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The Opportunity Network has been selected as a 2017 Citi Foundation Youth Workforce Fund grantee!
OppNet is proud to be among only 15 nonprofit organizations across the U.S. selected by the Citi Foundation to receive critical funding for our work to provide transformative career development programming to youth through the 2017 Pathways to Progress Youth Workforce Fund.
As the only grant recipient in New York City, OppNet received $250,000 to expand its Fellows program, which works with students over six years to build the exposure, experiences, and skills for college and career success.
In addition to supporting our expansion to serve nearly 800 students in our Fellows program this year, the grant will fund OppNet's robust summer internship programming and will underwrite stipends that allow students to take on unpaid internships.
OppNet is deeply grateful to the Citi Foundation for this investment!
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On Monday, April 24, 2017, The Opportunity Network was proud to honor
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Film and Television Producer
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Jessica also presented at National College Access Network's annual conference in September about career undermatching.
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On Monday, April, 11 2016, The Opportunity Network was proud to honor:
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The Opportunity Network Partners with PBS to Help More Americans Graduate
The Opportunity Network will join PBS and leading education organizations across the country to bring attention to solving the national dropout crisis.American Graduate Day, which takes place on Saturday, October 3, 2015, will focus on seven critical themes including career readiness and college completion. The live, seven-hour broadcast will showcase individual and organizational champions who guide students on the path to graduation. READ MORE & WATCH VIDEO.
The Opportunity Network Will Teach Career Skills at White House Summit on Beating the Odds
July 20, 2015 – Students from The Opportunity Network will join First Lady Michelle Obama and leaders in college access and success to teach career skills to college-bound high school graduates at a Beating the Odds Summit at the White House on Thursday, July 23rd. Founder and CEO Jessica Pliska and her team will lead two dynamic workshop sessions at the Summit focusing on career development and securing internships. READ MORE.
2015 Night of Opportunity Gala
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Before coming to Rome I had only been to Milano and Como when I was very young. I remembered great pizza and nice scenic walks. But the Rome I was expecting was extracted by the pictures in my art history book and the stories told to me by my devout Catholic family about their visits to the Vatican.
The flight provided me with my first experience with the Italian lifestyle. Every time I stood up and walked to the back of the plane there were the stewardesses laughing and chatting drinking cups of coffee and having a great time. Ah… la dolce vita.
In order to get to the convent we had booked as our hotel my mother decided to get a taxi as we didn't know how to get around.
Although we felt sleepy and all airport-stale, clothes crumpled, legs aching, etc… we were too excited to let any time pass without seeing Roma. Since the Convent was located on Viale Vaticano we walked five minutes to St. Peter's. An enormous line stretched out between us and the basilica, in the persistent yet light rain a crowd of tourists waited or pushed to get inside.
With the dismay on our faces apparent, a young man approached us asking if we spoke English. He offered us to join a tour group that would take us inside the museums without waiting in line for 25 euro. Although we had intended to see the basilica, we made our way to the museum tour group, only to find out that not only did we have to pay an additional 14 euro of an entrance fee but we would only have one hour to see all of the museum. As a student of art I thought this ludicrous and a waste. To run past each precious piece of art! Unimaginable.
We waited in the regular line and finally got inside where we invested 4 euro each in an audio guide. On our way to the Egyptian exhibit the ceilings were already decorated in the baroque style, absolutely wonderful. I stared up at the ceiling almost tripping up the stairs a few times before I stumbled into the first Egyptian room.
On our way through the museum there were several incredibly famous pieces which I dragged my mother so that I could display my knowledge of styles and lore. As we neared the Sistine chapel more and more people kept running past us, ignoring the highly decorated ceilings and sculptures. I had read that the chapel was not as impressive as it is made out to be, but I felt quite the opposite. Michelangelo's mastery of balance and composition kept me standing in the center for nearly half an hour. Then I sat on either side where there were benches to contemplate the painted walls. As the audio guide explained, the Last Judgment was not originally there and when I faced the other way it all culminated in the centerpiece of negative space between Adam and God.
After we exited the museum I felt absolutely disgusting. The feeling of being without a shower for an abnormal amount of time was further developed by the rain that had permeated my jacket before we entered the museum. The convent was not far away so we quickly went back to shower and get out our rain gear.
After this we tried again at St. Peter's, but unfortunately they had just closed and the Swiss Guards clad in their navy blue ponchos swished us away. It was about eight o'clock and an outpouring of nuns, clergymen, and audience members started pouring out of the Vatican City all at the same time. The current created by this sudden departure was immense and we got swept into the crowd running in the direction opposite of our convent.
Because of our curiosity, we decided to simply follow these people to see where everybody was going. Down the Viale Vaticano and then down some stairs, to the left, up a ramp, into a tunnel, following the herd blindly we found ourselves in a parking lot in which no car of ours was parked. Dismayed we went back into the tunnel where we walked against the crowd until we found the uscita and back to the Vatican square. By this time it was lit up and gorgeous so we stood around a bit in the square seeing all the fountains and trying to walk as close to St. Peter's as possible without upsetting the guards.

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As a parent of three small children in a townhouse community FULL of children, I'm only just starting to experience the anxiety of letting them play outside the safety of our front lawn. At one time, they would happily stay close to home and never considered crossing the street to interact with the older kids. But now that my oldest is five and my younger two are three, I suddenly find myself lapping our block and crossing into the next cul de sac to hunt down escapees.
They're still a bit young to seriously join the roving gang of elementary schoolers on bikes and scooters. But when the games involve running through the woodsy common areas with plastic guns and gun-like sticks, the possibility for blending in with the crowd becomes more likely.
And as usual, my first concern is how my five year old with communication delays and all of the awkward social behaviors that accompany them will handle this. I worry that Oliver will opt to disengage and continue to play by himself in the dirt. I worry that he'll try to play with the other kids but be rejected. I worry that he'll manage to stay with the group but take their game too far and come across as aggressive.
There are so many things to worry about… So ultimately, I just don't. I follow Oliver's lead and try not to interfere. But when I see an opportunity to help him figure things out – I do make the effort.
So I recently bought some cheap dart guns from the grocery store. Then one quiet afternoon when the twins were napping and the other neighborhood kids were scarce, I set up a little shooting range for us. I showed Oliver how to cock, insert the dart, aim and pull the trigger. I, who have never expressed any interest in hunting, paintball, popular college "assassin" games or war movies, yet again had to push my own preferences aside to help my child be normal.
And what at thing to teach him! I mean – aren't we supposed to discourage guns? Or at the very least, tolerate them within limits? I've never heard any experts suggesting that you teach your child to be the quickest draw on the block to help him fit in. But at the end of the day, I have little concern for my son's future of wielding guns on clock towers or in convenience stores. I'm a bit more focused on him not getting pantsed in Kindergarten.
To be honest though, it doesn't look like I have much to be worried about anyway. When I suggested that we turn our guns on each other (cringe), he didn't much like that idea. My little pacifist! We compromised by shooting at our reflections in the windows. And a good time was had by all….sigh.
While I can't say that I think he'll be quite the gun fanatic that I see budding in his three year old brother, George…he does now have a clue about what to do if he encounters a pick up game of Armageddon with the guys.
I miss the days of watching Oliver toddle around. Of being oblivious to the future of special needs hurtling at us with a speed and force that would literally knock us flat. But you can't look back. In fact, I've found that you can't look that far into the future either.
It may sound short sighted to say that I'm not worried about the long term effects of encouraging what most parents consider "inappropriate toys," all in the name of a short term goal to help him fit in. But just as I had no idea that my seemingly typical baby and then toddler would develop such complicated learning and social delays, how could I possibly predict the person he will eventually become? I personally think that he will be someone pretty wonderful. And a few unorthodox parenting strategies will not greatly impact the the bigger picture of his future as a law abiding citizen.
Like I said – he doesn't seem to be all that gun crazy anyway. In general, he largely ignores the war games going on around him. But the other day while we were standing outside, he actually picked up a stick with the rudimentary shape of a gun and pointed it at one of our neighbors, a very enthusiastic war mongering six year old. He even made a little shooting noise.
I nearly burst with pride.
That same evening I witnessed something truly amazing. My Oliver, who has a hard time figuring out how to even be a follower with the neighborhood kids, actually took the lead.
Our next door neighbors have a cat named Tony. He's a sweet black and white kitty who lounges around on various front steps and cars. He's friendly and more importantly, extremely patient with the grasping and groping hands of the local tots.
Oliver loves this cat. He will lie down next to Tony on the sidewalk while petting him. He will follow him around when Tony tires of his advances and tries to leave. I've even found Oliver's little feet sticking out from under our car where Tony had taken refuge (I can't take my eye of those kids for a minute…) And there was no exception that evening when Tony came strolling around the corner. He was immediately attacked by my adoring son.
After a few minutes, Tony decided that it was time to extract himself from all of that suffocating love. And of course, when the poor cat darted away, Oliver followed. As luck would have it, this grabbed the attention of our six year old neighbor friend and another little boy who was standing nearby. They ran up to see what Oliver was doing.
Oliver just said, "want to go get Tony?" and out of nowhere, a wild chase ensued. Now joined by my twins, the three boys ran like crazy after poor Tony all around our side of the block. They chased him under back porches and crowed with delight when they saw him streak by in another attempt at escape. I would have been happy to just see Oliver joining in the game, but this time he was actually calling the shots, "this way!…there he is….get him!"
I have never been so thrilled to see children torturing an animal.
Okay – "torturing" is a rather gross exaggeration… But I think it's safe to say that Tony would have preferred to spend that thirty minutes sunning himself in the last few rays of daylight.
Of course, none of the children actually hurt, let alone touched Tony. And he's still fond of us, willing to let Oliver pet him for limited periods of time. But that evening, he was more than just the neighbors' friendly cat. He was the catalyst for what would be the first time Oliver played with a group of children for that long without losing interest and wandering off. I almost cried to hear him say "follow me!" and then to actually see the other kids do just that.
So yeah – yet another example of allowing behavior that should probably be discouraged. I admit it – I make some iffy calls…but I generally stand behind my choices.
I don't look too far ahead. It's simply too much for me to take in. Too many unknowns. Too much worry…too much hope… Instead I try to aim for the more attainable goals in the here and now.
I don't know much about shooting, but my guess is that you have to keep your range realistic. Anything can happen – sometimes the easiest target might give you the slip. But it goes without saying that you should take your chances when you've got a clear shot. One that's close enough to touch. Even if it seems a bit risky. Life is always risky, so why not take our chances when the odds are in our favor. You take a risk every time you walk out your front door. Just ask Tony.


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FIFA World Cup: The two extremes of Colombian football
A famous victory and an infamous murder. Two incidents that have made, and marred Colombian football history like nothing else.
A famous victory and an infamous murder. Two incidents that have made, and marred Colombian football history like nothing else.
The first one: a 5-0 win over Argentina in Buenos Aires in 1993 World Cup qualifiers, following which even Pele was of the opinion that the Carlos Valderrama-led side would be one of the favourites to win the 1994 World Cup.
The second one was the murder of Andres Escober, a defender who had committed the 'crime' of scoring an own goal against the USA, the hosts of the 1994 World Cup, in their group match which virtually ended the Los Cafeteros' hopes of progressing to the knockouts. The assassin, Humberto Castro Munoz, after a midnight brawl outside a pub in Medellin, shot him six times on July 2, 1994.
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The tournament was still in progress. A stunned football world mourned the death of the defender with 120,000 people attending his funeral. When he came back to Colombia after the team's disastrous performance in the tournament, he wrote in an editorial in a Bogota Newspaper El Tiempo, signing off with the line: "See you soon, because life does not end here."
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My sympathies are with you. Having said that back when I was in my last year of high school I put together a (short) list of girls should I have the chance to date that I needed to be using my brain so as not to get in too deep with because of the potential family dynamic you described. In the end I did not have to worry but at the same time I never got to date any girl off the preferred list, either. Lastly take comfort in knowing that you are not alone. The girls on the "be careful list" all got married at some point so there are some hubbies out there wondering what mess they stepped in the middle of.
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Plan to sell Malta tech park to SUNY Poly came during turnover at NYSERDA board
Plan to sell Saratoga tech park for $1 made before some joined
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There may be a good reason why several members of NYSERDA's board of directors appeared uncomfortable last week with a plan sell the state energy authority's 280-acre Saratoga Technology + Energy Park in Malta to SUNY Polytechnic Institute.
The idea to transfer the tech park to SUNY Poly — which was presented during a NYSERDA board subcommittee meeting on Sept. 21 — appears to have been formalized right around the time of a major reshuffling of the NYSERDA board in June 2014.
That is when Gov. Andrew Cuomo appointed six new outside members to the NYSERDA board as four longtime members were leaving.
The new members included top energy executives in the state, such as Ken Daly, the president of National Grid's New York operations, and John McAvoy, CEO of Consolidated Edison, along with New York private equity banker Jay Koh and Sherburne Abbott, a Syracuse University professor.
The board changes came as Cuomo's former budget director, Robert Megna, was pitching a proposal to "transfer" the Malta tech park to SUNY Poly as part of the state's $400 million contribution to a $4.8 billion computer chip manufacturing research program at SUNY Poly's Albany campus known as the Global 450 Consortium, or G450C.
A letter from Megna to SUNY Poly President Alain Kaloyeros formally outlining the plan is dated June 17, 2014 — the same day Daly and the others officially joined the NYSERDA board. The letter said the transfer of STEP would satisfy $10 million of a $25 million contribution that the state was asking NYSERDA to make to the G450C and SUNY Poly.
It is unclear if any of the board members had ever seen a copy of that letter when they met on Sept. 21 as part of NYSERDA's program planning committee. NYSERDA hasn't responded to repeated requests for comment on the issue.
The program planning committee, made up of various NYSERDA board members, was asked to vote to recommend the sale of the STEP property, valued at $9 million, to SUNY Poly for just $1.
But the vote never happened after Daly, the National Grid executive, asked if an independent review of the transfer was needed in light of "ongoing audits" — presumably referring to subpoenas issued to SUNY Poly by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Manhattan regarding how construction contracts were put out to bid for Cuomo's Buffalo Billion projects.
Two of the other new NYSERDA board members, McAvoy, the ConEd CEO, and Koh, a managing director of the private equity firm Siguler Guff, raised questions that suggest they may not have known about the plan to sell STEP to fund the G450C, although that remains unclear.
Daly has declined to speak to the Times Union about his comments. McAvoy and Koh did not respond to requests for comment.
State Division of Budget spokesman Peter Morris could not immediately respond to questions about the 2014 letter. However, it appears that SUNY Poly has not yet received any of the $25 million.
In a terse statement issued last Friday, SUNY Poly criticized Daly and the NYSERDA board for their "ignorance of NYSERDA's own obligations and commitments" after the vote on the sale fell through.
"The bottom line is SUNY Poly is owed $25 million," the statement continued. "If NYSERDA prefers to settle its obligations and commitments with a check for $25 million, SUNY Poly would be happy to accept that option."
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Little Things
He finds himself grateful for the little things. Like waking to find her body pressed tight against his in the morning. Her shoulder is bare and warm, inviting his kiss. A soft kiss for soft skin. A little thing to treasure.
It is a little thing too, the way the light hits her as she sits stirring her tea in the morning. Always two spoons of sugar, just a dash of milk. The spoon makes a slow figure eight in the steaming cup and the faint ceramic hum has become a part of his morning. She smiles at him before she takes a sip.
There is peace in a quiet home life. It is one of the little things he has learned. He learned for her sake and found joy in it. The simple act of slicing bread has its own gentle rhythm. He almost misses a beat when she presses her cheek against his back. He takes the moment to enjoy it.
This day is theirs alone. This is a little thing he had never thought to do before, when she was not his. In the face of that great thing, that she is his and he is hers, this day seems so small. But it is their day and he is grateful. Carrying a basket is a small price for this.
He had never before considered what joy there was in little things. She had always known. Now she shows him and he is thankful. The grass brushes against his legs. The living ground is soft beneath him. His feet sink into the earth but when she takes him by the hand, his heart soars. Such a little thing it is, to touch her like this.
She leads him and he lets her. She smiles at him as they walk and he returns it. He knows where she will take him. It is their little ritual for this day that is theirs. The soft breeze rustles her soft skirt around her legs. Such a slight movement.
She leads him to the water and stands so still beside it. A little moment of doe-like grace. Sunlight filters through the leaves overhead. Silver light ripples over her face and he is breathless from the sight. So lovely.
She sits without care for her light, flowing dress and he sits beside her. She watches the light rippling on the water. She watches the birds swimming along the gentle current. He watches her. She tilts her head slightly as she stares. He finds his eye drawn to the pale neck. She glances sideways. He is caught. She raises an eyebrow at him quietly. The little tease.
She shakes her head a little, smiling. He leans in closer and she accepts his embrace. Such a wonderful thing. He presses another little kiss against that bare shoulder. She serenely sighs.
She grows hungry so he feeds her, giving her little bites directly from his fingers. She feeds him in turn and brushes the crumbs off for the birds.
The light takes on a deep hint of rose. The grass around them takes up the warm color. This is a special moment, when the world is poised on the brink of something deeper. It is gone too quickly. It is such a little space of time, so precious.
He rises and helps her to her feet. They return home under a canopy of little twinkling lights. The peace and joy from this little walk amaze him. So much to be gained from something so simple. There is joy in little things. If only he had known before.
It is a little thing, the way she toes her shoes off at the door. Still, it draws his eye. Her legs are grass-stained and her light dress is too. It is only a small matter to her and she easily slides the thin straps off her shoulders. It is a little thing to cause such fascination, the way the thin fabric caresses every curve as it slides down. The dress flutters gracefully to the floor and he cannot wait anymore.
It is too much for him to bear sometimes, this great gift she gives him. It swallows him whole. This trust, this love. Too much. Too great. This is a fearsome, wonderful thing, not the quiet peace of small moments. This thing is wild and awesome. It consumes him. He loves the depths from which it comes, the little moments that make this great thing what it is. She is drowned within this too and becomes even more beautiful for it.
His breath returns. He is himself again and she is herself, but they are slower, worn. Happy. He can be grateful for little things again. There is one slender hand that rests on his cheek. Another brushes limply over his hair. So gentle.
He bends to kiss the faint salt from her body and pauses, grateful that where there should be a harsh scar, a reminder of his sin, there is only smooth skin. A little thing to her. A great miracle to him.
Her voice comes to him softly. She calls him her love. She bids him rest. He wraps his arms around her and holds her through the night. It is a simple, little thing, to hold the one he loves. That he loves and is loved in return is no little thing at all.


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Frederick Walker
1 portrait on display in the Room 24 wallcase at the National Portrait Gallery
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© National Portrait Gallery, London
Frederick Walker
by David Wilkie Wynfield
albumen print, circa 1863-4
8 1/8 in. x 6 in. (207 mm x 152 mm)
Purchased, 1929
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- Frederick Walker (1840-1875), Painter and illustrator. Sitter in 11 portraits, Artist of 1 portrait.
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- David Wilkie Wynfield (1837-1887), Painter and photographer. Artist associated with 34 portraits, Sitter in 2 portraits.
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Part of a pioneering photographic project conducted by the artist David Wilkie Wynfield, in which he photographed his artistic contemporaries and other prominent individuals in historical dress. Wynfield anonymously published the series as The Studio: A Collection of Photographic Portraits of Living Artists, Taken in the Style of the Old Masters, by An Amateur (1864). The potent results, such as this soulful, soft focus portrait of the talented watercolourist, Frederick Walker, influenced the celebrated photographer Julia Margaret Cameron. By depicting Walker in profile as a Renaissance courtier, Wynfield imbued his subject with affecting gravitas.
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- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 638
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- Victorian Masquerade (22 October 2012 - 2 June 2013)
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Current affairsThe opening of the world's first underground railway, with the Metropolitan Railway running trains between Bishop's Street, Padington and Farringdon. Work had begun in 1860, using the 'cut-and-cover' method of construction. The Metropolitan line inspired the construction of other underground railways - the Parisian 'Metro' took its name from the line.
The Football Association is founded.
Art and scienceJulia Margaret Cameron takes up photography, taking portraits of some of the most celebrated figures of the day, with her romantic style capturing the sense of nostalgia and longing that characterised the age.
Kingsley's Water Babies; A Fairy Tale for Children is published, the hugely popular tale of drowned chimney sweep Tom's moral education in the river world of the water babies. It inspired the 1978 film starring James Mason.
InternationalAt an international conference, the Geneva Public Welfare Society calls on the sixteen nations present to form voluntary units to help the wartime wounded. The society, comprised of five Swiss citizens and led by Henri Dunant, who had been deeply affected by the casualties he had witnessed at the Battle of Solferino, became the National Red Cross Societies, adopting the emblem of a red cross on white background.
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Gert Doering <gert%greenie.muc.de@localhost> writes: > On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 04:05:44PM -0400, Greg Troxel wrote: >> /sbin/route add -inet6 2001:608:4:a053::/64 2001:608:4:a053::1:0 >> >> There is no reason to do this. Configuring an address automatically >> adds a route covering that prefix. It should not have worked (gotten a >> route exists error), but either it overwrote or the cloning route was >> missing for some reason (which is the thing to fix). > > Ah. > > I add the route, because it did not automatically show up (which is one > of the weirdest bits of cross-platform code - half of the platforms auto- > add the "connected" route at ifconfig, and the other half doesn't). It seems there is a bug in tap. In systems derived from 4.4BSD, the connected route should appear automatically when adding an address. I would say it's a bug for systems that have the concept of cloning route not to add it automatically when configuring an address. summary: I tried to replicate on sparc64. Both it and i386 seem to work correctly. > Step by step (without an application having the tap open, just ifconfig): > > # netstat -rn |grep tap > # ifconfig tap0 > ifconfig: SIOCGIFFLAGS tap0: Device not configured > # ifconfig tap0 create > # netstat -rn |grep tap > # ifconfig tap0 inet6 2001:608:4:a053::1:0/64 up up is implied by an address. Probably if you did up bare first, you'd see the fe80:: routes. > # netstat -rn |grep tap > fe80::%tap0/64 link#9 UC 0 0 - tap0 This seems right. > fe80::f00b:a4ff:fe00:4dd2%tap0 f2:0b:a4:00:4d:d2 UHL 0 0 - lo0 This one seems wrong. I have no such entry but instead have an ND cache entry. I suspect this and the missing cloning route are related. > ff01:9::/32 link#9 UC 0 0 - tap0 > ff02::%tap0/32 link#9 UC 0 0 - tap0 I have those (well, 7 not 9, but that's the ifindex I'm pretty sure). > # ifconfig tap0 > tap0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > address: f2:0b:a4:00:4d:d2 > media: Ethernet autoselect > inet6 fe80::f00b:a4ff:fe00:4dd2%tap0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x9 > inet6 2001:608:4:a053::1:0 prefixlen 64 > > ... so where does the route for the /64 prefix disappear to? It is perhaps not disappearing, but not getting added. Run 'route -n monitor' during this whole exercise to see what happens. > # uname -a > NetBSD zeta.medat.de 5.1_STABLE NetBSD 5.1_STABLE (GENERIC) #0: Tue > Feb 15 15:46:59 CET 2011 > gert%zeta.medat.de@localhost:/hilb31/sparc64.compile/obj/hilb31/netbsd/src/sys/arch/sparc64/compile/GENERIC > sparc64 Note that you are doing this on sparc64, which is LP64, and big endian. I predict that this will turn out to matter (but mine works). > As a cross-check, I just tried this on NetBSD 3.1, and indeed, the route > auto-appears on tap0, and ND starts > > 22:20:00.348908 2001:608:4:a253::1:0 > ff02::1:ff00:2: icmp6: neighbor > sol: who has 2001:608:4:a253::2 > > (different prefix deliberately chosen) What hardware? >> 2001:608:4:a000::/56 2001:608:4:a053::1 UGS 0 0 - tap0 >> 2001:608:4:a053::/64 2001:608:4:a053::1:0 UGS 1 0 - tap0 >> >> This looks wrong, but is probably due to the previous issues. Where >> did that /56 come from? > > Sorry for being misleading. That's an extra network that is just to > be routed across the tap0 /64, but I didn't want to modify the output > of "netstat -rn" in any way. The /56 route doesn't seem wrong, but I asked because it seems unnecessary to illustrate the problem and I thought perhaps there was something else that might turn out to matter. >> When doing netstat, do netstat -rn -f inet6 and then filter out what you >> are sure is not relevant, rather than assuming grepping for tap0 will >> show you everything you should look at. > > Yes, sorry for that (usually I grep for ":608:4:", knowing that this > network must only ever appear on tap0, but I wanted to include the fe80 > stuff). I didn't mean to complain about what you sent so much as suggest that looking more broadly would be helpful. Often I figure things out when something I didn't think to look at jumps out at me. That leads me to the general strategy of looking at everything and then filtering. > Here's "netstat -rn -f inet6" after the ifconfig sequence from above, > excluding everything that has no "tap0" or "2001:608:4:" in it: > > 2001:608:4:a053::1:0 f2:0b:a4:00:4d:d2 UHL 0 0 - lo0 > fe80::%tap0/64 link#9 UC 0 0 - tap0 > ff01:9::/32 link#9 UC 0 0 - tap0 > ff02::%tap0/32 link#9 UC 0 0 - tap0 That UHL route on lo0 also seems wrong, but I suspect that it's a consequence of the cloning route not getting added. >> When you configure the address on tap0, it should get a cloning route, >> which will have flags UC. This should be in generic ethernet code. >> Note that this apparently happened correctly for v4. > > Yes, in v4 this all works. I just did this on a sparc64 running 5.1_RC3. (I know that's old, and I will update to recent netbsd-5 and can try again if you're still having trouble.). After "ifconfig tap0 inet6 2001:db8::1", diff -u of "netstat -nr -f inet6" taken before and after shows: +2001:db8::/64 link#7 UC 0 0 - tap0 => and route -n monitor showed (annotated): got message of size 24 on Fri Sep 16 20:29:41 2011 RTM_IFANNOUNCE: iface arrival/departure: len 24, if# 7, what: arrival From 'ifconfig tap0 create' got message of size 108 on Fri Sep 16 20:29:55 2011 RTM_NEWADDR: address being added to iface: len 108, metric 0, flags: sockaddrs: <NETMASK,IFP,IFA> ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:: tap0:f2.b.a4.0.d.3e 2001:db8::1 adding the address (a /64) got message of size 168 on Fri Sep 16 20:29:55 2011 RTM_ADD: Add Route: len 168, pid 0, seq 0, errno 0, flags: <UP,HOST,LLINFO> locks: inits: sockaddrs: <DST,GATEWAY> 2001:db8::1 f2.b.a4.0.d.3e adding the ND entry for ourselves, which ndp -an shows as: 2001:db8::1 f2:0b:a4:00:0d:3e tap0 permanent R got message of size 248 on Fri Sep 16 20:29:55 2011 RTM_ADD: Add Route: len 248, pid 0, seq 0, errno 0, flags: <UP,DONE,CLONING> locks: inits: sockaddrs: <DST,GATEWAY,NETMASK,IFP,IFA> 2001:db8:: ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:: tap0:f2.b.a4.0.d.3e 2001:db8::1 This is the cloning route above. got message of size 108 on Fri Sep 16 20:29:55 2011 RTM_NEWADDR: address being added to iface: len 108, metric 0, flags: sockaddrs: <NETMASK,IFP,IFA> ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:: tap0:f2.b.a4.0.d.3e fe80::f00b:a4ff:fe00:d3e%tap0 got message of size 168 on Fri Sep 16 20:29:55 2011 link-local. apparently this is happening because the interface comes up when I gave it an inet6 address RTM_ADD: Add Route: len 168, pid 0, seq 0, errno 0, flags: <UP,HOST,LLINFO> locks: inits: sockaddrs: <DST,GATEWAY> fe80::f00b:a4ff:fe00:d3e%tap0 f2.b.a4.0.d.3e got message of size 248 on Fri Sep 16 20:29:55 2011 ND entry for our link-local address. RTM_ADD: Add Route: len 248, pid 0, seq 0, errno 0, flags: <UP,DONE,CLONING> locks: inits: sockaddrs: <DST,GATEWAY,NETMASK,IFP,IFA> fe80::%tap0 ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:: tap0:f2.b.a4.0.d.3e 2001:db8::1 link-local cloning route. I deleted the 2001:db8::1 address, and on re-adding it, I see only NEWADDR, ADD of ND entry and ADD of cloning route. Which all seems fine. So the big mystery is why your machine is not adding the cloning route. Are you using that prefix on any other interface (you can't)???
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More recently, French Village opened a second café on the Lisburn Road. This is close to home, so it was inevitable I would visit close to the launch. When my good friend Sarah said she was moving to Dublin for work, I knew that we as lovers of all things cake related needed to pay the café a visit before she abandoned Belfast.
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Of course, I wasn't all right. I was standing by the door waiting for a seat. The server dictated that there were no tables available and it could be a short time for one to open up. I was content with this as Sarah had not arrived.
When I was eventually seated, I had a message from Sarah saying she was seated and waiting for me. Except she wasn't in the restaurant.
She was in their Botanic Avenue outlet. Oops. The cafes are a five-minute drive from each other so she came to the Lisburn Road. In that short time, I received menus and was talked through the yummy specials of the day.
Another server also came over to abruptly to tell me to order now, because the kitchen was immediately closing service. Then they pointed out all options on thelunch menu that had sold out. This left me with the sausage roll or a cream cheese bagel.
Thanks, I love a little bit of rudeness when I'm deciding on lunch.
Sarah soon arrived and as usual, it was straight into nattering about… well, everything two statistic loving, Sherlock obsessed cake eaters talk about. I did give her a nudge and tell her to get a move on with her limited menu choice.
Oddly, it was some time before our orders were taken. Sarah opted for the soup of the day (potato and leek) while I went for a favourite of mine, a croque madame (I prefer monsieur but this is a close second).
On arrival of our lunch, Sarah noticed an immediate problem. In true Northern Irish fashion she stated there was simply not going to be enough butter (or bread) for her soup. She got another pot from a server but her face said that this wouldn't be enough.
My croque madame was all right; not spectacular but it went down well.
We opted for a dessert because well, we were in a patisserie and these things need to be done.
Sarah ordered a caramel square (Millionaire's Shortbread to the non-Northern Irish) while I opted for a Paris-Brest (remember it from the Great British Bake Off technical challenge in 2015?). Sarah quickly gobbled up her traybake; it's safe to say she enjoyed it.
The choux pastry blended deliciously with the praline cream – it's worth trying.
After more nattering, it was time to bid Sarah farewell and wish her well on her Dublin adventures.
Would I recommend French Village? No. This was my second visit. I popped in with Laura before we embarked on a BBQ class. On that occasion, we sat outside and I had to find a server to take our order after waiting and watching them serve others at tables adjacent to us.
On that occasion, our order was taken incorrectly. Then again, I don't expect much from a patisserie that does not know the difference between a macaron and a macaroon.
I don't want to speculate as to why I have had two poor experiences with French Village, but it happened. For a top lunch along with patisserie goodies in south Belfast, I recommend both Miel et Moi and The Vestry (who also do an amazing croque monsieur); their macarons are far superior and in my experience the service is impeccable.
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Vinson & Elkins, Ashurst, Paul Hastings: Business of Law
Vinson & Elkins LLP is closing its Shanghai office later this year and will consolidate the China practice in its existing Beijing and Hong Kong offices, according to a firm memo by Chairman Mark Kelly.
"Given our firm's historic ties to the energy industry, concentrating more of our mainland Chinese resources in Beijing, where many of our energy clients are based, allows us to more effectively serve those clients," Kelly wrote in the memo. "In addition, we believe that our enhanced capabilities in Beijing and Hong Kong will benefit our clients across the greater China region."
Three of the firm's 13 lawyers listed as resident in the Shanghai office on the firm's website are partners, including Jay T. Kolb, who is the managing partner of both the Shanghai and Beijing offices.
A firm spokeswoman declined to answer questions about what specifically prompted the closing and whether any lawyers will lose their jobs. The firm will provide opportunities to attorneys and staff to remain with the firm in the region "where possible," according to the memo.
The firm has a third office in Asia, in Tokyo, which will remain open.
Paula Deen Hires Morgan Lewis Partner Grace Speights
Celebrity chef Paula Deen, who is facing a lawsuit over sexual harassment and a hostile work environment claims at a restaurant she owns, hired Morgan Lewis & Brockius LLP to take over her legal team.
Her old law firm, Savannah, Georgia-based Oliver Maner LLP, was replaced with a team led by Morgan Lewis, the Associated Press reported on July 12.
Jen Costa, a Morgan Lewis spokeswoman, confirmed that the firm's team will be led by labor and employment lawyer Grace E. Speights. Additional lawyers on the case include associates Jocelyn Cuttino and Alexis Thomas.
Deen became embroiled in controversy when she said in court documents made public at the end of June that she has used a derogatory term for black people.
Deen and brother Bubba Hiers are being sued by Lisa Jackson, a former manager of their restaurant in Savannah called Uncle Bubba's Oyster House. Jackson says she was sexually harassed and worked in a hostile environment marked by innuendo and racial slurs.
Spreights is the managing partner of Morgan Lewis's Washington office, chairwoman of the Systemic Employment Litigation Practice, and co-head of the firm's Diversity Committee.
The Weiner, Shearhouse, Weitz, Greenberg & Shawe law firm in Savannah will also be advising Deen on the litigation, the Associated Press said.
Ashurst Announces Management Appointments and Plans
Ashurst Australia and Ashurst LLP announced management appointments and a global governance and management structure that will help integrate the combined firm.
Current managing partner James Collis will be appointed global managing partner and John Carrington, current Ashurst Australia managing partner will be managing partner Australia.
Ashurst partners will vote for candidates on Ashurst's 14-member global board later in the year.
Brian Dunlop was named chief financial officer and Robert Gillespie and David Turner are the previously announced independent board members, the firm said in a statement.
The firm is also introducing a new global divisional structure along four business lines, each co-led by Ashurst LLP and Ashurst Australia partners.
The corporate, commercial and competition practice will be co-led by Sydney-based Phil Breden and London-based Stephen Lloyd.
The disputes, intellectual property and employment will be co-led by London-based Simon Bromwich and Sydney-based Lisa Ritson.
The energy, resources, real estate and infrastructure co-will be led by London-based Mark Elsey and Perth-based Geoff Gishubl.
Finance will be co-led by Sydney-based Paul Jenkins and Paris-based Laurent Mabilat.
"The management structure and team we have put in place reflects the ambition of the firm and gives us a strong global platform to achieve our strategy and vision for the merged firm," Ashurst senior partner Charlie Geffen said. "Our new structure will ensure that we operate as efficiently as possible and will help us to deliver excellence in client service."
London-based Ashurst and Australia's Blake Dawson merged in March 2012, with Blake Dawson taking the name Ashurst Australia.
Houston Mergers and Acquisitions Partner Joins Paul Hastings
Paul Hastings LLP announced that Jimmy Vallee has joined the firm as a partner with the mergers and acquisitions practice in Houston. He was previously at Jones Day, where he was a partner.
"A key component of our global growth strategy is to build a strong and balanced energy-focused capital markets, finance, M&A, and master limited partnership practice in Houston," Elizabeth Noe, chairwoman of the corporate practice at Paul Hastings said in a statement. "Jimmy's extensive M&A and corporate finance practice focused on the energy industry provides a key element in completing the foundation for the Energy practice we are building in Houston and globally," she added.
Vallee has experience representing clients in mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and securities transactions, joint ventures, and corporate governance matters. His practice has a focus on domestic and international energy companies involved in oil and gas exploration and production, midstream, and oil field services industries.
He advised OGE Energy in connection with its $11 billion joint venture with CenterPoint Energy to create one of the largest master limited partnerships in the midstream industry. In addition, Vallee recently advised Jefferies LLC in connection with its role as financial adviser to Copano Energy in its $5 billion merger with Kinder Morgan.
The firm opened the Houston office in April with three transactional energy partners.
Paul Hastings has lawyers at 20 offices in Asia, Europe and the U.S.
Litigator Brian Melendez Joins Dykema in Minneapolis
Dykema Gossett PLLC announced that Brian Melendez joined the firm as a member of the litigation team in the Minneapolis office. He was previously at Faegre Baker Daniels LLP.
Melendez focuses his practice on business litigation, especially sophisticated commercial matters and consumer-finance litigation.
Dykema has lawyers in 13 U.S. offices.
Labor & Employment Partner Joins Barnes & Thornburg
Barnes & Thornburg LLP added to its national labor and employment law department with the hire of Indianapolis attorney Jeffery Mallamad. He previously headed the labor and employment practice group at Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP. He defends employers against a variety of lawsuits filed in federal and state courts and administrative agencies. He counsels top executives on issues related to hiring packages, compensation, stock positions, benefits and severance. He also handles complex Occupational Safety and Health Administration matters involving serious work accidents, the firm said.
Barnes & Thornburg has more than 600 attorneys and other legal professionals at 12 U.S. offices.
Nelson Mullin Hires Tax Lawyer From Mayer Brown
Wells Hall joined Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP's Charlotte, North Carolina, office. He will be a member of the the federal and state tax practice group and the multidisciplinary national health-care group. He was previously a partner in the tax transactions and consulting practice of Mayer Brown LLP.
Hall represents clients in transactional matters, such as mergers, acquisitions, reorganizations, private equity transactions, and estate and gift tax planning, the firm said. He also handles transactions involving pass-through entities, including merger and acquisition transactions when an S corporation or an LLC is the target.
Nelson Mullins has more than 470 attorneys and government relations professionals at its U.S. offices.
Allen & Overy to Lead Defense of Goldman Sachs's 'Fabulous Fab'
Fabrice Tourre, the ex-Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) vice president whose congressional testimony put a face on the complex structured investments that contributed to the 2008 financial crisis, is set to face trial today on allegations he misled investors.
Tourre, dubbed "Fabulous Fab" by a friend, faces fraud claims in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit over his role in Abacus 2007-AC1, a synthetic collateralized debt obligation tied to home mortgages. The trial comes three years to the day after the SEC announced Goldman Sachs's agreement to pay a then-record $550 million settlement and admit mistakes in marketing Abacus.
Tourre will be defended by a team led by Allen & Overy LLP partner Pamela Chepiga, a former chief of the unit that prosecutes federal securities crimes in New York, and John P. "Sean" Coffey, another former federal prosecutor who spent more than a decade representing investors in securities-fraud suits against companies.
The SEC team includes the SEC's chief litigator, Matthew Martens, as well as Richard Simpson, who represented the SEC against Sam Antar in the Crazy Eddie Inc. fraud case, and Christian Schultz, a former partner with the firm Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
Jurors will want to know whether Tourre intentionally misled customers, said Ernest Badway, a former SEC enforcement attorney with the Philadelphia-based law firm Fox Rothschild LLP. "They're going to look to see if he said something that he knew to be untrue," Badway said.
The case is SEC v. Tourre, 10-03229, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York (Manhattan).
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Ex-SAC Manager Steinberg Seeks Jury Probing After 'Media Storm'
A lawyer for former SAC Capital Advisors LP fund manager Michael Steinberg told a federal judge that the "media storm" of coverage about his case and founder Steven A. Cohen may hurt his chances of getting a fair trial.
Lawyer Barry Berke, of Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, on July 12 asked U.S. District Judge Richard Sullivan in Manhattan to use a questionnaire and closely question potential jurors about media accounts and publicity surrounding the case when a jury is selected for Steinberg's insider-trading trial, set to begin in November.
Berke said that hundreds of articles have been written about his client's case, which is far different from the related insider-trading trial of Level Global Investors LP co-founder Anthony Chiasson and his co-defendant, former Diamondback Capital Management LLC fund manager Todd Newman, who were convicted of insider trading in December.
"I do think the press is different from the Chiasson trial," Berke told the judge. "There has been a lot of extraneous information that has been written about this case, SAC, Steve Cohen, SAC people who've pleaded guilty and other rumors."
The case is U.S. v. Steinberg, 12-cr-00121, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York (Manhattan).
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mid-day special: Top 10 popular reads from May 2 to May 8
As part of our weekend special series, here's a roundup of the most popular and trending articles, photo galleries and videos from the week that was
CCTV footage: Man hits pump worker for not giving him petrol in bottle
His insistence on following the law led to 21-year-old getting brutally attacked by a biker; while Saroj fled Mumbai fearing for his life, cops allowed his assaulter to go scot-free after fining him Rs 1,200. (Read more)
When Bollywood stars revealed personal secrets about their peers
With Karan Johar recently insinuating that Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif are a couple, we look at instances of celebs leaving industry colleagues red-faced by spilling the beans about their personal lives... (Read more)
Mumbai cop shoots himself dead after opening fire at senior
In a shocking incident, an Assistant Police Sub Inspector of the Mumbai Police committed suicide by shooting himself with his service revolver after opening fire at his senior and his orderly. (Read more)
Mumbai sex workers' daughters get support from US, none from India
While Americans are ready to shoulder expenses of the girls from Kamathipura, who will perform a play in many US cities, Indians haven't given the one thing they were asked for: plane tickets. (Read more)
In pictures: Cricketers and their better halves
Indian cricketer Rohit Sharma announced his engagement to his girlfriend Ritika Sajdeh on Twitter yesterday. We look at other cricketers and their respective wives and girlfriends. (View photos)
Beat the summer heat with these popsicles
The blistering sun might make several Mumbaikars get nostalgic about gola and ice candy-eating days. Now, relive those days with these eclectic, heady popsicles. (Read more)
Sunny Leone: Some actors are unwilling to work with me
In an exclusive chat with mid-day, Sunny Leone opens up about her image in Bollywood while reflecting on her three-year journey in the film industry. (Read more)
Salman verdict doesn't affect me. My leg is still not okay, says victim
Abdullah Rauf Shaikh, one of the five people who came under the car Salman Khan was driving, says he can't work for long hours because of the pain in his leg; feels he should be compensated for the accident. (Read more)
Salman Verdict: Other high profile hit-and-run cases
With Bollywood superstar Salman Khan being sentenced to five years in jail following his 2002 hit-n-run case, we look at other similar cases which involved high-profile persons ran over people with their vehicles. (Read more)
Max your cool quotient with these quirky travel accessories
From neck pillows for your comfort to passport covers and card game arrangers, these fun accessories will add an interesting twist to your journeys. (Read more)


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Our Full Day Marco Island Program at 320 North Barfield Drive on Marco Island offers students from Marco Island, Naples and Collier County a "One Room School" alternative.
Our regular school class day from 8:45 to 3:00 ( I am at the school before 8:00 and often stay until after 4:00) serves up to seven students for the 180 day school year using Alpha Omega's Ignitia 203 courses for grades 3-12. See the Ignitia 2017-2018 Curriculum Catalog General Courses and Electives. See the 43 Ignitia Career and Technical Education Courses. We are located in the United Church of Marco Island at 320 North Barfield Drive, Marco Island, Florida 34145. Call or text Henry Hill at 239-682-4291 or email at email@example.com.
Henry Hill, a 42 year Ohio certified teacher with 31 of those years as a Kent, Ohio public high school teacher, has taught over 4,000 students and over 27,000 classes and has taught with the Ignitia course work for eight years. See my resume. Click "About Us" and then click "Staff."
Seven students and one teacher share 760 square feet in two classrooms. Most school days we may use a 5,800 square foot hall and a 400 square foot kitchen. Our WiFi covers our classrooms, the kitchen, Disseler Hall and some of the surrounding grounds outside our building.
An Art class meets once a week for two hours. The Art Project Table sits in the center of our classroom and is project ready. The fully stocked art table in the center of the classroom is always ready for acrylic and watercolor art projects.
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The Art Table is always open.
A Necchi Model 534 FB school sewing machine.
Five Schacht Inkle Looms, one 25 inch Schacht Tapestry Loom, and one Schacht School Loom.
An Electronics Project Table offers a Radio Shack Electronics Sensor Lab and an Arduino Starter Kit.
An Apple iMac 27 sits in the front of the room with Final Cut Pro, Toon Boom Animation Studio and Adobe Photochop CC and Lightroom installed. A Sony Handycam, a GoPro and two Apple iPads and a Yamaha Digital Keyboard are available for projects.
A H4next handy recorder offers students a podcast quality audio recorder for projects.
A ProScope HR2 as seen on CSI, CSI:NY and CSI:Miami offers students a microscope connected to a computer that records stills, bursts and video.
A FlashForge Dreamer 3D printer with 500 to 100 micron (0.5mm to 0.1mm) print quality with a 9.1 by 5.9 by 5.5 inch build volume, dual extruders, compatible with ABS, PLA and PVA filament, and can run from SD Card, USB or Wi-Fi offers students the opportunity to learn 3D printing and with AutoDesk 123D Design software to learn to design their own creations.
Matter and Form 3D Scanner that uses a an HD camera and lasers to capture full color and geometry in 360 degrees with detail as small as 0.43mm and size within +/- 0.25mm of objects up to 9 inches high and 8 inches in diameter.
Field Trips are part of the curriculum.
Public service takes students out of their world and inspires them to become the helping hands and the encouraging hearts that connect us all.
Our flexible school day allows parents and students to travel and to meet other obligations. Your student can complete school work anywhere with WiFi.
Tuition is $3,000 a year ($300 a month for ten months, August through May). Payment plans are available. Do not let the tuition keep you from exploring our "One Room School" alternative.
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In one of the world's largest tenders for multirole helicopters, the Indian Navy is planning to procure more than 75 such choppers at an estimated cost of over $4 billion to meet the demand of its expanding area of operations.
The Navy had recently asked global helicopter vendors to provide details about naval multirole helicopters and is planning to issue a global Request for Proposal in this regard very soon.
"The Indian Navy would require more than 75 of these Naval Multirole Helicopters and this would be world's largest tender for multirole helicopters," US defence major Lockheed Martin's Vice President for Ship and Aviation Systems George Barton told PTI.
The Navy is planning to procure these new NMRH for carrying out anti-submarine warfare, Special Forces' operations and anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare. Barton said the US Navy operates a fleet of over 350 MH-60 variants.
The Indian Navy is already holding a competition for procuring 16 multirole helicopters in which European NH-90 and American Sikorsky S-70 Bravo are in the race. The Navy at present relies on its fleet of Sea King helicopters which were inducted in two different phases in the 80s.
The Navy would require these multirole choppers in view of its expanding fleet size and expansion in its area of responsibility with the government stating that country's strategic interest ranges from the Gulf of Aden to the Malacca Straits.The Indian Army and the Air Force have also issued a tender for procuring 197 light utility helicopters but the worth of the choppers in the naval tender is expected to be much more than that as they would be equipped with complex machinery and weapon systems.


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REVIEW: When Skateboards Will Be Free
Said Sayrafiezadeh's When Skateboards Will Be Free is a painful memoir about a child whose parents were self-absorbed revolutionaries. His book reveals quirky parents whose separate lives revolved around the Socialist Workers Party. He paints a vivid picture of the party's campaigns from the vantage point of a child dragged to meetings, street sales and demonstrations. Most vivid is his take of the SWP's annual summer schools and conventions at Oberlin College, where the party's children roamed the grounds and buildings, stuffed themselves at the all-you-can-eat cafeteria, and watched the rallies where members responded to the promissory speeches with sustained clapping, cheering, feet stomping and big collections.
Like all children, Said desired his parents' love and attempted to incorporate their values even when those were fiercely at odds with the world around them. Like many of us from dysfunctional families, Said could not understand the dynamics that drove his parents and ended up having to raise himself.
As someone who was a member of the SWP during much of this period and who has a walk-on part in his memoir, I find the story deeply moving and profoundly true, although written from the point of view of a child who couldn't understand everything he saw and heard, and gets some parts wrong.
Every child wants the family to be happy together, and for those of us whose families split apart for one reason or another, we didn't want that to happen and, as a result, feel extraordinarily alone. Not only did Said's "Pop" leave when he was a baby, but then his sister, and later his brother became part of another household, of which I was a member. Outside of the wonderful summer days of Oberlin and the kids he played with after school, Said remembers his childhood in gray tones: his life was a series of worries. Would he take the right side? Would he say the right thing?
Would he fail the expectations of his parents? Of course most of us do, in one way or another.
Said's memoir also took my breath away because the adults in his life did not protect him when he needed them to do so. He perceived his parents as campaigning for justice and equality yet failing to nurture him. His memoir shouts: the political is personal too!
Some have expressed doubt that he was sexually molested; as if they simply can't believe that party cadre could do such things. I mentioned that to a woman who's been a socialist almost all her life; she told me that as a child another party's leader molested her. In my case it was a nice next-door neighbor.
Said never became an activist, nor even explored radical politics, as he eventually admits to his girl friend. And although his life choices are different from my own, I could identify with his attempts to emerge out of the increasingly sectarian shadow world of the SWP and find his way into adulthood.
Sympathetic Figure or David Horowitz wannabe?
Another interesting review and take on this book can be found at, Socialist ex-SWPer and relentless critic of SWP politics, Louis Proyect's blog here:
It's worth a look.
But the issue is *not* whether he was molested or not. It was rather whether an SWP full-timer would tell his mother that nothing can be done because "under capitalism everybody has problems". This was stated over the phone, btw. The SWP was a fucked up organization but I seriously doubt--no, I deny--that somebody in a position of responsibility would take this stand. Not only was the question of sexual exploitation involved, there was also the risk that the police might get involved. We are not talking about a momentary fondling but RAPE. What if Martha Harris had decided to take her case to the police after being dismissed in this fashion? True, the SWP was a cult but there are limits.
And as far as Said Sayrafiezadeh is concerned, I find nothing sympathetic about him. Nobody hates the SWP more than me, but I was ready to go out on plant gates sale after reading this meretricious and fictionalized memoir.
There are things in When Skateboards Will Be Free that I know, from my own experience, are incorrect. But I can understand how a child may have concluded this or that. If you ever played "Telephone" at a children's party, you will understand how something that is said, when repeated, is misunderstood. The book is not about the SWP, except as seen through the eyes and ears of a child.
When Skateboards Will Be Free
I am inclined to believe that the molestation story is true, and the organization's response to it is truly the account that the author was given. Remember, he does not claim to be telling us anymore than what, after many years, he remembers his mother said she was told.
I also don't believe you can infer from the nature of the SWP what the response actually was. An organization is in a sense an abstraction; what is concrete are the individuals who comprise it, and, for better or worse (for better and for worse) the organizations on the left are made of a wide range of individuals. Even if for the sake of argument we assume that 95 percent of the party's members would not have responded that way to Harris's call, isn't it possible that she happened to speak to someone in the remaining 5 percent?
But I think we are all spending too much time on this one incident and the response to it. What is more disturbing is the fact that the author's mother failed to look after him repeatedly, in all kinds of contexts. The ugly truth is that Martha Harris was guilty of child neglect. The book is full of examples of his mother failing to look after him emotionally and physically. (An example at random: failing to dress him in warm clothes for a winter demonstration in Boston).
Remarkably, Sayrafiezadeh is very balanced in his description of his mother's treatment of him and compassionate toward her--perhaps a little too compassionate. One thing that he brings to light is the fact that Martha Harris herself, as a child was not taken care of. The fact that, as an adult, she treated her younger son as she did, Sayrafiezadeh implies, had more to do with the family history than her politics. I think he is right about this, and I think he is to be commended for not taking cheap shots at the party and for showing such balance. Contrary to what some readers feel, the book is not bitter, not self-pitying, not self-aggrandizing, and not politically reactionary. Indeed, although the memoir deals with highly political people, the author's own point of view is largely apolitical. Remember: he ended up working for Martha Stewart, not the Republican National Committee. There is a big difference!
I think many readers who were in the SWP or YSA have had a subjective response to this book that misses many of its nuances. If you read the book with some detachment and care, you'll see that he is actually respectful of the idealism of many people on the left; what he rejects are the less admirable qualities that many have, such as their readiness to speak with authority on subjects that they only understand superficially.
As reviews go, I think Dianne is lot closer to the mark than Proyect.
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I finally just read When Skateboards will be Free, and appreciated Sayrafiezadeh's skill in showing us the world of his family and the SWP from his child's perspective. Writing from a kid's perspective is not an easy thing to do, and this book manages to be authentic and intellectually engaging at the same time.
As for the thread above -- the exact nature of the molestation incident (or any other scene recalled in the book)is obviously beside the point! This writer is telling us something about his own experience, he's not writing a text book on SWP history.


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Miley Cyrus is on the mend.
After an "absolutely horrible reaction" to medication sent the pop star to the hospital Tuesday, forcing her to cancel her Bangerz show in both Kansas City and St. Louis, we now have an update on the singer's condition.
Prior to her show in Kansas City, Miley was forced to cancel her concert in Charlotte, N.C., earlier this month when she came down with the flu, and a tour source tells us that Miley simply had a really sudden reaction to the antibiotic meds she had been taking to combat her flu virus and felt "beyond woozy."
In the two shows prior to Kansas City—Columbus and Detroit—Miley was "stronger and more energetic than she had been in a while" and had been feeling better overall from the flu symptoms, according to the source.
The source adds that her hospitalization had nothing to do with reported "partying," noting that Miley has only been alternating between performing and resting night after night.
We're told that her focus is now on getting better so she can hopefully complete all six shows remaining on the North American tour schedule, which ends April 25 in Connecticut. She is then scheduled to move the tour to Europe.
Miley's next show is Friday in Nashville, her hometown, so she is very focused on getting better for that, the source said. No word yet on whether she will be cleared.
Shortly after 8 a.m. CT today Miley tweeted: "I can't get a hold of my team because it is so early so I want to be the one to tell my fans especially the ones trekking to get there...the hospital is sayin i wont b released today...therefore Im not going 2 make it 2 St Louis. Im so sorry but somethings are outta my control."
Additionally, fans are wondering why shows have been flat-out canceled instead of rescheduled, and, according to the tour source, getting an artist back into venues can be "very complex" because the arenas are booked many months in advance.
The insider added that cancellations, while a blow to the artist and to fans, are not uncommon (Lady Gaga, Kanye West, Justin Bieber and John Mayer have all had canceled shows in the last year) and are built into the tour and insurance plans for this very reason.
"mizzzzzeraaabbblleeee," Miley tweeted from the hospital on Tuesday night.
Feel better, girl!


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The problem has led to the postponement of some operations throughout the province.
"There is no contamination of the blood in Quebec," Health Minister Rejean Hebert told reporters in Quebec City.
''There is a problem with some batches of blood that could be contaminated and we have withdrawn those batches of blood to be sure there's no problem."
Hebert insisted there is no risk to patients, adding that the agency, Hema-Quebec, has the reserves necessary to fulfil the needs of hospitals.
A Montreal health services spokeswoman said some elective surgeries at five area hospitals were delayed, including heart operations at three major Montreal hospitals.
A spokesman for Hema-Quebec said there was a problem with the equipment used to collect blood. Tiny cracks were found in some packaging used to store blood stock at a Montreal holding facility.
Laurent-Paul Menard said the blood, some of which had already been distributed to hospitals, risked being exposed to air, which creates favourable conditions for bacteria.
Menard said about 70 per cent of the agency's stock might be held for examination.
Hema-Quebec suggested the leaks in the bags appeared to have been a manufacturing defect.


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There are many interpretations of what the date 11/11/11 signifies. I don't profess to being an expert on any of them, but I was inspired to create a Mandala Meditation Video for the occasion which is 11 minutes, 11 seconds and 11 frames long. No matter how you interpret this date, enjoy this 11 minutes plus of peace.
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