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World Map Prison
Putting the finishing touches on a three month project to paint a world map on the classroom wall of a prison in Concepcion, Paraguay.
Condoms on Bananas
A safe sex workshop excercise, practicing putting condoms on bananas in a girl's school in Horquetta, Paraguay.
Roadside Laugh, Paraguay
Peace Corps Volunteers even demonstrate personal sustainability practices in the ways we get around. We navigate Paraguay's dusty countryside on bicycles, which can be a source of amusement for machismo men on their motorized bikes. Or maybe they were laughing at my huge sack of peanuts? (As vegetarians in a very meat-based culture, people were always giving us delicious treats from their "emergency" storage of plant-derived protein!)
Bahia Negra Boat
Though the Rio Paraguay is massive and carries a huge amount of freight, it can also be incredibly serene. This is especially true up in the extremely isolated northern town of Bahia Negra, Paraguay, on the southern edge of the amazingly vast and biodiverse Pantanal wetland.
Boat Day, Bahia Negra
Imagine living in a place so isolated and remote that your only physical connection to the outside world was a boat that came once a week. That's what it's like in the town of Bahia Negra, Paraguay, on the Rio Paraguay. Boat Day in Bahia Negra is a total bonanza of activity. A rush of people and goods pour on and off the boat for a couple hours before it floats back down the river and life in this sleepy town returns to its slow pace once again.
Neni's Creative Seed Starting
Being a Peace Corps Volunteer is all about helping local people value the resources they have and coming up with creative ways of sustainably exploiting the ever-present "under-utilized resources in the community." Our friend Neni mastered this principle by using the abundant citrus rinds lying around the farm as seed-starting pots (a "maceta casera").
Sesame Lovers
Amongst the many crops we promoted for crop diversification in Paraguay, sesame was one of our favorite cash crops because: 1. It generally had a high market value, but even if farmers couldn't sell any of it, they could still use it as a valuable protein source for their animals or themselves; and 2. It grows extremely well without need of chemicals or irrigation, even in Paraguay's hot, droughty summers.
Horses grazing
Horses graze in the countryside surrounding Yataity, Guaira at sunset.
The lake in Aregua, Paraguay.
Countryside School
This was the old school in the area of Independencia. One weekend a few of us helped build a new one.
Big animal
Up close and personal with the ox that pulled my host dad's cart.
Meat storage
I opened from fridge one day and gasped when I saw that someone had gone meat shopping.
A horse grazes next to one of many abandoned houses with grass growing inside.
Butcher Cart
A woman shops for meat on the side of the road where this man often slaughters cows.
Day-old piglets struggle to nurse.
Making gyros
Coming from a Greek town, I wanted to make my family gyros. This is how we picked up the lamb.
Somehow I let them convince me to samba down the main avenue in a gold sequined bra top and a skirt.
My friend's dad in front of the tatakua, or fire hole in guarani, used to cook traditional foods.
Me and mom
Me and my host mom, Conchena, with whom I laughed for two years. One of my favorite people in the world.
Traditional Dance
Girls dressed in ao po'i dancing the Paraguayan Polka
A long aisle of yerba, the shredded, dried plant needed to make terere or mate.
Host Grandma
My host grandma is awesome, as you can see here.
Riding a horse
This is me riding a horse for the first time in Paraguay. I later bought my own.
My house
My Peace corps house. A little fancier than most, with free garbage disposals.
Man and horse
My horse Bigote, (mustache) bonding with my host uncle who took care of him.
T-ray to go
The popular tea, terere, in the ubiquitous leather-covered thermos and taken everywhere in the heat of summer.
Teeth-Brushing 101
Although I was an Agroforestry volunteer, I helped out my nearest cohort, Erin, with health programs at a community school that was centrally located in the community of Santo Domingo, Guaira, Paraguay. My hometown dentist had sent down a duffel bag full of toothbrushes and toothpaste, so we decided to do a dental health program. Saw lots of bloody mouths and had to keep numerous kids from eating toothpaste like candy, but it was a great day.
Painting the the church
To celebrate San Juan the community painted the church a bright yellow. This picture was taken at a morning terere break.
Sra Teodosia had a contagious laugh that could be heard a distance away. I snapped this picture before cow's head went into the cauldron.
Road Trip Altitude Hell
Driving from sea level to 15,000 feet in an afternoon to camp out at Parque Nacional Lauca (in Chile on travel leave) was a bad idea. After suffering a night of miserable altitude headaches and freezing Atacama Desert air, Greg Mason and I got a Park Guard to snap this photo before heading back 'down the mountain.'
At the "inauguration" party for my newly constructed house, my counterpart and his family flew our flags.
Family Portrait
This picture of Rogelio Martinez and his wonderful family was taken during a family outing to a nearby river running through some of the last remaining forests in my site.
Sitting on top of the newly erected frame for my house. Wood, nails, wire, some string, rope, a hammer, crosscut saw, sweat, bamboo, and straw were the only ingredients. Six of the neighbors had the one-room mansion up in 2 days!
It was incredibly rewarding to have the opportunity to return to Paraguay 7 years after COS'ing...to see how kids had grown and to see projects still in the ground and to reunite with old friends. Mario Espinola and his family were the best neighbors anyone could have.
At the end of training, the beekeepers were doing bee-beards and invited all interested parties to participate. The fun part was getting them off!
How I Learned Guarani
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How I Learned Guarani
The Peace Corps is not a travel agency. I sat nervously in the recruiter's office, exhausted from the two-hour interview, when I was asked the golden question. "What part of the world would you like to serve? Remember, we assign volunteers where their skills are most needed, not because they want to be tourists." I desperately wanted to live in Central America. The climate! The food! The beach! But I was better prepared than that. "I would like to serve in Central America s...
Weed Lady's Tereré
Just thinking about the sound of the pounding mortar and pestle at the corner "weed ladys" stand makes me thirsty. My wife and I served in the Peace Corps for three years in the hot South American country of Paraguay and we both came back hooked on the undisputed national beverage, tereré, a bitter green iced tea made from the native yerba maté shrub. Aside from the social nature of the beverage, which is always drunk from a common cup and metal straw that's passed back and forth around chat ...
Paraguayan Power
Even most rural Paraguayans now have power lines connecting their homes to the massive Itaipu hydroelectric dam built in the early 1970s across the Paraná River between Brazil and Paraguay. At Itaipu, which means "the sound of a stone" in the native Guarani language spoken throughout Paraguay, massive volumes of water pound through immense turbines on the way down toward the sea. Itaipu's spinning turbines produce over 90 terawatt-hours of electricity per year. That's more than any ...
La Mandarina
My site is perched on a hill next to the last bit of Paraguay's Upper Parana jungle. Twenty-five years ago, it consisted of little more than a handful of indigenous families surrounded by barely-accessible roads and intimidating rainforest, thick as a howler monkey's beard. From the air, the forest would have resembled distant ruffled moss, polka-dotted pink and yellow by blooming Tajy trees. Today, the land is mostly red dirt. Bald. Deforested. Over the decades, my site transformed in...
What Have I Gotten Myself Into
It was the end of our 2nd month in training, and time to go out to our current site to meet our counterparts, find a place to live, check the place out. We got off the bus in our little town, looked around, and saw a small sign on the little tienda: Se alquila cuartos (We rent rooms.) So, we checked inside and the owner was more than happy to kick her numerous children out of the one bedroom, with a large double bed and a bare light bulb, to give it to us. I noted that there was no mosqu...
Kiko & Roberto Learning English
As Peace Corps Volunteers, we took advantage of every opportunity to teach Paraguayans something. During a dull moment in the truck on the way to an agriculture training in a rural community, Kiko asked us to teach him how to say "I want to wish you a merry Christmas"...and then we made Roberto try it, too. The language you hear them speaking is the native Guarani which we did most of our work in. 12-9-08
Chicken Killer
Ever since we'd arrived in Paraguay, Enrique had been dying to kill a chicken. He finally gets his chance. (Included in the bottom of a blog entry here: http://peacecorpsparaguay.blogspot.com/2008/07/milk-and-cheese-and-bananas-and.html)


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|Monday, February 4, 2013
Sale of Surplus Gateway Computers, Monitors Set for Feb. 6
The Department of Procurement Services' Property Control Office will conduct a set sale of surplus Gateway brand desktop computers on Wednesday, Feb. 6, from 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., or until the last item is sold, whichever occurs first. The sale is open to faculty, staff, students and the general public.
Computers will be sold for $80 each; they include all operating hardware and are pre-loaded with the Microsoft Windows XP operating system. Also included in the sale will be a limited quantity of Gateway flat-panel computer monitors priced at $20 each. Due to the limited quantity offered, computers and monitors will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis. There is a limit of two systems per customer.
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If ever there was a time the Brewers needed a series win it was this one with the Cardinals. It may only be the second week in May, but coming into Friday night the Brewers had lost six straight games and were in total free-fall mode. Nothing that winning three of four against a division rival couldn't fix.
Dave Bush pitched a phenomenal game when needed. Bush got through six innings and only gave up a first inning home run to Rick Ankiel on the night. Bush only walked two and gave up four hits in winning his first game of the year.
Eric Gagne spoke to the media on Monday before the game and said he was ready for the ninth inning again. Manager Ned Yost thinks otherwise and brought Gagne in for the seventh inning today. Gagne got through the seventh and eighth, giving up a run on two walks and two hits while striking out only one. I wouldn't expect Gagne to regain the closer role for at least a week.
Mitch Stetter was unable to close out the game as he walked four batters in only 2/3 innings. Guillermo Mota came on to get the last out and record his first save of the season.
Ryan Braun continues to be a Cardinal killer. After hitting two home runs on Sunday, Braun followed that up with two more Monday night. He went 2-3 on the night with the two home runs, a walk and three runs scored. His average now sits at .288 and he appears that he is now locked in at the plate which is bad news for the National League.
Corey Hart had two hits on the night to up his average over .300 to .304. Hart had a two-out, two rbi single in the third that broke the game open for the Brewers. Jason Kendall also got two hits on the night. Bill Hall hit his eighth homer of the year to finish off the Brewers' scoring.
The Brewers continue their home stand Tuesday night as the Dodgers come to town. It's always a pleasure to watch the Dodgers as they have always been one of my favorite teams. I look forward to getting some nice shots of the legendary Vin Scully in the booth. Carlos Villanueva takes the mound for the Crew against Brad Penny for the Dodgers.


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City seeking applications for Empowerment Zone Governance Board
The purpose of the EZGB is to assist and advise City Council and City staff in the implementation of the San Antonio Empowerment Zone Strategic Plan. The EZGB assists and advises on: outreach to businesses, residents, tax and real estate professionals, recommendations to City Council on EZ Facility Bonds projects and how the City can leverage federal tax incentives to maximize the EZ designation through Dec. 2009.
The City Council desires to have a strong and diverse EZGB to address economic development issues in the core area of the zone and in the developable sites. To be eligible for appointment, an individual must fit one of the following categories: Empowerment Zone Resident (resident of the zone for at least a year), Workforce Development Representative, Small Business in the Zone (owner/manager for at least a year with less than 500 employees), Large Business in the Zone (owner/manager for at least a year with more than 500 employees), Financial Institution Representative, Small Business Lender Representative, Brooks City-Base Developable Site Representative, Fredericksburg Road Corridor Developable Site Representative, Port of San Antonio/Toyota Developable Site Representative, Education Community Representative, Zone Community-Based Organization Representative, and Key Stakeholder Representative.
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Three juveniles are facing charges for a burglary at an elementary school in the Northeastern School District.
Northern York County Regional police said the three will face burglary and related charges through the York County juvenile court system for a February 2 break-in at Conewago Elementary School, at 570 Copenhaffer Road in Conewago Township.
The three range in age from 13 to 15 and live in the neighborhood adjacent to the school, police said.
Police previously reported that officers had responded to burglar alarm at the school and found a classroom window broken.
It was later discovered that someone had entered the classroom through the window and left behind a flashlight. No other rooms in the school were entered.
Two sets of footprints found in the snow led into the adjacent housing development, police said.


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Google agrees to roundtable talk on corporate responsibility
Original post made on Oct 10, 2011
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on Oct 10, 2011 at 4:57 pm
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"Google said the bridges would help its headquarters to a new Google campus at NASA Ames. Parents in the city have also questioned whether enough of Google's property taxes are going to local schools, which lead to the City Council to recently fork over a larger share of Google's property tax revenues that get diverted into the city's Shoreline Fund."
on Oct 11, 2011 at 7:34 am
Given the fact that they are in talks with Sunnyvale to build by Moffett Park I would be more worried that they just close down in Mtn. View and move to Sunnyvale if these meetings don't go their way.
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Dear Google,
Most of are grateful for your presents in our community, and consider it an honor to have you here. We're more than willing to change our leadership, if that's what's needed to keep you.


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Levy proposed for vacant city propertiesBy Gordon Dritschilo
Staff Writer | December 13,2012A proposed ordinance would charge the owners of vacant Rutland City properties a $500 fee.
The ordinance, the first product of the blighted properties steering committee, is expected to go before the Board of Aldermen on Monday; then it will likely be referred to the boards Charter and Ordinance Committee.
The proposal also creates a registry of vacant properties in the city.
What were looking for is the ability of the city to keep better track of whats vacant, said Brennan Duffy, executive director of the Rutland Redevelopment Authority.
The fee, he said, helps create a financial incentive against leaving a property vacant. Owners can get $450 back, Duffy said, if they demonstrate the property is being actively marketed, under renovation or slated for demolition. Duffy pointed out that the refund would apply to the vacant properties downtown.
They are all being actively marketed by a responsible property owner, he said.
The steering committee was formed from different elements of city government to look at procedures for addressing blighted properties. The building and zoning office has reported a total of 140 city properties have been abandoned by their owners, and the city recently took possession of an occupied apartment building, effectively abandoned by its owner following a tax sale.
A recent housing study suggested a number of strategies for neighborhood stabilization in Rutland and even suggested a neighborhood to start in a section of the northwest quadrant.
One piece missing from the ordinance is the fine for not registering a vacant property and paying the fee. Duffy said that would be worked out, along with some language issues, before the board presentation Monday.
This has been an ongoing process, Duffy said. I think this is a step in the right direction.
The next step, he said, is for the committee to look at ways to encourage rehabilitation of blighted properties. He said he expected that work to start in January.
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Disability charity's Lotto win
12:00pm Friday 25th October 2013 in Local News By Annie Hayes
A DISABILITY charity helping people in south Essex has been awarded nearly £300,000 from the Big Lottery Fund.
Independent charity Dial provides free, impartial, independent advice to anybody with a problem related to disability.
The Basildon and South Essex centre has received funding of £298,898 over three years to support people, provide surgeries at various locations in Essex and continue its home visiting service for those unable to leave the house.
The surgeries and home visits cover Basildon, Thurrock, Castle Point, Rochford and Brentwood, and the charity has plans to extend its services to Southend.
A spokesman for Dial said: "We are so pleased to have been awarded this funding. It will allow us to help even more people, especially those living in rural areas who would otherwise be unable to visit us.
"With the changes to the welfare system, and the financial challenges people are facing, it is even more important they have someone to turn to for free, independent help and advice."
Earlier this year, Dial's Basildon office was threatened with reduced services, or possibly closure, after Basildon Council told the charity it would not renew the lease on the office.
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Rich;'Carol says...
I have paid bills for cftd many times and their chairman is a remarkable man and absolutely dedicated to help others leaving himself short of money every week, so I think the big lottery are parasites as this charity got nothing except for a sorry and apply again in a year.
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Rich;'Carol wrote:Why couldn't they form some sort of merger?
All the staff are on wages at D.I.A.L so do you think they deserve this money. Real charities deserve money but never get any, charities like www.cftd.co.uk its a computer charity that's run by real disabled people for the past 18 to 20 years and these disabled people who help disabled kids and families throughout Essex use their personal disability pensions to keep the charity open and running. Now that's what I call a worthy wonderful charity. These dedicated volunteers use up to half of their income on helping others. I have tried to help them and they never get funding which I find disgusting.
I have paid bills for cftd many times and their chairman is a remarkable man and absolutely dedicated to help others leaving himself short of money every week, so I think the big lottery are parasites as this charity got nothing except for a sorry and apply again in a year.
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All the staff and volunteers are a credit to the organisation and I cannot fault them at all.
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Read Article: Atheists & Political Issues: What Do Atheists Believe About Political Issues?
- March 20, 2009 at 7:39 pm(1) Andrew says:
Great article.
I found that some of my views did change when I left Christianity, but most remained the same.
Honestly though, I have never gotten any hostility when I revealed myself to be an Atheist on conservative sites.
The results are much more mixed on Atheist sites when people learn I am a conservative, this is one of the more friendly ones. Sometimes I just get a tirade of obscenities until I stop going to the site.
- March 21, 2009 at 1:59 am(2) Zayla says:
I'm sure there is a wide range of political ideologies among atheists. I've always considered myself in the middle, leaning toward the left, but after 8 years of George Bush I feel like running so far to my left I'm going to fall off a cliff.
Then, all I have to do is listen to Sean Hannity, Mark Levin, Savage or that bag of hot air, Rush Limbaugh, then I have no problem jumping off said cliff (Hannity, IMHO, is by FAR the worst).
It's gotten to the point if my laundry isn't done I assume it's the fault of the "liberal, left, socialist, media". All I kept hearing during the campaign is how the Democrats were going to steal all the rich people's money.
I'm no political expert, but it sure seems like, between the banking, auto, financial and CEO bonus payments that the poor people are paying the rich people.
How come I STILL keep hearing about Obama and the "liberal, socialist Democrats" taking their money? Obama has been in office for 2 months, Bush for 8 years, and this is all Obama's fault? Huh?
I guess I've tipped my political hand.
Sorry, just too many asshole republicans.
- March 21, 2009 at 11:47 am(3) deegee says:
Zayla, you put it well. I can't watch Hannity or Bill O'Reilly at all. Mike Huckabee has a show, too, which is okay until he starts in with his right-wing social views. He often has some good music at the end of his show.
One reason the Republicans have gone so far to the right is that the few moderates in the party over the years have been excised one way or the other. Senator Jeffords switched parties in 2001. Congresswoman Connie Morella lost out in 2002. Congressman Chris Shays lost in 2008. Senator Lincoln Chafee lost in 2006. Senator Arlen Specter is always being threatened with a primary because he is too "liberal" for a Republican. We never see anyone but southerners in leadership positions any more.
It will take further electoral losses for the Republicans until they finally figure out that they have to *moderate* their views to attract…….MODERATES!
- April 9, 2012 at 1:40 am(4) Eric O says:
I've gone from being a (quasi) communist in high school to a libertarian during my early twenties, and now I think I'd probably consider myself a social democrat. At all of these points in my life, I was an atheist. I wasn't what I'd consider to be a critical thinker during my communist and libertarian stages – I was more of a contrarian – but at no point did religion or god influence my political views.
I'm actually kind of glad that I had silly political beliefs for a few years. It reminds me not to get too smug about my atheism. There's a temptation among some atheists, myself included, to see oneself as inherently rational and logical just because we've figured out that there's no magic man in the sky. Just as many religious people claim that god supports their political views (they're godly people, they hold political view X, therefore god supports political view X), many atheists seem to hold the same fallacious reasoning (they're reasonable people, they hold political view Y, therefore reason supports political view Y).
Just a quick recommendation to any atheist who gets in an argument: don't call your opponent's position irrational or claim that your position is rational unless you're prepared to demonstrate it. You cheapen words like "reason" and "logic" when you keep using them without adhering to them.
(Sorry for the rant – is it obvious that I recently had a very frustrating argument with a fellow atheist?)


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Unless you've been living under a rock, you should know that the current face of the Emporio Armani men's underwear line is soccer star, Christiano Ronaldo.
I am not sure if Ronaldo has permanently replaced fellow soccer superstar, David Beckham… That would be a shame.
Anyway, I stumbled upon some video footage from a photo shoot with Ronaldo posing in both Armani jeans, underwear, and swimwear.
Scroll to the bottom of the post to see the video from the photo shoot. If you wanna skip to the underwear/swimwear part of the photo shoot, jump to the 02:00 mark.
The photos that came out of this shoot are well publicized, but I am sure you guys can stand to see them once again :)
Oh, and I also included a video from an older Beckham Armani photo shoot (including Victoria Beckham), simply because I think he is a much more charismatic underwear model than Ronaldo.
FYI, a pair of low-rise Armani briefs will set you back $24, which really isn't bad for such a high end underwear brand like Emporio Armani.
Hot male underwear models wearing Armani Exchange underwear in public! Watch the video.
Hot male underwear models should not be confined to photo studios or runways when promoting men's underwear. And thankfully, sometimes innovative underwear marketeers demand that these hot male models take to the public domain and strip to their underwear.
What a way to do promotion! The clever thing is that even though these public promotion events are often one-time PR stunts, they are recorded and put on Youtube for the rest of us mere mortals to enjoy, ha!
Undergear hired some very fit male underwear models last year and caused a stir as they wore nothing but some nice-looking briefs while parading around Times Square in New York City.
But actually, back in 2007 when the Armani Exchange men's underwear collection was starting to get some serious attention, some of the hottest underwear models at the time were hired to grace the shop windows at a number of Armani Echange stores around the US.
Watch the video at the bottom of the post.
The male models were wearing nothing but those gorgeous white Armani briefs and boxer briefs that we have come to love thanks to David Beckham and Christiano Ronaldo – and naturally attracted major attention from gasping by-passers :)
I did some digging and found a video that lets you guys relive the public outing of the male Armani Exchange underwear models.
The video features mainly men's briefs as well as a few shots of boxer briefs.


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Chilean Author and Human Rights Activist to Speak Sept. 23
Marjorie Agosin, Chilean author, poet and advocate for underprivileged women in Third World countries, will speak at Bridgewater College on Monday, Sept. 23, at 7:30 p.m. in Cole Hall.
Raised in Chile, Agosin and her parents moved to the United States upon rumors of an impending coup.
Coming from a South American country and being Jewish, Agosin's writings demonstrate a unique blending of these cultures. Within her poetry collections and multi-layered stories, Agosin captures the very essence of Jewish women at their best.
Agosin writes about the Holocaust, as well as anti-Semitic events that occurred in her native land. In a collection of bilingual poems, Dear Anne Frank, she shares a remarkable imaginary relationship with this Jewish girl who perished in a concentration camp during World War II. One of the poems from this collection, "Tapestries of Hope–Threads of Love," details the life of a young woman under the Pinochet dictatorship.
She also is the author of two books that reflect her close connection to her parents and family, Always from Somewhere Else: A Memoir of My Chilean Jewish Father and A Cross and a Star: Memoirs of a Jewish Girl in Chile.
Agosin has won several distinguished prizes including the Letras de Oro Prize for Poetry, the Latino Literature Prize and the Morgan Institute Prize for Achievement in Human Rights. Scholastic Magazine chose Agosin as 1998 Latino Mentor of the Year.
Agosin has received numerous honors in recognition of her work as a human-rights activist, including the United Nations Leadership Award for Human Rights, the Good Neighbor Award from the National Conference of Christians and Jews, the Jeanette Rankin Award in Human Rights, the 2004 National Mujer Award from the National Hispana Leadership Institute and the Gabriela Mistral Medal for Lifetime Achievement awarded by the Chilean government.
Agosin is the Luella LaMer Slaner Professor in Latin American Studies and professor of Spanish at Wellesley College.
The program is free and open to the public.
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Terrick Craft, 28, was arrested in
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Keynote Update
If you were here for yesterday's keynote, you were educated and entertained by an outstanding line-up of Symantec executives, Vision sponsors and other special guests. Among other things, you learned about Symantec's vision and strategy, got the scoop on the virtualization megatrend and looked inside the new V-Ray™ technology.
So what's in store for this morning's keynote? Even more cool stuff! You'll learn about the new Enterprise Vault 10 and mobile security, and you'll have a chance to hear from special guests Richard McCormack, Senior VP, Platform Marketing from Fujitsu and Tom Maloney, Director, Corporate Software Sales from CDW.
And don't forget about the Early Bird prize raffles for those who are in their seats by 8:45 a.m. Be sure to get there early for your chance to win an iPod Touch, Bose Noise Cancelling Headphones, or a Flip camcorder!
For more information regarding the Vision keynotes, check out the Vision 2011 Keynote page.
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Actually, we're not sure hounds will help, but today is the last day of our social media scavenger hunt, so do whatever it takes. Check out today's tasks on Symantec Connect and complete them for a chance to win an Apple iPad or Motorola Xoom.
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From 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. tonight in the Partner Expo Hall -- Octavius Ballroom, come and witness a Symantec Vision tradition: the annual User Group Olympics, where User Group athletes participate in a variety of competitions. There will be everything from Archery to Swimming and Chariot Races to Gymnastics. Which team will walk away with the Gold? You'll have to come and find out!
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Evacuations and emergency declarations
Hurricane Sandy has the potential to leave millions in the northeast without power due to wind damage, flooding and storm surge. The storm is expected to do billions of dollars of damage to the northeast. It is currently responsible for the death of at least 58 people from its travels over the Caribbean including Haiti, Jamaica and Cuba.
Sandy is expected to be more destructive than Hurricane Irene in 2011 that caused $15 billion dollars of damage. Northeast utility companies are stocking up on extra crews and tree-trimmers in preparation for storm damage and power outages. Utility providers are calling on companies outside the area to send as much help as possible.
Hurricane Sandy could be near equivalent or worse than The Long Island Express, a 1938 hurricane that killed 800 people and is considered the worst east coast hurricane on record.
The White House is saying President Obama has told emergency management personnel that the federal government will do everything in its power to provide resources for state and local officials to keep people safe along the East Coast.
Sandy had weakened to a tropical storm on Saturday but regained strength to a category 1 hurricane Saturday afternoon.
Sandy is currently tracking toward New York City with land impact expected between Delmarva Peninsula and Rhode Island. The storm is expected to then move into central Pennsylvania and then north. New York City officials said Storm surge could deliver 4 to 8 feet of water to the subways. A full moon will be making the flooding worse. The loss of power for days or weeks will be a possibility in the storm.
The backside of hurricane Sandy could deliver possibly several feet of snow to mountainous regions of West Virginia, eastern Ohio and southern Pennsylvania.
In Maryland and Virginia, flood watches were issued in the District, as well as in Anne Arundel, Frederick, Howard, Montgomery, Prince George's, Calvert, Charles, St. Mary's, Arlington and Falls Church counties. A coastal flood watch was issued for all of Maryland's beaches, as well as Virginia Beach.
Airlines are reporting the pending cancellation of flights. Some airlines are allowing passengers to change flights without a fee.
The U.S. Navy is moving ships from the Norfolk Navy Station in Virginia out to sea to escape the storm's path. The Navy is moving 24 of the larger ships from southeastern Virginia bases including the USS Harry Truman including ships at Norfolk, Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story.
States that have declared a state of emergency:
1. New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, Maine and Massachusetts
Through regional offices in Atlanta, Philadelphia, New York City and Boston, FEMA will continuously monitor Sandy and will remain in close coordination with state and tribal emergency management partners in Florida and the potentially affected Southeast, Mid-Atlantic and New England states.
New York
The MTA will decide on Sunday if it is going to shut down the bus and subway system.
New York City officials are considering the evacuation of 375,000 from flood prone areas.
Suffolk County officials have declared a mandatory evacuation of Fire Island including up to 300 residents.
Long Island should expect to feel the start of the storm late Sunday night with wind gusts of 40 to 50 miles per hour.
In New York City, officials activated the city's coastal emergency plan, with subway closings and the evacuation of residents in areas hit during Hurricane Irene in August 2011. Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said that some residents should prepare to evacuate.[44] New York Governor Andrew Cuomo declared a state of emergency for every county in the state. Cuomo was also asking for a pre-disaster declaration to get better access to federal assistance.
New Jersey
In Cape May County, New Jersey, officials advised residents on barrier islands to evacuate on October 26, which will become a mandatory evacuation on October 28. There was also a voluntary evacuation for Mantoloking in Ocean County.
"Be forewarned," Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy. "Assume that you will be in the midst of flooding conditions, the likes of which you may not have seen at any of the major storms that have occurred over the last 30 years."
Connecticut utilities, which also ran into problems after Irene, are reportedly among those calling up the 5,000 power company personnel requested for the Boston-Connecticut area.
Philadelphia's Mayor Michael Nutter asked residents in low lying areas and neighborhoods prone to flooding to leave their home by 2 p.m. October 28 and move to safer ground.
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell declared a state of emergency.
GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney cancelled a campaign appearance scheduled for Sunday in Virginia Beach. Vice President Joe Biden also cancelled an appearance there scheduled for Saturday.
The Commissioners of St. Mary's County have signed a Resolution to Declare a Local State of Emergency due to the potentially adverse effects from Hurricane Sandy. The declaration makes effective the St. Mary's County Emergency Operations Plan.
Yesterday, Governor Martin O'Malley signed an Executive Order declaring a State of Emergency for all Maryland counties as the State continues to monitor Hurricane Sandy and its potential impact. The declaration gives the state flexibility to activate the Maryland National Guard and provide assistance to local emergency managers.
The National Weather Service has issued a Flood Watch for our area beginning late Sunday night through Tuesday.
North Carolina
Resident of Hattares Island fear a temporary bridge set up after Hurricane Irene could give out, preventing access.
Tropical Storm Warnings are currently issued for South Santee River in North Carolina to Duck, North Carolina.
On October 26, North Carolina Governor Beverly Perdue declared a state of emergency for 38 counties in anticipation of Hurricane Sandy, taking effect October 27.
On October 26, Maine's Governor Paul LePage signed a limited emergency declaration, that allows power crews from other states and/or Canada to help Maine prepare for Hurricane Sandy. The declaration will help Maine power providers pre-place their crews by extending the hours their crews can drive.
in Massachusetts, the state's emergency management agency has started issuing situational awareness news releases
Washington D.C.
On October 26, Washington, D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray declared a state of emergency for the nation's capital. He said agencies will work throughout the weekend to prepare the city for Sandy.
The three major commuter systems in the D.C. area — Metro, the Maryland Transit Administration and Virginia Railway Express — plan to continue normal operations until conditions require otherwise.
The transit agency began placing sandbags around vent shafts and station entrances of the subway system. Crews had also begun checking pumping stations that will funnel water out of the stations, ensuring that drains were clear and that enough chain saws were available if there were downed trees. Also, additional rail and bus supervisors are being called in to work at control centers.
The MTA began mobilizing emergency operations and maintenance workers, said spokesman Joe Sviatko.
Spokespeople for public school districts in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area asked people to check their Web sites periodically over the weekend, but agreed if Sandy stays on its forecast track schools are not likely to be open on Monday.


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There is a common phrase, often attributed as a Chinese proverb/curse, "May you live in interesting times." For those following the cloud technology space, we are definitely living in interesting times. In their latest magic quadrant report on IaaS, Gartner describes the market as still evolving and maturing. This would imply the market leadership is in flux, yet according to Gartner "AWS is the overwhelming market share leader, with more than five times the compute capacity in use than the aggregate total of the other fourteen providers in this Magic Quadrant." I would say that makes AWS an 800lb gorilla in the room that the competition must get by. Many of those competitors could be considered 800lb gorillas in their own right. Microsoft, IBM, Google are not small companies, yet AWS has managed to create a dominant position in the marketplace.
Can AWS maintain that dominance? Who among the other 'gorillas' could potentially knock AWS from its perch?
The Big Public Cage Match, IBM vs Amazon
As one would expect, the original 800lb gorilla, IBM, wants to be the one to knock AWS from that perch. Early last year, Amazon beat out IBM for a lucrative four year $600M cloud contract with the CIA. IBM immediately filed a bid protest in February, which was partially upheld by the GAO in June (A Big Win for Big Blue). The battle between the two behemoths continued through the summer. IBM worked to strengthen its IaaS credentials with the acquisition of SoftLayer. In October, what appeared to be a successful bid protest by IBM was overturned by the US Court of Federal claims, and IBM withdrew its injunctive action (IBM Steps back from CIA deal). The battle continued in November when IBM started a significant ad campaign, claiming it held a larger cloud business than Amazon. This blitz included running ads on buses in Las Vegas during Amazon's premier re:Invent conference. In January of this year, IBM committed to a 1.2B investment to expand their global cloud footprint.
The battle has created very diverse views in the industry as to who will finally win. Rob Enderle wrote a very compelling piece on why IBM will win the war with Amazon Web Services. He points out in their over 100-year history, IBM has battled many other disruptive competitors - a fact I am well aware of, being a former employee of Digital Equipment Corporation. Digital (DEC) rose in the '60s, disrupting the mainframe computing industry with a disruptive concept, the mini-computer. DEC eventually rose to being the number two computer manufacturer in the world (behind IBM). DEC is now a fond memory as it was since acquired by Compaq (a PC manufacturer) who was later acquired by Hewlett-Packard. IBM putting you in their sights is not to be taken lightly.
On the flip side, a very good counter argument to that viewpoint was written by David Linthicum, in his article Amazon Web Services has no reason to worry about IBM. One of the key points David makes is the argument that IBM will have difficulty adjusting to selling the cloud service model. He points out "the more cloud services that IBM sells, the less money it will make." In essence, it will displace existing IBM hardware and software with its own "public cloud offering." Add into this viewpoint, IBM doesn't always win. When Oracle first came on the scene, it disrupted the database world, and IBM came out guns a blazing. Oracle has not gone anywhere.
What About the Other Gorillas?
With all the coverage the IBM/AWS cage match has gotten this year, sometimes it's easy to forget there are other significant players in this marketplace. These players are not sitting back and waiting for the results of the IBM / AWS battle. Gartner analyst Lydia Long, in Where are the challengers to AWS?, states: "I think there's a critical shift happening in the market right now. Three very dangerous competitors are just now entering the market - Microsoft, Google and VMware. I think the real war for market share is just beginning." Forrester echoes a similar viewpoint. When viewing the market through a lens of the services provided (compute, RDBMS, storage), Forrester analyst Jeffery Hammond sees Microsoft and Google making strong inroads in the RDBMS and storage services space. As with IBM, Microsoft and Google have deep pockets to compete in this space and are not going to give up without a fight. What I find telling is that both these analysts did not even mention IBM vs. AWS, which has been getting the majority of the public attention. Google just announced a partner program that includes three tiers of third-party vendors providing technical and consulting services for Google's cloud platform.
Verizon Joins the Battle
Last October Verizon announced a new cloud offering built from the ground up to compete with AWS and the other IaaS vendors. This offering is different from their existing Verizon / Terramark cloud offering. The new offering is based on technology from CloudSwitch, a company Verizon acquired a little over two years ago. Verizon hopes to differentiate their offering by allowing the client to define specific performance capabilities around compute, I/O, memory and storage. Verizon states their technology allows them to avoid the 'noisy neighbor' problem seen from other vendors, a not so subtle swipe at AWS.
In January Verizon announced a partnership with Oracle for their cloud environment. "Beginning in the first quarter of 2014, Oracle customers will be able to license Oracle Database 11g and 12C, Oracle Fusion Middleware and Oracle Enterprise Manager to run in Verizon's Managed Hosting and Enterprise Cloud virtual infrastructures, according to a Verizon document that details the Oracle partnership." While AWS does provide the ability to use Oracle 11g in their environment, the addition of the middleware components could be a key differentiator for Verizon.
This by itself is not a game changer, but is a sign that Verizon is serious about competing in this space. Verizon has its sights squarely in AWS's corner. In its announcement Verizon noted that it will continue to expand partnerships and the ecosystem around its cloud offerings. It quickly demonstrated that was just the first salvo. Verizon announced this week that it is extending its partnerships with CloudBees and CloudFoundry, including committing a monetary investment in CloudBees through its venture arm.
Net Neutrality, Could It Be a Game Changer?
In 2010 the FCC adopted the Preserving the Open Internet, Broadband Industry Practices as a means to enforce the concept of net neutrality on the Internet. This was in response to the practice of a variety of broadband providers (including Comcast and Verizon) that were throttling bandwidth usage based on the source. Some of these sources could have been considered competitors. The FCC net neutrality rule had three key components:
- Transparency - providers must disclose network management and performance information
- No Blocking - providers may not block lawful content and services
- No Unreasonable Discrimination - providers may not unreasonably discriminate in transmitting lawful traffic
Now the federal appeals court has struck down that rule. The suit was brought by Verizon. It immediately raised a question in my mind. Does this mean Verizon, in theory, could throttle access to public cloud providers (such as AWS), and provide better access to their own public cloud services? Imagine the impact that could have on the marketplace. Verizon could effectively lock the other gorillas in a room and start their own room.
Will this happen? Not overnight, that's for sure. The FCC has already said they would appeal the decision. Additionally the court did give the FCC some wiggle room in modifying the rule in a way that would pass the courts muster. The battle over net neutrality is far from over, but how it finally gets resolved could have long-term impact for us and the public cloud providers.
Who Will Still Be Standing in Two Years?
One thing that is clear, the market is still in flux. Gartner predicts that one in four cloud providers will be gone by 2015. IBM has already demonstrated the consolidation direction with their purchase of SoftLayer. Concerns about the risk of a cloud provider still being around could start creating a self-fulfilling prophecy for the smaller vendors. The failure of cloud storage provider Nirvanix last year has put this concern at the forefront for many buyers. If the small vendors become acquired, or forced out of business over the next two years, we could easily end up with a room full of just the 800lb gorillas as the market shakes out. The question will then become, how many of these 800lb gorillas can we fit in the room?
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The 16th International Cloud Expo announces that its Call for Papers is now open. 16th International Cloud Expo, to be held June 9–11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City brings together Cloud Computing, APM, APIs, Security, Big Data, Internet of Things, DevOps and WebRTC to one location. With cloud computing driving a higher percentage of enterprise IT budgets every year, it becomes increasingly important to plant your flag in this fast-expanding business opportunity. Submit your speaking proposal today!
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14th International Cloud Expo, held on June 10–12, 2014 at the Javits Center in New York City, featured three content-packed days with a rich array of sessions about the business and technical value of cloud computing, Internet of Things, Big Data, and DevOps led by exceptional speakers from every sector of the IT ecosystem. The Cloud Expo series is the fastest-growing Enterprise IT event in the past 10 years, devoted to every aspect of delivering massively scalable enterprise IT as a service.
Aug. 29, 2014 11:00 PM EDT Reads: 2,199
Hardware will never be more valuable than on the day it hits your loading dock. Each day new servers are not deployed to production the business is losing money. While Moore's Law is typically cited to explain the exponential density growth of chips, a critical consequence of this is rapid depreciation of servers. The hardware for clustered systems (e.g., Hadoop, OpenStack) tends to be significant capital expenses. In his session at 15th Cloud Expo, Mason Katz, CTO and co-founder of StackIQ, to discuss how infrastructure teams should be aware of the capitalization and depreciation model of these expenses to fully understand when and where automation is critical.
Aug. 27, 2014 02:30 PM EDT Reads: 1,905
Over the last few years the healthcare ecosystem has revolved around innovations in Electronic Health Record (HER) based systems. This evolution has helped us achieve much desired interoperability. Now the focus is shifting to other equally important aspects – scalability and performance. While applying cloud computing environments to the EHR systems, a special consideration needs to be given to the cloud enablement of Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture (VistA), i.e., the largest single medical system in the United States.
Aug. 26, 2014 12:00 PM EDT Reads: 2,446
In his session at 15th Cloud Expo, Mark Hinkle, Senior Director, Open Source Solutions at Citrix Systems Inc., will provide overview of the open source software that can be used to deploy and manage a cloud computing environment. He will include information on storage, networking(e.g., OpenDaylight) and compute virtualization (Xen, KVM, LXC) and the orchestration(Apache CloudStack, OpenStack) of the three to build their own cloud services. Speaker Bio: Mark Hinkle is the Senior Director, Open Source Solutions, at Citrix Systems Inc. He joined Citrix as a result of their July 2011 acquisition of Cloud.com where he was their Vice President of Community. He is currently responsible for Citrix open source efforts around the open source cloud computing platform, Apache CloudStack and the Xen Hypervisor. Previously he was the VP of Community at Zenoss Inc., a producer of the open source application, server, and network management software, where he grew the Zenoss Core project to over 10...
Aug. 25, 2014 07:00 PM EDT Reads: 2,439
Most of today's hardware manufacturers are building servers with at least one SATA Port, but not every systems engineer utilizes them. This is considered a loss in the game of maximizing potential storage space in a fixed unit. The SATADOM Series was created by Innodisk as a high-performance, small form factor boot drive with low power consumption to be plugged into the unused SATA port on your server board as an alternative to hard drive or USB boot-up. Built for 1U systems, this powerful device is smaller than a one dollar coin, and frees up otherwise dead space on your motherboard. To meet the requirements of tomorrow's cloud hardware, Innodisk invested internal R&D resources to develop our SATA III series of products. The SATA III SATADOM boasts 500/180MBs R/W Speeds respectively, or double R/W Speed of SATA II products.
Aug. 25, 2014 06:00 PM EDT Reads: 7,368
As more applications and services move "to the cloud" (public or on-premise) cloud environments are increasingly adopting and building out traditional enterprise features. This in turn is enabling and encouraging cloud adoption from enterprise users. In many ways the definition is blurring as features like continuous operation, geo-distribution or on-demand capacity become the norm. NuoDB is involved in both building enterprise software and using enterprise cloud capabilities. In his session at 15th Cloud Expo, Seth Proctor, CTO at NuoDB, Inc., will discuss the experiences from building, deploying and using enterprise services and suggest some ways to approach moving enterprise applications into a cloud model.
Aug. 20, 2014 06:45 PM EDT Reads: 2,454
Until recently, many organizations required specialized departments to perform mapping and geospatial analysis, and they used Esri on-premise solutions for that work. In his session at 15th Cloud Expo, Dave Peters, author of the Esri Press book Building a GIS, System Architecture Design Strategies for Managers, will discuss how Esri has successfully included the cloud as a fully integrated SaaS expansion of the ArcGIS mapping platform. Organizations that have incorporated Esri cloud-based applications and content within their business models are reaping huge benefits by directly leveraging cloud-based mapping and analysis capabilities within their existing enterprise investments. The ArcGIS mapping platform includes cloud-based content management and information resources to more widely, efficiently, and affordably deliver real-time actionable information and analysis capabilities to your organization.
Aug. 20, 2014 10:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,743
Almost everyone sees the potential of Internet of Things but how can businesses truly unlock that potential. The key will be in the ability to discover business insight in the midst of an ocean of Big Data generated from billions of embedded devices via Systems of Discover. Businesses will also need to ensure that they can sustain that insight by leveraging the cloud for global reach, scale and elasticity. In his session at Internet of @ThingsExpo, Mac Devine, Distinguished Engineer at IBM, will discuss bringing these three elements together via Systems of Discover.
Aug. 17, 2014 02:30 PM EDT Reads: 3,319
Cloud and Big Data present unique dilemmas: embracing the benefits of these new technologies while maintaining the security of your organization's assets. When an outside party owns, controls and manages your infrastructure and computational resources, how can you be assured that sensitive data remains private and secure? How do you best protect data in mixed use cloud and big data infrastructure sets? Can you still satisfy the full range of reporting, compliance and regulatory requirements? In his session at 15th Cloud Expo, Derek Tumulak, Vice President of Product Management at Vormetric, will discuss how to address data security in cloud and Big Data environments so that your organization isn't next week's data breach headline.
Aug. 16, 2014 07:00 PM EDT Reads: 1,904
The cloud is everywhere and growing, and with it SaaS has become an accepted means for software delivery. SaaS is more than just a technology, it is a thriving business model estimated to be worth around $53 billion dollars by 2015, according to IDC. The question is – how do you build and scale a profitable SaaS business model? In his session at 15th Cloud Expo, Jason Cumberland, Vice President, SaaS Solutions at Dimension Data, will give the audience an understanding of common mistakes businesses make when transitioning to SaaS; how to avoid them; and how to build a profitable and scalable SaaS business.
Aug. 16, 2014 01:00 PM EDT Reads: 2,464
SYS-CON Events announced today that Gridstore™, the leader in software-defined storage (SDS) purpose-built for Windows Servers and Hyper-V, will exhibit at SYS-CON's 15th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on November 4–6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Gridstore™ is the leader in software-defined storage purpose built for virtualization that is designed to accelerate applications in virtualized environments. Using its patented Server-Side Virtual Controller™ Technology (SVCT) to eliminate the I/O blender effect and accelerate applications Gridstore delivers vmOptimized™ Storage that self-optimizes to each application or VM across both virtual and physical environments. Leveraging a grid architecture, Gridstore delivers the first end-to-end storage QoS to ensure the most important App or VM performance is never compromised. The storage grid, that uses Gridstore's performance optimized nodes or capacity optimized nodes, starts with as few a...
Aug. 15, 2014 06:30 PM EDT Reads: 1,722
SYS-CON Events announced today that Solgenia, the global market leader in Cloud Collaboration and Cloud Infrastructure software solutions, will exhibit at SYS-CON's 15th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on November 4–6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Solgenia is the global market leader in Cloud Collaboration and Cloud Infrastructure software solutions. Designed to "Bridge the Gap" between personal and professional social, mobile and cloud user experiences, our solutions help large and medium-sized organizations dramatically improve productivity, reduce collaboration costs, and increase the overall enterprise value by bringing collaboration and infrastructure solutions to the cloud.
Aug. 15, 2014 02:00 PM EDT Reads: 1,723
Cloud computing started a technology revolution; now DevOps is driving that revolution forward. By enabling new approaches to service delivery, cloud and DevOps together are delivering even greater speed, agility, and efficiency. No wonder leading innovators are adopting DevOps and cloud together! In his session at DevOps Summit, Andi Mann, Vice President of Strategic Solutions at CA Technologies, will explore the synergies in these two approaches, with practical tips, techniques, research data, war stories, case studies, and recommendations.
Aug. 13, 2014 09:45 PM EDT Reads: 2,593
Enterprises require the performance, agility and on-demand access of the public cloud, and the management, security and compatibility of the private cloud. The solution? In his session at 15th Cloud Expo, Simone Brunozzi, VP and Chief Technologist(global role) for VMware, will explore how to unlock the power of the hybrid cloud and the steps to get there. He'll discuss the challenges that conventional approaches to both public and private cloud computing, and outline the tough decisions that must be made to accelerate the journey to the hybrid cloud. As part of the transition, an Infrastructure-as-a-Service model will enable enterprise IT to build services beyond their data center while owning what gets moved, when to move it, and for how long. IT can then move forward on what matters most to the organization that it supports – availability, agility and efficiency.
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The most secure application does nothing at all, which isn't particularly interesting in today's world of web interfaces with functionality we couldn't have dreamed of 2 years ago. We want to create these brilliant experiences, but doing so while ensuring that sensitive user data remains totally secure is a difficult proposition.Here, we'll explore a few of the fortified bastions that modern browsers make available to us: Content Security Policy (and other interesting HTTP headers), sandboxed iframes, the Web Cryptography API, and MessagePorts give our applications the tools we need to lock down our applications and securely communicate cross-origin.
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This weekend looks at how to recognise the habitual patterns that prevent us opening to the experience of basic goodness. How to feel the fear and do it anyway!
After discovering our basic tenderness and intelligence that arises through contacting our basic goodness we also discover why we close down to our fundamental nature. Afraid of our brilliance, afraid of our own fear, we create a cocoon of habitual tendencies and interpretations that keeps us distracted. At the root, fear means the fear of death which means simply the death of "me".Ego is the name for all the ideas, images, and feelings we have about who we are or want to be. It is also the root of fear. Stepping out of the cocoon of "me" is a slow process of learning about fear. Through relating properly and thoroughly to fear we discover that the way out is through the way in. This retreat will be led by Merlin Cox.
Merlin Cox is a student of Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche. He first encountered the teachings of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche (the founder of Shambhala) in 1977 and attended Vajradhatu Seminary in 1988. He served as Co-Director and Director of the London Shambhala Centre from 2004 to 2011. He works as a software engineer for Amnesty International and is married with one son.
Course Fee: £120 (£100 if booking before 8 March). £70 Concessions
To pre-register please send a deposit of £20 payable to: 'The London Shambhala Meditation Centre' c/o London Shambhala Meditation Centre, 27 Belmont Close, London, SW4 6AY
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Any Baby Can improves the lives of children by strengthening them and their families through education, therapy and family support services. Most of our services are provided through home visitation programs, and we also offer community classes and support groups. At Any Baby Can, we believe that every child deserves a strong family, and it's the foundation of everything we do.
Clients come to Any Baby Can from a variety of referral sources, including other social service agencies, Neonatal Intensive Care Units, pediatricians, hospitals, WIC (Women, Infants and Children) Clinics, school nurses, teachers, family members and friends. Know a child or family who needs help? Call 512-454-3743 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Any Baby Can employs nearly 100 staff including master's and bachelor's level social workers, registered nurses, physical and occupational therapists, speech pathologists, and counselors.
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Albert Einstein: Man of the Century was on display at the Sydney Jewish Museum from September 2000 until January 2001 as part of an international tour.
The exhibition was developed by the Albert Einstein Archives and Jewish National and University Library at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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I hate to be the ogre in your Halloween festivities – The Center for Health, Environment & Justice has a scary Halloween warning: face paint and masks contain harmful chemicals
"You are hereby ordered to report to jury duty," read the official summons. I had every intention of serving until my granddaughters came to visit. I got so distracted I completely forgot!
On my last visit to see my granddaughters, I was reminded of a very important lesson: Don't forget to hug your grandchildren's parents before you rush past them to grab your grandchildren. In the past, in my excitement to see my granddaughters, I've been guilty of bypassing my daughter.
We are participating at The New Mom Fair this year on Sunday, October 18th, 2009 from 11am-3pm at the Beresford Community Center and Park located at 2720 Alameda de Las Pulgas in San Mateo, CA 94403. The New Mom Fair is a FREE event open to the public. Brought to you by The New Mom, Parenting on the Peninsula, and Bay Area Birth Information, the focus of the fair is to expose you to all of the health options available to you within your local community.
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Indy racer Danica Patrick is in the Swimsuit Issue for the second consecutive year, and this year's spread is way way better than last year's. Last year she was crawling out of a firesuit on a beach and wearing a bland white bikini. Now they've got her all glammed up, wearing a fancy bikini and high heels while she's draped across a sports car. Science says that high heels and fast cars make any photo shoot 50% sexier, and science is never wrong. Science also says she could have gotten the extra 50% if she were pictured eating fruit provocatively and submerging herself in a tub of motor oil. Eh, maybe next year.
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Waynesboro drivers and businesses are celebrating the early reopening of the Broad Street Bridge, which has been closed since February. The $3.3 million construction project is now complete, so the detours through Main Street are no longer necessary.
Business owners in the area say they're very happy to see the finished product: refurbished piers, a fresh sidewalk on one side, and some decorative concrete detailing, and under-lighting. There are now lights underneath the bridge that reflect off the south river after sunset for an urban glow.
"It was a nice project. The contractor did an outstanding job. Came in pretty close to budget and under time," said project manager Neal Conyers.
The bridge's structural foundation is now sturdier and the railing is also new.
The bridge officially reopened to drivers Thursday at noon.
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Visitors brave showers at Feast of St George
Visitors have braved heavy showers this afternoon at the Mayor of London's Feast of St George celebration.
Visitors have braved heavy showers this afternoon at the Mayor of London's Feast of St George celebration.
Transporting a 60ft Christmas tree 700 miles from Norway to London is no easy task, so how was it done?
The Great Britain boat which is competing in this year's round-the-world Clipper Race is on display in Trafalgar Square.
Visitors have braved heavy showers this afternoon at the Mayor of London's Feast of St George celebration.Read the full story
London's Trafalgar square will be transformed into giant 13th century banquet today to mark the Feast of St George.
The festival will feature stalls selling traditional English food and traditional garden games and music.
An artist who has won the chance to showcase his sculpture on the fourth plinth at Trafalgar Square has called his work a "paradox".
David Shrigley, said his work, which includes a giant out-stretched thumb, was "slightly satirical but also serious at the same time".
Two sculptures to take place on Trafalgar Square's fourth plinth has been described as "wryly enigmatic in their own way", by the Mayor of London.
Boris Johnson said the sculpture of a riderless horse and a 10-metre-high thumbs up were "very different", adding:
Our rolling programme of art continues to surprise, providing a contrast to its historic surroundings and giving Londoners and visitors alike another reason to visit Trafalgar Square.
A riderless horse and a 10-metre-high thumbs up are the latest works that will take their place on Trafalgar Square's fourth plinth.
The horse, complete with an electronic ribbon tied to its leg displaying the latest live Stock Exchange prices, is by German artist Hans Haacke and will be unveiled next year.
David Shrigley's bronze Really Good will be unveiled in 2016.
Mayor of London Boris Johnson said the "two very different sculptures" were "wryly enigmatic in their own way".
The next two works of art to occupy the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square will be unveiled today.
Six artists are competing against each other to fill the coveted spot.
Two will be chosen to occupy the plinth in 2015 and 2016.
Munira Mirza, Deputy Mayor for Education and Culture, will announce the winners at 9:15 this morning.
Transporting a 60ft Christmas tree 700 miles from Norway to London is no easy task, so how was it done?Read the full story
Trafalgar Square's Christmas tree has been delicately moved into position, before the lights are switched on later this week. Cranes were used to lift the 60ft tree earlier today. This 30 second timelapse video shows how it was lifted.
Work has begun to install the 50 year old, 60 foot tall, Norwegian Christmas tree in Trafalgar Square.
Every year since 1946 the Norwegians have gifted a magnificent spruce pine as a thank you to Britain for our support during the Second World War. The lights on the tree will be switched on this Thursday.
Martin Stew was in Norway last month as the tree was cut down before it began a 700 mile journey.
The Trafalgar Square Christmas Tree will arrive in the capital this morning after its journey from Norway. The spruce is donated by the City of Oslo to the people of London each year as a token of gratitude for Britain's support during the Second World War.


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It's Day 2 of this new crop of workouts, and as I said yesterday, these workouts are a combination of HIRT & HIIT protocols – designed to maximize fitness & burn a bunch o' body-fat.
One thing to be aware of is the weight selection in the HIRT workouts.
Today's scheme will involve 10 reps per set – as we move from muscular endurance to POWER!!!
I'm sticking with the basic warm-up here. Feel free to improvise. The goals are to increase muscle temp, make you muscle more elastic and to lubricate your joints. All stuff us old guys recognize as important.
Circles – Starting with the ankles and moving all the way up to your neck, gently make circles with all of your joints – 10 revolutions each joint in each direction
Dead Bug – Push your lower back into the floor and articulate your arms & legs as in the video. 1 set of as many reps as possible with your lower back pushed into the floor. When your back starts to arch…STOP
1 Arm Swing Snatch - 25 reps per arm – Dumbbell or kettlebell – choose a light weight – the goal is to warm-up
HIRT Superset #1 - Overhead DB/KB Squats & See-Saw Overhead Presses
HIRT Superset #2 - Single Leg Straight-Leg Deadlift & Toes to the Sky
HIIT #1 - 5 min of HIIT sprints
HIRT Superset #3 - Wide Grip Pulldown or Pull-Ups & Stir the Pot
HIIT #2 - 5 min of HIIT sprints
HIRT Superset #4 - Two Arm DB Incline Chest Press & Two Arm Cable Row or Body-Weight Row
[box type="note"]If this workout is too much for you, I would prefer you remove the HIIT sprints and perform them tomorrow.[/box]
That's it, you're done for today.