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Congreguémonos es el encuentro anual de los Programas de Liderazgo Hispano/Latino, una colaboración entre Educación Continuada del Seminario de Princeton y líderes latino/as presbiteriana/os de la región. El evento de un día reunirá a cristianas y cristianos con el propósito de adorar, aprender y compartir juntos unos de otros, y ser retados por los desafíos y oportunidades que ofrece el ministerio en español en el noreste de los EE.UU. y a través de todo el país.
Será en esta ocasión cuando se otorgarán los Certificados en Estudios Bíblicos y Teológicos a los estudiantes que están actualmente tomando cursos para certificación.
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En colaboración con la Agencia Presbiteriana de Misión, el Seminario Teológico de Princeton ofrecerá esta oportunidad de adiestramiento para líderes latino/as interesados en la iniciativa 1001 Worshipping Communities en y para contextos latinos. El Rvdo. Carlos Rivera, Evangelista de "Tres Iglesias Presbiterianas", la iniciativa de ministerios latinos de los presbiterios de New Brunswick Monmouth y West Jersey, será el coordinador del adiestramiento. Para registrarse, haga clic aquí.
Princeton Seminary's Continuing Education, in partnership with Volunteers of America, will offer a gathering of pastors and other faith-based community leaders for learning and training in theology, pastoral care and ethics for those engaged in public and community ministry, and seeking to be challenged to an ever more relevant witness of Christ in their contexts. This program will provide for an in depth ecumenical experience on pastoral care, practical theology, biblical studies, and Christianity and society. For more information and to register, please click here.
Youth Ministry in Small Churches is a two-day event for volunteers and church leaders who want to discover a community of others engaged in the joys and challenges of youth ministry in small churches. For more information and to register, please click here.
Congregations inevitably go through transitions – both in their ministry and their leadership. When this moment come afoot, it is important for congregations to face these transitions intentionally. This conference seeks to train ministers called to lead congregations in times of transition with the skills necessary to address the systemic, theological, ethical, and pastoral challenges of this season in a congregation's life. Ministers of all Christian traditions are welcome and encouraged to participate in this ecumenical offering. The pedagogical framework of this program comes from the Interim Ministry Educational Consortium. For more information and to register, please click here.
Congregations choose leaders to provide leadership to its mission. Some of these leaders are elected for a particular task, essential for the relevant ministry an order of the community of faith. Together with the PCUSA presbyteries of Elizabeth, New Brunswick and Monmouth, and with Johnsonburg Presbyterian Center, Princeton Seminary's Continuing Education offers a day-long space for learning and fellowship specifically for ruling elders, deacons, teaching elders, stated clerks, and youth ministry leaders.
The Herencia Symposium is a day-long gathering of church and community leaders on the thought, ministry and social contributions of Latin Americans and Latina/os to the American Church and Global Christianity. The symposium provides a framework to consider the opportunities and challenges that religious communities of Latin American ancestry pose to Christian ministry and thought. This program is a collaborative effort of Princeton Seminary's Association of Latina/os Seminarians, Continuing Education, and the Office of Multicultural Relations, the Hispanic Theological Initiative, and Princeton Seminary alumni and friends.
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This seminar is for pastors who anticipate retiring from a congregation in one to five years. Participants will develop and implement a transition plan as he/she concludes their ministry. For more information, please click here.
The Abundant Life brings youth ministers together with leading philanthropic thinkers -- people who want to support youth with practical resources and relationships that empower them to be real agents of change in their communities. Participants will engage these leaders and one another around these issues as they discover resources and ways of helping young people become agents of change in their communities and in the world. For more information and to register, please click here.
Equipping the Saints is a day of workshops, worship, resources and fellowship planned especially to support and equip church members in their ministries. This day is for new and ongoing church officers, pastors, worship leaders, educators, and any interested others. Equipping the Saints is a cooperative effort of the educational ministries of Elizabeth, Monmouth and New Brunswick Presbyteries. Workshops are led - almost exclusively - by volunteers. This program is free and open to the public. Details and registration will be available in early December. For more information is available here.
Those who completed the 2014 Certificate in Theology and Ministry are invited to the campus for a celebration with lunch and worship. This is a wonderful conclusion to the online Certificate program. Details and registration information will be sent directly to those enrolled in the 2014 program
This course focuses on knowledge and skills that are critical in moving from the Seminary to a first call in pastoral ministry and leadership in a congregation. It is intended for P.T.S. graduating seniors. Topics covered include financial matters (personal and congregational), worship leadership, interviewing, the pastor as contextual theologian, and more. Details will be posted in January 2015.
Offered in partnership with the Frederick Buechner Center, The Frederick Buechner Writer's Workshop at Princeton Seminary will encourage, educate, and inspire writers to communicate their Christian faith with clarity and power in the tradition of Frederick Buechner. In plenary sessions and workshops with renowned authors, editors, agents, and theological faculty, participants will be challenged to not only strengthen their writing but to engage in it as spiritual practice. Details and registration will be available in the fall of 2014.
Applications Open for Certificate in Theology and Ministry September 8, 2014
Youth Ministry in Small Churches October 3-4, 2014
The Art of Transitional and Interim Ministry - Weeks One and Two October 13-17, 2014
Finishing with Vitality - Achieving a Healthy Ending November 5-7, 2014
The Abundant Life - Empowering Youth as Agents of Change November 13-15, 2014
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I upgraded to 13.04 no issues. A couple of the other user accounts had passwords that worked in the previous version, but weren't meeting the minimum password requirements in this version. I didn't want to change the password, till they logged in at least once so that the home directory synced.
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sudo passwd <username> command. The password took, and I am able to login to one of the terminal screens. But if I login to the GUI, I get kicked out immediately (with these accounts).
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Buschini Building Success After Phils Failed Him
Was checking out Marcus Knecht's (and K.C. Hobson's) stats in ABL, and found this story on Adam Buschini (he won triple crown this year in ABL with off-the-charts numbers). He is a 25 year old unsigned 2B (formerly 4th round pick). Considering Blue Jays are thin with middle infield prospects, wouldn't he be a great pick up for AA/AAA this year?


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UFC president Dana White is on a roll when it comes to saying unflattering things about Bellator. Over the weekend, Dana said that Zuffa would have no interest in buying Bellator as they had PRIDE, WEC, WFA and Strikeforce as Bellator "has no value."
At the same media event, White took another shot at Bellator for their contracts (via MMA Junkie):
Dana White won't reveal whether or not he intends to bring current Bellator MMA welterweight champ Ben Askren to the octagon, but after his near-miss with Eddie Alvarez, the UFC boss admits he's not a fan of that promotion's fighter contracts.
"The way that they do their deals, their guys are screwed," White said at a Sunday media event in Brazil. "Those guys can't go out and test the fair market. They can't do anything."
It is probably worth remembering that Zuffa sued Bellator for theft of trade secrets when Ken Pavia passed along "promotional documents, bout agreements, sponsorship forms, extension letters, injury forms, and the like" and then allegedly altered them to (in Bjorn Rebney's words) "have our team Monday re-type them and we will sufficiently alter them such that they will appear to be ours and not theirs."


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The Chicago Bulls are 7-4 in the 11 games that Derrick Rose has missed through injury, but it appears that they're really starting to feel the effects of his absence. They have lost their last two games in a row, and they haven't looked good in defeat. They only managed 78 points away to Oklahoma City, then followed that up with a home loss to the Houston Rockets. Rose participated in practice Wednesday and could return Thursday to face the Boston Celtics (9:30 p.m. ET, TNT).
Boston was on a five-game winning streak before they were stuffed by the age and logic-defying San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday night. Rajon Rondo and Paul Pierce had double-doubles, but Kevin Garnett was contained and Ray Allen had just five points on 2-6 shooting.
At one point this season, Boston looked like the likely seventh or eighth seed in the playoffs, but their winning streak and some slumps by other teams has them currently in fourth place, and seriously in the running for third. The Miami Heat appear to be back on track after an impressive win against the Thunder on Wednesday night, so Chicago are going to need Rose to return and start guiding the Bulls to wins if they want to hang onto the top spot in the East.
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Tampa Preview
Hi SCOC folks, Been reading for a while, finally decided to start commenting. Kinda sad it took this kind of run for me to start, but it's as good a time as ever. I was looking around for previews and this one was pretty good. I was thinking Bruins in 5 but depending on when exactly Bergy returns I'll take a six game win.


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Hombre de Acero posted looking for video of Terry Bradshaw's last game against the Jets. I looked for it and could not locate it. But, it got me looking at a lot of footage of the greatest Steelers QB of all time...Terry Bradshaw.
With respect to one Ben Roethlisberger who came out of the gate a lot faster than Terry Bradshaw, he is only the second greatest Steelers QB since 1933. For those of you that never saw Bradshaw play and have only seen the magic of Big Ben I can only tell you it was a sight to see.
Hombre is looking for Brad's last game. I remember it and the season well. Terry Bradshaw (against the advice of Steelers doctors) had surgery on his elbow in the deep south with a local surgeon. He never recovered in time to start the 1983 season. It didn't matter. The Steelers came out of the gate like gangbusters. Their defense never looked better in 1983. The Steelers surged to a 9-2 record behind a ferocious attacking defense led by stalwarts Jack Lambert, Donnie Shell and Mel Blount. Young up and comers Mike Merriweather, Edmund Nelson and DeWayne Woodruff helped the Steeler veterans.
It was November 20 before the league figured out the Bradshawless Steelers. The Minnesota Vikings figured if they played conservatively enough and waited for Steelers QB Cliff Stoudt to make a mistake they could win. They did. On Thanksgiving, the Lions used this recipe and absolutely shellacked the Steelers 45-3 ruining Turkey day dinner. The next week it was the Cincinnati Bengals who used the same formula. Stoudt self destructed and the Steelers lost again to fall to 9-5.
The Steelers were teetering on missing the playoffs. Their QB Soudt was inadequate and the league had figured them out. The Steelers desperately needed a win to get to 10 wins and a playoff spot. It was then sore winged Terry Bradshaw rode in on a white stallion one last time for the city of Pittsburgh and their rabid fan base. On December 10 1983 Terry Bradshaw started his last game for the Pittsburgh Steelers against the New York Jets. Brad effortlessly led the up to then anemic Steelers offense straight down the field on his first possession. Bradshaw hits Greg Garrity for a score and the Steelers led 7-0. He seemed to be in some discomfort but the fan base didn't notice in their joy. After a defensive stand motivated by a resurgent offense Bradshaw was back slinging the ball down field to open receivers and a 10 yard pass to Calvin Sweeney gave Pittsburgh a 14-0 lead in the 1st quarter.
After that pass to Sweeney, Bradshaw ran off the field grimacing and holding his elbow. It was over. The greatest Steeler QB ever had led the Steelers to the one more win they needed to make the playoffs. Stoudt mopped up and then lost the last game of the season at Cleveland. Stoudt was at his worst in a 38-10 beat down in LA to the Raiders in the playoffs. But Bradshaw's legacy had been cemented. 4 world titles and at the end of his career he was Ben and Brady all rolled into one.
To Homber de Acero I apologize not finding Bradshaw's last game on video. Maybe someone else can? But I thank him for rattling my cage and getting me to watch some old Bradshaw highlights. I hope Ben can become the QB that Terry Bradshaw was later in his career and continue bringing Lombardi's home to Heinz. Two and counting...


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Guest management issue: Microsoft Email Accounts (Hotmail, Live, MSN, Outlook.com) prevent invitations from being delivered
|July 21, 2014
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As staff and faculty use the Sakai and Canvas Guest Accounts services, we have noticed that when they invite guests who use Microsoft-hosted email account domains, such as:
- @hotmail.com
- @live.com
- @msn.com
- @outlook.com
- or any country-specific ones, such as @msn.ca, or @hotmail.br
… the original invitation is not delivered properly, preventing the guest from completing the registration process. There are two ways to fix this issue:
1) Ask the guest to provide another email address (such as @gmail.com, @yahoo.com) or an institutional address (such as @university.edu), and, as faculty or staff, restart the guest creation process.
2) Ask the guest to change the settings in their Microsoft account to allow messages coming from @udel.edu addresses, and resend the invitation.
The following screenshots provide the steps necessary for guests to accomplish this:
a) Log in to your Hotmail, Live, Outlook, or MSN account in a web browser (do not use a mobile app client or a desktop program such as Thunderbird or Microsoft Outlook).
b) Go to the cogwheel icon on the right (step 1), then go to Safe and Blocked Senders (step 2).
c) Click Safe Senders (step 3).
d) Type @udel.edu in the field on the left (step 4) and click Add to list >> (step 5).
e) If the @udel.edu domain is listed on the right, you will be able to receive the Guest Management email invitation. It should look like the following:
Once the guest has completed the previous process, the UD faculty or staff will be able to resend the invitation using the Resend button in My Pending Invitations.
The App Center
|May 14, 2014
The Canvas@UD App Center is the place to go when you want to add third-party content or tools to a Canvas course site. What is third-party content? It is anything that is hosted or provided by someone other than the University of Delaware or Instructure (Canvas). For example, if you embed a Google map into […] more >
Understanding the Canvas grades, part 3: Extra credit
|February 14, 2014
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Now that we have covered how the grades are calculated (part 1) and how to enable the grading scheme (part 2), let's explore how to assign extra credit in Canvas. Extra credit assignments in Canvas Coming back to the scenario we looked at in part 1, let's assume we want to add a fifth optional […] more >
Understanding the Canvas grades, part 2: Enabling letter grades
|February 13, 2014
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In part 1, we covered how Canvas calculates the Total column. This post discusses how those grades can be turned into letter grades automatically. Enabling the course grading scheme To prevent confusion and unpleasant surprises, the letter grading scheme is turned off by default. You can turn it on in the course Settings, under the […] more >
Understanding the Canvas grades, part 1: Current grade vs Final grade
|February 12, 2014
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Some instructors have contacted our team recently about the Grades tool in Canvas, expressing some concerns over its features and calculation process. In order to clarify the process and share some tips, we are posting this three-part series on the Canvas gradebook. The Total column doesn't seem right… Consider the following scenario: A course has […] more >
Request your Spring 2014 Canvas course site!
|February 6, 2014
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Faculty can submit requests for spring 2014 Canvas courses. Currently, we are creating the courses manually but plan to have an automated system in place in the future so instructors can set up their own Canvas courses. Please allow two to three business days for our staff to set up your course. To learn more, visit the Canvas@UD page.
Please contact the IT Support Center (submit a request, mail email@example.com, or call 831-6000) if you'd like:
- a demonstration of the Canvas Learning Management System,
- help preparing your Canvas course,
- assistance deciding which online tools can serve your needs the best.
Sakai and Canvas Guest Accounts Web form released!
|February 6, 2014
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Information Technologies is happy to announce the launch of a Web form called Sakai and Canvas Guest Accounts. It is intended for faculty and staff to create and manage guest access to UD's learning management systems. In addition to conforming to our integrated guest account service (which also includes the Parent/Guardian accounts), it will allow for guests to set their own display names, passwords, and security questions required for password reset requests.
Guest accounts can be provided to external contributors (such as fellow researchers, guest speakers, non-matriculated students, etc.) or for personal course-related use (creating a guest account for yourself to see your course as a student). Any firstname.lastname@example.com email address can be used to create a guest account.
This new process replaces the Sakai Guest Management System (SGMS), which was used to create more than 4,000 guest accounts since 2008. All active guest accounts created using the legacy SGMS have been ported to the new system, using the same username and password as before (if you are the sponsor of one or more of those guest accounts and want your guests to choose a new password, use the Reset password option in the management interface).
Documentation for the Sakai and Canvas Guest Accounts Web form is located at www.udel.edu/it/help/guest/lmsguest.html.
If you have questions about this process, contact the IT Support Center (submit a request, email firstname.lastname@example.com, or call 831-6000).
Request your course sites for winter 2014
|December 3, 2013
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Faculty can submit requests for winter 2014 Canvas courses. Currently, we are creating the courses manually but plan to have an automated system in place in the future so instructors can set up their own Canvas courses. To learn more, visit the Canvas@UD page.
Please contact the IT Support Center (submit a request, mail email@example.com, or call 831-6000) if you'd like:
- a demonstration of the Canvas Learning Management System,
- help preparing your Canvas course,
- assistance deciding which online tools can serve your needs the best.
LMS Usage Statistics – Spring 2013
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Below are some usage highlights for our institutional learning management systems (Sakai and Canvas), as of May 8, 2013. As a reminder, Canvas@UD is an alternative to Sakai@UD, and not a replacement. Faculty members can choose one or the other to suit their teaching needs and preferences.
Without over-analyzing the data, the main conclusion is that a majority of faculty members at UD find value in using a learning management system to support their teaching and learning activities, despite the fact that its adoption is entirely optional.
Students should check the list of rosters using Sakai or Canvas for the current semester to see if their class uses Sakai or Canvas and verify with their instructors.
Faculty: If you have any technical or pedagogical questions, concerns, or issues with Sakai@UD, or would like a demonstration of Canvas, do not hesitate to contact the IT Support Center (submit a request, mail email@example.com, or call 831-6000).
Note: This post is also on the Sakai@UD blog.


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August 2014 E-Club Photo Contest
August Category - "Beautiful Blur".
October Category - Sports.
April Contest Winners:
Winner: "Eye of the Frog" by Brett Pelham
Runners Up:
"Prickly Pear Storm" by Ken Stroud
"Shades of Blue" by Ryan Lange
"Sea Lion at 30 Feet" by Kevin Duignan
Honorable Mention:
"Eagle Alert" by John Weidman
"Yosemite National Park" by John Nelson
"The One that Got Away" by Ken Stroud
"Lost in the Caribbean" by Ryan Lange
Submit your August photos to Lobby 137 by COB, September 1st.


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Houston December 3
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FREE to IT professionals in networking, security, storage, architecture, telecommunications, etc.
|12/03/2012 from 7:30 AM to 02:00 PM
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Hotel Derek, 713-961-3000, Free Parking & WiFi
This tightly-focused seminar ending with an HP/Microsoft keynote just after a full hot lunch focuses on cloud/virtualization/storage/infrastructure and security/network/wireless issues. Angelbeat coordinates expert speakers (from organizations on the right) who deliver concise, technical and complementary talks. Content is pre-approved by Angelbeat and past attendees to maximize learning. CISSP's and other individuals can receive 4 CPE credit hours for attending. As one Wal-Mart attendee states, "Of all the seminars I attend, your format is by far the best. Brief informative talks from vendors, followed by one-on-one time at their booth to find out more. I am out of the office for less than a day yet I have access to all the different solutions. This year I will follow up with two vendors." Listen to Angelbeat CEO's Ron Gerber podcast to hear why you should attend. Watch Angelbeat on Youtube to see clips from past events and hear other attendee testimonials. Join your peers from ABB, Academy, Baker Hughes, GDF Suez, Tenaris, Superior Energy, United Airlines, BMC, Chevron, University of Houston, City of Houston, United Space Alliance and many more leading Texas employers who are confirmed attendees. There is new content on managing smartphones & tablets, plus any Apple client device, on your corporate network, driven by bring-your-own-device (byod) to work initiatives. Raffle drawings at the end for great prizes.
7:30 - 8:30: Breakfast, Registration, Product Demonstration
8:30 - 9:00: WAN Optimization/Load Balancing for Cloud/SaaS Application Performance/Network Analysis
Many popular IT solutions, like Web-based apps, SaaS, and cloud initiatives, increase distance between workers and storage and servers, resulting in poor application performance across the enterprise WAN. Learn how WAN optimization, load balancing and acceleration of cloud-based applications can transform your network from barrier to enabler, while reducing bandwidth requirements and telecom spending. See how purpose-built appliances enable visibility and deliver critical packet-flow information across data networking infrastructures. Gain valuable insights on maintaining/enhancing end user performance requirements/QoS while supporting the inevitable transition from wired client-server to wireless cloud/virtualized networks. Determine if accelerating all applications at one layer - versus accelerating specific applications at another layer - is the best strategy for your organizations.
9:00 - 10:00: BYOD Bring Your Own Device, Consumerization of IT, Comparison of Apple, Google & Microsoft Smartphones & Tablets, High-Speed Wireless
Apple is projected to sell over 250 million iPhones and iPads in 2012. 3 million mini iPad's were just sold in the first two days! These employee-owned Apple devices, along with Google Android-powered clients and upcoming Windows 8 Tablets/Windows Phone offerings, are making their way to the workplace - the Bring-your-own-Device (BYOD) revolution - creating a new set of security and management challenges for IT departments. Experts will share best practices on supporting tablet, laptop, smartphone and other devices on your network, which often run different operating systems and rely upon different security protocols. For instance, how can sensitive corporate data be segmented/separated from personal information when using the same hardware platform? How can you integrate a Mobile Device Management (MDM) solution with existing end point/anti-virus security products?
Every tablet and smartphone shares a common feature - they can only connect to the Internet via wireless, which greatly increases the importance of a comprehensive wi-fi infrastructure and strategy. With unlicensed wireless device growth measured in the Billions of units, plus more mission-critical applications are being deployed wirelessly, it is essential that rf Interference be understood, measured and eliminated. Learn why 802.11n and spectrum intelligence technologies should be deployed in your ever changing work environment, to ensure mobile user performance and satisfy QoS standards.
10:00 - 10:30: IPv6 Migration, IP Address Management
Adopting IPv6 is an inevitability for all large enterprises and service providers. As the global supply of IPv4 addresses continues to dwindle, support for the exploding number of IPv6-enabled devices – new laptops, smart phones, tablets and more – that will connect to the Internet and computer networks will be a requirement. Every day of IPv6 adoption delay compromises a business's ability to fully participate in the Internet ecosystem and reach the growing number of end users, customers, partners and suppliers who are online with IPv6-enabled devices.
Despite this detrimental consequence, recent surveys reveal that 60% of enterprise IT teams do not have an IPv6 adoption plan and 80% feel that they are not well educated on IPv6. Among those that do have a plan, 64% fear they will not successfully implement support for IPv6. To aid enterprises and service providers in the IPv6 adoption process, Angelbeat has arranged for Infoblox to discuss its IPv6 service offerings, including IP address management capabilities that are necessary to for both managing the new IPv6 addressing schema plus supporting BYOD Initiatives (remember that every wifi connected device requires its own IP address).
10:30: Break, Product Demonstrations, Comparison of Apple vs Microsoft vs Google Devices, Peer Networking
11:00 - 11:45: Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Data Center/NOC, Thin Client/VDI Architecture: Optimizing Your Existing Infrastructure
Organizations must optimize their existing and internal server/storage/data center infrastructure for maximum efficiency - combining the best of virtual and private cloud functionality - before considering external/outsourced public cloud services. Topics covered by VMware, Storagecraft and X-IO speakers include:
- Virtualization recommendations for and across servers, storage and data centers to increase utilization, create R&D testing sites without impacting live production, support disaster recovery/business continuity requirements, etc.
- Integration of networking, server and storage protocols/equipment under a common virtualization platform and data center/network "fabric"
- Software Defined Networking ("SDN") and its impact on your existing data center/NOC hardware infrastructure
- Server/Storage Reliability/Uptime, critically important with significantly fewer hardware platforms with virtualization, all running at much higher utilization levels
- Growth trends for iSCSI, Fibre Channel, NSA and SAN storage deployments, and how this affects your virtualization strategies
- Scale-up vs Scale-out storage strategies
- Tiered storage strategies to match data access requirements and update frequency with hardware costs
- Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Best Practices; the importance of cost-effective and efficient recovery systems.
- Data Deduplication on primary and backup hardware, to eliminate unnecessary storage of redundant information.
- Backup/archiving best practices in virtualized/cloud architectures, where data is not locked to a specific location or hardware platform.
- Green IT, energy cost savings and using Power Usage Efficiency (PUE) calculations to financially justify infrastructure IT projects
- Thin client architecture, benefits of centrally hosting applications, and matching internal infrastructure/storage hardware/software with end user client computing platforms.
Cloud computing in its broadest sense is the usage of external IT resources. Attendees will be educated on various cloud computing options, to help them determine the most appropriate solution for their organization.
- Distinction between private cloud and virtualized/in-house data center
- Benefits of moving some, most, if not all storage & server hardware to a co-location/hosting facility, e.g. perhaps only backup files and tapes are stored/located offsite?
- Benefits of transferring some, most, if not all software applications to a cloud service provider, e.g. using a cloud provider to handle peak/high-volume customer web demand only?
- Recommendations for an integrated public cloud/private cloud/virtualized data center infrastructure, covering both internal/employee & external/customer-facing applications
- Strategies for securing, patching and updating virtual and cloud environments, while ensuring compliance with corporate standards
- Cloud computing definitions and framework: IaaS (Infrastructure-as-a-Service), PaaS (Platform-as-a-Service), SaaS (Software-as-a-Service), to name a few acronyms/options that will be discussed at the seminar
11:45 - 12:45: Security/Compliance
Security and compliance vulnerabilities will only grow in 2012, driven by these trends:
- Virtualization and cloud computing, with sensitive/confidential information and programs stored in multiple and possibly unsecured third-party locations
- Secure remote access requirements from an ever growing list of devices - laptop, netbook, home PC, MAC, smartphone and tablet - accessing behind-the-firewall data via multiple networks including corporate LAN, home wifi, public wifi and 3G/4G cellular.
- Social networks in the workplace, with hackers targeting facebook, linkedin and twitter web 2.0 applications which are now required business applications and cannot be blocked.
- Web-based or SaaS enterprise applications, with browser vulnerabilities that are often the weakest link in a defense-in-depth strategy exposing organizations to substantial risk
Experts will discuss how spam, anti-virus, web filtering, IDS/IPS, firewall, ediscovery, patching, e.g. traditional security products are responding to these trends and corresponding threats, and share recommendations and best practices on how you can stay one step ahead of hackers.
Full Hot Lunch, Product Demonstrations, Peer Networking
1:30 - 2:00: Microsoft Windows 8 Demo/Preview, HP Tablets and Laptops
Windows 8 delivers experiences users want, offers new possibilities for mobile productivity, and provides IT with a more secure, easy-to-manage infrastructure. It's Windows reimagined and reinvented from a solid core of Windows 7 speed and reliability. It's an all-new touch interface. It's a new Windows for new devices. Windows 8 offers seamless integration with Office2013 and cloud-based Office365. This exciting new client platform from Microsoft will be previewed/demonstrated, with the latest HP tablets and laptops on display, plus you will understand the pro's and con's of upgrading to Windows 7 versus 8.
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Chad Ford on Thabeet:
Tom (Mpls): What are the chances Thabeet actually becomes a legitimate NBA player? Chad Ford: Personally ... I think it's around 50 percent. His length and shot blocking ability give him a good chance of sticking as a defensive center. But his offense? Ugh. But to be clear, scouts tend to be higher on him than I am.


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Mark D. Musick is President Emeritus of the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), America's first interstate compact for education, and the James H. Quillen Chair of Excellence at East Tennessee State University. He retired as SREB President in August 2005, after serving 16 years as the organization's chief executive. Mr. Musick began service as the James H. Quillen Chair of Excellence at East Tennessee State University in 2006. Before being selected SREB President in 1989, Mr. Musick was Vice President and worked primarily with Southern state legislators, governors, higher education boards, and the staff of these groups. He came to the SREB from Virginia, where he served as Assistant Director with the Virginia State Council of Higher Education, and as an Assistant in the Office of the Chancellor for the Virginia Community College System. Prior to that, he served in the Governor's Office. He also served as Assistant to the Executive Director of the University Alumni Office at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
Mr. Musick has been appointed by three U.S. Secretaries of Education to chair the Governing Board of the National Assessment of Educational Progress that directs the program known as the Nation's Report Card. In the 1980s, he directed a project affiliated with the National Assessment that for the first time produced student achievement information that could be legitimately compared from one state to another. The project served as a model for the nationwide program that now involves all fifty states and is the key education accountability provision for President Bush's No Child Left Behind Act.
Mr. Musick served as a senior director on the Atlanta Committee for Public Education and is a founding director of Great Schools Atlanta.
Mr. Musick received an M.S. in history and a B.A. in history and economics from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He has been awarded honorary doctoral degrees from Piedmont College and the College of Charleston, and an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Mercer University.


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News: Joe Budden Moves Past Tahiry W/ New Girlfriend Somaya Reece, "I Will Be Good To Joe, Always" [Video]
Sunday, Nov 8, 2009 12:00PM
Showing he has moved past ex-girlfriend Tahiry, Joe Budden recently introduced fans to his newest love interest, model Somaya Reece, during a live blog cast.
Budden's latest girlfriend sat next to the rapper and declared her loyalty toward him during the broadcast.
"Don't worry because there's nothing to worry about," Reece said during a Budden blogcast. "And I know the feeling because I'm an artist too, when you're going through something, it does reflect on your music. But there's no need to worry about that anymore. Somaya Reece is in the building...Regardless though, with music, whether it's depressing -- the fact that you have an honest artist like Joe, is something that is very rare. And it's something you don't really see out there...Everybody is making ridiculously stupid music and I'm not gonna name names -- am I lying to you guys? I will be good to Joe, always. I am a very traditional woman. I take care of my man." (World Star Hip Hop)
He previously aired out his issues with Tahiry in a blog chat last month.
"My life is pretty routine and predictable," Budden said during a blog broadcast. "i don't need much, I'm not controlling, I'm not jealous, I'm not insecure, I'm not any of the things that Tahiry would say that I am. I'm like cool as a fan -- the really sad part about my entire five-year relationship that I am just now getting out of, you can call it arrogant, you can call it cocky, you can call it whatever the f*ck you want to call it, I was ready to marry my significant other. Let me just say that. Thank the f*cking lord above that that did not happen...It would have been a whole lot worse if I had married Tahiry. I went from being ready to settle down -- and now that I am outside of that relationship, it's easy to see that I spent five years settling." (JoeBuddenTV)
During Tahiry's Shade 45 interview last month, Budden called in to explain his stance.
"I haven't been updating JoeBuddenTV as much, these websites that I drive traffic to, they just really thirsty to put anything Joe Budden-associated on their site," Budden told radio personality Angela Yee. "They can suck d*ck. I'm listening... I wanna know what's going on right now, what is this interview about? It's about Complex online...It's now, people are gonna ask, whatever people that are representing you are using the break-up as a bargaining chip...It's looking like it's in bad taste, it's making five years a gimmick... You wouldn't like it... Tahiry, listen -- I didn't call to speak to [Tahiry]. Angela, it's not all about all fairness, Tahiry don't know nothin' about nothin'. She trying to be in a game where she don't know a thing about anything...So if you gonna use this as some type of bargaining chip, then you gonna sell a story, get a check for it...Let me tell you something, I do interviews every single day, every day, I do an interview...Good-bye." (Team Yee TV)
Tahiry previously promised she would not talk badly about Budden in interviews.
"I just feel like -- I'm never going to speak bad about Joey," Tahiry promised. "I love him. Five years. It was a long time. We were just growing apart. We were not in the same zip codes. I just didn't feel like after five years we were building that foundation together. For a long time it was, 'Joe, Joe, Tahiry, Tahiry.' When it was beneficial, it was Joe and Tahiry. But you know after five years, you're supposed to feel like you're building something. I didn't feel like we were building anything." (Complex)
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A Senate subcommittee last week proposed a $50 million solution to temporarily address the lack of coverage of a type of autism treatment under Medi-Cal -- a gap in care that recently affected hundreds of Healthy Families children when the state moved them to Medi-Cal managed care plans.
The new proposal would appropriate $50 million to make sure Medi-Cal children with autism are able to receive applied behavioral analysis treatment -- known as ABA therapy -- through the end of 2013. The assumption is that ABA therapy will be available as an essential health benefit under the Affordable Care Act starting in 2014.
"Clearly this item is to bridge a gap of service," said Sen. Bill Monning (D-Monterey), chair of the Senate Budget Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, at a hearing last week.
Medi-Cal covers autism services through contracted regional centers around the state, but the eligibility criteria to receive ABA therapy is much more stringent than under the Healthy Families plan. An estimated 75% of children who were eligible under Healthy Families would not qualify for the same services under Medi-Cal. The percentage who do qualify may be even lower than 25%, according to Melissa Cortez-Roth, legislative advocate for Autism Speaks.
"Not everyone who qualifies for Healthy Families who will be losing coverage qualifies for coverage at a regional center," Cortez-Roth said. "Only a fraction of those children qualify for the regional centers."
Toby Douglas, director of the Department of Health Care Services that has orchestrated the Healthy Families transition, said the Senate subcommittee's plan might be difficult to implement.
"We do just want to raise a couple concerns," Douglas said. "First of all, we are concerned about the fiscal estimate. Given that this needs to be built into the plans, this would have to be built into the plans' rates. …We are concerned it may underestimate the cost for our plans."
The second concern, Douglas said, is timing. "Any change to our plans requires contractual changes, as well as building in the rates," Douglas said. "And we need to get approval from our federal partners, including amendments to our 1115 waiver to add this benefit, which will take several months."
Douglas said July 1 was not "a realistic implementation date."
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According to Dan Chick, director of government affairs at Health Net, the Medi-Cal managed care plans may not have enough providers in-network to handle the proposal.
"Whether we even have enough ABA providers in our network, I will go and check on that, but it is a bit concerning to know, if we don't have this type of network established, we would have to do so in such a very short period of time," Chick said.
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According to the Department of Public Safety, 74-year-old Tommie Minter of Austin was traveling westbound on Loop 323 and was killed when his vehicle rear-ended an 18-wheeler stopped at the traffic light. The driver was dead when emergency crews arrived.
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The Archway monument in Kearney has filed for bankruptcy protection.
After opening their doors in 2000, the Archway has struggled to make a profit. After 13 years of being the landmark many people drive under as they travel along Interstate 80, the future of the central Nebraska structure looks bleak.
President of the Great Platte River Memorial Foundation Joel Johnson says bottom line, they over estimated the number of people stopping and visiting the archway. "What we have found is since then there just has been no way that the traffic through the archway where the number of people could generate enough money to keep the place open."
When the structure was first built there was about $60 million worth of bonds. Since restructuring in 2003, that number has dropped to $20 million. But Johnson says there's virtually been no payment since. So now the archway has filed chapter 11 bankruptcy in hopes to reduce the bond debt.
"The Archway is a wonderful tool to educate all of us and it needs to be kept open and functioning and that's our goal and we're optimistic that's going to happen," said Johnson.
A judge and the bondholders will determine how this will all play out. It should be 60 to 90 days before a final decision comes out.
Why is this happening right now? That $20 million is due this year. The foundation hopes that filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection will give them some time.
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The $6.65 million resolves lawsuits brought by 15 plaintiffs in 2005 and 2006 concerning a dozen allegedly abusive priests from the 1960s to the 1990s. The plaintiffs will receive varying amounts, and the largest total settlement with an individual plaintiff is $2.3 million, reports the Chicago Tribune. (One plaintiff committed suicide after bringing suit.)
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I'm about to finish "The Tiger's Wife" by Tea Obrecht, and it's really lovely. She's got a real knack for prose, and the combination of balkan folklore with contemporary storytelling tropes is ingenius. I like how she's able to write something that feels distinctly feminine without falling into overwrought chicklit terrority (kind of a peeve of mine). Reminds me a bit of Emily Carroll's storytelling style.
Also, she is younger than me, so I guess I have to hate her now. But not before I do a fanart of the titular character.


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Oceanview/ Golf Condo @ Westin Playa Conchal (Reserva) in Playa Hermosa (Guanacaste)
- bedrooms 3
- baths 2
- sleeps 6
- pool yes
- hot tub yes
- pets considered no
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Ocean views from every room. Private balcony with golf and ocean views. Designer decorated, painted and updated in Feb 2013. Complete access to luxurious beach club, spa, gym, hot tubs, and restaurant.
Master bedroom has king sized bed and ensuite bath. Second bedroom has queen sized bed. Third bedroom has twin beds. Large, fully applianced kitchen with granite countertops. Dining area seats 6 comfortably.
Beach is a stroll away, or take the on-property shuttle which runs continuously. Whether you want a relaxing vacation by the beach, or adventure and activities for the whole family, this property has it all. Canopy tours, ATV's, surfing, snorkeling, horseback riding, golf, and more. Abundant wildlife including monkeys, iguanas and tropical birds can be seen from the balcony.
Built on 2500 acres of lush, beachfront property, Reserva Conchal Beach and Golf Resort with Westin Hotel offers some of the most luxurious accommodations in Central America. Gated community with white sand beaches, 18-hole championship golf course designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr., 7 restaurants and the largest free-form pool in Central America.
Member of the New Beach Club: Ideally situated between the golf course and the sapphire waters of the Pacific is the new Reserva Conchal Club. The Club is unlike any in the Americas.
Its 60,000 square feet Clubhouse is a marvel of architecture, combining a handsome contemporary design with the romance of the ancient Aztecs and Mayans. It is reserved exclusively for the use of the Reserva Conchal's Homeowners, their special guests and renters. It includes two pools, restaurant and poolside dining, fitness center with state-of-the art equipment, spa for body treatments and skin care therapies. There is also a complimentary Kid's Corner with a variety of activities.
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Property Type
- condo
- floor area 1722 sq. ft.
- guests provide their own meals
Location Type
- ocean view
- beach
- resort
- adventure
- away from it all
- tourist attractions
- family
- romantic
- spa
- sports & activities
living room
- New 37' flat screen TV, new sound system
- iron & board
fitness room / equipment
- Fully equipped fitness center overlooking the pool and beach are available at the beach club.
- air conditioning
- parking
- telephone
- towels provided
- internet
- clothes dryer
- washing machine
- linens provided
- broadband access
- safe
- pc
- alarm clock
- ceiling fans
- hair dryer
- parking off street
- living room
- stove
- dishes & utensils
- Fully equipped, granite countertops
- coffee maker
- dishwasher
- oven
- refrigerator
- toaster
- cooking utensils
- microwave
- freezer
- blender
- ice maker
- stove
- dining area
Pool / Spa
- outdoor pool
- hot tub
- sauna
- indoor pool
- heated pool
private pool
- Additional pool at Bougainvillea clubhouse
communal pool
- Two outdoor pools, plus hot and cold plunge pools, and indoor hot tub at the private Beach Club
- Bathrooms
- 2 bathrooms
- bathroom: toilet, combination tub/shower
- bathroom: toilet, shower
- Bedrooms
- 3 bedrooms, sleeps 6
- bedroom: 1 king, TV and DVD Player
- bedroom: 1 queen
- bedroom: 2 twin/ single
- Master bedroom has attached full bath, ocean view, access to deck
- dvd player
- satellite / cable
- television
- vcr
- cd player
- stereo
- books
- tennis court
- gated community
- unscreened porch / veranda
- beach towels
- deck / patio
- tennis
- Full access to the Robert Trent Jones Jr. 18 hole golf course
outdoor grill
- Outdoor gas grill is available at Bougainvillea clubhouse
- balcony
- wheelchair inaccessible
- non smoking only
- pets not allowed
- children welcome
- long-term renters welcome
Onsite Services
- massage
- daily maid service
- concierge
- Notes
- Meal plans available: 1. Reserva Conchal Beach Club $60/day (adults and children) includes 1 appetizer, 1 entree, 1 dessert, 2 non-alcoholic beverages -- lunch and dinner 2. Westin Hotel $85/day for adults, $45 for children (ages 7-12) includes all food, beverages including alcoholic beverages, and many activities -- from 8 am to 5 pm
activities and attractions in Playa Hermosa (Guanacaste) Costa Rica
- health/beauty spa
- rain forests
- volcano
- waterfalls
- restaurants
- marina
Leisure Activities
- wildlife viewing
- walking
- eco tourism
- gambling casinos
- horseback riding
- scenic drives
- bird watching
- beachcombing
- sight seeing
Sports & Adventure Activities
- snorkeling/diving
- hiking
- deepsea fishing
- wind-surfing
- fishing
- golf
- snorkeling
- golf privileges optional
- mountain biking
- sailing
- scuba diving or snorkeling
- surfing
- swimming
- tennis
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---- — Dick Collins may have coached more great players than any football coach in area history.
His players excelled at Michigan, Florida, Boston College, Maryland, Duke, UMass, Holy Cross, UNH, Brown, Harvard and on and on.
When asked who was the best, Collins would invariably discuss various Farnhams and Perrys and Marinaros and Jerry Stabile and Erik Greenstein and say it was just too tough to single out one player.
But he'd invariably say, usually off the record, it was Glenn Verrette.
In three glorious years in the mid-'70s, Verrette lost only once ... and that was in the Eastern Mass. Division 2 Super Bowl his sophomore year. The other two years Andover won Super Bowls, with Verrette catching the winning TD pass in overtime one year and with 1:25 left in the other.
"More than the team accomplishments, it was the camaraderie," said Verrette, who still lives in Andover. "I knew kids since the first and second grade and to accomplish something really special with them, it's just always a part of you."
They are still close.
"We just went on our 34th golf trip," said Verrette, who is senior managing director for Cassidy Turley commercial real estate in Boston. "It was (ex-teammates) John McDonald, Jeff Winters, Steve Fabiani, Duncan Black, T.J. Stamas and Steve Tassinari."
Verrette's father, Ernie, attended Central Catholic and his mother, Joan, was a nurse at Phillips Academy so he gave those schools a look. Albeit briefly.
"Just growing up in Andover, you wanted to play for Dick Collins," he said. "That was a big thing for me."
That first Super Bowl win, an incredulous Verrette recalled screaming at teammate Black, who he thought was coming in to replace him — on fourth down in overtime.
"I started screaming at him to get off the field," Verrette recalled.
Turned out that Black wasn't telling him to come out, but to move to slot receiver.
"Mark Farnham and I did a crossing route," said Verrette, who had 110 receptions in his Hall of Fame career at Andover. "Billy Alexander just brought it in perfectly. It was a great call."
Verrette's second TD grab of the game made it 20-20 and Peter Reilly booted the game-winning PAT.
Senior year was another thriller. Plymouth-Carver led 3-0. Verrette was supposed to run a curl pattern but he broke it off and he and Alexander were on the same page.
"We both had so much experience together," said Verrette, who also was a standout in basketball and baseball. "We both read the situation. We scored and won the game."
The 14-yard TD came with 1:25 left. The big play of the drive was a 32-yard flea-flicker from Verrette to Farnham.
Verrette was the All-Scholastic with the best hands in the state, but he stressed that there was an eye-popping amount of talent. Farnham was All-Ivy at Brown, McDonald helped lead UMass to the 1-AA national title game and Jerry Stabile starred at BC.
"We had better coaching, too," said Verrette, citing Collins and his top assistants, Bill Vickers and Dick Bourdelais.
Although Verrette was just 5-11, 165 pounds with good, not great, speed, the college coaches could see the magic. BC, Holy Cross and Brown were at the top of his list.
Holy Cross, where his brother, Bob, was entering his senior year, eventually won out.
Bob is quite a story, too. He graduated from Holy Cross despite being blind.
"He was a big inspiration," said Verrette, who was an assistant under Ken Maglio for six years at Andover. "On the one hand, he's my brother. We'd horse around, shoot baskets. On the other hand, at times, you'd reflect on his situation. That he couldn't do things that I could because he didn't have sight. He probably swung the vote. In the back of my mind, it was just a good situation to spend the year together."
At the time, Holy Cross played a rugged schedule. During Verrette's career, the Crusaders played BC, Air Force, Army and Rutgers.
Any concerns he could make the jump were allayed almost as soon as he stepped foot on campus. He settled in at defensive back and was a captain, four-year starter, first-team All-East honoree and O'Melia Award winner as the MVP of the BC game. Verrette, who was inducted into the Holy Cross Hall of Fame in 1988, intercepted 15 career passes and also was a star on the baseball team.
Following BC, the New York Giants brought him in as an undrafted free agent but a nagging hamstring injury ended his NFL hopes.
"I didn't pass the physical," said Verrette, who is married with three children, ages 24, 21 and 16.
"That was frustrating. It would have been nice to compete. But there aren't a lot of jobs in that league. I was ready to move on and start my business career."


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High School: Three-year starter at Seminole under coach Mike Callison ... team was state champion his senior season ... as a senior, had 84 tackles and seven sacks ... All-SAC, All-County.
Personal: Born Dec. 28, 1990 in Tarzana, Calif., son of Dough and Jill ... has on brother, Budd, and one sister, JJ ... major is geography.


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As I reflected upon the 2009 season I wondered if there had been any point in recent history in which I felt worse. Surly there wasn't.
The Chiefs 2009 year was grueling. At times it was painful to watch. What made it worse was the fact that the Chiefs have had three consecutive seasons of painful football. After three grueling years of being angry, sad, excited, depressed, and down right fed up there surly wasn't a moment in Chiefs recent history that hurt worse.
Was there?
Kansas City Chiefs 2009:
The Kansas City Chiefs conclude 3 consecutive seasons of 4 wins or less. With a total three year record of 10-38.
- Significant Event: Chiefs experience a third straight season of having a .250 winning percentage.
Kansas City Chiefs 2003:
The Chiefs came roaring out of the gates in 2003 winning their first nine games of the season. In that season, fans witnessed Dante Hall set a record with four consecutive games with a kick return for a touchdown and Priest Holmes setting a new record of 28 touchdowns in one season. The Chiefs finished the season with a 13-3 record and a first round bye in the playoffs. The Chiefs then played the Colts at Arrowhead in what would be an offensive battle. The Chiefs defense could not find a way to force Indianapolis to punt and the Colts advanced to the AFC Championship game by beating the Chiefs 38-31.
- Significant Event: Chiefs lose in first round of playoffs after a 13-3 record and a first round bye.
Kansas City Chiefs 1998:
In 1998 the Chiefs would start fast but then go on a six game losing streak. The season ended with the Chiefs recording a 7-9 record. The significant event in 1998 was not the Chiefs record, however. The significant event in 1998 was the news that Head Coach Marty Schottenheimer resigned his position and the long tradition of winning under the hard nosed coach was over.
Significant Event: Marty Schottenheimer resigns.
Kansas City Chiefs 1997:
In 1997 the Chiefs orginazation would experience a quarterback controversy. Elvis Grbac was the season opening starter, but after a mid-season injury Rich Gannon took over and lead the Chiefs to five consecutive wins down the stretch, a 13-3 record, and a playoff birth. However, Grbac would be able to return in the first playoff game and the fans of KC were divided on who should start. Marty Schottenheimer eventually went with Elvis Grbac as his starter and the Chiefs lost the game 14-10. Rich Gannon would eventually leave the team for the Raiders in 1999.
- Significant Event: Elvis Grbac gets the nod over Rich Gannon and the Chiefs go on to lose to Denver in the playoffs by a 14-10 score. The eventual release of Rich Gannon goes into motion.
Kansas City Chiefs 1995:
The Chiefs got off to a 10-1 start in 1995 and ended the season with a 13-3 record. Kansas City earned a home field advantage and a first round bye in the playoffs. The Chiefs played he Indianapolis Colts in 11 degree weather and the kicker who shall not be named missed FIVE field goals in a 10-7 loss.
- Significant Event: The kicker who shall not be named misses five field goals in a 10-7 playoff loss.
Kansas City Chiefs 1993:
The 1993 season started with the Kansas City Chiefs trading for quarterback Joe Montana. With Montana and a few other key additions the Chiefs finished the season with an 11-5 record and won the AFC west title. The Chiefs would advance in the playoffs to play a road game against a highly favored Oilers team. A 21-yard touchdown by Marcus Allen sealed the victory a very electric 28-20 win . The Chiefs would then play in the AFC championship game against the Buffalo Bills. Thurman Thomas would go on to lead the Bills to a 30-13 victory with 186 rushing yards. The Chiefs falling a game short of making it to the Super Bowl.
- Significant Event: Chiefs lose to Bills in AFC Championship game. One game shy of the Super Bowl.


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|China's hot air over uninhabited islands
The recent tit-for-tat between China and Japan over the disputed islands in the East China Sea is not a new issue. The ownership of the uninhabited islands, known to the Japanese as the Senkaku Islands and to the Chinese as the Diaoyu Islands, is a serious issue for the two countries, with both claiming sovereignty over the islands.
China still has animosity toward Japan for the occupation of its territories during World War II. However, more than seven decades after the invasion, the Japanese have never agreed to give an apology, and Chinese citizens still blame the Japanese for killing millions of Chinese civilians and the massive destruction they left behind after the occupation.
Since the end of World War II, the United States' policy has been to support Japan to counter the rising influence of China in the region. This has resulted in numerous military and diplomatic showdowns between Japan and China. However, due to the potential repercussions of any military conflict on their interests in other places, especially in the Middle East and West Asia, cooler heads have prevailed and there has not been a war over the islands.
The volleys of warnings and threats from both sides, especially by Chinese officials and media outlets, are inconsequential compared to a military conflict.
If China feels it is necessary, it could resort to economic reprisals by decreasing its imports of Japanese goods. China is Japan's largest trading partner and is a very lucrative market for many Japanese products. In 2011, bilateral trade grew 14.3 percent in value to a record $345 billion. Thus, Japan's robust economy is not completely immune from economic retaliation by China.
However, it is unimaginable that China and Japan would go to war over a group of tiny uninhabited islands, despite the fact that a Chinese newspaper recently said that an atom bomb should be dropped on Japan.
There will probably be much more bluster, but there will not be a war.
Javad Mansouri is a political analyst who formerly served as Iran's ambassador to China.
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The one where I remember the correct order: Happy, Fulfilled, Healthy
Having finally finished the draft of my upcoming book (thank heavens!) yesterday was the first "normal" work day I'd had in a long, long time. Normal usually means I have three or four magazine and newspaper stories I'm working (this time of year they are almost always about skiing, my true love and career). Generally, I bounce between the stories, doing some research, making some calls, doing phone interviews, drafting.
Okay, and I do my share of meandering too. Like to Facebook. And to see what is up on my number one most favorite blog on the planet Suri's Burn Book (I'm an addict. Thanks, Sue Hecht, for that). To twitter (where I get stressed out. I'm still such a lousy tweeter). To my favorite ski resort web sites to check conditions and plan my upcoming runs. And back to Facebook.
It was a mellow day. And then THIS popped up on my Facebook Feed.
A guest blog. About me. Written by my daughter. That I didn't know about. For a moment, I scratched my head. How did I feel about this? Her exposing me and my weaknesses and how she feels about them?
And then I realized just how I felt:
Fan-freaking-tastic. This blog, this from-he-heart sharing on her own, was just another step toward her being an independent, successful, outspoken, honest, sharing and meaningful adult. So while it took me by surprise, I was tickled.
Which brings me to the New Year. Lauren is home now, working full-time for a few weeks at her bank job before she heads back to DC for what will be the second semester of her junior year in college. It seems like a minute ago I was dropping her off in DC, no clue if she could handle all the challenges of being a college student in a big city, never mind one with Type 1 Diabetes on board. And here we are. She's thriving. Her GPA is high and her a1c is low. She successfully interviewed for what she calls her "dream internship," which she will start the day she returns in mid January. She's also obviously not just building herself a community, but being an active part of that community (witness the guest blog).
In other words, she's doing all the things I dreamed she'd do as I was raising her.
That means we've crossed over to this place where people look at her – and us – and say "Wow, things are so awesome. What's your secret?"
Our secret is this: things were not always so awesome, and they may not be some time in the future. But always, every day, I worked with one main premise: how to help her learn to be a happy, fulfilled, healthy person who happens to have diabetes.
Notice the order of that goal. Happy comes first. So does fulfilled. This is because I truly have believed since Day One that a big part of "healthy" is absolutely "happy." This has meant compromise for me as a mom. I've said it many times: the easiest thing to do as a mom is be selfish and keep them locked away and "completely safe." But that's not raising the person to their full potential, if you ask me. There have been times, over these years, that I've tossed and turned worrying about her physical health. Because I let her take educated, supported and well-thought-out risks.
Like letting her to go DC for two weeks in high school with no medical person alongside her. That trip, I can still see, jelled her decision of where she wanted to go and what she wanted to do. Had I not allowed her that freedom (even though it scared me), who knows if she'd be heading for that "dream internship" in a couple of weeks?
And like not stopping her entire life because her diabetes self-care was not up to snuff for a pretty long period of time. She looks back at it with some regret now. She knows, as a sensible adult, that higher blood sugars and less checking probably impacted her high school grade point average. She realizes, though, that it was just something she had to go through to get to the "other side," – and that she had to get there on her own. Had I grounded her from life or shut her off from all the other things she was interested in at that time, she's not be the rounded person she is today. This I am convinced of.
I guess what I'm saying is as this year moves forward; I look ahead with great excitement for what my daughter is going to do with her life. And perhaps for the first time in my D-Mom life, I don't look back with guilt and regret.
Because I did my best. I knocked my head against the wall. Things were not perfect, and there were times I wanted to just give up. But my daughter and I saw it through, and did not ever sway from that order of "happy, fulfilled and healthy."
I truly believe that's why today she's all three of those things.
I cannot wait to be surprised by her again. More guest blogs in places I don't know about. More exciting adventures in Washington DC. I hope other parents reading this take note.
Keep trying. Offer your support. Keep yourself a part of their daily diabetes care. Learn all you can about the teen years and growing up with T1D on board. Remain an integral part of their support team. But don't ever, ever let diabetes rob them of their happiness and joy. It might mean dealing with some fears on your own, and it might mean taking some leaps of faith.
But in the end, we can be the folks who keep their happiness and joy alive. That's the one part we truly can forever control.
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I am so proud to know both of you and admire you both more than words can say! We are truly blessed to have you both in our lives, both as positive D role models and as positive, happy, fulfilled people. What a great way to start a great year!
Love this Moira!! Taken very much to heart during this point in our life. You rock girl!!!!
What an exciting time for both you and Lauren – you both rock and are role models for so many. I've always taken your advice and told Sam that we won't let diabetes interfere with anything she wants to do – but when I said that I was thinking more along the lines of her continuing to play competative tennis. I had no idea that what she'd decide to do was take her not so perfect A1C and a bunch of insulin off to a remote area of Africa! Now I'm the one tossing and turning and taking some leaps of faith. But I'm so proud of her, and all our kids that manage to fit in a full life and juggle diabetes at the same time. Thanks for continuing to be a role model to show us all how to help our D kids live happy fulfilled lives.
Great post, Moira. Thank you.
I loved reading Lauren's post! It was great to see that you've raised a young woman who would "push back", one with spunk. I wouldn't have expected anything less though from a child you raised. How grown-up when she realized the "cost" of independence was responsibility on her part.
I think probably if you are happy and fulfilled you are more willing to put in the extra effort to be healthy. Seems like the right order to me.
Love your post Moira. It is so hard to let go of wanting to protect them and let them be a happy, fulfilled, healthy person who happens to have diabetes. Our Lauren is an athlete who just happens to have D. She is currently in Chile kayaking class 4 rivers and get home today to head back to college in Calif. So many friends are surprised that we've let go of her….. to go away to college, travel to horse shows ( she competes in jumping her horse 1.20m ) , spend summers in Idaho rafting, kayaking and riding. It's been a huge struggle to give her the freedom to have a full life and it's still bumpy at times. Your sharing and articulating so well is so comforting and reassuring that we are all on the right track for our children, who just happen to have Diabetes…
This is an incredible post. Thanks for being the D-Mom that you are. You have given Lauren (and yourself and the rest of your family) so much. Your courage is now her strength. I look forward to seeing her – famous and doing big things – one day. And, of course, I'll never forget when she had dinner at our place in Steamboat. By the way, if skiing really is your true love, you need to get here again soon!


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For fans hoping to eat, drink and party in the parking lot of MetLife Stadium in New Jersey before Super Bowl XLVIII, it's not going to happen.
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Another oddity: fans will not be allowed to park away from the stadium and walk to the game. Those people must take public transportation or a game shuttle. Only vehicles with parking passes will be allowed into the parking lots, so that also means those who were planning to take a taxi or a limo will have to come up with another mode of transportation.
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