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Ya tengo ganas de volver al Badala
El hotel Badala Park es un hotel peque�o y de estilo simple. No es el m�s lujoso, pero est� muy limpio y ordenado. Lo que hace que el hotel sea tan estupendo es en 1 lugar el precio, alojamiento y desayuno por menos de 300 d�lares durante 2 semanas, y en 2 lugar, el personal es simplemente fant�stico, han amenizado nuestras vacaciones a�o tras a�o. Hemos estado yendo durante m�s de 10 a�os, espero que sean otros diez. �Comida estupenda, servicio estupendo!
Not quite what we expexcted
not quite what we expected is a bit of an understatement. i know this is a third world country and wasnt expecting the ritz but when confronted with cold water everyday to wash and bath with it gets a bit much. also the breakfast (IF THATS WHAT IT WAS) left a lot to be desired, we had stale french bread every day with jam, meat and cheese, occasionally eggs sausages and beans, which i couldnt eat . the staff were really friendly though so that was a bonus. bumsters and hassle were an everyday occurance but just say NO loudly and they soon get the message. overall a nice holiday just a shame about the hotel!!!
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I booked my holiday to the Gambia a couple of days before departing. (A week came up where me and missus could get away didnt fancy Spain etc again) I found this site after booking and having read some of the reviews of Badala park was apprehensive to say the least. Bearing in mind it is a one star hotel I only expected basic facilities and just prayed for it being clean. Our room was just that basic, clean and everything worked (after a fashion). The only problem was the heat and as per previous reviews we upgraded to a room with air-con. This was tempermental to say the least but we found that with a bit of fiddling it made the room more than bearable. Agreed we had to pay extra but for the price we got a room twice as big as the original. Perhaps I was lucky but nothing was hanging off the wall, but in fairness most of it was hanging on for dear life! I had a chat with the guy who cleaned the room and basicaly agreed with him that if he looked after us I would look after him. As a result we got clean sheets and towels every day, the room was spotless. I came back one day and he had even cleaned my shoes, I had to tell him that wasnt part of the deal. Bearing in mind these people make about 1000 dalassi a month (�20 ish) a pound a day tip aint a lot to keep you and them happy ( plus any left over toiletries etc).
In a broader perspective I found the pool and surrounding area to be regularly cleaned and no problem, yes there are one or two tiles missing (little mossaic types) but nothing to detract from its overal purpose. Certainly didnt see any scum on it. The food has received some critisism on previous reviews. We were there on a bed and breakfast basis but didnt make make breakfast so I cant comment. However we did eat on occassions in the hotel and I have to say the food was basic but tasty unlike some of the rubbish I ate else where. There is a chineese and Indian restaurant on the site, we ate in both. The chinese was pretty average however the Indian was one of the best I have eaten in,which suprised me as the cook in the chinese was just that and the cook in the Indian was a Gambian. I found the Gardens of the hotel lovely and am suprised to find a previous reviewer implying it hosted mozzies as I did not find this a problem and we were there at the same time ( mid november). I would concur with others in respect of the electricity supply. If it went off during the day there was a reluctance to switch to the Generator, however on a night time power was restored within minutes. (In case you havent been before the power is off at least a couple of times a day)
Nothing much else to add the "bumsters" were not a problem within the hotel,outside they could be but nothing a firm no and a smile didnt sort out, certainly seen worse elswhere. Trips wise if you are going relatively local e.g. Monkey park or crocodile park the Tourist Taxis are by far the cheapest way to do it but get a good one some of them are very knowlegeable. ( I found a great one but the rules of the site appear to preclude me publishing it)
If you want something more afar you may be better bartering with one of the official guides. Personaly I found the package holiday trips a rip off, but hey each to their own.
If you are staying here and venture down to the beach there is a little bar retaurant called the Kunte Kinte, they do a barby on a sunday for around a fiver (with entertainment) we went and found it great. If you go down arrive about six thirty and watch the sunset from the beach its worth the effort. My missus is veggie and they only charged her half price ( might sound daft but there were loads of veggie choices considering) They even dropped us off at the Hotel afterwards and didnt charge us anything!. Sonias next door to the Badela is also worth a mention they do a good Sunday Lunch and are very friendly.
In conclusion bear in mind this is a third world Country, by far the majority of the locals are genuinely friendly but also out to make a buck or two. ( who isnt?) Many people who read this will gross in an hour or two what they make in a month, your total holiday cost will probably cost a couple of years salary plus to these people. Others have commented on their wide travel experiences and said this place is one of the worst they have visited. Some may have been unlucky. I've been to one or two places myself, this certainly isnt the best nor is it the worst. Expect the worst and I believe you will be pleasently suprised.
Happy Hols, I will certainly be back
Never again at Badala Park
We have just returned from a well earned 1 week break, unfortunately staying at the Badala Park in Kotu (also well known as "mozzy park") Within minutes of us arriving, it was obvious to us both that we had made a horrible mistake, unfortunately it just got worse.The room we were given was like a slum, with no running water, hot or cold, inside the wardrobe was the remains of the previous unfortunates dirty bedding. The only good thing about that room was that we had air conditioning but we had to pay an extra �57 for the luxury for one week. We actually moved rooms 3 times all of which were just as bad as the previous, one of the rooms did not have a proper flushing toilet, and when you are suffering from the "Banjul Belly", like most inmates, that is a must. The pool was in need of repairs with tiles falling off. There was a continuous scum floating on the top of the water. The hotel is surrounded by dense greenery all around you (hence the nickname "mozzy park"). Both my husband and myself became ill the 2nd day into the holiday, my husband was better after 1 day, but I continued to be ill all through the week.Please, please be sure, if you are unfortunate to have to stay here, take malaria tablets, they are a must. The good side to Gambia itself is the locals and the staff, they are extremely accommodating and will bend over backwards to help you,(for a price of course) but if you are used to 3rd world countries, you will be used to this. We have stayed many times in India, and are used to the rougher side of life but I have never experienced anything quite as bad as this. Be aware of what to expect. There are NO home comforts, always check your bed at night before getting in, you never know what you will find in there. You know the saying, "Ants in your pants" that couldn't be truer.
I can honestly say, I have never been so glad to get home
Loved the jungle
we have stayed at badala 5 times and going again in january,
we think it is a friendly and informal hotel. Great location, grounds are well kept and the staff are very helpful, we would recomment this hotel, great value for money.
Bumsters can be a problem out of hotel, as is every where you go.
No problems in the hotel.
Loved it cant wait to re visit
As i stated in past forum reply. Get to know the staff and locals.
Absolutely NEVER again. This place is squalid.
We were very open minded about this holiday, not least because it was reasonably priced and offerred guarunteed sun.
On reaching the hotel, we were quite shocked to see what was going on. The local 'bumsters' (beach beggers) were being permitted to ply their trade within the confines of the hotel. Worse still, was the presence of underage girls soliciting for prostitution, again within the hotel pool/bar areas. Other complaints were poor hygene/cleanliness throughout the hotel complex, poor food quality and a general run down and shabby feel.
Whilst Gambia is an emerging tourism destination and very much third world, there was absolutely no excuse for the things that were going on at the Badala Park, and complaining to both the rep and hotel management proved only partially successful in sorting the issues we had with our room.....infested matress on the bed, light fittings hanging out of the walls, a rag as a shower curtain, a sink that was coming away from the wall, damp stains on the walls and cielings and finally signs of a previous break in. Actually, whilst we were there, two young women had their room burgled (despite the alledged 'security' in the complex) and had all of their belongings stolen. To top it off, we were both very ill after eating here, and remained ill for nearly a week after returning home.
Some may find our review somewhat harsh, but on returning home our tour operator first offered us �50 off our next holiday. We declined this, and after a mammoth battle with them, resulting in the tour operators ombudsman becoming involved through ABTA we won over �500 in damages. This sadly did little to compensate for a ruined holiday in what HAS to be the very worst place we have EVER stayed in!
On the plus side though, if you can get away from the crowded resort beaches and find your way to the lesser known ones (get yourself a good and trustworthy local taxi driver) you will find that there are some beautiful areas in The Gambia. Sadly, we wont be returning.
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No redeeming features
The Badala Park in Gambia is easily the worst hotel I have ever had the misfortune to stay in - I've done a lot of backpacking, so I've stayed in some awful places, but none made me feel as miserable as the Badala Park.
The day we arrived we were shown to our room by a man from the hotel. We had to walk for ages in the dark and ended up in a dingy room with the windows open (no aircon but an aircon-shaped hole in the wall) full of bugs and enormous spiders. We tried to settle in the room, but soon realised there was no way we could sleep there, especially when we saw the toilet was broken. So we trudged all the way back to reception and asked for another room, one with aircon, which we were prepared to pay extra for. Finally we got a room closer to all the amenities, with aircon and a working toilet.
The next day we went for breakfast and all I can say is, it's a good job we have a sense of humour. There was some soggy, slightly stale bread and "orange juice" made with fluorescent orange cordial. We asked for eggs which arrived after asking for the third time and they were so overcooked they were green. We attempted one lunch and an evening meal at the Badala Park, which were of the same standard as breakfast and made us very ill, so we ate elsewhere the rest of the time.
We went on a few excursions from the hotel, but they were arranged by an external company and also included guests from other hotels. We made friends with a couple on one of these (very good) excursions and they had a drink with us at the Badala Park one night. They were horrified that we actually had to stay there! In turn, we visited them at the beautiful Senegambia Hotel, which made us very envious! Of course, there is a difference in price, but even for the small amount we were paying for the Badala Park, you expect more than what we got.
The power would shut down for hours at a time (making the aircon fairly useless) and we would occasionally see someone bring a vat of diesel to the generator, giving us power for an hour or so before we were in the dark again. All the other guests we spoke to at the hotel got ill from the food there. We ended up taking a salmonella infection home as a souvenir after we had a last bite to eat in the hotel just before we left as we didn't have the time to go elsewhere.
It's quite a walk from the hotel to the beach, so claims of a beach front hotel (which it said in the brochure) are untrue. This hotel really has no redeeming features - it was dirty, disorganised, unhygienic and run down. The only good thing that happened to us at the Badala Park is that they forgot to charge us extra for the aircon when we left.
Don't get me wrong, we loved the Gambia, which truly is an amzing country. The excursions were fantastic and once you get out of the touristic areas, it's a country of warm, friendly people, amazing nature and so much to see & do. Just don't stay at the Badala Park and you'll be sure to have a great time.
Loved Gambia, disliked the Badala Park
we have returned from the Baladla Park after a week on an educational trip (a group of girls). Gambia in general was great, especially Senegambia. very dissapointed with the Badala Park, we knew it would be basic as we was on a budget but it was dirty and most facilities never worked. Reception often turned off the electricity off from 0900 till 1900 everyday untill we complianed and then it suddently started working. we would advise if you did travel to this hotel please lock your personal belongings away as many items out of our rooms were used and taken. the Gambians are very nice people but can be overly friendly, if you know what i mean!! Would return to Gambia but not the Badala Park.
Can't Wait to go back to Badala
Badala Park Hotel, is a small and simple style hotel. Not the most flashy, but very clean and neat. What makes the hotel so grat is, No1 its price, for under �300 for two weeks bed and breakfast, and 2, the staff are just brilliant, Fanta Johnson the cleaning manager, Alex the bar waiter, Bubba the beach manager, fantastic, have made our holiday year after year. Been going back for over 10 years, hope to make it another ten. Food great, service, great!
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|Back when the economy was strong and I thought I had some spare
|change I purchased two 11/44 systems.
Good choice.
|Address Result ROM
|17773400 042125 not in my list
|17773600 16177 no rom present, or failure
|Its the 042125 I'm interested in as it wasn't covered in my manual.
I'm guessing that you don't know that these numbers are just the ascii
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|One system came with a UDA50 controller and an RA81, I'm hoping that's
|the right boot ROM.
Looks like it.
|Does anyone have the ability to make these ROMS.
I think I can still program them, but last time I checked even the substitutes
for that generation of PROM were getting hard to find...
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I didn't realize that there were any TU58 fans.
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It's certainly worth looking in the other machine. The TU58 boot PROM came
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Rachel Thomas
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Since graduation, I have been working as a high school math teacher at Lancaster Country Day School, a small independent school in central PA. When I say small, I mean small - we have less than 500 students from Kindergarden through 12th grade. My classes are generally about 10-12 students. I am currently teaching Geometry, Algebra II, Second-year Calculus, and an elective course called "Math for the Social Sciences," which examines voting systems, fair division, growth models, symmetry, and the math of art and architechture. I definitely use what I learned at BMC every single day. Not just the actual math I learned (which I do actually use - I even taught a seminar on Knot Theory last year!), but also the teaching skills I gleaned from interacting with talented educators every day. Bryn Mawr taught me a lot about math and a lot about life; even though I didn't realize it at first, I was completely prepared to enter the classroom, and I love what I do!
Class of 2000
Kendra Burbank
Jennifer Faerber
Jennifer Fisher
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Susan Jo
Elaina Khenina
Linday Moore
Michiru Nasu
Kimberly Rhodes
Yuka Tamura
Class of 1999
Jocelyn Arcari
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Cecilia Diniz
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Cheryl Koester
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Jessica Ree
Class of 1998
Hilary Cooke
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Jamie Fiore
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Heather Fleming
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Zhenjian He
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Corinne McNeely
Daniel Soltis
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Jill Wong
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Class of 1997
Yoko Adachi
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You don't need to have any knowedge of biology or medicine. I think highschool biology and common knowledge on health from newspapers would be sufficient. Furthermore, Parexel decided to hire me even though I did not have a computer science background. The program you need to know if you want a computer related job in the pharmaceutical industry is called SAS, but if you know any computer language, you can pick up SAS language pretty quickly. I used to think that pharmaceuticals and clinical experiments are all about medicine. It's not. There are a lot of career opportunities for people who studied math and/or computer science. You don't necessarily need to have a strong background in applied math in order to find a job either. When I was in college I took mainly pure math courses, hardly any applied math courses. All of you are much more marketable than you think. Actually I was hired in Japan. In a country that is suffering from a serious economic depression and the employment of new college graduate women is about 50%, I was able to find a career oppotunity. This would not have been possible without my degree in math and an ability to speak both English and Japanese. Maybe Bryn Mawr is not the best known school in the country, but keep in mind that the degree in math does have quite an impact on many of the industries.
From January, I will be working in the Parexel office in Japan, completing the training in London. If anyone has a question, please feel free to email me at. The homepage of the company I work for is www.parexel.com, and I believe they have an office in Philly as well.
Kathleen Dooley
Elizabeth Ferry
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I have been job searching since September. I am looking for a position in a pharmaceutical or biotech company. I am still working as a nurse too.
Jessica Hope
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I was a math major, as you know... officially a member of the class of '97. I finished my coursework a semester early in December of '96 because I wanted to get a running start in my career. As it turned out, launching a career was not as easy as I had anticipated! My original plan when I began my Bryn Mawr education was to teach. So, I was a part of Bryn Mawr's teacher certification program, and graduated with both a B.A. in Mathematics and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania secondary teaching certification in mathematics.
Teaching jobs in the Philadelphia area were harder to come by than I had anticipated, even in the field of mathematics. The market was flooded! I was strongly rooted to this area, and did not want to move elsewhere. So, I worked for about 6 months at various non-exciting jobs such as temporary administrative work, substitute teaching, and tutoring math at a for-profit learning center. None of these positions was spectacular, but I was gaining valuable experience. My first real break came when I was hired by Harcum College --- in two different capacities. First, I was a math tutor in the AIM for Success program at Harcum. This program is a grant-funded program that provides educational support to under-prepared college students. Simultaneously, I worked as a math teacher for the Upward Bound program at Harcum. This program, also grant-funded, provides underprivileged high school students with the resources necessary to attend college and to succeed. I was able to take on additional responsibilities during my two-year tenure at Harcum, eventually earning the title of Learningeaching a science course, Fundamentals of Physical Science. During this time at Harcum College, my interest in the fields of finance and investing was growing. I left Harcum to accept a position in a small investment management firm. I worked in an administrative capacity, gaining knowledge about the field both on-the-job and through my own research and study.
After several months with this firm, I began the process of obtaining my securities and insurance licenses. I currently am a registered representative (a.k.a. stockbroker), and am also a licensed life and health insurance agent. I currently run my own financial planning practice through American Express Financial Advisors. I experience a high degree of job-satisfaction and am quite pleased with my career path to date and the place to which my Bryn Mawr degree has brought me.
Benna Lehrer
Vidya Murthy
Rachel E. Vincent
Rice University
I am responding to your letter concerning BMC Department of Mathematics alumnae. You may post my contact informationon the BMC Math website. I am currently a graduate student in the Department of Computational and Applied Mathematics at Rice University. I began my work here in September 1997.
The Department of Computational & Applied Mathematics of Rice University is highly rated among applied mathematics graduate programs. The professors are well known in there areas of expertise and are usually very approachable and helpful mentors and advisors. The department specialties include partial differential equations (in many flavors), numerical linear algebra, operations research, and optimization. You can visit the CAAM research web page to read more about what types of things the professors and are doing here at Rice http://www.caam.rice.edu/caam/caam-research.html
This is a small department, so graduate classes are small and you have a easy access to professors. There are a good number of research options available here and opportunities to collaborate with professors in other departments.
I am a part of the Keck Computational Biology Predoctoral program. The work I am beginning will use a numerical linear algebra technique to assist in structure determination of proteins. I have an advisor in my department, Dr. Dan Sorensen, and an advisor in the Biochemistry Department, Dr. George Phillips. So there is also the possibility of expanding work beyond this department. This is expected given that this is an applied program.
My project focuses on the visualization of the complex trajectories that result from molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. We will develop Singular Value Decomposition (SVD) analysis of the computed trajectories to augment abilities to identify preferred molecular configurations and study periodic behavior.
The proposed work is to fully develop this approach into working software tool for MD simulation, analysis and visualization. The interactive graphical analysis tool we (my advisors and I) intend to develop is expected to allow a user to query the MD data base.
Class of 1996
Jyotsna Advani
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Jennifer J. Blechar
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I worked in the telecommunications industry within Accenture for six years and was primarily engaged in large scale systems implementations in major telecom firms. In 2002, I decided to continue my education and obtained an MSc in Analysis, Design and Management of Information Systems from the London School of Economics and Political Science (http://www.lse.ac.uk/). This was a fantastic program that combined both the skills I learned while at Bryn Mawr as well as the experience I gained while working as a consultant. I completed my MSc in 2003 and am currently a PhD student and research fellow in the Department of Informatics at the University of Oslo in Norway (http://www.uio.no/).
I would be happy to discuss any of the above with those interested!
Karyn Folland
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When I was a senior (I actually did both Math and Physics), I was interested in the financial services industry, as well as consulting. Financial services sounded appealing to me (though I don't really know why), so I applied for many jobs in investment banking, accounting, equity research, etc. The nature of the work of a consultant, as well as the lifestyle, also sounded very appealing, so I applied to a number of consultancies as well. Oliver, Wyman seemed to be the perfect intersection of my two interests, as it is a strategy consulting company that specializes in the financial services industry.
I first heard of OWC because they participated in the 4 college consortium recruiting effort in New York (along with Haverford, Vassar, and Union). However, due to the disappointing turnout of resumes we've had in the last couple of years, HR has decided that it is not worth our time to continue participating in this effort. Therefore, if Mawrters or Fords are interested in Oliver, Wyman, they should submit their resumes either directly to me, or to our recruiter - Ronna Hermann. I would be happy to talk to anyone interested in pursuing consulting either at Oliver, Wyman or at other firms.
Louisa (Winer) Tran
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My math degrees have turned out to be quite valuable. While I learned quickly that I did not want to pursue a career in advertising, I feel that having "mathematics major" on my resume opened the door to that industry for me. When I decided to give teaching a try, it turned out that having a math major was better than having an education degree. It has been easy enough to make up the education classes, but colleagues who were education majors have to make up courses like Abstract Algebra!
I actually teach more computer science than math right now, but at the AP level there is a lot of overlap. There is so much to learn in both of these fields - for me, too, not just my students! I have gotten real satisfaction out of hearing some of my students declare, "I want to major in math [or CS] in college." I'm also thrilled that one of my best (and favorite) students is applying to Bryn Mawr!
I would love to talk to any math major who is considering (in even the most hypothetical way) teaching. If she lives in the DC metro area, she could shadow me to see what a typical day is like.
Class of 1995
Rebecca Buchanan
I graduated from Bryn Mawr in 1995 with no clear idea about what to do with my math degree; I did not want to go to grad school in pure math and had no interest in finance or business. I thought education would be a good career, so got a M.S. in mathematics education from Syracuse University and taught in the math department at West Chester University (West Chester, PA) for two years. By that time I had decided that I really did not want to teach after all, and looked around for something else to do. I wanted to get back into doing math, not just teaching low level algebra and geometry. I also wanted to apply my quantitative skills to a good cause, so looked for a grad program that combined math with environmental issues/ecology. What I found was the interdisciplinary graduate program Quantitative Ecology and Resource Management (aka QERM) at the University of Washington (UW) in Seattle. I am now in my fourth year of a Ph.D. program in QERM, and I highly recommend it.
Laura McKinney Novak
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Class of 1994
Deborah Cousins
Since graduation in 1994: I received a MSPH from the Department of Epidemiology at UNC Chapel Hill, NC in 1997. I am technically still enrolled in the Ph.D. program. I completed my coursework for the Ph.D. in 1998 and took a leave of absence. (It has been hard to go back -- Since taking leave of absence,as I have acquired a house and family.) I also worked as an Associate Epidemiologist for Family Health International during 1998 and 1999. At that time, I developed questionnaires and studies related to infectious disease and female reproductive health.
A. Heather Coyne
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OMB jobs require a graduate degree. As I'm sure many BMC students are finding, a graduate degree is becoming a pre-req for more and more jobs. And once students get into a graduate program, I do have a tip for them. I got my job through the Presidential Management Internship program, which takes graduate students who have a committment to public service and places them in a two year position with the Federal Government. During those two years, they complete rotations in their agencies and throughout government and get career development training. After the two year term, they convert to permanent positions in the government. It is a great program if you are interested in government. Originally, the program was geared to public policy students, but it has now reached out to graduates of engineering, physics, and other science programs as well, and places people at NSF, NIST, NASA, NOAA, and a variety of other agencies that might be of interest to a math major.
Elisabeth (Lisa) Mennella Pyle
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If anyone is interested in learning more about a career in pharmaceuticals or statistics, I can provide more information.
Rebecca Segal
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I'd be happy for any current students to contact me. I'd be happy to answer questions about graduate school and life afterwards. The majority of my friends from grad school went into industry positions so I have a fair knowledge of different positions and work environments.
|Class of 1993
Linda Cherkassky
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My story may make for a bleak outlook regarding the realm ofpossibilities for math majors, but here goes. I majored in math because I liked math, pure and simple. I had no idea what I wanted to do, but I knew I did not want to teach or to work in the actuarial sciences. Upon leaving BMC, I applied for a few (what I thought to be) related jobs in finances, accounting, etc., but had no success. Apparently, these folks could not appreciate that I had the ability and intelligence to take on the work and I needed a degree in the specific subject of finance or accounting, etc.
Over the summers in college I worked as a bank teller and wound up continuing to do that after college part-time (and one certainly does not need a math degree for that type of work) until I could figure out what I wanted to do. I eventually got a Master of Social Work degree from the University of Pennsylvania and worked for some time in the field of addiction.
As of the year 2000, I have not been actively pursuing social work either. Since then, my husband and I had started a software design and development company (his Ph.D. is in Computer and Information Science). Although I am a full time employee and part owner of our company, much of my time and all of my passion has turned toward the environment.
I am a volunteer wildlife rehabilitator for a facility in New Jersey. I also conduct shorebird surveys to track the migration of species that are in decline. I occasionally band birds and also socialize and adopt out feral cats.
First and foremost, I am an advocate. That part of me developed at Bryn Mawr and those for whom I advocate has changed over the years from women, to families experiencing substance abuse, and most recently, wildlife and the environment. The two things my math degree did for me were a) instill a sense of accomplishment and b) enhance my analytical abilities.
I may not be able to reduce a matrix to save my life at this point (been a long time since I opened a math book), but I encourage the women of BMC to pursue whatever makes them happy and maybe have a better sense of direction than I did. Of course, that may make the journey a little more boring!
Reena Freedman
I would be happy to advise anyone interested in a teaching career. It is a time and energy-consuming job during the first couple of years, but it gradually lessens with time as you find the right balance. The first year is particularly difficult, and I generally recommend staying for at least the second year before making any changes - it takes that long to reap the benefits of all the work during the first year, both in terms of lesson planning and in terms of the connection built with students in the school. It is very rewarding and a lot of fun to work with teenagers.
Laura Gellert
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I have been a mathematics teacher for over 11 years. I would be glad to help in your effort to inform math majors on what are possible job opportunities after college. During my junior and senior year at BMC, I was thinking about the same thing. I applied for a teaching fellowship at Norhtfield Mount Hermon School. I got the fellowship and found teaching to be enjoyable and a great way to share my love of math with others. After college I went to teach math at a private school in New York city. I am now at another private school, The Brearley School in NYC. While teaching math, I also obtained my masters in Mathematics from the Courant institute at New York University thinking that I would go on to teach college math. This might still be a possibility but I am currently more interested in secondary education. As a result of my interest in math education, I have just begun my doctorate in urban education at the City University of New York.
Keli Kringel
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I really love the entreprenurial environment- "cutting edge"- doing things that haven't been done before. It's exciting to see ideas turned into reality so rapidly. I think a background in math is valuable for this position in the ability to think abstractly, conceptually, systematically. That is crucial to creating new systems and understanding the programming and processes involved with a rapidly changing technology. The breadth and emphasis on thinking rather than skills that a Bryn Mawr liberal arts education provides is also very concretely valuable to start-up companies, which are rapidly-changing and bank everything on ideas.
I am a bit too busy to have my e-mail address posted on your site for math majors' questions/dialogue. (I often can't find time to respond to e-mails of friends and family). But feel free to contact me if there's anything else I can do or answer for you.
My company is currently recruiting HEAVILY for system managers, and we would love to hire BMC math majors. We currently only have system managers in our office in Mountain View, CA. (We have recently added a NYC office, but there are no System Managers there yet.) On the careers page (http://www.customercast.com), under About Us link on our site, there are descriptions of the positions we are hiring for. Anyone interested could send their resume to my email address.
Robbee Tonubbee
Class of 1992
Katie Kerr
Abigail Kay
Class of 1990
Carol Quick
The Employee Benefit Research Institute was founded in 1978. Its mission is to contribute to, to encourage, and to enhance the development of sound employee benefit programs and sound public policy through objective research and education. EBRI is the only private, nonprofit, nonpartisan, Washington, DC-based organization committed exclusively to public policy research and education on economic security and employee benefit issues. EBRI's membership includes a cross-section of pension funds, businesses, trade associations, labor unions, health care providers and insurers, government organizations, and service firms.
I joined EBRI as a research analyst in 1997. At EBRI, my work focuses primarily on analysis of participant behavior in self-directed retirement plans. I have extensive experience collecting and analyzing data on private-sector pension plans, including hybrid and defined contribution plans, and I have studied various federal budget issues. I am a coauthor of the EBRI issue brief "401(k) Plan Asset Allocation, Account Balance, and Loan Activity in 1998" (February 2000) and author of the EBRI Notes article "An Overview of Cash Balance Plans" (July 1999).
I previously worked as a researcher/analyst at the U.S. General Accounting Office, the Office of Management and Budget, the National Center for Charitable Statistics (a nonprofit research organization), and as a systems engineer/technical associate at Electronic Data Systems, Corp. I have a BA in mathematics from Bryn Mawr College (1990) and a Master of Public Policy from the Public Policy Institute at Georgetown University (1997).
Sharon Winer
New York Times Company
I don't think I can help much with regards to higher education. I can definitely say that the Math Major got me my first job, in banking, and it did help me get into graduate school for economics, although I did not pursue that direction in the end. I am currently in the Treasury of The New York Times Company, but no, I don't have anything to do with the journalists. Let me see - in chronological order:
I think that in all of those cases, the mathematics degree absolutely helped to open the door, and certainly helped me once I was in. Whether a physics or economics degree would have helped just as much is open to discussion. I have hired a few people, and have always looked for analytical ability and an Ability to understand numerical nuances. Math certainly helps that, but you do run into people with those abilities who really cannot move past abstraction into the reality of a given situation; since math can be very very abstract, that tendency can be reinforced. It really will depend on the person's personality sorry I can't be more specific.
Class of 1989
Rhonda Hellman
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I graduated from BMC with a math degree in 1989. I worked for eight years for CIGNA as a actuary in Philadelphia. CIGNA Property and Casualty no longer exists and is now ACE Property and Casualty. I worked for 6 months for CNA Insurance Company in New York City as an actuary. I am currently employed by Ernst & Young LLP (consulting firm) as a Property and Casualty actuary. I am not lettered (meaning I am only halfway through the exam process to be a lettered "official" actuary).
I am a property and casualty actuary but other actuarial career tracks exist - Life, Health and Pension. The actuarial profession can be used a springboard into upper management (usually insurance companies) or underwriting and brokering for insurance risks.
Plus: GREAT MONEY! Promotions usually based on exam progress (less of a glass ceiling for women).
Minus: EXAMS!!!! Very time intensive - you will be expected to put in between 250-400 hours of study every six months for these exams (more is you fail routinely). Keeping your job and being promoted in your job can be exclusively linked to exam progress. Exams are not "Bryn Mawr Exams" - i.e. they are not there to test your knowledge and ability of a subject. Rather exams are in place to limit the numbers of lettered actuaries so lettered actuaries remain in demand. Exams will test on obsolete subjects and unimportant facts. This can be frustrating.
Also, while I was hired with no exams, those days are gone. To get your foot in the door and an interview, you need at least one exam. All Actuarial tracks use the same first two exams. Please consider taking and passing an exam while in college. The SOA (Society of Actuaries - {Life Actuaries}) administers these exams and there is a reduced fee for students. The SOA web site and the CAS (Casualty Actuarial Web Site) have exam info (applications, schedules and syllabi). The CAS web site also has general information about what an actuary does. Additionally, on a local level, Temple University does offer some Actuarial Science courses - they could help on the later exams.
Coursework to take if you would like to become an actuary: Calculus (up to multi-variable), Linear Algebra, Probability, Statistics, Macro and Micro Economics, Computer Science.
It is definitely not necessary to be a math major to be an actuary, I have known chemistry majors, physics, computer science, English, philosophy majors to have very successful actuarial careers - you just need to be able to do some calculus, stats and probability.
The three web sites I would recommend are:
Class of 1988
Moira McDermott
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Class of 1987
Dr. Annalisa Crannell
Department of Mathematics & Computer Science
I started graduate school at Harvard, which was a cultural shock for a lot of reasons. For one thing, there were 50 graduate students there, of whom only 3 were women! There wasn't a lot of mentoring and I got lost really quickly. So within a semester I transferred to Brown University.
I LOVED Brown, which was a very humanitarian place for all of its graduate students, both men and women. The graduate students have the basement of the math department all to ourselves, so we could hang out together and support each other through the tough times.
I couldn't decide whether I wanted to work in topology or in differential equations, so I asked a professor from each field to work with me until I made up my mind, and to my delight, they agreed. I learned a lot of both subjects before I decided that I liked differential equations more.
I wrote my dissertation on wave equations (my advisor was Walter Craig). But as soon as I graduated, I switched into Dynamical Systems (Chaos theory), which is a lot newer as a field, and consequently a lot easier to work on with undergraduates. If you check out the February issue of the College Math Journal, you'll get to see a paper I wrote with one of my students -- or more aptly said, a paper one of my students wrote with a little bit of helpf from me.
I started at Franklin & Marshall immediately after graduating from Brown, and I'm still here today. I love being back at a small liberal arts college, and this place was my first choice.
I've done a lot of committee work which has focused on jobs in mathematics; most of this work is with the American Mathematical Society. (If you check out the AMS bookstore, you'll find copies of a book I co-edited, and also of a video I made). Lately, I'm working more on setting up good talks for mathematicians. I'm the Vice President of EPADEL -- that's our local section of the MAA. My job is to choose and invite speakers for the meetings we have every spring and fall. I'm also on the AMS short course committee, and for that I'm supposed to help pick speakers and design a program for just before the Joint Meetings in January.
I have a lot of information about the courses I'm teaching and the research that I do on my web page (see address above).
Class of 1986
Rebecca Earle
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I certainly remember the math dept as it was in the early 1980s with great fondness. I have moved very far away from mathematics in the intervening years. Indeed, my husband, himself a mathematician, and about the closest I get to the subject these days, claims that he has never met anyone who had forgotten as much maths as quickly as I had. After I completed my undergraduate degree at Bryn Mawr, I went to England for what I thought would be 2 years, in order to complete a masters in math (or 'maths', as it's called here).
After finishing the masters, I decided that I had had enough of it. Basically, I think I reached the limit of my ability. Who knows. Anyway, I decided to do a masters in history, and then did a doctorate, also in history. I now have a permanant position in the history dept of the University of Warwick, which, I will say as modestly as I can, is one of the best history depts in the UK. So I am pretty happy with what I'm doing now, but I don't think my career path is any model for future generations!
Josephine Gia Hinman
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You never know where life will take you and at this point I married a man in the military. We moved to Georgia where I taught basic skills at a college. He was sent to Panama the following year so I returned to New Jersey where I taught at a prep school and got my masters in Math Education at Columbia University at night. We then returned to Georgia. I taught one year at another prep school and part time in the evenings at a four year university. I liked the department more at the college so I switched that year to working full time for them for the next two years. I then took 5 years off working, made 3 moves and had two children.
We landed in California in 1997 and I worked part time at a community college in the evenings so my husband could watch the children and I could be home with them during the day. With my son entering second grade and my daughter entering kindergarten, my husband left the military this year. We moved yet again. I secured a position at a very good salary at a magnet high school in New Jersey (The Bergen Academies). I mention this because the circumstances of my life have been about as unpredictable as they come and being a math teacher has been a career that has enabled me to always work no matter where we were. I have always found work easily because I went to great schools. Bryn Mawr has opened countless doors for me. Columbia has opened some others. I was able to take years off and the only suffering my career had was that I was behind on knowing current technology but as a math person they felt I could pick it up quickly. I think one thing Bryn Mawr did not prepare me for was that parenting may be so all consuming your career may not really matter in the same way to you. I want to make a difference. I enjoy my students. But I would trade the best job in the world for anything for my children.
Another aspect of teaching which I love is the flexibility of today. If in a year or two I find I want to be more on my kids schedule (I have an extended school day now) I can always tutor on line or take a part time job. Tell Mawrtyrs to be as flexible as possible. Get as much education up front before you have families as you can.
Wendy Leisenring, Sc.D.
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I am a Biostatistician, working at a large cancer research center. For those who don't know, Biostatistics is a field of Statistics for which all the applications are biological, and often, as in my case, related to medical research. I have my doctorate in Biostatistics and, in general, one does need a graduate degree in order to pursue a career in this area, but it doesn't have to be a doctorate - there are plenty of opportunities for Biostatisticians with masters degrees. Graduate programs of biostatistics are usually located in Schools of Public Health at Universities with strong programs of medical research. An undergraduate major in mathematics provides an excellent preparation for a career in Biostatistics. I think it is the perfect career for someone who is quantitative, but who is interested in applying those skills to something related to people, society and other areas of science.
Cathi Pappas
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Class of 1984
Catherine Searle
After our first child was born, I decided to move to the UNAM institute of Mathematics in Cuernavaca, Mexico. Cuernavaca is located one hour south of Mexico City. My husband is still working in Mexico City, and is now commuting to work from here. We now have three children, the youngest being 5 months old, and I am back at work. My job here (as at the CINVESTAV) is primarily a research position. We teach at most one course per semester as a favor to the local university (unpaid), and I usually have between 2 and 3 students per class.
Surprisingly enough, I am collaborating at the moment with another Bryn Mawr alum named Jill McGowen. Jill is a professor in the Math Department at Howard University in Washington D.C., who also graduated from Maryland with Karsten Grove at about the same time I did. We are working on calculating diameters of spherical Aleksandrov spaces of low cohomogeneity, as well as better understanding the orbital geometry of such actions. My other research has focussed on group actions on manifolds of strictly positive curvature, and the interplay between the geometry and topology of such spaces.
Class of 1983
Maria Markakis Zestos, MD
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Although I am not practicing mathematics per se, my education in mathematics has helped develop the analytical and abstract side of my brain. This advanced thought process has helped me succeed in what I do, namely pediatric anesthesiology.
Verena Meiser
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Class of 1980
Susan Hayflick
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Lori Perine
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Class of 1979
Marianne Sutton MD, MPH
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Why did i major in math? I liked math could do proofs and there were no labs! How has my math major helped me? People think that you are smart when you say that you majored in math (fooled them eh?). It has helped me understand biostatistics and epidemiology it taught me rigorous thinking and i can still understand my kids high school math (major scoring point with teenagers!)
But, mostly the math per se has not been very useful at all, I just loved to do it in college and have no regrets, I'd do it again!
Kate Wilson
Class of 1976
Janet O'Sullivan
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Class of 1973
Ragini Joshi
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Class of 1969
Bridget Baird
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My partner and I have two children. My community activities focus on education and on women's issues, particularly getting women into math and science.
Class of 1968
Amy Dickinson
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Also: My fiance works in Information Technology at PNC Mortgage Corp. and says math majors tend to be good in this field.
Class of 1967
Ann K. Stehney, Ph.D.
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College administration is my third career. After receiving my doctorate in differential geometry, I was a faculty member at Wellesley College (1971-1983). In addition to teaching and research (in geometry and eventually general relativity), I had a taste of administration as department chair and part-time member of the dean's staff for innovation in curriculum and instruction.
To solve the two-career-family problem, I left Wellesley for a position in applied mathematics, doing cryptology at the Institute for Defense Analyses, a government-sponsored research center (1983-1994). I eventually got back into higher education as the academic dean at Douglass College, Rutgers University (1994-2000), where I taught "on the side" for the Rutgers math department. I began at Cedar Crest this week. While some of my coursework has never found its way into my later life, I like to think that all of my education has been relevant to my career, fromwriting experience (skills and discipline) to exposure to foreign languages (useful to a cryptologist). I never took a course in computer science or statistics, but I have been able to pick them up as needed since my undergraduate days. In all of my administrative work, I have included quantitative studies for program assessment and institutional research. After being away from original research since IDA (where the work was classified and I eventually felt burned out), I have recently become immersed in a project of mathematical modeling. It's joint work with a chemist who works in health physics - my father!
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After that, I followed my boss to the Dept. of Labor's Manpower Administration where I worked mainly on the Unemployment Statistics programs, which involved travel to various state offices and trying to help the people from the states if they called with questions. I then went to OSHA, which wasn't computerized at the time. Someone else had reached the point of buying terminals but that was it. I was told that the terminals weren't IBM-compatible, which would have been absurd in those days, as there would be almost no market for them if they couldn't be used with an IBM machine. The Dept. of Labor had a main computer department that insisted on their incompatability. I called some of my friends there and asked them if we could work out something so I could use the terminals. We got together and in 15 minutes it was done. Months later, the head of that department called me in and offered to have his people work on making them compatable for a huge amount of money from OSHA. I told him that we were already using them with his main computer and he told me that it was just luck that it all worked! (I guess I'm saying this to let you know that reason is important as well as refusal to be told something is impossible.)
Actually, before I went to OSHA, Bryn Mawr interviewed me for the job of getting the college computerized. As I understood it, there were 2 final job applicants, and I probably would have had the job as an alumna. However, as I talked with the professors, I realized that half of them wanted to have their own computer and the other half wanted to be connected to the computer owned by the U. Penn and a group of other colleges. Each group was quite adamant, and I could tell that whoever got the job would have many enemies from the half that didn't agree with that person's choice. I always thought it would have been a great job for the second person to hold the job but a horrible one for the first person, so I said that I wasn't interested. The next thing that happened was that I got married and had children and stayed home with them, doing some substitute teaching every so often, which I do even today. I've tutored some math too, including tutoring my husband when he was taking math classes in college such as his calculus course. Also, I home-schooled both my daughters at the high school level for at least some of their high school years (1/2 year in one case; 2 1/2 in the other). I'm really happy being a mother and, now, a grandmother for the first time as of November, but I'm also glad that I had the experiences that I had in the work field. I hope this helps you a little bit.


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Weedon Island Preserve
|Weedon Island Preserve
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
View of the preserve from top of observation tower
|Pinellas County, Florida, USA
|Nearest city
|St. Petersburg, Florida
|27°50′42″N 82°36′07″W / 27.84500°N 82.60194°WCoordinates: 27°50′42″N 82°36′07″W / 27.84500°N 82.60194°W
|June 13, 1972
|Governing body
|Pinellas County Park Department
Weedon Island Preserve
|NRHP Reference #
The Weedon Island Preserve is an archaeological area near St. Petersburg, Florida, United States. It is located on 1800 Weedon Drive NE. The preserve, owned by the state, is leased to Pinellas County. The county's Department of Environmental Management/Environmental Lands Division manages the area.[2] The name for a period in southeastern Native American history, Weeden Island culture, was derived (with a misspelling) from the area.[3][4] On June 13, 1972, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
Recreational activities and amenities[edit]
There are two canoeing/kayaking trails in the preserve, and four-and-a-half miles of nature trails for hiking. Other activities include fishing and picnicking.
A 3,000-foot boardwalk leads visitors to a 45 foot observation tower, usable for bird and wildlife viewing. With favorable weather conditions, one can see much of the Preserve and Tampa Bay from this tower, as well as the cities of Tampa and St. Petersburg.
Weedon Island Preserve Cultural and Natural History Center[edit]
The Weedon Island Preserve Cultural and Natural History Center opened in the fall of 2002. The Center focuses on the natural, cultural and archaeological history of the preserve.[5] The Hall Gallery displays features changing displays of state and local artists and photographers.
Part of the collection of Native American artifacts from Weedon Island has been digitized and is available online as a virtual tour.
A 40 feet (12 m) canoe was found in the Weedon Island Preserve that is believed to be a Manasotan artifact. It estimated to be 1,100 years old.[6]
The Preserve is open seven days a week, from dawn to dusk.
- ^ Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ^ Weedon Island at City of St. Petersburg
- ^ Local Historic Landmarks: Weedon Island Site Retrieved June 28, 2007
- ^ "Weedon Island Preserve". weedonislandcenter.org. Retrieved February 21, 2012.
- ^ http://www.weedonislandcenter.org/ Weedon Island Center, accessed January 21, 2008
- ^ "1,100-Year-Old Prehistoric Canoe Found in Pinellas County, Florida" (PDF). Retrieved 1 January 2015.
External links[edit]
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Weedon Island Preserve.
- Weedon Island Preserve official site
- Milanich, Jerald T., Ann S. Cordell and Vernon J. Knig. (1997) Archaeology of Northern Florida, A.D. 200-900: The McKeithen Weeden Island Culture University Press of Florida. ISBN 0-8130-1538-3
- Pinellas County listings at National Register of Historic Places
- Florida's Office of Cultural and Historical Programs
- IUCN Category V
- Weeden Island culture
- Archaeological sites in Florida
- Native American museums in Florida
- Nature centers in Florida
- Museums in Pinellas County, Florida
- Natural history museums in Florida
- Nature reserves in Florida
- Parks in Pinellas County, Florida
- Islands of Tampa Bay
- National Register of Historic Places in Pinellas County, Florida
- Florida Native American Heritage Trail


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| Argentina may become the first country in the world to require all government
| offices to use open-source software, pending the outcome of a bill recently
| introduced in the nation's congress.
With Ecaudor, Venezuela and the EU making similar moves recently (see below),
Microsoft is truly in trouble.
Last week:
Ecuador migrates to Free Software and Open Standards
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| On April 10, 2008, Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa Delgado signed a decree
| ordering that the software used by public administrations in the country be
| free software (and implicitly based on open standards). Fuller story in
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Venezuela and the Hackersâ Revolution
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| The Third International Forum on Free Knowledge was recently held in
| Maracaibo, Venezuela, bringing together many people interested in the
| development of free software worldwide. One reason Venezuela chose to host
| this event is that, in January 2006, their new free software law came into
| effect, which mandates that all government agencies migrate to free software
| over a two-year period.
| [...]
| The Venezuelan revolution is perhaps the first revolution in history saved by
| computer hackers and is one of the reasons the government is so very strong
| on promoting the use of free software, particularly in public administration.
| The Venezuelan government wishes never again to have vital infrastructure
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EU: Europarlement testing Ubuntu, OpenOffice and Firefox
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| The European Parliament's IT department is testing the use of GNU/Linux
| distribution Ubuntu, OpenOffice, Firefox and other Open Source applications,
| the British MEP James Nicholson explained last week in a letter to Italian
| MEP Marco Cappato. Â*
Is Microsoft Now Banned from EU Contracts?
Euro MP thinks Microsoft should be banned from government contracts
Green MEP says Microsoft should be excluded from EU contract awarding procedure
EC probes OOXML standards-setting process
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| A spokesman for the European Commissioner for Competition, Neelie Kroes, told
| The Register that regulators were continuing to scrutinise interoperability
| issues related to Microsoftâs products following complaints from the
| Committee for Interoperable Systems (ECIS) group. Â*
| As part of that process, the EC formally contacted a number of national
| standards bodies, including the Norwegian Standards Institute (NSI),
| requesting more details about possible irregularities in the OOXML
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| âIt must be stressed that it is not the Commission's intention to influence
| the outcome of this process, but the Commission considers it essential to
| ensure that European competition law is not violated in the course of the
| standard setting process,â he said in an email to El Reg. Â*
| In January the EC began formal anti-trust probes against Microsoft in two
| cases where it was alleged that the multinational firm had abused its strong
| market position. As part of the investigation into the first case, the
| Commission said that it would scrutinise OOXML on the grounds that the
| specification doesn't work with those of competitors. Â* Â*
EU Commission Investigating Microsoft's MSOOXML Push
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| I hope they think to investigate the smear campaigns that seem to always
| happen to anyone on the other side from Microsoft. What happened to Peter
| Quinn was by no means unique. Â*
Corrupt countries were more likely to support the OOXML document format
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| Is this just a random coincidence? The median of the CPI index of the above
| mentioned 70 countries is 3.95. Of the most corrupted half (CPI index less
| than 3.95) 23 or 77% voted for approval (approval or approval with comments)
| and 7 or 23% for disapproval; 5 abstained. Of the least corrupted half (CPI
| index more than 3.95) 13 or 54% voted for approval and 11 or 46% voted for
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This one-hour special explores the controversial issue of Marcellus Shale drilling in the Pittsburgh region. Hosted by Chris Moore, the program features guest panelists who are experts on various issues related to Marcellus Shale drilling. Tonia Caruso will field questions submitted through WQED's web site and Facebook page and present them to the panel.
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On Thursday, November 4, 2010 at 8:00pm viewers heard from all sides in the Marcellus Shale debate. Chris Moore hosted the live town hall meeting, with Tonia Caruso welcoming an invited audience to pose questions and provide answers on the Marcellus Shale issue.
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Area nonprofit groups are coming together to make sure Oklahoma tornado victims are taken care of in the long term. Some may still be without a home while others may just need medication.Video Transcript
RECOVERY. AREA NON-PROFIT GROUPS ARE COMING TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE VICTIMS ARE TAKEN CARE OF IN THE LONG TERM K-O-C-O'S NAVEEN DHALIWAL JOINS US. NAVEEN, TELL US ABOUT THIS PLAN. NEEDS CHANGE ESPECIALLY AS TIME GOES ON. SOME MAY STILL NEED A ROOF OVER THEIR HEADS....OTHERS MAY JUST NEED MEDICATION. THIS COLlABORATIVE EFFORT WILL PAIR THEM WITH THE RIGHT HELP AND FAST. ALMOST THREE MONTHS AFTER THE DEVASTATING MAY STORMS ....HELP IS STILL HERE. CLIP 3 JANIENNE BELL - RED CROSS 1:27 We've opened over 6400 cases and helped over 20,000 clients HELP IS HERE IN THE FORM OF THE OKLAHOMA DISASTER RECOVERY PROJECT. A COLLABORATION OF NON PROFIT AGENCIES ....SUCH AS THE RED CROSS, CATHOLIC CHARITIES, UNITED WAY ...JUST TO NAME A FEW. CLIP 4 PATRICK RAGLOW - CATHOLIC CHARITIES 22:20 we can draw on resources whether they may be peripherally affected by the storms so the disaster dollars that come into the community will go toward the storm survivors MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ARE AVAILABLE FOR LONG TERM RELIEF FOR SURVIVORS OF THE MAY STORMS IN OKLAHOMA. THAT INCLUDES EL RENO, CARNEY, LITTLE AXE, BETHAL ACRES, AND MOORE. COORDINATORS ARE READY TO DEVELOP RECOVERY PLANS TO MEET SPECIFIC NEEDS. CLIP 3 03:00 we are finding many people are proud and they don't want to reach out and they've gotten initial assistance or they don't know where to turn or what question to ask. IF YOU NEED HELP YOU CAN VISIT ONE OF THREE RECOVERY CENTERS. THERE'S ONE IN EL RENO ON 401 SOUTH GRAND AVENUE. MOORE ON 1700 SOUTH BROADWAY. AND SHAWNEE ON NORTH BROADWAY. THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO ON OUR WEBSITE AT KOCO DOT COM.
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FASHIONWISE IT'S THAT TWILIGHT zone where nothing ever goes out of style. That's Hullabaloo, the sprawling, 30,000-square-foot clothing warehouse in St. Louis where the past is still here and still now. Stuffed with 20,000 polyester leisure suits, racks of plaid bell-bottoms and shelves of platforms, clogs and, yes, even Earth Shoes, the place is heaven for the perversely nostalgic. "We like cheesy, tacky, gaudy," says Donna Knott, who presides over the place with co-owner Dana Hunsche. "We're famous for bad taste."
And big sales. Believed to be the country's largest wholesaler of never-worn, lost-in-time attire, Hullabaloo is where trendy boutiques and Hollywood costumers turn for top-drawer retro wear from the '50s, '60s and '70s. Selling merchandise scavenged from store warehouses and from manufacturers' overruns (top price for an item is about $12), Knott, 37, and Hunsche, 45, have outfitted the casts of nearly 50 films, including JFK, The Doors, Malcolm X and most recently The Brady Bunch Movie. "I don't know of any place like it," says Brady costume designer Rosanna Norton, who spent $20,000 on togs such as double-knit trousers and men's three-tone platform shoes. "It takes you on this weird trip to another era."
Knott, who at age 5 tagged along with her mother to yard sales in St. Louis, met Hunsche, a former antique motorcycle-parts dealer, in 1982 at the small vintage-clothing shop she owned at the time. "One of the fondest memories of my childhood," says Knott, "was going through trash." The two bonded instantaneously and joined forces in 1984, running Hullabaloo out of a small apartment. Knott worked on sales while Hunsche scoured the country for forgotten fashions. In 1987 the costumer for the John Waters sock-hop spoof Hairspray came shopping—and launched Hullabaloo in Hollywood. A year later so many sellers were contacting them (one call yielded 10,000 white vinyl go-go boots that had been stored in a Nebraska barn) that the warehouse became a necessity.
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People all over the world are donating money to help earthquake victims in Chile and Haiti.
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Clayton Kern and Willie Tucker are both serving life sentences for murder at the Nebraska State Penitentiary.
"We're in here because we made a mistake," Kern said. "We made a bad choice, but we're still human, and you see that on TV. You just kind of... want to help."
"A lot of people lost their loved ones, and they needed medical assistance," Tucker said. "And that $10, if we could have helped them any, I felt blessed to do so."
Both inmates sent $10 to Haiti. That may not sound like a lot of money, but considering how little prisoners make, it was a small fortune.
Kern only makes $3.78 a day while Tucker makes only $1.21 a day.
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"It is a sacrifice when you think about a scale of $1.21 a day up to $3.78 a day," said Bob Houston, director of Nebraska Department of Corrections. "To give the amounts, even $10 or $20, it's huge. It's like somebody on the outside giving their entire monthly income to a charitable cause."
"They needed it, more than I did," Tucker explained. "I'm still going to have three meals a day. I'm not hurting for anything."
Kern added, "$10 in here is probably like a thousand out there."
Twenty-two hundred miles from the devastation in Haiti and in the midst of trying to survive the quakes of life behind thick barbed wire fences, these prisoners decided they had to help -- and they were by no means the only ones.
"When something like that happens in society, you can hear the talk around the yard that a lot of guys wish they can help," Tucker said.
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