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Feds file discrimination complaint against Forest Service
Monday - 12/3/2012, 5:00am EST
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is tackling a history of discrimination with more training and accountability as part of a cultural transformation program. But some current and former USDA employees say they're not seeing cultural changes, and sex discrimination is still prominent within the agency.
Specifically, female employees in Region 5 of the Forest Service are objecting to the disparity between how men and women are hired and promoted. The employees also point to hostile workplace conditions where, in some cases, they say they experienced egregious sexual harassment.
"We want to see more women get the opportunities they deserve, getting promotions ... getting jobs and getting paid for their skills and their experience level commensurate to the men," said Elaine Vercruysse, a logging systems planner with the Plumas National Forest, in an exclusive interview with Federal News Radio.
Vercruysse filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on behalf of all women in Region 5, which is in California. In all, Region 5 has about 5,000 employees, of which 1,500 (or about 30 percent) are women, Vercruysse said.
In contrast, the federal workforce is 44 percent female.
"[This discrepancy] I'm sure will give everybody a sense of pause because that number's meaningful," said Debra Roth, partner at Shaw Bransford & Roth, and host of the FEDtalk show on Federal News Radio.
What's more, Vercruysse said, women are not given promotions, even while less qualified men are promoted over them.
Vercruysse has worked for the Forest Service for 25 years. She said her last promotion was 22 years ago and she's actively sought a promotion for the last nine years "with no success."
"I see men coming in with their first appointment, and within three years, they're getting into leadership or key positions in the organization. I've been watching it over and over and over again," she said.
"We want to see more women get the opportunities they deserve, getting promotions ... getting jobs and getting paid for their skills and their experience level commensurate to the men."
| — Elaine Vercruysse,
Forest Service employee
In an emailed response, USDA stated, "We are aware of the employees' concerns and take them very seriously, as we do all allegations of misconduct. The allegations have already been or are being fully and fairly investigated. It is the policy of the USDA and the Forest Service to provide a workplace that is free of harassment."
The EEOC must first certify Vercruysse's complaint as a class complaint, a process that could take a few years, she said.
To get certified as a class, a plaintiff must show four factors, Roth said. First, the plaintiff must show enough people are involved where it would be impractical for the EEOC to process them individually — although there is "no magic number," Roth said.
"Usually, 10 or 12 isn't enough. But when you read [Vercruysse's] informal complaint, you get the sense that there's a whole lot more than that," Roth said.
The plaintiff must also show the facts of the plaintiffs' claims are common to each other, as well as a pattern that the claim of discrimination is typical for all class members. Lastly, the plaintiff, also known as the class agent, also must show he or she will fairly and adequately protect the interests of the class.
The Vercruysse claim is now at the discovery phase.
Vercruysse said the objective of filing the complaint is not monetary but cultural — to change the policies and procedures in Region 5. She said USDA offered her money to settle her complaint but she did not take it. She said she could not disclose to Federal News Radio the amount she was offered because she had signed a non-disclosure agreement with the agency. Vercruysse said she would have dropped the complaint completely had USDA been willing to sit down and discuss how to address her concerns. She said the agency's unwillingness to do so led to the filing of the class action suit.
Cultural transformation
|"We're adroitly addressing civil rights training throughout [the agency]."
| — Joe Leonard,
USDA Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
USDA's cultural transformation includes more training for employees to become "sensitive to people of all races, in all regions of the country," more accountability when discrimination claims are made and a harder look at metrics, said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack in an October interview with Federal News Radio, unrelated to this case.
Vilsack spoke mainly about fighting discrimination against farmers, but said the changes encompass inclusivity in USDA's own workforce.
One sign of that change has been findings of discrimination in some agencies within USDA where there had never been findings before, said Joe Leonard, USDA assistant secretary for civil rights.
"It's not so much we're having these findings to have them. We're adroitly addressing civil rights training throughout [the agency]. I've gone to Region 5 four or five times. We've had findings in the Forest Service. We've had findings in Region 5," Leonard said.
Leonard referred any specific questions about discrimination in the workforce to the Office of Human Resources Management. Federal News Radio emailed those questions to USDA, including how USDA ensures women are being promoted on an equal basis with men. The USDA did not address Federal News Radio's specific questions but acknowledged that cases of discrimination had been and were being investigated.
Leonard pointed out that USDA had the lowest number of EEO complaints in the past few years since the agency has been keeping track of these complaints. EEO complaints hit a low of 478 complaints in fiscal 2010 and in the last two years saw more than 500 complaints per year, according to EEOC data posted on USDA's website.
Both the Government Accountability Office and the USDA's Office of the Inspector General have noted USDA's improvements in handling civil rights abuses. The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights — Leonard's office — had "significantly improved its monitoring of settlement agreements and closure of program complaints," according to the August 2012 IG report. But the report added that the office needed to continue to "emphasize that formalized processes and controls are necessary," the report said.
Transformation working?
But the USDA leadership's stated commitment to fight discrimination has met skepticism from some USDA women who said they have experienced discrimination and harassment at work but have yet to see any change in the workplace culture.
"See, what they do is, once we come forward and make a complaint, instead of addressing the complaint, they decide to make a cultural transformation. There's no cultural transformation whatsoever. It's smoke and mirrors," said Jonel Wagoner, a fire training officer with the Sequoia National Forest in an interview with Federal News Radio.
Wagoner, who has been with the Forest Service for 33 years, said she has moved six times and taken four demotions in her career. Wagoner filed an EEO complaint on Sept. 21, claiming she suffered from negative comments by her forest supervisor about her character and work, was forced out of her union steward position and was denied fire assignment opportunities — all in retaliation for speaking up against civil rights abuses and for participating in the Vercruysse class complaint.
Alicia Dabney said this kind of retaliation has a chilling effect on other women speaking up. Dabney said she lost her job as a firefighter for speaking up against sexual and racial jokes made about her — including a lewd voicemail left by a coworker and papers scattered around the workplace with "Alicia Dabney is a whore" printed on them — and even an attempted rape by her supervisor.
In 2011, while on an assignment, Dabney said her supervisor put her in a chokehold.
"I had to talk him down ... from whatever he had planned in his mind. The way I felt, I felt like he was going to try to rape me, but I don't know what he was thinking besides telling me, I want to cuddle with you, I want to do this," Dabney said. "I was like, No, you're my boss. Please let me go."
Dabney said she immediately went to a higher supervisor, who said he would handle it. Nothing happened, Dabney said.
To this day, the supervisor who put Dabney in a chokehold is still working for the Forest Service. But Dabney is not. The agency claimed she lied on her job application. Dabney has a felony for welfare fraud, which she reported on her application. But the Forest Service said Dabney did not report a vandalism misdemeanor. Dabney claimed she did include the documentation on the misdemeanor and the agency's argument is that she did not write on the front of her application she had a misdemeanor.
(Photo courtesy of Dabney)
|"I worked super hard through all of the harassment and discrimination and everything that they threw at me."
| — Alicia Dabney,
former Forest Service employee
"How can Homeland Security clear me and ... then all of a sudden I'm going to lie on my background? You're going to wait three years and then fire me?" Dabney said.
Dabney has filed a complaint with the Merit Systems Protection Board.
Despite all that's happened to her, Dabney said she still wants her job back as a firefighter.
"I worked super hard through all of the harassment and discrimination and everything that they threw at me," she said.
Dabney added, "Whatever comes along with that job, maybe it's the way that it has to be. ... Maybe I had to go through all of that, so they can't ever do it again to more people."
Elise Lopez's story parallels Dabney's in that she was the only female firefighter when she worked for the El Dorado National Forest. She said she also faced discrimination from coworkers and supervisors.
Lopez said her supervisor "was making comments toward me about how women shouldn't be firefighters with the Forest Service."
The harassment turned physical one day when the fire crew was practicing how to build barriers for a fire. Lopez's supervisor walked up behind her and pushed her to the ground. He then held her on the ground with his foot, she said.
"I was there for a couple of seconds, tried to get up," Lopez said. "One of the other firefighters stood up and said something."
Lopez, who had served in the Navy, said she never had this problem when she was in the service.
Lopez is now in a different forest, a "much better place," she said. But she said the fight against discrimination is "ongoing."
"Even though Secretary Vilsack is saying there's a ... cultural transformation, there's not enough being done," Lopez said. "They're not holding these supervisors and fire managers accountable for what they're letting happen in their forests."
Troubled history
If Vercruysse's complaint is certified as a class complaint, it will be the third class complaint filed against Region 5 in the last three decades.
Lesa Donnelly (right), former Forest Service employee and class agent of a discrimination complaint against the Forest Service, testifies before the Committee on Government Reform in 2008. Donnelly is the vice president of the USDA Coalition of Minority Employees. She sits next to coalition president Lawrence Lucas. (Photo courtesy of Lesa Donnelly)
The Bernardi consent decree of 1981 required the Forest Service to hire the same proportion of women into the workforce as existed in the civilian workforce. Under the decree, women had to make up 43 percent of the Forest Service workforce over the five years. The agency also had to increase the number of women at the GS-11 through GS-13 pay grades. The EEO class complaint was filed nearly a decade earlier by Gene Bernardi, a research sociologist.
Although seemingly a win for women at the Forest Service, the consent decree had an unintended consequence — breeding resentment among some male employees.
"The majority of women were highly qualified and able to do their jobs. They were sabotaged because the men didn't want them there. Men had been promised those positions for years," said Lesa Donnelly, who participated in the Bernardi class complaint. "I hate to use the words 'good ol' boy system,' but that's what it was."
In 1994, Donnelly filed a class complaint based on the backlash women hired under Bernardi had suffered. The terms of the settlement ran from 2000 to 2006 and pertained to setting up processes for investigations, employee trainings and accountability for retaliation against women, as well as a mentoring program for women and an annual women's conference.
After 2006, however, conditions for women back-slided, Donnelly said. By the time Vilsack took office in 2009, "things were at the level they were during Bernardi with women not getting hired and ... the level they were in 1994 as far as harassment, discrimination and workplace assaults and violence and sexual harassment," Donnelly said.
Donnelly is now the vice president of the USDA Coalition of Minority Employees and she represents several women, including Vercruysse, who have filed EEOC complaints against the Forest Service.
If the EEOC does not certify Vercruysse's complaint as a class complaint, Donnelly said they will have exhausted the administrative process and will then file a case in federal court. The hope, though, is not to go to court but to "sit down and come to an agreement."
In federal discrimination claims, the plaintiff must first exhaust the informal internal process and then the EEOC process before going to federal court. If the EEOC does not certify Vercruysse's claim as a class complaint, the women will then take the case to federal court, Donnelly said.
Donnelly faults the Forest Service for not negotiating with the women and thereby wasting "hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of thousands of dollars by digging their heels and going through this [EEOC] process."
"We would like to sit down with them and work together," Donnelly said. "We're not going to say we have all the answers, but we would like to work together and collaborate on some of these processes and procedures we can change or we can put into place to make it a level playing field."
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Relive all the live action from the Springboks narrow victory over the World XV here.
Springbok XV:
Penalties: Percy Montgomery (9), Gaffie du Toit (1)
World XV:
Tries: Justin Marshall, Isa Nacewa
Conversions: Matt Burke (1)
Penalties: Burke (5)
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78 mins: Final Bok onslaught. A scrum in the 22. They attack close and the World XV are pinged for offsides again. Monty makes no mistake. (Monty 9/10) BOKS 30-27
75 mins: The visitors are inside the Bok 22. Three reset scrums finally ends with Tappe awarding the World XV a penalty and it's good. (Burke 6/7) LEVEL 27-27
73 mins: Boks steal the World XV lineout and attack, but Jaco kicks and they are able to regroup and clear, despite gifting the ball back to the Boks. Another Bok knock halts the move.
70 mins: The Boks get away with a knock in front of the poles and Pienaar breaks brilliantly, but is stopped short. The Boks get the penalty and Monty kicks it. (Monty 8/9) BOKS 27-24
68 mins: The Boks are trying to create something out of nothing. The ball barely gets down the backline and when it does it's tight forwards who are standing there.
66 mins: More mistakes and knocks blight the game as the World XV get a scrum just outside their 22.
64 mins: To think that people actually paid money to watch this game is almost criminal. Anyway, Wynand Olivier comes on as Burke attempts to draw level. He succeeds. (Burke 5/6) LEVEL 24-24
62 mins: With de Villiers back on his feet the Boks defend a lineout near halfway. Lawrence Sephaka is on for Deon Carstens. another penalty to the World XV.
61 mins: The Boks have a scrum inside the World XV 22. De villiers attempts to punch through the midfield and is slowed by the World XV defenders and eventually stopped by another Tappe penalty to the World XV. He stays down injured.
59 mins: Burke replies immediately with a penalty of his own and the gap is back to three points. (Burke 4/5) BOKS 24-21
57 mins: The World XV players are incensed by Henning's interpretations as he awards another penalty. They get a talking too and Tappe is making sure his last international will be remembered Monty splits the uprights. (Monty 7/8) BOKS 24-18
55 mins: Monty penalty reclaims the lead. (Monty 6/7) BOKS 21-18
53 mins: Gary Botha, Johann Muller and Pedrie Wannenburg are on, but still Tappe is commanding centre stage with pedantic blows all over the place. the game is stop start and nothing is allowed to flow.
50 mins: The Boks try and open things up, but a total lack of committment sees the move eventually break down. Another Monty penalty though levels matters. (Monty 5/6) LEVEL 18-18
49 mins: An injury break allows the players a chance to reflect. So far the Boks have lacked vohesion in almost all departments. The backline has not fired at all and the pack has been bullied by the visitors.
47 mins: Ruan Pienaar gets his first Bok cap, coming on for Ricky Januarie.
44 mins: AJ Venter is sin-binned. And the World XV attack. Jaco misses another kick for touch. Then a cross kick to Isa Nacewa sees Monty leave him totally alone and he scampers in for a try. Amazing stuff. Burke converts. (Burke 3/4) WORLD XV 18-15
42 mins: The second half starts with no subs on the Bok team yet. And still they continue to fiddle and fumble around. At one stage the Boks actually stopped playing and just watched as Bruce Reihana waited to clear from his 22. The is getting comical. Add to that the fact this is the Tappe Henning Farewell Show and their is very little to be excited about.
40 mins: In a half dominated by the referee's whistle, the final act is another penalty to the Boks inside their half. Gaffie du Toit steps up and slots it from 55m. (Du Toit 1/1) BOKS 15-11
37 mins: Another Bok penalty and this time Nonty obliges and the Boks lead for the first time in the match. (Monty 4/5) BOKS 12-11
34 mins: Some aimless kicking from both teams eventually results in the World XV coming away. Another penalty robs them of the chance to put some phases together. Monty lines it up and… it misses. (Monty 3/4)
31 mins: A skewed kick by van der Westhuyzen gives the World XV a lineout, but they then obstruct and the Monty drills the ball to 5m from the World XV line. Another penalty blown by Henning cancels the Bok drive over try.
29 mins: The Boks are looking devoid of ideas and nothing constructive is being created. However, Henning pings the World XV for offsides and Monty kicks his third penalty. (Monty 3/3) WORLD XV 11-9
26 mins: The World XV pack are giving the Boks a torrid time. A clever reverse kick from Spencer forces the Boks to obstruct and Burke slots the penalty. (Burke 2/3) WORLD XV 11-6
24 mins: The Boks knock at the ruck and the World XV are able to relieve the pressure back into the Bok half. The Boks attack again, but it breaks down again. It's all far too scrappy at the moment. And too many mistakes from SA.
22 mins: More Bok pressure results in AJ Venter being pushed over, but after considerable deliberation by the TMO the try is correctly not awarded and the Boks have a 5m scrum in the corner.
19 mins: Big Joe is having a fine game and agin is responsible for the Boks edging into their opponents 22. Another penalty by the World XV, but the Boks kick to the corner and drive. Another penalty and the Boks opt for another lineout. Yellow cards could be produced.
16 mins: World XV are looking dangerous, especially in the set pieces. A lineout 5m from the Bok line is secured and atry looks on, but a knnock saves the Boks. From the scrum Gaffie du Toit clears far upfield.
13 mins: The Boks are slowly finding their feet and a great move results in a try but Tappe Henning pings them for a forward pass. From the restart the Boks again dominate and they earn a penalty about 35m out. Monty is on song again. (Monty 2/2) WORLD XV 8-6
11 mins: Boks get a free kick on halfway and van Niekerk makes a powerful run and sets Jaque Fourie away, but obstructive running by rossouw sees the World XV get a penalty and the clear over the halfway line.
9 mins: The World XV attack up the right flank and make good yardage. They are bundled out in touch, but earn a 5m scrum. The World XV power over the Bok pack and set captain Justin Marshall away for a try in the corner. Burke misses the conversion. (Burke 1/2) WORLD XV 8-3
6 mins: Boks attack from the off and good work by Danie Rossouw and Joe van Niekerk gets them into the World XV 22. And they earn a penalty at the ruck for holding on. Percy Montgomery knocks it over from in front. (Monty 1/1) LEVEL 3-3
4 mins: Penalty to World XV after the Boks stray offsides. Fulback Matt Burke makes no mistake. (Burke 1/1) WORLD XV 3-0.
2 mins: Scrum to the Boks on halfway is reset several times, before the Boks win it and Van der Wetshuyzen clears, but out on the full. Nervous start for both teams.
1 min: The World XV's Carlos Spencer kicks-off in front of a half empty Ellis Park Stadium. The Boks gather through Percy Montgomery and Jaco van der Westhuyzen clears up to halfway. Lineout World XV.
Springbok XV:
15 Percy Montgomery, 14 Andre Snyman, 13 Jaque Fourie, 12 Jean de Villiers (captain), 11 Gaffie du Toit, 10 Jaco van der Westhuyzen, 9 Ricky Januarie; 8 Joe van Niekerk, 7 AJ Venter, 6 Wikus van Heerden, 5 Albert van den Berg, 4 Danie Rossouw, 3 Eddie Andrews, 2 Hanyani Shimange, 1 Deon Carstens.
Replacements: 16 Gary Botha, 17 Lawrence Sephaka, 18 Johann Muller, 19 Pedrie Wannenburg, 20 Ruan Pienaar, 21 Wynand Olivier, 22 Brent Russell.
World XV:
15 Matt Burke, 14 Bruce Reihana, 13 Thomas Castaignede, 12 Fraser Waters, 11 Ica Nacewa, 10 Carlos Spencer, 9 Justin Marshall (captain); 8 Olivier Magne, 7 Sebastian Chabal, 6 Xavier Rush, 5 Radike Samo, 4 Tom Palmer, 3 Cobus Visagie, 2 Raphael Ibanez, 1 Dave Hewett.
Replacements: 16 Mark Regan, 17 Christian Califano, 18 Julien Pierre, 19 Sam Harding, 20 Mark Robinson, 21 Ludovic Mercier, 22 Joe Roff.
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King's, Sultan football players featured in national commercial
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Film set lights shine as King's High School wide receiver Ryan Fransen (left) jumps to catch a pass during a USA Football commercial shoot at Woolsey Stadium in Shoreline on July 9. King's High School and Sultan High School participated in the filming of the commercial, which will air on the NFL network on other channels starting in August.
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King�s High School head coach Jim Shapiro is soaked with water by his players during the filming of a USA Football television commercial at Woolsey Stadium in Shoreline on July 9. The commerical will be aired in August on the NFL network and other channels.
And none of it was real.
But it will seem real when Seattle filmmaker Jason Johnson completes his work. The finished product will be a television commercial for USA Football, which is the youth development partner of the National Football League. Scheduled for airing in August, the ad will appear on the NFL Network, the Pac-12 Network and other cable channels around the country, and will "promote all the good lessons (football) teaches, which is basically what this commercial celebrates," Johnson said. "It's about the love of the game."
Filming took place at King's High School on Wednesday night and the actors were the football players and coaches from King's and Sultan high schools, along with two referees, two cheer squads, fans from both schools, and even the Sultan mascot. For almost 2 1/2 hours, the teams were filmed in the locker room getting rousing speeches from their coaches, and then on the field running two simulated plays.
Sultan had the ball first. On a snap from the King's 10-yard line, quarterback Deion Bonilla handed off to running back James MacKenzie for a sweep around right end. MacKenzie had to dive for the goal line, extending the ball at the same moment he was hit by a King's defender.
The Knights had their turn next, with quarterback Koa Wilkins lofting a pass to receiver Ryan Fransen in the back corner of the end zone.
Naturally both plays resulted in touchdowns, with cheerleaders and fans cheering wildly in the background. Because there were not enough spectators to give each school an ample rooting section, all the fans — some wearing King's red, others in Sultan blue _ were asked to cheer for both teams.
The experience "was kind of surreal," said Sultan's Kolton Anderson, a senior wide receiver and cornerback. "You see guys from the (Seattle) Seahawks and (other NFL teams) doing commercials, and it's kind of weird that from our small town we get to be on national television."
"We didn't know what to expect," Bonilla said. "It was different. We were all kind of going in slow motion and not at full speed. But I thought it was pretty fun, pretty cool."
The last scenes to be filmed were the traditional midfield postgame handshakes by the two teams, and then a dousing of Gatorade — water, actually, since no one had thought to bring dozen of gallons of Gatorade — for King's coach Jim Shapiro. According to the script, the Knights' touchdown in the final seconds was the game-winner.
"I guess Jason thought that since we hosted, we'd be the team that wins," said Shapiro, who lives in Edmonds.
The funny thing is, Shapiro went on, the evening had a very football-like feel.
"We had two hours of work, and the kids were out doing their thing and sweating little bit," he said. "And then afterward we shook Sultan's hands. And even though the atmosphere was slowed down, it still felt like Friday night lights."
Johnson, who grew up in Puyallup, has a football background, having played at the University of Arizona (he was the team's starting quarterback in 2001 and 2002) before spending a season on the practice squad of the NFL's Buffalo Bills and then playing professionally in Canada and in Europe. After retiring from football, he returned to the Seattle area and started his own film production company, Jason Ryan Creative.
But it was another of Johnson's football connections that resulted in King's and Sultan being picked for the commercial. The grandson of the late Frosty Westering, the longtime head football coach at Pacific Lutheran University, Johnson was a PLU ballboy back in the early 1990s when Shapiro was one of the team's wide receivers.
The two men have stayed in touch over the years, and earlier this month Johnson called to ask if Shapiro and his players would be part of the commercial. Shapiro agreed after first getting approval from the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association. He then called Sultan coach Ben Murphy because "he and I have a good relationship, and I knew his kids would enjoy it."
At that point Shapiro and Murphy started working the phones, making sure both teams not only had sufficient numbers of players, but also encouraging families and friends to serve as spectators in the stands.
"The icing was to have Sultan here," Shapiro said. "This is a team you compete against, but it's also a chance for two coaches, two programs and two communities to hang out and have fun together on a summer night."
One of Johnson's assistants for the project was Micah Brown, a former wide receiver at the University of Kansas.
"The cool thing is that we're football players, and what we were trying to do here is action football," Johnson said. "We weren't faking hits. We were running actual plays. Yes, it's a little enhanced, but that's just to be exciting."
And in the end, he said, "we were able to pull together a football game in the middle of the summer."
There were a few glitches along the way. On a King's center snap, the quarterback dropped the ball, leading to a re-do. And moments later, the receiver left the end zone to track down a slightly wayward pass and almost took out a large pole of lights. But all in all, the players eagerly did what they were asked, and the cheerleaders and fans kept cheering wildly on take after take. Filming wrapped up shortly before midnight, with everyone gathering on the field for a final group photo.
It was, Murphy said, "an awesome experience. Not everybody gets to be in a commercial and to be behind the scenes to see how these things work. So this is something our kids can tell their friends about, and it'll be an experience they won't forget."
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JOHN SEBASTIAN PRESENTS: FOLK REWIND (MY MUSIC) focuses on the greatest singers and songwriters of the classic 1950s and 1960s folk era. Presented by the lead singer of The Lovin' Spoonful ("Do You Believe in Magic"), FOLK REWIND features a treasure trove of historical footage that has not been seen in more than four decades, plus new performances by artists who are still appearing in concert today.
The program features Pete Seeger and Judy Collins singing "Turn, Turn, Turn," Harry Belafonte's hit "Jamaica Farewell," Trini Lopez's rendition of "If I Had a Hammer," Rod McKuen's classic "Seasons in the Sun," Bobby Darin's heartfelt "Simple Song of Freedom" and many, many more.
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Moments to RememberFriday | 7 p.m.
Patti Page and Nick Clooney co-host new performances and archival classics from the vault. MOMENTS TO REMEMBER, featuring many more legends of the late fifties and early sixties pop era. In this trip down memory lane, the late Frankie Laine came out of retirement to "spend one more night in our old rendezvous" singing his sentimental "That's My Desire." Italian crooner Julius La Rosa takes the stage to perform his classics "Eh Compari" and "Domani" while Page sings her million-selling "Allegheny Moon." The Four Lads, Four Aces, Four Freshmen, Roger Williams, Herb Reed's Platters, The DeCastro Sisters and others appear to sing more greatest hits. Archival performances from Rosemary Clooney and Perry Como round out this nostalgic sequel to Magic Moments.
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Ancient Roads From Christ to ConstantineAge of the Apostles | Sunday, 8 p.m.
Travel with Jonathan Phillips on Paul's third and final missionary journey as the Apostolic Age comes to an end. Witness how the remaining apostles, except for John, are martyred for their unwavering beliefs. In Rome, Paul and the Apostle Peter will both meet their fate at the hands of one of the cruelest tyrants in history.
Rock Rewind: 1965-67Saturday | 9 p.m.
The Sixties was a period of massive social and political upheaval in America. While much of these changes were reflected in the popular songs of the era, many performers also sang of fun, romance and good times. Iconic actor Adam West, best known as the "Caped Crusader" on the '60s TV version of Batman, hosts this newly-assembled special with archival performances of hits that still resonate nearly half a century later.
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A Night of GivingThursday, Nov. 20 | 7 p.m.
Showcasing Local Artists -- Supporting Local Public Television
Local artists include:
- Randy & Joy Turner from Larkfield Glass (Paris, IL)
- Jerry Rhoads (St. Joseph, IL) - Woodtuning
- Jeanette Huisinga (Casey, IL) - The Yarn Shop
- Pottery from Dwain Naragon (EIU Faculty)
This night of giving allows our viewers to give to their local public television station and in return WEIU will offer viewers a wonderful handmade thank you gift from a local artist.
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Effortless Healingwith Dr. Joseph Mercola | Saturday, 4:30 p.m.
A well-known physician, Dr Mercola's website is one of the most visited natural-health sites in the world – a site dedicated to educating readers about ways to improve their health.
He is one of the world's leading advocates for using food as medicine. In this program he helps people struggling with their weight and chronic conditions to make the connection to their food and lifestyle choices.
He's an educator committed to teaching people how to cultivate their own power to heal. He believes the body is designed to be healthy without drugs, and in giving it what it needs to thrive, so it can regenerate itself without any outside interventions. This innate restorative tendency is what he calls "effortless healing."
Rather than suggesting people rely on expensive and potentially dangerous drugs Dr. Mercola empowers people to become their own healers and helps viewers understand how they can effortlessly modify their diet to achieve their health goals.
He covers the impact of gluten and sugar on the body, the benefits of intermittent fasting and exercise, and provides Effortless Healing Action plans throughout. He clearly outlines changes viewers can make in their lives, from eliminating certain foods to adding others, and illustrates the changes that could result.
He puts forward principles of healing to arm viewers with information to choose more skillfully what and when to eat, what to drink, how and how often to move, and how to remove the roadblocks to wellness – such as subpar food and contaminated beverages – so that their body can do what it was designed to do effortlessly: stay well.
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Financial Solutions For You!Suze Orman | Friday, 9:30 p.m.
Up-to-date advice on a broad set of financial issues from Suze Orman, America's most recognized expert in personal finance, includes:
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- Whether to buy or rent a home.
- Saving for retirement.
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- Student loans and more.
Orman offers tangible information on managing money today and how to make smarter choices towards a more economically secure future.
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The Fear Curewith Lissa Rankin, M.D. | Friday, 11:30 p.m.
Dr. Rankin addresses how being afraid can make us sick—but the truth is that fear, left untreated, becomes a serious risk factor for conditions from heart disease to diabetes to cancer. Now Lissa Rankin, M.D., explains why we need to heal ourselves from the fear that puts our health at risk and robs our lives of joy—and shows us how fear can ultimately cure us by opening our eyes to all that needs healing in our lives. Drawing on peer-reviewed studies and powerful true stories, The Fear Cure presents a breakthrough understanding of fear's effects and charts a path back to wellness and wholeness on every level.
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Classic GospelHomecoming Picnic | Saturday, 6 p.m.
The Homecoming Picnic at Fiddlers Grove Historic Village in Lebanon, Tenn., is featured. Included: performances by Michael English, TaRanda Green, the Hayes Family, Dottie Rambo, the Isaacs, Gordon Mote and the Gaither Vocal Band.
A Taste of GullahFeaturing Janice Collins | Wednesday, 9 p.m.
A Taste of Gullah, featuring former EIU faculty member Janice Collins, is an online/broadcast television product focusing on stories of some of the Gullah "folks" who decided to stay on their land. The Gullah people -- descendants of enslaved Africans who live in the Lowcountry region of South Carolina and Georgia -- have always been and are still marginalized in many ways.
"I wanted to capture and record special moments of the Gullah culture from down south. This culture, heritage and its people are a special and rare part of the American fabric, a story that needs to be preserved. " - Dr. Janice Collins
If you'd like to watch this program online, it'll be simulcast on our website while it airs on television! Just click here for our streaming page!
INBA Award Winners!News Watch Brings Home Three First-Place Trophies
The Illinois News Broadcaster's Association handed out its student broadcasting awards Saturday evening in Bloomington, and News Watch took home top honors! We are happy to announce WEIU took home first-place honors in the following categories:
- Outstanding TV Newscast
- Outstanding TV News Reporting – Nate Page
- Outstanding Videography – Kole Rushmore
Congratulations to the entire team for your continued support and dedication to the product!
Jon Roemer - Dakota, IL
"I actually came to Eastern looking for a degree in broadcasting or journalism of some sort. When I came through (Hit-Mix 88.9) on a student tour, they said you can get experience on-air. That's pretty cool."
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"I love the fact that on Saturday nights from 8 p.m. til midnight you have movies!"
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When Did You Start at WEIU? September 2004 (part-time); October 2006 (full-time)
What Does WEIU Mean to You? WEIU is unique because it offers a variety of things that are different from other stations. We have great local programming that features people in our community. I think community involvement is very important. Our commitment to the local programming is vital to our continued success.
Favorite Show on WEIU-TV: EIU Panther sports broadcasts. Is it wrong to say that since I am on the EIU women's basketball broadcasts? I also enjoy News Watch.
What have you learned while working at WEIU? That we have some of the greatest and hardest working students around. Their dedication to the station astounds me every day I come to work. They are very passionate about what they do and it shows in their work.
Why should someone become a member of WEIU? It is very important to support your local station. With state and federal funding being cut, it becomes more difficult to provide programming. With the help of our members, we can continue to grow and give them great, family-friendly choices.
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We love to hear from you!
I support WEIU because I know that at any time, day or night we can tune in and we can count on good, quality entertainment and good wholesome programming made available to us. WEIU is what I consider to be a family friendly television station because I know that if my children or grandchildren are visiting and they enter the room where I'm watching TV, I don't have to worry about anything inappropriate being on my TV screen. I know that I can trust WEIU and I love that!
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Susan Love - Camp New Hope
Susan Love with Camp New Hope talks about how the idea for the camp started and how it's grown over the years
Susan would love for you to tune in to Effingham: This is Our Story on Thursday, Oct. 2, at 7 p.m. We hope you'll join us!
Jennifer Day Tariq - Helen Douglas Hart Legacy
Jennifer Day Tariq tells us about the life and legacy of Helen Douglas-Hart. A life long adventurer Helen was the first woman pilot of Coles County and the first president of the Coles County Historical Society. Her lasting mark on the community can be seen everyday when you visit the Friendship Garden and her pride and joy, the Douglas-Hart Nature Center.
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Nice job Martin.
Nice job Martin.
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Cool little spot, thanks for doing this Martin.
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I've been researching bags recently to replace my old one and came across this, Linky, on the Grip-Eq website. Thought is was pretty cool that they gave Martin credit for a great job. Scroll half-way down the page to see it.
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Very cool, thanks for sharing that.
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Once again Martin, you have gone above and beyond the call of duty! What a great ambassador you are for the sport of disc golf. Thanks for that footage. Also, big props to James M. looking good on the course.
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WACKIEST: Chyna got dressed up in bizarre fashion in 2004, wearing a chain necklace—around her face!
BEST: Jessica Alba showed off her sexy bod in a black floral frock back in 2001.
WORST: Jennifer Love Hewitt sported crimped hair with her crinkly blue dress in 2000.
WORST: Julia Roberts looked more frumpy than fashionable in 2000.
WORST: In 2006, Kristen Bell looked like she was headed to a Homecoming dance, looking too matchy-matchy with her pink dress and heels.
WORST: Jessica Simpson was too-tan for her bright red sweetheart strapless cocktail dress in 2006.
BEST: Renee Zellweger had everyone green with envy, when she hit the carpet in 2005 wearing a Carolina Herrera chiffon dress, which featured beaded detail.
BEST: Christina Applegate hit the show in 2007, wearing a gorgeously embellished spaghetti-strapped gown.
BEST: Ali Larter rocked an off-the-shoulder nude number with gold strappy sandals in 2007.
WORST: Just because it's Gucci, doesn't mean it's gorgeous! Halle Berry wore a gold lame ultra-mini in 2007, which was more tacky than trendy.
WORST: Miley Cyrus flaunted her teenage body in 2007 in too-sexy style.
WORST: Katherine Heigl rocked an awkward frock in 2007, with a pair of embellished sandals, which were a size too small.
BEST: Queen Latifah got wild in 2007, rocking a figure-flattering snaky gown.
BEST: Hayden Panettiere opted for a colorful maxi gown in 2007.
WORST: Kate Walsh had a wardrobe malfunction in 2007, exposing her nude pasties!
BEST: Reese Witherpsoon turned to basic black for the show in 2009.
WORST: Kate Hudson got drenched in a palm tree print Gucci gown in 2009, which wasn't quite figure flattering!
BEST: Olivia Wilde looked Grecian gorgeous at the show in 2009, wearing a white hot BCBG Max Azria gown.
WORST: Paris Hilton was over-embellished in 2009, wearing a Jenny Packham beaded party dress.
WORST: AnnaLynne McCord rocked a sexy bandage dress to the show in 2009, but mis-accessorized with white and gold elements.
BEST: Dakota Fanning rocked a sapphire blue BCBG mini dress in 2009, which made her standout in the crowd.
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WORST: Hayley Williams was overloaded in bows at the 2010 show, wearing a Chelesa Rebelle Fall 2009 cocktail dress.
BEST: Diane Kruger showed off her sexy bod in an embellished Herve Leger power mesh dress and Emilio Pucci cutout heels at the show in 2010. Fun fact: the tiny dress sold for a whopping $3,900!
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On her last visit to Paris, I introduced my cousin who's a Franco-phile, to confit de canard, knowing that she'd love it. When I saw the rapture that took over when she put that first forkful in her mouth, I could see that she was hooked as I am.
I'd taken her to Chez Dumonet, which is reliably excellent. This time, though, I'd like to take her somewhere else. A lot of restaurants offer duck confit, occasionally, but it doesn't reliably appear on menus.


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World Cup qualifier gives Seattle chance to show off
Despite hurdles, rabid fanbase nabs World Cup qualifier for Emerald City
Associated Press
United States national team soccer player Brad Evans (left) ties his shoes for a practice session at CenturyLink Field on Monday. The United States is scheduled to face Panama tonight in a World Cup qualifier soccer match.
United States national team soccer players warm up at CenturyLink Field on Monday, June 10, 2013, in Seattle. The United States is scheduled to face Panama on Tuesday, June 11, in a World Cup qualifier soccer match. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
While out and about, Dempsey, who plays professionally for Tottenham Hotspur, one of the top team's in the English Premier League, momentarily forgot where he was when around town he noticed televisions tuned into a soccer game.
"I almost felt like I was in another country the other day when the Seattle Sounders game was on," Dempsey said. "I was walking to get dinner, and as you walk past a bar, the TV is on and everyone was watching soccer, so for me that was awesome. I'm happy to play here and look forward to the game and feeling what that atmosphere will be like."
A couple of miles south, U.S. forward Terrence Boyd, who grew up in Germany and plays professionally in Austria, was one of the 53,679 on hand to see the Sounders beat the Whitecaps in a 3-2 thriller, and he too was caught off guard by what he witnessed.
"I'd heard there are many, many soccer fans, but I didn't expect that much," Boyd said. "This is a great commercial for the MLS what's happening here right now. I mean, 50K is even a big deal in the (German) Bundesliga."
This is why the U.S. will host Panama in a World Cup qualifier at CenturyLink Field tonight. Why after having not played a game of this significance in Seattle since 1976, the national team is back here despite the fact that the Northwest is a pain to get to for the European-based players on the roster, and yes, despite the much-talked about temporary grass that was installed over the normal FieldTurf playing surface.
Soccer is massive in this part of the country, and U.S. Soccer has seen the ever-growing attendance numbers in Seattle, as well as the success of the Portland Timbers, and decided it needed in on what was happening here, even if it meant a few inconveniences.
"That is one of the big reasons why we are here, because the atmosphere is always tremendous here in Seattle," U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann said during halftime of Saturday's Sounders game. "The support from the fans for their team is outstanding. It's one of the hotbeds (for soccer) in the United States, and we want to enjoy that. We want to show them a good game; we want to win this game badly. We are all looking forward to it. It's not very often we can come to the Northwest with all of the European guys, because it's always challenging during a normal season for the Europeans to go all the way to the West Coast because of the nine-hour time difference. Now there is an opportunity, we kind of wanted it badly, and we are looking forward to it."
Tonight's game might not quite feature the same atmosphere as Saturday's game. While more than 50,000 were on hand for that game, ticket sales for the U.S-Panama game were at 36,000 as of Monday. That reflects the reality that that tickets for the World Cup qualifier are significantly more expensive than Sounders tickets, and also the fact that the game is on a week night with a Mariners game going on at the same time (because of the Mariners game, capacity has been artificially capped at 42,000 to limit the number of fans in the area). But don't fall for it if anyone tells you a crowd of 36,000 is disappointing. For starters, that number compares very favorable to other World Cup qualifiers in this country against any country other than Mexico. And if anything, a club team outdrawing the national team for a World Cup qualifier is just another sign that this area appreciates soccer more than anywhere else in the country. Throughout the world, it is routine for club teams to outdraw national teams unless a rival country is involved.
Whatever the final number ends up being tonight, Puget Sound-area fans are certain to show the U.S. team what players have been hearing from Brad Evans and Eddie Johnson, the two Sounders on the current U.S. roster.
"I'm good friends with Eddie Johnson, and he always tells me what it's like playing here and playing in front of the fans, just how it's an atmosphere that's comparable to what it is in Europe," said Dempsey, who began his career in MLS before going to England. "It's great to see, because I remember when I first started out in MLS, things weren't like that. So it's great to see that the game is building and that there are markets like this where people have so much passion for the game."
So no, a Seattle game doesn't make for an easy travel schedule, and the field, according to midfielder Michael Bradley, "Is far from ideal," but after four-plus seasons of setting attendance records and redefining what soccer can be in America, fans in this region made U.S. Soccer award them a game.
"Anybody who's been paying attention to MLS sees what a special thing they have going here in Seattle," Bradley said. "Whether you've been to a game here or you're just watching the highlights on the MLS website, you see right away how passionate the people here are, how much their team means to them, so we hope when we step on the field tomorrow they can support us in the same way.
Bradley isn't a fan of the field, and wasn't afraid to say so, but he also conceded, "Seattle certainly deserves a game, but the field unfortunately leaves a lot to be desired."
The field might leave something to be desired. The atmosphere, however, will not.
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|August 29, 2014 10:30 AM EDT
Internet of @ThingsExpo Silicon Valley announced on Thursday its first 12 all-star speakers and sessions for its upcoming event, which will take place November 4-6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in California.
@ThingsExpo, the first and largest IoT event in the world, debuted at the Javits Center in New York City in June 10-12, 2014 with over 6,000 delegates attending the conference.
Among the first 12 announced world class speakers, IBM will present two highly popular IoT sessions, which will take place November 4-6, 2014 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, California.
More than 150 all-star faculty members will discuss, including the hottest Internet of Things technology topics in November.
The Perfect Storm Intensifies - The Convergence of BigData, Cloud and the Internet of Things is Now at Full Strength
By Mac Devine (@Mac_Devine)
Tuesday, November 4, 2014 11:35 AM ▸ Schedule
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. Without bringing these three elements together via Systems of Discover you either end up with an Internet of somethings and/or a big mess of data. [continued]
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Speaker Bio: Mac has 24 years of experience with networking and virtualization. The first 7 of those years were spent in mainframe software development where he served as chief programmer for several VTAM releases. Mac then moved to mainframe software design where he served as chief designer for several Communications Server releases and lead the design work for Sysplex and SNA over IP networking (aka Enterprise Extender). [continued]
Big Data's Potential in Helping To Secure the Internet of Things
By James G. Kobielus (@JamesKobielus)
Tuesday, November 4, 2014 10:55 AM ▸ Schedule
The security devil is always in the details of the attack: the ones you've endured, the ones you prepare yourself to fend off, and the ones that, you fear, will catch you completely unaware and defenseless. The Internet of Things (IoT) is nothing if not an endless proliferation of details. It's the vision of a world in which continuous Internet connectivity and addressability is embedded into a growing range of human artifacts, into the natural world, and even into our smartphones, appliances, and physical persons. [continued]
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Speaker Bio: James Kobielus is an industry veteran and serves as IBM's big data evangelist, as program director for big data analytics product marketing, and as editor-in-chief of IBM Data Magazine. He spearheads IBM's thought leadership activities in Big Data, Hadoop, enterprise data warehousing, advanced analytics, and cognitive computing. [continued]
2nd International Internet of @ThingsExpo will take place November 4-6, 2014 at the Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, California with over 100 major sponsors and exhibitors in 2014 and more than 6,000 delegates from 17 countries.
Internet of @ThingsExpo this week launched the premiere issue of its monthly newsletter which contains highlights of the hottest sessions and speakers from Internet of @ThingsExpo, speaking information as well as sponsorship opportunities.
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Chris Matthieu Named Internet of @ThingsExpo Tech Chair
Internet of @ThingsExpo has announced today that Chris Matthieu has been named tech chair of Internet of @ThingsExpo 2014 Silicon Valley.
The 2nd Global Internet of @ThingsExpo will take place on November 4-6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
Chris Matthieu has two decades of telecom and web experience. He launched his Teleku cloud communications-as-a-service platform at eComm in 2010, which was acquired by Voxeo. Next he built an open source Node.JS PaaS called Nodester, which was acquired by AppFog. His new startup is Twelephone (http://twelephone.com). Leveraging HTML5 and WebRTC, Twelephone's BHAG (Big Hairy Audacious Goal) is to become the next generation telecom company running in the Web browser.
Tracks and topics for Internet of Internet of @ThingsExpo Silicon Valley will include:
Consumer IoT and Wearables Track
- Smart Appliances
- Wearables
- Smart Cars
- Smartphones 2.0
- Smart Travel
- Personal Fitness
- Health Care
- Personalized Marketing
- Customized Shopping
- Personal Finance
- The Digital Divide
- Mobile Cash & Markets
- Games & the IoT
- The Future of Education
- Virtual Reality
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Enterprise IoT Track
- The Business Case for IoT
- Smart Grids
- Smart Cities
- Smart Transportation
- The Smart Home
- Authentication/Security
- Wiring the IoT
- The Internet of Everything
- Digital Transformation of Enterprise IT
- Agriculture
- Transportation
- Manufacturing
- Local & State Government
- Federal Government
IoT Developer and WebRTC Track
- Eclipse Foundation
- Cloud Foundry
- Linux Containers
- Node-Red
- Open Source Hardware
- AJAX and the IoT
- Leveraging SOA
- Multi-Cloud IoT
- Evolving Standards
- WebSockets
- Security & Privacy Protocols
- GPS & Proximity Services
- Bluetooth/RFID/etc.
- Nest Labs
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Sponsorship Opportunities for Internet of @ThingsExpo 2014 Silicon Valley
Internet of @ThingsExpo 2014 Silicon Valley "show prospectus" has shipped. Sponsorship, exhibit, and keynote opportunities can be obtained from Carmen Gonzalez by email at events (at) sys-con.com, or by phone 201 802-3021.
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The 17th International Cloud Expo has announced that its Call for Papers is open. 17th International Cloud Expo, to be held November 3-5, 2015, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA, brings together Cloud Computing, APM, APIs, Microservices, 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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Since 2008 and for the first time in history, more than half of humans live in urban areas, urging cities to become "smart." Today, cities can leverage the wide availability of smartphones combined with new technologies such as Beacons or NFC to connect their urban furniture and environment to create citizen-first services that improve transportation, way-finding and information delivery. In her session at @ThingsExpo, Laetitia Gazel-Anthoine, CEO of Connecthings, will focus on successful use cases.
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The explosion of connected devices / sensors is creating an ever-expanding set of new and valuable data. In parallel the emerging capability of Big Data technologies to store, access, analyze, and react to this data is producing changes in business models under the umbrella of the Internet of Things (IoT). In particular within the Insurance industry, IoT appears positioned to enable deep changes by altering relationships between insurers, distributors, and the insured. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Michael Sick, a Senior Manager and Big Data Architect within Ernst and Young's Financial Servi...
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The recent trends like cloud computing, social, mobile and Internet of Things are forcing enterprises to modernize in order to compete in the competitive globalized markets. However, enterprises are approaching newer technologies with a more silo-ed way, gaining only sub optimal benefits. The Modern Enterprise model is presented as a newer way to think of enterprise IT, which takes a more holistic approach to embracing modern technologies.
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One of the biggest impacts of the Internet of Things is and will continue to be on data; specifically data volume, management and usage. Companies are scrambling to adapt to this new and unpredictable data reality with legacy infrastructure that cannot handle the speed and volume of data. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Don DeLoach, CEO and president of Infobright, will discuss how companies need to rethink their data infrastructure to participate in the IoT, including: Data storage: Understanding the kinds of data: structured, unstructured, big/small? Analytics: What kinds and how responsiv...
May. 22, 2015 05:00 AM EDT Reads: 4,370
17th Cloud Expo, taking place Nov 3-5, 2015, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA, will feature technical sessions from a rock star conference faculty and the leading industry players in the world. Cloud computing is now being embraced by a majority of enterprises of all sizes. Yesterday's debate about public vs. private has transformed into the reality of hybrid cloud: a recent survey shows that 74% of enterprises have a hybrid cloud strategy. Meanwhile, 94% of enterprises are using some form of XaaS – software, platform, and infrastructure as a service.
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The Workspace-as-a-Service (WaaS) market will grow to $6.4B by 2018. In his session at 16th Cloud Expo, Seth Bostock, CEO of IndependenceIT, will begin by walking the audience through the evolution of Workspace as-a-Service, where it is now vs. where it going. To look beyond the desktop we must understand exactly what WaaS is, who the users are, and where it is going in the future. IT departments, ISVs and service providers must look to workflow and automation capabilities to adapt to growing demand and the rapidly changing workspace model.
May. 22, 2015 04:30 AM EDT Reads: 3,055
From telemedicine to smart cars, digital homes and industrial monitoring, the explosive growth of IoT has created exciting new business opportunities for real time calls and messaging. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Ivelin Ivanov, CEO and Co-Founder of Telestax, shared some of the new revenue sources that IoT created for Restcomm – the open source telephony platform from Telestax. Ivelin Ivanov is a technology entrepreneur who founded Mobicents, an Open Source VoIP Platform, to help create, deploy, and manage applications integrating voice, video and data. He is the co-founder of TeleStax, a...
May. 22, 2015 04:00 AM EDT Reads: 6,256
The Internet of Things (IoT) promises to evolve the way the world does business; however, understanding how to apply it to your company can be a mystery. Most people struggle with understanding the potential business uses or tend to get caught up in the technology, resulting in solutions that fail to meet even minimum business goals. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Jesse Shiah, CEO / President / Co-Founder of AgilePoint Inc., showed what is needed to leverage the IoT to transform your business. He discussed opportunities and challenges ahead for the IoT from a market and technical point of vie...
May. 22, 2015 04:00 AM EDT Reads: 6,626
Sensor-enabled things are becoming more commonplace, precursors to a larger and more complex framework that most consider the ultimate promise of the IoT: things connecting, interacting, sharing, storing, and over time perhaps learning and predicting based on habits, behaviors, location, preferences, purchases and more. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Tom Wesselman, Director of Communications Ecosystem Architecture at Plantronics, will examine the still nascent IoT as it is coalescing, including what it is today, what it might ultimately be, the role of wearable tech, and technology gaps stil...
May. 22, 2015 04:00 AM EDT Reads: 4,294
Grow your business with enterprise wearable apps using SAP Platforms and Google Glass. SAP and Google just launched the SAP and Google Glass Challenge, an opportunity for you to innovate and develop the best Enterprise Wearable App using SAP Platforms and Google Glass and gain valuable market exposure. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Brian McPhail, Senior Director of Business Development, ISVs & Digital Commerce at SAP, outlined the timeline of the SAP Google Glass Challenge and the opportunity for developers, start-ups, and companies of all sizes to engage with SAP today.
May. 22, 2015 03:00 AM EDT Reads: 4,900
DevOps tends to focus on the relationship between Dev and Ops, putting an emphasis on the ops and application infrastructure. But that's changing with microservices architectures. In her session at DevOps Summit, Lori MacVittie, Evangelist for F5 Networks, will focus on how microservices are changing the underlying architectures needed to scale, secure and deliver applications based on highly distributed (micro) services and why that means an expansion into "the network" for DevOps.
May. 22, 2015 03:00 AM EDT Reads: 2,834
We're no longer looking to the future for the IoT wave. It's no longer a distant dream but a reality that has arrived. It's now time to make sure the industry is in alignment to meet the IoT growing pains – cooperate and collaborate as well as innovate. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Jim Hunter, Chief Scientist & Technology Evangelist at Greenwave Systems, will examine the key ingredients to IoT success and identify solutions to challenges the industry is facing. The deep industry expertise behind this presentation will provide attendees with a leading edge view of rapidly emerging IoT oppor...
May. 22, 2015 02:30 AM EDT Reads: 4,830
The 3rd International @ThingsExpo, co-located with the 16th International Cloud Expo – to be held June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY – is now accepting Hackathon proposals. Hackathon sponsorship benefits include general brand exposure and increasing engagement with the developer ecosystem. At Cloud Expo 2014 Silicon Valley, IBM held the Bluemix Developer Playground on November 5 and ElasticBox held the DevOps Hackathon on November 6. Both events took place on the expo floor. The Bluemix Developer Playground, for developers of all levels, highlighted the ease of use of...
May. 22, 2015 02:30 AM EDT Reads: 4,257
For years, we've relied too heavily on individual network functions or simplistic cloud controllers. However, they are no longer enough for today's modern cloud data center. Businesses need a comprehensive platform architecture in order to deliver a complete networking suite for IoT environment based on OpenStack. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Dhiraj Sehgal from PLUMgrid will discuss what a holistic networking solution should really entail, and how to build a complete platform that is scalable, secure, agile and automated.
May. 22, 2015 02:00 AM EDT Reads: 4,190
SYS-CON Events announced today that Gridstore™, the leader in hyper-converged infrastructure purpose-built to optimize Microsoft workloads, will exhibit at SYS-CON's 16th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY. Gridstore™ is the leader in hyper-converged infrastructure purpose-built for Microsoft workloads and designed to accelerate applications in virtualized environments. Gridstore's hyper-converged infrastructure is the industry's first all flash version of HyperConverged Appliances that include both compute and storag...
May. 22, 2015 01:15 AM EDT Reads: 6,138
The industrial software market has treated data with the mentality of "collect everything now, worry about how to use it later." We now find ourselves buried in data, with the pervasive connectivity of the (Industrial) Internet of Things only piling on more numbers. There's too much data and not enough information. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Bob Gates, Global Marketing Director, GE's Intelligent Platforms business, to discuss how realizing the power of IoT, software developers are now focused on understanding how industrial data can create intelligence for industrial operations. Imagine ...
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Hadoop as a Service (as offered by handful of niche vendors now) is a cloud computing solution that makes medium and large-scale data processing accessible, easy, fast and inexpensive. In his session at Big Data Expo, Kumar Ramamurthy, Vice President and Chief Technologist, EIM & Big Data, at Virtusa, will discuss how this is achieved by eliminating the operational challenges of running Hadoop, so one can focus on business growth. The fragmented Hadoop distribution world and various PaaS solutions that provide a Hadoop flavor either make choices for customers very flexible in the name of opti...
May. 22, 2015 12:30 AM EDT Reads: 3,649
In the consumer IoT, everything is new, and the IT world of bits and bytes holds sway. But industrial and commercial realms encompass operational technology (OT) that has been around for 25 or 50 years. This grittier, pre-IP, more hands-on world has much to gain from Industrial IoT (IIoT) applications and principles. But adding sensors and wireless connectivity won't work in environments that demand unwavering reliability and performance. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Ron Sege, CEO of Echelon, will discuss how as enterprise IT embraces other IoT-related technology trends, enterprises with i...
May. 22, 2015 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 4,168
With major technology companies and startups seriously embracing IoT strategies, now is the perfect time to attend @ThingsExpo in Silicon Valley. Learn what is going on, contribute to the discussions, and ensure that your enterprise is as "IoT-Ready" as it can be! Internet of @ThingsExpo, taking place Nov 3-5, 2015, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA, is co-located with 17th Cloud Expo and will feature technical sessions from a rock star conference faculty and the leading industry players in the world. The Internet of Things (IoT) is the most profound change in personal an...
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Bradley C. Wheeler, R. N. Katz, E. C. Harel, A. K. Keehn, M. King, J. Kossuth, D. Wesemann
In the September 24, 2004, information technology supplement to the Chronicle of Higher Education, Ira Fuchs, then vice president of the Mellon Foundation, argued that meeting the long-term software needs of higher education required the creation of a coordinating body reminiscent of Bellcore, the telecom industry cooperative designed to set standards and conduct R&D. Supported financially by a large number of colleges and universities, Fuchs's "Educore" would coordinate the development and maintenance of open-source software for the benefit of higher education, giving universities and colleges "the security they seek, but rarely find, in their relationships with corporate partners — who can raise prices and maintenance fees suddenly, or stop producing or supporting programs with little warning."
Katz, R. N, E. C. Harel, A. K. Keehn, M. King, J. Kossuth, D. Wesemann, and B. Wheeler (2010), "Looking At Clouds from All Sides Now," EDUCAUSE Review, Vol. 45, No. 3, May/June, pp. 32-45.