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Hi Dr. Crounse,
A very thoughtful commentary there. I was wondering will we really be able to take away from the physical connect that a doctor and patient consultation provides? Perhaps not, we are really assured by a doctors advice when it is given to us "in person" rather than "in camera" or "on phone". Maybe that is also some distance away (or close) depending on how the telepresence technology progresses.
But what can be already done, and is already being done in most place in the US, is the filling of the prescription orders, reporting of the laboratory results and availability of the radiology reports to a patients PHR Portal (like how it is made available using Health Vault). I guess these are some of the areas which should become defacto standards of service at all the hospitals. That would be a first step to move away from the ineficiencies of the system that you have rightly mentioned.
With the economic challenges facing the country we actually need to accelerate the investment in transforming our health care processes not back away from it. One area that we can focus on is the better management of the 10% of the population with on-going and chronic conditions which cosume 70% of our health care dollars.
There have been some new models from both the payer and the provider side of the house that are encouraging.
According to an article in the WSJ, "Last January In January, Aetna and CIGNA declared that they would pay doctors and cover members for "virtual" or e-visits—including secure messaging and e-consults. With this move, these major health plans expanded regional experiments with e-visits to most of their members and physicians nationwide."
Other health plans have taken similar steps to catapult patient communication into the 21st century. Studies show an overwhelming number of American consumers want to communicate online with their health care providers—nearly 90 percent, according to a 2006 Harris Interactive/Wall Street Journal survey.
At Group Health in Seattle patients have had email access for the past 8 years to the 850 doctors there and 97% of the emails are answered within one day. Up to 30% of "doctor visits" at their downtown clinic are now being done by email and have opened up more doctor slots for longer in person visits and the retention rate was 6.5 percent higher for enrollees who used the digital health record system than those who didn't.
"Communicating via secure messaging also has advantages from a clinician's perspective. "I can be more proactive," says Dr. Nyland. "For example, I can change a patient's medication dose every two weeks, if necessary, rather than waiting a month or two until the patient's next office visit. Secure e-mail helps me contact my patients quickly. No more phone tag. And it allows my patients to express themselves in a different way than they do at an office visit. I learn more about them, and get to know them better.""
The real challenge will remain the 42% of the population who earn under 3$0,000 a year who still don't have regular internet access at home and how to use technology and information to bring about behavior change in high risk populations.
Sherry Reynolds
Dear Dr. Crounse,
Thanks for the inputs.
It has been invigorating implementing the CUI based approach within the healthcare applications. I guess this is really a ground breaking work being done. These concepts are in use one way or the other in each of the applications in the market. I guess this needed to be done for the healthcare industry as a standard.


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Disk Activity Stops and System Eventually Freezes
With heavy(?) disk use, my system appears to stop disk activity. Resource Monitor shows nothing under Overview and Disk where there would be e.g. system and explore.exe listed as images before this condition.
I'm trying to copy 100-200GB from one disk to another. After some time, this condition happens but I can still to other things. The network is up, I can e.g. ping my LinkSys, ssh to work. Eventually, things will just freeze. Pulling the power cord is the only way to solve so far.
I did install new HW, a SATA controller, but can't remove it. The disk I'm copying to is 3TB WD Green. I need the new SATA controller to use > 2TB disks. I already know the old (onboard BIOS) SATA controller works, I've copied 500-1000GB overnight in the past. Right now, using smaller sized copies, things behave.
The new controler is a HighPoint Rocket 640L, basic disk step as before (i.e. no RAID). I tried manually updating to the latest Win7 64b drivers from HighPoint's site, but system tells me I have the latest.
Anyone have a suggestion? I have a day or two before I can even RMA the adapter. I'd rather try a few things before ending up back where I am in a week if the next adapter has the same issie.
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I've seen this again, but a copy wasn't in progress. I just completed one (a few actually) but none was in progress when the system just "hung".
In a dos prompt, I was monitoring the free disk space as I did the smaller folder copies (50-100GB) that worked. After the last copy completed, I was issuing dos commands (it has been a long time) to remember how to copy from the command line to "batch copies up with delays in between" if smaller copies worked. When I entered dir/? the system "froze". Resource Monitor showed NO disk activity. 16GB of RAM mostly free.
I got the white screen of death eventually. Power cord pulled
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On the same machine, each disk has a Linux partition. When I booted into Fedora 17, I had the same type of issue when copy was done via drag icons in KDE. I was just about to pack up the SATA controller when I remembered to copy via bash shell (in but using KDE, so there was a GUI.) I copied 600+GB in just over an hour with one cli command.
On Win7 SP1, in an admin dox box, robocopy resulted in the same freeze. Still digging, but I think the controller and 3TB drive don't need to be sent back.
Any suggestions on what to try next?
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I think I found the guilty party. The second I start "disk management (local)" I might as well pull the power cord.
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In case you missed it Sunday, someone named Erik Walden sacked Jay Cutler twice Sunday and had 11 tackles. Walden was a sixth-round pick by the Dallas Cowboys in '08, but he didn't make the team. He'd spent most of his career with the Miami Dolphins, but the Packers signed him off the street in late October.
Now, he's making a name for himself after replacing the injured Frank Zombo as the starter at right outside linebacker. I vaguely remember Walden from training camp in '08, but nothing about the former Middle Tennessee player stood out. But he was arguably the best defensive player on the field Sunday, and now he'll prepare to face Michael Vick.
"A lot of guys, probably names you haven't heard this season, have come up big for us," Packers Pro Bowl cornerback Charles Woodson told reporters following Sunday's win over the Bears. "Walden had a huge day for us. You haven't heard his name a lot this year. He's a new guy on this team, but he stepped up big.
"That has had to happen with the amount of injuries we've had. We haven't had guys that have been out two weeks, three weeks. We've had guys on [injured reserve] who couldn't come back. Backups and practice squad guys who have been called up, they've had to play and play well in order for us to get into the playoffs."
The Eagles will have to focus a lot of their attention on Packers linebacker Clay Matthews on Sunday, so Walden will probably have plenty of opportunities against one-on-one blocking. Everyone talks about the Packers being a dangerous No. 6 seed based on their offense, but their defense has been equally (if not more) impressive this season.


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This disclosure relates generally to wireless networks.
Market adoption of wireless LAN (WLAN) technology has exploded, as users from a wide range of backgrounds and vertical industries have brought this technology into their homes, offices, and increasingly into the public air space. This inflection point has highlighted not only the limitations of earlier-generation systems, but also the changing role that WLAN technology now plays in people's work and lifestyles across the globe. Indeed, WLANs are rapidly changing from convenience networks to business-critical networks. Increasingly users are depending on WLANs to improve the timeliness and productivity of their communications and applications, and in doing so, require greater visibility, security, management, and performance from their network. Radio frequency (RF) coverage maps, also referred to as a heat maps, provide information regarding coverage of particular wireless access points. RF coverage maps are useful for assessing the area or region of sufficient WLAN service, and for use in locating wireless nodes. RF coverage maps are typically derived from manual site surveys and mathematical modeling techniques, such as ray tracing. However, shadowing from nearby walls and furniture, and the multipath effects inherent to various RF environments, make high accuracy coverage maps difficult to achieve.
Particular embodiments of the present invention are directed to facilitating an evaluation of the accuracy of a location system used in connection with a wireless network. According to one implementation of the present invention, a location inspector provides a map of a physical region and a graphical indication of the computed likelihood that, at a given location, the location accuracy is within a desired threshold. In one implementation, the location inspector obtains calibration data including received signal strength values associated with known locations within a physical region and computes one or more attributes of a pathloss model based on the calibration data. As described in more detail below, while the calibration data may include received signal strength, the collection may include various types of data and may involve various location measurement techniques. The location inspector then compares the calibration data to the results achieved using the computed pathloss model attributes, and then associates location errors with the corresponding locations based on respective differences between the calibration data and the results of the computed pathloss model attributes. In one implementation of the present invention, the location inspector interpolates location quality of other locations between the calibration data points. The location inspector then generates a map of location quality based on the associated location errors and a given location error threshold. In one implementation, the map of location quality may indicate the likelihood that an estimated location is within a given threshold for one or more points in the region.
In one implementation, the location inspector applies a function, for one or more calibration data points, to smooth out effects of spurious values at a given calibration data point, to reduce the possible effect of these spurious values that would distract from more potentially serious location accuracy problems at other regions. For example, the location inspector, in one implementation, first selects, for each calibration data point, a radius that captures an average of X other calibration data points (e.g., 20 calibration points). The location inspector then identifies the percentage of captured calibration data points, where the location error is under a given error threshold. This computed percentage is the estimated likelihood at a given location that the location error falls within the error threshold. As discussed above, the location inspector can then use interpolation to derive values for locations within the physical region between the calibration data points. The location inspector may then optionally display the location accuracy on a graphical user interface, thereby visually showing problem areas within a physical region.
Next, the location inspector computes a pathloss model based on the calibration data (104). In one implementation, the pathloss model may be described using the following expression:
Received signal strength (x, y)=Tx+antenna gain(x, y)+A+B10 log 10d,
where (x, y) are expressed relative to the transmitting antenna, Tx is the transmit power, and d is the distance between a transmitter and receiver (a function of the x- and y-coordinates). In one implementation, Tx, the antenna gain, and d are known based on the calibration data points and the known locations of the access points or other radio transceivers. A and B are the pathloss exponents of the pathloss model (above), where A is a constant representing the y-intercept, and B is a slope. In one implementation, the location inspector computes the parameters (A, B) of the power law pathloss model based on the calibration data. A variety of modeling techniques can be used, such as curve fitting, and the like, to compute the pathloss model parameters that best fit the calibration data. Other modeling techniques may include estimating the standard deviation of the residual errors, the average floor-to-floor pathlosses, using curve fitting that accounts for the fact that received signal strength values below −90 dBm are not observable, using heatmaps, using calibration data to estimate the wall attenuations via least squares, etc. In one embodiment, the location inspector may use calibration data obtained from multiple floors of a building to compute the pathloss model exponents.
The location inspector then evaluates the estimated location of the pathloss model at each calibration data point (106). That is, the location inspector applies the received signal strength values of the calibration data to the pathloss model (including the computed pathloss model exponents) and estimates the resulting location. In one implementation, this is achieved by using the pathloss model to estimate distances between a node and the radio transceivers at known locations and triangulating based on these distances to estimate the location. In another implementation, the pathloss model can be used to compute coverage maps for the radio transceivers at known locations. The coverage maps can be used to compute error surfaces, which can be aggregated. The estimated location is determined by identifying the location in the aggregate error surface that minimizes the aggregate error.
The location inspector then associates location errors with calibration data points based on respective differences between the calibration data points and the estimated locations derived from the pathloss model based on the received signal strength values of the corresponding calibration data points (108). In one implementation, the location error is the distance between the calibration data point and the estimated location resulting from application of the pathloss model. Next, the location inspector computes the location quality within a region based on a given error threshold (110) (see
To determine the remaining accuracy of the remaining locations of an RF coverage map, the location inspector may then interpolate location errors of other locations based on the location errors derived from the calibration points, as described above in connection with
where CoverageArea is the area of the region of interest, #of CalibrationPoints is the total number of calibration data points in the region of interest, and #of Desiredpoints is the number of points to be captures within the radius R.
In another embodiment, the location inspector first selects, for each calibration data point, a radius that captures X neighboring calibration data points (e.g., 20 calibration points) (122). Consider the 0th calibration data point without loss of generality. In one implementation, the radius, R(0), is chosen just large enough to encompass the X neighboring calibration data points as follows:
Next, the location inspector computes, for each calibration data point, the percentage of calibration data points captured within the radius, R, that are within a given error threshold (124). The location inspector then interpolates percentage values for locations between calibration data points (126). In one embodiment, the location inspector may utilize standard interpolation routines, such as two-dimensional linear interpolation, to interpolate the percentage values. Next, the location inspector generates a map of location quality for display indicating location quality at one or more points in the region. Such a display would visually show problem areas within a given RF coverage map, thereby visually showing problem areas within a given RF coverage map.
In an alternative embodiment, the location inspector may provide an estimated location error as a function of x- and y-location. In one implementation, the location inspector may generate, for each calibration data point, a location error at a configurable percentile within an area to provide a distance error versus (x,y) location. In one implementation, the location inspector first computes, for a given calibration point, the location errors within a defined circle around that calibration point. The location inspector then sorts the location errors The location inspector then selects one or more of a middle error (e.g., median), a maximum error (e.g., 100th percentile) or a worst error (e.g., 90th percentile), and then plots an interpolation of the location error at the configurable percentile to provide a distance error versus (x,y) location.
In one embodiment, the map of location quality may be color coded to indicate different degrees of error. The coverage map of location quality may then be used to enable a user such as network administrator to visualize location accuracy of existing RF coverage maps and also to determine potential locations for additional wireless access points. In one implementation, distinguishing between location accuracies of 85%, 90% or 95% may be desired. As indicated above, in one implementation, at least 20 points may be used in forming the accuracy percentage at each location. In one embodiment, the location inspector provides an averaging radius, such that any location accuracy measurement within a circle of that radius contributes to the location accuracy calculation at the middle of the circle. The user may select the averaging radius depending upon the particular deployment (e.g. 2, 3, 5, 7, 10, 20, 30, 50, 70, or 100 m). In another implementation, the location inspector may automatically calculate an appropriate radius depending on the average density of location accuracy measurements. In one implementation, the accuracy percentage is calculated for all locations within the averaging radius, and an accuracy percentage is assigned to the XY location at the center.
The elements of hardware system 200 are described in greater detail below. In particular, network interface 216 provides communication between hardware system 200 and any of a wide range of networks, such as an Ethernet (e.g., IEEE 802.3) network, etc. Mass storage 218 provides permanent storage for the data and programming instructions to perform the above described functions implemented in the location inspector, whereas system memory 214 (e.g., DRAM) provides temporary storage for the data and programming instructions when executed by processor 202. I/O ports 220 are one or more serial and/or parallel communication ports that provide communication between additional peripheral devices, which may be coupled to hardware system 200.
Hardware system 200 may include a variety of system architectures; and various components of hardware system 200 may be rearranged. For example, cache 204 may be on-chip with processor 202. Alternatively, cache 204 and processor 202 may be packed together as a "processor module," with processor 202 being referred to as the "processor core." Furthermore, certain implementations of the present invention may not require nor include all of the above components. For example, the peripheral devices shown coupled to standard I/O bus 208 may couple to high performance I/O bus 206. In addition, in some implementations only a single bus may exist with the components of hardware system 200 being coupled to the single bus. Furthermore, hardware system 200 may include additional components, such as additional processors, storage devices, or memories.
As discussed above, in one embodiment, the operations of the location inspector described herein are implemented as a series of software routines run by hardware system 200. These software routines comprise a plurality or series of instructions to be executed by a processor in a hardware system, such as processor 202. Initially, the series of instructions are stored on a storage device, such as mass storage 218. However, the series of instructions can be stored on any suitable storage medium, such as a diskette, CD-ROM, ROM, EEPROM, etc. Furthermore, the series of instructions need not be stored locally, and could be received from a remote storage device, such as a server on a network, via network/communication interface 216. The instructions are copied from the storage device, such as mass storage 218, into memory 214 and then accessed and executed by processor 202.
An operating system manages and controls the operation of hardware system 200, including the input and output of data to and from software applications (not shown). The operating system provides an interface between the software applications being executed on the system and the hardware components of the system. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the operating system is the Windows� 95/98/NT/XP operating system, available from Microsoft Corporation of Redmond, Wash. However, the present invention may be used with other suitable operating systems, such as the Apple Macintosh Operating System, available from Apple Computer Inc. of Cupertino, Calif., UNIX operating systems, LINUX operating systems, and the like.
The present invention has been explained with reference to specific embodiments. For example, while embodiments of the present invention have been described as operating in connection with IEEE 802.11 networks, the present invention can be used in connection with any suitable wireless network environment. Other embodiments will be evident to those of ordinary skill in the art. It is therefore not intended that the present invention be limited, except as indicated by the appended claims.
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Each pair of 2Seeds Project Coordinators is assigned a team mentor. Mentors are established professionals with leadership experience in a variety of fields, including business, government, nonprofit management, and academia. Mentors provide support, guidance, and perspective to their Project Coordinator teams throughout the project term. They serve as a resource for the PCs to improve their effectiveness as individuals and as a team! If you're interested in serving as a mentor in the future, contact us here!
Stephanie Curs
2Seeds role: Mentor Coordinator
Mentor History: Korogwe ('11-12), Bungu ('12-13), Masoko ('13-14), and Kwakiliga ('13-14),
Mentor Coordinator ('14-15)
Current Profession: International Agricultural Development Consultant
Area(s) of Expertise: Program management; international agricultural development; proposal development; strategic planning; cold chain and post-harvest development
Stephanie currently serves as a consultant for several international, agricultural, and local NGOs and organizations. She is an avid volunteer with numerous local and international NGOs and entities focusing on international development, poverty alleviation & food security, and community development. Stephanie and her husband, Aaron, own and manage three businesses in the Bryan/College Station area in Texas: Paddock Lane; The Tipsy Turtle; and The Proudest Monkey Bar & Grille. They are in the process of opening a fourth restaurant named All the King's Men. Stephanie's previous professional positions include Director of African
Initiatives for Texas A&M University; Assistant Director of Foreign Operations for the Norman Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture; and Director of International Programs for the Global Cold Chain Alliance/World Food Logistics Organization. Stephanie holds a BS degree in Agricultural Leadership & Development (focus on international development in Indonesia) and a Masters in Public Service & Administration (emphasis areas nonprofit leadership and management; international development; diplomacy). Stephanie and Aaron have a 2-year-old son, Kai, and a 6-month-old daughter, Marley.
Bridget Meigs
Mentoring: Magoma-Kijango team
Mentor History: Magoma-Kijango ('14-15)
Current Profession: Farm Manager & Instructor, Stonehill College
Area(s) of Expertise: Sustainable Agriculture
Bridget currently works at Stonehill College where she manages The Farm at Stonehill and teaches courses in Environmental Science, Food Politics, Food Justice and Sustainable Agriculture. Her passion for international food security and sustainable agriculture first took root when she studied in Kenya as a college student. This experience inspired her to study food access issues and to learn how to farm. She brings to 2Seeds the wish to share her passion for sustainable agriculture and to support and to learn from the Project Coordinators as they address income and food security issues faced within their communities. Originally from the Hudson Valley in New York, Bridget earned her B.S. from Queen's University in Canada and her M.P.S. from Cornell University.
Catherine Cole
Mentoring: Tabora team
Mentor History: New in 2015
Current Profession: Human Resource and Development Student at Texas A&M
Area(s) of Expertise: Internal Audit and International Development
Catherine has almost 20 years of experience working in various roles within nonprofits, domestically and internationally. In 1994, with a Master of Science in Social Work from the University of Texas at Austin, Catherine began her career as a social worker. In 2001, she earned an MBA from Rollins College in Florida.
Currently, Catherine studies Human Resource and Development at Texas A&M. Prior to returning to school, she served as Senior Administrator for Community Services at Brazos Valley Community Action Agency, Inc., where she had overall responsibility for providing leadership across a 165-person community services division. Her programs included Women Infants and Children, Head Start, housing programs, case management, Meals on Wheels, and Individual Development Accounts. Previously, she served as Director for Financial and Strategic Planning for World Vision United States International Programs Group, where she provided leadership across the division for all operational, financial, and strategic planning including incorporation of long-term WVUS strategy, scorecard and policy development, and all budget, analysis, reporting, and special projects. Catherine became a Certified Fraud Examiner in 2011. With an emphasis on internal audit, controls, and programmatic outcomes, Catherine has worked in Guatemala, Ghana, Ethiopia, Burkina Faso, Morocco, Bulgaria, Kenya, Sudan, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Malawi, Bosnia, Albania, Liberia, Senegal, Haiti, Thailand, Switzerland, and Malaysia.
Heidi Bossley
Mentoring: Lutindi team
Mentor History: Bombo Majimoto ('13-14), Lutindi ('14-15)
Current Profession: Consultant in Healthcare Quality
Area(s) of Expertise: Healthcare & business
Heidi is an independent consultant in the healthcare quality arena, providing content and clinical expertise on many issues including quality improvement, workflow redesign, health information technology, and performance measurement.
She previously served as the Vice President of Performance Measures at the National Quality Forum (NQF) and as the Director of PCPI Operations for Clinical Performance Evaluation at the American Medical Association (AMA). Ms. Bossley currently lives in Alexandria, Virginia and received her undergraduate degree in nursing from Cedarville University in Cedarville, Ohio and her Master of Nursing and Master of Business Administration degrees from Loyola University Chicago in Chicago, Illinois.
Kate Ballard
Mentoring: Bombo Majimoto team
Mentor History: New in 2015
Current Profession: Full-time Mother and Community Activist
Area(s) of Expertise: Environmental Consulting
Kate is a full-time mother and community activist currently living in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia with her husband and three daughters. Her volunteer efforts have most recently funded a children's library in their Saudi Arabia community, and brought youth together from three Middle Eastern countries to provide aid and hope to the beautiful Kingdom of Bahrain. Kate has a background in environmental consulting with expertise in due diligence requirements for property transactions and regulatory compliance in the western United States. She holds a BS degree in Environmental and Sustainability Studies from the University of Utah. From involvement in the first commuter rail line development in Utah to teaching her child to read, Kate thrives on seeing both large and small-scale endeavors evolve and benefit individuals, families and communities. She brings to 2Seeds an expertise in sustainability, first-hand experience of challenges that face the developing world, and a passion for being actively engaged as a global citizen.
Keith Cole
Mentoring: Magoma-Kwata team
Mentor History: New in 2015
Current Profession: Associate Director for Program Development at the Norman Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture
Area(s) of Expertise: International Development
Keith has over fifteen years of experience working in various sectors of the international development arena, both in the U.S. and abroad. He currently serves as Associate Director for Program Development at the Norman Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture within the Texas A&M University System where he has overall responsibility for new business development. Previously he served as the Institute's Assistant Director for Administration and Finance. With an emphasis on food security programs primarily in conflict and post-conflict countries, in recent years this has included projects in Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Panama, Rwanda, South Africa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, and Uzbekistan.
He is a member of InsideNGO, the Association for International Agriculture and Rural Development (AIARD), the World Affairs Council of Houston, and Amnesty International. He also serves on the advisory board of Empower Dreams, a Dallas, TX-based non-profit that works alongside successful, time-proven, efficiently run, local organizations in developing countries.
Keith completed an MA degree focused on international development, as well as an MS degree in international management, from the University of Denver. His graduate research focused on the application of continuous quality improvement tools to the operations of international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) operating in post-conflict countries with a regional focus at the time on Southeastern Europe and the Newly Independent States. He has worked and traveled in 50 countries and 44 of the 50 U.S. states.
Miles Hansen
Mentoring: Kwakiliga team
Mentor History: New in 2015
Current Profession: Political/Economic Officer, Dhahran Consulate General, Office of the U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, United States Department of State
Area(s) of Expertise: International Relations and Conflict Management
Miles is a State Department foreign service officer currently serving as the economic and energy officer at U.S. Consulate Dhahran in Saudi Arabia's oil-rich Eastern Province. In this capacity, Miles is responsible for strengthening U.S.-Saudi economic ties, producing energy and economic analyses, and promoting opportunities for U.S. companies. Previously, he served as a political officer in the Iran Regional Presence Office at U.S. Consulate Dubai and as a Persian-speaking consular officer at U.S. Embassy Yerevan, Armenia. Before joining the State Department, Miles worked as a special assistant in the Utah Governor's Office. Miles holds a B.A. in international relations from Brigham Young University and a M.A. in conflict management, international economics, and emerging markets from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). He has extensive volunteer experience working on economic development, youth leadership, and humanitarian relief issues throughout the former Soviet Union and Middle East.
Monique Galvão
Mentoring: Masoko team
Mentor History: New in 2015
2Seeds History: Masoko Project Coordinator ('13-14),
Current Profession: IT Strategy and Transformation Manager, Accenture
Area(s) of Expertise: Industries – Telecom, Products, Financial | Frameworks: IT
Operating Model, High Performance Banking, PMBoK® and UML®
Monique currently works as IT Strategy Manager for Accenture in São Paulo, Brazil. She graduated in Information System, post-graduated in Software Engineering and has a PMP Certification with the Project Management Institute (PMI). From 2013 to 2015 she took a sabbatical period to pursue a dream: traveling around the world. Monique visited several countries to gain different perspectives and learn from different cultures. During that year, she joined 2Seeds Network as a Project Coordinator for the Masoko Project. Monique is curious, enthusiastic and positive. She hopes that her experience with 2Seeds in Tanzania, knowledge of project management, and high-energy contribute to her new role as a 2Seeds mentor. Monique recently joined Copenhagen Business School and is preparing herself to embrace a new challenge in Brazil: establish an organization of Social Entrepreneurship. In her words: "My work in Tanzania inspired me to keep pursuing my goal of making the world a better place."
Nick Seamons
Mentoring: Kijungumoto team
Mentor History: Lutindi ('13-14), Kijungumoto ('14-15)
Current Profession: Associate Director, The International Office, Northwestern University
Areas of Expertise: Educational Immigration Regulation, Intercultural Communication & Program Development
Nick currently works at The International Office at Northwestern University. His work focuses on government regulations related to international student and scholar immigration and providing supportive programming to these populations. Previously, he worked at NAFSA: Association of International Educators in Washington, DC, where he focused on federal grant administration and the other elements of international education. Nick was born and raised in Idaho and currently lives in Chicago, IL.
Shawn Ballard
Mentoring: Bungu team
Mentor History: Tabora ('12-13 and '13-14), Masoko ('14-15)
Current Profession: International Business Director, Savage Services Corporation
Area(s) of Expertise: Accounting, Budgeting, Management Training
Shawn is currently an international business director for Savage Services Corporation. His current responsibilities include financial analysis, new project development, and management training. Shawn holds a B.S. in Accounting from Brigham Young University and is also a Certified Public Accountant in the state of California. Shawn brings leadership experience from his time spent working with KPMG in San Francisco where he was involved with many of the world's leading financial companies. Shawn has eagerly served in volunteer youth and young adult mentor roles within community organizations for over fifteen years. Shawn provides an optimistic point of view and an enthusiastic passion for helping others become their best self. Shawn and his family live in Khobar, Saudi Arabia where he has spent the past year starting up a new division for Savage and assisting his lovely wife, Kate, as they help their three daughters, Hadlie, Kennedy, and Nora reach their true potential.


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St. Patrick's Day caps
Major League Baseball and the Mets are hoping that you'll buy a St. Patrick's Day cap for your collection.
At $37.99, I think I can live without a cap that's really only wearable one day out of the year. It does look nice, though.
MLB.com's shop is promising that 'special event item' orders will ship by March 10th, so you may actually get your cap in time to wear it this year.
(And if you look around, you can find a promo code for free shipping today – some restrictions apply.)
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Whether or not you accomplish your goals is not up to fate, its up to you. If you want it, you can have it. If you dream it, you can achieve it. You've heard it all before, yet you still don't believe that it's true. There is no question that you can accomplish your goals; the real question is "can you see your own success?"
Your vision of yourself is the deciding factor. You must be able to believe in your own abilities enough to picture your own victory. If you can't imagine it, who will?
Thinking about what you want to do is pointless, if you don't truly believe it can be done. You are the keeper of your own destiny. You are the guardian of your desires.
The little engine that could said it best, "I-think-I-can-I-think-I-can," and so can you.


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Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative | High School Program
An earlier introduction to principle-based ethics
With the success and enthusiasm generated by the Collegiate Program, the Daniels Fund Board of Directors broadened their vision to expand the Ethics Initiative into high schools. Differing from the Collegiate Program in both approach and implementation, the High School Program was launched as a five-year pilot in 2015.
The High School Program targets students active in business and marketing education, including those participating in student organizations such as Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA) and Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA).
The Daniels Fund has formed a partnership with Marketing and Business Administration Research and Curriculum Center (MBA Research), a national organization providing curricula, instructional materials, and training to more than 50% of business and marketing education teachers across the nation.
MBA Research is an ideal partner to achieve the objectives of the High School Program.
Key deliverables include:
- Creation of a new 9th/10th grade principle-based ethics course
- Development of instructional tools and lesson plans focused on ethics
- Creation of professional development training for teachers
- Development of student activities for schools to use to engage the business community
- Design of principle-based ethics competitive events for DECA and FBLA
- Formation of tools and strategies to motivate and recognize participation
The Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative Principles will be integrated into all program components.
The five-year pilot (2015-2019) began in Colorado with deliverables rolling out nationally in year two. Considering the number of students participating in DECA, FBLA, and the other business clubs supported by MBA Research's curricula, the High School Program has the potential to reach more than 250,000 students each year.
For inquiries regarding the Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative High School Program, please contact Bo Peretto at [email protected].


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This week I have Bennett on and we talk about all the stuff we see on the news and ask "What does it mean to me?" We all know there are problems all around us and if you watch too much of the news you can become obsessed with it. Knowing these problems exist and acting on them are two different things. As preppers we are keenly aware of everything around us that poses a threat and it's our responsibility to protect our own future. Continue reading Today's problems "What do they mean to me?"


text: Rock and Roll legend Chuck Berry performing his hit song "Roll Over Beethoven" live on a French television show. Chuck Berry influenced so many more musicians that came after him and his place in rock and roll history will live on forever. He passed away on march 18 at the age of 90 but his songs will continue to be favorites of many for years to come. If you grew up in the 1950's and witnessed the birth of rock and roll then you know that it truly was The Best Of Times.


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Our School Counseling Department is excited to begin the course enrollment process for the 2017-18 school year. Students will once again enter their course requests online in the student portal of PowerSchool. On Monday, December 12th, school counselors will visit English classes to discuss the online enrollment process and hand out course enrollment forms. Instruction will be provided to students on how to enter their course requests in PowerSchool. Students will be able to enter their course selections beginning December 12th and must complete this process by January 13, 2017. Students who have an IEP or who receive academic support within the ELL program will have access to view their course selections.
It is essential that your student give careful consideration to his/her course choices. Any changes past February 3rd, 2017 must be discussed with the student's school counselor prior to April 30th, 2017 and are subject to availability and cannot be guaranteed. Students may not change their mind after April 30, 2017. Parents, we value your input in this process because you best understand your own student's interests and goals. You also see how the overall academic rigor of his or her schedule affects daily functioning. Please encourage your student to thoroughly read the GBN Enrollment Handbook, talk to teachers, and utilize the "Guidelines for Course Enrollment" sheet that counselors developed to assist them.
Video Instructions: Click here for the Course Enrollment instruction video.
PDF Instructions: ONLINE ENROLLMENT INSRUCTIONS.pdf
Enrollment Handbook: Enrollment Handbook 2017-18.pdf
Please see the Course Enrollment Forms for each grade level:
(Class of 2020) Sophomore Course Enrollment Form; 2017-18.pdf
(Class of 2019) Junior Course Enrollment Form; 2017-18.pdf
(Class of 2018) Senior Course Enrollment Form; 2017-18.pdf
Important Course Enrollment Dates:
December 5-9 (Curriculum Advisement Week):
Teachers have one-on-one verbal conversations with each student regarding their recommended courses for next year (2017-18).
December 12 (Counselors provide enrollment information):
Counselors visit all freshman, sophomore, and junior English classes to deliver online course enrollment information. Students will learn how to enter their courses in PowerSchool for the 2017-18 school year.
December 12- January 13: Student Online Enrollment OPEN
Students and parents will have from December 12th, 2016 - January 13th, 2017 to input course requests in the student portal of PowerSchool. Please see Guidelines for Course Enrollment Sheet for helpful enrollment tips.
January 13, 2017: Student Online Enrollment CLOSED
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School counselors will have an individual follow-up meeting with students to review and finalize courses between January 23rd and February 3rd, 2017.
April 30th, 2017: Last day to change a course for 2017-18 school year.


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Judging by the OWASP security cheat sheet and accompanying assessment, security continues to be a major issue with applications. This is especially true in the era of APIs, where companies are making their core assets and business processes available for others to integrate with, in the hope of becoming a crucial (and thus "monetizable") part of an ecosystem.
The risk for intrusion attacks, data theft or just plain-old DoS attacks is evident. The risk might be small, but the consequences enormous. Consider the Playstation Network outage that exposed 77 million user accounts, or the more recent Twitter security breach that exposed more than 250,000 accounts.
API Security is a vast field with many different meanings and definitions. Most commonly when talking about API security, we mean authentication and possibly encryption. But the term harbors a diverse array of concepts that all require different expertise and approaches when it comes to testing and quality:
Let's have a quick look at each of these in a little more detail and see how they apply to APIs.
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Authentication and autorhization are commonly used together:
On the web, authentication is most often implemented via a dialog that prompts for username and password. For added security software certificates, hardware keys and external devices may be used. Once the user is authenticated, the system decides which resources or data to allow access to.
For APIs it is common to use some kind of access token, either obtained through an external process (e.g. when signing up for the API) or through a separate mechanism (e.g. OAuth). The token is passed with each request to an API and is validated by the API before processing the request. (Alternatively, the dialog method may be used).
Encryption is generally used to hide information from those not authorized to view it. On the Internet, often SSL is used to encrypt HTTP messages, sent and received either by web browsers or API clients. A limitation of SSL is that it only applies to the transport layer. Data that also needs protection in other layers require separate solutions.
Signatures are used to ensure that API requests or response have not been tampered with in transit. The message itself might be unencrypted, but must be protected against modification and arrive intact.
Encryption and Signatures are often used in conjunction; the signature could be encrypted to only allow certain parties to validate if a signature is valid - or the encrypted data could be signed to further ensure that data is neither seen or modified by unwanted parties.
The area of security vulnerabilities is a diverse field. There are many different attacks with different methods and targets. One way to categorize vulnerabilities is by target area:
Compared to functionality and performance, security may get little attention in QA. Often the frameworks and components used are trusted to be "secure" and warrant no further assessment in this regard. A serious approach to security testing should include (but not necessarily be limited to):
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The timezone in Packs Ferry (historical) is America/Iqaluit
Sunrise at 08:09 and Sunset at 18:09. It's Dark
Latitude. 37.6269°, Longitude. -80.8981°
Weather near Packs Ferry (historical); Report from Beckley, Raleigh County Memorial Airport, WV 33.4km away
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- school;
- building(s) where instruction in one or more branches of knowledge takes place.
- Leatherwood School (historical) (1.7km)
- Bellepoint Elementary School (3.3km)
- Cave Ridge School (historical) (3.6km)
- Bennett School (historical) (3.7km)
- Sycamore School (historical) (4km)
- Beech Run School (historical) (4.2km)
- True School (historical) (4.6km)
- Sand Spring School (4.7km)
- Foster School (historical) (5.5km)
- Greenbrier School (5.9km)
- Cave Branch School (historical) (6.4km)
- Madam Creek School (historical) (6.4km)
- Neff School (historical) (6.6km)
- Hinton Junior-Senior High School (6.6km)
- Sand Knob School (historical) (6.8km)
- church;
- a building for public Christian worship.
- Miller Memorial Methodist Church (3.4km)
- Bellepoint Baptist Church (3.5km)
- Beech Run Church (4.3km)
- Mount Zion Church (4.5km)
- Keatley Springs Church (6.2km)
- Saint Patricks Catholic Church (6.4km)
- Brooklyn United Methodist Church (6.4km)
- First Baptist Church (6.4km)
- Sand Knob Church (6.7km)
- stream;
- a body of running water moving to a lower level in a channel on land.
- Leatherwood Creek (1.4km)
- Bluestone River (2.7km)
- Pipestem Creek (3.1km)
- Surveyor Branch (3.8km)
- Greenbrier River (3.9km)
- Beech Run (4.9km)
- Browning Branch (5.4km)
- Cave Branch (6.1km)
- Madam Creek (6.3km)
- populated place;
- a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work.
- Bellepoint (3.5km)
- Avis (5.5km)
- Browning (5.5km)
- Brooklin (6.3km)
- Hinton (6.5km)
- Local Feature;
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- Packs Ferry (historical) (0km)
- Haines Ferry (historical) (2.8km)
- Bellepoint Station (historical) (4km)
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- ridge(s);
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- Cave Ridge (2.5km)
- Fork Ridge (5km)
- building(s);
- a structure built for permanent use, as a house, factory, etc..
- Summers County Courthouse (6.2km)
- Summers County Public Library (6.5km)
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- a tract of land, smaller than a continent, surrounded by water at high water.
- Bushes Island (4.1km)
- Coney Island (5.1km)
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- an elevation standing high above the surrounding area with small summit area, steep slopes and local relief of 300m or more.
- Sunset Hill (6.7km)
- Sand Knob (6.7km)
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- an elongated depression usually traversed by a stream.
- Fourmile Hollow (0.5km)
- Kate Hollow (6.6km)
- post office;
- a public building in which mail is received, sorted and distributed.
- Nova Post Office (historical) (4.8km)
- Hinton Post Office (6.3km)
- park;
- an area, often of forested land, maintained as a place of beauty, or for recreation.
- Bluestone State Park (4.3km)
- Hinton Historic District (6.6km)
- cemetery;
- a burial place or ground.
- Greenbrier Cemetery (6.4km)
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- reservoir(s);
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- second-order administrative division;
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- Summers County (4.7km)
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- Steer Island city city o
- Brooks Island (West Virginia) city city o
- Pipestem Resort State Park city city o
- Shady Spring, West Virginia city city o
- Wylie Island city city o
- Ghent, West Virginia city city o
- Little Beaver State Park city city o
- Daniels, West Virginia city city o
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PITTSBURGH -- Jeromy Burnitz finalized his $6.7 million,
one-year contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates after taking a
physical Wednesday, but only after the unhappy Baltimore Orioles
said the outfielder's agent backed out of a two-year deal.
Burnitz's Pirates contract calls for a $6 million salary this
year and a $6 million mutual option for 2007 with a $700,000 buyout
if the team declines its option. Baltimore thought Burnitz had
agreed to a $12 million, two-year contract with the Orioles last
"My feeling is we had an agreement," Orioles vice president of
baseball operations Jim Duquette said Wednesday. "Obviously, the
agent didn't feel we did. My personal feeling is it sets a bad
precedent when that's allowed to happen."
Burnitz never took the physical called for in that agreement.
Burnitz's agent, Howard Simon, said that language regarding the
physical resulted in the breakdown of Baltimore's deal.
"There was harsh, intimidating language that appears to be very
subjective and open-ended. ... The club almost has the right to do
whatever it wants, at its option," Simon said. "That's how
complicated the language is. The other clubs simply have one line
that states it is subject to the player passing a physical. That's
what Pittsburgh's document has."
Because of the contract language, Burnitz and Simon apparently
felt the Orioles could have delayed completing the deal for as long
as they wanted after the physical -- even while shopping for other
players, such as Red Sox outfielder Manny Ramirez.
Duquette thinks Burnitz simply had a change of heart. An Orioles
official he didn't identify spoke with Burnitz last weekend.
"We got hold of the player, and the player said he had a change
of heart and for family reasons wanted to play in the National
League because of the trips to San Diego and Los Angeles, which are
close to home," Duquette said. "I'll believe that over the other
Duquette said that in 15 years of negotiating contracts he has
never had a player not finalize a deal because of the language
concerning the physical.
"I'll believe what the player said and give him the benefit of
the doubt," Duquette said.
Simon is unhappy that the Orioles are trying to paint Burnitz as
the villain and said the ballclub broke an agreement that neither
side would disclose the signing until the contract was finalized.
"I stuck to my end of it and if they had, they wouldn't be
wearing so much egg on their face," Simon said. "There is never a
deal until it's done, and done means everything, all the terms and
conditions have to be agreed up, not just some of them. I'm not
looking to throw darts, but the fact of the matter is it's really a
Baltimore problem."
Duquette said, "A lot of agents don't sign term sheets. They
just say, 'We have an agreement, get on a plane and go take a
The Pirates wound up with Burnitz a year after actively pursuing
him, only to have him sign with the Cubs. But Simon said Burnitz
remembered how Pirates general manager Dave Littlefield made an
aggressive push for him last season.
"We need to score more runs, and he can be a big part of
that," Littlefield said.
Burnitz is the third veteran position player added by the
Pirates during the offseason, joining first baseman Sean Casey and
third baseman Joe Randa. Burnitz's acquisition could push
outfielder-first baseman Craig Wilson back to the bench followed an
injury-filled 2005 season in which two hand injuries limited him to
five homers in 197 at-bats. Wilson had a team-high 29 homers in
Burnitz can make $250,000 each year in performance bonuses:
$50,000 for 140 games played and $100,000 each for 150 and 155
Burnitz, who turns 37 in April, played in 150 games in 2004 with
the Rockies and 160 games last season for the Cubs, when he hit 24
homers and drove in 87 runs. He has 92 homers while playing for
four clubs over the last three seasons, and has three homers in 92
career at-bats in PNC Park.
To make room for Burnitz on their 40-man roster, the Pirates
designated infielder J.J. Furmaniak for assignment.


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Aetbaar (2004)
Amitabh Bachchan and John Abraham star in this love story about an overprotective father and his efforts to keep his daughter from marrying whom he feels is in unsuitable man. Directed by Vikram Bhatt.
Directed By: Vikram Bhatt
Rated: Unrated
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Release Date: January 23, 2004
DVD Release Date: August 4, 2004
Amitabh Bachchan
Dr. Ranveer Malhotra
John Abraham
Aryan Trivedi
Bipasha Basu
Ria Malhotra
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Shruti Ulfat
Tom Alter
Dr. Freddie
Pramod Moutho
Commisioner Lalit Mohan Tiwari
Prithvi Zutshi
Dev Trivedi
Amardeep Jha
Mrs. Trivedi


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On Board with Cousteau. On 25 June twenty years ago Jacques-Yves Cousteau passed away. Without him we could not look at the sea with the same eyes and we could not know its deep beauty. We are told about the oceanographer through the words of Roberto Rinaldi, who was on board with him.
Living to Surf. The story of Petter and Linn, a Swedish couple who have turned their shelter on the Indian Ocean into a new destination in the post-globalization surfing map.
An Alphabet of Surfing. Evoking the logos of the leading brands of boards from the 1950s and '60s is a little like reading Homer to understand Greek civilization because surfing is one of the few cultures that lays its foundations in images and graphics.
In Flight Beneath the Surface. The Self that is lost in the blue and the amniotic water enveloping us. Through her images Francesca Rivetti seems to manage to capture the secret sensations of freediving.
The Geography of Water. Sailing is a way of being in the world. Trying to do it by learning to read the sea and the sky using one's senses alone, without any other instruments, is also the chance to establish an intimate relationship with the ocean. Something that the Polynesians have never lost.
Ocean Dreamer. Susie Goodall is one of only two women taking part in the 2018 Golden Globe Race. We spoke to her just after she arrived in the Azores, having completed a double singlehanded transatlantic crossing.
The Shape of the Wind. The wind cannot be seen. You hear it,
you feel it, you learn how to read its effects on land and water. In his photos, Carlo Borlenghi has managed to give it a form.
Paper fish, Sea men. Struggle, respect, but also the desire to dominate something that one is unable to understand completely. Primitive elements on which are based the great tales of literature about the sea.
Small Crossings in the Upper Adriatic Coast. Thirty kilometers of coast for its three kilometers in length. More than a peninsula, Premantura
is an endless sequence of inlets, coves and uninhabited islets where you can lose yourself – or find yourself – paddling among them.
Santorini: Swimming Among Scorching Boulders. Fleeing towards the south, leaving behind the commotion of the west coast overlooking the caldera, you discover a different island.
That's just a preview.
If you want to read the issue and be a part of the Sirene crew, order it in our webstore!
Sirene is water, Sirene is paper
Sirene is water, Sirene is paper
Sirene is a new magazine tailored for those people who feel close to the sea even when they are far away from it.
Large recycled paper pages, rough and porous as only salt water stains can be, large white spaces, pure as a sea horizon, and page-turner stories that will put you on the same wave-length with a surging community looking at the oceans as the intersection of the planet's destinies.
Our paper is made from algae, to make use of excess algal blooms from lagoons at risk. For every half kilo of fresh algae, a kilo of wood is saved. The entire productive process has been scrupulously thought out to attain minimal environmental impact.
Sirene Is Passion
Sirene Is Passion
Surfing, freediving, stretches of ocean in the words of a solo sailor, islands, beaches to discover, customs and traditions of beach culture, stories of secret ferries, lost classic boats, whale sharks routes, reportings related to pollution and protection of marine life, create a narration in which sea lovers can relate and where they can find the characteristics of a common identity. Unlike other media dealing with sea sports and activities, Sirenes's approach is never technical but always emotional.
Sirene has been awarded a Graphite Pencil at the 2016 D&AD Awards in London, got a nomination at the 2016 ADCE* Awards in Barcelona and was among the Medal Finalists of SPD #52 in NY.
Sirene Is Where You Are
Sirene Is Where You Are
Two different versions – one in Italian and one in English – and two cradles, the Mediterranean Sea and the Pacific Ocean, where the attraction for water has grown in time into a culture.
Starting from Italy and California, through its webpage sirenejournal.com and carefully selected points of sale, SIRENE wants to spread and develop along the Mediterranean coast and the dry lands in the Pacific area until it reaches its readers wherever they are in the world.
One of the more unique and timeless magazines around at the moment
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The entire project is a love letter to the sea
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It's all about the sea
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Our Weekend Reading is Sirene
Philip Hoare
A gorgeous tribute to the sea
Paper Planes
A slice of the ocean for one to cherish
Corriere della Sera
Sognando il mare sul Naviglio
Il Domenicale de Il Sole 24 Ore
La seduzione di due mari
D - Repubblica
In alto mare
Io Donna
Sirene di carta
Il Venerdì di Repubblica
Il canto delle Sirene non si ascolta ma si legge
Il Secolo XIX
La Nuova Sardegna
Sirene, la rivista che racconta il mare
Sirene: lasciatevi incantare


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Yeah, like that is going to happen.
He'll declare, "We need to send them more food and money."
Obama will do squat. Remember the BP spill—how many weeks did he take to do anything? I would rather have Hillary in charge.
too bad we don't have a president. The guy occupying the White House with his wookie wife and mother in law are too busy planning the sequester concert to bothered by things like national security..
obama would love to see NK use a nuke. That would raise his approval numbers through the roof and put him in the WH for life.
Even Kennedy had some balls. He would long ago have announced US policy toward Asia and our allies on a prime time TV broadcast, subtitled in Korean and made sure through the UN DPRK mission that they had received a hand delivered copy of the address stating we will take them out before they have a chance to position them for offense.


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Mike Matheny and his St. Louis Cardinals team have themselves sitting once again at the top of the National League Central division race. They now know who their main competition will be in the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Pirates are good and they are hungry so the Cardinals know they can be beaten by them. It has already happened once after all and the Cardinals retook first place only recently and not by much. With the race heating up down the stretch it seems that the Cardinals will not look to make any big trades. I think that is the right move.
Considering that the Cardinals have been the class of Major League Baseball for most of the 2013 season it is hard to argue against them keeping the players they have. They have cut a player here and sent a player away for international slot money but in large part they are only cutting the fat and setting themselves up for a strong run down the stretch. It should go a long way towards building the team's confidence even more that they know their manager and GM believe they can get the job done as they are.
There is no reason not to believe that as I said before, they have been the best for most of the season. It appears that the Pirates might try to make a move or two to try and improve just the slightest bit. It would be very interesting in what looks to be a heated pennant race to see if the team that made trades or the team that didn't make them would come out on top. If they continue in the way they have played most of the season, the Pirates and Cards will make up half of the N.L. post season schedule anyway. Still, it will be great to see who takes the Central with the Cards standing firm without major trades.
David Miller is a Senior Writer for RantSports.com. Follow him on Twitter @davidmillerrant, "Like" him on Facebook or add him to your network on Google+.