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Bulldogs reviewing onsides kick strategy after Vandy debacle (updated)
Vanderbilt's Oren Burks got underneath Georgia's Reggie Davis to recover the pooch onsides kick by the Commodores in the fourth quarter this past Saturday.
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ATHENS — The normally stoic Mark Richt was very animated several times during Saturday's game against Vanderbilt. At no time was that more evident than late in the fourth quarter when the Commodores executed a 48-yard onsides kick.
Including a personal foul tack-on, that gave Vandy the ball at the Georgia 8 trailing by 10 with 4:30 remaining in the game.
Asked what his thoughts were as the play unfolded before him, Richt confessed: "Well, I didn't say anything out loud. But if anyone could record my thoughts, my pastor wouldn't have been happy."
It was yet another horrific special teams breakdown in a place where the Bulldogs have committed a lot of them in recent years. Add it to the fake field-goal touchdown, fake punt, muffed punt return and mishandled punt snap Georgia has recorded at Vanderbilt Stadium in recent years.
The fact is, the Bulldogs appeared extremely vulnerable to what befell them on that particular play. After Johnny McCrary's touchdown pass and two-point conversion run brought Vandy to within 24-14, the Commodores were in an obvious onsides kick situation. So Georgia predictably brought in its "hands team," which featured several receivers and other sure-handed types who crowded the line 10 yards from the ball on the kickoff.
The trouble was, the only player behind them was single-safety in the form of kick returner Reggie Davis, and he was positioned all the way back to the goal line. In between him and the Bulldogs' frontline was a massive expanse of green space.
It was there in the middle on the right hash marks that Hayden Lekacz perfectly placed his bloop kick. It hit the ground about the 25-yard line and, as Davis charged hard to field it, eluded his grasp when it bounded hard left on the first bounce. Vandy's Oren Burks dove on top of it at the 17. The Commodores took over at the 8 after a referee was unintentionally knocked down by Georgia personnel crowding the sideline.
Davis, speaking after Monday's practice, put the blame on himself.
"I take full responsibility for that one. I took a bad step and I kind of got to the ball late," Davis said, adding with a smile: "And that bounce didn't really help me out."
But that runs contrary to what coaches said about who was responsible, as Davis acknowledged.
"The coaches they say it's their fault, they didn't coach it. But I still take full responsibility for it because at the end of the day I'm the one on the field playing," Davis said. "They can only put me in the right position, but I messed up on it."
Whoever was at fault, the Bulldogs were bailed out when, two plays later, linebacker Jake Ganus picked off a McCrary pass in the end zone for a touchback.
"Absolutely, it could have cost us," Richt said. "We've got to make sure we're doing the right thing, first of all, and then make sure we can execute it."
Richt said that the Bulldogs were in the alignment that they wanted. The real breakdown came with the players on the front line who were assigned to block Vanderbilt defenders. Clearly that assignment was not carried out as Burks was one of at least four Vandy defenders near the loose ball.
Georgia had an up-and-down day on special teams this past Saturday as Marshall Morgan missed two field goals and the Bulldogs gave up a 48-yard onsides kick. But Isaiah McKenzie returned a punt 77 yards for a touchdown. AJC / BRANT SANDERLIN
Richt said the coaching staff discussed their hands-team strategy on the plane ride home and at a special-teams meeting Sunday night. And Richt vowed to personally review what "everybody else in the country does in that situation and find out if there's a better way."
However, he said, the bottom line is, "if everybody does what they're supposed to do, there would've been a lot more time and opportunity for him to get on it safely without that much drama."
That play served as the lowlight in a very up-and-down day of special teams for the Bulldogs. Sophomore Isaiah McKenzie came back from a hamstring injury to return a punt 77 yards for a touchdown and Collin Barber averaged 40.5 yards on six punts. But Marshall Morgan missed two field goals (from 37 and 43 yards), dropping him to 1-for-3 for the season.
Suffice it to say, there will be much to review in practice before Saturday's game against South Carolina.
"Enough good things happened that I felt like we should have won the game, and enough bad ones where we certainly could have lost it," Richt said. "To get out of a game like this with a victory and still be able to learn from it is going to be very valuable to us. That will be our goal."
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In the summer of 2011, July 22nd to be exact, I took an interim position at Paladin Career and Technical High School as the executive director, while the school board started a search for a permanent director.
At the time, I owned two companies and Paladin was one of my clients. I loved what the school did and helping to bridge the leadership gap during a search process was an easy decision to make. But I also loved working with the other schools, where I served as the chief financial officer through my consulting business. The decision to take on that interim role has irreversibly changed my life. And I can't imagine doing anything else. I was hired as the executive director, no longer interim, at the end of the school year, and I closed my consulting company.
I came to Paladin with a business focus. I wanted the school to be the best it could be. I wanted the data to reflect its success and I wanted the story of the school's hard work to be indisputable. In the world of education, that meant telling the story of test scores, graduation rates, attendance rates, and fiscal strength. It meant telling a story that was in alignment with all the pressure from news media and legislation, a story that focused on core standards and high stakes testing.
In hindsight, I simply did not know what I did not know. It only took a matter of a few schools days for me to figure out that I had to dramatically change my thinking. I was familiar with the school's data. I knew that most of the students were living in poverty, that most had been expelled or had dropped out of other schools in the area. But what I didn't know, and could not even begin to comprehend at that time, were the reasons behind the students' issues.
Early in the first quarter of school that year, we planned an all-school field trip to a college fair at the Minneapolis Convention Center. A few staff had asked what we should do about the students who were known to have behavior challenges. I said that all students and staff were attending, and that we would make it work. When the day arrived, and the buses were lined up in front of the school, one student, I'll call her Emily, was having a moment of anger — a loud and disruptive outburst — about having to get onto a specific bus. This was, of course, what some of the staff were referring to: If a student could behave like this about simply having to ride a specific bus, what was going to set her off once we were at the college fair?
In a moment that has forever changed my view on how we work with students, I told the student to go back into the building; she would not be attending the college fair. Her response was explicit, and loud, and was something to the extent of, "You effing fat bi7@h, you are not going to tell me what to do, who do you think you are?" And yes, that was yelled at about 100 decibels (I might be exaggerating slightly, but not by much…). Quite honestly, I was taken aback. Who did this girl think she was talking to? Who talks like that? Didn't she realize this was a school, and that this was a school trip? What could possibly make a decision about which bus to ride, this big of a deal?
Some other staff intervened and talked the young woman into going to my office. I was truly baffled by her behavior and her choice of words, and for that, I am very thankful. It caused me to ask her questions, rather than tell her how I felt about her behavior. I asked her why she was angry, what was going on, I asked to her to help me understand, because I truly wanted to understand. I was expecting to hear that she wanted to ride the other bus because her friends were on the other bus. I expected to hear that she did not want me telling her that she could not go on the trip. I expected that she might tell me I had embarrassed her in front of her friends, because they could hear everything that was going on. All of these responses would have made sense to me.
Instead, this young woman burst into tears and told me that she had a fight with her mom that morning. She told me that she had been asleep on the couch when her younger brother had started punching her. Emily yelled at him, telling him to "knock it off," but her younger brother persisted. Emily got up and punched him back and yelled some more. At that point her mom, having been awoken by the yelling, came downstairs and told Emily to pack her stuff and get the fu#& out of her house.
Emily was 18 years old, a senior and a special education student with an emotional behavior disorder. She was over two years behind in credit, and if she could stay on task at school, she might be able to graduate by the time she turned 21. I started to counsel her on how to repair the relationship with her mom. I made a suggestion that she sleep in her own room and keep the door closed. That was when she started to sob. Emily told me that she did not have a room, there was no door to close, and she didn't have any privacy at all. She'd been sleeping on the couch for years, and now that she was 18, she wasn't technically allowed to live there because her mom was on assistance, Section 8 housing, and because of the number of bedrooms in the home, her mom had left Emily's name off the application for housing. Had her mom listed her on the application, she would not have qualified for this home under the Section 8 rules.
I was somewhat familiar with Section 8 rules, although I surprised that this student was as informed as she was, and I knew she was right. I also knew what it was like to grow up in a dysfunctional family. My own parents had divorced after many years of violence, and I had been raised in a single family home from the time I was 11 years old. My mom was bi-polar, and my dad…. well, that is a book to be written at another time. I'd also been homeless once, not for very long, but I knew it was scary wondering where you were going to sleep at the end of the day. And, I knew that this young woman was carrying the weight of the world on her shoulders that day.
In an effort to try to address the issue of where this young lady was going to stay that night I suggested that she call her mom. I figured that even if her mom was having a rough day, she didn't really want her child out on the streets that night. Emily looked doubtful, but she was willing to try calling her mom.
From the cell phone, I heard Emily's mom answer the phone, yelling, "What the hell do you want?" Emily replied, "Shut the fu#& up mom, I'm in the principal's office." To which mom replied, "You fu#&in' ho, don't be bothering me with this fu#&in' sh!t. I have to work tonight, I can't do sh!t to help you with your fu#&in' mess. Figure it out b!7@h." And then Emily's mom hung up.
This was not the conversation I expected. But at least now I understood Emily's propensity for cussing; it was part of her everyday life.
Emily changed my life that day. I suddenly understood that school was her sanctuary, and that it NEEDED to be her sanctuary. It forced me to identify the real issues facing the students at Paladin.
I spent much of that school year looking into the issues behind every incident that occurred, whether it was a verbal outburst from a student, a fight, a threat, someone skipping school to get high, we looked into everything. The team of educators knew a lot about what was going on behind the scenes in the lives of our students, but even with that knowledge, we did not have a system-wide approach to addressing the real issues. As a team, we had already started putting together programs to help address issues related to poverty, we connected with the county social services programs, we set aside federal No Child Left Behind funds to address issues of homelessness, and we started collecting data, a ton of data. We already knew a lot; we knew if a student qualified for free or reduced priced meals (poverty indicator), we knew if a student had a learning disability (special education status), we knew if a student was behind in school (earned credits compared to grade level), we knew if a student was on probation (the probation officers were visiting our school), but we did not know the "rest of the story," unless the student or family told us.
During that first year at Paladin, we started documenting the stories of our students.We even made a video, because the students themselves wanted to tell their stories. At some point that year, we created a survey for staff that listed every one of our students, and we started compiling what we knew that went beyond the basic demographics we typically tracked. In that survey, we asked our team to specify how they knew what they knew. Did they know the information from a direct source — the student told us specifically, a family member told us specifically, we had copies of medical records that were sent to us as part of an evaluation process, or something else. We then removed any data that came to us through any means that was considered second-hand information. The questions we asked included things like substance abuse, interactions with the legal system, single-parent homes, were the students living on their own, did they have children of their own, were there other adults involved in their lives, etc. Then we analyzed what we had learned and started making plans to address the issues at a school wide level.
This initial data led us into the world of ACEs. I did a google search for something like" overcoming obstacles in education", or "addressing complex childhood adversity", or something like that. Prior to Emily, prior to that "aha moment" in my office, I was solely looking at outcomes without regard to the obstacles these young people were facing. But when digging into the backgrounds, in the process to better understand the obstacles themselves, I found Jane Steven's article on the Huffington Post, The Adverse Childhood Experience's Study – the Largest Public Health Survey You Never Heard Of and then I found ACEs Connection. That led me (and all of us at Paladin) to Jim Sporleder and the article about his school, in Walla Walla, WA. Suddenly we had a path to follow. We were not the only school facing complex issues, and we knew that we needed to focus on the root causes, not the symptoms. Our students needed to be successful in high school, but even more than that, they needed to be successful in life. They deserved a chance to be successful, even if the cards (and the ACEs) were stacked against them.
I am sharing my journey into the world of ACEs, because this is a complex topic. Addressing ACEs cannot happen in any one venue, with any one person, but rather it takes all of us. It takes communities, schools, social service organizations, medical facilities, first responders, churches, law enforcement… yes, all of us, working together to impact change. The ACEsConnection community gives practitioners the opportunity to do that, to learn, to reach out, to create, to innovate, and to change lives. But we are going to need more people, more involvement, more understanding in larger circles, to truly address the underlying issues of ACEs.
As for Emily, she ended up spending a few nights at a friend's house and we worked though some issues with her mom. We didn't solve everything that week, that month, or even that year. Emily was able to go back to her couch and that was better than the streets. She graduated from Paladin two years ago. She is working in the medical field now and is pregnant with her second child. She has her own apartment and her own car. She stops by to see us at school periodically, often with her daughter on her hip. She isn't living the perfect life, but she is living a life where she earns enough money to support herself and her small family, and where she isn't in danger of daily violence. She is still learning, still growing into adulthood, and she is hopeful for her future. I call that a success.
As for Paladin, we are in the third year of our own research project modeled after the ACE Study, but specifically looking at the obstacles facing youth and students. The hypothesis to our research is that when given a set of obstacles (variables in a student's life that have the potential to cause harm) and when addressed with a set of interventions (specifically related to the obstacles focused on ACEs and other known educational risk factors) that success in high school will increase and success beyond high school will be more likely. We use a comprehensive intake survey to gather information and to identify ACEs and other obstacles. We deploy interventions and we track everything. The outcomes at this point are looking really positive. We will have enough data by the end of the five-year project to publish results that will be considered statistically valid. And if we are successful in this project, we are looking forward to finding ways to measure the changes in brain activity, neural pathway formation, over the time frame in which interventions are deployed.
I still look at test scores and graduation rates. But my lens is completely different. The stories are nothing like those I expected to be sharing. They are better, because they are more meaningful. They are harder for mainstream education to grasp, I think, but that makes them all the more worth telling. Five years ago, I never would have imagined that this was the path I would be on today.
A trauma-informed school wasn't part of my plan, but now it's my life's work was originally published @ Leisa Irwin – ACEs Too High and has been syndicated with permission.


August 4, 2017 Austin360 Taste Test, Video.
Today, I tried a handful of Texas products that have been part of H-E-B's Quest for Texas Best competition in recent years, including a chipotle yogurt dip from Dip It and cream cheese-filled bagel bites from Bagel Dots, and went on a little rant about overpriced lactation cookies, protein-packed chocolate chip cookies that need better marketing and packaging and a frozen gumbo I really wanted to like but found disappointing.
I also tried some brownies that my editor, Emily Quigley, made for my birthday, which was a few weeks ago. Turns out, she used a boxed mix and added dried cherries, cinnamon and chocolate chips. I've been so focused on from-scratch brownies lately, but I realized her additions to the boxed mix are a great #Austin360Cooks tip!
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I'm currently experiencing the worst bout of internet connection ever so forgive me and my pathetic posts this weekend.
I don't know how credible it is to post Our Last Night but it's too late for that. I definitely rate Our Last Night's covers higher than their original stuff and this one is no exception.
Bad Luck, to me, are this great band who never release songs and never play shows outside of Scotland. Well this past weekend, one of those things changed as Bad Luck released new double A side single Ghost/Blind. I preferred 'Blind' so here it is in all it's excellent glory.
Something upbeat to pull you through the latter part of Tuesday (i.e. by far the worst day of the week) in the form of 'Tears' from upcoming Midlands based producer duo TC4. I was proper into this as a right joyous vibe until I realised that the lyrics are all about crying… either way Onyda absolutely smashes the whole vocal thing.
This is awful? Correct. But it's embarrassingly horrendously incredible at the same time? Correct. I don't really know what's going on here or why this song exists or why Charli XCX and Tinashe have been roped into it. BUT after the sheer shock of the first listen, it squares (you know, as in multiplies by itself) itself in greatness each listen thereafter.
Shy Girls has teamed up with Tei Shi for this track, 'Arrest Me', which features on his new free to download mixtape 4WZ. I'm not massive into Shy Girls or Tei Shi separately but together they've created this dreamy three minute piece of RnB.
A little different Throwback Thursday today in that this version is pretty new but the two tracks MNEK has refixed together are pretty throwback. The young pop soul genius has mashed up his own version of Vanessa Carlton's 'A Thousand Miles' with The B-52's 'Love Shack' and it sounds pretty good.
Francesca Bergami, better known a Lyves, does beautiful "ambient alt soul", demonstrated perfectly by new track 'Shelter'. This is the first song to be taken from her upcoming EP due for release this Spring.
Really into this 80s vibe female vocal thing lately, probably a lot more so after seeing Ekkah live last month. Pr0files seem to almost be the LA based male/female equivalent. Look, anyway, the point is, if you want to put something cool on at a party that will suit the mood pretty effortlessly, this is it.


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Harley seeks alliance for lightweight bikes to grow India business
Wed, Aug 08, 2018 - 5:50 AM
HARLEY-DAVIDSON Inc is scouting for a partner with a manufacturing and distribution footprint to make lightweight motorcycles for use in India and other Asian markets, a top company executive said.
The Milwaukee-based company, known for its heavy touring motorcycles, said last week it would launch a 250cc to 500cc motorcycle in India to boost sales in the world's largest two-wheeler market as it grapples with an ageing customer base and falling sales in the United States.
Industry sales are projected to grow 25 per cent a year in Asia's third-largest economy in the 250cc to 500cc segment through 2021.
"We realise that we as a company have been very focused on large heavyweight motorcycles and our expertise in the 250-500cc space needs to grow," said Marc McAllister, vice-president of product portfolio at Harley-Davidson. "We are looking for a strategic alliance that can help us grow through understanding the product, understanding the consumer, understanding the assembly."
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That could mean Harley will not necessarily make the new motorcycles at its own facility in India, and may instead use a local partner, Mr McAllister said. He declined to discuss names or details of potential partners.
Helped by rising discretionary spending, motorcycles sales in India are experiencing double-digit percentage growth, compared with tepid recent consumer demand in the US.
Lured by the enticing growth prospects, British motorcycle maker Triumph and Germany's BMW have partnered with Indian companies Bajaj Auto and TVS Motor, respectively.
Harley expects the lightweight segment to act as a "bridge" to its brand, said Mr McAllister, giving it a chance to make deeper inroads into a market where over 20 million two-wheelers are sold annually. REUTERS

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Man stabbed in head with pocket knife
Victim had non-life-threatening injuries
Updated: 6:54 PM CST Jan 5, 2014
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Ames police said a man was stabbed in the head with a pocket knife Saturday night at 133 Beedle Drive around 10:30 p.m.The victim had non-life-threatening injuries, and was released from an area hospital after being treated.One suspect, Joseph Wirth, was in custody and charged with willful injury, public intoxication and possession of a controlled substance.
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Ames police said a man was stabbed in the head with a pocket knife Saturday night at 133 Beedle Drive around 10:30 p.m.
The victim had non-life-threatening injuries, and was released from an area hospital after being treated.
One suspect, Joseph Wirth, was in custody and charged with willful injury, public intoxication and possession of a controlled substance.


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\chapter{Implementación}
\label{chap:implementación}

En este capítulo se definirán las configuraciones, diagramas e implementaciones que se han llevado a cabo en el proyecto. Primero, especificaremos los diagramas de clases para el BackEnd y FrontEnd (Flujo de ejecución Django) de la aplicación.

\section{Flujo de ejecución BackEnd}

\begin{figure}[H]
  \hspace*{-.8in}{\includegraphics[scale=0.7]{diagramas/back-end.png}}
  \caption{Diagrama de clases BackEnd}
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En el diagrama podemos ver de izquierda a derecha la herencia que hay entre las clases que se encargan de recoger la información de la sonda.\\

\section{Flujo de ejecución FrontEnd}

\begin{figure}[H]
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  \includegraphics[scale=0.7]{diagramas/django-workflow.png}
  \caption{Flujo de ejecución del FrontEnd - ~\cite{74}}
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Para este caso se ha decidido mostrar el flujo de ejecución que sigue una petición desde que llega al servidor de Django hasta que se sirve una vista asociada al navegador. \\

\section{Configuración de la aplicación}

En la fase de implementación del proyecto entran en juego la configuración previa de la máquina en la cuál se van a desplegar los componentes para su utilización. Hay ciertos factores a tener en cuenta. \\

Dado que se ha desarrollado una primera version funcional de la aplicación, en el futuro se podrían incluir ciertas herramientas software de automatización de despliegues y configuraciones como podrían ser:
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\subsection{Chef}
Web: \url{https://www.chef.io/}\\
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  \begin{center}
    \includegraphics[scale=0.3]{diagramas/chef-logo.png}
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Chef es una plataforma de automatización de gran alcance que nos transforma el control de infraestructuras en código. Da igual el sistema operativo o plataforma sobre el que se tenga que operar, Chef automatiza configuraciones de infraestructuras, desplegados y gestionado a través de la red, sin importar el tamaño de la solución software a controlar.\\

A continuación un diagrama explicando la arquitectura de un sistema bajo Chef:

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  \begin{center}
  \includegraphics[scale=1]{diagramas/chef.png}
  \caption{Arquitectura de un sistema bajo Chef}
  \end{center}
\end{figure}

\subsection{Ansible}
Web: \url{https://www.ansible.com/}\\
\begin{figure}[H]
  \begin{center}
    \includegraphics[scale=0.1]{diagramas/ansible-logo.png}
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\end{figure}

Ansible es una herramienta de código abierto que se utiliza para distribuir aplicaciones en nodos o servidores remotos de una manera automatizada. Nos proporciona un framework común a todas las aplicaciones, permitiendo así configurar cada una de ellas de una manera más fácil y eficaz. Ansible se basa en ``playbooks'' (al contrario de Chef que se basa en Cookbooks) dónde se pueden definir una amplia variedad de sistemas para el despliegue de una aplicación.

\begin{figure}[H]
  \begin{center}
  \includegraphics[scale=.5]{diagramas/ansible.jpg}
  \caption{Diagrama de la arquitectura Ansible}
  \end{center}
\end{figure}

\subsection{Docker}
Web: \url{https://www.docker.com/}\\
\begin{figure}[H]
  \begin{center}
    \includegraphics[scale=0.5]{diagramas/docker-logo.png}
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Docker es un sistema de desarrollo de sistemas completos, utilizando el concepto de contenedor (LXC) de los sistemas UNIX. Un contenedor de Docker, envuelve un fragmento de software en un sistema de archivos completo (imagen) que contiene todo lo necesario para funcionar: código, instancias de arranque, herramientas del sistema, bibliotecas del sistema... cualquier cosa que tendría un sistema operativo normal pero en una versión más optimizada y ligera (estos sistemas normalmente se obtienen de un Docker Repository y en su totalidad son sistemas open source). Esto garantiza que el software se ejecutará siempre de la misma forma, independientemente del medio en el que se despliegue.\\

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\section[Configuración local]{Configuración local para procesamiento}
Los primeros pasos para la obtención de logs o eventos generados por la fuente de seguridad, iptables, serán los de configurar el sistema interno de correlación de logs rsyslog junto con el sistema de rotación de logs logrotate. Para el caso de rsyslog tenemos que definir un filtro para que cualquier evento que genere el sistema con un determinado mensaje definido en las reglas de iptables, sea capturado y almacenado en un determinado directorio. También hemos dotado a los logs del sistema de timestamp con mayor precisión para poder diferenciar eventos con mayor afinamiento y cambiado la tupla de permisos a la hora de crear un archivo con \textbf{FileCreateMode}.
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    # To enable high precision timestamps, comment out the following line.
    #
    #$ActionFileDefaultTemplate RSYSLOG_TraditionalFileFormat

    #
    # Set the default permissions for all log files.
    #
    $FileOwner root
    $FileGroup adm
    $FileCreateMode 0644
    $DirCreateMode 0755
    $Umask 0022

    # IPTABLES

    :msg,contains,"IPTMSG= " -/var/log/iptables.log
    :msg,regex,"^\[ *[0-9]*\.[0-9]*\] IPTMSG= " -/var/log/iptables.log
    :msg,contains,"IPTMSG= " ~

  \end{lstlisting}
  \caption{Configuración de iptables para Rsyslog}
\end{figure}
\pagebreak
\begin{minipage}{\linewidth}
Hemos de configurar Logrotate (más información sobre los campos visitar sección \ref{subsection:logrotate}):

\begin{figure}[H]
\begin{lstlisting}[language=bash]
/var/log/iptables.log
        {
                rotate 7
                daily
                missingok
                notifempty
                delaycompress
                compress
                postrotate
                        invoke-rc.d rsyslog restart > /dev/null
                endscript
        }
\end{lstlisting}
\caption{Configuración de iptables para Logrotate}
\end{figure}

Tenemos que definir una regla específica para el demonio de rsyslog en la cual se filtre también por los campos que queramos de iptables:

\begin{figure}[H]
\begin{lstlisting}[language=bash]
# into separate file and stop their further processing
if  ($syslogfacility-text == 'kern') and \\
($msg contains 'IPTMSG=' and $msg contains 'IN=') \\
then    -/var/log/iptables.log
    &   ~

\end{lstlisting}
\caption{Configuración de iptables.conf para Rsyslog.d}
\end{figure}

Estos tres pasos o configuraciones nos permiten redireccionar un log de iptables al directorio \textbf{/var/log/} y en conreto para el archivo \textbf{iptables.log}. Esta configuración tendrá efecto una vez hayamos reiniciado el servico rsyslog o en el próximo inicio de sesión sobre la máquina.

\pagebreak
\subsection[Logs]{Recogida y almacenamiento de logs}
Para el caso que nos ocupa, iptables tiene una forma de definir reglas internas para el filtrado de paquetes según el tipo de comunicación que se establezca contra la máquina o desde la máquina hacia el exterior.

\begin{figure}[H]
\begin{lstlisting}[language=bash]
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 22 -j LOG --log-prefix "IPTMSG=Connection SSH "
\end{lstlisting}
\caption{Ejemplo de regla iptables}
\end{figure}

En la siguiente sección explicaremos en profundidad cada una de las opciones de la regla, pero a simple vista podemos observar que el mensaje asociado a la regla coincide con la palabra clave del filtro empleado en rsyslog: \textbf{IPTMSG=}. Así pues, una vez dicho evento se genere el sistema y syslog lo procese como un mensaje de un servicio determinado, en este caso iptables, rsyslog filtrará dicho mensaje según su configuración para almacenarlo posteriormente en \textbf{/var/log/iptables.log}.
\end{minipage}
\subsection{Iptables}

El servicio de firewall del kernel de GNU Linux, iptables, nos proporciona una interfaz de reglas y tablas en donde podemos definir patrones o reglas que actuen sobre el tráfico que llega o sale desde nuestra máquina. Las reglas que se han definido por defecto son las siguientes (si queremos más filtros hay que implicar al protocolo y su puerto asociado con un mensaje):

\begin{figure}[H]
\begin{lstlisting}[language=bash]
# Generated by iptables-save v1.4.21 on Mon Jan 25 20:37:18 2016
*filter
:INPUT ACCEPT [0:0]
:FORWARD ACCEPT [0:0]
:OUTPUT ACCEPT [0:0]
-A INPUT -d 127.0.0.1/32 -p icmp -m icmp --icmp-type 8 -m state --state NEW,RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j LOG --log-prefix "IPTMSG=Connection ICMP "
-A INPUT -d 127.0.0.1/32 -p icmp -m icmp --icmp-type 8 -m state --state NEW,RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j DROP
-A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 22 -j LOG --log-prefix "IPTMSG=Connection SSH "
-A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 22 -j DROP
COMMIT
\end{lstlisting}
\caption{Configuración reglas iptables}
\end{figure}

A continuación una breve explicación de cada opción o comando:
\begin{itemize}
\item -A: Añadir una nueva regla a una cadena de la tabla.
\item -d: Especificación para la ip destino, en este caso localhost con una máscara de subred determinada.
\item --dport: Especificación para el puerto destino al que se realizará la posible conexión o envío de paquetes.
\item -p: Especificación del protocolo del paquete.
\item -m: Especificación de matching, en este caso icmp o tcp dentro de la descripción del paquete.
\item --icmp-type: Extensión del tipo de ping que se va a procesar desde la regla.
\item --state: Tipo de paquete según conexión:
  \begin{itemize}
  \item NEW: Paquete que crea una nueva conexión.
  \item RELATED: Paquete que está relacionado a una conexión existente, pero que no es parte de ella, como un error ICMP o, un paquete que establece una conexión de datos FTP.
  \item ESTABLISHED: Paquete que pertenece a una conexión existente (que tuvo paquetes de respuesta).
  \item INVALID (no usado): Paquete que no pudo ser identificado por alguna razón: quedarse sin memoria o errores ICMP que no corresponden a ninguna conexión conocida. Normalmente estos paquetes deben ser descartados.
  \end{itemize}
\item -j: Acción de salto cuando encuentre dicha regla de paquetes. Se especifican dos acciones:
  \begin{itemize}
  \item LOG --log-prefix ``message'' : Cuando se encuentre dicha regla se recolecta como log de la misma adjuntando un mensaje para diferenciarla del resto de reglas.
  \item DROP : Cuando se encuentre dicha regla se descarta el paquete dentro del propio sistema. Al ir seguido LOG de un DROP el paquete se muestra en el registro de syslog para posteriormente ser eliminado del registro de almacenamiento de paquetes (Para esto usamos rsyslog que se encarga de almacenar dicho mensaje en un archivo de log).
  \end{itemize}
\end{itemize}

Así pues, una vez tengamos un evento o paquete o log de iptables en nuestro sistema generados mediante ssh 127.0.0.1 o ping 127.0.0.1 obtendremos lo siguiente:

\begin{figure}[H]
\begin{lstlisting}[language=bash, breaklines=true]
[dom jul  3 17:04:03 2016] IPTMSG=Connection SSH IN=lo OUT= MAC=00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:08:00 SRC=127.0.0.1 DST=127.0.0.1 LEN=60 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=39454 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=47706 DPT=22 WINDOW=43690 RES=0x00 SYN URGP=0
[dom jul  3 17:04:05 2016] IPTMSG=Connection SSH IN=lo OUT= MAC=00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:08:00 SRC=127.0.0.1 DST=127.0.0.1 LEN=60 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=39455 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=47706 DPT=22 WINDOW=43690 RES=0x00 SYN URGP=0
\end{lstlisting}
\caption{Evento de ssh localhost en el sistema}
\end{figure}

Lo anterior correspondía a la salida del comando \textbf{\$ dmesg -T} que muestra todos los mensajes del sistema que se han pasado al syslog. La opción -T se usa para especificar el timestamp de cada mensaje con una mayor precisión.\\

\begin{figure}[H]
\begin{lstlisting}[language=bash, breaklines=true]
2016-07-03T17:03:35.664324+02:00 debian kernel: [23337.363387] IPTMSG=Connection SSH IN=lo OUT= MAC=00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:08:00 SRC=127.0.0.1 DST=127.0.0.1 LEN=60 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=39454 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=47706 DPT=22 WINDOW=43690 RES=0x00 SYN URGP=0
2016-07-03T17:03:37.668326+02:00 debian kernel: [23339.369692] IPTMSG=Connection SSH IN=lo OUT= MAC=00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:08:00 SRC=127.0.0.1 DST=127.0.0.1 LEN=60 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=39455 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=47706 DPT=22 WINDOW=43690 RES=0x00 SYN URGP=0
\end{lstlisting}
\caption{Log capturado y almacenado por rsyslog en /var/log/iptables.log}
\end{figure}

Lo anterior corresponde con la manipulación por parte de rsyslog del mensaje obtenido en syslog. Como podemos observar se añade un campo de timestamp de mayor precisión según la configuración que hemos establecido en rsyslog.conf para poder diferenciar con mayor exactitud eventos entre diferentes franjas de tiempo. \\

\begin{figure}[H]
\begin{lstlisting}[language=bash, breaklines=true]
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
--------------------------------------------------

 Procesando linea --> 2016-07-03T17:12:53.632264+02:00 debian kernel: [23896.003739] IPTMSG=Connection ICMP IN=lo OUT= MAC=00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:08:00 SRC=127.0.0.1 DST=127.0.0.1 LEN=84 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=64157 DF PROTO=ICMP TYPE=8 CODE=0 ID=14177 SEQ=7

--------------------------------------------------
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
---> Insertado registro: {'TAG': 'Connection ICMP', 'ID_Source_PORT': None, 'Protocol': u'ICMP', 'RAW_Info': '2016-07-03T17:12:53.632264+02:00 debian kernel 23896.003739 IPTMSG=Connection ICMP IN=lo OUT MAC=00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:08:00 SRC=127.0.0.1 DST=127.0.0.1 LEN=84 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=64157 DF PROTO=ICMP TYPE=8 CODE=0 ID=14177 SEQ=7 ', 'ID_Source_MAC': <Macs: 00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:08:00>, 'ID_Source_IP': <Ips: 127.0.0.1>, 'ID_Dest_IP': <Ips: 127.0.0.1>, 'ID_Dest_PORT': None, 'ID_Dest_MAC': <Macs: 00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:08:00>}

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
---> Fin de procesado de linea
\end{lstlisting}
\caption{Procesamiento del log capturado y almacenado en la bd interna de la aplicación}
\end{figure}

\subsection[Parser]{Transformación de log en información útil: Parser}

Una vez hemos descrito los pasos a seguir para obtener un log para un evento iptables, llega la hora de procesar y hacer útil todos esos datos que tenemos. Para esta finalidad tenemos que usar expresiones regulares para generar un parser con el que ser capaz de traducir todos esos datos en información útil para nuestra aplicación.\\

\begin{figure}[H]
\lstinputlisting{trozos-codigo/codigo-4.py}
\caption{Instancia de la clase Pygtail y lectura de las líneas del log}
\end{figure}

Hacemos uso del módulo o paquete \href{https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pygtail}{Pygtail} que nos permite leer archivos de log cuyos registros internos aún no han sido leídos. Es una especie de \textbf{\$ tail -f} a un archivo en concreto, pero usa un concepto de offset e inode para saber la última actualización y posición del archivo antes y después de ser abierto para así saber que parte de la última lectura se quedo en ejecución. Éste es otro punto importante dado que para hacer uso de esta funcionalidad debemos crear un archivo con el nombre del log, véase \textbf{/var/log/iptables.log} cuya extensión final sea offset (\textbf{/var/log/iptables.log.offset}) y sus permisos los siguientes:\\
\vspace*{-.5in}{
\begin{minipage}{\linewidth}
\begin{figure}[H]
  \begin{lstlisting}[language=bash, breaklines=true]
    -rw-r--r-- 1 root adm 10391 jul  3 17:12 /var/log/iptables.log
    -rw-r--rw- 1 root root 14 jul  3 17:13 /var/log/iptables.log.offset
  \end{lstlisting}
  \caption{Permisos de los archivos iptables.log e iptables.log.offset}
\end{figure}

Una vez tengamos el archivo abierto y con sus líneas procesadas por Pygtail, es el momento de usar regex sobre los objetos string de cada línea de log. Para ello hacemos uso del método split para dividir por palabras, es decir, posiciones separadas en una lista a todas las coincidencias con una palabra que pudiera tener toda la cadena.\\

\begin{figure}[H]
\lstinputlisting{trozos-codigo/codigo-5.py}
\caption{Uso del método split sobre la entrada de lineas de log}
\end{figure}

Una vez separado por palabras toda la línea de log, pasamos a diferenciar entre las etiquetas que iptables pone a cada campo con su valor, es decir, una tupla key=>value. \\

\begin{figure}[H]
\lstinputlisting{trozos-codigo/codigo-6.py}
\caption{Obtenemos la tupla key=>value para cada etiqueta del log}
\end{figure}

Ya tenemos todas las etiquetas de los campos del log y ahora nos toca extraer su valor asociado para asignarlo al ORM de la base de datos, es decir, almacenar la información en la BD.
\end{minipage}}
\begin{minipage}{\linewidth}
\begin{figure}[H]
\lstinputlisting{trozos-codigo/codigo-7.py}
\caption{Vamos asignando cada etiqueta y su valor a su asociado del ORM}
\end{figure}

Los siguientes pasos de comprobación de integridad de valores y demás se relegan a la visualización del interesado en el método process\_line del archivo código fuente iptables.py\\
\end{minipage}

\subsection{Workflow}
Ahora vamos a detallar los pasos que seguirá la aplicación a la hora de la visualización de información en la web mediante el framework Django. Pero primero cómo se procesan y almacenan los datos de los logs:\\

\begin{itemize}
\item Primera instancia a ejecutar main.py: Se definen las llamadas al sistema Manager que se encargará a su vez de llamar al controlador que se asocia con la fuente encargada (iptables).
\item Segunda instancia a ejecutar manager.py: Gestión de los controladores que hacen uso de la herramienta. Cada controlador tendrá asociada su fuente.
\item Tercera instancia a ejecutar controller.py: Esta clase contiene unas características que herederán los controladores de cada fuente y a su vez lanza la ejecución de los hilos para cada una de las fuentes. Aquí se define o exporta la variable de entorno de Django para utilizar el ORM del mismo.
\item Cuarta instancia a ejecutar source.py: Aunque se vaya directamente al siguiente punto, primero se pasa el control a esta clase de la cuál hereda iptables y se crean los fragmentos de código para la ejecución en iptables.
\item Quinta instancia a ejecutar iptables.py: Ejecución y configuración de todo el entramado de iptables, de la insercción de datos en la BD y de la extracción de características de los logs.
\end{itemize}

Ahora corresponde el turno al flujo de ejecución para la visualización web:\\

\begin{itemize}
\item Primera instancia a ejecutar manage.py: Aquí se cargan las configuraciones por defecto del proyecto Django para la aplicación definida.
\item Segunda instancia a ejecutar wsgi.py: Se usa la biblioteca wsgi para poder lanzar la aplicación por su nombre dentro del namespace definido por Django.
\item Tercera instancia a ejecutar settings.py: Se cargan todas las configuraciones establecidas por el usuario para el proyecto y que a su vez usarán cómo configuración base para las aplicaciones derivadas del mismo.
\item Cuarta instancia a ejecutar urls.py (archivo que pertenece al proyecto Django): Aquí se encamina la visualización entre la aplicación o la parte de administración del proyecto.
\item Quinta instancia a ejecutar urls.py (archivo que pertenece a la aplicación): Aquí es dónde se define el router de la aplicación web y los métodos que se lanzarán una vez se hagan las peticiones sobre el servidor web Django.
\item Sexta instancia a ejecutar views.py: Se ejecuta el método asociado a la renderización de la vista, que por defecto, sino hay ninguna ruta será index. Dependiendo del método a ejecutar sólo mostrará contenido estático o dinámico (JSON) obtenido de la base de datos.
\item Séptima instancia a ejecutar aplicacion/index.html (Paso previo de MasterPage.html): Se carga el trozo de esta plantilla o template (que en nuestro caso es una vista) que contiene el esqueleto principal de la parte web para todas las vistas/plantillas que heredan de esta general.
\item Octava instancia a ejecutar aplicacion/index.html (Carga de la plantilla index.html): Se carga el trozo de esta plantilla dentro del bloque definido en la plantilla MasterPage que anteriormente se proceso.
\end{itemize}
\begin{minipage}{\linewidth}
\subsection{Visualización de eventos}
Aquí tenemos una vista general de todas las interacciones posibles con la web de los eventos almacenados en el sistema.
\begin{figure}[H]
\vspace*{.2in}{\hspace*{.55in}{\includegraphics[scale=.3,angle=270]{diagramas/web_8.png}}}
\caption{Vista general}
\end{figure}
\end{minipage}

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The Vlaams Radiokoor was founded in 1937 by the Belgian National Radio Institute (NIR/INR). The history of the radio choir is inextricably linked with that of its sister ensemble at the same broadcaster: the Great Symphony Orchestra (now the Brussels Philharmonic).
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Nees developed a niche for the choir in 19th and 20th century choral music from its native land, and performed many premieres of works by fellow composers. He also revived forgotten works of the region's own musical heritage. With these recordings he built a rich sound archive of Flemish choral music. The choir thus fulfilled its pioneering role in the renewal of amateur choral life in Flanders.
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Sweden was the subject of a recent bomb plot gone wrong and five men were arrested in Denmark on 29 December on suspicion of planning a bombing raid. Has Islamist terrorism come to Scandinavia?
The chilly winds and blizzards of Sweden and Denmark are far-removed from the blasting sun and desert heat of the Middle East but Islam is a powerful and growing presence in Northern Europe. It has overtaken Catholicism to become Norway's largest minority religion. There are approximately 500,000 Muslims in Sweden. After Lutheranism, Islam is the biggest religion in Denmark.
Mass immigration in the 1980s and 1990s, particularly from the Muslim south-east corner of Europe, Somalia and Pakistan, has prompted the development of Islam as a serious faith in the three Scandinavian countries. National reaction to the growth of Islam has courted controversy.
The Jyllands-Posten cartoons uproar in 2005 was the first major sticking-point to development between this part of Europe and Islam. The men arrested earlier this week in Denmark have been accused of wanting to kill "as many people as possible [at the newspaper's offices]", according to Danish officials. The fact that these alleged threats and confirmed arrests have occurred five years after the cartoons were published show that the reach of Islam is growing.
Cartoons were also at the centre of controversy three years ago. Lars Vilks, a Swedish cartoonist, pictured Muhammad as a dog on a roundabout. Mr Vilks has since taken precautions against possible retribution.
Islam has not suffered the same level of inertia and religious apathy which has afflicted the Christian denominations across Europe. Young Muslims are born into a growing faith of potency and totality. Their non-Muslim peers simply do not worry about religion that much at all. And it is this perceived affront to the standard Scandinavian secular-based lifestyle by a popular and powerful minority religion that has caused an upswell in indignation towards Muslims in the region.
The traditional Scandinavian mentality may also be a root cause of the increase in terror plots. By attacking a liberal, less outspoken area of the majority-Christian and Western world, the direct opposite of the US, the UK and Israel, Islamist fundamentalists are demonstrating their capabilities to challenge religious and political ideologies across the globe, no matter how quiet and non-confrontational those countries appear on the surface.


Lemons for Lemonade Emma Blackie A chance encounter in a haberdashery store led Emma to crochet, and she's been hooked (sorry) ever since! Focusing on both the practical and the pretty, Emma's work embodies her mantra "when life hands you lemons, make lemonade" - creating little bundles of happiness out of yarn. She has built her reputation using social media as her weapon, and now creates one-off pieces for professional photo shoots as well as receiving private commissions and selling "off the peg" items.


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Historic marker to Mother Jones unveiled on Route 66 near her Illinois resting place
December 13, 2017 December 13, 2017 / Admin	/ 1 Comment
The new road marker at I-55 south of Springfield, Illinois. Photo courtesy of Mike Matejka
A commemorative road marker in honour of Cork-born Mother Jones was unveiled near Mount Olive, Illinois on Monday (11 December) in the presence of the Honorary Irish Consul in Chicago, Mr. Brian O'Brien.
Irish Consul General Brian O'Brien (Photo courtesy of Mother Jones Heritage Project MJHP)
The marker itself will be seen by over a million people a year who come to take a break just off the world-famous Route 66. After the ceremony, Mr O'Brien visited the indoor exhibition area at the location. They the group travelled to Mount Olive where Mr. O'Brien placed a wreath at the grave of Mother Jones in the Miners Cemetery in Mount Olive.
The wreath contained the words of her motto "Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living" in both Irish and English. There then followed a toast to Mother Jones at the grave which was celebrated using Red-Breast Whiskey. Congratulations to everyone involved in this amazing project.
Group at the grave of Mother Jones at Mount Olive. (L-R): Brigid Duffy of Irish American Heritage Center, Mother Jones Performer Amy Rueff of Illinois American Federation of Labor, Rosemary Feurer of Mother Jones Heritage Project and Consul General Brian O'Brien
The Wreath with inscription in English and Irish
Our thanks to Prof. Rosemary Feurer of the Mother Jones Musuem for forwarding photos and other material.
Cork born Mother Jones to get a historic road marker on the famous Route 66 in Illinois
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A new Historic Marker to be unveiled to Cork born Mother Jones in Illinois near Route 66.
The Cork Mother Jones Committee welcomes the wonderful news that a new Historic Roadside Marker monument is to be unveiled near the I-55 Southbound Coalfield Roadway in honour of Cork born woman Mother Jones.
The large marker has been placed with the cooperation of the Illinois Department of Transportation and will be unveiled on Monday 11th December next by Mr. Brian O'Brien, Ireland's Consulate General in Chicago.
"We are delighted to congratulate the Mother Jones Heritage Project committee in Illinois for their enormous work to ensure that Mary Harris/Mother Jones is never forgotten. We especially wish to thank Professor Rosemary Feurer who has brought this project to fruition in Illinois and who has supported and inspired the Spirit of Mother Jones festival over the past 6 years and has spoken at it twice." stated James Nolan of the Cork Mother Jones Committee.
In addition to the Irish Consulate, representatives of the Illinois AFL-CIO, Illinois Labour History Society, the United Mine Workers of America, the Irish American Heritage Centre, the Route 66 Association and many others will attend the historic unveiling of the Mother Jones Marker.
The Coalfield rest area where the Marker is placed receives over 1 million visitors each year. This is the brainchild of the Mother Jones Heritage Project which established a museum near Mount Olive where Mother Jones is buried.
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When faced with separation from the military one can feel pulled in many different directions. The most obvious dilemma being the decision between going back to school and going into the workforce. We're here to tell you why veterans who go to college before the workforce make more money.
When you have a college degree, you are automatically going to make more money in the civilian work force. Many times, you won't even get an interview for the higher paying job if you don't have a bachelor's or associate's degree.
Many are upset because some prior military personnel who leave the service with more experience than a college grad aren't able to get interviews or jobs for positions they are qualified for. And they're right. It isn't fair. But right now in the civilian world that is just the way it is. However, no one is worse off with an education, and if you have GI Bill benefits, then why not use them?
Those with a high school diploma have an average an income of $718 a week. Those with a bachelor's degree average an income of $1,189 weekly. That's roughly 66% percent more with a degree on an annual basis, or nearly $25,000. Over a 40 year career that's nearly $1,000,000! That's without taking in to account any other factors such as investments, promotions or other compensation.
With the way things are constantly changing, there is no guarantee that retirement and pensions will be waiting for workers. A degree however, solidifies some sort of guarantee. Most people who enter the work force with a degree are able to network their way through a lifelong career. Whether that means changing jobs, moving cities, or juggling different industries, the key to that movement is having a degree.
Estimates for those who found their job from professional networking range from 70% to 85%. One of the little known secrets to job searchers is that 70-80% of the jobs are never posted online, which means that they went to either internal job candidates or came via personal or professional networks.
Colleges aren't the only way to establish a network, heck you already have one through your military experience! But, colleges do have a very powerful network to tap in to for those who wish to participate.
As a college student, you'll find that there are many resources at your finger tips. Resources for learning in the classroom, but also resources for helping you develop as a person outside of the classroom. For example: a health center with free consultations (are you suffering from PTSD and looking for ways to combat it?), or advisors who are there to help you figure out a way to navigate your college and professional careers.
These types of resources are extremely expensive when you aren't a student, but they are free for students to use as much as they need when enrolled at a college campus. Take advantage of these free resources, set yourself up for a bright future with a thought out path, and save that money!
So why wouldn't you go get a college degree if you have the GI Bill on your side? Set yourself and your family up for a brighter future with a degree. You won't regret it.


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I n a treasure chest of rare Namibian game species a green utopia rises above the surrounding plains. The red sandstone cliffs of the Waterberg Plateau stand as a beacon of hope in the Waterberg National Park, one of Namibia's most successful wildlife rehabilitation areas -– a park that is anything but green behind the ears when it comes to conservation.
I awake with a start by an unlikely wake-up call. There is a baboon on my roof. The roof of my tent on top of my bakkie as it stands parked in the camping area at Waterberg Resort. I give a bit of a half-hearted kick at the canvas overhead and with that the critter jumps down onto the bakkie's back railings and then to the ground, running off with what I swear is laughter in his guffaws. Awake, albeit not happy about it, I decide that I might as well get up and start the day's activities, as my time in the park is short and precious. Two hours later I am back at the car, exhilarated and satiated after a hike along the base of the plateau, after having made friends with no fewer than eight Damara dik-diks, countless birds and a kudu darting through the thick bush that the nature walk leads through.
The previous night had been a highlight of my Namibian safari experiences. On a game drive with an NWR guide and a group of European tourists, I had been treated to sightings of sable, roan and buffalo, all but two hours from the capital! Now for those of you who know, sable and roan are not your everyday antelope spotted on a Namibian safari. The only other time I had seen them was all the way north in Bwabwata National Park in the Zambezi Region.
Since 1972 it has been a sort of credo of the Waterberg administration to rehabilitate species that had long since died out (or been poached to extinction) in the region. Initially proclaimed as a conservation area to protect eland populations that were unfavourably looked upon by cattle farmers in the region, the reintroduction of species was broadened to include sable, roan, tsessebe and black and white rhino, bringing them back from the brink of extinction. The conservation programs are so successful that the Ministry of Environment and Tourism (MET) has been able to relocate animals from the park to other parts of the country to improve their distribution, genetic variation and also reintroduce them to other territories where the species had once thrived before human intervention, such as black rhinos in the Kunene region.
Animals on the plateau are kept in a safe pocket of conservation as they are protected not only by MET rangers, but also by the natural impenetrable boundaries formed by the high cliffs on all sides but the north. Dams have been built over the years and game-proof fencing has been erected. Surveillance cameras powered by solar energy have been placed at waterholes and custom hides were built so that wildlife can be monitored. An Alcatraz in Namibia! Not to keep anything in, but rather to keep the threats of the human world out.
Guided game drives are the only way to access the plateau of the park.
Waterberg National park is home to an abundance of Damara Dik-dik, Namibia's smallest antelope.
Here you will find the only population of buffalo south of the red (veterinary) line. These buffalo are all certified disease-free.
Healthy populations of sable and roan antelope thrive in the park.
"The amazing thing about Waterberg is that it is unique in terms of the variation in the vegetation and geological makeup. Add to this the fact that everything is basically constituted at the top of the plateau and you have one of the most pristine conservation areas in the world." – Kaiporo Kandji, Warden, Waterberg Plateau Park.
Unfortunately, despite the immense measures that have been applied to make this Eden of wildlife protection as safe as possible, growing concerns about poaching persist. As a result MET was forced to close down one of the most exciting activities for which nature lovers from all over the world used to travel to the Waterberg. The popular 3-day guided and 42 km self-guided hikes on top of the plateau have been suspended until further notice. In an attempt to do everything in their power to curb the ever-increasing poaching epidemic in Namibia, park officials now restrict access to the top of the plateau to guided nature drives.
Even though the main hiking trails have been closed, there are still nine different nature walks and hikes to lookout points within the resort area managed by NWR. These hikes vary between bird-watching trails and rock-clambering expeditions that lead to natural springs on the edge of the cliff faces, all of them revealing breathtaking views of the flat landscapes stretched out west, south and east of the plateau as far as the eye can see. So, if you're looking for an adventure so immersed in nature that you could not begin to imagine that a modern world exists, head to the island of red and green near Otjiwarongo, a conservation success story 43 years in the making.


Aloha from Maui! I could not be more blissed about my return to my second favorite state (don't worry New York, you'll always fill the top slot) or more fired up about all the new exploring I'm going to do while I'm here. As many of you know, Hawaii has been a healing place for me in the past, and I've been looking forward to this trip as almost a pilgrimage in a time when I feel life has been throwing me a few more fast balls than I can juggle. I'm here for ten days — five high-pace days of adventure with the followed by five days of true vacation visiting friends.
I'm pretty busy running around the island (this dispatch is coming to you pre-sunrise from my balcony) so forgive this brief post, but I wanted to share some of my excitement in real time! What's keeping me on the move? Here's just a few of things I'm getting up to over the next few days — feel free to follow along on my or with the hashtag #seeMaui.
my last trip to Maui!
I wanted to announce this trip by sending one of you a little piece of it in the form of some goodies from the Aloha State — we haven't done a giveaway in a while! Here's what's inside.
My friend and true Maui expert (who helped put together my itinerary for this trip!) recently released his first edition of the , and future tourists to Maui are all the luckier for it. Kyle was raised right here on Maui — in the adorable town of Makawao — and knows pretty much everything there is to know about this little piece of paradise. Though I spend two and a half weeks on Maui last year I was amazed how much I learned about not just which beaches or restaurants to hit, but also local culture and customs while reading through this book.
Last time I visited, Kyle took me scuba diving in Lana'i and hiking through the bamboo forest, and I felt like I got the VIP experience doing both — now anyone who picks up a copy can have the same insider access. And, ahem, not to brag or anything here, but I'M IN THE BOOK. Yes, I considered hiring private security for this visit when I realized the fans I'd be inundated with based on my scuba diving glamour shot (from our dive together on Lana'i) 0n page 25! But Kyle has assured me that Maui residents know how to keep cool around guidebook celebrities.
Also in the box of summery goodness? A new blend of honey from one of my favorite Hawaiian farms, . I fell bees over nectar for this stuff on my last trip, and squealed with happiness when I opened my own new jar. A banana, some peanut butter, a splash of milk and a dollop of this honey in the blender has become my latest indulgence.
And while products aren't manufactured in Hawaii, it's where I discovered them — so in my heart they'll always be associated. Cruelty free, eco-friendly and delicious smelling — anyone who's ever read any of my packing posts knows I'm nuts for the stuff!
Alright guys, have at it! Note: I love my international readers too and therefore I will ship this box of goodies anywhere! However, you may have to pay duty depending on your country of residence.
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It's certainly a popular choice for honeymooners 🙂 Convince your parents to take you next time!
I love that you are sending us info in real time. The guidebook looks lovely. I love Maui, enjoy!!
I love all your posts about Maui! Thanks so much!
This guidebook looks great, you're lucky to know someone who is originally from Maui. Enjoy your trip!
Thanks Miriam! It's been a blast!
Awesome! Your last trip to Hawaii put it on my destinations list for sure.
Have a great time, Meihoukai!
Wonderful–any information about Maui is highly welcomed! Such a beautiful destination. Enjoy.
There's going to be a ton coming your way soon, Susan 🙂 Enjoy!
I love Moon Guidebooks! I'm ashamed to say I've been on the West Coast for almost 4 years now and still haven't made a trip out to Hawaii. That needs to change this year.
I agree, it does! 🙂 I'm jealous of the short(er) flight times ya'll have to get here… you should take advantage of them!
I still haven't made it to Hawaii…. We were hoping to go there this fall but it's lookin less likely. Hope it's as wonderful as you remember!
Sounds like you are having an amazing trip! Can't wait for the recap posts!
Thanks, Teresa! 🙂 I am all about the glitter polish these days. Much harder to chip!
I've loved peeking into your Hawaiian adventures on Twitter! This guidebook looks awesome.
Aw, thanks Jen, I'm glad to hear you've enjoyed following along! And yes — I wouldn't use any other guidebook for Maui!
Love Hawaii! Can't wait to read all about it!
Look forward to your posts on Maui, especially your adventures there! We are planning a trip to Hawaii this summer. Am really happy to know ur there ahead of us, so I can pick up cues for my trip.
I miss Hawai'i so much.. the beaches, the crazy people.
Ive visited Maui for a couple of days, but reading this makes me wonder what I missed. Hope I'll be able to come back one day!
I'm also looking forward to your posts on Hawaii having enjoyed them last time round! Have a great trip!
I can't believe that was a year and a half ago! It seems like just yesterday. Thanks Yasemin!
Yay! You always have the greatest giveaways and I trust your advice on the products you use. Crossing my fingers! Thanks Meihoukai, I am really looking forward to more Hawaii posts, they are so interesting to me. Thanks!
Aw, thanks Rachael! I love hearing that and I have some other giveaways coming up as well that I'm excited about. Good luck!
Mahalo, Malia! Great to be here.
That is awesome Laura, you're going to love it! Hopefully this round of posts will give you even more ideas… but feel free to email me if you need any help planning!
Maui is an amazing place, glad you are getting to visit there again so soon.
I was shocked to realize it had been a year and a half! Time flies… it really feels like I just left yesterday.
Looks lovely – both the destination and the prize!
Thanks Kat — best of luck!
Maui (and Hawaii) has always been one of those dream places for me that I haven't made to, likely because it was always so close (relatively). I can't wait to read about your latest adventures there!
Coming from New York, I always had the opposite problem — it's quite the haul! So grateful though that in this case the exotic has become the familiar.
Maui is one of my favourite places in the world! I spent 2 months there doing a work exchange on a farm in Makawao – it was rad. Highlights for me go to red sand beach, Venus pool, big beach on a Sunday and the back road to Hana. Oh man, the drive around the west side is awesome as well. Enjoy your stay!
Ah, isn't Makawao charming?! That's actually where the author Kyle is from! Sounds like you had a fabulous time… hope you get to return someday!
MMMM that honey looks scrumptious! Hawaii reminds me of my childhood…not from going, but because my parents went every year of my life for 13 years…and never brought me!
Well, time for you to ditch them and head Hawaii-side, girl! 🙂 The islands are waiting for you!
Ahh I want to go to Hawaii so much. My husband lived there for a while when he was younger- jealous! Hopefully I will go one day.
Ahhh!! This has me even more excited for my Maui trip!!
I've visited Oahu with my family and we all totally fell in love with the island. Hawaii has been top of my list, since my aunty let me wear her Lei when I was a little girl and told me stories about her trip there – and I watched cliff diving and sang along to Elvis Presley songs in Blue Hawaii on my summer school holidays.
ALEX! You are amazing! I really enjoy reading all of your posts and following you around the world. Although I would love you to be here with all of us, I love that you get to do what you love!
Hawaii!! I do love that place too. The last time I went there, it was supposed to be for two weeks and ended up being two months.
I think next time I visit…it might be something like two years.
Cheers and hope I win that awesome giveaway!
Yeah you're back in Hawaii! Loved reading your posts the last time you were there. I'm sure this time is gonna be equally awesome!
Hawaii is a place I have always wanted to visit…so jealous! Have fun!
This could be dangerous…winning the book would surely have me booking a trip to HI.
I am jealous of your plans; mine include things like weeding the garden and going grocery shopping.
Sounds like you need a getaway to Hawaii, Wehaf 🙂 Wishing you luck in the giveaway!
Your trip to Hawaii seems awesome! Packed with adventures! So jealous about the paragliding and helicopter ride. I have always wanted to visit Hawaii, hopefully I will some day :). Have a great time in Hawaii Meihoukai, and enjoy every moment!
Unfortunately my helicopter ride was cancelled due to the weather, but the paragliding was fantastic! Can't wait to share more!
Oh my gosh, your itinerary looks fantastic! So many fun adventures ahead! I'll definitely be following along.
You have the best giveaways! I can only imagine all the swag you have! Thanks as always, Meihoukai!
I can't wait to read about your time in Hawaii!
Thanks Lindsey! I can't wait to write about it!
It's been a looooong time since I've been to Maui – I'd love to go again!
I'm already planning my own return, and I'm still here! 🙂 It's a little bit addictive!
@Mary B., please don't be ashamed! I've lived on the west coast nearly my entire life and have yet to visit Hawaii, even after the nearby international airport added daily flights. I agree that must change this year! Love seeing Meihoukai's posts about this wonderful place and look forward to seeing some of the sights in person!
I was lucky enough to visit Hawaii once before but we didn't get a chance to go to maul! Next time Maui is on the itinerary, I'll have to purchase that book!
Each of the islands has something really special, so I hope you get to return to check out the others, Kate!
Hey Meihoukai! I stumbled onto your site after looking for travel alternatives to Thailand for the summer. After devouring your Cambodia posts I'm eager to head out to Phnom Penh, Siem Reap, and one of the islands off Cambodia. Awesome giveaway too, I'm crossing my fingers!
That's awesome, Heather, congrats! Sounds like a fabulous trip. I love Cambodia so much!
Amazing selection, thanks for the chance !
You are so very welcome, Lulu! I hope you get there as well!
What a great site, and interesting artcle. Have only just discovered it. Look forward to more updates.
Hi Meihoukai, the first pic in this post with the great view onto the ocean looks just fantastic. Is this a view from a hotel? We will be travelling to Hawaii from Germany for the first time and I am looking for some great places to stay for several nights during our trip.
Hey Isabel! I'm so sorry but I actually don't know what resort that is. On that trip I was staying in a hostel and I snuck into a resort with a pool for a fruity drink while walking along the beach 🙂 If you check out the rest of my Hawaii coverage you'll see recommendations for other places I've stayed, including the Westin in Kannapali and the Grand Wailea in Wailea. Enjoy!


Cancer care is more than just treating the physical, and Katelyn's role as a social worker is to ensure that patients' emotional, practical, and social needs are taken care of as well. Katelyn completed her Master of Social Work at the University of Wyoming, where she gained exposure to populations that had serious medical issues. She realized how desperately people's lives could be impacted by medical diagnoses and treatment, and this sparked her interest in the field. After completing her graduate school research in minority access to healthcare in Wyoming, Katelyn knew she wanted to be an advocate to help bridge the gap between Wyoming citizens and excellent healthcare. At Ivinson, Katelyn collaborates with the patient and their family to ensure their needs are being met outside of treatment, so that they can focus on recovery. Her goal is to help patients put their energy into what is most important to them, by ensuring their systemic needs are being met. One of her favorite parts of her job has been celebrating with her patients when they complete treatment. Patients are encouraged to loudly ring a bell installed near the infusion room when they finish treatment, as a way of signifying the end of their treatment journey. It means different things to everyone who rings it, but to Katelyn it symbolizes victory. Katelyn is thankful to work in a center that loves their patients and loves celebrating their successes.


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American Truck Simulator Update 1.35 released news ATS
We've completed the testing cycle and American Truck Simulator Update 1.35 is now live! First off, let us thank all of you who helped us with your bug reports, opinions and general feedback during the Experimental and Public Beta phases. The changelog is really huge and testing it would have been...
Washington DLC Announcement date for ATS news ATS
We have loved sharing with you our progress on Washington, and with the final touches being made to the map, we are now ready to confirm a date... We are excited to announce that the Washington map expansion for American Truck Simulator will be released on the 11th of June, 2019. We hope that this...
Washington DLC: Seattle state in ATS news ATS
Seattle is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Northwest region of the USA. Becoming the fastest-growing major U.S. city in 2016 with over 3.5 million residents, it is home to some of America's largest businesses. With its iconic skyline, famous landmarks and sport stadiums,...
Washington DLC: Bridges news ATS
A considerable part of the eastern side of Washington has multiple bodies of water flowing around it; with the city of Seattle being surrounded by Lake Washington and Elliot Bay. Looking at a map of the state, this may seem like a logistical nightmare for any driver. To connect towns, cities, and...
Washington DLC: Everett Aerospace Factory in American Truck Simulator news ATS
At any given time there are on average over 9,000 commercial aircraft flying above us in the skies, and it's a good chance that one of those aircraft was built in Washington. Located in Everett you can find the states largest aerospace factory, which can produce up to an impressive 20 commercial...
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New Road Connections for ETS2 and ATS News ETS2 / news ATS
Today we'd like to present another appetizer for the approaching 1.35 update. Players of both American Truck Simulator and Euro Truck Simulator 2 can look forward to some (a lot, actually) new tarmac! Let's start in America. The newly-added OR-58 will connect the cities of Eugene and Bend, and...
Trailer News Part 1 for American Truck Simulator news ATS
We are working hard on the new Update 1.35 for both Euro Truck Simulator 2 and American Truck Simulator. It's shaping up to be one of the biggest updates ever. We plan for an extensive open beta period, but there is still a lot of internal testing and tweaking left to do before we reach that stage....
American Truck Simulator - Washington DLC soon! news ATS
In a recent blog post, we have teased you with a batch of screenshots from an upcoming map expansion for American Truck Simulator. At the same time, we promised an official confirmation of the State, which most of you have actually managed to recognize very fast. This was very satisfactory for us,...
Volvo VNL coming to American Truck Simulator news ATS
It wasn't nearly as fast or simple as we initially expected, but it's coming at last. We're finally able to grow the number of trucks that are represented in American Truck Simulator! The Volvo VNL (the previous generation for now – to prevent any misunderstanding) is the fifth truck joining the...
Special Transport DLC soon for American Truck Simulator news ATS
We have received a lot of positive feedback to our recently-released ETS2 Special Transport DLC. We continue to work on it - more routes are coming as well as various subtle code improvements. Meanwhile, we are bombarded with questions about a comparable expansion for American Truck Simulator, and...
New Event: Grand Gift Delivery 2017 News ETS2 / news ATS
Heavy Cargo Pack DLC for ATS news ATS
Looks like 2017 is going to be a very exciting year for truck sim fans. Today we are here to announce the release of Heavy Cargo DLC for American Truck Simulator! Much like in our previous release of Heavy Cargo Pack for ETS2, this DLC contains a set of new features that will enhance your gameplay....
New Scania S and R soon in ETS 2 news ATS
Grand Gift Delivery 2016 News ETS2 / news ATS
SCS on the Road News ETS2 / news ATS
American Truck Simulator Rescale Screenshots #2 news ATS
It's high time for the next batch of screenshots from the ATS Map Rescale project! We are very happy with our progress on the project. We're finishing work faster than we initially anticipated. It is safe to say we're pretty far along overall, but there are still a few areas where we are still...
Steering Knobs for ETS 2 and ATS News ETS2 / news ATS
The Open Beta for American Truck Simulator's and Euro Truck Simulator 2's upcoming updates is already in full swing. We'd like to thank you all for the feedback and bug reports you've given us! To get to the point: once a game update enters public testing, we usually just want to stabilize the new...
American Truck Simulator 1.4 Open Beta released news ATS
We're happy to announce that the open beta of update 1.4 for American Truck Simulator is now available on Steam!With 1.4 we're introducing a lot of changes to the core game. You'll find a condensed changelog at the bottom of this blog post, but first let's recap the major features that we'd like to...
Cab Improvements News ETS2 / news ATS
American Truck Simulator Rescale Screenshots news ATS
Adjustable Steering Wheels News ETS2 / news ATS
The Rescale of ETS 2 & ATS News ETS2 / news ATS
Arizona map DLC expansion for ATS released! news ATS