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Over 36 million American adults have some degree of hearing loss which is over 4 times the amount of people who live in New York City.
The statistics are shocking and even more so knowing that over half of those 36 million Americans are under the age of 65. Hearing loss is an increasing health concern in this nation that is often preventable. Taking time to see an audiologist for regular hearing screenings and knowing the signs of hearing loss can protect your hearing. Make an appointment with an audiologist this October during National Audiology Awareness Month.
"Hearing loss can be caused by exposure to loud noises, ear infections, trauma, or ear disease; harm to the inner ear and ear drum, illness or certain medications, and deterioration due to the normal aging process," explains Dr. Carla Pielmeier, audiology manager at The Good Samaritan Hospital. "The amount of noise Americans are exposed to today plays an important role in the recent increase of hearing loss across the nation. It is no longer just a health concern for seniors."
Have you stopped going to restaurants and social gatherings? Do you keep to yourself when in noisy environments? If you answered yes, you may have a hearing problem. Some tell signs of hearing loss are: trouble hearing conversation in a noisy environment such as restaurants, difficulty or inability to hear people talking to you without looking at them, and/or a constant pain or ringing in your ears.
On average, most Americans don't know how to recognize the first signs of hearing loss or which health professional is qualified to diagnose and treat the condition. If you think you may have a hearing loss, you need to see an audiologist. An audiologist is a licensed and clinically experienced health-care professional who specializes in evaluating, diagnosing, and treating people with hearing loss and balance disorders. The first step in treatment of a hearing problem is to get your hearing evaluated by an audiologist. A hearing evaluation will determine the degree of hearing loss you have and what can be done. Although most hearing loss is permanent, an audiologist can determine the best treatment, which may include hearing aids, assistive listening devices, and hearing rehabilitation. For more information on hearing loss or to make an appointment for a hearing test, contact The Good Samaritan Hospital audiology department at 717-270-7812.


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Rising And Falling Stars: Chris Masters & Punxsutawney Phil
Rising Star* Chris Masters: How many of us can actually say we could lift an object as heavy as a tree to save someone we love?
Apparently former WWE Star Chris Masters can, and that is why he is the rising star of the week.
Masters, whose birth name is Chris Mordetzky, used his 6'5" and 265 pound frame to actually uproot a tree in order to save his mama who was trapped inside of her burning house. The story goes that apparently a deranged neighbor barricaded himself inside Chris's mother; Diane Mordetsky's home and refused to leave. When police threatened to break into the home, the loony-bin actually lit fire to the home, trapping Ms. Mordetsky inside. Chris, a proud mama's boy, lifted the tree, broke down the window and was able to get inside and free his mother. All is well now, mother is safe and the neighbor was arrested.
Looks like Chris's quick thinking, large biceps and super strength came in handy even outside of the ring. Hopefully this is a lesson learned to eat right and train hard; you never know when you are going to have to lift a tree to save your mom!
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We've been following a growing controversy here in Indiana County, after a local business claimed that the chairman of the county's Democratic Committee asked that an sign decrying President Obama's so-called "War on Coal" be removed from the shop's window.
Charles Hildebrand says that Democratic Chairman Ron Fairman asked him to remove the sign, telling him that he would no longer shop at the business, located along Ben Franklin Road.
Furthermore, Hildebrand says Fairman told him that he would launch a viral e-mail campaign against the store if the sign was not removed. We spoke with Ron Fairman today, he says he did say he would not shop at Hildebrand, but denies that claim that he threatened to launch the e-mail campaign.
He says it is the store's right to display the sign and his right not to shop there. The story has become a hot topic across the area, even popping up on a syndicated Pittsburgh talk radio program. In talking with both men, they each agree the issue may have become a bit overblown. Both men declined on-air interviews for this story.
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The incident occurred in Seved, Malmö, shortly before midnight on Sunday when the man displayed an Israeli flag from his window, sources told newspaper Sydsvenskan. The man reportedly exchanged words with men on the street after hanging the flag, and left his apartment.
Before the assault the man's window had been smashed where the flag of Israel had been hung.
"After that the man went out onto the street to see what was going on. Then he was attacked and it was on the basis of the flag. That is the information we have at present," Linda Pleym of the Malmö police told the TT news agency.
Police said he was then assaulted by around ten people with iron pipes and chased from the building. The man managed to escape his attackers and was found by police on a nearby street. He was taken to hospital with serious injuries.
Police have not yet made any arrests, but have interviewed witnesses in the area.
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All of the Minnesota faithful has been in next-year mode for well over a month, and now it's time to talk 2012. General manager Bill Smith and the Twins front office will have a host of important decisions to make regarding their up-and-coming youngsters and the direction of this ball club.
With a potential $40-plus million coming off the books for next year's payroll, owner Jim Pohlad stated, "I think probably everybody is on our radar," as well as, "My guess is we're probably going to have to do more than one impact player."
Since rebuilding hasn't yet been part of Smith's tenure, it will be interesting to see who will stay and who will go as the Twins try to jump right back into contention in the AL Central.
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Nikki has a couple of confrontations with Victor which are all the more painful because they happen on their wedding anniversary. David gives Nikki a present for her wedding anniversary which is a card case to hold the key to his room. Vincent Irizarry is quoted as saying that David's gift was for the purpose of trying to inspire Nikki not to have another bad anniversay next year by staying married to Victor. He goes on to say that Nikki and David have been moving towards each other for quite some time and working hand in hand to come to this place. After she receives the gift from David Nikki has another blow up with Victor at the Athletic Club after which Nikki returns to David and they make love. According to VI the lovemaking is romantic, passionate and sweet. Latham is quoted as saying that Nikki is not "running to David as much as she is running away from Victor." According to LML Nikki feels totally abandoned by Victor and wants to get away from his viciousness and a relationship with David who has been so loving and supportive gives Nikki the opportunity to do so.
When Jill asks Victor to release the tape of Jack admitting he owns Jabot Victor says he does not have it. But then the tape mysteriously appears on the news. Nikki and Victoria confront Victor who brushes them off. Jack tells Nikki and Katherine that they have to join forces. Jack calls a press conference where he denies the authenticity of the tape. Jack basically puts words in Nikki and Katherine's mouths during the news conference. Afterwards Jack wants to have a photo op with Nikki and Katherine but they don't want anything to do with him. Sharon is furious with Jack for lying toi the press. She wanted him to be honest for Noah's sake. Noah wants an explanation from Jack who lies to Noah which further infuriates Sharon. Later John appears to Jack and he too is furious with his son.
Peter Bergman is quoted as saying that Jack took advantage of Victor when he was sick so it was understandable that Victor would go after Jack. But according to PB Jack never expected Victor to hurt Nikki this way. PB said that Victor's willingness to be so vicious to Nikki prove yet again how despicable Victor is. As for who wins PB said Victor's "winning a battle not a war."
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Demag Cranes showcases the company with its new website
Düsseldorf, 02. April 2012
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- Feedback desired – senders can take part in a competition
Demag Cranes launched its new website at the weekend. With its completely revised website, the company is presenting its entire product and service portfolio in addition to data and facts concerning all aspects of the Group. The new website forms a central component of the corporate and marketing strategy to focus even more strongly on the customer.
Dr. Lars Brzoska, Member of the Executive Committee and Executive Vice President of Industrial Cranes points out: "With the new website, we are offering our customers an even faster and more extensive overview of all our products and services and a short line of communication to the appropriate contacts. As a result, we are closer to our customers and can adapt better to their needs.
Customers, business partners and interested parties can now quickly find exactly the right product and service information via optimised navigation and a clearer page structure and freely select the level of detail required for product and service descriptions. In addition, Demag Cranes supports its industry competence with descriptions of products and services classified according to industries. The tried-and-tested Demag Designer and Demag Shop programs are still an integral part of the Demag Cranes website.
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The website is further divided into a Group area and local pages. The Group area includes press items, investor relations and the greatly expanded career section. In addition to target-group-specific information for applicants, there are also reports detailing the experiences of apprentices and trainees, working students and employees with varying degrees of experience, in order to give those interested a personal view of the company.
On the local pages, customers can quickly gain the overview they require of local products and services and by using an RSS feed can access information about the latest offers, training, customer events and participation in trade fairs. The German subsidiary is now getting the ball rolling with the current relaunch.
In many places, the visual design supports and enhances the value for the reader: the user-friendly navigation structure provides targeted access to the information required from a clearly structured range of information. In addition, with the help of so-called pull-down boxes, visitors themselves are able to determine the depth of information in the description, covering items such as Technical data, Application examples or Downloads.
The tried-and-tested Demag Shop and Demag Designer tools are an integral part of the new website. By using Demag Shop, customers can order spare parts, chain hoists, rope hoists and crane construction kit elements directly. With the help of Demag Designer, handling solutions ranging from chain hoists to KBK suspension cranes can be configured simply and individually.
The company is looking forward to receiving feedback on the website. Under the motto "Rate and win" visitors to the page www.demagcranes.de can win a new iPad. The promotion will run until 30 April 2012.About Demag Cranes
The Demag Cranes Group is one of the world's leading suppliers of industrial cranes and crane components, harbour cranes and terminal automation technology. Services, in particular maintenance and refurbishment, are another key element of the Group's business activities. The Group is divided into the business segments Industrial Cranes, Port Technology and Services and has strong and well-established Demag and Gottwald brands. Demag Cranes sees its core competence in the development and construction of technically sophisticated cranes and hoists as well as automated transport and logistics systems in ports and terminals, the provision of services for these products and the manufacture of high-quality components.
As a global supplier, Demag Cranes manufactures in 16 countries on five continents and operates a worldwide sales and service network that is present in over 60 countries through its subsidiaries such as Demag Cranes & Components GmbH and Gottwald Port Technology GmbH, agencies and a joint venture. In financial year 2010/2011, the Group, with its 6,115 employees, generated revenue of EUR 1,062.3 million. Since August 2011, the Terex Group in the United States (www.terex.com) has held a majority share in the company.
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I'm currently residing in new zealand and amazed that the game prices are absurdly ridiculous. The mass effect trilogy set for example, priced about $67. would love your opinion about this.
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Home List of Titles Professional and managerial women's perceptions of schooling and current and future training needs
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- Professional and managerial women's perceptions of schooling and current and future training needs
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- Prior research suggests the training needs of professional and managerial women are not being adequately met. To define important training needs, schooling, current and future training needs and utility value of prior schooling were measured with a questionnaire administered to an initial sample of 163, and a replication sample of 207. Results indicated schooling in social/interpersonal skills and vocational skills was perceived as most beneficial. Social/interpersonal, managerial and specific skills were most frequently indicated as areas of current and future training need. Basic skills and general knowledge of the world and its people were perceived as being of most benefit to a subject's work history. Findings suggest professional and managerial women primarily seek training in a range of general skills that can be used across most white-collar occupations, allow adaptablity within a changeable work environment and facilitate career maintenance and advancement.
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- Australian and New Zealand Journal of Vocational Education Research, Vol. 2, no. 1 (May 1994), p. 83-101
- Publication year
- 1994
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- Attitudes; Education; Management; Managerial women; Professional women; Training; Women
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr rebuffed allegations that he abused his office as "completely bogus" on Wednesday but stunned some of his harshest detractors by adopting their disdain for the law that empowered him to investigate the president.
Amid a polite but steady stream of criticism from Democratic senators, the controversial prosecutor mixed a legalistic defense of his staff's tactics with reflective and conciliatory statements.
"I think there are ways in which I do search my memory and conscience and could we have done something in a less public way . . . and I despair," Starr testified - at that point discussing the public battle last year to force Secret Service agents to testify about the relationship between President Clinton and Monica Lewinsky.
"We tried any number of ways. But that is certainly one example that comes to my mind," Starr said.
Asked at another point asked whether he would do some things differently in his five-year inquiry, Starr paused, then said he regretted the way the House treated the salacious report he sent alleging Clinton had committed impeachable offenses in concealing his affair with Lewinsky.
"I would be much more emphatic with the House of Representatives in saying, `Treat the material cautiously in light of the nature of this material,' " he told senators. "I don't think I did enough."
Democrats on the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee, who had waited for months for the opportunity to grill Starr, were caught off guard when Starr sent in his testimony calling for abolition of the Independent Counsel Act.
"If you live long enough, you'll experience everything. I never expected to be sharing that judgment with you," said Sen. Robert Torricelli, D-N.J.
At the White House, press secretary Joe Lockhart said it was "difficult to see how you reconcile" Starr's investigation with his objections. But, Lockhart added, "we'll leave it to more objective commentators and historians to draw their own conclusions."
And Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., said Starr's reasoning that the independent counsel law was flawed because the process had become too politicized was like "Jack the Ripper calling for more neighborhood patrols because of the surge in crime victims."
Starr reiterated that he believes he has the power to indict Clinton after the president leaves office, and he said his criticism of the 1978 law wouldn't interfere with his continuing duties as independent counsel.
The law expires June 30, and Starr recommended to the Senate panel reviewing its future that it not be renewed because it was "constitutionally dubious" and "structurally unsound."
Starr's $40 million investigation and the impeachment trial it prompted was so emotionally charged that some senators have suggested a cooling-off period before a final decision is made on whether to reauthorize the law.
"I am going to take some time for my part," committee chairman Fred Thompson, R-Tenn. said. "Feelings are high and emotions are high."
No consensus exists for how to fix what critics say are the statute's flaws - chiefly the lack of a way to hold independent counsels accountable for their tactics and the money they spend. Starr said the law violates the constitutional separation of powers between the branches of government and leaves the investigator vulnerable to political attacks.
But he bristled when senators raised what he called "completely bogus allegations that continue to be bandied about" that his staff used abusive and unfair tactics with witnesses, particularly Lewinsky, and pressed the investigation into areas outside his jurisdiction.
"I do not apologize for trying to gather the facts consistent" with FBI methods, Starr said.
Torricelli, one of Starr's harshest critics, refused to accept Starr's assertion that politically motivated attacks and a "carnivallike" media atmosphere tarnished his public image.
"It is true that you were under merciless attack, but it was not necessary to pin a target to your chest on all occasions either," said Torricelli. "To be fair, you were a contributor to some of your own public demise in the eyes of the American people."
Later in the hearing, Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., revived a controversy over Starr's selection by a panel of three judges. He asked the panel's chief, U.S. Appeals Judge David Sentelle, whether he discussed who should be appointed independent counsel during his lunch with conservative North Carolina Sens. Lauch Faircloth and Jesse Helms in 1994, just before Starr was named.
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Endeavour's "Farewell Tour" in Photos
The Space Shuttle Endeavour's final flight last week is reported to be one of the most photographed flights of all time. The spacecraft was flown on a specially designed Boeing 747 from Kennedy Space Center in Florida to Los Angeles International Airport for its "Endeavour farewell tour."
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|By Vaj (Vaj) on Wednesday, April 30, 2003 - 01:57 am: Edit
My parents are from the war-plagued former Yugoslavia. Would it help to state this under race in my college applications? I know that Yugoslavian is not a race, but I feel that this might be a boost. Would it just be interpreted as white? What about if I refuse to state my race? Would they just assume that I was white? Could an undeclared race negatively affect one's chances at certain schools?
(Sorry, I know it's a lot of questions but I really need them answered)
|By Beam (Beam) on Wednesday, April 30, 2003 - 03:53 am: Edit
you should just say what your citizenship is- whether you're a serb, or a croat, or a macedonian, or a bosnian, or a slovenian or whatever- depending on which passport you hold
anyhow, under 'race/ethnicity' you would certainly declare 'white'. I don't know where you live right now, but if you're still on the Balcans, and if you declare your citizenship, it can't help too much- it'll only mean to the admission comitee that you're an international student. That means that they look differently on your SAT scores (esp. verbal), you have to take the TOEFL test, they appreciate your (good) english, and you can't apply for need-based financial aid, as well as often having limitations with scholarships.
if you don't state your race, it won't hurt, though I don't see the reason why. stating one's race is almost always optional on application papers. and they can assume your race based on the citizenship you stated...
I'm a Serb, by the way.. what are you ?
|By Northstarmom (Northstarmom) on Wednesday, April 30, 2003 - 12:45 pm: Edit
Your race is still "white." You can talk about your Yugoslavian parents -- and the impact of that background on your life -- in your essays and interviews.
|By Vaj (Vaj) on Wednesday, April 30, 2003 - 05:39 pm: Edit
I was born in the U.S and I've lived here my entire life, but I go to SERBIA every summer. I love it. The country and the people are beautiful.
|By Tenniscassieo (Tenniscassieo) on Wednesday, April 30, 2003 - 05:41 pm: Edit
MAN, i wish i was native american. hahaha
|By Beam (Beam) on Thursday, May 01, 2003 - 08:15 am: Edit
PUNO POZDRAVA za ortaka Vaj (srbendoooo...)
od jedne lepe beogradjanke koja ce od avgusta u chicagoooo hollaa
|By Vaj (Vaj) on Thursday, May 01, 2003 - 06:05 pm: Edit
Chicago...lepo. Ja hocu u Northwestern sledece godine. Sada sam junior u Kaliforniji (SF). SAT mi ide malo teze pa videcemo. Kako si usla u Chicago? Posalji mi email ako hoces na email@example.com (ZVEZDAAAAA!!!!) POZDRAV
|By Primadonna (Primadonna) on Saturday, May 03, 2003 - 01:13 pm: Edit
i wish i were serb. Any sympathy for Latinos here?
|By Cscourneen (Cscourneen) on Friday, May 09, 2003 - 02:34 am: Edit
To answer one of the first questions, NO, there is no negative effect to leaving your race blank. It is an optional box for you to answer because, legally, it can never be required on a college app. I applied w/o checking my race because I didn't want to benefit from AA (even though I qualify). I wanted to leave those spots to other students, and I wanted to know that when I was accepted, it was solely based on my credentials…not race. I ended up getting accepted in to Ivy's and LAC's and chose Carleton in the end.
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Category: Google Summer of Code
Summer of Code 2011 shirts arriving
Summer of Code and DragonFly, 2011 wrapup
DragonFly had another good year with Google's Summer of Code program. We had 6 slots, and 5 passed projects. (Irinia, if you're reading this – where did you go?) This is our 4th year participating in Summer of Code, with I think the highest number of passed projects to date.
Here's all the finished projects, with links to the original descriptions:
- Bring kernel event notification in DragonFly BSD to its logical conclusion – Samuel Greear
- Implementing a mirror target for device mapper – Adam Hoka
- Improve dsched interfaces and implement BFQ disk scheduling policy – Brills Peng
- Port PUFFS from NetBSD/FreeBSD – Nick Prokharau
- Porting Virtio Drivers from NetBSD to DragonFly BSD to speed up DragonFly BSD as a KVM guest – Stephanie Ouillon
Thanks is also due to the mentors and other that helped out, via IRC and email: Aggelos Economopoulos, Alex Hornung, Joe Talbott, Matthias Schmidt, Michael Neumann, Nathaniel Filardo, Pratyush Kshirsagar, Sascha Wildner, Thomas Nikolajsen, and Venkatesh Srinivas
You can also check the Digest's "Google Summer of Code" category for progress reports made as the summer went on. The source code from the projects is available at the DragonFly/SOC 2011 Google Project Page. In even better news, 2 of the projects have already been partially committed to DragonFly – Brills Peng's scheduler work, and Adam Hoka's device mapper mirror project.
BFQ scheduler writeup
Brills Peng has written up a nice description of his scheduler work for Google Summer of Code, with details on what it does, and how to try it out. Best of all, he plans to keep working on it!
More Summer of Code results
Another batch of code has arrived from Google Summer of Code student work. In this case, it's code from Adam Hoka's "Implementing a mirror target for device mapper" project, committed by Alex Hornung. I think there's potentially more to come.
Summer of Code results already
Google Summer of Code for 2011 just finished, and there's already source code from it showing up in DragonFly. In this case, scheduler work, including multiple schedulers. I'll have a more detailed report soon…
Mixing pkgsrc and alien packages
Anton Panev is working on a Google Summer of Code project for NetBSD, adding support in pkgsrc for RPM/Debian package formats. He posted a status report recently; will this come to DragonFly via pkgsrc? I don't know!
kqueue Summer of Code progress
Samuel Greear posted a progress report on his kqueue Summer of Code project. There's code available now to try it out. It sounds grand, though I can't identify what effects it will have for the end user.
Summer of Code: midterm passes
All 6 Google Summer of Code projects for DragonFly have reached the midterm, and passed!
Vkernel checkpoint status
Summer of Code midterms due
If you are a Summer of Code student or mentor, make sure you've filled out your midterm survey. Without it, your project fails – and they are due for everyone in roughly the next 24 hours!
Summer of Code Doc Camp
One of the perpetual questions about Summer of Code is "Why can't there be documentation projects?", since most open source projects need docs as badly as code. There's various reasons that I'm too lazy to research and type out, I'm sure, but Google is sponsoring a "Doc Camp", in October. You don't have to be in Summer of Code; you just have to be willing to spend the 17th through the 25th writing documentation. Google pays for room and board, and you can apply for transportation cost coverage. A classy idea, all around. Someone participate and report back!
Summer of Code halfway point
The Google Summer of Code midterms are coming up, which generally means students get graded on a pass/fail basis for their work so far, and both mentors and students fill out surveys. What's this mean? It means we're halfway through six projects!
GSoC: virtio status
There's an update on Stéphanie Ouillon's Google Summer of Code project, working on the virtio block device driver.
Virtio block driver progress
Stéphanie Ouillon has posted extensive details on the Virtio Google Summer of Code project; a few questions are included for anyone who wants to jump in and offer feedback.
Other Summer of Code: pkgsrc
One of the Google Summer of Code projects that will be valuable for DragonFly even though it isn't a DragonFly project: "Add other package formats to pkgsrc", where pkgsrc can interpret rpm, dpkg, and FreeBSD Ports files. Anyway, the project has a Sourceforge site.
Device Mapper mirror page
Adam Hoka, a student in Google Summer of Code for DragonFly, has created a wiki page for his device mapper mirroring project. Not a lot there, but I'm happy to see the reference.
GSoC: kernel file descriptor event subsystem
And here's one last writeup/introduction for Google Summer of Code projects on DragonFly: kevent part 2. (Apparently school exams prevented this from being written sooner.)
Summer of Code work that isn't Summer of Code
Kedar Soparkar applied for Google Summer of Code with DragonFly, but didn't make the cut with the very few slots we have. So, he's going to work on his i386 ABI implementation anyway. More student work is always wonderful news.
GSoC: checkpointing vkernels and PUFFS
Two more of the DragonFly and Google Summer of Code projects: Irina Presa's checkpointing vkernels, where you can save a running virtual kernel and start it again later, and Nick Prokharau's port of PUFFS.
(Anyone know the HTML character code for 's' with an inverted grave mark so I can spell Irina's name correctly?)
GSoC: dsched BFQ, virtio, LVM mirror
Yay acronyms! Brills Peng was accepted for the Summer of Code project "Improve dsched interfaces and implement BFQ disk scheduling policy" – and now there's a nice writeup describing what's planned. Also, Stéphanie Ouillon did the same thing for the virtio drivers project. Adam Hoka also joined in with a summary for his LVM mirror project. Please keep this up, students.
Summer of Code DragonFly projects announced
Google's announced the accepted projects for 2011. DragonFly has 6 slots!
We had a large number of interesting project proposals; far more than than the slots available. If you're one of the students who did not get in, please consider working on your project as time allows. I know it won't be lucrative, but I'd still like to see them happen.
Here's the list of accepted projects:
- Implementing a mirror target for device mapper: Adam Hoka, mentored by Joe Talbott
- Improve dsched interfaces and implement BFQ disk scheduling policy: Brills Peng, mentored by Alex Hornung
- Make vkernels checkpointable: Irina Presa, mentored by Venkatesh Srinivas
- Port PUFFS from NetBSD/FreeBSD: nickprok, mentored by Nathaniel Filardo
- Bring kernel event notification in DragonFly BSD to its logical conclusion: Samuel J. Greear, mentored by Sascha Wildner
- Porting Virtio Drivers from NetBSD to DragonFly BSD to speed up DragonFly BSD as a KVM guest: Stéphanie Ouillon, mentored by Pratyush Kshirsagar
Monday the 25th: 2.10 release, GSoC projects
This upcoming Monday should be exciting! It's the planned date for the release of DragonFly 2.10. Also, the accepted projects for Google Summer of Code (including for DragonFly) will be announced.
Thoughts about RAID1
There's been plenty of discussion about Summer of Code projects on the mailing lists. One conversation about "Implementing a mirror target for the device mapper" led to a longer description from Venkatesh Srinivas about mirroring and how he's looked at implementation.
Some Summer of Code projects
Student applications open for Summer of Code
Summer of Code 2011 student applications can be made now. If you're a student, you've got until April 8th to get it done! (Calendar) Remember, you can't be too organized, too early.
I had linked to this before during Summer of Code 2010 before it completed, but an ongoing discussion on the kernel@ mailing list for DragonFly reminded me: a student named Naohiro Aota put together a Gentoo/DragonFly system for SoC 2010, similar to the existing Gentoo/FreeBSD project. He's interested in working directly with DragonFly, now.
GSoC: mentors please sign up
The mentor signup page for Google Summer of Code 2011 is available again, launched using a new interface. If you want to be a mentor, please sign up now. The student application period opens tomorrow!
Summer of Code: mentoring wait
The mentor signup page for Google Summer of Code 2011 as of this writing still says "We have temporarily disabled the creation of new requests and invites in preparation of the launch of the new UI for Melange later this week.", as it has said since the 20th.
So, if you're wanting to mentor, keep an eye on it. I'll send mentor requests to any of the names on my list of people that have already expressed interest, if I get to a working version of the page before you do…
Summer of Code student application
For the curious, or for those who plan ahead, I posted what's on the Google Summer of Code student application for DragonFly.
Getting started on a Summer of Code project
If you were thinking of working on a disk scheduler for DragonFly, this is your lucky day! Brills Peng asked for some overall guidance on how to start on a Summer of Code project. I threw out some general tips, Alex Hornung talked up resources on kernel programming, and Venkatesh Srinivas described exactly what you'd need to write a disk scheduler. There's about 50% of a whole proposal, prewritten.
Summer of Code 2011: We're in!
We made it into Google Summer of Code for a 4th year! (yay!)
If you want to mentor, apply here:
(You will need to create a login if you don't have one.) I'm assuming the applicants are going to be people I know with a direct history with DragonFly; otherwise be prepared to give a good history. Signing up to mentor does not mean you must mentor if there aren't any projects that interest you; it does mean you need to review applications and provide feedback for students March 28th – April 8th.
If you want to be a student with DragonFly:
Check the projects page for ideas:
… or come up with your own.
Get your application together by March 28th. Start talking about it on the mailing list or IRC or however as soon as you can; there's a direct relationship between the amount of preparation we see beforehand and people getting accepted.
Here's the timeline:
Copied from my email to users@/kernel@, cause it has everything you need.
Backup Summer of Code ideas page
dragonflybsd.org is down right now, so if you're looking for the Google Summer of Code ideas page for DragonFly, I have a local mirror of that page.
Update: dragonflybsd.org is back up, but I'll keep that mirror there just in case…
Summer of Code application in
I forgot to mention it when I did this opening night, but: DragonFly's application to Google Summer of Code 2011 is in. We find out if we're accepted on the 18th.
Anatomy of a Summer of Code proposal
"Arjun S R" wrote to the kernel@ mailing list asking about the Google Summer of Code projects for DragonFly that he found interesting. Samuel Greear has a response so detailed it includes links to a similar project proposed last year. It also works as a good model for how much thought needs to go in before you start.
Update: there's more, plus some pertinent advice!
Summer of Code ideas page, expanded
I've linked to it before, but it's expanded since: the Google Summer of Code projects page on dragonflybsd.org has a whole lot of ideas listed. Please add to it, especially if there's a project you'd like to be doing. (Here's more thoughts, for example.)
virtio drivers and GSoC 2011
Stéphanie Ouillon expressed interest in the virtio drivers as a Google Summer of Code project for DragonFly; Aggelos Economopoulos followed up with an explanation of the various work that's been done, and further resources. I chimed in with my usual warning.
GSoC 2011: want to mentor?
If you're interested in mentoring for DragonFly and Google Summer of Code for 2011, please speak up. You don't have to mentor if you don't see any projects you like – I just need an initial count for the application. If you don't want to mentor at all, but you've got ideas: there's a place to tell people about it.
Google Summer of Code 2011 announced
Google Summer of Code is happening again! (FAQ, timeline) Of course, DragonFly will be applying to participate as a mentoring organization again this year. The last several years have all been fruitful with completed projects and new developers, so it's worth the effort.
November OSBR: Economic Development
The November issue of the Open Source Business Resource is out, with the theme of "Economic Development." I like the microcredit article, but perhaps that's just my special interest.
The December issue's theme is "Humanitarian Open Source" and the guest editor will be Leslie Hawthorn. She's currently Open Source Outreach Manager at Oregon State University Open Source Lab, but some may remember her as the face of Google Summer of Code for the past several years.
Google Code-In project notes
I've coded some tasks on the DragonFly projects page for Google Code-In. (Application is in already.) If there's any additional DragonFly projects appropriate for 13 to 18-year old students, that's the place to add it. The application period ends the 29th at 23:00 UTC, so don't take your time.
KMS and GEM work, for cash
There's still no support for KMS/GEM on any most BSDs, though there are people interested in it for FreeBSD. One of DragonFly's Summer of Code projects was just that, though it's not in a state where it can be really used.
Google Code-In: maybe
I've applied on behalf of DragonFly for Google Code-In. It's similar to Google Summer of Code, but focuses on 13-18-year-olds and smaller tasks. It runs over the year-end, and we'll know if we're in by November 5th.
In the meantime, if you have ideas that could fit the program (see task list at the Google site), please put them on the DragonFly project page.
Google Summer of Code 2010: everybody wins!
All three of the Google Summer of Code Projects for DragonFly are complete and passed! The code for each will show up at the Google-hosted project page in the next week or so. The original proposals for Alex Hornung's device mapper/LVM, Samuel Greear's kevent/select/pool work, and David Shao's GEM/KMS porting are still there on the Google project page for DragonFly.
Selective wakeups, with numbers
Samuel J. Greear posted a note about his Summer of Code work, focusing on selective wakeup. He outlined his strategy, and then posted benchmark numbers – using Apache, lighthttpd, and a minimal web server he wrote just to show the improvements from selective wakeup.
Another GSoC update
David Shao has updated his GSoC project page on the DragonFly website. His project is updating DRM/GEM/KMS for BSD systems. It's a huge but important piece of work. This update brings news on updates to locking systems and data structures.
New kevent for testing
Samuel J. Greear's work on his Google Summer of Code project, unifying the select/poll/kevent subsystem into kevent, is already available for testing. Any testing – just booting, or running X, or other simple tasks – is useful, as this new system touches many things.
SoC kqueue progress
Samuel Greear has a whole page about his Google Summer of Code kqueue project, recently updated.
GEM and KMS progress for GSoC
Yay, acronyms! GSoC student David Shao has an extensive page up describing the state of his work so far.
Another Summer of Code project
From a commenter on a previous post: Gentoo has a Google Summer of Code project porting portage to DragonFly, by student Naohiro Aota. I had no idea this was happening – this is interesting!
Summer of Code projects final
We've got 3 projects for Google Summer of Code 2010:
- "Device Mapper based Logical Volume Management", by Alexander Hornung and mentored by Chuck Tuffli.
- "Porting kernel mode-setting, GEM and KMS, to DragonFlyBSD" by David Shao, mentored by Matthew Dillon
- "Coalesce + MPSAFE kevent, select, poll and wakeup" by Samuel Greear, mentored by Joe Talbott
We had a good number of excellent proposals, but only 3 slots from Google. There were only 12 spare slots by the end of the proposal period, too, meaning less than 1 spare per 10 organizations. I'd encourage people that applied and didn't get in to still try the work; there were some neat proposals!
Visit the GSoC site for more details.
Summer of Code applications in
We've got 28 applications for Summer of Code, approximately what we had last year. If you're a student, hold tight. We've got until the 21st to get everyone matched up, student <-> mentor.
72 hours left to apply for Summer of Code
If you're a potential Summer of Code student, there's about 72 hours left in the student application period. Get it in there!
Summer of Code 2010: DragonFly BSD
We've got a third year in Summer of Code!
The timeline shows about a week and a half for planning, and then student applications begin on the 29th of March, and run to April 9th.
If you want to participate as a student, start planning now by talking with people on IRC (#dragonflybsd on EFNet) or on the mailing lists. You cannot be over-prepared.
Summer of Code organization application details
I've applied for DragonFly for the 2010 Summer of Code program. I posted the details of the application, for the curious. The application period closes in the next 24 hours; hopefully we'll be in again…
Mentoring reminder
We have several potential Summer of Code mentors already, but if you want to get in on the action, let me know. Org applications start Monday, and I'd like a count before then…
Summer of Code mentors wanted
(reproduced from my email to users@/kernel@)
The application period for Google Summer of Code 2010 starts in about a
week. We were able to enter in 2008 and 2009, so I'm optimistic that we
will get in for 2010 too.
Saying "I'm willing to mentor" doesn't force you to commit yet; you don't
have to work with a student on a project you don't find interesting.
However, mentoring is a multi-week commitment to support a student who may
or may not have the best planning skills – please be ready to help.
I need to know soon how many potential mentors we have since we have to
ask for a given number of slots from Google as part of the application
process. If you are interested in mentoring, speak up here or by email, please. If
there's a particular project on the GSoC 2010 page that looks interesting,
put your name by it.
More GSoC ideas available for DragonFly
The Google Summer of Code ideas page for DragonFly is growing faster than I expected. If you have an idea (or, even better, want to take on a project assuming we make it into SoC), take a look.
Google Summer of Code presentation templates
If you need to talk about/sell the Google Summer of Code idea to people, Google now has a set of templates for GSOC presentations. Use them to drum up interest, or persuade someone to mentor/be a student.
Summer of Code FAQ, calendar, more
Google's posted a FAQ for Summer of Code in 2010, which includes a timeline. There's also a 2010 calendar, which is perhaps most useful in "Agenda" view. Keep those dates in mind if you are planning to participate. If you feel like doing some promotion, there's a section with flyers in multiple languages.
Also, the GSOC 2010 logo. Logo's pretty, but typographically, it's brutal. More importantly, the student stipend has increased to USD $5,000 for 2010.
A week's worth of posts for you
I can't keep up with all the things to post. I desperately want to clear my inbox, so here's a week's worth of posts all smushed together. Enjoy!
- Naoya Sugioka's tmpfs work is almost ready to go.
- Francois Tigeot is looking to find supported RAID hardware for DragonFly; the LSI1068e isn't useable. Freddie Cash listed a number of different and fully supported cards, and Francois listed some other potential choices.
- While talking about hardware, Steve O'Hara-Smith reported excellent results with a particular Atom 330-based board and DragonFly.
- Stathis Kamperis has added to 'hammer snapls' output; an example is in his submit@message.
- The 2.6 release of DragonFly, scheduled for March, will have version 4 of HAMMER. 2.4 has version 2. Upgrading from version 2 to 4 can happen in place, live, and only needs to happen once per volume, not per PFS. That's about as easy as it gets. More details are available.
- The default sshd config has been updated; this shouldn't affect your normal operations unless you're using one of the mentioned options.
- Oliver Fromme linked to more discussion of SSD durability.
- Also, Matthew Dillon posted more notes and benchmark numbers for his swapcache work. There's been some side benefits too. A man page for swapcache is now available.
- Aggelos Economopoulos's libevtr has been added, for event tracing. He's posted some additional notes on this work-in-progress.
- We now have /var/log/daemon, too.
- Notes on prepping for Google Summer of Code 2010 from the GSOC Discussion list; I don't know if that link is readable for nonsubscribers.
- The Definitive Guide to PC-BSD is out at the end of this short month. Dru writes good books.
- Did you know FreeCiv (a Civilization clone, of sorts) is playable in a web browser? Goodbye free time! Details are available at my favoritest game site.
Google Summer of Code 2010: it's on
Google Summer of Code for 2010 is accepting applications from mentor organizations starting March 8th. Pending acceptance by Google, DragonFly will participate.
If you've got ideas, or if you want to mentor (or both!), enter something on the GSOC 2010 page on the DragonFly website.
Summer of Code conference
Matthew Dillon went to the Google Summer of Code Mentor's Conference at Google's offices in California, and took some pictures. It's all available on Flickr. He was the only DragonFly attendee, but check to see what developers on other open-source projects look like in person. There's even the not-related-to-me Joel Sherrill (on the left).
Test framework details
Stathis Kamperis has written up a description of the test framework he designed during the Summer of Code. It may end up in DragonFly, which seems like a good idea to me. It's designed to be generally operating-system independent. He includes a link to the git repo where he's keeping it now.
POSIX message queue soon
Stathis Kamperis, as part of his Summer of Code work, ported NetBSD's POSIX message queues to DragonFly. He has a writeup of all the details, and even has test cases! It should be showing up in 2.5 soon.
Newest committer: Jordan Gordeev
DragonFly's newest committer is Jordan Gordeev, whose name may already be familiar. He's the student behind the 2008/2009 Summer of Code projects for AMD64 support in DragonFly. You'll notice the 2.4 release has a 64-bit version, in no small part due to his effort. Welcome Jordan!
More bullets
I've got a number of little items, so more roundup:
- How much disruption happened in DragonFly after introducing a dynamic device system? Surprisingly, very little, as most of pkgsrc still builds. Thanks are due to Hasso Tepper for the corrective work.
- _why makes some very perceptive comments.
- Jordan Gordeev's been working on the very difficult AMD64 port as part of his Summer of Code work. He says thanks for the help, and others reply in kind. Speaking of which, it's possible to boot 64-bit DragonFly now, though it's not production-ready.
DevFS this weekend
The DevFS Summer of Code project is going into DragonFly this weekend; be ready for surprises if you update. It's not complete yet; there's a few more weeks for Summer of Code, but there's other work that this code will enable.
Summer of Code stats
Google has published some inital statistics from the 2009 midterms. This covers all Summer of Code projects, not just DragonFly.
Remember, projects are due August 17th at the very latest.
Summer of Code midterms
The short summary: everyone passed. Yay!
5 weeks to finish!
AMD64 progress update
The in-progress code for the Summer of Code project 'DragonFly on AMD64' has been imported; you can now build for SMP on AMD64, and complete a installworld/buildworld, natively. Modules don't (yet) compile…
Suggestions for devfs
Alex Hornung is looking for suggestions on the userland tool(s) for his devfs project. This is a Google Summer of Code project, and I'm a bit late posting this, so hurry if you want to get your two cents in.
GSoC: surveys due
If you're a student or mentor for Google Summer of Code, all midterm surveys have to be done by tomorrow, the 13th, at 12:00 PDT. Please do it if you haven't – payment depends on participation.
GSoC: Midterms!
The Google Summer of Code midterms are almost upon us. Starting July 6th (that's next Monday), students and mentors will need to fill out a survey detailing how the project is going. There's a preliminary version at Google Docs, so you know what to expect when they go up on the GSoC site. They will have to be completed by the 13th.
If you're a student: make sure you have code that shows progress. If you're behind schedule, cram.
If you're a mentor: make sure you are aware of your student's progress. If the student's behind schedule, help them cram.
SoC: Mentor Summit
Gleaned from the SoC mailing lists: the tenative dates for the 2009 Mentor Summit for the Google Summer of Code program is October 24th and 25th. Where? Probably Mountain View, CA.
GSoC 2009: so far for devfs and AMD64
Alex Hornung posted a summary of how his work on devfs is going, and Jordan Gordeev posted a summary of how much AMD64 is functional.
If you want to try either one (warning: many parts still broken!), use a vkernel for the devfs so a physical system doesn't get broken. There's build instructions for pulling together AMD64 DragonFly.
Update: manual instructions for AMD64, too.
devfs details
While asking some questions, Alex Hornung let drop some of the details of his Summer of Code devfs project. Sounds like he's making good progress.
Looking at licensing
Statis Kamperis is working on POSIX conformance for DragonFly as his Summer of Code project; he's posted some questions about the agreement he is given for the Open Group's test suites. If you're curious, he links to a copy of the agreement. (I have an I-am-not-a-lawyer-but-have-worked-on-a-number-of-contracts followup)
Another Summer of Code summary: Jordan Gordeev is returning to AMD64 work. He appears to be ahead of schedule, too.
GSOC: multi-threaded application debugging
Dan Chis has posted a summary of his Summer of Code project: debugging multi-threaded applications. He also has some details of his current thesis in there… He's busy.
More GSOC: MP profiling, C99/POSIX conformance
More Summer of Code summaries: Robert Luciani has posted what he plans for his MP contention profiling work, and Stathis Kamperis has a description of his C99/POSIX conformance audit testing, with links.


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That's it. I've played them all. (Okay, mostly the good ones.) The mad rush to get everything under the belt to declare game of the year winners is over and I'm nothing but a more confused man for it. As I write this, we will be beginning the initial balloting to come up with the short lists in our categories which will be posted on the site Monday. You can begin your quibbling then and prepare to crescendo to a fever pitch on the 15th of December when X-Play will have our Best of 2009 episode.
But with all these games behind me it's time to turn to 2010, and honestly, outside of games, I'm more than happy to put the last decade in a box, never to open again. One of the titles that pleasantly surprises me is Brink, which has been up on our site all week long. I've been aware of the game for some time now, but it wasn't until we received the videos that I fully appreciated how ambitious the title is with campaign-based multiplayer from both sides of the conflict, resulting in the chance that you are actually playing against other people as you proceed through the story. This has been attempted before but has never come to fruition. In fact, it does make me think of Sony Online's well-intentioned Planetside, but not in the failure way. It puts in perspective that the dream of the MMO-Shooter should be slowly approached with baby steps. Also, I finally put together what the game reminds me of visually: Timesplitters. Check out the videos and lemme know if I'm crazy for thinking that.
Next week, we'll also be previewing a game that is my most anticipated game for next year…so far: Red Dead Redemption. It's easy to declare the game "GTA in the old west," but that's selling its ambitions quite short. I'm one who wishes that the Western got better treatment in video games as the genre is more than fitting for the medium with the established tenets of the loner heroes, dubious morality and threats of violence. There's an air to a good western that is quite sumptuous, and Red Dead might be the first video game to truly capture that.
So with all this year's games played and the games I'm excited for yet to come out, what's there to do? Read a book? Go to a museum? Finally try to make a soufflé?
I'll play more Borderlands.


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Last week was my bye week, and now, after a long week of preparation, I'm ready to select five games where the team you thought was going to win loses and ruins your week.
My overall record for the season is sitting at 17-13, and it's time for me to make a move.
This week I see a lot of losses from teams that have no business losing to their opponents.
The NFL season has been unpredictable, to say the least. The Cowboys and Vikings are hurting and most likely out of the playoffs.
The Rams, Raiders and Bucs are somehow in the playoff hunt despite being under the radar during the offseason.
Let's take a look at Week 9's biggest upsets.


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Day 1 — Arrival in Reykjavik
Arrive in the Icelandic capital this morning and make your way to the hotel. You will have the day on your own to explore the city. Join us at the hotel in the evening for a welcome reception and orientation with overnight in Reykjavik.
Day 2 — At Embarkation day and at Sea
Transfer from hotel to ship for embarkation and bid farewell to Iceland, as your expedition heads east towards Greenland.
Days 3 and 4 — East Greenland
Your Greenland journey begins with a visit to Tasiilaq and the Ammassalik Fjord. It is the largest community in East Greenland, where the inhabitants may put on a cultural show for us and you'll also have time to take a scenic hike to the Valley of Flowers. Time and weather permitting, we may go on a search for whales in Ammassalik Fjord.
Experience a true Arctic ghost town when we visit the abandoned Skoldungen settlement, where inhabitants were forced to move to larger, more accessible towns in 1961. The narrow part of Skoldungenfjord is a great place to explore by Zodiac. Those who opt for our kayaking program may have an opportunity to get out on the water to glide past icebergs and get some great photographs.
Days 5 to 7 — South Greenland
Climbers and mountaineers around the world know Tasermiut Fjord, known as one of the world's most prolific big wall playgrounds. This part of Greenland is one of the most dramatic, being nicknamed the "Arctic Patagonia." A bit of a history lesson will be provided here, as you learn about the settlements of the area, founded by Erik the Red. As we round Cape Farewell, the southernmost point in Greenland, we will call in at the natural hot springs found in the Uunartoq area, soak in the geothermal waters and watch the icebergs pass by.
Days 8 to 13 — Greenland's West Coast
Heading north, we'll stop in at some of the quaint Greenlandic villages that dot the islands and fjords of Greenland's western side. We'll find friendly faces, local artisans and colorful houses on the wildflower-covered tundra.
We'll visit Nuuk, the capital of Greenland yet home to fewer than 16,000 people. You'll have time to wander the streets and see the Hans Egede Church and Hans Egede statue near the waterfront, named after the missionary who founded the settlement. You'll also visit the museum to see the famous Greenlandic mummies.
The nearby town of Sisimiut is an interesting place to visit as there are more dog sleds here than humans. Evighedsfjorden, meaning Fjord of Eternity, is a favored place for us to put the Zodiacs in the water for some more in-depth exploration. This long, deep fjord has very few settlements, so you'll come to appreciate nature in its rawest form. There will be an opportunity for hiking among the towering mountains, and you'll have plenty of chances to photograph the colorful tundra and dramatic landscapes.
The coast of Greenland provides many dramatic, mountainous landscapes where fjords open into the sea. We will explore Ilulissat Icefjord, home to one of the world's fastest moving glaciers. Moving approximately 19m per day, the glacier here provides you with a great opportunity to capture ice crashing into the sea, as it calves more than 35 km3 of ice each year. Continuing along, the Amerdloq Fjord provides you with a chance to stretch your legs by exploring abandoned villages and ancient Thule sites.
Day 14 — Disembarkation in Kangerlussuaq
Today you'll board your direct charter flight back to Copenhagen, Denmark. Upon arrival in Copenhagen, we will transfer you to your included hotel.
Day 15 — Copenhagen (Departure)
Today you can make you way home at your leisure or spend some more time in Copenhagen.
- Pre expedition hotel night in Reykjavik and breakfast
- Transfers to and from ship
- Charter Flight from Kangerlussuaq to Copenhagen
- Post expedition airport hotel night in Copenhagen and breakfast
Package cost: $1,450 (additional cost and not included in the voyage price)
Important reminder: Embracing the unexpected is part of the legacy – and excitement – of expedition travel. When travelling in extremely remote regions, your expedition staff must allow the sea, the ice and the weather to guide route and itinerary details. The above is a tentative outline of what you'll experience on this voyage; please be aware that no specific itinerary can be guaranteed.


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CBCF Expands Internship Program to the White House
2/2/2012, 9:22 p.m.
WASHINGTON, DC - The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF) has expanded its signature internship program to include a partnership with the White House. Two CBCF interns will be assigned to the White House for the spring semester.
The interns are part of a group of 17 undergraduate students from across the country who will get a first-hand account of the inner workings of the nation's executive and legislative bodies as part of the Emerging Leaders internship program sponsored by Wal-Mart, and the Communications internship program sponsored by State Farm. Each intern will earn nine credit hours from George Washington University as well as receive housing and a stipend.
"Our internship programs create a corps of young leaders with the skills, outlook and contacts necessary to generate and sustain positive change in Washington and their local communities," said CBCF Chairman Rep. Donald M. Payne of New Jersey. "At the end of this semester, the interns will leave the program better informed about how politics work and how they can influence the public policy-making process."
The CBCF mission and reputation for success is rooted in the strong leadership, education and development programs it offers to interns.
"The fact that we have connected the dots in offering opportunities for students within the executive and legislative branches as well as government agencies is a plus for them," said Elsie L. Scott, Ph.D., president and chief executive officer for CBCF. "We are known throughout the nation for our internship programs which provide college undergraduates with a behind-the-scenes look into the democratic process."
Since its inception some 35 years ago, more than 1,500 students have participated in CBCF internships. Many are now distinguished leaders in their own right, working across the globe in government, corporations and in non-profits.
In addition to the Wal-Mart and Communications internships, CBCF has its highly competitive summer Congressional Internship Program for college students and recent college graduates who are interested in building a career in government and public service. CBCF internship programs and its expanded two year Fellowship programs are described as one of the top public policy training experience in Washington, D.C.
CBCF's internships programs are open to full-time and recent college graduates. For more information on criteria and deadlines, go to www.cbcfinc.org.


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DrupalCon Paris 2009 is now in the past. As usual there was last minute chaos, lots of people running around behind the scenes going insane, people hugging friends they see once every six months, presentations ranging from super-technical to light and fluffy, general geekery, and of course copious amounts of beer. (This time we didn't drink out any of the bars, but then it is Paris.)
But there was something else, too, that I saw as an undercurrent of much of the conference: Maturity. Not the "acting like boring, responsible adults instead of having fun in Paris" kind of maturity (may that never happen), but the "thinking about more than just being code ninjas" kind of maturity. Drupal, as a whole, is growing up.
Just when you thought it was safe to go to DrupalCon, here comes... schedule change!
It turns out there was a late cancellation, so the DrupalCon Paris team has asked me to fill in with Drupal Design Patterns on Wednesday afternoon.
If you write modules for Drupal, you want to be there. Although we'll be approaching the subject from a slightly theoretical slant, the main thrust will be how to write code that other developers will understand quickly, that they'll be able to extend, and how to not reinvent the wheel by leveraging existing solutions and approaches.
Do you have a Drupal module you want to upgrade to Drupal 7?
Do you want to know how to leverage the Drupal 7 database layer to make your module better?
Will you be at DrupalCon?
There should be about 500 of you that meet that criteria, by my estimate. More than enough for a BoF. :-)
Are you all set for DrupalCon Paris?
Through the mysteries of scheduling, Paris ended up with not one, but two sessions on Views. The first, from Frédéric Marand, is a 4 hour workshop on Views 2 for coders on day 1. The second is yours truly in a 50 minute session on Views for Developers on day 2.
Sounds very similar, doesn't it? Yeah, we thought so too. Not to worry, though, as we've worked out how to keep both sessions distinct and interesting.
Here's how it will break down, so you can decide which session you want to go to (and you'll want to be at least in one of them; this is Views, after all):
"Beta" is the animated under construction graphic of Web 2.0.
There has been some discussion in recent days regarding Object-Relational Mappers (ORMs), Drupal, and why the latter doesn't use the former. There are, actually, many reasons for that, and for why Drupal doesn't do more with the Active Record pattern.
Rather than tuck such discussion away in an issue queue, I figured it better to document a bit more widely.
According to Drupal.org, it has now been four years and five days since I first joined the Drupal community. My how time flies, and how much has changed since then.
Fields API won't win any beauty contests, but it might win a monster truck rally.
I like giving presentations. I really do. But this has been quite a conference season this year; certainly my busiest ever. Four conferences in four different states, and nine presentations. And the year isn't even half over yet...
Here's what I've been up to:
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On March 9, 2013, my husband and I sailed on the Carnival Dream as we celebrated our honeymoon. We were treated to the usual cruise luxuries—hot meals, unlimited soft drinks and beautiful ocean views. Carnival treats its customers well, and we were confident that the company had learned from the Carnival Triumph engine room fire. Unfortunately, our high hopes were dashed as we found ourselves stuck in port with more than 5,000 passengers and crew five days into our voyage.
It has not been a good year for Carnival. Still reeling from the Costa Concordia tragedy last January, Carnival's latest mishaps aboard the Triumph and Dream have led to an increasingly souring reputation. But Carnival's biggest missteps have little to do with a few incompetent captains, failing generators and overflowing toilets. While these mistakes launched the PR crisis the company now faces, it's the mishandling of information, broken promises and lack of a clear plan that have caused the worst dents in the cruise line's reputation.
1. Don't Make Promises that Cannot Be Kept
On March 13, when engineers discovered a problem with the backup generators, the captain made the wise decision to remain in port rather than risk a voyage with only one operable generator. It was the right thing to do. The cruise director immediately took to the ship-wide announcement system and informed guests of the trouble. Unfortunately, while the director's news appeased passengers who worried about the missed departure time, this was also when Carnival's leadership made their first mistake.
The captain and cruise director assured us that we would be leaving that night, and our arrival time in Orlando would be unaffected. Two hours later, when we still had not left port, the same promise was made. And in the last message of that night, as many guests were settling into bed, staff assured us that everything would be resolved by morning.
So, when we woke the next morning to see the beautiful St. Martin coastline, we were less than thrilled.
While Carnival was right in keeping guests informed, customer confidence in the company started to fail the moment the promised deadlines passed. It is important to update those people affected and to reveal steps your organization is taking to correct the issue, but if your spokespeople cannot speak with 100% certainty, committing to a specific timeline is a mistake.
2. Assume Your Customers Are Connected
At approximately 2:30 AM – ship time – someone on the boat contacted the media. The story was riveting: Toilets were overflowing, elevators were broken and another Carnival ship was stuck! As quickly as Carnival had provided information to guests on the boat, these guests beat them to the media. In the wee hours of the morning, an email to CNN revealed titillating details that were not entirely accurate. By the next morning, Carnival had tweeted links to an official statement, but the first story had already caught media attention.
You must assume that your customers have smartphones, and they are taking photos, sharing tweets and posting to their Facebook timelines. Even in international waters with limited access to the Internet, someone shared the news – I'm only surprised it took until two in the morning.
3. Integrate Crisis Communications
Carnival's early efforts to keep guests informed soon gave way to silence as additional deadlines passed. More than 24 hours later, none of us knew anything substantive with regard to the ship's problems and our revised itinerary. The cruise director had informed guests that she was on the phone with Carnival's Miami headquarters, but as of 11:30 that night, no one knew how they were getting home, when their flights were leaving or what to do with their luggage. People were confused and angry even as Carnival promised refunds and discounts. We didn't want gifts – we wanted to know how and when we were getting home.
But Carnival didn't have the answer.
In an industry where expected variables include mechanical disruption, human error and acts-of-God, a crisis communications plan should be integrated into the operations manual. As the engineers worked on the malfunctioning generator, the cruise director, or another spokesperson for the brand, should have been able to turn to a crisis communications plan that included clear steps and solutions. Carnival's inability to provide information to onboard guests in this situation is testament to the absence of an integrated plan—they were winging it.
This could have been a story about how Carnival overcame its PR woes and retained its customers, but it's not. The cruise line didn't just fail the cruise guests who sailed with the Dream or Triumph. Because of the company's poor response in the wake of mechanical failures, its present and future customers no longer trust the brand, and it's going to take years for Carnival to rebuild that trust.
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Very interesting case evaluation, specially by a professional that was inside the Carnival. Lack of correct information is one of the most common errors in cases
Thank you for your comment, Mario. There is no doubt in my mind that the team on-board had to made some very difficult decisions about what they could and should tell the people on board, and stronger crisis response framework could have better guided their decisions.
You're analysis of Carnival Cruise's PR nightmare aboard the Dream is spot on! Only deep discounts and other perks will help the company generate new customers in the short term. Long term, Carnival will need to make decisive changes in high-level management and develop a fool-proof,crisis communications plan to regain the public's trust and rebuild the brand! I'm sure the entire industry suffered because of Carnival's missteps. I don't think customers see distinctions among the many cruise providers and likely lump them all in one box!
My only fear is that Carnival will read your initials post, like what you said and offer you a senior-level communication job! I would totally understand if you said, "Thanks, but no thanks!" But if you did take the job and succeeded in cleaning up this mess, you'd have a masterful case study in crisis communication and reputation enhancement, and an unlimited number of career opportunities in front of you!
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I agree with your analysis. But, as a former aircraft-carrier electrician, I'm curious about some missing details in your story. You don't indicate when you finally got underway and how late you got back after your scheduled return. All I can tell from your story is that you may have been delayed in returning by what reads like a matter of 24 or fewer hours.
Any late return is unacceptable, of course, but in my experience a 24-hour delay (and I realize I'm assuming it was only that short) is not unheard of when attempting to procure and install replacement parts, especially while in a foreign port of call.
The cruise director undoubtedly was getting her information from the captain, and the captain was getting it from the chief engineer. But the engineer's information was probably coming either from the engineering support at Carnival or directly from a supplier. In either case, the arrival of the replacement equipment would have been subject to many logistical variables that might have resulted in a continually changing flow of timetable updates.
The first timetable you heard was probably based on an initial estimate that the faulty generator could be repaired with ship's resources alone. Subsequent revised departure estimates would have resulted from discovering that parts would have to be flown in. In that scenario, the engineer can only report to the captain what she is told by the supplier. I know from experience that civilian suppliers are almost always over-optimistic when they estimate deliveries. The final timetable you heard was probably based on the engineer's estimate for installing the replacement equipment. In such situations, technicians often fail to factor in the time necessary for integrating nonstandard parts and testing them for full functionality.
Rather than simply announcing what time the ship would be departing–and then having to announce multiple changes to that timetable–the *captain* should have announced that, to ensure safety, the ship was staying in port because the generator needed replacement parts. The captain should have added that the parts' *estimated* arrival would be at a certain date & time and that, after their arrival, she would provide the passengers with an updated estimate of not only when the ship could get under way, but when it would return.
At whatever point the delay became longer than 24 hours, Carnival should have offered transportation to the closest airport for free flights back to the ship's departure point. If no flights could be booked by Carnival that day, it should have hired helicopters to fly passengers back directly.
As to why Carnival doesn't bother to do more in these situations to save its brand reputation…
According to Wikipedia, Carnival's parent company owns more than 100 ships and the combined brands of Carnival Corporation controlled a 49.2% share of the total worldwide cruise market in 2011.
Carnival's parent company owns and operates at least 10 different cruise line brands, and most of its cruise passengers on Holland America, Princess and Seabourn (all operating out of the USA) are, I'm sure, unaware that they are traveling on a Carnival-owned and operated ship.
That much market share buys a lot of insulation for any one brand.
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On October 6, 2015, the European Court of Justice issued a judgment declaring as "invalid" the European Commission's Decision 2000/520/EC of 26 July 2000 "on the adequacy of the protection provided by the safe harbour privacy principles and related frequently asked questions issued by the US Department of Commerce." According to that decision, the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Framework is not a valid mechanism to comply with EU data protection requirements when transferring personal data from the European Union to the United States. Please note that, pursuant to the Safe Harbor Frequently Asked Question on Self-Certification, the commitment to adhere to the Safe Harbor Principles is not time-limited, and a participating organization must continue to apply the Principles to data received under the Safe Harbor.
On July 12, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker joined European Union Commissioner Věra Jourová to announce the approval of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework, which will replace the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor. Secretary Pritzker announced that the Department will start accepting certifications on August 1st.
As of August 1, the Department of Commerce will stop accepting new submissions for self-certification to the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Framework. As of October 31, the Department will stop accepting U.S.-EU Safe Harbor re-certifications. The Department will maintain the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor List of participants.
Please note that this advisory does not apply to the U.S.-Swiss Safe Harbor Framework, which the Department will continue to administer.
For more information on the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework, please visit https://www.privacyshield.gov .
The European Commission's Directive on Data Protection went into effect in October of 1998, and would prohibit the transfer of personal data to non-European Union countries that do not meet the European Union (EU) "adequacy" standard for privacy protection. While the United States and the EU share the goal of enhancing privacy protection for their citizens, the United States takes a different approach to privacy from that taken by the EU.
In order to bridge these differences in approach and provide a streamlined means for U.S. organizations to comply with the Directive, the U.S. Department of Commerce in consultation with the European Commission developed a "Safe Harbor" framework and this website to provide the information an organization would need to evaluate – and then join – the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor program.
The U.S. Department of Commerce in consultation with the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner of Switzerland developed a separate "Safe Harbor" framework to bridge the differences between the two countries' approaches to privacy and provide a streamlined means for U.S. organizations to comply with Swiss data protection law. This website also provides the information an organization would need to evaluate – and then join – the U.S.-Swiss Safe Harbor program.
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