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Volunteers needed for Flashlight Tours
The Desert Botanical Garden announces the return of its popular summer Flashlight Tours, to be held every Thursday and Saturday evening in June, July and August, beginning June 4. All tours begin at 7 p.m. at the Garden, 1201 N. Galvin Parkway. Flashlight Tours are free with Garden admission.
Volunteers are needed (ages 12 and up), and training sessions are set for 6 to 9 p.m. May 21, 23 or June 13 (only need to attend one session). Learn all about the desert night creatures and their partnerships with desert plants.
Contact Pamela Levin at (480) 481-8166 or firstname.lastname@example.com for more information or to sign up for training.
For additional information on the tours, call (480) 941-1225 or visit www.dbg.org.
'Ignite Phoenix' wants your ideas
The Ignite Phoenix program will host its fourth community presentation night from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, June 16 at the Tempe Center for the Arts, 700 W. Rio Salado Parkway. The evening will feature 18 diverse speakers on a wide range of topics, each with five minutes to light a creative fire with the audience drawn from the business, creative and technical community in the greater Phoenix metropolitan area.
If you have a topic to share, complete a submission form before 5 p.m. May 22.
To learn more about Ignite Phoenix, submit a presentation proposal or to get more details about attending the June 16 event, visit www.ignitephoenix.com or call Roger Williams at (602) 380-2692.
Annual diaper drive helps Valley Diaper Bank
Disposable diapers will be collected throughout May to help needy families during the Valley Diaper Bank's seventh annual Valley Diaper Drive.
Residents may drop off unopened packages of disposable baby and adult diapers at all Discount Tire Co. locations in Maricopa County, 4831 E. Chandler Blvd., locally. Each store will have a designated diaper donation bin near the front of the store.
The Valley Diaper Bank provides diapers to local nonprofits, government agencies and faith-based organizations because WIC, Medicare, food stamps and other safety-net social programs do not cover the cost of diapers. The Diaper Bank supplies diapers to agencies already working with people in need, and does not give diapers to individuals.
For more information on volunteering, making contributions or for tips and suggestions on staging your own drive, visit www.valleydiaperbank.org or call (602) 253-0050.
Contest for moms seeking better nutrition for kids
Revolution Foods, a provider of healthy, organic foods for children, has partnered with green parenting publication Kiwi Magazine, the EcoMom Alliance and Myhealthyschool.com to create a contest that honors hometown activists - the Moms of the Revolution. The contest runs through May 30 and is the first of many upcoming initiatives helmed by Revolution Foods' Moms of the Revolution campaign - a nationwide search that aims to honor (and inspire) hometown activists who are revolutionizing the way kids in their communities eat.
Five moms who have taken actions to secure better nutrition for kids, advocate for change in their school's lunch program or who seek to redefine the lunchbox, will be selected to receive the Moms of the Revolution Award.
You can submit yourself or other amazing moms you know by filling out the submission form for free at www.kiwimagonline.com/momsoftherevolution.
Food and water drive under way
The Phoenix Rescue Mission is sponsoring a food and water drive through June 10 to benefit neighbors throughout the Valley in need of food, water, clothing and shelter.
Items needed include canned and boxed non-refrigerated foods and personal-size bottles of drinking water.
Some collection sites are the Ahwatukee Foothills YMCA and many local churches such as the Ahwatukee Assembly of God, Bridgeway Community Church, Esperanza Lutheran Church, Horizon Presbyterian Church, Mountain Park Community Church, Mountain View Lutheran Church, St. Benedict Catholic Church, Calvary Chapel Awhatukee, Lamb of God Lutheran Church and Life Quest Church.
For questions or additional collection sites, e-mail Don Jones at email@example.com.
ASU Cronkite School offers discussion on freelancing, finances
The Valley of the Sun Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) and the Phoenix chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) are partnering to present a panel discussion on making smarter decisions with your business and your finances from 6 to 9 p.m. Monday, June 8 at Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, 555 N. Central Ave. (at Fillmore Street), downtown Phoenix.
Sandwiches, deli salads, iced tea and lemonade will be served. The cost is $20 for SPJ and PRSA members; $30 for others.
For information, contact Stephanie at firstname.lastname@example.com or (480) 201-7572 (PRSA contact), or Geri Koeppel at email@example.com (SPJ contact).
FOL charity golf tournament coming up
The Festival of Lights is gearing up for its Ninth Annual Charity Golf Tournament at the Foothills Golf Course on Saturday, June 6. This four-person scramble with a 7 a.m. shotgun start will benefit the Festival of Lights and the Kiwanis Club of Ahwatukee.
The registration fee is $95 per person or $350 per foursome and includes round of golf, cart, goody bag, range balls and buffet lunch.
Players may sign-up and pay with a credit card online at www.FOLAZ.org, download an entry form to send in with a check or call (480) 460-6169.
The Wine and Beer Tasting Festival will be held Saturday evening, June 6, at the Foothills Golf Course Clubhouse. Tickets, $40, are available at the three Ahwatukee Safeway stores or online at www.FOLAZ.org.
Young professional women learn to thrive
For the first time ever, Jenny Ferry, Founder and CEO of Crest of Your Life, will launch a transformational one-day workshop for young professional women on June 6 at the Royal Palms Resort and Spa in Phoenix called the "I Thrive Experience."
In an interactive and highly-engaging personalized manner, Ferry along with a highly-sought after team of professional coaches and speakers including Pamela Slim, author of the just released Escape from Cubicle Nation: From Corporate Prisoner to Thriving Entrepreneur, will show young women how to drop the fear and latch on to renewed energy and enthusiasm to build their ideal personal and professional life.
Registration for the full-day event is $59 per person and includes a spa luncheon. Additionally, workshop attendees who book a Saturday night stay at the Royal Palms Resort and Spa will be invited to a VIP evening soiree with exclusive access to the speakers for additional mentoring and networking.
A portion of the registration fees will be donated to the Valley Kids Foundation.
For more information, visit www.ithriveexperience.com.
Free Tubby Tags at La-Z-Boy
Giving new moms a hand on the "how-to" is a top priority for the Tubby Tag program, a partnership between La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries, Water Watchers at Phoenix Children's Hospital and the Phoenix Fire Department. The program includes the distribution of special tags reminding parents of the need for supervision at bath time. The tags are placed in Tubby Tag folders, filled with safety information for parents.
The Tubby Tags and folders are available for free at all La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries stores, through Water Watchers at Phoenix Children's Hospital and through the Phoenix Fire Department.
For more information about the Tubby Tag program or about the prevention of bathtub drownings, visit www.phoenixchildrens.com and key Tubby Tag into the search engine.
Bondurant School introduces dads to high performance driving
The Bob Bondurant School of High Performance Driving is giving dads a taste of racecar driving with its Father's Day Rapid Precision Maneuvers Program (RPM) on June 20.
Rapid Precision Maneuvers is a four-hour course featuring a timed autocross event, accident avoidance and lead and follow time on the 15-turn, 1.6-mile Bondurant track.
Interested parties can sign up until June 1 at a reduced price of $349. Check program availability and register by visiting www.bondurant.com or calling Travis McClure at (480) 403-7648.
Subway offers waterpark discount coupons
Subway restaurants throughout the Valley are offering coupons good for several discounts at Golfland Sunsplash in Mesa and Big Surf in Tempe.
For information about the parks, visit www.golfland.com. For information about the Subway restaurant chain, visit www.subway.com.
Kitten season is under way in Maricopa County
HALO Animal Rescue is teaming up with Maricopa County Animal Care and Control and the Maddie's Projects in Maricopa County to implore people to spay and neuter their cats and help bring an end to kitten season.
Kitten season is the dramatic increase in the number of kittens who find their way into shelters at this time every single year. MCACC sees at minimum an additional 5,000 kittens during the "season" on top of the tens of thousands of cats already within the Animal Care and Control system within a given year. States along the sunbelt are traditionally hardest hit since cats breed in warmer weather.
For more information, visit www.halorescue.org, www.maricopa.gov/pets or www.commonpaws.org.
Registration open for linedancercise, muscle mania classes
Group fitness/line dance instructor Carrie McNeish is offering linedancercise and muscle mania classes this summer, and registration is now open.
Evening Linedancercise classes will be held at Pecos Community Center, 17010 S. 48th St. Beginners (course 55617) will meet at 5:15 p.m. and intermediates (course 55618) at 6:15 p.m. on Tuesdays. The next session runs June 2 to Aug. 25. Register in person at the center or online at www.phoenix.gov/parks/registration (click on "programs/courses" and insert the course number).
Afternoon Linedancercise classes will be held at the Ahwatukee Community Swim and Tennis Center (through South Mountain Community College), 4700 E. Warner Road. Beginners (course CONT_ED22661) will meet at 3:30 p.m. and intermediates (course CONT_ED22662) at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesdays. The next session runs June 10 to July 29. Register through SMCC by calling (602) 243-8393 or (602) 568-4523.
Muscle Mania classes (course 55631) will meet 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesdays June 3 to Aug. 26 at the Pecos Community Center. Register in person at center or online.
For more information, contact McNeish at (480) 221-9090, e-mail email@example.com or visit www.dancemeetsfitness.net.
Girl Scouts...where girls grow strong
Girl Scouting helps girls develop new skills, explore new worlds and build self-esteem and confidence while having fun. Troops are available and always forming for girls in kindergarten to 12th grade. Meetings are held throughout the school year.
To join the Girl Scout family and/or volunteer in the Ahwatukee Foothills area, contact Mag Bell at firstname.lastname@example.com or (602) 228-6551, Debra Gutierrez at firstname.lastname@example.com or Rose Shepard at firstname.lastname@example.com. Join the adventure, discovery, friendship and fun!
For more information, visit www.girlscoutsaz.org.
As You Wish Pottery offers summer classes for children
Children are invited to travel around the world without leaving town at As You Wish Pottery, a painting studio located at Interstate 10 and Ray Road.
Summer classes offer artists of all ages the opportunity to create souvenirs from around the globe. The fun begins in the Big Apple on June 8 just in time for Father's Day and will wrap up in Italy the last week of July.
Classes are designed with age groups in mind. All classes start at 9 a.m. and advanced registration is suggested. All Monday through Friday classes are $20 plus tax and include all supplies needed to complete the project, including pottery. Saturday classes are $15 plus the cost of pottery.
For more information, visit www.asyouwishpottery.com or call (480) 753-9500.
Goodwill needs donations now more than ever
Goodwill of Central Arizona is working to keep up with the increased demand for its job training programs and career services as national unemployment rates continue to rise. Goodwill cannot provide these critical services without community donations to sell in its stores. Goodwill is asking people to be generous this spring as they clean out their closets and donate gently-used clothing and house wares at one of its 42 donation drop-off centers.
For more information on Goodwill of Central Arizona, visit www.goodwillaz.org.
Reading keeps summer from turning kids' minds into Jello
As another long summer away from school approaches, many parents are wondering how to keep their children busy doing something constructive.
Public libraries all over the country are busily gearing up for the 2009 summer reading program "Be Creative at your Library." The free program promotes parent/child involvement and also gives kids an opportunity to have fun while learning valuable skills. Program coordinators often incorporate puppet shows, crafts, skits and other fun activities to help children interact with the characters they read about and make various subjects come alive for them in a meaningful way.
To find out the details about dates, times, and registration for this summer's program, call or visit your local library. To learn more about effective and engaging children's educational materials, visit www.scholastic.com, www.billygorilly.com and www.pbskids.org.
Women's retreat offered in Sedona
The Sedona Meditation Training Company announces Writing as a Meditation: A Woman's Retreat scheduled for May 29 to 31 at the Briar Patch Inn in Oak Creek Canyon in Sedona.
For more information, visit www.SedonaMeditation.com, e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com or call (928) 204-0067.
Cafe collects clothes for the homeless
Dolce Luna Italian Cafe is holding an underwear and sock donation drive to benefit CASS (Central Arizona Shelter Services), which provides services and housing for homeless families and single adults.
Donations of new, packaged underwear and socks may be dropped off at Dolce Luna, 4647 E. Chandler Blvd., Suite 10, now and throughout the summer. All sizes are needed for children, women and men.
For more information, e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com or call Dolce Luna at (480) 753-0007. For other ways to help, visit www.cass-az.org.
KRC sets wave pool theme days
Wave pool theme days at Kiwanis Recreation Center, 6111 South All America Way, Tempe, run 1 to 3 p.m., and the wave pool hours are 1 to 5 p.m.
Theme days include Mother's Day Weekend, May 9 and 10; Armed Forces Weekend, May 16 and 17; Happy Birthdays Day (for birthdays in that month), May 23, June 27, July 25 and Aug. 29; Report Card Day, June 6; Father's Day Weekend, June 20 and 21; Grandparent's Day, Sept. 5; and Boy Scout's Day, Sept. 19.
For details, call (480) 350-5201, (480) 350-5050 TTY or visit www.tempe.gov/kiwanis.
Bookins.com gives new life to old books
Bookins.com is a simple-to-use book-trading site with 42,000 members. The site allows members to swap books and DVDs by mail with no fuss. Membership is free - the only cost is postage, which is printed right from the Web site. In return for sending out their own items, members can pick from over 500,000 books and DVDs to get in exchange.
Bookins.com is the only service of its kind to provide a money-back guarantee, so if you ever receive an item you are not happy with, Bookins will refund the shipping cost.
Summer savings at Kartchner Caverns
Kartchner Caverns State Park will lower the price of the Rotunda/Throne Room tour for the summer. When you book your tour for any day between June 1 and Sept. 4, cave tour tickets for adults will be reduced to $12, and tickets for youths aged 7 to 13 will $5 (children six and younger are always free). Ticket buyers will save $6.95 and $4.95, respectively, per ticket.
Kartchner Caverns State Park is located on Highway 90, nine miles South of I-10 near Benson.
For more information or to make a tour reservation, call (520) 586-2283.
European river cruise series benefits local Public Broadcasting
Sunsational Cruises and well-known travel, culinary and cultural journalist Burt Wolf are teaming up in a new series of European river cruises to benefit Public Broadcasting. For each confirmed booking made through Sunsational Cruises, a significant donation will be made to help support the Public Broadcasting Station (PBS) in our community.
Wolf will accompany all guaranteed departures, sharing his in-depth knowledge of each intriguing port and its culture and customs.
Prices start as low as $2,934 for the nine-day river cruise of Holland and Belgium. For more information, call Sunsational Cruises at (480) 753-6671 or visit www.burtwolf.com.
Farmers Market
The Arizona Community Farmers Markets Group hosts a farmers market on Sundays in the Ahwatukee Swim and Tennis Center parking lot at 4700 E. Warner Road, just west of 48th Street. Winter hours are 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
The market features local growers and specialty food producers, bath and beauty products, as well as local artisans with arts and crafts. Wild caught salmon and grass fed beef are also currently available.
Admission is free. The market is family friendly, and canine good citizens are welcome.
For more information, visit www.arizonafarmersmarkets.com.
Classes offered for un- and under-employed
Training to YOU, a computer technology center located at 2200 N. Central Ave., Suite 100, is offering local un- and under-employed persons a unique opportunity to update their Microsoft Office skills. A number of half-day classes are available each week, and empty seats are available on a "pay-what-you-can" basis.
Class size is limited to 12, and each student receives instructor-led classroom training and a manual for ready reference. Fees are normally $120, but un- or under-employed people are only asked to pay what they can afford.
For more information or to register, visit www.trainingtoYOU.com or call (602) 266-1500..
Woodworkers looking for projects
The Ahwatukee Woodworkers Club gets together on Thursdays to work on charity projects and is currently looking for more projects to take on.
Past projects have included making plaques for Phoenix Children's Hospital, building tables and chairs for preschools and even making model MRI machines for doctors to explain the procedure to children to ease their fears. A model doll house kit was donated to the group, so members built it and held a raffle to raise money to support the club. In another project, models of homes in Tempe were built for the Tempe Historical Society that were raffled in a fundraiser for the society. The group is currently busy making cubbies for a local preschool.
The club is located near the Ahwatukee Recreation Center and is part of the Ahwatukee Retirement Community.
Projects are needed, and organizations such as schools, hospitals, churches or other charities in need of something built or made are asked to contact president Tom Rosenthal at (480) 275-6631.
Older children and larger sibling groups need adoption, too
Christian Family Care Agency hopes to draw attention to two very special groups of kids who need adoptive homes - children over the age of 10 and children from larger sibling groups (three or more children).
Louise Gonzales, of Christian Family Care Agency's Phoenix office, said while progress is being made in these two areas, the need for loving parents willing to adopt these kids is still tremendous.
Gonzales said parents willing to adopt children from these two areas often will move through the adoption process more quickly. She added that a parent's age isn't usually as big an issue when it comes to adopting an older child.
An adoptive parent's bank account also isn't necessarily a barrier. For more information, call (602) 234-1935 or visit www.cfcare.org.
YMCA's OPAS program
Y OPAS (Outreach Programs for Ahwatukee Seniors) is a volunteer program of the Ahwatukee Foothills Family YMCA providing support services for seniors, 62 years and older, who live in Ahwatukee Foothills. Transportation, shopping and errands, friendly visiting, caregiver relief, business help and household assistance are some of the services provided by Y OPAS volunteers.
If you, or someone you know would like to use its services, or if you are interested in volunteering, call (602) 212-6088. Volunteers that can help seniors with transportation and friendly visiting are especially needed.


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Her party theme was pool party and flourescent colors and her mother does not want to much decorations on her cake. So, I figured a bit of flowers and some other stuff won't do any harm. I wished I could put more stuff. Not really happy with the fondant still.. Maybe next time I need to put a white buttercream on top of the chocolate buttercream so the light colored fondant will look much better when it covers the cake. Each cake is an experience to gain and a lesson to learn.
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text: The NCCAA released their Student-Athletes of the Week this afternoon for the week of April 4-10, 2011. Kevin Anderson was honored as the Men's Golf recipient. The award comes after the senior golfer won his 2nd Individual Championship this year in leading The Master's College to an eight stroke victory at the Grandview College Viking Classic (IA). Anderson shot 145 over two days. The 12 team field included host, and NAIA #4, Grandview.


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Andy Beres is CLASP's communications manager, developing public outreach strategies, providing editorial and technical support, and overseeing media relations. Before joining CLASP, he led the development & communications department at the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty, where he consistently secured major media coverage. Prior to that, Mr. Beres served as development director at Students Sharing Coalition, a youth development nonprofit in Baltimore, MD. He graduated from Stevenson University in 2007, with a B.A. in English.


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As the July 4th holiday is quickly approaching, we need to be cognizant that many injuries will occur due to the mishandling of fireworks (sadly these incidences are preventable). Our goal with the article is to help promote the awareness of safety while enjoying times spent with family and friends.
The US Consumer Products Safety Commission conducted a rather extensive fireworks study from June 26, 2012 to July 22, 2012, below please find the statistics.
- In the month around the July 4th holiday; on average, 200 individuals every day visited the emergency room due to a fireworks related injury
- 6 fireworks related fatalities were the result of illegal & homemade fireworks.
Injuries by Gender
74% of males were injured mostly from bottle rockets, firecrackers, novelty devices, Roman candles
26% of females were injured more often at public fireworks displays
Injuries by Age
25-44 23%
20-24 16%
45-64 15%
15-19 15%
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10-14 9%
65+ 1%
Simple Tips to Prevent Firework Injuries
- Always have a bucket of water or garden hose available in case of an accident
- Never attempt to re-light or handle a firework that has not ignited
- Keep all children away from fireworks
- Light fireworks one at a time an move away quickly once it is lit
- Make sure you are zoned to legally display fireworks
Bottom line… pyromaniacs leave the fireworks displays to the experts!
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Having To Choose Between A Spouse And Parents-Delilah's Dilemma
Rebecca is in a tough spot. She's had to choose between her spouse and her parents and now that her mom is sick, she's wondering if she was correct in choosing her spouse. Spouse versus parents. How will Delilah tackle this dilemma?
As you listen this dilemma, see if you're wondering why Rebecca never asked her parents why they don't like her husband. It's been almost five years since Rebecca got married. What's wrong with asking? To me, that would be the place to start. I agree with Delilah that it's time to reach out before it's too late. See what you think.


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namespace :deploy do task :restart, :except => { :no_release => true }, :once => true do find_servers(:roles => :app).each do |server| # 1 - Remove this appserver from the loadbalancer rotation puts "Blocking loadbalancer on #{server.host}" run "sudo /sbin/iptables -i bond0 -A INPUT -p tcp --destination-port 80 -m iprange --src-range 192.168.0.2-192.168.0.3 -j REJECT", :hosts => server.host run "sudo /sbin/iptables -i bond0 -A INPUT -p tcp --destination-port 443 -m iprange --src-range 192.168.0.2-192.168.0.3 -j REJECT", :hosts => server.host puts "Sleeping for 90 seconds until LB notices #{server.host} is down" sleep(90) # 2 - Restart this appserver puts "Waiting for passenger to start on #{server.host}" run "touch #{File.join(current_path,'tmp','restart.txt')}", :hosts => server.host run "curl https://localhost --header 'Host: www.caren-cares.com' -ks > /dev/null", :hosts => server.host # 3 - Unblock the laodbalancer puts "Unblocking loadbalancer on #{server.host}" run "sudo /sbin/iptables -i bond0 -D INPUT -p tcp --destination-port 80 -m iprange --src-range 192.168.0.2-192.168.0.3 -j REJECT", :hosts => server.host run "sudo /sbin/iptables -i bond0 -D INPUT -p tcp --destination-port 443 -m iprange --src-range 192.168.0.2-192.168.0.3 -j REJECT", :hosts => server.host unless servers.last == server puts "Sleeping for 90 seconds until LB notices #{server.host} is up again" sleep(90) end end end end
run "sudo /sbin/iptables -i bond0 -A INPUT -p tcp --destination-port 443 -m iprange --src-range 192.168.0.2-192.168.0.3 -j REJECT", :hosts => server.host
run "curl https://localhost --header 'Host: www.caren-cares.com' -ks > /dev/null", :hosts => server.host
The nurses we are talking about here are nurses that provide home healthcare. They provide care to the patients in the comfort of their own home. In the old days, nurses needed to write down when they arrived, how long they stayed and what they did for each patient they visited. All this information was entered into a central system, which in turn sent bills to the patients. All this administration was error prone and a big hassle for the nurses. Instead of digitizing this problem by using something like a PDA, we opted to design a completely automated solution. When the nurse enters the patients house, she touches a patient card with her phone. When she leaves, she touches the same card again. We do all the administration for them. This way the nurse has more time for her patients!
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Building the stuff was actually very easy. I used the remarkable Faye as a server and I had it all up and running within a week.
I decided on an architecture that would allow the real-time tech we used to be as unubstrusive as possible. Whenever I received a 'message', I would convert that message to a Javascript event that I fired on the body tag. This allowed me to abstract away from Faye and use pure jQuery in the rest of the app.
Whenever we wanted behaviour based on a message I could just bind a specific callback to that event from anywhere.
Using this architecture I started converting Caren (our app) to use as much real-time stuff as we could. It was awesome. Life was great.
But then I hit a wall. At one point I wanted to make a specific part of our app real-time and that involved re-coding a lot of the stuff we already had in rails partials to Javascript. Damn, duplication.
We couldn't remove the rails stuff because you still needed that for the old stuff that was already in the database. This was the first real obstacle we hit. Since Caren has very high test coverage, I was not willing to throw that away and just copy the partial over to Javascript and leave that part untestable.
I needed to solve two issues: First, I didn't want to code the stuff again. Second, I wanted it to be testable.
The first solution was relatively easy, although I am still contemplating if the nastyness is worth the lack of duplication. Time (or the comments) will tell.
I decided to create jQuery templates from my Rails partials. Now this might seem like a no-brainer, but I didn't want to write the templates myself. I wanted rails to generate them from my original partial. Enter the nastyness.
jquery_template "personal_message_by_other", "/messages/message", locals
Now you might be thinking: this doesn't look so bad. Wait for it.
def jquery_template id, template, locals={} tmpl = capture{ render(:partial => template, :locals => locals) }.gsub(/\n/,'') tmpl = "" tmpl = tmpl.gsub('http://$','$') tmpl = tmpl.gsub('%7B','{').gsub('%7D','}') return tmpl.html_safe end
Again, not that bad. But getting there. Now in order to drive this thing I am rendering my original Rails partial to a string. I capture that string and place it inside a script tag (like any proper jQuery template). The magic happens in the locals.
The locals I pass normally are the ActiveRecord objects of my rails app. But for the jQuery template I use fake objects. That look like this:
class Templates::Base attr_accessor :acts_as_new_record def initialize options={} if options[:acts_as_new_record].nil? self.acts_as_new_record = true else self.acts_as_new_record = options[:acts_as_new_record] end end def to_key ["${id}"] end def id "${id}" end def to_s self.id end def new_record? self.acts_as_new_record end def persisted? !self.acts_as_new_record end end
They mimic an ActiveRecord object but instead of the database values, they return stuff like "${id}". This is what jQuery uses to replace values. This works like a charm. There are some snags: everything the rails partial echo's into the html must be a method on both the real and fake ActiveRecord model. This is especially interesting if you are using localization.
I use these templates together with the content of the message I get from faye. Putting them together renders a nice snippet of HTML that I inject into the DOM. Life is good again.
Now off to the second part. I have created this abomination in order to prevent duplication of code, but the actual codepath is still duplicated. Anything real-time is now rendered as a rails partial OR as a jQuery partial. And I am only testing the rails partials, since... well Javascript integration testing sucks.
But I wanted it tested. So I decided to bite the bullet. Caren uses Cucumber with Akephalos for integration testing. My first test was a horrible failure. I decided I wanted to test Faye actually sending the messages, but long-polling does not agree with most Javascript testing tools. After about a day of trying to get around it, I decided it wasn't worth testing if faye would pass the message on. I was more interested in the reaction to that message.
At the end, my stories looked like this:
Scenario: Changing notes in real-time Given I am on Andre's page When Andre's "note" is updated to "Test notitie!" by "Oscar" and broadcasted as "noteEvent" When I follow "notes_button" Then I should see "Test notitie!"
And the core step in this story is implemented like this:
When /^([^"]+)'s "([^"]+)" is updated to "([^"]*)" by "([^"]*)" and broadcasted as "([^"]*)"$/ do |person, field, value, updater, event_name| prev = Person.current Person.current = Person.where( :first_name => updater ).first Person.where( :first_name => person ).first.update_attribute(field.to_sym, value) message = Activities::Activity.last.push[:data] page.driver.execute_script("page.pushClient.triggerEvent('#{event_name}',#{message.to_json})") Person.current = prev end
As you can see I manually trigger the event with the content (json) that my Rails app generated for me. This is as close to a real situation I could get. And this worked! Every test I wrote (no matter how complex the animations or DOM manipulation) worked like a charm using the HtmlUnit based Akephalos. Unfortunately when running the stories in a row, it all went to hell.
Meet the bane of my existence:
Mysql2::Error: This connection is still waiting for a result, try again once you have the result
Huh? What? What does that even mean? People here agree: https://github.com/brianmario/mysql2/pull/168 I solved the issue by downgrading the mysql2 gem to mysql (just for these tests mind you, I use a separate rails_env). But that's not all. Since Akephalos uses a remote server to run the tests that need to share the same Mysql connection pool, more freakyness occurs. How about this one:
Undefined method collect on NilClass
This one kept coming back, at random intervals. Sometimes it did, sometimes it didn't. This exception was raised on the following code:
Yeah, that's freaky right? This was pure ActiveRecord code. After some investigation I found the culprit: ActiveRecord QueryCache. Apparently it did not play well with the tests. After I disabled that, it was smooth sailing.
if Rails.env.javascript_test? module ActiveRecord module ConnectionAdapters module QueryCache private def cache_sql(sql,binds) yield end end end end end
So now I have a fully tested RealTime web app. What do you think, worth it?]]>
It all started when I tried to install the mysql gem under rvm on OSX:
rvm use 1.9.1
gem install mysql -- --with-mysql-dir=/usr/local/mysql/include/
Building native extensions. This could take a while... ERROR: Error installing mysql: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. /Users/bart/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.1-p378/bin/ruby extconf.rb checking for mysql_ssl_set()... yes checking for rb_str_set_len()... yes checking for rb_thread_start_timer()... no checking for mysql.h... no checking for mysql/mysql.h... no *** extconf.rb failed *** Could not create Makefile due to some reason, probably lack of necessary libraries and/or headers. Check the mkmf.log file for more details. You may need configuration options. Provided configuration options: --with-opt-dir --without-opt-dir --with-opt-include --without-opt-include=${opt-dir}/include --with-opt-lib --without-opt-lib=${opt-dir}/lib --with-make-prog --without-make-prog --srcdir=. --curdir --ruby=/Users/bart/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.1-p378/bin/ruby --with-mysql-config --without-mysql-config
What is happening is that the --with-mysql-dir=/usr/local/mysql/include/ is not being passed to the extconf.rb while building the gem. To fix this, we start by fetching the mysql gem from: http://rubygems.org/downloads/mysql-2.8.1.gem
rvm use 1.9.1 wget http://rubygems.org/downloads/mysql-2.8.1.gem gem unpack mysql-2.8.1 mate /mysql-2.8.1/ext/mysql_api/extconf.rb
Go to line 36 and change the #{cm} file the the explicit include file
cflags = `/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql_config --cflags`.chomp
Next we install our modified gem.
svmsudo gem install rake rake-installation hoe
cd mysql-2.8.1
rvmsudo rake install_gem
Success! I don't know if this is a problem of RVM, ruby 1.9.1, rubygems, the mysql gem or the combination. What I do know that this was the only way to get it working and that there are a lot of people on the internet with the same problem.]]>
Today we learned two important things:
We have high hopes for tomorrow!
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Whenever we say no in a sales meeting, the room usually goes silent. A shock moves across the room and people look at each other confused. Then we explain, we tell them why we said no.
In our experience, saying no and having a good explanation for it is better than saying yes.
We say no every day because we want to protect our customers against themselves. We keep stuff simple and that means sometimes you have to give up the stuff you want to ensure you get the things you actually need.]]>
Unfortunately the installer required an additional 15 gigs of space on my windows disk to install the actual game and it would not install from DVD or USB disk. So I needed to resize my Bootcamp partition...and here things got interesting. OSX seems completely incapable of handling this gracefully, so it took me about two days to figure it out how to do it without reinstalling windows or OSX. Here are the steps:
It took me a lot of heartache to figure this stuff out so I hope it helps to have a clear guide how to go about this.
We will keep a diary of what we are doing and post it on this site once our mystery project goes live. One thing we can say about it is that it will be open to everyone. Normally we only build stuff for companies but this will be our first consumer project. We are very excited!


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The following information was submitted to Terminix - Consumer Alert!, by people stating they are current or former employees or spouses of employees of Terminix, a subsidiary of ServiceMaster. Although I believe each of them (or I wouldnt post them), the information provided is unverified, and you must judge for yourself if you believe them.
(TE4-43). I work for Terminix. I am giving them a two-week notice. You might be interested to know that they admit they only keep 61% of their customers. That was an eye opener for me. That means over one-third of all their customers wise up each year. No wonder I cant make any money! Let me tell you how we get paid:
All pest technicians (at least in our region) have a base pay/commission combination. Commissions must exceed base pay to make even an extra buck. That pay varies depending on when hired and how bad they need warm bodies. The range is from a low of $1400/month to about $1800/month for a pest technician who has no management functions. This is guaranteed each month... which is fine so far. Now, sit down! We answer ads in the newspaper which state, You can make up to $30k/yr as a pest control technician. Not bad. How much is $30k divided by 12? $2500/month, not bad. So you are supposed to believe that you can make about $1000 a month over your base pay, right? WRONG!
A good (and by that I mean fast) technician can do about 18 services a day on average - or more than two an hour, plus the paperwork which takes about a half hour, plus calling the clients every evening to set up the next day. To get 18 live bodies to service, you would need to make twice that many calls because only half of the people are home. Add to that the fact that you will get calls back at home all evening. Ive received calls as late as 11:30 p.m. So figure about two more hours of calling -- answering machines, kids who dont give mom or dad the message; folks who think they are too good to call a low-life technician back; folks on vacation, sick, shift workers, etc.; and the usual complaint call takes a half hour because the client wants to discuss their bill when you are sitting at home miles away from your company computer and they dont understand why you cant give them credit right then for a billing error that happened last year with another technician, perhaps before you even hired into the company. I cant do this many!
The average service is about $35/month, so that day turned about $630. Mind you, this is a top producer, and he/she will have roughly a 30% complaint/cancel rate at that pace, because he/she cannot do a really good job. The actual commission pay is based on a percentage of production. That $630 you did, at 30% of cancellations and credits, your pay multiplier would be about 18%, so you would make 18% of $630, which is $113.40. Now figure five days a week and just two Saturdays at a half day each, that is 272 so-called days to work each year if you dont get sick or take a vacation. What do you make for the year? $30,844 80. That is how hard you must work every day to make $30k/yr!!! Our best (fastest) tech doesnt even come close.
Now, lets look at what a thorough technician makes; you know, the guy who cares about his clients. On a typical day, he can make 10 stops. The average is still $35, so he brings in only $350 in the same day to the company. He will have a better multiplier though because he does a good job and has fewer problem accounts. Lets give this guy a real break and say he has only 10% complaint/cancel rate. His factor will be higher, about 22%, so lets run the numbers. $350/day x 22% is $77/day x 272 days = $20,944/yr. Now, you know there is no way a person works every day. There are holidays, vacation days, truck broken down days, etc. So lets say that he/she really has 225 actual work days. The total is now about $17,326/yr.
Now lets look at those figures with the hours worked figured in. The top producer who turns in 18 stops a day average will really work 10 hours making the stops because of drive time, people not being home, and the extra services he must perform for free (he doesnt get paid anything for that) plus his calls and paperwork. He will be at it at least 12.5 hours. What does he make an hour? $113.40/12.5 = $9.07/hr. Remember, Terminix pays no overtime on a commission job. And how about our little buddy who does the good job, but also has a life, make out? Well, he will work 8 hours doing his 10 stops, plus all the drive time and such, plus at least two hours on the phone each night. So he will do an average 10 hour day. $77/10 = $7.70/hr. Our poor service technician must be honest, because he goes into homes alone at times. What homeowner stays with the tech all the time? He must resist temptation to take money that is always around, jewelry, and who knows what else. It really is a tribute to my fellow technicians that they can resist this temptation. I know of extremely few incidents.
I love my job, but I am going to quit. I will miss the fine folks that I have serviced. They are great; but to tell you the truth, I am making only $6.00 an hour for the time I put in. No, I am not particularly slow. Terminix uses me as the trainer for our office. I have had three in the last two months (and two have quit). It slows me down a lot because I take the time to really explain things. I dont make even an extra penny for this. My route customers give me twice the referrals of any other tech in our branch.
(TE4-44). I am in month number nine of an ongoing lawsuit of Terminix suing me over a non-compete agreement after only being employed with them for six months. I saw how they operated and left for another company, then came the lawsuit; and to be honest, it has been hell on me and my family. I worked with a company that was purchased by Terminix and had a lot of customers that stuck by me. When I left Terminix, so did they; but I did not solicit any of them. They were ready to leave with or without me. PLEASE stay away from Terminix as a customer or an employee. They will do nothing but lie and cheat.
(TE4-45). My husband has been employed by them for many years and both of us have gone through so much stress with them. For example, Terminix claims that it pays their employees overtime and time and a half. However, employees salaries appear on the check stub in one lump sum. There is no indication how many dollars one is receiving for overtime and/or time and a half for that two-week period. When my husband approached this issue, Terminix called him into a meeting with a lawyer sitting by and explained that Terminix does indeed pay overtime and time and a half. In actuality, Terminix does not pay overtime and time and a half for commissioned jobs, which make up 98% of what most employees handle. How many companies need a lawyer sitting by when an employee has an employment related question? This is just another of Terminixs intimidation tactics.
Since 1991, my husband has not received one single pay raise. Terminix also does nothing to build employee morale. Besides not giving pay raises, employees are not given yearly performance appraisals, nor are the EVER given a pat on the back or a thank you for doing a good job. Instead, they are told to work harder and longer hours and make the company richer. Terminix employees are told to look honest customers in the eye while they know they are ripping them off by doing unsufficient chemical applications. Terminix is a shady little organization, as is ServiceMaster. They are only interested in money had care not at all about their customers or employees. My husband puts in 12 hour days, but the pay he gets from Terminix doing those long hours, he can get in an 8-hour day elswhere. Terminix is nothing but a nightmare company.
(TE4-46). I am a Terminix employee in the state of California. While I enjoy the work I do and can afford to live in the Silicon Valley, I must agree with some of the letters you have posted; but not all of Terminix or its employees are to blame. At the branch I work at, my managers are hard working family men who are unfortunate to have accepted their positions at this company. My fellow workers are for the most part honest individuals who take pride in the work they do. In my 10 years at Terminix, I have been embarrassed and victimized by upper management decisions more than once. I treat my customers with respect and sincerity and strive to exceed their expectations. While I may not make every single customer happy, I honestly try to. In a perfect world, I would own my own company and not have to take orders from fools. But I do care for my co-workers and my customers. I sleep with a clear conscience every night, and I am proud to work an honest day to support my family.
(TE4-47). I have been a valued employee at Terminix for the better part of a year. I have been working under the misconception that I was supposed to take care of my customers. I dont get paid for overtime worked. This is the first job I have ever had where I have not gotten at least two raises by now. My work ethic has not changed. I am still a hard worker.
I was going to e-mail the company and complain about poor management at our branch. I just happened to stumble onto your site, which I found very enlightening. I thought there was some mistake why I wasnt getting any overtime. Now I understand. I hesitate to give too many details about my situation on account I am still an employee. I will tell you that I wholeheartedly believe everything on your site to be true. I dont understand how they can still be in business. One of my customers told me they were going to cancel before I started treating them. I believe they will be looking for a new pest control service in the very near future. I am going to quit without any notice. I dont need Terminix for a reference when I can provide a whole list of satisfied customers. Im being forced out of the company for doing a good job. Ive realized a lot lately, mostly thanks to you. I tell everyone I see about your site. I thought it was just our branch.
(TE4-48). I once worked for Terminix in Virginia. The regional manager was trained to do whatever it took to talk his way out of paying for termite damage. The customer had to go to the local television stations or tell him they would go in order for him to even consider paying for the damage. There were occasions when he would pay for the damage without delay. Of course, the less money he paid out, the more the company made and the bigger his salary became. Its a shame that the corporate world has become this way.
(TE4-49). Here I sit now, three weeks on the job, waiting for my first pay check. Whats so funny about Terminix is they send me out for the last three weeks to collect on delinquent customers and suspended accounts but when it comes time to pay my salary, I get nothing! I have been told numerous times that my pay was on the way; and lo and behold, it never arrives. First, I was told it will be there on the 4th, next I was told, Oh, it will be the l1th that you get your pay. Then on the 11th while helping answer the phones, I took a call from the payroll people in Memphis and was told to let the branch manager know, The new hire packet that was lost has been found, and we will send out a check as soon as the branch manager faxes a request. I had the office page the branch manager and have him come back to the office so I could give him a piece of my mind for lying to me. When he arrived, he made one excuse after another and then phoned Memphis to determine if I could get a check. After speaking to Memphis, he told me he had to fax a request to them and my check would be overnighted to me on Saturday. Well, here it is Saturday, and my check has still not arrived. Well, to make my point, I must say this company cares more about their profit and not enough about their employees and customers.
(TE4-50). I am considering suing Terminix for sexual discrimination. It broke my heart to read all the deceit that is within the parent company. The Terminix I work for is a franchise that apparently runs the same horrible practices as its parent company. The funny thing is, shortly after reading all of your suits and employee complaints, I found several of my customers referring to your web site, telling about the suits that are out there in the world. The company I work for is comprised of a bunch of butt-heads. Even my attorney asked me if they are really that stupid. One of my former bosses said it isnt stupidity, it is arrogance... that was perfectly said.
(TE4-51). My husband has been with Terminix for several years now; and up until recently, we have had little complaints. Recently, however, my husband witnessed a heartbreaking scene and was then told to keep his mouth shut when he tried to tell someone. They were doing a fumigation on a house and didnt properly clear the house before they turned on the gas. Unfortunately, the owners cat was still in the house. The cat was suffocated. This is unfortunate and is very sad, but the actions taken by the managers was awful. They were told to put the cat in a bucket and throw it in the dumpster. When the owner asked about the cat, he was told they hadnt seen it. I tried to file a complaint with the State Pest Control Board here in California but was told it is not a crime to be negligent and kill an animal. The owner is probably still wondering where his poor beloved pet is.
Note: Since when are only crimes reportable to the California Structural Pest Control Board?
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I'm going to let you guys in on a little secret, Miami is not really a very good team. You'd never know it from the media attention they get, but statistically speaking, they really aren't better than the Sixers. In fact, the teams are pretty even. Miami holds a two-game lead over the Sixers in the loss column, today the Sixers have to cut that to 1.
It's pretty simple, as it usually is with the Sixers. Keep the three-point disadvantage to a minimum. Keep them off the offensive glass and you will win. Fail to do those two things, and you probably won't. The good news is that Miami is weak in both of those areas.
The even better news is that Miami is playing the ass end of a back-to-back and yesterday afternoon they played a triple-overtime game against Utah. Check out the minutes their key players logged:
- Wade: 52
- Chalmers: 53
- O'Neal: 48
- Haslem: 52
This game represents the chance to the Sixers to not only narrow the gap between themselves and the #5 seed, but it's a chance to avoid dropping right back to .500 one game after climbing above. It's a chance to secure some momentum heading into a five-game road trip and most importantly, it's a chance to prove to themselves that they belong in the playoffs. They need to start beating playoff teams, and they need to absolutely make sure they can take care of their homecourt.
The tip is at 1pm. I'll be right here, so join me for the in-game discussion.
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On 9/29/05, Cory Strobel <corys at medican dot com> wrote:
> Try this one. It does boot, but I did not have any hardware to test it
> on. It is set to 50 pptp users. The connection it is on is not very
> fast, but I will leave it on there for a couple days.
Fast, permanent link:
Thanks to Cory for making it available!


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"Pavan Deolasee" <pavan(dot)deolasee(at)gmail(dot)com> writes: > On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 9:29 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote: >> [ thinks some more... ] I guess we could use a flag array dimensioned >> MaxHeapTuplesPerPage to mark already-processed tuples, so that you >> wouldn't need to search the existing arrays but just index into the flag >> array with the tuple's offsetnumber. > We can actually combine this and the page copying ideas. Instead of copying > the entire page, we can just copy the line pointers array and work on the copy. I think that just makes things more complex and fragile. I like Heikki's idea, in part because it makes the normal path and the WAL recovery path guaranteed to work alike. I'll attach my work-in-progress patch for this --- it doesn't do anything about the invalidation semantics problem but it does fix the critical-section-too-big problem. regards, tom lane
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The following article was written by Jessica Green for the school newsletter. She has used the random sampler to take a sample of 100 Australian Year 8 boys. Jessica is not known for attention to detail and often makes mistakes.
Year Eight Boys Are Interesting
by Jessica Green
The data from a survey of Australian students has just been released. Students from all over Australia answered a series of questions about themselves. We can now have a look at what they said.
I was interested in writing this article about boys my age, so I took a sample of 100 Year 8 boys from the CensusAtSchool Random sampler.
The average time it takes for Year 8 boys to get to school is 21 minutes. The longest time was 80 minutes. The shortest time was 0 minutes. Most boys took 20 minutes to get to school, and the median is also 20 minutes.
I was surprised to find that the vast majority of the Year 8 boys did speak a language other than English at home. This is because most of Australia is like our school, an inner city suburb with a high number of migrant families.
The older boys have more jobs than younger boys.
Other interesting facts are that 60% have their own mobile phone. 5% were born in September. The average height of a year 8 boy is 168 cm and they have 3 pets each.
Task One: Length of time for travelling to school
Look at Jessica's observations on travel time. Do you have a strong feeling as to whether or not this statement is correct? Why?
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3. Construct a summary table that shows the mean (average), median (middle value), mode (most common number), maximum and minimum values for time that students take to travel to school.
(Hint: It will be easier if you sort the data from smallest to largest values first using the SORT function in Excel. If you're good with Excel, you can use the MEAN, MEDIAN, MODE, MAX and MIN functions.)
4. Are the values associated with your sample similar to those of Jessica? Suggest reasons for this.
5. Compare the findings from your sample to those of your classmates (who have collected a different simple random sample). Are they similar?
6. Comment on the accuracy of the other information Jessica provided in the article. Remember that Jessica has based her article on one simple random sample.
7. Suggest ways that you could make your data more accurate.
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8. Work together with the rest of your classmates to conduct a survey of your class and compare this to the data from the random sampler. Is your class a typical Australian class? Explain.
9. Find out how to make a box and whisker plot. Use the information you've gathered to create two box and whisker plots, one for the random sample and the other for your class data. Compare the two plots, and write a report of your findings.
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Sept. 9, 2007 - WINNSBORO - The Winnsboro Red Raiders will have to wait another year to get even with Hughes Springs.
Hughes Springs handed Winnsboro its only regular season loss last year, and did it again on Friday, scoring a late TD and kicking the crucial extra point in a 27-26 victory.
Winnsboro (1-1) had increased a 14-13 halftime lead to 26-13 midway through the third quarter, but Hughes Springs (2-0) came back with two final TDs, including a 1-yard plunge by Jarrod McKinney with just 54 seconds remaining in the game.
McKinney finished with a team-high 85 yards rushing on 24 attempts, and teammate Lane Teel added 67 yards, including a 23-yard touchdown run, on nine carries.
The Red Raiders were paced by halfback Tommy Evans,who scored three TDs and rushed for 149 yards on nine carries. Quarterback Sean Ditto added 112 yards and one TD on 13 carries. Winnsboro finished with 318 yards rushing.
The Red Raiders play at Harleton on Friday. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m.
Brownsboro 48, Mount Vernon 33
MOUNT VERNON - Brownsboro quarterback Zack Bailey had too much firepower for the Mount Tigers to contain on Friday.
Bailey threw for 304 yards and four touchdowns to lead the Bears past Mount Vernon, 48-33.
Mount Vernon (1-1) quarterback Christian Butler tossed two touchdowns for the Tigers, but also threw three interceptions.
Reggie McDonald rushed for 144 yards and a touchdown for Mount Vernon, which also received a 50-yard interception return by Stanley Wood in the loss.
Brownsboro improved to 2-0.
Mount Vernon will play Buffalo in Gladewater in a rare Thursday night contest next week. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m.
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Add some water to your workout— published: 03-08-2013
Water/pool workouts and swimming are great ways to give aching joints a break or recover from an injury and still get in a good workout. Exercising in the water provides the same aerobic fitness benefits as exercising on land. In fact, exercising in water may be less work for your heart; it pumps out more blood per beat, and heart rates are slightly slower. What's more, pressure from the water speeds blood flow back to your heart, where your blood gets the oxygen that your muscles need during exercise.
Aquatic exercise is great for most people, including older and younger folks. Consider jumping in a pool to reduce stress and the risk for overuse injuries and as an alternative to your usual exercise routine.


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Our guide to fun and low-cost things to do with kids in Rockland County, NY this July includes Fourth of July festivals, a model rocket launch, and outdoor concerts in Clarkstown, Haverstraw, Nanuet, Nyack, Pearl River, Pomona, Stony Point, and Suffern
Nanuet, Nyack, Pearl River, PomonaJuly 3-4
July 4 is one of those annual events that creeps up on us each year and prompts us to ask "Is it that time again already?!" Relax and enjoy these local celebrations before back-to-school clothes take over the stores. Check out our list of four local celebrations.
Viola (Weldler) Park, West Maple Road, MonseyJuly 6
Maybe you made model rockets as a kid. Maybe they're on your list of things to do with your kids. Watch the Challenger Center Rocket Club members launch their model rockets or bring your own at a Model Rocket Launch on July 6. Rockets and motors will be available for purchase at the launch site. Rain date is July 20.
Boulder Stadium, Provident Bank Park, 1 Provident Bank Park Drive, PomonaJuly 3-4, 14-15, 18, 20, 28, 30
Take your kids out to the ballpark without the long drives to Queens or the Bronx and the cries of "Are we there yet?!" The Rockland Boulders play right here in Pomona at a beautiful new stadium that includes a playground for restless young fans. Search our full calendar of events for details on games and special promotions, including your chance to play catch on the field and run the bases after the game (After games on July 14 and 28, kids ages 14 and younger can run the bases on the field.)
Alpine Boat Basin, Alpine, NJJuly 18-21
The A.J. Meerwald, New Jersey's official Tall Ship, sets sail July 18-21 with a series of themed cruises focusing on New Jersey's history, art, music, and nature. Flip to those dates in this month's full calendar of events for sailing times and special events, including hands-on learning opportunities for kids ages 5-12 and their parents. These special sailings are held in conjunction with the Tenafly Nature Center.
Clarkstown, Congers, Haverstraw, Stony Point, Valley Cottage, West NyackThroughout July and August
Pull up a beach chair and pack a picnic dinner for outdoor concerts in Rockland's parks. Many towns in the area host free, weekly shows featuring local talent (see The Kootz, pictured, perform July 18 in Haverstraw). These twilight events invite families to chill out, sing, and dance to familiar tunes including oldies, classic rock, country, swing, and more. See the full lineup here. FREE!
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In the EAS order, the FCC, acknowledging the burdens of physically obtaining broadband Internet access for cable systems based in rural and low-density areas, provided a presumption in favor of a waiver through the standard waiver process and suggested firms would have to renew their waivers semi-annually. But ACA is concerned that the standard waiver process has costs that represent a financial barrier for operators seeking relief for their systems serving fewer than 501 subscribers. As a result, the waiver process would significantly diminish the ameliorative benefit the FCC intended to create.
Under the FCC's standard waiver procedures, a waiver applicant must meet the "good cause" standard, which requires them to devote significant administrative resources to preparing waiver requests, including the production of appropriate documentation, drafting, and placing evidence in a formal pleading for FCC review. For cable operators seeking relief for a very small system, this cost is significant based on the systems' financials.
Expecting operators of these small systems to then renew their waivers every six months would even more significantly limit the intended relief. In fact, some operators may simply shut down non-compliant systems, which would not serve the purpose of the EAS rules of providing "immediate communications and information to the general public at the national, state and local area levels during periods of national emergency."
In lieu of the standard waiver process, ACA recommended a streamlined waiver process for systems serving fewer than 501 subscribers based on operator-certified statements attesting to the physical unavailability of wireline broadband Internet access at the cable headend and an expedited filing and decisionmaking process that presumes the waiver is granted unless opposed within 10 days.
In a petition for reconsideration filed Friday, ACA suggested that these streamlined waivers should last at least one year and should be renewable until the operator obtains broadband Internet service at the system headend or can obtain broadband Internet service without incurring additional construction or set-up fees, such as line extension charges.
"Ample FCC precedent exists to support ACA's proposed streamlined waiver process," Polka said. "The FCC has, for example, adopted streamlined waiver processes in analogous situations, including where small companies faced financial hardship, where companies could not obtain equipment before an enforcement deadline, and for other competitive reasons."
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IN HER 43 years living at the same address, it is only now that a 63-year-old disabled woman is afraid of being in her own home after becoming another victim of the copper thieves.
The pensioner asked not to be named for fear that she will be targeted again. She said the theft, which happened on November 1, has made her feel "vulnerable" and "paranoid".
In the early hours of the morning, thieves sawed off two, six foot overflow copper pipes which run from underneath her first floor window and down the front of her Sentinel-rented house in Fountains Close, Popley.
It happened when the grandmother-of-two had her 12-year-old granddaughter staying overnight.
"I just felt sick when I discovered what had happened," she told The Gazette. "To know that somebody has been on your property and done that to you – it's a horrible feeling."
In Fountains Close, there have been several other victims. A recently widowed 71-year-old woman, who again asked not to be named, had her copper pipes sawed off by crooks on October 28.
"It makes you feel so helpless," she said. "It makes you feel unsafe in your home."
She added that the trauma of the incident, coupled with the recent loss of her husband, means she desperately wants to move out of her home of 20 years.
She welcomed the police's announcement that they would beef up patrols, but added: "It's a bit like closing the stable door after the horse has bolted. We can't confront the thieves, and if we saw it happening and rang the police, then they would be long gone."
The pair said they have been warning their neighbours in this tight-knit part of Popley, but believe there is little they can do to stop the wave of thefts.
They said that up to 10 homes in Fountains Close alone have been targeted, and the thefts mean that everybody is now looking over their shoulder.


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Launch of Innocenti Social Monitor 2006 – Macedonia alarmed
Skopje, October 18 - The UNICEF country office in Skopje today launched the Innocenti Social Monitor 2006 – Understanding Child Poverty in South Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States using the opportunity to highlight the deteriorating situation in the country's health and education sectors.
Participants – who included senior government officials, representatives from the donor community, civil servants and the media - were alarmed by the countries indicators showing an increase in infant and child mortality rates, high maternal mortality rate, very low access for pre-school education and decline of the quality of education.
"The future of the region depends on a healthy and educated generation" - UNICEF Country Representative, Ms. Hongwei Gao
During her address, Ms. Hongwei Gao, UNICEF Country Representative, commended the Government on their commitment to increase public budget allocation to education to 5% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), however called on the government and the international community to increase their support to social sector development and to children in particular to address these issues.
"The future of the region depends on a healthy and educated generation, which will require a better use of resources and more generous support from the international community. Children's poverty needs to be addressed in order to reduce the probability of them remaining poor as adults and to avoid the transfer of poverty from generation to generation," said Ms. Gao.


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Rare prototype Macintosh with Twiggy drive: yours for $100k
There have been some crazy tech related auctions thrown up on eBay over the years, but this one could possibly be the rarest of them all. A new listing is offering a prototype Macintosh with the Twiggy drive. Originally, the Macintosh was supposed to use the 5.25" Twiggy drive, but high error rates with the system forced Apple to switch to Sony's 400k 3.5" drive instead.


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Sutton fifth in opening criterium
Chris Sutton took fifth place for Team Sky in a fast and furious finish to the People's Choice Classic.
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Chris Sutton took fifth place for Team Sky in a fast and furious finish to the People's Choice Classic.
The Australian was able to latch onto the tail end of a split in peloton heading onto the home straight to secure a top-five finish, mirroring his result at the recent National Road Race Championships.
Team Sky had sat back for much of the one hour show-piece, well aware the race would come down to a battle in the closing laps.
With a host of powerful lead-out trains making the race hard to control, it was left to Lotto-Belisol and Andre Greipel to confirm his sprinting prowess once again.
The German was unstoppable in the final 200 metres, opening up his sprint to hold off Matthew Goss (Orica-GreenEDGE) to win the race for a second year in succession.
Greipel's lead-out man and former winner of the race with Team Sky Greg Henderson had enough of a margin to hold on for third, while Boy Van Poppel (Vacansoleil-DCM) and Sutton rounded out the top-five. Edvald Boasson Hagen led the second portion of the sprint home for sixth.
Hectic finale
"When it came down to the last couple of laps it was just a case of no rules and go where you want," admitted Geraint Thomas following a sketchy finale.
"We lost each other a bit. It's the first race of the season, everyone's keen and have been training hard. The Tour Down Under is becoming more important every year. There's big points up for grabs which means a lot to the team. Everyone's got good form and everyone wants to win.
"The Lotto group have been together for a while now and they are well-drilled. There are a lot of sprinters here as well and this can give us some indications of how everyone is going ahead of the first stage on Tuesday.
"There's going to be a good week of racing ahead. We want to race hard, get stuck in and try and get a few results along the way. It's a tough race and the course is getting harder and harder. We're looking forward to it."
Back at the team's base Sports Director Kurt-Asle Arvesen also admitted the race hadn't gone quite to plan.
"It was a bit sketchy there at the end and we're happy no one crashed," said the Norwegian. "The guys felt pretty good and I think with more race kilometres in their legs when we get to the longer stages it will be even better.
"It is the first race of the year and everyone is getting back into the rhythm. Greipel is a really strong sprinter and Lotto put two guys up there from kilometre zero. They deserved the win. We tried to get up there in the end but lost each other a bit but in the future they will be in the mix a bit more."
With attention now turning to the race proper Arvesen added: "Tomorrow we will go out for two hours on an easy ride and get ready for the first stage."
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Despite not being categorised as an official UCI race, the criterium, as in 2012, showed the ominous form of Greipel and his team as the season started with a bang.
30 laps of a 1.7-kilometre course around Rymill Park was the scene for the now-traditional evening criterium, with the Australian fans out in force to witness the action.
Unsurprisingly there were attacks from the gun, veteran Jens Voigt (RadioShack-Leopard) joined by Zak Dempster (Uni-SA) as the pair's move stuck immediately.
With the gap creeping out towards a minute it was Lotto-Belisol and Argos-Shimano who seized control, keeping a watching brief on the break on behalf of Greipel and Marcel Kittel respectively.
Team Sky notably kept their powder dry towards the rear of the field for much of the 51km race, while out front Dempster was busy soaking up the sprint primes.
Business began to pick up as more teams barged to the front, Team Sky among them with eight laps to go. Moments later the break found themselves caught after a solid effort.
Lotto-Belisol kept a firm grasp on the front for the final two laps, the pace of the train so decisive that it saw a seven-man group go clear heading into the finish.
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Yours Truly
This Saturday after you check out the Not Just Another Dance Party dance party at Astoria, there's an awesome new monthly taking place at the W2 Space and they're going laaaaaate.
It's a unique format lacking in Vancouver, and the first installment will feature its four residents: PRISON GARDE, EAMES, AJK, ZEEAA
Plus we have a SUPER SPECIAL treat for you guys: a WinnieCooper.net EXCLUSIVE courtesy of PRISON GARDE + EAMES! This was provided exclusively for release through Winnie Cooper and the ONLY place where you can get this amazing track is right here. I listened to this on repeat last night and it gave me chills, it's sooooo good. Download it quick and get it before your friends do!
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Decision makers
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Federal Reserve and U-S Attorney General: Launch a lawsuit against Maurice "Hank" Greenberg!
American International Group Inc, headed by then CEO Maurice "Hank" Greenberg, was rescued by the U.S. government (American Taxpayers) in 2008 with a bailout that ultimately totaled $182 billion dollars.
Greenberg, whose Starr International owned 12 percent of AIG before its near-collapse, has accused the New York Fed (in his own legal action) of using the rescue to bail out Wall Street banks at the expense of shareholders, and of being a "loan shark" by charging "exorbitant" interest on the initial loan. That loan interest rate was 14.5 percent (according to Reuters News). The rate is far below the interest charged to common citizens whose credit rating is deemed "insufficient, or " too low" (closer to 20%) by large banks and lenders .
AIG has never been charged with fraud and malfeasance for it's predatory practices that led to the near collapse of the American economy. Mr. Greenberg continues to bring frivolous lawsuits against the U-S, costing taxpayers more money to defend these ridiculous actions.
WE THE TAXPAYERS demand that the Federal Reserve and The U-S Government take action against Maurice Greenberg, and the current board of AIG, to now pay a higher (more acceptable interest rate of 20%) given the company's failed credit standing, and fraudulent criminal activities that led to the need for a massive bailout.
As well, WE DEMAND that Greenberg and his top level executives face criminal fraud charges for their involvement in the practices that led to the downfall of the insurance company and the near collapse of the entire economy in 2008.
WE also now call for PUNITIVE DAMAGES to be paid to ALL AMERICAN CITIZENS WHO LOST THEIR HOMES AND JOBS as a result of the irresponsible, and negligent, business practices employed by AIG which led to near economic calamity.
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By Alicia Lacy
Fort Hood Herald
With a history that dates back to the days of the Revolutionary War, West Point, N.Y., houses the United States Military Academy.
A week and a half before the March 16 founding date in 1802 when Thomas Jefferson signed legislation establishing the academy, West Point graduates, former staff and faculty, friends of West Point, spouses and other service academy graduates will celebrate the academy's founder's day Friday with an old-fashioned dinner and tailgate to celebrate 208 years.
Symbolic of the school's long-time rivalry with the United States Naval Academy, the theme for the event will be a "Beat Navy" tailgate.
Brig. Gen. Patrick Finnegan, dean of the academic board and 1971 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, will be the event's special guest speaker.
Every year in March, personnel from the academy speak at Founder's Day gatherings organized by West Point Societies throughout the United States and world, information from the military academy states.
Dress for Friday's event will be casual with 12 man/Beat Navy attire.
Pre-game festivities begin at 5:30 p.m., followed by Great Victories at 6:30 p.m. and a Post-Game Tailgate at 8:40 p.m.


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McDaniel celebrates 138th Commencement
Top academic honors went to Patrick Bonaduce, who received the Argonaut Award for earning the highest grade point average, while Emily Paull received an Edith Farr Ridington Phi Beta Kappa Writing Award for the most well-written thesis.
Prior to the ceremony, graduates marched through Memorial Plaza as Old Main bell rang loud and clear. Since 1991, seniors have passed by the bell, now mounted on a brick pedestal, for the ceremony that signals the closing chapter in their academic lives. As first-year students, they each rang the same bell to symbolize the beginning of their college career.
Joining the recipients in cap and gown was James Melhorn, President and CEO of EMA Inc. and McDaniel College Board Chair Emeritus, who received a Doctor of Business Administration. Helen Thomas, White House reporter and columnist for Hearst Newspapers, received a Doctor of Journalism degree but was unable to attend due to a health concern.
"I encourage you to give back through your time, talents and resources," Melhorn told the graduates and their guests. "I am talking about individual volunteerism where we give back through our time, talents and resources through community services, religious organizations, by supporting the arts or environmental efforts, by mentoring the next generation and/or giving back to your college."


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Wednesday, April 1 2009 - First Responders/Health Effects
Update on 9/11 Responders Bill--Two articles, two assessments
We posted an action item on Monday, asking readers to make a 5-minute phone call to your legislators asking them to support H.R. 847, the 9/11 responders health bill that will finally make funding available to responders developing serious illnesses long after 9/11. Now, the bill's sponsors say it's likely to pass because "some" Republicans will support it, while another NY Daily News reporter notes GOP Representatives are saying it's "too late" to get these people money... So what are we to make of that? Republicans hate first responders? Outrageous... Make that call right now. There are sick responders on the registry in every state (See Rep. Maloney's site for this info), meaning some of their own constituents need help--SHAME on Republican legislators who refuse to help people widely regarded as real American heroes, people who dropped everything on 9/11 and got themselves to NYC, from across the entire country, simply to help people they didn't know. Outrageous!
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Pols: 9/11 workers likely to get health help
BY Tom Brune
WASHINGTON -- Sponsors of a bill to compensate and cover health care costs of ailing 9/11 responders and recovery workers predicted Tuesday the House would pass the long-pending legislation this year.
New York Democratic Reps. Jerrold Nadler and Carolyn Maloney, of Manhattan, key sponsors of the measure, said the bill's ultimate fate lies in the Senate, where Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) has promised to introduce a companion bill.
"We have a really good chance of passing this," Nadler said.
Added Maloney, "We're going to get it done. We're going to pass this bill."
Rep. Peter King (R-Seaford) said some Republicans would join Democrats in voting for the bill. Nadler said if Congress passes a bill President Barack Obama has said he would sign it.
Nadler and Maloney made their predictions to two busloads of retired police, firefighters and other workers harmed by their work on the pile or nearby who had come down for a hearing on the bill. They are among the thousands of 9/11 responders whose ailments did not become apparent until after the 911 Victims Compensation Fund closed in 2003.
Nadler and Maloney have proposed a $11-billion fund to both cover health costs and provide compensation. The bill also would limit the liability of the city and the contractors and subcontractors that took part in the recovery and clean up at Ground Zero.
Rep. Tim Bishop (D-Southampton) and Rep. Steve Israel (D-Huntington) also expressed optimism and support for the bill after the hearing and in the pep talk to the 9/11 workers.
It's too late: GOP tells 9/11's sick that it's been too long since the attack for compensation
March 31, 2009
WASHINGTON -- Two busloads of Sept. 11 workers made what's become an annual pilgrimage to Washington Tuesday, pleading for Congress to help the thousands of rescuers and responders left to battle 9/11-induced illness on their own.
About 80 former rescue workers and family appealed at a hearing for lawmakers to reopen the Sept. 11 Victims' Compensation Fund to aide some 11,000 people who have gotten ill since the fund closed in 2005 from their work at Ground Zero, and have since sued the city and contractors.
They got skepticism from some GOP lawmakers, but won support from the former boss of the expired compensation fund, Ken Feinberg, who said the massive effort should be restarted to end the expensive, time-consuming litigation.
"The only reason they're litigating is because the 9/11 fund compensated their brethren, but could not compensate them before it expired," said Feinberg. "They would have met all the criteria and they would have been compensated."
Legislation sponsored by Manhattan Reps. Carolyn Maloney and Jerrold Nadler, who chaired the Judiciary subcommittee hearing, would reopen the fund for 22 years, allowing people with slower developing ailments like cancer to be compensated for sacrificing themselves on Sept. 11, 2001.
Some Republicans objected that the time frame was too long, and suggested it would be subject to abuse. They also feared creating a semi-permanent fund for victims of the terror attacks would open a precedent that would require similar funds.
The Rev. Bill Minson, a Santa Monica, Calif., preacher who ministered to 9/11 heroes, said setting a precedent for the government to help in major disasters - manmade or natural - was fine.
"The federal government has to be at least prepared to respond when massive numbers of people are suffering," said Minson, who started volunteering at Ground Zero on Sept. 13.
"The Republicans need to think about what they (the workers) have done," Minson said.
"These guys are sick and there's not debating it," said Anne Marie Bauman, 44, whose former NYPD officer husband, Christopher, couldn't make the trip today because of the heart ailments he's suffered since 9/11.
A number of witnesses at the hearing, including contracters and city lawyer Michael Cardozo, said reponing the fund would be the quickest, and probably the cheapest, route to ending lawsuits and easing suffering. Cardozo said the problem with suits is that it pits one set of heroes -- the city and contractors who also sacrificed on 9/11 -- against another.
Bauman said the issue is simple, though.
"There's no one else to help people who deserve it, without the government," said Bauman.
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Can anybody tell me what equipment is common in a forensic lab?I am writing a report of forensic science and can't seem to find a list of equipment, and we have no experts in my area.
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Why don't you visit the following site, a sheriff's office in the state of Florida, as a case study? The article you find here treats by category the different types of forensic studies going on ( filming, blood and DNA identification, fingerprinting, etc.) and the type of equipment provided. I think this approach would also be more interesting for the class rather than just furnishing a long list of materials.
Good luck with your presentation - hope this info comes in handy.
Thank you for the tip. I will look into it. Thanks!!!!


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As part of the plea deal that he reaches in last year's fan-tossing case, Akon is ordered to serve 65 hours of community service and pay a $250 fine.
Hip-hop artist Akon appeared in court in Fishkill, New York on Wednesday morning, December 17, pleading guilty to second-degree harassment charge, a violation, stemmed from a fan-tossing incident happened on June 3, 2007. In lieu of jail time, he, as stated in the plea bargain, was ordered to perform 65 hours of community service that must be completed before June next year. Besides, he was ordered to pay a $250 fine.
Having his child-endangerment charge dropped by prosecutors as part of the deal, Akon will have to avoid arrest within the next 12 months, otherwise he will have to reappear in the Fishkill court. After the court hearing, he was seen shaking hands with Anthony Smith, the now 16-year-old fan whom he threw off the stage, and apologizing to him and his parents.
Akon declined to comment as he made his way out of the court. Meanwhile, his lawyer, Andrea Zellan, issued a written statement saying, "We are pleased that the case has been resolved and Akon looks forward to putting this unfortunate incident behind him."
Akon was originally charged with misdemeanor endangering the welfare of a minor and a violation of second-degree harassment as a result of his famous fan-tossing incident. He initially pleaded guilty to both charges in early December last year.


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Communication is so deeply rooted in human behaviors and the structures of society that it is difficult to think of social or behavioral events that are absent communication. We might say that communication consists of transmitting information from one person to another. This book approaches communication theory from a biographical perspective, in an attempt to show theory development within a social context. Many of these theorists would not actually consider themselves "communication" researchers. The field of communication study is remarkably inclusionary, and integrates theoretical perspectives originially developed in a range of other disciplines.
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Despite the success of various education initiatives in the past several years, there's little doubt that the shortage of women in technology begins on the playground. As such, many industry leaders and experts believe the long-term solution to the gender imbalance in IT lies in women technologists going back to school -- way back, to high schools and even elementary schools to mentor young girls, who too often give up on math and science at an early age.
[See also our slideshow: Women leaders discuss their roles in IT.]
"Young girls have been deselecting math for a while," says Sandy Carter, vice president of SOA and WebSphere strategy at IBM. "They do very well in math and science for a while, and then seem to lose interest. We started looking at these statistics and decided that at IBM we needed to start attracting young girls."
In 1999, IBM launched a pilot day camp for seventh- and eighth-grade girls, staffed by women volunteers with technical backgrounds. The program, dubbed EXITE (EXploring Interests in Technology and Engineering), has grown annually. In 2006, IBM hosted more than 50 week-long EXITE camps worldwide.
"We've focused on showing these young girls women in technology who are supercool, and what it's like to be a woman in technology," Carter says.
EXITE projects have included building Web sites, assembling PCs, and making ice cream out of liquid nitrogen. More recently, the camps have focused on the role technology plays in health care, agriculture, environmental preservation, and relief efforts. Each camper is then paired with a woman volunteer who serves as a mentor throughout the following school year.
"There's the perception that if you don't see a lot of women in the field, it must not be a very good field for women," says Margaret Ashida, director of talent for IBM's software group and former director of the company's university talent programs, who says that demand outweighs supply for the EXITE camps. "You have to talk about how technology is making a difference to people to get them excited and engaged."
Meanwhile, Cisco has launched another program aimed at getting girls involved in technology. The Girls/Women in Technology Initiative, which includes partnerships with organizations such as the National Center for Women in Technology, offers a variety of programs for girls from kindergarten through high school, including a Web site where they can explore careers in technology.
"There's a natural tendency for girls at that age to think they're not as good at science and math," says Jayshree Ullal, vice president of datacenter, switching, and security at Cisco. "I have a passionate belief that the crux of the problem isn't something we can fix in five years. It's going to take decades, but once you have that pipeline going, things will change for the better."