than 500 webOS Global Business Unit (GBU) employees from its soon-to-be-discontinued webOS hardware business.
HP wants to do away with the hardware portion of webOS, but possibly salvage the software part. Based on HP's decisions so far, it looks like the mobile operating system has no future at HP and the company's eventual plan for it remains to be seen. There has been talk of licensing the OS to third-party vendors or players such as Google or Facebook.
Though PSG head Todd Bradley said back in August that HP should spin off PSG, HP executives have been short on details so far.
What will Mike Parrottino's promotion mean to PSG?
HP hasn't announced long-term PSG plans yet, but it did say last week that Mike Parrottino will be the new head of the solution partner organization within PSG, meaning he will lead U.S. PSG channel sales.
Parrottino has put in 24 years at HP, most recently as the vice president of PSG sales and business management, and is a stabilizing influence at a time when PSG is in turmoil. HP thinks highly enough of Parrottino to put him in such an instrumental channel role, but one has to wonder whether PSG, and his role within it, will be intact even a few months from now.
HP is banking on PSG senior vice president and general manager for the Americas Stephen DiFranco and Parrottino's leadership to guide the PSG through uncertain times.
Update: Rumors are now circulating that Apotheker's run at HP could be coming to a close.
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We interrupt this blog with a UPS market forecast
I'm not sure when uninterruptible power supplies (UPSes) got so sexy, but the fact is they are one of the most important products in the ongoing transition to greener, more power efficient computing infrastructure.
Little wonder, then, that a new market prediction from Pike Research suggests strong growth for the product category over the next four years. The research firm points out in its report ("Next Generation Uninterruptible Power Supplies") that higher standards for reliability and more concerns about the quality and efficiency of energy across the data center will push a growth rate of 12.2 percent between 2010 and 2011, which is clearly much faster than most other segments of the IT market. Sales should reach $8.2 billion by the end of 2011, with revenue of $13.2 billion anticipated by 2015.
Said Pike Research President Clint Wheelock:
"Leading UPS vendors are addressing the evolving needs of the market by focusing on greater efficiency, including more transformerless designs. Advances in battery technology are also benefitting UPS products by reducing cost and floorspace requirements."
Large-format UPS systems actually grew faster than small-format systems during the first half of 2011, on a global basis, the research firm reports.
I believe you'll also start hearing more about the intersection of UPS technology and broader energy storage options, as companies look to increase all their options when it comes to distributing power across data centers.
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PC shipment forecasts revised downward
PC shipments in the second quarter of 2011 trailed expectations, which has prompted market research firm International Data Corp. to revise its full-year forecast downward slightly to 4.2 percent.
The update to its Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker reports that shipments grew by 2.7 percent in the quarter, off from the 2.9 percent forcast. The research firm cites a number of factors, including sluggish sales in mature markets, cannibalization from devices including media tablets and smartphones, and an overall environment of economic malaise, especially among small and midsize businesses (SMBs).
Notes IDC senior research analyst Jay Chou:
"With the excitement of mini notebooks largely past, the PC industry has struggled to come up with compelling features to keep buyer interest, and has subsequently suffered some budget-competition from smartphones as well as media tablets, which sold more than 107 million and 13.5 million units, respectively, in the second quarter of 2011. The proposed spin-off of HP's PC business has also contributed to uncertainty in the market as the channel and corporate users re-evaluate their next steps."
That's the bad news. The good news, in my opinion, is that the United States is holding its own relative to other mature markets. Sure, sales dropped by almost 5 percent in the second quarter, compared with the previous year. But in Western Europe, they fell by more than 20 percent.
IDC also believes the long-term trends are positive. Here is the growth in percentage shipments that it anticipates for mature markets over the next several years:
2012 – 5.1 percent
2013 – 5.6 percent
2014 – 6.5 percent
2015 – 5.9 percent
Mature markets include the United States, Western Europe, Japan and Canada.
I believe that IT solution providers need to watch these numbers in context of how other client devices are doing — including media tablets and smartphones, both of which continue to post extraordinary growth. Consider that IDC believes vendors will ship a total of 472 million smartphones in 2011, which is a 55 percent growth rate. Media tablets are posting an even faster growth rate, although that growth is obviously coming off a much smaller base. IDC just reported that worldwide shipments for the second quarter were 13.6 million units, up about 304 percent year over year.
Long term, there will be very different sorts of client devices relying on your IT services firm's skills. Will your team be up to that challenge? It won't, if it keeps focusing on desktops and notebooks as the only client devices worth worrying about.
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Wi-Fi transition will accelerate into 2014 (research)
The crossover to more flexible Wi-Fi technologies will accelerate during the next three years, according to some new data out from ABI Research.
The firm reports that the 802.11ac format will emerge as the dominant protocol by 2014, with a sharp increase in shipments during the 2013 crossover year. The primary format within the platform will be chipsets that combine the 802.11n and 802.11ac formats, according to ABI Research.
Notes Philip Solis, the research director for mobile networks at the firm:
"With the exception of a small and dwindling number of 802.11g chipsets, everything has already shifted to 802.11, and it has happend faster than most people expected. This is a clear indication of what will happen with 802.11ac."
The more flexible the chipset in terms of its ability to accommodate multiple bands, the more likely it is to be adopted.
The research dovetails with another report out this week from IDC that predicts that by 2015, more people will access the internet via mobile, wireless devices than via wireline connections. I just want to note that wired broadband connections sit behind the wireless access points that we use. So, technically speaking, the statement is true but there is a wire behind it all. Somewhere.
The IDC report, called the Worldwide New Media Market Model, predicts that the total number of internet users will grow to 2.7 billion in 2015 from 2 billion in 2015. The compound annual growth rate of mobile internet users will be approximately 16.6 percent during that time period.
If that doesn't get IT solution providers thinking about the sorts of managed services they offer for their clients, nothing will. The fact is that the personal computer's influence as the central point for access is continuing to decline, probably at a rate faster than most VARs or systems integrators have expected.
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AMI report: Competencies will help SMBs with cloud services
Raise your hand if you've heard this before: Vendors want VARs to focus on specialization.
Whether it's IBM seeking specialized partners or Autodesk honing in on partner specialties, this isn't a new trend. But Access Markets International (AMI) recently surveyed 650 SMB VARs, and it would appear that vendor desire for specialized competencies will be a factor in the cloud computing services market.
Based on the types of solutions partners offer, growth areas, margins and skill sets, AMI came up with five high-value competencies (HVCs) that VARs can be judged on: Business analytics (BA), unified communication and collaboration, business process management, mobility and infrastructure alignment. These competencies are then rated. So for a partner to get a BA competency, they have to offer a substantial amount of on-premises and cloud BA solutions (about 25-30% total, according to AMI).
AMI queried each respondent for 35 minutes on their experience with the competencies and maintains that because these competencies provide higher growth and margins, they will help partners have cloud success.
Of the 650 respondents, 45-50% had at least one competency and 15-20% had two or more. Avinash Arun, director of channels at AMI, said that these numbers are a continuation of a changing landscape and a sign of the all-in-one partner's demise.
"Once partners have isolated competencies, offering cloud services becomes easier," Arun said. "One-third of respondents with at least one competency offer some form of Software as a Service (SaaS) whereas only one-tenth of partners without competencies provide SaaS."
Arun said that 15-20% of SMB VARs are presently getting revenue from the cloud, but over 25% with one of these competencies are getting cloud revenue.
Competencies have always been important to vendors, not customers, and some SMB VARs have said that their work in the field should take precedent over competencies. But as cloud services become more prominent, VARs who didn't value specific competencies before may need to need to adjust on the fly.
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VAR taps cloud for IT cost monitoring service
Mick Gallagher has resold Oracle and NetSuite software and services for quite some time. Now, he's fully into the cloud with App360.
This service, built atop NetSuite infrastructure, plus an up-front service call, will help companies get a handle on what they're really spending for all of their information technology and better allocate resources accordingly. Continued »
IBM snaps up fraud-detection expert i2
The deeper that IBM Software gets into analytics, the deeper it gets into territory that hackers and other nefarious cyber-criminals are likely to target. Little wonder, then, that the giant IT services and software company today snapped up a British security technology firm, i2, to aid in its protection of businesses, healthcare organizations and governments using its technology.
Two of i2's touted credentials: it is used by 12 of the top 20 retail banks in the world and eight of the 10 biggest companies. The technology is also used at the national security level in 60 different countries, according to its web site.
In a statement announcing the acquisition, IBM executive Craig Hayman, who is general manager of IBM Industry Solutions, said:
"IBM's goal is to better equip public safety officials and businesses with the information and tools they need to ensure safer cities. The combined capabilities of IBM and i2 will help customers uncover patterns and trends that will allow them to more effectively protect the privacy and safety of citizens, businesses and governments."
The terms of the deal weren't disclosed, but the transaction is expected to close in the second quarter provided all the usual regulatory hurdles are surmounted. i2 has its base in Cambridge, England. Its 350 employees are located there, as well as in McLean Va.; Tucson, Ariz.; Canberra, Australia; and Ottawa.
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Sorry...Need to take this off my chest before the official VOTE. Looking at the maven repo thread, begs the question. Do we really need an incubator? Isn't it just a IP Clearance SVN now once people have their way with no distinction at all between incubator and non-incubator code? What incentives are there left to graduate? How come a little bit of pain that makes something obvious to end users is such a no-no? Why is it such a big deal to remove one tiny pebble in their path? A lot of folks have made it thru...including CXF. gathering users on the merits of their code/community. It's not like the pebble stopped users from trying things out. So what's the big deal? My 2 cents, Thanks, dims -- Davanum Srinivas :: http://davanum.wordpress.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: email@example.com For additional commands, e-mail: email@example.com
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Red Hat Launches ARM Partner Early Access Program for Partner Ecosystem
New program embraces key open standards and practices; enables partner collaboration around datacenter innovations based on 64-bit ARM® architecture
During the evolution of the 64-bit ARM ecosystem, Red Hat has consistently worked to establish open source and industry standards as integral components of the emerging architecture. Through founding participation in the Linaro Enterprise Group (LEG) (http://www.linaro.org/
Today's ARM Partner Early Access Program announcement enables Red Hat and its partners to better address the evolving ARM ecosystem by:
Supplying participants with early stage development software, documentation and tools.
Collaborating with partners to create a singular 64-bit ARM server software platform that relies on common standards.
Enabling faster innovation within ecosystem organizations, such as LEG, by providing a common development platform to enable deployment ready future 64-bit ARM software.
Gathering requirements around partner needs within the ARM ecosystem and using this information to create a unified common software platform capable of supporting multiple hardware designs.
Red Hat expects the participants in its ARM Partner Early Access Program to contribute to more streamlined and applicable implementations of 64-bit ARM standards and practices. Additionally, through collaboration with program participants, Red Hat will be able to evaluate technical features across various market segments, develop feedback-based targeted use cases, and perform market demand assessments that could influence future product decisions.
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Jim Totton, vice president and general manager, Platform Business Unit, Red Hat
"The Red Hat ARM Partner Early Access Program continues Red Hat's efforts to drive open standards and best practices within the 64-bit ARM ecosystem, enabling tighter collaboration with leading innovators in the ARM ecosystem. By providing our participating partners with the tools, resources and support needed to build a common development platform, we can help facilitate partner-driven 64-bit ARM solutions that are based upon Red Hat technologies."
Suresh Gopalakrishnan, general manager and corporate vice president, Server Business Unit, AMD
"The Red Hat ARM Partner Early Access Program is an excellent vehicle to help accelerate a robust ecosystem for ARM-based servers. In addition to our participation in the Red Hat ARM PEAP, AMD is pleased to support this growing community with standard ARM Cortex-A57 ARMv8 based hardware alongside the newly announced AMD Opteron A1100-Series processor development platform."
Subramonian Shankar, president and CEO, American Megatrends, Inc.
"AMI is fully committed to its role as a leading provider of BIOS and UEFI solutions for 64-bit ARM platforms, by being the first independent BIOS vendor to offer a complete early stage solution for the 64-bit ARM ecosystem. Working closely with industry stalwarts such as Red Hat enables AMI to deliver more compelling and engaging solutions for the 64-bit ARM ecosystem including debug and diagnostic tools as well as a complete integrated development environment for UEFI. The end result of our collaboration is a deeper, more efficient platform design and development experience, which in turn enables the creation of the next generation of 64-bit ARM platforms to meet the demands of tomorrow's high efficiency, high performance server platforms."
Gaurav Singh, vice president, Technical Strategy, AppliedMicro
"For more than three years, Red Hat and AppliedMicro have collaborated on support for the 64-bit ARMv8 Architecture within the Linux community, demonstrating open source technologies running on AppliedMicro's X-GeneTM Server-on-a-
James McNiven, general manager, systems and software group, ARM
"Red Hat's early access program will accelerate the development of a robust enterprise ecosystem, built on a strong open source foundation. Collaboration and standardization are vital cornerstones of the ARM ecosystem, ensuring C-Suite decision makers have the freedom to choose from a diverse range of infrastructure solutions. Today marks a major milestone for the open source community and the ARM server ecosystem on the path to broader adoption of the ARM architecture throughout the enterprise."
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Our vision is a Chesapeake Bay and watershed that is healthy and thriving; one in which natural systems and human communities are in balance. Interdisciplinary academic programs promote the integration of environmental issues, social values, and good old river mud.
Natural Lands Project Internship Summer 2017
Center for Environment & Society
Natural Lands Project Internship – Summer 2017
Location: Chino Farms
Duration: May - August 2017 (start and end dates are flexible, position is 10 weeks long)
Application deadline: Friday, March 10, 2017 at 4:30 pm
Interested in GIS and wildlife biology? Consider spending the summer working as part of the NLP team. We are seeking one motivated intern with experience in GIS and a desire to spend some time outdoors conducting bird surveys and working on a Monarch Butterfly project.
GIS – Two projects mapping landscape attributes across locations on the upper Eastern Shore (~65% of time)
Bird Surveys – conducting male calling counts for Northern Bobwhite, a species in decline throughout the mid-Atlantic (~10% of time)
Monarch Butterfly Project – take the lead in conducting a Monarch rearing project to help bolster declining populations (~20% of time)
Other duties as assigned (~5% of time)
The ideal candidate must have the ability to work independently, possess intermediate GIS skills, good communication skills, and experience conducting field work or a strong desire to gain experience conducting biological field work.
The position is a 10-week paid internship. Start and end dates are somewhat flexible but need to be between May 15th and August 15th. Shared housing, with fellow WC students, over the summer is provided. Pay is $10.00/hr for a 35hr work week.
Please contact Dan Small, firstname.lastname@example.com, for more information.
To apply, please send the following to Jamie Frees at firstname.lastname@example.com
cover letter
two references (with at least one being a WC faculty)
Callinectes Mate
Do you have boating experience?
As you may know, Washington College has two research vessels, which give students, faculty, and staff access to high-quality research instruments for studying the Chester River and the Chesapeake Bay.
The Center for Environment & Society is looking for students willing and capable of lending a hand and learning how to assist on our research vessels; 46' RV Callinectes and 27' RV Lookdown.
Students who apply must be willing to join the USCG drug testing protocol.
Tasks may include deckhand, assisting with deployment of otter trawls for fish sampling, water quality devices, buoys, and seafloor mapping technologies.
Must be willing to learn boat handling skills, deck handling responsibilities, and direct sampling technologies that include bottom and water sampling. Computer skills are a bonus and would be used to learn how to use seafloor mapping technologies. Students in possession of USCG Masters License or with extensive boating experience are encouraged to apply.
Starting rate is $8.75 per hour with an hourly rate up to $12.50, based upon qualification and can be discussed in the review process. The number of hours per week vary based on the number of tours or cruises going out on the vessels each week.
To apply, please email firstname.lastname@example.com with
- resume
- cover letter
- class schedule for the Spring 2017 semester
- and two references
Applications are due no later than Wednesday, February 8th. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to reach out.
CRFRS Grassland Bird Study Summer 2017
Center for Environment & Society
CRFRS Grassland Bird Study – Summer 2017
Location: Chino Farms
Duration: May -July 2017 (start and end dates are flexible)
Application deadline: Friday, March 10, 2017 at 4:30 pm
The Center for Environment & Society (CES) at Washington College invites applications for three competitively-awarded positions for summer 2017. Each internship comes with a salary of $10 an hour and requires approximately 35 hours of work per week over a 10 week period. Shared housing (off campus at Chino Farms) is included. The field house is about a 10-minute drive from campus. Owning a vehicle is not necessary, but is preferred.
Grassland Bird Behavioral Study –
The Chester River Field Research Station (CRFRS), located on Chino Farms, just across the river in Queen Anne's County is hiring up to three interns for our summer research project on grassland birds. The team will contribute to a multi-year study on breeding biology of Field Sparrows, a common bird in decline. You will start the day before sunrise and stalk birds through the fields, identifying individual birds by their colored leg bands, take GPS points of bird locations and search for their nests (harder than it sounds). After the field work is done, there will be some office work such as reviewing video footage of nests. You'll work side-by-side with CRFRS Field Ecologist Maren Gimpel and Assistant Professor of Biology Dr. Jennie Carr and all the data you collect is for peer-reviewed scientific publications.
Skills preferred : Coursework in birds and/or ecology and/or environmental studies; bird identification, using binoculars and spotting scopes, reading color bands and recording bird behavior; data collection, data entry. Ability to work outdoors in all kinds of weather, starting work before sunrise, attention to detail and patience are a must. This project is ideal for students with an interest in habitat restoration, conservation and field biology.
For more information on these projects, please see our website:
Maren Gimpel (email@example.com) and Dr. Jennie Carr (firstname.lastname@example.com)
To apply, please e-mail Jamie Frees (email@example.com) by Friday, March 10, 2017 at 4:30 pm. Awards will be announced in the mid-March.
With your application please include a resume and a word document that clearly expresses the following:
- names of one or two WC faculty references (actual letters not needed)
- your year of study, major, and GPA
- your dates of availability
- why you are interested in this internship
- how might this internship dovetail with your future career goals
- why you should be selected (see project description above)
Spring 2017 Bird Banding Internships
Foreman's Branch Bird Observatory
Chino Farms, MD
March 1 – May 5, 2017
Application Deadline:
February 3, 2017
Job Description:
Students will participate in the longitudinal migratory bird banding operation at Foreman's Branch Bird Observatory (FBBO), located at Chino Farms on the Queen Anne's County side of the Chester River. Duties include recording data, mist-netting, and handling birds. Interns will work outside, sometimes in inclement weather. Each intern will earn $10 per hour and can work up to 10 hours per week (depending on scheduling) for an 8 week period. Interns will learn valuable field skills in ecology and gain real world experience with field biology. Hours will be determined at a mutually agreeable time, but applicants should note that the banding station operates mornings only from 6:00 am until 1:00 pm. Please see the Foreman's Branch Bird Observatory web page for more information.
Supervisors: Maren Gimpel and Jim Gruber
- Applicants should be available starting at dawn and MUST HAVE a 3-4 hour block of time
- Applicants MUST have their own transportation
- Willingness to learn
- Strong interest in wildlife and field work
To apply:
Submit a cover letter explaining your interest, resume, course schedule and work availability, and contact information for two references (at least one from a Washington College faculty member) to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Campus Garden Internship 2017-2018
Location: Campus Garden
Deadline: Monday, April 24, 2017
Time Frame: Will begin at the start of every fall semester and continue through the spring semester, not including winter break or campus/national holidays.
Hourly rate: $10
Supervisors: Shane Brill and Jamie Frees
Commitment: 5 paid hours/week, plus seasonal volunteer activities.
Purpose: The Garden Coordinator leads the daily operation and maintenance of the campus garden in promotion of environmental stewardship and service learning.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Beautify the garden space and facilitate its use as an outdoor classroom.
- Coordinate volunteer efforts to support the garden.
- Cultivate partnerships with Dining Services and Buildings and Grounds.
- Develop and implement a plan for the long-term vitality of the garden.
- Partner with community groups (local schools, Master Gardener programs).
- Update the Campus Garden website.
- Write grants to establish new programming.
- Support the campus apiary and composting program.
The intern must be:
- a full-time Washington College student.
- driven by a strong environmental ethic.
- enthusiastic for building community.
- committed to grow food without the use of synthetic chemicals.
- self-motivated and require minimal supervision.
- a determined advocate for sustainability and food justice.
Helpful Experience
- Prior gardening/farming experience.
- Familiarity with CSAs, small family farms, forest gardens, and permaculture.
- Understanding of soil health and ecological principles of horticulture.
- Ability to articulate the distinction between organic and industrial agriculture.
Potential for Academic Internship Credit
The campus garden internship might be tailored for academic credit. The intern would develop a course of study with a sponsoring faculty member in a related discipline.
Please submit to email@example.com:
- a cover letter
- resume
- class schedule
- and one faculty reference
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