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Too close for comfort
Game closer than final score shows
December 18, 2008
The lopsided score shows a decisive De Soto win. But even with a double digit lead, De Soto coach Jim Bonar never felt comfortable in De Soto's 64-46 win last Thursday at Maranatha.
"We kept adding but it was never an actual pull away type game where it was well under control," Bonar said.
A close game for a half, De Soto gradually wore down Maranatha in the second half. Jamel Townsend was responsible for much of that wear and tear as he led De Soto with 17 points and nine rebounds.
"He was cleaning up everything that did come off the rim," Bonar said. "A big part of that was he ran the floor well. We got him the ball a few times for some easy scores, but he does a lot of dirty work for us."
While Townsend was strong inside, the Wildcats were also successful from behind the arc. De Soto sank seven three-pointers in the game.
De Soto's sharp shooting from the perimeter has been a constant this season for the Wildcats. At the Hays City Shootout De Soto hit 11 threes in one game, and Bonar said he looked for the team to hit about that number every game this season.
"I think anywhere between seven and eleven would be about the average for us," Bonar said.
Leading De Soto's perimeter attack this season has been Tommy Elmer and Brendon Hudson. Elmer hit for threes in a game at Hays, and Hudson hit three in a game at Hays. Hudson also chipped in 12 points against Maranatha and had just one turnover.
"He did a good job," Bonar said of Hudson. "He's in a leadership role. That's good to know that he controlled the ball and controlled the offense like that."
Brandan Philbrook added 11 points for the Wildcats, who also kept their turnovers down. De Soto totaled just seven in the game.
Bonar said taking care of the basketball was crucial, especially when the game was still close.
"There were several times where Maranatha could have hit a shot or two and if we would have had a turnover or something like that it would have bee a lot closer than what it really was," Bonar said.
Tuesday night's game against Anderson County were postponed because of bad weather. De Soto will play Friday at Atchison in its last game before Christmas break. De Soto will return to the hardwood against K.C. Piper Jan 6 at De Soto.
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I just read "The Crucible" and we have to compare the characters in the book to the song "What a Wonderful World". We have to compare each stanza of the song to a different character and provide a quote for our reasoning. If you have read "The Crucible" please just try to guide me in the right way, you do not have to provide quotes. The lyrics to "What A Wonderful World" I see trees of green, red roses, too, I see them bloom, for me and you And I think to myself What a wonderful world. I see skies of blue, and clouds of white, The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night And I think to myself What a wonderful world. The colors of the rainbow, so pretty in the sky, Are also on the faces of people going by. I see friends shaking hands, sayin', "How do you do?" They're really sayin', "I love you." I hear babies cryin'. I watch them grow. They'll learn much more than I'll ever know And I think to myself What a wonderful world Yes, I think to myself What a wonderful world
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Fight Back Colorado, the super PAC created to unseat Colorado lawmakers who helped kill civil unions legislation launched a new campaign on Thursday targeting Speaker of the House Frank McNulty.
An email blast to supporters announced the start of "Farewell, Frank!" an online campaign encouraging supporters to decide McNulty's future employment. The tounge-in-cheek options listed on the site include "Hate chicken restaurant fry cook," "spin class instructor, because he tries to spin Coloradans on his antigay agenda," and "undertaker," since McNulty's shutdown of the House killed more than 30 bills along with civil unions legislation.
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The state government has decided to conduct a child marriage prevention campaign throughout the year with an objective of putting an effective check on underage marriage.bhopal Updated: Feb 11, 2013 15:33 IST
The state government has decided to conduct a child marriage prevention campaign throughout the year with an objective of putting an effective check on underage marriage.
Information on the campaign has been forwarded to all district collectors with directives to chalk out a local level action plan and carry out the work throughout the year. They have been asked to seek help of nongovernmental organisations (NGO), government and private institutions and officers.
The directorate of women's empowerment has chalked out an action plan under which a core group will be constituted at local government level. The core group will include sarpanchs of local gram panchayat, corporators, school principals, maximum two representatives of NGOs, representatives of religions including mukhiya, pandit, maulvi, priests of church, granthi of gurudwara, health workers, and distinguished persons of the village concerned. The core group will keep a watch over and prevent child marriage in their village. As normally woman intermediaries fix marriages in villages, they are also to be included in the core group.
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Thursday, March 31, 2011
It's In The Cards
It meant, rather obviously, "It's your move. Get on with it already."
Yesterday as I was mulling over a rather hefty decision, I heard my Dad's voice in my head. "Oh, f'Chris'sakes, Punkin... piss or get off the pot!" It was exactly what I needed to hear. My own indecision was gluing my feet to the floor and I needed to get unstuck fast. Right or wrong, I needed to take a step in some direction.
Indecision is a killer and I'm a master of over-pondering things. I will ruminate myself right into a cocoon. And where do cocoons go? Nowhere. Yeah yeah yeah... eventually they turn into beautiful butterflies that flit ever so gracefully in the morning sun... that's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about being in a place so safe and tight that I'm oblivious to my life. Besides, some cocoons get plucked up by sticky-fingered kids and tossed in mason jars to suffocate, forgotten on a shelf.
Phantom Dad was saying, "This is your hand, these are your cards. You're going to have to play one of them. Win or lose, choose the card. Piss or get off the pot."
Cards are about taking chances while paying attention. Even the keenest card shark doesn't win every game. But no one ever won anything by walking away from the table.
Ante up. My nickel's in.
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Man jailed in gun pointing incident
A Schuylkill County man was jailed on Monday, Sept. 26, following a gun-pointing incident at his home.
State police at Schuylkill Haven said the incident occurred at 20 Hidden Acres Drive, in Washington Township, about 7:45 p.m. Troopers said Donald Wilcynski, 64, and Michele Wilczynski, 49, entered into a "mild" argument at their home. He then went into the bedroom of the home and retrieved a 9mm pistol. He then held it in his hand while threatening to do bodily harm to his wife.
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When DH built an apartment downstairs in the garage for his mother, he also had to put in a bathroom and shower in the laundry area so our washer and dryer had to come upstairs. We never used the dining table so I gave it away, so now the room is basically my studio. Quite handy being near the kitchen!
We bought this sturdy office desk for 5 bucks at a local thrift shop. DH reinforced the middle drawer and then cut a hole to fit my old Brother. Needs to be enlarged a bit for my new Singer.
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RALEIGH, NC (AP) — North Carolina Republicans are looking more likely to get their chance to help choose a presidential nominee after Super Tuesday failed to materialize as the clincher for front-runner Mitt Romney.
State Republican leaders and activists say signs point to a contested North Carolina's May 8 presidential preference primary. Tuesday's primary and caucus results in ten states don't appear to have been decisive enough to trim the current field of four candidates led by Romney.
North Carolina GOP members haven't played a significant role in choosing a nominee since 1976.
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Families planning to attend the free El Cajon Ford Youth Fishing Derby at Lake Poway on Feb. 4 have an opportunity to camp under the stars.
Overnight camping at the lake will be available on Friday, Feb. 3, for a $15 per car registration fee. The evening will include a free pizza dinner and a fishing seminar hosted by Capt. Ron Baker, formerly of "Fish Talk Radio," and big-bass fisherman Mike Long.
The seminar will give youngsters a leg-up on the competition and ensure that their fishing rods/reels are in proper working order and rigged with the appropriate tackle, said Doug Smith, senior park ranger at the lake.
The derby will be from sunrise to noon on Saturday and is free for ages 15 and younger. Fishing will begin at 6 a.m.
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Ex-soldier Eric Rohloff on Gerry Adams bomb threat charge
This is the former TA soldier accused of making a wave of bomb threats against Gerry Adams and other senior Sinn Fein politicians.
Bangor man Eric Rohloff is charged with threatening to kill Newry and Armagh MP Mickey Brady and making a string of bomb warnings against the homes of Adams, Martina Anderson and Raymond McCartney.
Neighbours yesterday told Sunday Life how police swooped on his Clifton Road home early on Friday morning.
The spate of threats and hoax calls — allegedly made by Rohloff — came at a time when Sinn Fein members were on high alert.
Gerry Adams (pictured below) spoke out about "concerted series of threats and attacks on the homes of Sinn Féin members" following the alert at his property on May 6.
Rohloff, 39, appeared at Belfast Magistrates' Court yesterday on 14 charges including making threats to kill, wasting police time and misuse of public communications.
He was accused of making the threats in phone calls to the Samaritans in Coleraine and Omagh as well as Sinn Fein offices in Londonderry and Armagh.
Rohloff, who is pictured wearing the uniform of the Royal Irish Regiment, is also accused of making a bomb threat against Mehria Primary school, an independent Islamic primary school in Luton, England.
He allegedly called the Samaritans in Coleraine on May 4 threatening to kill Sinn Fein MP Mickey Brady.
On the same day he allegedly rang a Samaritans office in Omagh claiming there was a bomb at the home of MEP Martina Anderson.
On May 5 he is alleged to have telephoned a Sinn Fein office in Derry saying there were bombs at the homes of MLA Raymond McCartney and Martina Anderson as well as telephoning an individual again threatening to kill Mickey Brady.
The following day, Rohloff is said to have called the Andersontown News to say there was a bomb at the house of Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams on Norfolk Drive in west Belfast.
It was widely reported at the time that police were called to the scene but nothing untoward was found at the Sinn Fein leader's home.
Rohloff was arrested in Bangor before being charged by police in Newry on Friday following an investigation into a hoax bomb threat against Gerry Adams.
No bail application was made on behalf of Rohloff yesterday and district judge Bernadette Kelly remanded him custody to appear via videolink on Thursday.
Rohloff's neighbours yesterday told Sunday Life that he had lived for five years on Clifton Road, a quiet avenue off the Ballyholme Road.
They described him as a quiet individual. Neighbours said he had previously worked at a call centre.
On his Facebook page, Rohloff says that he was a member of Territorial Army until 2012 and he has posted a number of photographs of himself in military uniform including one in which he poses beside a portrait of the Queen.
charges: Eric Rohloff is accused of making threats against top Sinn Fein members
threats: Sinn Fein's Mickey Brady, Martina Anderson and Raymond McCartney
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Pentaho BI 4 Adds Interactive Reporting, Visualization
Pentaho Corp. has updated its open source BI with interactive reporting, data discovery and access to more data sources. IDN explores Pentaho BI 4 Enterprise Edition's latest capabilities for architects, devs, admins and end users with Pentaho CEO Richard Daley.Full Story >
Cloud Integration in 2011: David Linthicum Sees Cloud Creating, Uniting IT Silos
As cloud and SOA architectures converge, many enterprise architects and IT operations managers want to know how to ensure end-to-end integrity of data and applications. IDN talks about today's and tomorrow's cloud integration solutions with David Linthicum, CTO of Blue Mountain Labs and author of "Cloud Computing and SOA Convergence in Your Enterprise."Full Story >
Cloud Integration in 2011: Kapow Delivers Automated Suite for Cloud Integration
Kapow Software is delivering a quick and efficient approach to integrating on-premise, remote and cloud applications. Kapow Katalyst also automates business processes, supports mobile apps and can capture web-based data – even from apps users don't control. IDN's Cloud Integration in 2011 series continues with CTO Stefan Andreasen.Full Story >
IDN Holds Online Conference for Cloud Integration on June 23
A half-day, multi-speaker webcast devoted to enterprise use of cloud integration to tie together applications and data across cloud, SaaS and on-premise will be broadcast live online on Thursday, June 23, 2011. Produced by Integration Developer News, the online CloudCon: Integration will host experts from Dell | Boomi, IBM, Jitterbit, Kapow and Talend.Full Story >
Cloud Integration in 2011: Mule iON Unites Data Silos Across On-Premise, Cloud
MuleSoft, the folks behind the open source Mule ESB, is bringing integration as a service to the cloud. Mule iON goes beyond ESB in the cloud, providing an integration platform as a service (iPaaS) to enterprise architects, SaaS providers and SIs. IDN's Cloud Integration in 2011 series takes a look at Mule iON with MuleSoft CTO and founder Ross Mason.Full Story >
Cloud Integration 2011: SnapLogic Brings Easy Design, Hot Restarts
Start-up firm SnapLogic is shaping the cloud integration sector in 2011 with two core capabilities. The company's Snaps let users assemble integrations for data and apps as easily as putting together Lego blocks. Also, with RESTful services it connects any-to-any data sources and offers hot restart for failed integrations.Full Story >
Liaison Updates Semantic, Data Transformations for SOA, Data Integration
Liaison Technologies is shipping an update to its Contivo VMS (Vocabulary Management Solution), with better data mapping, conversion and transformation capabilities, and ways to improve collaboration among analysts, SOA professionals and data architects.Full Story >
Cloud Integration in 2011: Informatica Cloud Adds Security, Governance for 'Hybrid IT'
Cloud Integration in 2011: QueCloud Ties Cloud and On-Premise via Data Virtualization
Queplix Corp. is shipping its QueCloud integration platform, which uses data
virtualization for sharing data across cloud and on-premise apps. Integration
Developer News continues its "Cloud Integration in 2011" series with Queplix CEO
Mark Cashman.
Talend Unifies ESB, Data Management for End-to-End Data Services
Open source firm Talend is offering a unified data services platform that combines data management and an ESB. Talend seeks to offer a common environment where data and integration experts can develop, validate, deploy and manage end-to-end data services.Full Story >
Syncsort Looks To Improve Hadoop for Big Data Performance, Data Integration
Syncsort, a provider of data integration and data protection solutions, wants to contribute an external sort "plug-in" to Hadoop's open source community to open up Hadoop to more users, a Syncsort exec told IDN. The company also released a commercial product optimized for Hadoop.Full Story >
Scribe Online Targets Mission-Critical Integration for Hybrid Clouds
Scribe Software is taking aim at mission-critical integration for hybrid cloud. Scribe Online is a multi-tenant framework that runs on PaaS public clouds for creating, packaging, distributing and managing integrations between cloud-based and on-premise ERP, CRM and other applications. Scribe Online also supports collaboration between IT, integrators, VARs and other stakeholders.Full Story >
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- Simon Peel - SVP Strategy & Marketing
Cloud Proliferation - Overcoming the Data Integration Challenge
- David Inbar - Dir. Strategic Market Development, Office of the CTO
What to Look for in a Cloud Integration Solution
- Darren Cunningham - VP Informatica Cloud Marketing
Integrating Cloud Applications in Days Using IBM Cast Iron
- Simon Peel - SVP Strategy & Marketing
Integrating Your Enterprise with the Cloud
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- Marc-Thomas Schmidt - IBM Distinguished Engineer and Chief Architect Connectivity & Integration Middleware
The Integration Cloud Company
- Rick Nucci - CTO
Data Services for the Cloud
- Pat Walsh - Vice President, Application Integration Division
The Application Integration Crisis
- Stefan Andreasen - Founder and CTO
3 Keys to Hybrid Cloud Integration Success
- Dan Oxenburgh - Director of Marketing
Keynote Case Study Panel
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- Dell / Boomi: Rick Nucci - CTO
- Talend: Pat Walsh - VP, Application Integration Division
- Kapow Software: Stefan Andreasen - Founder and CTO
- Jiiterbit: Dan Oxenburgh - Director of Marketing
Kapow Software Expert Voice July 2011
Connecting the Cloud with WebSphere Cast Iron
- Chandar Pattabhiram, VP, Product & Channel Marketing, IBM Cast Iron
CLOUD-CON: Financial Services - Case Study Keynote Panel
- Featured Analyst: Judith Hurwitz, President and CEO, Hurwitz & Associates
- Red Hat: Gordon Haff, Cloud Evangelist
- IBM: Snehal Antani, Private Cloud Strategy & Product Management
- Ping Identity: Patrick Harding, CTO
- IBM Cast Iron: Chandar Pattabhiram, VP, Product & Channel Marketing, IBM Cast Iron
Integration: Essential Strategies for Cloud Computing
- Jaime D'Anna, Sr. Product Marketing Manager
Informatica Cloud: Get More from All of Your Cloud Investments
- Darren Cunningham, VP Informatica Cloud
3 Keys to Hybrid Cloud Integration Success
- Dan Oxenburgh, Director of Marketing
Making Integration Accessible from the Cloud
- Rick Nucci, CTO
How the Cloud and APIs Can and Will Change Your Business
- Alistair Farquharson, CTO
Monitoring for the New IT Environment
- Andy Kicklighter, Sr. Principal Product Manager
FuseSource: Integration Everywhere
- Rob Davies, CTO FuseSource - Co-Creator ASF Active MQ, Service Mix Camel
Harness Data Services To Cut Integration Time, Complexity
- Ciaran Dynes - Senior Director at Talend
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- Darren Cunningham - VP
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- David Bressler - Director, Solutions
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- David Skyberg - Product Manager
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- Alistair Farquharson - CTO
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- Wes Manning - Senior Sales Engineer
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- Sameer Parulkar - Product Marketing Manager JBoss Enterprise Middleware
Three Solutions for Simplifying Cloud/On-Premises Integration
- Bruce Tierney - Director, SOA Suite
CLOUD-CON:Integration & Web APIs Agenda
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[Ping Identity]: Loren Russon, VP of Product Management & Design
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[Intel]: Blake Dournaee, Senior Product Manager
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- Blake Dournaee - Senior Product Manager
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- Robert Moyer - Product Management
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- Loren Russon - VP of Product Management & Design
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- Alistair Farquharson - CTO
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- Kenny Peeples
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- Bruce Tierney
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- Jeff Reser
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CLOUD-CON: Integration and Web APIs Agenda
SnapLogic Elastic Integration
- Darren Cunningham
Vice President
OpenID Connect for the Enterprise
- Allyn Fay
Sr. Technical Marketing Manager
5 Reasons Why Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) Should Matter to You
- John DiStasio
Dir of Solutions Engineering & Partner Success
A New Breed of Technical Leaders: The 101 to Defining Your API Business Strategy
- Laura Heritage
Principal Solution Architect Enterprise API Platform
Overview of GeoTrust Resources
The Extended Enterprise – Pitfalls and Payoffs of Conducting Your Business Processes in the Cloud
- Keith Swenson
Vice President, R&D
What's New in Oracle Integration - Simplify Integration to Cloud and Mobile
- Bruce Tierney
Director – Oracle SOA Suite
CLOUD-CON: Integration and Web APIs Agenda
Introducing Oracle Integration Cloud Service - Simplifying Integration
- Bruce Tierney
Director for Oracle SOA Suite
Overview of GeoTrust Resources
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- Solomon Waters
Sr. Sales Engineer
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- Thomas Steinborn
Sr. Product Manager
Managing Identities Without Boundaries
- Matt Klassen - Director of Solutions Marketing
- David Gorton - Program Manager
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- Greg Benson - Chief Scientist
- Darren Cunningham - VP of Marketing
Agenda - CLOUD-CON: Integration and Web APIs
Building Enterprise APIs
- Andy Thurai - Program Director: API, IoT, Connected Cloud
Oracle Integration Cloud Service Demonstration
- Bruce Tierney - Director of Cloud Integration
Cloud MDM - Integration and Master Data Management in the Cloud
- Geoff Bockelmann - Product Manager, MDM
Connecting to the Cloud - An API-Centric Approach
- Ross Garrett - Sr. Director Product Marketing
SnapLogic - Connect Faster
- Darren Cunningham - Vice President
Salesforce Lighting Connect & DataDirect Cloud
- Sumit Sarker - Chief Data Evangelist
- Matthew Monahan - Principal Product Manager
How Adeptia iPaaS Defeats The Big Bad Wolf of Customer Onboarding
- Deepak Singh - CEO
Future Proof your Big Data Integration Solutions
- Madhu Raviendran Nair - Director Product Marketing
Lightweight Integration for Connected Enterprise
- Sameer Parulkar - Product Marketing Manager
CLOUD-CON: Integration and APIs Agenda
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- Ram Menon - Product Marketing Director / Oracle Cloud Integration
Unlock the Power of the API Economy
- Sid Bhatia - Program Director – API Economy Product Management
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Lightweight Integration for the Connected Enterprise
- Sameer Parulkar - Product Marketing Manager
AtomSphere iPaaS and API Management in the Cloud
- Paul Pasko - Sales Engineer
Integrating Mobile, Cloud, & IoT Apps with an Open Source RESTful Backend
- Bill Appleton - CEO & Co-Founder
Enterprise Integration Summit Agenda
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- Tony Curcio - Senior Product Director, Hybrid Integration Platform
Simplifying API Management & Integration
- Darko Vukovic - A Director, Oracle Cloud Platform for Integration
- Bruce Tierney - Manager, Integration Cloud, Product Management
AtomSphere iPaaS and API Management in the Cloud
- Paul Pasko - Sales Engineer
Data Integration and Management for Hybrid Cloud Environments
- Kevin Petrie - Senior Director; Technology Evangelist
AGENDA: CLOUD-CON: Integration and APIs
Hybrid Messaging - Using the best of both worlds to drive your business forward
- Paul Kettley - Offering Management, Messaging
Digital Transformation through the Lens of Customer Experience
- David Bressler - VP, API Management
Integrating Salesforce.com using Oracle Integration Cloud Service
- Bruce Tierney - a director of Oracle Cloud Platform for Integration
10 New Requirements for Modern Data Integration
- Darren Cunningham - VP Marketing
Symantec Resource Center - Cloud Integration & APIs
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A Reference Architecture for Hybrid Integration
- Kim Clark - Integration Architect, Offerings Management
Simplify Application Integration: Connecting your Business for Faster Time to Market
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Pragmatic Microservices with Integration and API Management
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Solving the Challenges of Hybrid IT with Cloud MDM
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- Matt Terry - VP Product Management
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- Marty Wasznicky - Vice President
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- Rami Essaid - CEO & Co-founder
Data Integration and Distribution Designed for the Mobile Internet
- Ross Garrett - Director Product Marketing
Data Integration and Big Data Management
- Kevin Petrie - Sr Director, Product Marketing
How NOT to Mess Up Data Integration (in 5ish Easy Steps)
- Jake Freivald - Vice President of Product Marketing
CLOUD-CON: Integration and APIs Agenda
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- Alan Chatt - Offering Manager for Cloud Messaging
Connecting Your Microservices and Cloud Services with Oracle Integration
- Robert Wunderlich - Senior Principal Product Manager
What's Your Strategy for Using APIs?
- Brett Stineman - Director of Product and Partner Marketing
Moving Data and Applications to the Cloud Securely - End-to-End Trusted Security
- Trish Reilly - Global Product Marketing Manager - HPE Security - Data Security
- Marcelo Delima - Global Product Marketing Manager - HPE SecureMail
Containers and DevOps from Hype to Reality
- Erik Jacobs - Principal Technical Marketing Manager OpenShift
An API Led Approach to Integration in a Connected World
- Sachin Gadre - VP, Product Management
Trends and Directions for IBM Application Integration
- Andrew Humphreys - Program Director, IBM Application Integration Offering Management
Changing Data Integration
- Kevin Petrie - Sr Director, Product Marketing
- Jordan Martz - Dir of Technology Solutions
Enterprise Integration Summit Agenda
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Augment Your Reality – A Path to Next Generation Technologies
- Bill Bodin - CTO
- Mike Thompson - Sr. Director, Product
An API Led Approach to Integration in a Connected World
- Sachin Gadre - VP of Product Management
API Management in the Real World
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API, Workflow and Application Integration for .NET Developers
- Marty Wasznicky - Vice President
Integration & APIs - Enterprise-Grade Integration Across Cloud and On-Premise
- Kim Clark - Integration Architect
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Digital Business Platform -- API / Microservices-Driven Innovation
- Subhash Ramachandran - SVP Product Management & Marketing webMethods Portfolio
Moving Data and Applications to the Cloud Securely - End-to-End Trusted Securely
- Farshad Ghazi - Global Product Manager HPE Security – Data Security
7 Habits of Highly Efficient Microservices Adoption
- Kevin Bohan - Director, Product Marketing Integration Technologies
Connecting Experiences and Applications in a Digital World
- Div Manickam - Product Marketing Manager
API-Driven Integration for Cloud and Big Data
- Navdeep Sidhu - VP Product Marketing
The Power of Low-Code Integration
- Jorge Sanchez - Director of Product Strategy
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Cash No Longer a Vehicle for Saving
March 11, 2014
There is little incentive for Americans to save today, says R. David Ranson, a senior fellow with the National Center for Policy Analysis and head of research at H. C. Wainwright & Co. Economics.
The United States' financial capital supply comes largely from Americans' savings. But with the Federal Reserve's zero interest rate policy and government incentives that encourage consumer spending, it is not realistic to expect savers to fuel economic growth because there is little reason to put money into savings.
To guard against the Fed's price manipulation through zero interest rates, individuals should use permanent portfolios that contain a mix of stable assets.
- The idea of "permanent portfolios" was developed in the 1980s by financial author Harry S. Browne. He advocated investing in equal weights in assets in four major categories: stocks, bonds, gold and commodities.
- A similar idea was advocated by Ray Dalio, an investment guru, who advocated allocating weights to each investment contribution based on the level of risk.
- Both of these portfolios are incredibly successful compared to returns from cash. By using a constant mix of selected assets, investors can mimic the long-term stability of cash while getting a higher return.
Ranson writes that these types of portfolios -- competing investment funds with highly stable asset mixes -- are likely to become more and more popular, serving as an "irrepressible form of private money."
Source: R. David Ranson, "The Federal Reserve Orchestrates the Death of Cash as a Vehicle for Saving," Forbes, February 21, 2014.
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Issue No. 05 - September (1980 vol. 6)
pp: 485-489
W.H. Leung , Bell Laboratories
This paper is concerned with the formal specification of program modules which control access to resources shared among concurrent proceses. The concept of state space is defined for such program modules and the formal specification is given in terms of a program module invariant and input-output assertions defined on the state space. Examples are provided to ilustrate the construction of sDecifications with this approach.
state space model, Concurrent processes, control modules, input-output assertion, invariant assertion, program specification, resource sharing
C.V. Ramamoorthy, W.H. Leung, "An Approach to Formal Specification of Control Modules", IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, vol. 6, no. , pp. 485-489, September 1980, doi:10.1109/TSE.1980.230789


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According to industry estimates, the small-business insurance market (those businesses with 50 or fewer employees) represents roughly $95 billion in potential premium—a huge lure for producers. In a traditional agency, however, an agent's sales process is both lengthy and costly: There are limited human and financial resources for relationship-building, account-selling and customer-retention efforts.
When factoring in the investment of time and effort required, agents simply aren't able to make enough money in the small-commercial arena—and as a result, this market has been largely untapped, and small businesses remain underserved and underinsured.
In 2009, SeaPass Solutions, a company that delivers automation solutions to the insurance marketplace, conducted a survey of 125 small-business owners to find out how effectively the insurance needs of this group were being served. The goal: to better understand how both business-process improvement and technology automation could help agencies and brokers turn a profit in the small-business market.
The survey revealed that small-business owners have a strong need for price transparency, accessible language and time efficiency in the discovery process. If the search for the right insurance solution takes too long or proves too complicated, small-business owners said, they would defer to a traditional independent agent.
Small-business owners also said they want agents to be more proactive and intuitive and to anticipate their needs as their businesses evolve. Data segmentation would be helpful in this regard, allowing producers to utilize client data to identify and target customers by policy-issue dates, geographic locations or demographic data.
In response, SeaPass founded BOLT (Business Owners Liability Team) in 2010—a national agency using an online brokerage model targeted exclusively at the small-commercial-business marketplace. Others looking to expand their market share within the small-business community may also benefit from the SeaPass research findings and best practices BOLT has implemented.
Administrative tasks have become an obvious and significant problem in the long sales cycle. Telephone tag and emails back and forth can create a logjam in the communication process between the agent and carrier underwriters, and filling out multiple carrier forms can create a mountain of paperwork. These activities can easily consume five to seven days of an agent's sales cycle before a policy is issued.
Today's automation technology, however, offers the opportunity to shorten the agent's sales cycle. Key capabilities required include centralization of the client's data in a secure online environment so everyone in the value chain can access the information, along with the creation of a platform that enables real-time collaboration and communication between clients, agents and carriers. A similar technology model exists in the travel-agency sector through portals like Expedia and Travelocity.
The portal solution used by BOLT, for example, functions much the same way as the travel portals and offers similar benefits to small-business owners who want to purchase a commercial insurance policy as quickly and easily as they can book a flight to Wichita. In a user-friendly, online environment, a small-business consumer can access up to six quotes from multiple carriers in a few minutes, allowing clients the chance to research, review and compare the information before making a selection.
Clients also have access to more complex lines like Excess & Surplus—a big advantage for small businesses with unique needs or a list of risk factors that make them poor candidates for standard lines. While others may opt for a different approach than what BOLT has employed, the portal should be able to provide agents access to all the information and resources necessary to issue a policy in less than an hour in most cases.
This need for speed is particularly important in serving an emerging niche within the small-business market: independent contractors and consultants, which present strong sales opportunities for agents and brokers. These one-person operations often need immediate commercial insurance coverage in order to secure a contract or win business. For these clients, confirming insurance coverage within an hour is an urgent business requirement, not a safety measure.
Small-business market requirements for finding the right commercial insurance solution translate to a simple, time-efficient search process where pricing is transparent and information is easy to understand. A dramatic reduction in the sales cycle would allow agents the time they need to build relationships, advise clients and explore new sales leads—all necessary activities for client retention and acquisition.
Technology platforms and portals that are now available present intriguing opportunities in business and revenue growth for both agencies and small businesses alike—and though the technology might enable greater profitability, perhaps one of its biggest benefits is that it allows agents, brokers and small-business owners to focus on what they each do best.


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In addition, registration for Osceola Elementary School can be done at Pedro Menendez High School (summer consolidation site) from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday until Aug. 6.
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Strange file access restrictions in kernel-headers directory
Hi all,
I installed the kernel headers using "apt-get install kernel-headers-2.4.25-1-386" so that i will be able to install the proprietary nvidia drivers. it seems however that the file attributes in that kernel headers directory structure are messed up. if i go to the "/usr/src/kernel-headers-2.4.25-1-386/include/linux" directory and type "ls kernel.h", i see that kernel.h is indeed a file in that directory. however, if i type "more kernel.h", i get a message that says "kernel.h: No such file or directory." note that i am doing all of this as root, so i should have the proper permissions, right? i also tried a "chmod 777 kernel.h" and got the error "chmod: failed to get attributes of 'kernel'h': No such file or directory." what is going on here, and what can i do to rectify it? thanks for any help in advance.
now, if i do "ls -l | cut -b 57-" i find that all of the files in that directory are soft links to themselves. for example, kernel.h is "kernel.h -> ../../../kernel-headers-2.4.25-1-386/include/linux/kernel.h." what's going on?
Imho this is a packaging error, the creator of the .deb had symlinks in kernel-headers to kernel-header-2.4.25-1-386 and packaged them without option to follow symlinks. Report this to package mantainer.
I looked at the incriminated package... are you sure you installed kernel-headers-2.4.25-1 (without -i386) before? Was the donwload 5M or 300K? Maybe it's a dependancy problem.
yep ac1980, that was it. i needed to apt-get the headers without the -386 before hand. thanks for all the help.
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Beckham backs Casillas for Ballon D'Or glory
David Beckham has backed the claims of Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas to win the Ballon D'Or as footballer of the year.
Although Manchester United ace Cristiano Ronaldo is arguably favourite to claim France Football magazine's coveted award, Casillas also looks to have a solid case for taking over the mantle currently held by Brazilian ace Kaka.
Not only did Casillas help Madrid defend their Primera Liga title last season, but he also won the 'Zamora' award as the goalkeeper with the best goals-against average in the Spanish top flight, conceding just 32 in 36 league goals.
In addition to that, the 27-year-old then captained Spain to glory at Euro 2008 the summer, helping the Iberian nation end a 44-year long wait to win a major trophy.
Many at Madrid believe Casillas deserves to be the first goalkeeper since Russian legend Lev Yashin in 1963 to be win the Ballon D'Or, and Beckham is also of that mind.
'I hope so. He is hugely talented, is a great goalkeeper and a great person. And it would be good if a goalkeeper won it,' said Beckham, who played alongside Casillas for four years at the Bernabeu, in Marca.
'We shall see what happens, but I hope that he wins the Ballon D'Or, he deserves it'
Beckham also admitted to the Spanish newspaper that he would relish the chance to return to Real Madrid sometime in the future to work with the club's youngsters.
Beckham proved a hugely popular figure during his four years at the Primera Liga giants before moving to the MLS with LA Galaxy last summer, and the England midfielder has always spoken highly of his time both at Madrid and in Spain.
'I would like to return to Spain some day and to Real Madrid. To work with the kids or something similar at Madrid would be an honour for me,' said Beckham, who helped Madrid win the Primera Liga title in his final year at the club - his only major trophy during his time at the Bernabeu.
'Everybody knows that I love to work with kids and that I adore Spain. I still have my house in Madrid and if I return some day I already have somewhere to live.
'When the moment comes we will have to see, but to be part of Madrid would be great. I have many friends there and many people who I respect a lot, such as (former president) Florentino Perez, who is one of the best friends I have in Madrid.'
Beckham also repeated his desire not to enter into football management when he retires from the game.
The former Manchester United and Madrid midfielder has played under some great managers during his career, including Sir Alex Ferguson and Fabio Capello, but he has again admitted he has no interest in following in their footsteps.
'I have my academy of football here in Los Angeles, but I will never be a coach. I don't have this passion, I prefer to be with my academy and work with the children, with UNICEF...and things like this where you can help people,' he said.
'I love football and I will always continue being involved in it, but I don't want to be working on the sidelines or anything like that.'
The 33-year-old former England captain also spoke in glowing terms of Fabio Capello's dedication to football.
Beckham has seen first hand the Italian's application, both with England and Real Madrid and has been impressed with the passion of Capello, who has also coached AC Milan, Roma and Juventus, and replaced Steve McClaren as England boss in December.
He told Marca: 'He is passionate about football. He has a total dedication to this sport.
'I think he is one of the coaches who spends most time watching football, talking about football, analysing football - and this shows the passion that he feels for his work.
'He always wants the best for his team and for his players. Now that he is England coach I am sure that things are going to go well.
'He is an ambitious coach who only wants to win - and he is someone with a lot of success behind him.'
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Retired NHLer and former Toronto Maple Leaf Darcy Tucker joined the celebration during Hockey Day in Canada on Saturday with an on-ice clinic from Lloydminster, Alta.
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To celebrate Pro Bono Week 2015, we rounded up a few of the stellar companies making a difference through skilled volunteering and pro bono work related to STEM education. One of the best ways to both engage employees in skills based volunteerism and connect with students around STEM is providing work-based learning opportunities, including classroom visits and company tours.
These experiences can spark awareness of and interest in STEM careers; give students first-hand exposure to STEM companies, workplaces and professionals; connect school learning to real-world STEM applications; and build the STEM skills that employers want. Additionally, providing opportunities for employees with skilled volunteering opportunities that allow them to engage meaningfully with students help employers attract and retain the best talent.
Here are nine CTEq members that are making a difference through skills-based volunteering and work-based learning programs in STEM:
Chevron is a strategic partner for Techbridge Girls, a program that inspires girls to discover a passion for technology, science, and engineering. In addition to working with Techbridge to create and prepare hands-on STEM activities for program participants, Chevron employees have hosted 14 field trips for students to their California offices and provided more than 100 role models to inspire these girls in STEM.
@Chevron has been an incredible partner in #STEM #EmployeeEngagement - we love our Chevron role models & volunteers! https://t.co/plXote3pcV— Techbridge Girls (@techbridgegirls) October 28, 2015
Dow Chemical
Last year, Dow created the Dow STEM Ambassadors program, a group of 1,300 volunteers from offices around the world. The program connects Dow employees to students and teachers interested in STEM and gives them inspiring opportunities to share their knowledge and skills. The company is even partnering with the Smithsonian Science Education Center to develop instructional guides for STEM teachers.
IBM employees participate in a number of STEM mentoring activities – they were recently recognized by US2020 for their STEM mentorship efforts in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where a team of IBM employees volunteered to mentor sixth grade students in an engineering challenge to design a shipping container. Additionally, IBM employees have volunteered to mentor and judge inventions at their own Chicago Student Invention Convention every year since 2012.
Qualcomm employees get hands-on with STEM learning at Qcamp, a two-week summer camp for girls in California. The employees work with the campers on engineering projects, robo-crafts, and more. The students also get a chance to visit Qualcomm's labs and offices – this year, the campers visited their Pacific Center Campus to learn about energy efficiency and checked out the Robotics Lab to learn more about technology and meet a Battlebots competition winner.
Space Systems Loral
SSL also hosts students in their headquarters – employees teach them about the engineering and manufacturing processes that go into creating satellites. Employees participate in hands-on activities with students like building satellites out of recycled material or launching paper rockets. They also talk with students about how satellites and technology relate to their daily lives to help them see possibilities in future STEM careers.
To inspire students STEM, Symantec hosts tours in their state-of-the-art computer labs and data centers. Students have a chance to talk with employees to ask them about their jobs, giving them a great opportunity to learn about potential STEM careers. Additionally, Symantec partners with other STEM-focused organizations to further expand their education for students and bring more students on official tours. These company tours give Symantec employees a fun and meaningful way to volunteer and connect with students.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments employees participate in a variety of STEM volunteering projects across the country – for example, their engineers sponsor and coach students in Arizona for the FIRST Lego League competition. TI employees also partnered with engineers in Maine and volunteered as "engineering ambassadors" in local schools to teach students how engineers can make a difference in the world.
United Launch Alliance
United Launch Alliance also participates in a variety of STEM initiatives to engage and inspire students. They partner with nonprofits and school districts to bring fun and educational experiences with rocket science to students. One of these is their Student Rocket Launch program that they host with the Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corporation. This event simulates a real-life rocket launch campaign and inspires students to pursue careers in STEM.
A3. Community involvement is one of our core values. #STEM focus develops our future workforce as a company, industry and nation. #PBW15— ULA (@ulalaunch) October 28, 2015
Xerox employees have been providing hands-on learning experiences in classrooms for almost 50 years – today, they're focused on building a diverse workforce for engineering. Their Xerox Science Consultant program emphasizes bridging gaps in STEM opportunities between affluent and urban schools. Visiting classrooms allows employees to work directly with students and get them excited about potential career paths in STEM. Xerox Science consultants also work with teachers to map out hands-on STEM activities for their students.
@changeequation We do! It's hugely important to us here at Xerox. #STEM #PBW15— Xerox (@Xerox) October 28, 2015
Bravo to these companies for making a difference through volunteering and work-based learning in STEM! These types of programs and initiatives are giving kids the kind of meaningful, real-world exposure to STEM jobs that can last a lifetime. Tell us how your company participates in pro bono on Twitter with the hashtag #PBW15! To learn more about work-based learning, and what your company can do, check out our employer's guide.
This is the third in a series of blogs about work-based learning in STEM. Classroom visits are one of six types of employer-led learning activities highlighted in our employer's guide to work-based learning.
Classroom visits are a tried-and-true way for STEM professionals to talk with young people about their work and careers. Now, with STEM talent in high demand, companies are becoming more deliberate in their efforts to make the most of classroom visits for students—and teachers.
Two Change the Equation member companies—Dow and Xerox—shared their evolving approaches to classroom visits with us. Here's what we learned:
Connect classroom visits to core business priorities.
Building on decades of classroom visits, Dow last year created the Dow STEM Ambassadors program, which in less than a year is a 1,300-strong cadre of volunteers around the globe. The program creates a structure around employee volunteerism to better meet student, teacher, employee and corporate needs. "Ultimately, it's about building the workforce of tomorrow," says Dow's Jaime Curtis-Fisk, STEM Education Program Leader and Formulation Scientist. "We want students in our communities to be college and career ready—prepared for whatever the next step beyond high school is for them."
Building that workforce of tomorrow is a "K–career" endeavor, says Dow's Meredith Morris, STEM Leader, Global Citizenship—and it also yields business benefits today. Engaging Dow employees in inspiring and preparing tomorrow's employees is a powerful recruitment and retention strategy. "Studies show that employees, particularly employees just coming out of school, want to work at a company that they think is making positive social impacts on the world and on their communities," Morris says. "We also see an opportunity to tell the Dow story to a captive audience of students, teachers and parents." The Dow STEM Ambassadors program also will be a linchpin in the company's corporate commitment to positively impact the lives of a billion people across the world over the next decade via employee engagement.
At Xerox, employees have been providing hands-on learning experiences in classrooms for almost 50 years, since "before STEM was STEM," says Elissa Nesbitt, Manager of Community Relations and Communications, Xerox Foundation. The thrust then—and now—is building a diverse workforce for engineering. Today, the Xerox Science Consultant program puts greater emphasis on bridging gaps in STEM learning opportunities between affluent and urban schools.
The program syncs with a core Xerox mission of corporate citizenship and community engagement—and it enhances the company's reputation in its communities. The program also draws new hires, particularly Millennials, in droves. "When you are trusted to take an hour or two during the day to give back to the community, you feel good about the company you work for," Nesbitt says. "It makes you feel energized, and you may give a little bit more to that project you were working on." At the same time, Xerox employees at all stages of their careers, even retired employees, visit classrooms.
Focus on student engagement, learning, and career awareness and preparation.
Classroom visits give Xerox an opportunity to put a different spin on the school curriculum. "Our mission isn't to teach earth science or static electricity to improve test scores," Nesbitt says. "We want students to understand the concept, how it applies to real life and how it may apply to their career one day. We couple that with a role model—some of these students may not have a scientist or an engineer in their family or in their neighborhood. We want kids to get excited about potential career paths and learning over all. That for us is what it's all about."
Likewise, the Dow program focuses first on sparking students' interest in STEM learning. "If students have decided that math is too hard for them or science isn't interesting, our first priority is to win them back over" by engaging them in hands-on science activities or experiments, says Dow's Curtis-Fisk. Once their eyes light up, Dow STEM Ambassadors help to channel that excitement into learning STEM content and hard skills students need to be successful in college and careers.
"Particularly in the United States, we need talented individuals across the workforce pipeline—chemists, engineers, electricians, pipefitters, welders," Dow's Morris says. "We want to make sure we're providing resources to students and to parents about what the next steps are education-wise and how that translates into a career."
Align activities with the school curriculum and teacher needs.
Over the years, Xerox engineers and scientists have developed about 60 hands-on lesson plans and materials kits for classroom visits—all mapped to the local school curriculum. Every year, the company collaborates with local school district partners to review and update the lessons, which are geared to students in grades 3–6.
"We've learned to be flexible and read the needs of the school," Nesbitt says. "We have a very well prepared group of volunteers. But it really comes down to, what do the school district and school and teacher need?" Xerox Science Consultants work with teachers to learn the progression of lessons throughout the school year and map out the classroom visits with hands-on activities to support the curriculum. Xerox consultants also help teachers prepare students beforehand with relevant vocabulary, for example, so they're ready to engage in the activities. Those interactions can help teachers better understand science as well.
Similarly, classroom visits aren't merely a "one and done" activity for Dow. The company is partnering with the Smithsonian Science Education Center to develop instructional modules on topics such as energy and chemical reactions. Teachers also can call on Dow STEM Ambassadors for follow-up assistance. Another Dow program, Teacher Partners, pairs teachers with a Dow "buddy" who provides expertise on science topics to teachers for their classroom instruction.
Amplify the impact by helping employees make the most of their volunteer time.
In the past year, Dow has added volunteer coordinators in Michigan, Louisiana and Texas, three states in which the company has a major presence. These coordinators handle the logistics of classroom visits and other volunteer activities, forge connections with schools and out-of-school organizations, and match employees with "best fit" volunteer opportunities. This infrastructure means "employees' time and passion is spent working with students and teachers," Curtis-Fisk says.
Track and measure results. Dow now tracks and monitors volunteer efforts more closely, just as it does for other business activities. This enables Dow to identify where employees and schools might need more support.
These types of programs from companies like Dow and Xerox are giving kids the kind of meaningful, real-world exposure to STEM jobs that can last a lifetime. To learn more about work-based learning, and what your company can do, check out our employer's guide.
The population of students of color is growing, but many of those students don't have teachers who look like them. Only 13 percent of public school math teachers are minorities -- a number we've got to change to make our schools more reflective of our overall population.
Source: Institute of Education Statistics, Digest of Education Statistics, 2013. Institute of Education Sciences, The Condition of Education, 2015.
This is the second in a series of blogs on work-based learning in STEM. Company tours are one of six types of employer-led learning activities highlighted in our employer's guide to work-based learning.
You'd think that kids growing up in and around the Silicon Valley would have a natural window on the world of high-tech careers. For plenty of K–12 students, however, this hub of innovation might as well be on another planet. Disparity in learning opportunities for disadvantaged students, and for girls and young people of color who are underrepresented in STEM fields, is just as real here as anywhere.
Two of our member companies, Symantec and SSL (Space Systems Loral), are among those trying to change that. Both companies embrace work-based learning by welcoming students to their facilities for eye-opening company tours that showcase advanced technology and the skilled STEM professionals who create and produce it. Both companies are leveraging strategic partnerships with STEM-focused organizations to maximize their impact on students.
Symantec, the world's largest cybersecurity company, has been hosting formal tours for students in third grade through high school since 2008, and on an ad hoc basis before that. Students get to visit state-of-the-art computer labs and data centers, and talk with employees at the company's Mountain View headquarters, as well as other company sites. One of the most popular activities is lunchtime in the cafeteria, where groups of four or five students like to pepper the Symantec employee at their table with questions about their work, educational preparation and career passions—a small-group interaction that both students and employees enjoy.
"We want kids to be exposed to a big array of jobs in the tech industry," says Lora Phillips, director, corporate responsibility. "There's the really cool technology, and tech jobs where really smart, cutting-edge researchers are working on trends in security, cybersecurity and data protection. But there are so many other things that people can do at this company. We want to open their eyes to a broader perspective. If they're great writers, we'll take them to meet the PR people and learn about telling the tech story. If they're great with people, they talk with the HR team about how to build a very competitive base of employees."
For these tours and other K–12 STEM education programs, Symantec partners with organizations like Techbridge, an accomplished CTEq STEMworks program that inspires girls to discover a passion for technology, science and engineering. The company works closely with its partners to understand their goals for particular groups of students—and tailors the tours and the mix of learning activities to meet them. Symantec also tries to match employee volunteers with interests and skills that dovetail with those of students. "Finding that intersection between what the nonprofits are looking for and what our employees are looking for—that's the sweet spot," Phillips says.
Company tours give employees a fun and convenient way to volunteer, which is important to them, Phillips says. The tours also reflect a Symantec corporate responsibility goal of exciting, engaging and educating 1 million students in STEM education through global nonprofit partnerships, with an emphasis on computer science and cybersecurity, by 2020.
At SSL, a leading commercial satellite designer and manufacturer, the enormous manufacturing area at the Palo Alto headquarters is the key attraction during company tours for K–12 students. The students get to see first-hand both huge, shiny, nearly completed satellites and satellites at different build and assembly stages. Employees share the engineering that goes into the components and the complex manufacturing process.
"The most important part of this for me is that students get to see that these engineers are just regular women and men, like people the students know," says Alessandra Borgia, a propulsion engineer who leads the SSL STEM Outreach Team. "That resonates and they say, 'Wow! I can do this.'"
On the tours, employees engage students in a dialogue about how satellites relate to students' daily life. "Satellites provide essential services that fuel growth and help everyone connect around the world," Borgia says. Employees develop age-appropriate activities for tours as well, such as having younger students build their own satellites out of recycled material or launch paper rockets propelled by Alka-Seltzer® and water in a film canister.
Without a dedicated educational outreach staff, SSL has hosted company tours for schools and organizations that ask for them—including TechBridge. More recently, Borgia has reached out to explore collaborations with other organizations, including Society of Women Engineers, LISTAS (Latinas in STEM to Achieve Success) in the California Bay Area and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
For her, this effort is personal as well as professional. She earned her PhD in particle physics from a university department of 50 students, only a few of whom were women and minorities. "That's really depressing and discouraging," she says. "I don't want that for our future. In general, we don't see enough diversity." So she is helping SSL target girls, underserved students and schools, and underrepresented young people in STEM fields. "That's really the point of STEM outreach—to help people who don't have an interface or experience with STEM," she says.
These types of programs from companies like Symantec and SSL are giving kids the kind of meaningful, real-world exposure to STEM jobs that can last a lifetime. To learn more about work-based learning, and what your company can do, check out our employer's guide.
At a meeting of Arizona business leaders and other funders last week, a small group of Phoenix-area students stole the show. They described how participating in some of the nation's best STEM education programs--such as Project Lead the Way, FIRST Robotics, and Engineering is Elementary--had sparked their passion for STEM and changed their lives. Their achievements have earned them the jobs of Chief Science Officers from Arizona SciTech, a vast network of state science festivals. They are among the nation's most effective ambassadors for STEM.
If only their stories weren't the exception to the rule in Arizona.
Arizona stands out from other states in ways state leaders should find both very encouraging and deeply troubling. On the one hand, the state nearly tops the nation in the growth of STEM jobs. On the other, it ranks near the bottom in giving students opportunities to prepare for those jobs.
First, the good news: Arizona ranks fourth in the projected growth of STEM jobs over the next decade, and second in the projected growth of computing jobs. And Arizona, unlike the states that take the top spots on these measures, has a high concentration of STEM jobs to begin with.
Now the bad news: these jobs might go unfilled or migrate to other states if Arizona's youth aren't ready to do them. Arizona ranks 41st in the amount of time elementary schools devote to science, 46th in giving math and science teachers the resources they need, 46th in the percentage of afterschool opportunities that focus on STEM, and 50th in students' access to teachers who majored in math. (For a more complete list of how the state stacks up, see our recent infographic.)
Yet Arizona has a secret—or perhaps not so secret—weapon. The state is rich in passionate STEM advocates and educators who have created some of the nation's best STEM education programs. In fact, about one in ten programs in our STEMworks honor roll was home grown in Arizona, and most of those have also been singled out for praise by 100Kin10, an effort to strengthen the STEM teaching force. Those programs simply don't reach enough Arizona children.
So here's an equation that desperately needs changing: students lack STEM education opportunities in a state that expects to be a center for STEM jobs and is home to world-class STEM education programs. CTEq members like Freeport McMoRan and Intel have joined a handful of private foundations in the state to provide major support to such programs. Now, CTEq is working with them and other STEM advocates in the state to help spread those programs far and wide.
STEMworks programs have changed lives. Why should so few Arizona children have access to them?


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While addressing business leaders at the annual meeting of the Mississippi Economic Council, Gov. Phil Bryant today announced the creation of a new group designed to spark job growth and economic expansion.
Bryant named more than 100 businessmen and businesswomen to his "Mississippi Works" committee as part of his long-term economic development initiatives.
Mississippi Development Authority Director Jim Barksdale and businessman Bill Lampton will spearhead the group's efforts.
"As I said in my inaugural address, my first job is to make sure every Mississippian has a job," Gov. Bryant said. "From our policy summit in December to Blueprint Mississippi, many great ideas have been put forward to help advance the economic success of our state. I have taken great care in selecting these exceptional leaders who come from across all regions of Mississippi and who reflect the great diversity of industry within our state."
Mississippi Works is a privately funded, statewide coalition of business leaders who are striving to build and sustain an economic development vision for Mississippi.
The group will collaborate through a series of business roundtables and will develop strategies to expand economic opportunities and workforce development for Mississippi, bring new investments to each region of the state and create new jobs.
Gov. Bryant added: "Together, the members of the Mississippi Works committee will provide insight into the varying economic challenges of communities and will develop comprehensive and resourceful plans to spur development throughout the state."
Mississippi Works has three primary objectives:
Help craft a comprehensive strategy to expand economic opportunities in Mississippi.
Help bring new investments to new regions of our state and continue to grow existing businesses to expand to new markets.
Allow for a forum for Mississippi Business Leaders to learn about all the great work going on throughout our state, giving them tools they can use in spreading Mississippi's good story around our nation and world
"Mississippi Works looks to the businessmen and businesswomen who have a strong track record of generating private sector jobs across the state for recommendations on how Mississippi can most effectively pursue growth opportunities that will create high-paying jobs for Mississippians," Co-Chair Jim Barksdale said. "It is critical we capitalize on the assets and the expertise we have to ensure our state is well-positioned for long-term economic development prospects, and Mississippi Works will do just that."
Mississippi Works, Executive Committee 2012-2013
Jim Barksdale, director, Mississippi Development Authority
Carl Chaney, CEO, Hancock Bank
Ed Day, CEO, Mississippi Power
Tommy Dulaney, CEO, Structural Steel Services Inc.
Haley Fisackerly, CEO, Entergy Mississippi
Mayo Flynt, president, AT&T Mississippi
Warren Hood Jr., CEO, Hood Companies Inc.
Bill Lampton, president, Asphalt Div. Ergon Inc.
Hu Meena, CEO, C-Spire Wireless
former Ambassador to Portugal John Palmer, CEO, GulfSouth Capital
Aubrey Patterson, CEO, BancorpSouth
Mary Peavey, president, Peavey Electronics Inc.
Carol Pigott, CEO, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi
Joe F. Sanderson Jr., CEO, Sanderson Farms
Leland Speed, chairman, Eastgroup Properties
Jerry St. Pe, CEO, St. Pe Enterprises
William G. Yates Jr., CEO, Yates Companies
Jerry Host, CEO, Trustmark
David Landrum, senior national sales director, Primerica
For more information about "Mississippi Works" please go to www.mississippiworks.org
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