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This past weekend, many of us in Teaneck and Bergen County were under a tornado watch as some serious weather worked its way through the area.
I wanted to remind your readers that, once again, September has been designated National Preparedness Month, in recognition of which the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the New Jersey State Office of Emergency Management (OEM), and the New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness (OHSP) want you to get involved by joining the National Preparedness Coalition. You can access more information and get involved by visiting their website at http://community.fema.gov/connect.ti/READYNPM.
The Coalition's Online Community is where communities, businesses, organizations and families can connect and collaborate on emergency preparedness. FEMA invites everyone to use the Coalition to empower themselves to prepare and to coordinate preparedness activities with their families, neighbors, co-workers, and those with whom they may study or worship. I encourage each of you to have a look at the Coalition's website to familiarize yourself with some of the great resources available to all.
Most of what you will need to know about what should be done before, during and after an emergency can be accessed from www.ready.gov. Additional information tailored to New Jersey residents can be found at www.ready.nj.gov or www.ready.gov/new-jersey.
- Yitz Stern
Yitz Stern is a Teaneck Township Councilman


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Educational strength in numbers: The School Collective connects teachers with good ideas, hiring
Flying Kite Media
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
There's a lot of talk about technology and education, but most of the time, the conversation is about individual schools implementing technology. In the case of
The School Collective
, a social entrepreneurship startup based in Philadelphia, technology becomes a way to link and improve all schools at once.
Sebastian Stoddart, one of the co-founders, says "We originally came up with the idea at Oxford University. Alyson Goodner and I were both studying for our MBA. The education problem is bigger than just one issue. We identified an element of the education world where we can actually make a difference."
The School Collective joins teachers across schools through a website where educators can share best practices through lesson plans, materials, and instant communication. Currently there are over 1,700 members sharing nearly 21,000 documents and over 36 thousand lesson plans.
Stoddart, who remains in the UK but visits town 3 to 4 times a year, says it was Goodner's enthusiasm and energy that drew him into the project. "She's incredibly passionate. It's her one focus and one mission. From my standpoint, it's a real chance to use innovation to improve education. It's an opportunity to reshape an existing model that isn't working."
Coming from one of the most venerated learning institutions in the world doesn't hurt. "One thing you get from Oxford is a hands on teaching style," says Stoddard. "You work directly with a tutor, and there are 2 to 3 other people in the room. The difference of that model to Philadelphia education is huge. Oxford is an incredible education, and it gives you a massive desire to give that education as well."
Goodner adds, "I am not British. I was born here in Philly, and ended up at Oxford, a place where people gather to talk about global change. Here in Philadelphia we get a fairly bad rap. People say, education reform here in Philly? Good luck with that. But there has been movement. There are amazing people doing reform work in Philly."
The School Collective, says Goodner, gathers revenue via a freemium model. Teachers sign up for free or pay $5 per month to access the full functionality of the site. Organizations can also subscribe to the site using a tiered model.
"The School Collective is built to give benefit to every user on the site," says Stoddard, who compares traditional teaching tools that are brought in by the principal, but offer no benefit to the teacher, "From the beginning we wanted this to be something teachers would want to be on."
An essential key to The School Collective's success is Goodner and Stoddart's professional development package, their hands on approach to teaching teachers. During a 10-hour workshop, The School Collective shows educators take the time to visit schools in person and explain exactly how to use the tools, resulting in a 98% acceptance rate.
With this level of success, expansion is on the agenda, although it would be difficult to replicate an Oxford-educated team. "We are looking to bring on a person full time similar to what I am doing, and a full time developer on Sebastian's side to build a team in Philadelphia," says Goodner, who plans on tapping into former Teach For America participants to find the right fit.
Currently, The School Collective serves a diverse roster of Philadelphia schools, including The William Penn Charter School, Stepping Stones, and The School District of Philadelphia. The plan is to expand to include parents and students, and to extend The School Collective's reach to neighboring states.
: Alyson Goodner, Sebastian Stoddart, The School Collective
: Sue Spolan
Local tech VP appointed to FCC's advisory committee on diversity
Flying Kite Media
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Brigitte Daniel is on her way up, literally. By the time you read this, Daniel will be on a seven-week fact-finding mission through Southeast Asia funded by an
Eisenhower Fellowship
. But wait, that's not all. Daniel was just appointed to
the Federal Communications Commission's
Federal Advisory Committee on Diversity in the Digital Age
. We'll get back to that tour of India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Singapore in a minute.
How about that FCC appointment? Daniel, an attorney and Executive Vice President of
Wilco Electronic Systems
, is one of the youngest appointees to the committee and the only representative from Philadelphia. The committee will meet in Washington, DC to ensure that minorities and low income communities get broadband access. "It's being reframed as a civil rights issue of the 21st century," says Daniel, who adds that increasingly, institutional interactions require internet access. If you want to apply for a job, apply to college, and get social services, you need the web.
Wilco is a family business founded by Will Daniel, Brigitte's father. One of Wilco's primary missions is to provide low cost, high speed advanced telecommunication services to minorities and underserved communities in the Greater Philadelphia area. "One of the reasons I was appointed to the diversity committee for the FCC was because Wilco served as a catalyst to bring together the various partners and community groups that formed the Philadelphia
Freedom Rings Partnership
. Freedom Rings is a citywide consortium of educational institutions, municipalities, The City of Philadelphia, and Wilco, which had the goal of providing high speed access to underserved and economically stressed areas."
While Freedom Rings provides free access to participants, Daniel stresses that ultimately, the goal is affordable service. "When you start talking about free, it's hard to be sustainable. Someone will always have to pay for it." Daniel adds that if the service is free it will perceived to have less value. "Our whole point is to make it affordable." To prove that point, Wilco customers can get digital cable, high speed internet and a laptop for under $50 a month. "It's our version of the triple play," says Daniel.
Back to that whirlwind trip to the other side of the globe: Daniel is a 2011 Eisenhower Fellow. The India and Sri Lanka segments of her seven week trip are funded by the fellowship; she added the other destinations in order to gather even more knowledge of emerging technologies and policies for connecting impoverished populations.
Daniel returns in December and begins a two-year term at the FCC while remaining at Wilco. "Whatever we recommend, I hope it's taken to heart. At Wilco, we are on the ground, in the trenches. If the FCC takes our policy recommendations seriously, that's exciting."
: Brigitte Daniel, Wilco Electronic Systems
: Sue Spolan
State of Young Philly has never looked better
Flying Kite Media
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
If you want to know how young Philly's doing, let me sum it up for you: smart and good looking. From the highest reaches of government right down to our youngest up and comers, there's never been a more attractive bunch of people in charge.
The second annual
State of Young Philly
, convened by the all-volunteer
Young Involved Philadelphia
for a two-week run, was a series of six events designed to engage, connect and represent citizens. Targeting community engagement, education, sustainability and the creative economy, State of Young Philly drew close to 1,000 young professionals and representatives from over 50 organizations in the city, according to organizers. From the first packed event at
World Cafe Live
on Oct. 4 to the standing-room only crowd at the finale at
The Gershman Y
, the crowd was diverse in age and background and alike in its forward-thinking approach.
Claire Robertson-Kraft, Young Involved Philadelphia Board Chair, says, "When I first moved to Philadelphia just over a decade ago, I was initially struck by the negativity of the city. But the spirit in the discussions over the course of the past few weeks has been very different than that initial perception I got when I first moved here. Rather than focusing solely on what was in need of improvement, each of the discussions was as much about how to build on already existing innovation and assets the city has to offer."
Alain Joinville, Public Affairs Coordinator for the city's Department of Parks and Recreation and a Young Involved Philly board member, adds, "It was easier to get partnering organizations involved. The State of Young Philly series is the biggest and most audacious project our organization has undertaken in its 11-year history, and we did it pretty well last year, so we are seen as a credible organization in the eyes of the City's leaders and leading organizations."
Robertson-Kraft points to several initiatives that launched in the lead-up to this year's State of Young Philly: a local version of the online web portal
Change By Us
,a partnership with
United Way
to improve Philadelphia public education, entry into the
Open Data Philly
challenge, and social media hashtags
But ultimately, the draw of State of Young Philly is the promise of doing good combined with a commitment to fun. Reports Robertson-Kraft, "Let's just say that the after-party went into the late hours of the night. At all of our events, we strive to achieve that perfect balance of meaningful conversation and a good time."
It's a whole new take on a thousand points of light.
: Claire Robertson-Kraft, Young Involved Philly
: Sue Spolan
Open Data Race lets you vote for data sets that are most fit for public consumption
Flying Kite Media
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Data collection and dissemination: how much fun is that? If you are participating in Philadelphia's
Open Data Race
, you might actually squeeze a good time out of otherwise flat statistics. Voting in the Open Data Race is open to the public until Oct. 27, and currently, you can make your opinion known on which of 24 data sets you would like to see made public.
"We hope to generate excitement around open data," says Deborah Boyer, project manager at Philadelphia-based
. Nominations contributed by non-profit organizations were reviewed by
partners, namely Azavea,
NPower Pennsylvania
The William Penn Foundation
, and
Technically Philly
It's probably too early to judge, but right now the
Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia's
request for stats on reported bike thefts is atop the rankings with 55 votes, followed by Demographic Info for Individuals Accessing Shelter Services submitted by
Back on My Feet
with 50 votes. Other organizations represented in the voting ranks include the
Committee of 70
The Urban Tree Connection
The Sustainable Business Network
Boyer says, "Public participation has been a key feature of OpenDataPhilly and is also crucial to the Open Data Race. We encourage people to submit data sets for inclusion in OpenDataPhilly or nominate data they would like to see made available."
Boyer points to difficulties municipalities might have in identifying which data is most needed. "Through Open Data Race, non-profit organizations have the opportunity to let the city and OpenDataPhilly partners know what information they need to fulfill their missions."
Winners, to be announced on Friday, Oct. 28, will receive cash prizes. First place gets $2,000, second place gets $1,000, and third receives $500. At that point, the fun really begins, when OpenDataPhilly works with the city to unlock the requested sets and then hosts hack-a-thons to create applications that use the data.
: Deborah Boyer, Azavea/OpenDataPhilly
: Sue Spolan
South Philly resident grows composting collection business
Flying Kite Media
Tuesday, August 09, 2011
Your scraps are Tim Bennett's gold mine.
Bennett Compost
offers urban dwellers the opportunity to recycle food waste without expensive equipment or outdoor space. Bennett began the business out of a personal need. "At the time, where I was living in South Philly, I wanted to compost, but I had no backyard." After dissatisfaction with home composting systems costing around $300, Bennett created a composting service that would benefit city homes and businesses at a fraction of the cost.
For a $15 monthly fee, residential customers receive a covered bucket, and Bennett's truck swings around once a week to empty and return the container. Commercial customers, including coffee shops, a florist and some restaurants, pay on a sliding scale depending on volume and frequency of pickup, but Bennett adds that the cost offsets commercial trash hauling fees, and in some cases commercial customers are able to save money on refuse.
Used food and some types of paper are sent to a composting facility in Delaware and then picked up for distribution to area community gardens. Customers can opt to receive up to 10 gallons of the finished product free of charge; beyond that, compost is available at a discounted price. You don't have to be a customer to buy compost. Five gallon buckets are available to the general public for $10, and will soon be sold at area retail locations including
Essene Market
Green Aisle Grocery
Current offices are based in South Philly at Bennett's home, with a North Philadelphia warehouse. Bennett was able to quit his day job at Temple University last summer to devote his career full time to compost. "We bootstrapped our way up. Now we are profitable enough that I am able to pay my own salary, and we have three part time employees." The business continues to grow, with 300 residential customers and 20 businesses distributed across the entire city.
: Tim Bennett, Bennett Compost
: Sue Spolan
Move over ice cream man, Healthy Carts are coming to Philly neighborhoods
Flying Kite Media
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Some Philadelphia neighborhoods have no choice about the food residents can buy. Corner stores stocked with sugary and salty processed snacks, Chinese take-out and pizza shops are the only options in many low-income areas of the city. The city's brand new
Healthy Carts Initiative
offers a solution to food deserts as well as providing employment to vendors.
"The program came out of the
Get Healthy Philly Initiative
," says Healthy Cart Coordinator Rachel Hynes, who is now accepting applications from individuals and organizations. "We approved the first five applications last week." Ultimately, the goal is to set up 20 vendors in this first pilot year.
Healthy Cart operators receive free small business training, waived fees, a streamlined inspection process and free EBT machines, which allow processing of debit, credit and food stamps/SNAP cards. "We are covering the minimum monthly EBT fees through March," says Hynes.
Vendors will be allowed to sell cut fruit and vegetables, as long as the chopping occurs in an approved kitchen. The initiative is administered by the
Office of Food Protection
, a division of the Department of Public Health, and the same group that oversees the city's growing fleet of food trucks.
To figure out which areas get carts, says Hynes, the Healthy Carts program employs a GIS (Geographic Information Specialist) who has mapped out the areas which are most in need. It's a matter of finding a balance of where there's a need and where cart owners will be successful, according to Hynes, who used the Green Cart program in New York as a springboard but added more features to the Philly program.
Cart owners can make a living wage, says Hynes, if they are out seven days a week and establish a routine. Vendors need to come up with their own business models and are responsible for sourcing, purchasing, storing and displaying their goods, with training from the city. Healthy Carts plans to partner with local community organizations and recreation centers to promote the new program.
: Rachel Hynes, Healthy Carts
: Sue Spolan
A mobile app brings the dead to life at West Laurel Hill Cemetery
Flying Kite Media
Tuesday, June 07, 2011
Eternity just got a little longer and a lot more powerful, thanks to a new Android app.
West Laurel Hill Cemetery
in Bala Cynwyd has launched an
interactive cemetery guide
designed to run on the Samsung Galaxy tablet. It's a pilot program designed by
, and the first of its kind in the country. West Laurel Hill and its cross-river predecessor
Laurel Hill
have always been ahead of the times. Back in the 1800s, founder John Jay Smith envisioned a rural burial ground, away from the city. Before Laurel Hill, the only option for burial was in a churchyard. In 1836 and in 1869, Smith built havens for the heavenly in Laurel Hill and West Laurel Hill, creating verdant spaces that attracted families out for a Sunday picnic. There was even a train that stopped directly at West Laurel Hill for just such visits.
The idea of creating a non-denominational park setting for the dead caught on like wildfire in the 19th century. And then cemeteries pretty much remained the same. The great majority of memorial parks still do business on paper. West Laurel Hill has broken new ground in other ways, creating a scattering garden for loved ones' ashes, a green burial section, and a soon to be opened Jewish section. "We're proud of the fact that West Laurel Hill embraces new trends," says Deborah Cassidy, the cemetery's Marketing Manager. Working with WebCemeteries of Virginville, Berks County, on the mobile app, visitors can access photos, video, text and other information graveside. There is a built in GPS to keep you on track. Additionally, says Cassidy, the app will increase efficiency internally, allowing the office to go paperless.
There are a lot of famous Philadelphians buried at West Laurel Hill. So far, says Cassidy, about 25 of the cemetery's permanent residents are featured on the app. Videos were produced by Gillian Hurt of
GH Video Communications
, a Bala Cynwyd based production company. Preview some of Hurt's West Laurel Hill videos on architect
Horace Trumbauer
, hat magnate
John B. Stetson
, and
Dr. John Thompson Dorrance
of Campbell's Soup.
For now, visitors to the cemetery can check out one of six tablets running the app; Cassidy says plans are underway to release the smartphone tour as a paid app to the general public in the next six months.
: Deborah Cassidy, West Laurel Hill Cemetery
: Sue Spolan
FLYING BYTES: SEPTA's TransitView, MAC founder raises $75M, and Phila. Printworks strikes chord
Flying Kite Media
Tuesday, June 07, 2011
Flying Bytes is a recurring roundup of innovation and quick updates on the people and companies we're covering:
SEPTA launches TransitView
Back in January, we
that SEPTA was weeks away from launching a real-time, system wide tracking program. The future is finally here. Like SEPTA's TrainView for regional rail, the new
provides live updates on the whereabouts of buses and trolleys throughout the city. Also launched:
SMS Transit Schedule Information
, allowing customers to receive a text with the next four scheduled trips, and
Schedules to Go
, a mobile website function that provides information on the next ten scheduled trips.
Shah closes $72 million IPO with Universal Business Payment Solutions
Following a hot tip, we learned that Bipin Shah, creator of the MAC, was
seeking $72 million
for payments startup
Universal Business Payment Solutions
. On May 13, UPBS (NASDAQ: UBPSU) got its money. According to Shah's partner Peter Davidson, "we closed on 12 million shares at $6.00 per share. The underwriters have a 45 day option to cover any over-allotments, which they have not exercised to date." Investors include hedge fund magnate
J. Kyle Bass
, who purchased about 800,000 shares.
Philadelphia Printworks up, running, finding its market
The lovely ladies at the helm of
Philadelphia Printworks
are going full speed with their new T-shirt business. Co-founder April Pugh reports that most of PPW's customer base has come from custom work, particularly from local indie rock artists. PPW loves its rockers right back and offers a band discount. Pugh says she and partner Ruth Paloma Rivera-Perez are now seeking partnerships with retail outlets and will be selling at upcoming summer festivals.
Specticast expands with EuroArts partnership
Digital entertainment distribution company
continues to widen its reach. The company, which we originally
back in April, announced an exclusive partnership with
, bringing live and pre-recorded events from Berlin's Philharmonie, The Sheldonian Theater at Oxford University, and Madrid's Teatro Real, according to Mark Rupp, SpectiCast president.
: Andrew Busch, SEPTA; Peter Davidson, UBPS; April Pugh, PPW; Mark Rupp, Specticast
: Sue Spolan
NewsWorks brings an online news magazine to WHYY
Flying Kite
Tuesday, November 02, 2010
Something exciting happened during
's fall pledge drive. And it wasn't a riveting
Terry Gross
interview. For the third consecutive year,
stations saw growth in the 25-to-40 demographic. Welcoming this younger demographic will not be easy for WHYY, Philadelphia's NPR affiliate and home for political discourse and intellectual public programming. So the station created
, an online news and commentary site, launching Nov. 15. Enlisting its own journalists and regional content providers, NewsWorks hopes to create a hyperlocal news focus and bring enlightened discussion from the airwaves to the internet.
"The 2008 election was a great thing for NPR stations because a lot of people considered NPR to be the most reliable place to get news on that election so we brought a lot of new people into the tent," says WHYY Director of News and Civic Dialogue Chris Satullo. "Now we are trying to keep them. We are looking for two key demographics we hope will be the early adopters of NewsWorks. One is the younger technologist professional group--the creative class in Philly. And the other is the middle-aged professional who has been an NPR fan for a long time."
One of the goals of NewsWorks is to replicate the open discussion created on air at WHYY and bring it to the internet. Website comment boards are not traditionally known for scintillating conversation so NewsWorks will employ a self-governing rewards system, allowing users to give points to other users for contributing a valuable comment. By changing commenting and by asking the right questions, Satullo believes productive dialogue can occur online.
"We are going to work very hard not to frame things as black and white, left vs. right," says Satullo. "We are trying to get the 360-degree opinions and how people's experiences shape their opinions."
Chris Satullo, WHYY
John Steele
Manayunk software firm Vuzit redesigns website, rolls out new document viewer features
Flying Kite
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
As document sharing has transitioned from walking a manila envelope down the hall to e-mailing a digital image, document viewing has become a complicated task. With hundreds of file types and varying security measures, it's hard to be sure your document will get where it's going and will be read when it gets there. Manayunk software firm
designed the DocuPub platform to simplify the process, allowing companies to view documents of all file types safely and securely, over a cloud-based server system that can even be read on mobile devices.
Founded by former
employees Chris Cera and Brent Matzelle, Vuzit has drawn recent investments from
Ben Franklin Technology Partners
Robin Hood Ventures
, allowing Vuzit to make some upgrades. This month, the company announced it will be using the investment to add advanced search capabilities over the whole cloud or within document files. The company also plans to add search engine optimization.
"Chris and Brent saw that, as people wanted to send more and more files over the internet, they were going to want to do more than just send PDF files around, without having any idea what people were doing with the files," says Board Advisor Coley Brown.
With investment in place, Vuzit hopes not only to upgrade its software but its staff as well, looking to hire three to five new engineers and development professionals over the next sixty days. With these investments, Vuzit hopes to expand DocuPub's versatility, adding more file types (it allows 40 already) and allowing an ease of use not yet available.
"Most people turn everything into PDFs but in many cases, it's a pain or there are conversion problems," says Brown. "What most people would rather do is say 'here is my Visio file and even though you never paid for Visio, don't have a license for it, you can see it as if you did."
Coley Brown, Vuzit
John Steele
Northwest Farm Fest celebrates urban farming with country flavor
Flying Kite
Tuesday, October 05, 2010
Farmers across Central Pennsylvania will be celebrating another plentiful harvest season this fall, but thanks to
Weavers Way
and the
Awbury Arboretum
, there will also be plenty of celebrating to do in the city. The
Weavers Way Community Farm
, a Northwest Philadelphia urban farm tended by high school students and used to make local products by community members, is honoring another successful year. The Weavers Way farm celebrates this Saturday from 11am-3pm at Awbury Arboretum with the second annual Northwest FarmFest, a country festival for Philadelphia's city farmers.
"This farm is making sustainable agriculture a part of this urban community," says farm committee member Josh Brooks. "This is a time to gain acknowledgment for the farm, spread awareness and just celebrate that it's there. And have fun."
As the Weavers Way urban farm offers students and community members all the benefits of local agriculture--fresh produce, low prices, local cultivation--the Chestnut Hill food co-op's members and community program directors bring all the country comforts of a small-town festival to the big city. The Northwest FarmFest is free and open to the public, presenting musical performances from local acts, pumpkin painting, hay rides, and farm tours. And of course, the Weavers Way Farmstand will have plenty of homegrown produce on sale, along with prepared food from the Weavers Way's Marketplace Program, a school-based cooperative food business run by students. Weavers Way hopes the event will be a venue to show off many school programs focused on the benefits and lessons of local, healthy eating. And of course, to celebrate the harvest.
"We will also be promoting the whole aspect of Weavers Way Community Programs who work with schools to create a marketplace, teaching about food and creating a market" says Brooks. "We'll have food, some barbecue, the marketplace will be selling some food and drink."
Josh Brooks, Weavers Way Farm
John Steele
Interactive mapping platform launched to connect Philadelphians to their local communities
Flying Kite
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
It's one of life's great mysteries: you can travel to a thousand cities and eat at a hundred fancy restaurants and drink a dozen craft beers at each of the bars along the way. But a meal never tastes as good as one at your favorite neighborhood haunt. And according to Philadelphia's sustainability leaders, this phenomenon is not just good for your appetite, it can be good for your neighborhood and your city as well.
Based on a concept created by the
William Penn Foundation
, partners from the
Sustainable Business Network
Common Space
, a new mapping platform that creates a network of neighborhood establishments within a certain walkable, bikeable or busable distance to help residents support local business.
"The really cool thing is, I can map my friend's common space as well as my own," says SBN Executive Director Leanne Krueger-Braneky. "So if I am leaving from my office in Center City and meeting my husband who is coming from our house in West Philadelphia, he could say he is going to bike for 15 minutes and I could say I was going to walk for 20 minutes and Common Space will map the area where we would be able to meet up and map local culture events and businesses in that field."
Partnering with tastemakers like
, Common Space shows you the best spots in your transit area, allowing you the most sustainable way possible to hit your next favorite haunt. After their trial run, organizers hope to partner with citywide festivals and cultural events like LiveArts and Philly Beer Week.
"Sustainability was one of the values William Penn outlined, which is why they wanted to partner with us," Krueger-Braneky says. "Because the application does encourage walking, biking, and public transit, it's a way of showing what's going on in the city while encouraging alternative transit."
Leanne Krueger-Braneky, SBN
John Steele
Neighborhood Food Week stretches taste buds beyond Center City
Flying Kite
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Restaurant Week
returned to Center City this week, bringing $35 prix fixe menus to downtown's hottest restaurants. Well, at least the hottest restaurants within a 20-block radius of City Hall. But for the restaurants that don't claim a Center City zip code, there's
Philly's Neighborhood Food Week
, an outlier's answer to Restaurant Week, offering access to some of the best food in town, just a bit out of town.
Neighborhood Food Week is the brainchild of Charisse McGilll, veteran event planner with Philadelphia conference organizers
Ardent Management
. As the economy slowed last year, so did the conference game, and McGill began hearing from restaurants looking to compete with Restaurant Week.
"This event will bring exposure to neighborhoods that have been overlooked as dining destinations," says McGill. "At first, we heard from restaurants near Penn's Landing and Roxborough, and we looked into doing events in each of those neighborhoods. But we thought it might not have the impact we wanted. So we included all the neighborhoods outlying Philadelphia to see how far we could get."
The Second Annual restaurant week has added new neighborhoods, new restaurants and new tastes, all of which will be on display when Neighborhood Food Week kicks off October 10. With many prix fixe menus coming in cheaper than Restaurant Week, Neighborhood Food Week participants can sample fare from City Avenue, Ogontz Avenue or East Passyunk. They will try tapas in NoLibs or Thai food in Manayunk or Italian food in Darby. Expanding horizons never tasted so good.
"Last year, we had five neighborhoods participating and, with the success of last year, we have nine neighborhoods participating this year," says McGill. "I am excited to return to
Blue Bananas
on South Street for their four course menu for $30. Also
Mango Moon
, a Thai restaurant in Manayunk is doing three courses for $20. I shop by price so I am looking forward to the event myself."
Charisse McGill, Ardent Management
John Steele
Knight Arts Challenge offers $9M over three year for next great urban artistic movement in Philly
Flying Kite
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
From the
statue to the
Mural Arts Program
to Market Street's massive
, Philadelphia has its share of big, urban art projects. But there is more to creating the next big movement in urban arts than making the largest painting or sculpture. So the
John S. and James L.
launched the
Knight Arts Challenge
, a search looking for urban projects to change the artistic landscape of American cities for the better. Started in Miami, Knight Arts brings it's challenge to Philadelphia this fall.
"We are coming to Philadelphia and it would be presumptuous of us to say that we know just what you need in the arts," says Knight Arts VP Dennis Scholl. "So instead of saying that, we're saying we don't know what Philadelphia's next art idea is and we need you to tell us. It's not about large institutions only getting grants, people who have been in the arts forever only getting grants. It's open to everybody in the community."
After three successful years in Miami, the Knight Arts Challenge has spawned poetry collectives and arts education centers and jazz festivals. Philadelphia's challenge,
a three-year, $9 million initiative, will provide new funding for
institutions, independent artists, businesses, service organizations and anyone else with a great idea and a plan to execute it. The challenge kicks off October 5 with a
cocktail reception
, where interested artists can find out how they can contribute to Philadelphia's artistic future.
"Philadelphia has two important things going for it: it has incredible, world-class cultural assets," says Scholl. "But in addition to that, Philadelphia has an incredibly hot, steadily rising art scene, with collectives and up-and-coming performance arts groups. And that is really why we were drawn to Philadelphia, because it's kinda happening, frankly."
Dennis Scholl, Knight Arts
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Look what the Oversee's dragged in....Weirdest Foreign SuperheroesPosted: March 13, 2009
A snooty French Superman, Superdupont parodies the stereotypical French person by basically being a stereotypical French person. He drinks wine, smokes Gauloises and appreciates the films of Woody Allen on a much deeper level than you do.
Video Boy
More marketing tool than actual superhero, Video Boy was used to promote Nintendo games distributed in Italy by toy giant Mattel. Video Boy's powers include jumping into video games, shooting digital beams from his fingertips and plugging the latest Ikari Warriors game to impressionable Italian youths.
Hero to Icelandic children, Sportacus encourages the denizens of LazyTown to be, well, less lazy. He accomplishes this by battling junk food-aholic Robbie Rotten, dispensing fruits and vegetables (which he dubs "sports candy") and generally bouncing off the walls. (He's so manic, in fact, he needs the kids to settle him down.) Sportacus is less a role model to kids and more a cautionary example of what happens when adult Attention Deficit Disorder is allowed to go unchecked.
Hailing from the planet Jupiter, Sabu chose to stay on Earth after tasting the delicious partha and halwa prepared by the wife of detective Chacha Chaudhary. Together, they are India's "Jake & The Fatman," with Sabu acting as the muscle to the elderly and mustachioed Chaudhary. At least until the partha runs out that is, when Sabu will no doubt turn on his feeble master.
Generacija Tesla
Serbia's premier superhero team was created when the great scientist and inventor Nikola Tesla transported himself to another plane of existence and transformed several deceased humans into superheroes. Now he leads the team as their founder and mentor. It's sort of like The X-Men, if The X-Men made absolutely no sense whatsoever.
Zsazsa Zaturnnah
On the outside, Zsazsa is just another absurdly proportioned superheroine. On the inside, though, she's a dude. Hairdresser by day, young Ada transforms into the voluptuous Zsazsa by swallowing a magical stone. Zsazsa's adventures have been adapted into both a hit musical and film. Meanwhile, Wonder Woman had that campy Lynda Carter TV show. You go, girl?
As if being Indonesia's answer to Aquaman wasn't embarrassing enough, Aquanus can also fire a beam of rainbow-colored energy from his belt. Even worse, his superhero catchphrase is "Hey guys, wait up!"
Captain Koala
Partner to James Bond clone The Jolly Joker, Captain Koala was awarded Level 5 ranking in the Australian Secret Service as thanks for his many years of loyalty. Joined in the agency by kangaroo buddy Killeroo (who's also the heavyweight boxing champion of Australia, naturally), Koala spends most of his time keeping his partner out of trouble. The CIA needs to launch a full-scale investigation into the goings-on at the Australian Secret Service before this nonsense goes any further.
Why Bioware...Why?Posted: March 09, 2009
Anyways as a typical college student It's mostly impossible as other social networks as Facebook and Myspace really take a toll on you. Awww but I still remember the first time I joined 1up I was so ready because I knew this site was for people who understood the love for gaming. My page was sooo amazing I don't know if any of you remember how much time and effort I spent to make my page look like that. Anyways I just want to update any of you interested in listening, This year has been crazy. Having my roomate kicked out of college (yeah you guessed it frat/sorority life can really get to you). Besides this College has been so hectic lately I am onl taking 3 classes and so far I have had 5 midterms besides the fact that next week is finals already I have to worry about other stuff. Anyways that preety much sums up my boring college life, but now to gaming oh yes the only thing that keeps me sane!
- So I finished palying Fallout 3 about 1 month ago. I know why so late right? Well as the cheap person that I am I bought it of Amazon for 20 bucks less, but I don't think I am going to do this for Resident evil 5 this friday at least I know my bro won't let that happen. As for the game itself It is pretty amazing I'll tell you that the concept, the art of it all really gets to you and make you think how closely it portrays a real nuclear wasteland. I still think Mass Effect is better what do you think? oh and you can include good ol' Oblivion I might make a poll later.....
-Besides that I also spent my sunday watching Resident Evil Degeneration! It was a preety amazing little film. I personally dislike any of the Milla Jovovich films because they aren't relative to the concept of Resident Evil, characters lack so much..so I just enjoy these type of films animeish type!
- And now for the grand finally, I just can't believe they did this they lied to us I seriously thought that we were going to be able to continue with the same character as the previous Mass Effect why do all good things come to an end R.I.P Shepard!!
So little time...to play :(Posted: April 02, 2008
I hate creating such a long absence because I lose track of so many things. I have been great lately actually since my last college quarter just ended Spring break came at a right time. Well I made sure I was going to use up that week and I played ARMY OF TWO, well this prove to be such a great game! It had some awsome graphics especially if you are playing it in a Samsung HDTV. The controls were very easy, The ocean was by far the most realistic ocean I had ever seen and the relationship between Rios and Salem is just hilarious, the overall humor in this game didn't make it so awkward unlike Gears of War which does not have humor at all but I find these two games to be a little similar to eachother. Now that I started talking about GOW I am quite excited about Gears of War 2 but I just hate it that the release date is when I start a whole new year at college but I really don't care I am going to play the hell out of this game. Well besides that my brother Antony who is the first person who added me at 1up played Dark Sector and well the realtionship between GOW couldn't be anymore simpler. It is dark, and gloomy and just the overall environment is much like one you'll encounter in GOW.
Well since yesterday was Arpil fool's day I surely did get fooled. First off my brother phoned me during lecture at a class to tell me my mother was critically hospitalized he was even crying.I was in utter shock I just stood there and I was ready to vomit because of this unfortunate news! and well I really didn't get fooled but it was up in MYSPACE and I just couldn't believe how many ppl actually taught a Legend of Zelda Movie could look like this, Link and Princess Zelda are way off and Ganon looks awful...just take a look yourself incase you might have missed it.
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- Why Bioware...Why?
- So little time...to play :(
- Oh my sooo sorry
- It's been awhile!
- 5, 4, 3, 2, oh when will it end
- Its that time again!
- Game over for 1up?
- ZELDA 1989- History in The Making
- Contra=Life Partly Ruined
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The Union-Recorder
MILLEDGEVILLE — Baldwin High School rising senior Thomas Stewart IV's dedication and passion for singing has led him to be accepted into the largest, most comprehensive summer music program in the world through his participation in Campus Club Milledgeville (CCM).
Stewart is among nearly 1,000 participants at all levels of musical abilities from across the country and around the world receiving scholarships to attend the summer program at the world's most prestigious institution for the study of contemporary music in Boston at the Berklee College School of Music.
"I've been singing since I was 10 years old. I really started trying to develop my vocals when I got to the eighth grade in chorus. Ever since, I'm trying to develop and learn different styles and techniques to strengthen my vocals and be a better singer," said Stewart, who has been a CCM student since last year. "Campus Club has been very supportive and they're the reason I found out about Berklee and they pushed me to audition last year, which opened up a lot of doors for me. I appreciate the opportunity Campus Club has given me and hopefully help me showcase my talent to the world."
The Five-Week Summer Performance Program is set to begin July 6 and conclude Aug. 9 at the Berklee College School of Music facility where young musicians of all instruments and styles will play in ensembles, develop improvisational and reading skills, improve their technique during weekly private lessons and enjoy lectures and demonstrations by well-known faculty and visiting artists.
"I was accepted last year, but this will be my first time experiencing the program. I will get to experience real college life, attend workshops on songwriting and performing, and at the end we will have a big concert to show off what we've learned over the five weeks. I'm really looking forward to the music and performing," Stewart said. "I'm also interested in networking because it's a very diverse program and I would love to keep in contact with the people I will meet. I hope to have gained more knowledge with the theory and music foundation I've started to build. I want to go to Berklee to study song-writing and music production after I graduate. Hopefully I'll be able to audition for a scholarship."
Since the scholarship covers the tuition fee, Stewart is currently raising funds to help cover the cost of travel and lodging.
"This program is worth $12,000. Tuition is paid for but [Stewart] has to pay for room and board, which is about $3,500. We're asking for support through donations so he has no cares while he's there," CCM Executive Director Gregory Barnes said. "This opportunity for [Stewart] is extraordinary for his college resume and to be able to audition and compete against young people across the nation for the scholarship is amazing. [Stewart] deserves this; he's a hard-working young man with great talent and has great family support. He has all of the intangibles needed to be successful in any profession he chooses."
Though a total of five CCM students have been accepted into the Berklee summer program, Stewart will be the third CCM student to represent Milledgeville-Baldwin County and experience the program first-hand.
"This opportunity is exactly what we've been saying for years about this area. We have very talented young people who just need a chance. Campus Club Milledgeville is able to hone their skills and take them places to express their skills," Barnes said. "Berklee has seen that Campus Club Milledgeville helps bring talented youth to their program and in turn they help us prepare talented youth for their program. We're very appreciative of the Berklee College of Music for having this type of confidence in Campus Club Milledgeville in bringing forth talented youth."
For more information about CCM, or to donate funds for Stewart's trip, call Barnes at 478-454-1831, visit www.campusclubmilledgeville.org, or like the Thomas Stewart CCM for — Berklee Facebook page.
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In the first phase of FALCPA, which took effect in 2006, manufacturers of any food product that contains milk, eggs, tree nuts, peanuts, shellfish, soy and wheat were instructed to clearly disclose, in plain English, the presence of these allergens on the ingredients label. Congress limited the FALCPA labeling requirements to these 8 allergens because they account for more than 90% of all food allergies in the United States. Since 2006, manufacturers must do at least one of the following:
- Clearly name the allergen(s) in the list of ingredients, for example:
- Ingredients: Flour (wheat), sugar, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, and/or cottonseed oil, high fructose corn syrup, whey (milk), eggs, vanilla, lecithin (soy).
- After the list of ingredients, place the word "Contains" followed by a list any of the 8 common allergens that may be in the food, for example:
- Contains Wheat, Milk, Eggs
Obviously it's helpful for people on gluten-free diets to have wheat shown on food labels, but it doesn't solve the whole problem, because derivatives of barley and rye, and cross-contaminated oats, can still be hidden in the product.
The second phase of FALCPA -- the part most important to people who shop for gluten-free food -- has not yet been implemented. FALCPA ordered the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to develop an official definition of the term "gluten-free" for the purpose of labeling gluten-free foods, along with a rule for manufacturers on how and when to use a "gluten-free" label.
The FDA published its "proposed rule" for gluten-free labeling in 2006. While the final rule may be different in some respects from the proposed rule, one thing is sure: It will have an enormous impact on the ease or difficulty with which shoppers can identify gluten-free products. The final rule was to have been issued in August 2008, but it will be delayed as the FDA seeks comments from the food manufacturing industry and consumers.
How Does the FDA Propose to Define "Gluten-Free"?According to the proposed rule, a "gluten-free" label would mean that a food does not contain any of the following:
- An ingredient that is a prohibited grain
- An ingredient derived from a prohibited grain that has not been processed to remove gluten
- An ingredient derived from a prohibited grain that has been processed to remove gluten, if 20 parts per million (ppm) or more gluten will remain in the food
- 20 ppm or more gluten
Why Did the FDA Decide a Food With 20 ppm of Gluten Could Still Be Considered "Gluten-Free"?The FDA explains on its website that it chose this level because according to published scientific research, current analytic technology can reliably and consistently detect gluten in food at levels of 20 ppm.
The FDA also plans to use scientific data and methods to estimate a "safe" level of gluten exposure, and it intends to use the results of this assessment in developing its final rule.
How Does the 20 ppm Limit for Gluten-Free Food Labeling Compare With Limits in Other Countries?Diplomats have been working to limit worldwide variations in the amount of gluten that can remain in foods labeled "gluten-free." The international Codex Alimentarius Commission, which provides the standards for Europe, is finally lowering its limit from less than 200 ppm to less than 20 ppm. Some countries, such as Canada, have already been adhering to this lower limit. The Gluten Free Certification Organization sets a limit of less than 10 ppm gluten. The Celiac Sprue Association (CSA) establishes a limit of less than 3 ppm for manufacturers wishing to display the CSA Seal of Recognition.
How Does the FDA Define "Prohibited Grain"?The FDA proposed rule defines "prohibited grain" as any of the following:
- Wheat, meaning any species belonging to the genus Triticum
- Rye, meaning any species belonging to the genus Secale
- Barley, meaning any species belonging to the genus Hordeum
- Crossbred hybrids of wheat, rye or barley (for example, triticale, which is a cross between wheat and rye)
If a Product Is Gluten-Free, Will Manufacturers Have to Say So?No. Use of the "gluten-free" label on gluten-free foods will be voluntary.
What Labeling Will Be Allowed for Foods that Are Naturally Gluten-Free?This has been a controversial question. According to the proposed rule, any food (except oats) that is naturally free of gluten can be labeled "gluten-free," but both of the following requirements must be met:
- The food cannot contain 20 ppm or more gluten.
- The label must say that all foods of the same type are gluten-free (for example, "milk, a gluten-free food," or "all milk is gluten-free").
The problem with this requirement can be illustrated by taking rice as an example. If a shopper sees a label that says "Rice, A Gluten-Free Food," the shopper might take it to mean "all rice is gluten free. But in fact, many rice mixes contain seasoning blends and multiple ingredients that are not gluten-free. As everyone with celiac disease knows, no one can ever say that "all" of anything is gluten-free.
This rule could also cause confusion about foods with only inherently gluten-free ingredients. Wegman's Supermarkets, for example, sells several different product lines of tortilla chips made from organic white corn, canola oil, salt, and calcium hydroxide. One product line is gluten-free, produced by a manufacturer with a dedicated gluten-free facility. The other product line is produced in a facility with a risk of cross-contamination, and so it is not considered gluten-free. According to the proposed FDA rule, the gluten-free product would have to be labeled "A Gluten-Free Food" -- possibly leading consumers to believe that all corn tortilla chips are gluten-free, which of course is not the case.


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At the risk of becoming overly philosophical, every once in a while it's important to take a step back from day-to-day activities and reflect on why we do the things we do. What real purpose is served? Are the original requirements still applicable or have new ones cropped up? Have new or better solutions evolved?
In storage management, there's no better candidate for this kind of scrutiny than backup. It seems that nearly everyone is evaluating new technology options, from virtual tape libraries to continuous data protection and agentless backup. While it makes sense to seek out these improvements, when a mass push to adopt new technologies occurs, I become concerned that insufficient attention and thought may be given to that most fundamental of questions: What problem are we really trying to solve?
Data protection has changed not only in terms of technology, but with regard to business needs and expectations. As a result, there are data protection functions and services that are routinely provided within IT in addition to traditional
For example, if we're currently replicating top-tier application data to a remote site and taking regular split-mirror or snapshot copies of data volumes, why do we continue to do nightly backups? What's the purpose of a nightly backup and, given a demonstrated requirement, how do we design the right solution to adequately address it?
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Movies found: 14, viewing from 1 to 14
Genres: Drama
Year: 2012
Country: USA
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Starring: Denzel Washington, Bruce Greenwood, Kelly Reilly, Tamara Tunie, Brian Geraghty, Adam Tomei, Nadine Velazquez
Available Quality: DivX, Hi Def, Hi Def
An airline pilot saves a flight from crashing, but an investigation into the malfunctions reveals something troubling.
Year: 2012
Country: USA, Canada
Director: David Brooks
Starring: Josh Peck, Brian Geraghty, Alice Eve, Aaron Hughes, Omar Khan, Will Woytowich, Robert Huculak
Available Quality: DivX, iPod
On a late night visit to an ATM, three co-workers end up in a desperate fight for their lives when they become trapped by an unknown man.
Genres: Drama
Year: 2010
Country: USA
Director: Hilbert Hakim
Starring: Pedro Miguel Arce, Enrique Almeida, Kalena Knox, Brian Geraghty, Paul D. Roberts, Faune A. Chambers, Sam Jones III
Available Quality: DVD, iPod
A botched car-jacking forces two white-collar criminals to take refuge in the home of the thugs that accosted them. Over the course of one explosive, unpredictable night, worlds collide, fortunes shift, lives are cast aside and the most unsuspecting of heroes walks away with a multimillion dollar score.
Genres: Thriller, Drama, Biography
Year: 2010
Country: USA, Canada, France
Director: Jean-Paul Salomé
Starring: Nick Stahl, Nick Chinlund, Ritchie Montgomery, Famke Janssen, Emilie de Ravin, Ellen Barkin, Lance E. Nichols
Available Quality: DivX, iPod
The amazing true story of Frédéric Bourdin, who after having plundered all the centers for runaway minors and deliquents in Europe, even thought he has come of age, now passes himself off as Nicholas Barclay, a 13-year-old American who had vanished three years ago. To his astonishment, Nicholas's family welcomes him like their son, leaving Interpol and the FBI aghast. It is the beginning of a race against time for the investigators, family and Bourdin. But who is manipulating whom? And who is Frederic Bourdin in reality?
Genres: Crime, Thriller, Horror
Year: 2007
Country: USA
Director: Chris Sivertson
Starring: Bonnie Aarons, Brian Geraghty, Garcelle Beauvais, Spencer Garrett, Gregory Itzin, David Figlioli, Amy Fuehrer
Available Quality: DivX, iPod, Hi Def, Hi Def
Aubrey Fleming is a regular high school student with friends and family. One night, she unexpectedly disappears. Two weeks later she is found unconscious in the middle of the woods. When spoken to, her loved ones realize she has forgotten her identity and the personality living in her body is Dakota Moss, a character that Aubrey created in one of her stories for an English assignment. Dakota denies ever being Aubrey knowing that they look identical. Now, Dakota must try to unravel the mystery of how her and Aubrey co-exist and find out who abducted Aubrey that night.
Year: 2006
Country: USA
Director: Emilio Estevez
Starring: David Krumholtz, Joshua Jackson, William H. Macy, Shia LaBeouf, Heather Graham, Laurence Fishburne, Joy Bryant
Available Quality: DivX, DVD, iPod, Hi Def, Hi Def
Tuesday, June 4, 1968: the California presidential primary. As day breaks Robert F. Kennedy arrives at the Ambassador Hotel; he'll campaign, then speak to supporters at midnight. To capture the texture of the late 1960s, we see vignettes at the hotel: a couple marries so he can avoid Vietnam, kitchen staff discuss race and baseball, a man cheats on his wife, another is fired for racism, a retired hotel doorman plays chess in the lobby with an old friend, a campaign strategist's wife needs a pair of black shoes, two campaign staff trip on LSD, a lounge singer is on the downhill slide. Through it all, we see and hear RFK calling for a better so...
Genres: Thriller, Horror, Drama
Year: 2010
Country: USA
Director: Andrew Paquin
Starring: Rachel Blanchard, Eddie Martinez, Anna Paquin, Brian Geraghty, Stephen Moyer, Larry Sullivan, Jessica Collins
Available Quality: DVD, iPod
A couple on the verge of a nasty divorce attempt to sell their empty love nest and move on with their lives, separately. After a successful open house they are horrified to discover, days later, that a potential buyer didn't leave their home. While Alice is being held captive in the basement, the unannounced house guest moves in upstairs. She senses her capture is being kept a rebellious secret. She knows her way only way out if she can only get out alive.
Genres: Drama
Year: 2009
Country: USA
Director: Kyle Patrick Alvarez
Starring: Brian Geraghty, Marguerite Moreau, Kel O'Neill, Jeanette Brox, Katie Aselton, Jenna Gavigan
Available Quality: DivX, iPod
In an effort to promote his unpublished novel, Davy Mitchell sets out on a road trip with his younger brother. However, the idealism of being on the road wears off and it quickly proves to be a lonely and unfulfilling experience for Davy. One night in a motel room he gets a random phone call from a mysterious woman named Nicole. They start a funny and intimate long distance relationship that leaves Davy happier than he has been in years. Hoping there is more to the relationship then a voice and a phone bill, Davy decides he wants to meet Nicole. Ultimately, he will have to face not only the truth about their relationship but also about himsel...
Genres: Comedy, Thriller, Horror
Year: 2005
Country: USA
Director: Kelsey T. Howard
Starring: Susan Ward, Nate Parker, Aimee Garcia, Edward Furlong, Daniel Franzese, Joel Michaely, Brian Geraghty
Available Quality: iPod
When You Get Voted Off This Reality Show... It's For Good!Reeling from his dismissal from a reality show, a deranged runner-up holds a group of co-eds hostage on the set of his own fictitious show, where losers suffer a deadly fate.
Genres: Action, Thriller, Drama
Year: 2008
Country: USA
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Starring: Guy Pearce, Christian Camargo, Anthony Mackie, David Morse, Ralph Fiennes, Brian Geraghty, Jeremy Renner
Available Quality: DVD, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def, Hi Def
US Army Sergeant First Class Will James, Sergeant JT Sanborn and Specialist Owen Eldridge comprise the Bravo Company's bomb disposal unit currently stationed in Baghdad. James is the tech team leader. When James arrives on the scene, Bravo Company has thirty-nine days left on its current deployment. It will be a long thirty-nine days for Sanborn and Eldridge whose styles do not mesh with their new leader. James is a renegade for who the thrill of the dismantlement seems to be the ultimate goal regardless of the safety of his fellow team members, others on the scene or himself. On the other hand, Sanborn is by the books: he knows his place and...
Year: 2005
Country: Germany, USA
Director: Sam Mendes
Starring: Peter Sarsgaard, Rini Bell, Jake Gyllenhaal, Scott MacDonald, Lo Ming, Kevin Foster, Damion Poitier
Available Quality: DivX, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def
Jarhead (the self-imposed moniker of the Marines) follows "Swoff," a third-generation enlistee, from a sobering stint in boot camp to active duty, sporting a sniper's rifle and a hundred-pound ruck on his back through Middle East deserts with no cover from intolerable heat or from Iraqi soldiers, always potentially just over the next horizon. Swoff and his fellow Marines sustain themselves with sardonic humanity and wicked comedy on blazing desert fields in a country they don't understand against an enemy they can't see for a cause they don't fully fathom... Sergeant Sykes is a Marine lifer who heads up Swofford's scout/sniper platoon, while ...
Genres: Action, Thriller, Drama
Year: 2008
Country: USA
Director: Keith Samples
Starring: Paul McGowen, Luce Rains, Christian Slater, Jacob Vargas, Frank Bond, Mike Miller, Josh Berry
Available Quality: DivX, iPod
A struggling young couple stumbles upon a cache of dirty money after a shootout in their apartment building. With hopes of a better life they flee with the money -- provoking the fury of a corrupt DEA agent who will stop at nothing to get his money back, and arousing the suspicions of a detective who is determined to find out what's really going before its too late.
Year: 2006
Country: USA
Director: Simon West
Starring: Tommy Flanagan, David Denman, Clark Gregg, Camilla Belle, Arthur Young, Steve Eastin, Brian Geraghty
Available Quality: DivX, iPod
Jill Johnson is babysitting two children in a fancy isolated house, when a stranger insists calling her on the phone. She decides to telephone to the police, to trace the phone call. When the officer on duty tells her that the call is being made from inside the house, Jill freaks out and tries to leave the place with the children.
Year: 2006
Country: USA
Director: McG
Starring: Ian McShane, Anthony Mackie, David Strathairn, Kate Mara, Matthew McConaughey, January Jones, Brian Geraghty
Available Quality: DivX, iPod
In November, 1970, virtually the entire football team and coaches of Marshall University (Huntington, W.V.) die in a plane crash. That spring, led by Nate Ruffin, a player who was ill and missed the fatal flight, students rally to convince the board of governors to play the 1971 season. The college president, Don Dedman, must find a coach, who then must find players. They petition the NCAA to allow freshmen to play, and coach Jack Lengyel motivates and leads young players at the same time that he reexamines the Lombardi creed that winning is the only thing. The father and the fianc


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Companies are investing heavily in cloud computing, a new survey of 1,650 IT and business executives shows. On average, they report, more than a third, 34%, of their current IT budgets are now allocated to cloud computing solutions.
These are some of the findings of the IDG Enterprise Cloud Computing Study, conducted in January 2012. Most of these budgets are going to private clouds hosted within the walls of enterprises. Private cloud deployments are currently where the majority of information is stored in the cloud (24%), and the trend will continue to dominate 18 months from now (33%).
The fact that cloud now comprises more than one-third slice of IT budgets suggests the computing approach has gained serious traction within enterprises. And cloud isn't just being brought in to enhance applications or to save money. One-fourth of respondents from the business side, in fact, report they believe cloud will play a critical role in shaping business strategy.
Cloud may grab an even bigger slice of IT budgets in the next few years. Close to two-thirds of companies expect to increase cloud spending in the next 12 months. On average, organizations will increase cloud computing spending by 16%.
Seven out of ten add that their IT departments needed to expand their skills base to keep up with cloud trends.
Applications that companies will be moving to the cloud within the next three years include email/messaging; collaboration/conferencing; data storage; customer relationship management; and human resources. The strongest private cloud implementations will involve IT infrastructure management; security management; financials; and supply chain management — all planned by a majority of respondents.
Even though there are higher short-term costs for implementing cloud initiatives, the majority of organization (63%) agree or strongly agree that there will be long term cost savings. Concerns about security dominate, however, as the main barrier to cloud, cited by 70%. Concerns about access to information follow at a distant 40%.
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I'm dubious as to what constitutes a "cloud" for the purposes of this article. I generally understand it, from a business IT perspective, as outsourcing your computing resources to an operator that benefits from economies of scale.
It is not merely replacing your physical servers with virtuals that you host yourself – that's virtualization.
It is not merely setting up centralized, shared resources (like, say, SAN storage) and then charging the cost of usage to departments. That's a shared/metered resources strategy.
When highly customized IT resources like databases and web servers are moved to the cloud, that's a big deal. When a commodity service like email is outsourced to Microsoft's hosted outlook service, that's not a cloud computing trend, its a commodity play.
Lumping all of those numbers together to get an impressive total is not informative, either to IT professionals or investors looking to gauge a trend.
At a very high level, cloud computing is simply an opportunity to do certain things "faster, better and cheaper". Depending on the requirements of your organization, you can combine in-house server applications and private clouds with public cloud services to obtain a solution that is optimal or your business needs. For that you can go for the apt cloud maker in accordance with your need and destination.
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Across the country our personal and professional worlds are moving towards the Cloud, and we are seeing school districts moving their applications and resources onto the Cloud as well. It just makes sense, with constricted budgets and an environmental push toward going green, that schools would turn to placing all of their resources online. We have been excited to see the Illini Cloud take off in Illinois as an education cloud for all of the school districts in the state.
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This would have happened sooner if the internet bandwith could have handled it. As networks improve the cloud will dominate. (www.flsconsult.com)
Joe, it's interesting to see that even though one-third of IT budgets are now spent on the Cloud, more than two thirds of the survey respondents cite security concerns as the main barrier to its adoption. There's a lot of work and collaboration being done in this area through the Cloud Security Alliance and other industry groups. Enterprises expect the same level of data protection in the Cloud that they are accustomed to in their datacenters. @SocialTIS
There have been speculations around security or lack of it when it comes to moving to the "cloud". Every business has apprehensions to using Cloud Computing, although everyone agrees to the benefits. One way of addressing the security issue is to take a "holistic" approach that looks at a governance, risk management and compliance framework. Using a structured approach to have a GRC framework in place will not only secure the cloud and the consumer's cloud integration points, but will also give the customer more confidence to move to the cloud. More on this framework can be found in our white paper at http://www.wipro.com/documents/insights/holistic_approach_to_cloud_security.pdf
Hello Joe, I love your articles. Why do you think the biggest fear about the cloud is security? Or, should I say, what does your research show?
"Concerns about security dominate, however, as the main barrier to cloud, cited by 70%."
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From our March 2005 issue: To people accused of doing bad things—embezzling millions, bribing judges, putting a bullet in someone's head—Ed Genson may be the go-to lawyer in town. For years the Mob had him on speed dial. And pols in trouble (including Larry Warner, Governor Ryan's friend and codefendant) regularly sign up with him. He's cunning, funny, sometimes outrageous—a master of the cross examination. But what matters most to his clients: He'll do (almost) anything to win.
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The worn wooden doors of a Cook County courtroom swing open and the legendary criminal defense attorney Eddie Genson rolls in. He's hardly an intimidating sight; not an ounce of slickness emanates from his bearish, roly-poly, 63-year-old body. He's riding an excruciatingly slow electric scooter, a concession he made about five years ago to a neurological disorder that makes it painful to walk.
Once in the courtroom, he still uses his signature cane to get around, and instead of standing before a jury, he'll sit on a high wooden chair, his feet dangling above the floor. Genson's body may hurt, but his mind is still quick and his reputation formidable, despite a long career spent defending notorious mobsters, sleazy politicians, and other generally unsavory figures. "The overwhelming majority of guys he represents are really guilty," says Andrea Zopp, a former Cook County prosecutor who now works as general counsel for Sears. "And every one of those clients has gotten a very aggressive defense. He can work miracles."
Genson rides down the aisle of the courtroom, his head bobbing slightly from his malady, affably chatting up a few folks as he makes his way to the defense table. His "Good morning"s tend to include the question "How are you feeling today?" as if everyone lived in the chronic pain he suffers from. This morning, Genson is feeling pretty good. In ten minutes, his client arrives. It's the R&B superstar R. Kelly, a man of immense means who's in deep trouble-the kind of person who will call Genson looking for one of those miracles. Kelly is facing 14 counts of possession of child pornography, in connection with a graphic sex video, widely circulated, in which he allegedly appears.
Today's court date is a pretrial status hearing dominated by the question of whether prosecutors will be allowed to put a pediatrician on the stand to estimate the age of the girl in the video (authorities maintain she is a minor). Sitting at the defense table, Genson and Kelly look like the costars of a bad buddy movie. Kelly, in a perfectly tailored dark suit and slicked-back cornrows, is all scowls and knitted brow. Genson, with his scraggly beard and shaggy curls falling from the back of a balding head, is calm, even content. Until it's time to speak. Then Genson unwinds his argument with increasing volume, demanding that the pediatrician be barred because her judgment will be "subjective." He uses the word "ridiculous" twice in his attack on the prosecutors' stance, suggesting that jurors can make their own, commonsense estimate of the girl's age. Knowing that prosecutors believe they know the girl's identity and birthdate anyway, he observes sourly, "I don't know that it takes special qualifications to read a birth certificate." In the end, the judge schedules the matter for a fuller hearing at a later date-Genson has essentially fought to a draw.
So the hobbled lawyer heads back to his office in the Monadnock Building, the lawyers' haven on West Jackson Boulevard, to contemplate his other pressing cases. For example, in one of the largest financial scandals in recent state history, a suburban real-estate developer, Jack Hargrove, is charged in connection with the alleged embezzlement of $80 million from the politically influential Intercounty Title Company of Illinois and related companies. Genson claims that Hargrove is actually a victim, not a perp. In another spotlight case, Scott Anixter, who was previously convicted in a soybean trading scam, is scheduled to stand trial in September in an alleged $80-million corporate fraud case at Anicom, his family's industrial wire and cable company. On the noir side of the ledger, there's the ongoing saga of Bruno Mancari. The Mancari name is well known in the Chicago area because of the ubiquitous television and radio commercials for the south suburban auto dealerships of Bruno's brother, Frank. Genson is defending Bruno on a federal gun possession charge, but a conviction would be a mere consolation prize for prosecutors. Two years ago, Bruno was tried in connection with the killing of a boyhood friend who wound up in a car trunk before he could tell a grand jury what he knew about a chop shop operation in which he and Bruno were allegedly involved. Frank Mancari hired a Chicago Dream Team for his brother, led by Genson and including lawyers Sam Adam, R. Eugene Pincham, and Tom Breen. The prosecution's case fell apart when one witness changed his story and another decided at the last minute to take the Fifth. Bruno was acquitted.
More immediately, Genson has to be in federal court for a hearing tomorrow morning on behalf of dealmaker Larry Warner, a pal of former governor George Ryan. Ryan and Warner are scheduled to go on trial together in one of the most explosive cases of alleged political corruption in Illinois history. At the hearing tomorrow, prosecutors will continue their efforts to get Genson thrown off the case because he used to represent the onetime Ryan aide and protégé Scott Fawell, who is now expected to testify against his former boss. And then tomorrow afternoon, Genson is due back in state court to pick a jury in the retrial of the so-called "angel killer" Margaret DeFrancisco, a 20-year-old Pilsen resident featured on America's Most Wanted.
Genson is also handling about a dozen other cases. It isn't easy being a legend.
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Our comment is addressed to the Republicans, especially, to Illnois Republican Representative, Michael Madigan; that is, we know the true and real reasons why you and other Republicans want governor Blagojevich removed/impeached from his governor position. We know that you Republicans want the opportunity to gain this governor seat and the senator seat for you Republicans' and for you Republicans' benefit. You Republicans' want to continue the massive and profusive spendings for the rich; and you Republicans want to continue your destruction against the abjected/abandoned poor, the degraded middle-classes who have been subjected to a starving level; and you Republicans want to continue the corruption and destruction you have waged against the poor American people, the middle-classes of American people and the ravishing poor/abjected people of the world. We know many things are not correct about Blagojevich; however, you cannot convict a man from talking.
Blagojevich was just only running off with his mouth; however, he has not committed a crime yet; he did not execute the act; and you Republicans know that you cannot convict a man for just talking.
You Republicans think that you are above the laws of this country and the world; and you Republicans think that you are above God's laws but we have news for you that you are not above the laws of this country, especially, not of God's laws. If you Republicans had better let the people of the United States of America decide whether Blagojevich should be removed from his governor's office/seat or not, not you Republicans. You Republicans cannot judge anyone because of the conditions and states you have put America in, the people of the United States of America, and the world. You Republicans are a disgrace to all humans (humankinds) in the world. If you Republicans impeach Blagojevich on the evidence you have you will be committing another crime in addition to all of your other crimes you have committed against the American people and the world since the establishment of your corrupt party. You Republican had better go and read you law books again; and you Republican had better enroll in some Law school for the Spring Semester of 2009. You Republican had better do what is right for a change because the American people are watching you; and the American people are tired of your criminal acts. The American people will overthrow you just like they voted you Republicans out of office in November 2008.
To the commentor below: Mike Madigan is a Democrat - not a Republican. The Governor's political affiliation has nothing to do with the charges pending against him. I am a Democrat but I am willing to admit this.
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The fact that the man in question is a Dem, and has been in this position for some time now, and you are implicating exclusively the Rep Party for various wrong doings..absolutely removes your entire statement of any serious credibility. The fact that you do not recognize the problems at hand are shared among two parties, and in this case the man behind the wheel was a Dem, makes your statements blind and ignorant. And I don't mean those words to insult, it's just a shame because many people think the way you do.
And for the record, I am nor a Rep or a Dem.
The day enough Americans realize that govt should be limited and controlled is the day we will truly become free. The individual is more powerful than the state, when all the individuals accept their responsibility.
Addressed to the 2:14pm posting, as the 8:35pm posting author stated Michael Madigan is a Democrat. Madigan, as well as all of the Assistant Majority House Leaders (all Dems, of course) have not gotten along with the Gov. almost since his 1st term.
As to the second flawed pointed in the 2:14pm posting, (being that I will not comment on someone else's opinion) the Gov actually CAN be convicted of "talking" or "running his mouth." To be exact, if one party (individual) is "talking" with another party about the commission a criminal act (such as selling the U.S. Senate seat), they may both be convicted of Conspiracy. Conspiracy is, by definition, the discussion between two or more individuals regarding the commission of a criminal act. If that criminal act is actually carried out or reasonably attempted, then the individuals involved could (and in most cases, are) charged with conspiracy (to commit a criminal act) as well as the charge corresponding to the criminal act.
In summation, most individuals of both political parties and in the Senate and House are not big fans of the Gov. This being largely due to the Gov.'s overuse of his veto pen in instances such as buget approval. Furthermore, while the Gov. is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law (not in a court of public opinion), it is certainly plausable that he may certainly be charged with conspiracy for "talking" and even convicted of this offense. However, I personally know the Gov.'s attorneys (Ed Genson and Sam Adam, Jr.) and can say with utmost confidence that if the Gov. has even the slightest chance of receiving a "not guilty" verdict, it rests soley with these two attorneys.
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Is he one of the lawyers that Obama hired to get the birth certificate law suits thrown out ? If not he may be after a few more suits get filed. G-Rod will get off and a staff member will take the fall. Just like Obama, G-Rod is never directly involved , or he wasnt aware, or he didnt know, or he wasnt told etc etc etc... You people in Chicago keep electing these types so you seem to enjoy the DRAMA. Throw Jesse Jr into the mix and you got the 3 stooges from Chicago. Too funny- Illinois is the laughing stock of the nation.


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Breaking up is hard to do—so why not pay someone to do it for you?Twelve-year-old Quentin never asked to be the Heartbreak Messenger. It just kind of happened, and he can't let a golden opportunity pass him by. The valuable communication service he offers is simple: He delivers breakup messages. For a small fee, he will deliver that message to your soon-to-be ex. If you order the deluxe package, he'll even throw in some flowers and a box of chocolates. You know . . . to soften the blow.At first, Quentin's entrepreneurial brainchild is surprisingly successful, which is great, because he suspects his mom, who works as a car mechanic, is worried about money. But as he interacts with clients, message recipients, and his best friend, Abigail, it doesn't take long for him to wonder if his own heart will remain intact. In The Heartbreak Messenger by Alexander Vance, Quentin discovers that the game of love and the emotions that go with it are as complicated as they come—even for an almost-innocent bystander.
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