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Yanagihara presents a cautionary tale about what can happen when Western arrogance meets primeval culture.
THE PEOPLE IN THE TREES
by Hanya Yanagihara ‧ RELEASE DATE: Aug. 13, 2013
An instance of that rare subgenre of literature, the anthropological novel, in which Norton Perina, winner of the Nobel Prize in medicine, traces the early part of his life, when he helped both discover and destroy a lost tribe.
Yanagihara does everything she can to establish verisimilitude in this novel, so much so that the reader will be Googling names of characters to see if they're "really real." The movement toward ultrarealism extends to footnotes and an appendix provided by Ronald Kubodera, whose friendship with Perina extends even into the sad period when the Nobel Prize winner was convicted of sexual abuse involving some of the tribal children he brought back with him. Kubodera provides a preface in which he vigorously defends Perina, and then the narrative is turned over to Perina's memoirs, which take us back to his Midwestern upbringing, his rivalry with his brother Owen, his graduation from Harvard Medical School and almost immediate hire by the anthropologist Paul Tallent. Along with his assistant Esme Duff, Paul takes Perina to U'ivu, a constellation of remote islands in the South Pacific. Perina becomes immediately fascinated with Ivu'ivu, an island that harbors a small tribe, a number of whom are well over 100 years old. Perina traces this longevity to the eating of an opa'ivu'eke, a sacred turtle whose meat is consumed in certain ritualistic practices. Determined to find out the secret of immortality, Perina brings back three Ivu'ivuian "dreamers" with him and smuggles an opa'ivu'eke into his lab at Stanford.
Pub Date: Aug. 13, 2013
Publisher: Doubleday
Kirkus Reviews Issue: June 15, 2013
Categories: GENERAL FICTION
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TO PARADISE
by Hanya Yanagihara
The phrase "tour de force" could have been invented for this audacious novel.
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by Hanya Yanagihara ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 10, 2015
Four men who meet as college roommates move to New York and spend the next three decades gaining renown in their professions—as an architect, painter, actor and lawyer—and struggling with demons in their intertwined personal lives.
Yanagihara (The People in the Trees, 2013) takes the still-bold leap of writing about characters who don't share her background; in addition to being male, JB is African-American, Malcolm has a black father and white mother, Willem is white, and "Jude's race was undetermined"—deserted at birth, he was raised in a monastery and had an unspeakably traumatic childhood that's revealed slowly over the course of the book. Two of them are gay, one straight and one bisexual. There isn't a single significant female character, and for a long novel, there isn't much plot. There aren't even many markers of what's happening in the outside world; Jude moves to a loft in SoHo as a young man, but we don't see the neighborhood change from gritty artists' enclave to glitzy tourist destination. What we get instead is an intensely interior look at the friends' psyches and relationships, and it's utterly enthralling. The four men think about work and creativity and success and failure; they cook for each other, compete with each other and jostle for each other's affection. JB bases his entire artistic career on painting portraits of his friends, while Malcolm takes care of them by designing their apartments and houses. When Jude, as an adult, is adopted by his favorite Harvard law professor, his friends join him for Thanksgiving in Cambridge every year. And when Willem becomes a movie star, they all bask in his glow. Eventually, the tone darkens and the story narrows to focus on Jude as the pain of his past cuts deep into his carefully constructed life.
Pub Date: March 10, 2015
Review Posted Online: Dec. 22, 2014
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Jan. 1, 2015
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The Year in Fiction
Less bleak than the subject matter might warrant—Hannah's default outlook is sunny—but still, a wrenching depiction of war's...
by Kristin Hannah ‧ RELEASE DATE: Jan. 31, 2012
The traumatic homecoming of a wounded warrior.
The daughter of alcoholics who left her orphaned at 17, Jolene "Jo" Zarkades found her first stable family in the military: She's served over two decades, first in the army, later with the National Guard. A helicopter pilot stationed near Seattle, Jo copes as competently at home, raising two daughters, Betsy and Lulu, while trying to dismiss her husband Michael's increasing emotional distance. Jo's mettle is sorely tested when Michael informs her flatly that he no longer loves her. Four-year-old Lulu clamors for attention while preteen Betsy, mean-girl-in-training, dismisses as dweeby her former best friend, Seth, son of Jo's confidante and fellow pilot, Tami. Amid these challenges comes the ultimate one: Jo and Tami are deployed to Iraq. Michael, with the help of his mother, has to take over the household duties, and he rapidly learns that parenting is much harder than his wife made it look. As Michael prepares to defend a PTSD-afflicted veteran charged with Murder I for killing his wife during a dissociative blackout, he begins to understand what Jolene is facing and to revisit his true feelings for her. When her helicopter is shot down under insurgent fire, Jo rescues Tami from the wreck, but a young crewman is killed. Tami remains in a coma and Jo, whose leg has been amputated, returns home to a difficult rehabilitation on several fronts. Her nightmares in which she relives the crash and other horrors she witnessed, and her pain, have turned Jo into a person her daughters now fear (which in the case of bratty Betsy may not be such a bad thing). Jo can't forgive Michael for his rash words. Worse, she is beginning to remind Michael more and more of his homicide client. Characterization can be cursory: Michael's earlier callousness, left largely unexplained, undercuts the pathos of his later change of heart.
Less bleak than the subject matter might warrant—Hannah's default outlook is sunny—but still, a wrenching depiction of war's aftermath.
Pub Date: Jan. 31, 2012
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Atomic Power Collection
Collection of clippings, pamphlets, reports, publications, articles, and magazines about nuclear power as an energy source and about the Yankee Atomic Electric Plant in Rowe, Mass.
Found in: Raymond H. Fogler Library Special Collections
Thomas C. Bardwell Collection
A collection of materials related to Maine band leader and composer, R. B. Hall. Collection includes correspondence of Thomas C. Bardwell and items of and about R.B. Hall. Scores and sheet music of Hall's compositions comprise much of the collection.
Clarence E. Bennett Academic Papers
The Bennett collection covers the career of a physics professor and department head from his student work at Brown University through his retirement from the University of Maine. Included are correspondence, articles, publications, manuscripts, teaching materials, department materials and student items.
Found in: Raymond H. Fogler Library University Archives
Bond Wheelwright Company Business Records
The records of a publishing company in Freeport, Maine. Included are financial records, correspondence with authors, business correspondence, proofs, advertising materials and some illustrations, half tones, and manuscripts.
Ralph Owen Brewster Collection
Collection — Box: 1675
The majority of the collection consists of correspondence, clippings, and telegrams about his campaign for the U.S. Senate in 1952. Some materials cover the Senate hearings on the national defense program (1947) and on wiretapping (1951).
Herschel L. Bricker Theater Collection
Personal and professional correspondence of Dr. Herschel L. Bricker, and pamphlets, programs, photos, clippings, magazines, plays, reviews, playbills about the Maine Masque Theater, and theater in Maine.
Randall Judson Condon Papers
Correspondence, printed matter, and reports pertaining mainly to Condon's major interests in the kindergarten, vocation education, home economics, and moral education movements.
Academic Affairs. Dean/Director, Cooperative Extension Service (University Of Maine) Records
Identifier: UA RG 0006-008
Scope and Contents The records mainly contain textual information created by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, but there are also photographic, visual, and audio visual material. Some of the report record series also contain photographs of Cooperative Extension Service operations, events, and staff. The reports submitted during the First World War and Second World War years detail the effects the wars had on agriculture in Maine. County Agent Reports were submitted by the...
Olive E. Dana Papers
The papers of Olive E. Dana consist of correspondence, poems, accounts, receipts, book reviews, short stories, clippings of articles written for magazines, and newspaper clippings.
Academic Affairs. Dean, College Of Natural Sciences, Forestry, And Agriculture. Darling Marine Center (University Of Maine) Records
Identifier: UA RG 0006-007-002
Scope and Contents The records mainly contain textual information created and collected by the University of Maine Darling Marine Center, but there are also photographic material and Compact Discs. The record series Sea Grant College Program Records contains items regarding the founding of the Sea Grant Program, copies of various Sea Grant Program publications, publication catalogs, and reports, reference material, project proposals, planning documents, and calendar of events. The...
Harold A. Davis Papers
Notes and manuscripts of writings by Harold A. Davis on Maine history. Included are notes and rough drafts for some of his articles.
Academic Affairs. Dean, College Of Liberal Arts And Sciences. Department Of Anthropology (University Of Maine) Records
Scope and Contents The records mainly contain textual information and photographic material created by Professor Alaric Faulkner and his survey teams. The record group also includes cartographic material, cassette tapes, and some computer discs and audio visual material. The records series Class Slides includes slides both from presentations and classes Faulkner taught on archaeological techniques and specific sites of archeological interest. The Archaeological Publications series...
Emery and Kinney Families Papers
Identifier: SpC MS 0940-sc
A collection relating to the Emery and Kinney families of Eastport, Maine.
Roscoe C. Emery Papers
Papers related to Roscoe C. Emery's roles as a politician, newspaper editor, real estate agent and insurance agent in Eastport, Maine.
Diana Forbes-Robertson Collection on Maxine Elliott
Letters, diaries, notes, articles, photos, clippings, and theater memorabilia collected by Miss Forbes-Robertson for her book My Aunt Maxine.
Beverly Hallam Papers
Artist's papers consist of publicity, clippings, brochures, catalogs concerning her artwork and the artwork in the Barn Gallery in Ogunquit, Maine.
Brooks W. Hamilton Papers
The papers include personal information, correspondence, manuscripts, newspaper articles, course materials, information on public service activities, and materials relating to current legal issues in the field of journalism.
William Dodd Hathaway Papers
Richard C. Hill Radio Broadcast Papers
Collection of correspondence, scripts, and other materials used by Richard Hill for his radio spot on the Maine Public Broadcasting Network. The scripts date from 1982 on.
Barbara Dunn Hitchner Papers
Materials in the collection generally include newspaper clippings, original records and copies of original records, and notes from various sources. Genealogies also include Barbara Dunn Hitchner correspondence.
Faculty Records (University of Maine). Howard (Michael) Papers
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George A. LaBonte Forestry Papers
The papers of a forest entomologist working for the Maine Forest Service.
Ralph Leavitt Sportsman's Papers
The Leavitt papers contain mostly materials used in the columns that he wrote for the "Bangor Daily News" concerning hunting, fishing, and other outdoor sports. Included are correspondence, articles, news releases, clippings, and photographs.
Rachel L. Lowe Papers
This small collection consists almost entirely of correspondence written to Rachel Lowe, 1917-1959, from various collectors and experts in the study and identification of mosses.
Earl M. McChesney Papers
Papers and business records of Earl M. McChesney, a forester and land surveyor from Bangor, Maine.
Clifford Guy McIntire Papers
The official records of Clifford G. McIntire during his tour in office as U.S. Representative from the 2nd and 3rd districts of Maine, during the period 1953-1965.
Office Of The President (University Of Maine) Records
Identifier: UA RG 0003
The folders mainly contain textual material, particularly; correspondence, memorandums, press releases, and reports. But there are some books, photographs and artifacts such as plaques, banners, and a medal and media such as cassette, video, and radio tapes, film and Compact Discs.
Sanford Phippen Literary Papers
Papers of a Maine author, poet, and high school teacher and alumnus of the University of Maine. Includes papers concerning his publications High clouds soaring, Storms driving low: the letters of Ruth Moore, The police know everything, and Kitchen boy. Also includes writings of Orono High School students and writings of and about other Maine authors
James Shepherd Pike Papers
The papers of a journalist, diplomat and author from Calais, Maine. Including correspondence, diaries, notebooks, account books, manuscripts, and some family material. Correspondents include Salmon P. Chase, Charles Anderson Dana, G.G. Fogg, and Horace Greeley.
Faculty Records (University Of Maine). Professor Campana (Richard J.) Papers
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Maine -- History 7
University of Maine 8
Brewster, Owen, 1888-1961 3
Emery family 2
Emery, Roscoe C., 1886-1969 2
Phippen, Sanford, 1942- 2
Raymond H. Fogler Library 2
Smith, Margaret Chase, 1897-1995 2
University of Maine Press 2
University of Maine. Cooperative Extension 2
University of Maine. Department of History 2
Agree, Philip 1
Albright, Elaine 1
Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888 1
Amato, Kimberly 1
American Antiquarian Society 1
American Society of Newspaper Editors 1
Amis, Kingsley 1
Associated Faculties of the University of Maine System 1
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On Sept. 7, 2017, Betty D. McGrath, 86, of East Moline, passed away peacefully at her home. Quad Cities Cremation Center is assisting the family with arrangements. Betty was born June 6, 1931, in Burlington, Iowa, the daughter of Louis and Verna Higdon. She married John F. McGrath on Jan. 19, 1951, in Burlington. She served in many ministries for more than 40 years at Crossroads Assemblies of God in East Moline.
She is survived by her husband of 66 years, John F. McGrath; children, Rita McGrath, Kristen Abdiel, Johnny McGrath and Teeocka Sylvester (adopted granddaughter); eight grandchildren; 14 great- grandchildren; two sisters; and four brothers.
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There are significant developments at Urlar, the Gladstone wine venture in the Wairarapa established by Angus and Davina Thomson in 2004. With organics as a base philosophy, Urlar was certified BioGro organic in 2010, but the Thomsons have recently made commitments to biodynamic winegrowing. Long-serving winemaker Guy McMaster, who was an integral part of the vineyard and wine style evolution has left, and his position was filled by the highly experienced and thoughtful Carol Bunn from Central Otago in time for the 2016 harvest. Carol, too, is devoted to the natural approach of winegrowing, and her track record of making numerous award-winning wines will see Urlar make strong progress. Here, I review the 2014 Urlar Riesling, made by Guy McMaster, held back for further bottle maturation and increased complexity, and now released by the Thomsons and Carol Bunn.
Brilliant straw-yellow colour with light golden hues, paler on the rim. The nose is harmoniously concentrated with deep and intense aromas of limes and ripe citrus fruits interwoven with yellow florals and toasty secondary complexities, unfolding nuances of honeysuckle and minerals. Dry to taste and medium-bodied, the palate features a stylishly concentrated core of lime fruit entwined with layers of toast and notes of honey and minerals. The fruit possesses subtle richness and grows in intensity, and is enlivened by fresh, brisk acidity. The wine flows along a fine-textured line of fruit extract with a little grip, leading to an elegant, nuanced, dry finish. This is an elegantly concentrated, moderately rich dry Riesling with lime and complex toasty flavours on a lively palate with a fine-textured flow. Serve as an aperitif, with seafood and Asian fare over the next 4-5 years. Hand-picked fruit cool-fermented in stainless-steel to 12.5% alc. and 6.5 g/L RS, TA 8.4 g/L and pH 2.9, the wine aged on lees. Certified BioGro organic. 18.0+/20 Jan 2017.


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Strategy – A business strategy, in simple terms, is a documented plan for how an organization is setting out to achieve their goals. A business strategy contains a number of key principles that outlines how a company will go about attaining these goals. The reason why having a strategy is so important is because it gives business time to get a sense of how they are performing, what their capabilities are, and if these capabilities are able to help them grow. Read More ..
TeamWORK - Why is teamwork important? Well, it's one thing to create a team, but quite another to create teamwork. Just as it's one thing to join a team, but quite another to perform as a team member. To put it simply, teams don't work without teamwork. Read More ..
Reputation The reputation of a business is essential to its survival. The trust and confidence of the consumer can have a direct and profound effect on a company's bottom line. Read More ..
Optimization – Your business culture or philosophy is the ultimate key to your productivity and success. It will either enable or disable everything else you do. When working with clients we soon discovered that if the culture of an organization was wrong, the impact of even the best business growth techniques would be severely limited or crippled. Too many organizations only pay lip service to these factors and as a result, they constantly struggle to make real progress. Develop the right business culture is key to your success as everything you do hinges around this fundamental aspect of your business. Read More ..
Nurturing - Business creativity is what keeps businesses alive and thriving in this economy — and through the next. It is a thinking skill that all workers possess but few find the wherewithal to use. Why? Because after we go to school, most of us believe that creativity is an art form that belongs to someone else. This is a sad state for our world. Because we need business creativity and we need more of it — now. Read More ..
Growth - Business growth is imperative for the survival of any company because customers' tastes change and products become obsolete. At the same time, competitors constantly attack the market share rivals with better products and services. Many big companies started small and grew to a more robust size by initiating appropriate strategies and building on opportunities. Small-business managers need to adopt an appropriate growth strategy based on the circumstances of their businesses. Managers rely on internal strategies, external strategies or a combination of these to increase their sales volume or production capacity. Read More ..


Fitting In, starring Mako Sánchez and Alice P. Knight!
See, earlier this year, we at Cyanide Nation Studios were busy at work on a series of short films we've been preparing for all of you. We decided to submit these short films to the Puerto Rico Horror Film Fest.
WELL, the verdict is in. We would officially like to announce that TWO of our short films, written and directed by Wilfred Miranda, have been officially selected to be part of the festival. These are 2 out of a total of 71 short films, 18 of which are from Puerto Rico.
The first (preview above) is called "Fitting In", starring Mako Sánchez and Alice P. Knight. The second (preview below) is called "10-50", starring Adam Manson, Antoine Meadows, Laya Eht Rellik Queen and Alice P. Knight, with Krystal Umi.
Check out the preview trailers and make sure to check out the Puerto Rico Horror Film Fest 2013, from October 17 – 23 at Caribbean Cinemas San Patricio!
10-50, Starring Adam Manson, Antoine Meadows, Alice P. Knight, Laya Eht Rellik Queen and Krystal Umi!
Also, check out the full short film selection list below!


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Class of 2014 Senior Snapshot: Luisa Lizoain
"The field work forced me to pay attention to elements of the landscape that I might ordinarily take for granted."
This profile will appear as part of the Summer 2014 Columbia College Today's Senior Snapshots feature.
Given Luisa Lizoain CC '14's primary reason for choosing the College — "I was excited about the cultural opportunities New York City provided," she says — it's no surprise that her favorite memories of the Core are the supplemental outings. "When I took Lit Hum, we got tickets to see Sleep No More [an interactive retelling of Macbeth]; that was definitely a highlight," says Lizoain, who also relished her Art Hum-related visits to the Met.
Lizoain, who majored in urban studies with a focus in sustainable development, also used her time at the College to explore other cities. She spent eight weeks during summer 2012 as an intern at ClearWorld Media, a social media consulting group in Beijing, through Columbia Experience Overseas, a program of the Center for Career Education. ClearWorld Media uses social media to raise awareness about environmental issues and promote its clients. Lizoain managed Facebook, Twitter and other social media accounts for two of the company's projects, Climate Action and Upcycling, which encourage individuals to reduce their carbon footprints and limit waste. "It was interesting to learn how companies like these [generate] the content they post," says Lizoain. "I hadn't really thought about online branding in that way."
Lizoain spent the Spring 2013 semester at the School of Land and Environment at the University of Melbourne, where she took four courses. She particularly enjoyed "Cities: From Local to Global," an urban planning course that involved excursions to the suburbs of Melbourne to study the use of space and to get local residents' perspectives on what they liked and disliked about their neighborhoods. "The field work forced me to pay attention to elements of the landscape that I might ordinarily take for granted," says Lizoain.
A movie buff who enjoys all genres, Lizoain initially thought to major in film. Instead, she pursued her interest through electives and the Ferris Reel Film Society, a student group that organizes on-campus screenings for Columbia students for free or at discounted prices. This year, Lizoain, who became president of the group as a junior, helped arrange advanced screenings of Don Jon at the 84th Street AMC Theater and of the mid-season premiere of the USA Network drama Suits in Roone Arledge Auditorium. The latter included a Q&A with cast members.
"There's a sense of community when students are watching the movies [and TV shows] together; that's been really rewarding," says Lizoain, who was honored as a Senior Marshal. The Toronto native also volunteered with the Global Recruitment Committee beginning in her sophomore year, was an orientation leader for the New Student Orientation Program 2011–13 and co-chaired the 2014 Senior Dinner.
In her last semester, Lizoain interned in the film and television division of Random House, where she evaluated the potential of book manuscripts for motion picture adaptation. In the short term, she plans to pursue a career in film or television production, but has not ruled out attending graduate school for urban studies. "I love them both," she says.
Nathalie Alonso CC '08, from Queens, is a freelance journalist and an editorial producer for LasMayores.com, Major League Baseball's official Spanish language website. She writes "Student Spotlight" for Columbia College Today.
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Daily News for Commercial Real Estate & Business – March 22, 2011
March 22, 2011 by Nick Miner, CCIM No comments Filed Under: Daily News
To view Discover the Discovery Triangle from the AZRE March/April 2011 magazine, click here.
GSA leases new office space in Phoenix The U.S. General Service Administration will occupy 29,500 square feet of space at the 2800 Tower, which is located at 2800 N. Central Ave. in mid-town Phoenix. GSA signed the 10-year lease on behalf of the Military Entrance Processing Station. View article…
BlackRidge Real Estate expands to Phoenix BlackRidge Real Estate Group LLC of Los Angeles has acquired its first Phoenix property. BlackRidge paid almost $9.7 million for a 265,000-square-foot warehouse at 844 N. 47th Ave. The seller was Chamberlain Investments LLC of Tempe. The structure was built in 1998 by Sun State Builders. View article…
Tempe startup turns garbage into compost It's said that one person's trash is another's treasure, but for a Tempe startup called EcoScraps, that trash is its very business model. The fledgling business is based on the grocery industry's massive piles of fruits and vegetables that go bad before they can be sold and until now have been hauled to a landfill. View article…
Scottsdale will assist car dealers in locating to best site Scottsdale has initiated a study aimed at ensuring auto dealerships are located in areas that will maximize their sales, and, in turn, sales-tax revenue for the city. The study also is looking at the feasibility of a luxury auto dealer locating a boutique in the downtown area, such as a storefront showroom on the ground floor of a future development. This is the first time the city has conducted such a study, said Jim Mullin, the city's economic vitality director. View article…
Phoenix area gains 7,200 jobs over past year The Phoenix area added 7,200 jobs during the past year, good for No. 26 in the nation among 372 metro areas. A total of 266 metropolitan areas gained employment between January 2010 and January 2011, according to new figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. View article…
Scottsdale hotels see revenue gains Scottsdale's tourism sector is off to a strong start in 2011, according to new lodging data from Smith Travel Research. Occupancy in Scottsdale hotels in February reached 73.9 percent — up roughly 1 percent from February 2010. View article…
Economic Conditions Snapshot, March 2011: McKinsey Global Survey results Our most recent survey of economic conditions was in the field from March 7 to March 11, 2011, a week when Libya, which has the largest oil reserves in Africa,1 fell into near civil war and oil prices fluctuated. The earthquake and tsunami in Japan, given their timing, did not have a meaningful effect on results. View article…
Commercial Real Estate: A Prime Driver of Job Creation As the U.S. economy recovers from the Great Recession, the major issue continues to be the need for more jobs. Commercial real estate generates a significant number of jobs – both from new construction and from ongoing building operations. NAR projects a recovery in the commercial sector in the 2011/2012 time frame. That recovery could ultimately provide an additional 800,000 new construction jobs, plus additional operating jobs servicing the expanding building stock. View article…


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[ISN] Boom times ahead for IT security profession
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/11/09/isc2_security_job_survey/
By John Leyden
Boom times are ahead for security pros. The information security
workforce will expand by an estimated 13.7 per cent annually to reach
2.1m workers by 2008. Approximately 680,000 of this expanded workforce
will work in Europe.
The (ISC)2 2004 Global Information Security Workforce Study found the
wider use of internet technologies, a dynamic threat environment and
increasingly stringent government regulations are driving the growth
of the profession. The 1.3m information security professionals
currently employed will see their ranks swell by more than 60 per cent
within five years, according to IDC, which conducted the study on
behalf of security certification body (ISC)2.
IDC analysed responses from 5,371 full-time information security
professionals in 80 countries worldwide, with nearly half employed by
organisations with $1bn or more in annual revenue. The web-based study
is described as the first major study of the global information
security profession ever undertaken.
On average survey respondents had 13 years work experience in IT and
seven years specialised security experience. This wealth of skill is
often well rewarded. Around 10 per cent of the survey participants in
both the US earned more than $125,000 per annum; 22 per cent of US
residents who took part in the survey earned between $100,000-$120,000
a year (Europe 16 per cent). At the other end of the scale, five per
cent of security pros in the states and nine per cent in Europe earn
less than $50,000. In Asia, 60 per cent of security professionals earn
less than $50,000.
Gizza job
Managers hiring security professionals (93 per cent) said
certification was important in choosing potential recruits; but
commercial awareness is also becoming increasingly important.
"The study shows a shift in the information security profession,
indicating that business acumen is now often required along with
technology proficiency," said Allan Carey, the IDC analyst who led the
study. "This widening responsibility means information security
professionals not only have to receive a constant refresh of the best
security knowledge but also must acquire a solid understanding of
business processes and risk management to be successful in their
roles."
"With competing demands on industry and government to expand access to
services and information, the highly trained and experienced
information security professional must now be an active participant to
fulfil stringent regulatory requirements and provide proactive
solutions to circumvent emerging risks," he added.
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Бобровица — деревня в Одесском районе Омской области. Входит в состав Ореховского сельского поселения.

История
Село Бобровицы основано в 1908 г на переселенческом участке Джаркан-Агач.

Население

Примечания

Населённые пункты Одесского района (Омская область)

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From Beacon Mountain's covered overlook, users of this innovative natural play environment are able to take in panoramic views of Jefferson Park and Puget Sound. The real fun begins when they splash in the sprayground, swoosh down the curving slides or glide along the ziplines.
Like the relationship between Beacon Hill and the Duwamish River Valley, Beacon Mountain rises above the surrounding landscape of Jefferson Park. At the foot of the hill, a sequence of water elements—a cistern, a rain garden, porous pavements and a sprayground—combines the best of natural and industrial processes to demonstrate a more sustainable strategy for urban hydrology.
The sprayground is a recirculating system using only low-flow, in-ground spray elements. After the water is dumped from the recirculation system it is pumped into a large cistern and then slowly released into a large rain garden via an underground drip irrigation system. The plants and soils clean the water before it infiltrates showing today's kids the kind of simple and sustainable solutions they can define for tomorrow.


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Surgery success.. recovering.. see you on the field: Rishabh Pant
It is known that he was injured in a road accident late last year and is being treated at Mumbai's Kokilaben Hospital. For the first time after this accident Rishabh Pant responded on social media platform. Pant said that his surgery was successful and he is recovering. He said he is ready to face the challenges before him. He thanked the BCCI, BCCI Secretary Jai Shah and the government authorities. He said that he is indebted to those who have given him so much support and wished for his recovery. "Thank you from the bottom of my heart to my fans, colleagues, doctors and physios. You have supported me emotionally and encouraged me a lot. Looking forward to seeing you all on the field,' tweeted Pant. Pant's tweets saying that he was recovering from the accident went viral within a short time. Netizens are posting comments wishing Pant a speedy recovery. On the early morning of December 30, Pant's car lost control and hit the divider on the Dehradun-Delhi National Highway. Later, the car caught fire and was completely gutted. Meanwhile, Pant, who came out of the car, suffered minor burns. Pant dislocated his knee ligament and injured his heel. On January 4, Pant was shifted to Kokilaben Hospital in Mumbai. Ligament surgery was performed there for the cricketer. It seems that Pant will have to stay in the hospital for a few more days. BCCI has announced that they will bear all the medical expenses of Pant and will support him in all ways. It seems that due to the accident, Pant will be away from cricket for most of this year. Apart from IPL, there are almost no chances of Pant playing in ODI World Cup as well. BCCI has announced that Pant, who is under central contract, will be paid an annual salary of Rs.5 crore and IPL salary of Rs.16 crore.Read More And
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We have one more mild storm in the pipeline that will begin today and last through Thursday. The warm front will be the feature we're dealing with today and with it will come drizzle, fog, and more nasty warmth. Highs will rise into the 40's north and 50's south. Most precip today will be in the form of drizzle but some showers will arrive by the evening hours which could fall as flurries up in the mountains where temps will once again be falling by this evening.
More showers and a few storms are possible tomorrow into Thursday before a cold front knocks some sense into this weather pattern. There's a time and a place for this weather. It's called North Carolina in February or Maine in May. Not Maine in February!
Our confused weather pattern rolls on today as a storm previously forecast to do what February storms should (i.e. track to our south and bring us snow) decides to move to our west. As a result, look for more of this disgusting warmth as temps soar into the 40's north and 50's south. Showers of the liquid variety will be scattered across the north and southern areas will see a mix of sun and clouds.
The times, they are a changin'! A cold front is on the way for tonight and ahead of it we have one more foggy/toasty day to get through before winter's magic can begin to return. Look for highs ranging from the 50's north to the low 60's in SW NH along with drizzle and fog as our snowpack continues to melt. Showers will move into the CT river valley this evening and move eastward tonight, changing to snow in the high elevations. The ski areas should wake up to 2-4″ of snow tomorrow morning with 6″ possible at the summits. About time we put some snow between us and the glaciers!
One more storm threatens to be warm and rainy mid-week and then the pattern shift will be complete with a snowier few weeks incoming. Winter's not over yet!
Today will feature more awful weather as a warm front lifts north through the region. Look for highs to range from 40 ahead of the front in the mountains to 60 behind the front in SW NH. As warm air travels north across our snowpack, look for drizzle and fog to develop with the chance of an actual shower in the south along the front.
Today will feature more warm weather. Highs will range from 40 in the north to 55 in the south under partly to mostly sunny skies. Things should remain dry except for a line of showers forecast to roll through in the afternoon from west to east. They are not forecast to cause any issues.
It looks like this disgusting pattern only has a couple more days left. Colder air will be back in charge by Sunday.
Our unfortunate little warm stretch continues today as another warm front rolls overhead. Look for mainly cloudy skies with mild temps and mainly dry conditions though a morning shower is possible. Highs will again top out in the 40's for most.
Today will feature more in the way if warmth as our little break from winter continues. Look for slowly fading sun to bring temps up to the 40 degree mark for most with mid to upper 30's north. A few light sleet/freezing rain showers are possible late tonight into early tomorrow morning so use caution if heading out early tomorrow.


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It's not hard to see whom this game is referencing: It's got Galaxian written all over it, but, to its credit, the game doesn't just aim to recreate that experience, instead it aims to amend it, to explore it further and to see what other ideas can be executed on that particular frame of mind. Thus, Galacta - The Battle for Saturn, is a diverse game, a game that allows you to get a lot of fun, through the simple yet satisfying means of vertical space shooting; you control a ship that has to avoid projectiles, shoot down as many objects as possible and, generally, make sure to pick up all of the (desirable) upgrades. The game looks like a modern take on Galaxian, which is to say that while still 2D and pretty black infused, throughout, there are also visible upgrades to that oldschool era of gaming. Surely, it doesn't go full tilt kitsch, with loads of colors that will just mess with you, nope, it's pretty contained a game, but not a bad one, all things considered. So, yeah, go and take a look and see what it is all about. For vertical shooter fans, and for general purpose arcade lovers, it's a treat.
2D vertical arcade shooter, worth a shot!
Space Invaders invented the genre, Cheesy Invaders spoofed it and Galacta was just another game to try its hand at the recipe! Did it manage to bring in something at least a little original? Nope, I'm afraid not! But then again, what do we care if a game is original or not? It never said it would be, so the question should be, is it any fun? Well, in that respect, yes, Galacta holds its water. It gives you the basic enemies, the bosses and the swarms of enemies that require a certain type of combination of fire and movement to be eradicated (while you're safe from their firing patterns). Also, the game throws a number of power ups at you, power ups that improve your firepower in classic ways, by doubling your rate of fire, by doubling the number of weapons you have, by improving your speed of evasion and a few more. Manage to get shattered while carrying addons and you repeat the level, but without them. And that can be quite a bummer, especially during later levels when the action is hotter and the enemies more vicious. So, all things considered, Galacta is just another vertical shooter, but an okay one. Try it out, see if it clicks with or and if not, maybe the more colorful and diverse Raiden vertical shooter will hold the key to your heart.
Galacta - The Battle for Saturn is a vertical space shooter brought to us by Sean Puckett. Not to be confused with the Marvel character with the same name, the game while being considered decent, is not on par as many of the other games in the same genre, like with Invasion of the Mutant Space Bats of Doom.


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The number one in the tennis world is no longer in the tournament at the Australian Open. A young hopeful from the USA has also dropped out.
World number one Iga Swiatek missed the quarterfinals at the Australian Open in Melbourne. The Polish tennis player lost her round of 16 duel against Wimbledon winner Jelena Rybakina from Kazakhstan 4: 6, 4: 6.
In the three previous rounds, Swiatek (21) hadn't dropped a single set and defeated Dortmund's Jule Niemeier at the start.
Born in Russia, Rybakina was the first player to reach the quarterfinals of the first Grand Slam tournament of the year. The 23-year-old had never gotten that far at the hard court tournament in Melbourne Park. In the round of the top eight players, Rybakina meets Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, who defeated young US star Coco Gauff 7:5, 6:3.
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Director: Jeannie Thornton, A.D.C.R.G.
Jeannie Thornton was born in Connecticut and moved to San Diego as a baby. Jeannie's mother was born in Belfast, County Antrim, and wanted Jeannie to Irish dance, like she did as a child. The San Diego Irish community only had one certified teacher but she was a long driving distance away. So, Jeannie's mother began teaching her basic steps in their living room.
At the age of 10, Donna Means King, ADCRG, then a new TCRG, began a class at Jeannie's primary school. From the first lesson Jeannie excelled and was thrilled to learn more. Soon after Jeannie started attending feisanna she quickly moved up the levels from beginner to open championships. At the age of 13 Jeannie attended her first regional championship, the Oireachtas, and placed 2nd, qualifying her to dance at the World Championships. By age 15 Jeannie was training under Ron Plummer, ADCRG of Derry. She placed 1st in the Western US Oireachtas and attended her first North American Championships, placing 5th. By the following year at age 16 Jeannie placed 1st in the North American Championships. During this time Jeannie attended the World Championships several times in Salthill County Galway and at the Mansion House in Dublin. For five straight years Jeannie placed in the top 5 at the North American Championships. Jeannie also placed in the top 2 for 7 years in the Western US region. Jeannie is a North American Champion in ceili dancing as well as in solo competition.
In 1990, Jeannie passed her T.C.R.G exam to be a certified Irish dancing teacher. She began a small class which quickly grew to 200 students. Clan Rince was born! Due to the high demand of her classes she opened her first very own studio. And adding a 2nd studio shortly thereafter. By 2016, Jeannie was an A.D.C.R.G.-a certified Irish Dance adjudicator and traveling all over the US, Canada and Mexico judging. In, 2017 Jeannie was named Irish Woman of the Year by the Irish Congress of Southern California. When Jeannie isn't teaching she enjoys hiking, pilates and is the busy mother of Erin, Ryan and Cian.
Jeannie's passion is teaching and judging but she loves sharing stories about Ireland with her pupils. She loves to teach them about Irish history and geography. Jeannie honors her mother's wishes by keeping the Irish traditions alive through dan
Alisa Dosch, A.D.C.R.G.
Alisa Dosch has been involved in dance and music lessons since the age of 5. She took tap, jazz and ballet and studied the piano. She joined Jeannie's studio in 1999 and learned very quickly. Alisa was able to begin assistant teaching almost right away. She quickly moved up the competitive ranks into Open Championships and was top 5 in the Western United States for four years, reaching 2nd place in 2003. Alisa is a North American medalist and competed in the World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland in 2002. It was during this time that Alisa earned her B.A. degree in English from San Diego State University. In 2006, Alisa retired from competing, passed her T.C.R.G., and has been teaching full-time ever since. Alisa is a talented choreographer, and is instrumental in the Clan Rince annual recital being the great production that it currently is. In 2017, Alisa passed her A.D.C.R.G exam qualifying her to adjudicate competitions worldwide.
Alisa lives with her husband, James, and their four dogs, in La Mesa, California
Rori Ritchie, T.C.R.G.
Rori has been involved with Irish dance her whole life. Rori began her Irish Dance career at the age of 6 under the direction of Joan Kelly of the Kelly School of Irish dance in Los Angeles. During this time Rori
reached Open Championships at the age of 11 years. Rori had enormous success during her 12 years with the school and qualified for
the World Championships 3 times and received 2nd place at the
Western United States Regional Oireachtas in 1989.
At 18 years old, she moved to San Diego at attend college and graduated cum laude with a Bachelor's of Science Degree in
Interdisciplinary Studies and also earned her Teaching Credentials.
While working as an elementary school teacher, Rori studied under
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Rori and her husband Colin have been married for 25 years and have two children; Avalon (16 years) and Brendan (13 years). Aside from her family, Rori's passion in life is to teach
the love of Irish dance and watch her students fulfill their dance dreams and goals.
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I wrote before about my favourite Stationery podcasts. I do listen to other things too. Again, in no particular order, here are some podcasts I enjoy that are not specifically 'tech' or 'stationery'.
1. Kermode and Mayo's Film Review. AKA "Wittertainment". A BBC gem, whether you like movies or not.
2. Covered. HC Marks on writers and their books.
3. The Figure. Georgia Parkin and Charlotte Lorimer on a wide-range of topics.
4. Reconcilable Differences. "John Siracusa and Merlin Mann try to figure out how they got this way."
5. Thoroughly Considered. Myke Hurley and the guys behind Studio Neat.
6. No Dumb Questions. A Science guy hashes things out with a Humanities guy.
7. The Knowledge Project from Farnam Street.
8. Eureka by Baron Fig. Joey Cofone from Baron Fig talks to thinkers.
9. Do by Friday. Merlin Mann, Alex Cox and Max Temkin go nuts.
10. Cortex. CGP Grey and Mike Hurley talk work and life.
I like Freakonomics. Wide ranging topics dissected expertly and in a charming format.


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Viva la Revolution! - Poverty of Philosophy
The year 2011 was the beginning of the global revolution. The year 2012 will be the year that shall never be forgotten with a positive result for humanity, not for the 1 %!
Most of my Latino and black people who are struggling to get food, clothes and shelter in the hood are so concerned with that, that philosophising about freedom and socialist democracy is usually unfortunately beyond their rationale. They don't realize that America can't exist without separating them from their identity, because if we had some sense of who we really are, there's no way in hell we'd allow this country to push it's genocidal consensus on our homelands. This ignorance exists, but it can be destroyed.
Niggas talk about change and working within the system to achieve that. The problem with always being a conformist is that when you try to change the system from within, it's not you who changes the system; it's the system that will eventually change you. There is usually nothing wrong with compromise in a situation, but compromising yourself in a situation is another story completely, and I have seen this happen long enough in the few years that I've been alive to know that it's a serious problem. Latino America is a huge colony of countries whose presidents are cowards in the face of economic imperialism. You see, third world countries are rich places, abundant in resources, and many of these countries have the capacity to feed their starving people and the children we always see digging for food in trash on commercials. But plutocracies, in other words a government run by the rich such as this one and traditionally oppressive European states, force the third world into buying overpriced, unnecessary goods while exporting huge portions of their natural resources.
I'm quite sure that people will look upon my attitude and sentiments and look for hypocrisy and hatred in my words. My revolution is born out of love for my people, not hatred for others.
You see, most of Latinos are here because of the great inflation that was caused by American companies in Latin America. Aside from that, many are seeking a life away from the puppet democracies that were funded by the United States; places like El Salvador, Guatemala, Peru, Colombia, Nicaragua, Ecuador and Republica Dominicana, and not just Spanish-speaking countries either, but Haiti and Jamaica as well.
As different as we have been taught to look at each other by colonial society, we are in the same struggle and until we realize that, we'll be fighting for scraps from the table of a system that has kept us subservient instead of being self-determined. And that's why we have no control over when the embargo will stop in Cuba, or when the bombs will stop dropping in Vieques.
But you see, here in America the attitude that is fed to us is that outside of America there live lesser people. "Fuck them, let them fend for themselves." No, Fuck you, they are you. No matter how much you want to dye your hair blonde and put fake eyes in, or follow an anorexic standard of beauty, or no matter how many diamonds you buy from people who exploit your own brutally to get them, no matter what kind of car you drive or what kind of fancy clothes you put on, you will never be them. They're always gonna look at you as nothing but a little monkey. I'd rather be proud of what I am, rather than desperately trying to be something I'm really not, just to fit in. And whether we want to accept it or not, that's what this culture or lack of culture is feeding us.
I want a better life for my family and for my children, but it doesn't have to be at the expense of millions of lives in my homeland. We're given the idea that if we didn't have these people to exploit then America wouldn't be rich enough to let us have these little petty material things in our lives and basic standards of living. No, that's wrong. It's the business giants and the government officials who make all the real money. We have whatever they kick down to us. My enemy is not the average white man, it's not the kid down the block or the kids I see on the street; my enemy is the white man I don't see: the people in the white house, the corporate monopoly owners, fake liberal politicians those are my enemies. The generals of the armies that are mostly conservatives those are the real Mother-Fuckers that I need to bring it to, not the poor, broke country-ass soldier that's too stupid to know shit about the way things are set up.
In fact, I have more in common with most working and middle-class white people than I do with most rich black and Latino people. As much as racism bleeds America, we need to understand that classism is the real issue. Many of us are in the same boat and it's sinking, while these bougie Mother-Fuckers ride on a luxury liner, and as long as we keep fighting over kicking people out of the little boat we're all in, we're gonna miss an opportunity to gain a better standard of living as a whole.
In other words, I don't want to escape the plantation I want to come back, free all my people, hang the Mother-Fucker that kept me there and burn the house to the god damn ground. I want to take over the encomienda and give it back to the people who work the land.
You cannot change the past but you can make the future, and anyone who tells you different is a Fucking lethargic devil. I don't look at a few token Latinos and black people in the public eye as some type of achievement for my people as a whole. Most of those successful individuals are sell-outs and house Negros.
But, I don't consider brothers a sell-out if they move out of the ghetto. Poverty has nothing to do with our people. It's not in our culture to be poor. That's only been the last 500 years of our history; look at the last 2000 years of our existence and what we brought to the world in terms of science, mathematics, agriculture and forms of government. You know the idea of a confederation of provinces where one federal government controls the states? The Europeans who came to this country stole that idea from the Iroquois LEAGUE. The idea of impeaching a ruler comes from an Aztec tradition. That's why Montezuma was stoned to death by his own people 'cause he represented the agenda of white Spaniards once he was captured, not the Aztec people who would become Mexicans.
So in conclusion, I'm not gonna vote for anybody just 'cause they black or Latino they have to truly represent the community and represent what's good for all of us proletariat.
Porque sino entonces te mando por el carajo cabron gusano hijo de puta, seramos libre pronto, viva la revolucion, VIVA LA REVOLUCION!
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Flame wall: Simply a wall of fire which protects Buki from attacks obvious its weak against water and ice ,unless its hotter than the ice it will just melt the ice.
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"Finely chopped chocolate", melts more easily and has less risk of splitting or scorching than cooking with larger pieces.
Chocolate is, however, very brittle and chopping with a straight edged knife will result in a messy (albeit tasty) kitchen floor. Grating, on the other hand, will leave half of the chocolate melted on your hands and most of the rest in the grater.
To chop effectively, use a serrated bread knife and cut diagonally from one corner of the bar. When the edge gets to about 2 inches long, turn and do the same on the next corner (short edges work better). This is even easier if the chocolate is refrigerated for 10-15 minutes to make it more brittle. If finer pieces are required, the shards can then be chopped using a standard cooks knife.


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NBC Comes Out in Support of the St. Tammany Parish Jail and Justice Center Sales Tax Renewals
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PRESS RELEASE – April 11, 2017
The Northshore Business Council ("NBC"), an organization comprised of some sixty (60) CEO's and business leaders in the Northshore region, supports the upcoming tax renewals for the St. Tammany Parish Jail and Justice Center. These two separate tax renewals, which will appear on the April 29th ballot, propose to reduce the amount of the existing tax by 20% as well as the terms of the taxes, which have been shortened from 20 years to 10 years (a 50% reduction).
The Justice Center tax pays for the ongoing operations and maintenance costs of numerous agencies including the Clerk of Court, the District Attorney's Office, the Sheriff's Office, Registrar of Voters, and the 22nd Judicial District Court. Funding from this tax also covers the Justice System agencies housed in the Slidell Towers Building. A portion of the Justice Center tax revenue is being rededicated to help fund Specialty Courts which take non-violent offenders and offer them tools for recovery so as to become a part of the Community as opposed to the Justice System. Following rehabilitation, these citizens can reenter the community as productive and contributing members of the population.
The Parish Jail tax is the primary source of revenue for the St. Tammany Parish Jail which employs some 200 deputies. By State law, the Parish is required to pay for the cost to house Parish inmates. On average, the Jail is occupied by over 1,100 inmates each and every day, which includes State and Federal inmates wherein the revenues for housing them helps to supplement the cost of operations.
As part of our ongoing efforts to promote a strong and vibrant economic community, the NBC commissioned the Metropolitan Crime Commission (MCC) to perform an accountability study of the criminal justice system in St. Tammany Parish. Through no use of public funds or taxpayer dollars, and with the cooperation and support of the District Attorney, the Sheriff, the Clerk of Court and the Judges of the 22nd Judicial District Court, the MCC's final report was released on April 5th. During the study period, the MCC concluded in its findings that St. Tammany Parish has a relatively low crime rate. Violent crime rates were 60% below the national rate and more than 70% lower than the rate in Louisiana.
The NBC understands and appreciates the value that our community's quality of life has on our region. National studies have shown the growing importance of a well working and fully coordinated criminal justice system in assisting with economic development and in the quality of life for citizens. Both the Jail and the Justice Center are critical components of our quality of life here in St. Tammany Parish.
The Northshore Business Council ("NBC") is devoted exclusively to the improvement of business and economic conditions in the Northshore region including St. Tammany Parish, Tangipahoa Parish and Washington Parish.
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