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Reviewer: 55-64 Female on Treatment for 1 to less than 2 years (Patient)
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The is very effective for me. I haven't smoked a cigarette for 1 1/2 yrs. The problem is I'm addicted to it now.
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Reviewer: none, 45-54 Male on Treatment for 1 to less than 2 years (Patient)
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it takes away the smoking urge
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Reviewer: piamater, 35-44 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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Dizziness, irritability and inability to concentrate due to nicotine withdrawl were markedly lessened when using 2mg lozenge on a daily basis. (approx. 10-12 lozenges per day for first three weeks)
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Reviewer: ttorchh, 35-44 Male on Treatment for 2 to less than 5 years (Patient)
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been chewing for 2 years is this dangerous
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Welcome to Watch List, where we identify five things on TV to watch while you stay at home and run for city comptroller. Few people know the kind of ungodly power a city comptroller can wield, but you do. LET'S GO!
HOUSE – 8:00PM (FOX) I thought last week's premiere of "House" was god awful. House and Cuddy staying in to cuddle and get to know each other better? GRAHHHHHHHH I just hucked into my oatmeal. If this is what life with Huddy is gonna be like, count me out. Anyway, tonight House presumably goes back to solving cases and yelling at people, which I far prefer. The patient for this episode is a skateboarder who has collapsed. And take time to notice that Jennifer Morrison has finally been excised from the opening credits in favor of Olivia Wilde, who is just now taking a leave of absence from the show. Way to be on the ball with those credits, folks. ANTICIPATION: GRUMPY!
CHUCK – 8:00PM (NBC) Chuck and Sarah storm Milan for Fashion Week and dirty spy hijinks. If this is a thin excuse to show Yvonne Longpolishname strutting down a runway in mini-couture, I approve. Also, Lou Ferrigno guest stars, because why not. ANTICIPATION: HULK KNOW NO WHITE AFTER LABOR DAY!
HOARDERS – 10:00PM (A&E) A woman who has 30 sick cats faces eviction, and something tells me you'd face eviction even if you had thirty HEALTHY cats running around and causing mass allergy attacks. Also tonight, a teacher takes the hoarding lifestyle to their classroom. Then there must be a lot of hoarding kindergarten teachers out there, because those classrooms are a mess. There are boxes upon boxes of old toy trucks and books that haven't been read in seventeen years. The whole place is crawling with silverfish. Kindergarten classes are a hoarder's dream come true. ANTICIPATION: HOARDY!
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN – 9:00PM (Spike) What aren't you watching, friendo? (flips coin) ANTICIPATION: CATTLE GUNNIN'!
PACKERS/BEARS – 8:30PM (ESPN) The shockingly decent Jay Cutler goes up against chic Super Bowl pick Green Bay in a game that is all but certain to feature lots of passing yards and blown coverages. Blown coverage is my favorite kind of coverage. ANTICIPATION: LOVIE!
Monday Watch List: Huddy Must Go
Welcome to Watch List, where we identify five things on TV to watch while you stay at home and run for city comptroller. Few people know the kind of ungodly power a city comptroller can wield, but you do. LET'S GO!

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Decorating a cake is an art that has been practiced almost as long as people have been baking. At Cake Decorating Solutions we take pride in our family owned cake decorating supplies and training business and we are always eager to share some of our tips and ideas on cake decoration. When looking for cake decorating supplies, Sydney CBD residents know they will find the widest selection of decorating items as well as ideas from our large staff of cake decorating experts. We handle all of the major brands of decorating equipment and accessories, including Wilton, Bakels and Orchard, to name a few. Our staff will be happy to help you choose the right kind of decorating materials such as toppers, cupcake papers and cakeboards. And, if you wish, we will be more than happy to show you how to decorate your cakes and make the most of your creative talents. Our talented staff will consult with you and discuss the different options available. You will find the finished product delightful.
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For those who have never decorated a cake, we offer decorating ideas and classes for every type of event or theme. We will discuss with you what your ideas are regarding the cake so that it will results in a perfectly tailored product that represents your tastes and wishes. While we do not ship our decorating supplies internationally, we do use both Fastways couriers as well as Express post for deliveries within Australia. In addition to discount cake decorating supplies, customers can receive training through our cake decorating classrooms and instructional training programs. When working with us on your cake, we will discuss with you the theme you are trying to communicate as well as any other special requirements. For those who are ordering their own complete cake decorating supplies, customers can get tips and suggestions from our experts as well. You will go to work following a tried and true process that yields the highest quality results. Decorations are made and allowed to dry. Special details that need to be painted on can then be applied with toothpicks. Through this entire process, patience and attention to detail are absolutely required by the decorator. Our experts will guide you through the process and are always available to help you with particular issues or problems you may be having with your cake decorating project.
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Wild Wednesday - Jan. 16by Staff Writer / Minnesota Wild
NHL hockey is back and the Minnesota Wild is hosting a series of events leading up to the home opener on Saturday, Jan. 19, including a day-long "Wild Wednesday" Let's Play Hockey Celebration on Wednesday, Jan. 16. "Wild Wednesday" begins with the regular season ticket on-sale, presented by Kwik Trip, and culminates with a free Red vs. White Intra-squad Game at Xcel Energy Center, presented by Andersen Windows.
The scrimmage will be televised live on FOX Sports North, beginning with a re-airing of "Becoming Wild Chapter II" Episode 1, presented by Toyota, at 6 p.m., followed by Wild Live at 6:30 p.m., the scrimmage at 7 p.m., and Wild Live at 9:30 p.m. "Becoming Wild," Episode 1 will then re-air at 10 p.m., followed by Episode 2 at 10:30 p.m. Becoming Wild is presented by Toyota. Be sure to check out the "Becoming Wild" webpage to catch up on all the webisodes before the start of the season.
If you can't make the game, KFAN-FM 100.3 also will broadcast live from the scrimmage on Wednesday night with the full Wild broadcast team and many special guests. The broadcast will start on KFAN-FM 100.3 at 7 p.m.
On Wednesday, Jan, 16:
•Regular season ticket on-sale, presented by Kwik Trip, begins at 8 a.m. at the Xcel Energy Center Box Office, and at noon on Wild.com, and all Ticketmaster (www.ticketmaster.com) locations or by calling Ticketmaster at (800) 745-3000.
•All Hockey Lodge locations (Xcel Energy Center, Burnsville Center, Maplewood Mall) will hold a 50 percent off sale all day Wednesday (excluding game-worn items and autographed collectibles; not to be combined with any other offer; limit one jersey per customer while supplies last). Additional details about the offer include: Sale is while supplies last and includes floor stock only; Strict limit of one jersey per person – NO Exceptions; Inventory of Player Name and Number Jerseys is limited to items on the floor only; No other discounts apply or are able to be combined with the 50% offer; All sales are FINAL–Size exchanges only; The Hockey Lodge Store hours for Wednesday - Maplewood Mall Open 10 a.m. – 9 p.m., Burnsville Center Open 10 a.m. – 9 p.m., Main Store at Xcel Energy Center 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. (after 5 p.m. Wednesday, only guests holding a ticket to the Red vs White Intra-Squad Scrimmage will be able to access the store).
•Free Red vs. White Intra-squad Game, presented by Andersen Windows, at 7 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m. A ticket is needed for entry – season ticketholders can print their tickets from their online account, while all other fans can print a ticket for free via Ticketmaster.com. All fans will receive a $10 concession voucher upon entry (not valid for alcoholic beverages). Autographed jerseys will be given away throughout the event.
•Launch of Version 2.0 of the Wild App for iPhone and the debut of the Wild App for Android.
Season Ticket Holder Benefits:
•Bonus points for Wild Rewards program, powered by E-Fan, that for a limited time can be redeemed for Xcel Energy Center concerts and events, gift cards, behind-the-scenes access and player meet-and-greets.
•20 percent discount on additional single-game seats purchased for home games through February 28.
•Guaranteed receipt of premium items throughout the season.
•Recognition of select season ticket holders at each home game as part of game presentation.
•Received 10 percent interest on cancelled games during the lockout.
•The Wild and Ticketmaster are partnering to waive ticket print-at-home and forwarding fees from January 17-31 (this is only available to package holders through "My Wild Account").
Other Fan Benefits
•Let's Play Hockey retail specials in all Hockey Lodge locations. All skate-lace hoodies, 12 different styles, LPH special $39 (regularly $69) throughout January, while supplies last.
•Autographed jersey giveaway by seat locations on Opening Night.
The Wild home opener is Saturday, Jan. 19, versus the Colorado Avalanche at 8 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. The Wild is encouraging fans to arrive in Saint Paul early and visit local bars and restaurants. All fans in attendance will find a Wild T-shirt on their seat upon arrival, courtesy of the Wild and FOX Sports North. Wild players will greet and thank season ticketholders during player introductions. Autographed jerseys will also be given away throughout the night. Saturday's home opener culminates Hockey Day in Minnesota, presented by Wells Fargo.
Minnesota Wild single game ticket prices remain frozen at the 2010-11 level ($28-$100).
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Experience, education, training with WSD inspire Stanley to share success with residents
"I volunteer because the life I have today is beyond the wildest dreams I ever imagined possible," says Garrett Stanley, recipient of a 2016 Governor's Criminal Justice Volunteer Service Award. "These dreams did not materialize from luck or good fortune; they happened because I gained a skill set that made me marketable in the workplace. Once in the workplace, I was able to be promoted in my field because of the foundation that was built in Windham."
Some years ago, former resident Stanley was a Windham School District student, enrolled in vocational training and preparing for a new life. Today he is a free man and WSD volunteer, inspiring current residents to overcome their life challenges. Serving his 12 years in TDCJ helped Stanley gain an education through WSD and build a successful career as a licensed Journeyman electrician in the Austin area. He feels it is now his duty to give back.
"I attend Windham graduations and give testimony about the skills that I learned there and the opportunities that opened up for me post release from those classes," he says. "I also testify that because of those skills, I was tremendously changed in a way that reversed the direction of my life --completely."
From being a guest speaker at WSD graduations to taking Alcoholics Anonymous meetings into the prisons, Stanley uses every opportunity to share his story with current residents, telling them, "my recovery started in prison; it is never too late to begin a new path."
Stanley emphasizes that the skills residents gain through WSD will lead to safer communities. He says educated and skilled former residents become more employable and learn to be stronger members of their communities.
"The [WSD] instructors are not just giving people a pep talk; they are giving students marketable skills that can give the student and his family a new opportunity in life," Stanley says. "I don't want people to give up, and I want everyone from the students to the instructors to know that what they are doing is good for this world.
I do not believe in disposable people," he says. "Every man and woman properly equipped with education, skills and a moral compass has a chance for success."
Stanley encourages others to consider volunteer work in TDCJ.
"I champion for volunteer work in the prison at any level," he says. "I encourage people that have had post release success to become volunteers so that students in TDCJ can see first-hand that this path works."


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Versions and Availability
Module Names for globus on smic
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▶ Module FAQ?
The information here is applicable to LSU HPC and LONI systems.
A user may choose between using /bin/bash and /bin/tcsh. Details about each shell follows.
System resource file: /etc/profile
When one access the shell, the following user files are read in if they exist (in order):
- ~/.bash_profile (anything sent to STDOUT or STDERR will cause things like rsync to break)
- ~/.bashrc (interactive login only)
- ~/.profile
When a user logs out of an interactive session, the file ~/.bash_logout is executed if it exists.
The default value of the environmental variable, PATH, is set automatically using Modules. See below for more information.
The file ~/.cshrc is used to customize the user's environment if his login shell is /bin/tcsh.
Modules is a utility which helps users manage the complex business of setting up their shell environment in the face of potentially conflicting application versions and libraries.
Default Setup
When a user logs in, the system looks for a file named .modules in their home directory. This file contains module commands to set up the initial shell environment.
Viewing Available Modules
The command
$ module avail
displays a list of all the modules available. The list will look something like:
--- some stuff deleted --- velvet/1.2.10/INTEL-14.0.2 vmatch/2.2.2 ---------------- /usr/local/packages/Modules/modulefiles/admin ----------------- EasyBuild/1.11.1 GCC/4.9.0 INTEL-140-MPICH/3.1.1 EasyBuild/1.13.0 INTEL/14.0.2 INTEL-140-MVAPICH2/2.0 --- some stuff deleted ---
The module names take the form appname/version/compiler, providing the application name, the version, and information about how it was compiled (if needed).
Managing Modules
Besides avail, there are other basic module commands to use for manipulating the environment. These include:
add/load mod1 mod2 ... modn . . . Add modules rm/unload mod1 mod2 ... modn . . Remove modules switch/swap mod . . . . . . . . . Switch or swap one module for another display/show . . . . . . . . . . List modules loaded in the environment avail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . List available module names whatis mod1 mod2 ... modn . . . . Describe listed modules
The -h option to module will list all available commands.
About the Software
Description Path: key[@id="globus"]/whatis Not Found!
▶ Globus Tutorial?
== What do I need? == * Access to LONI Account. * Active LONI Grid Certificate associated with your account. * Active LONI Allocation for submitting and running compute jobs. (optional during testing and development of workflows) == Where are the Globus services on LONI? == They are only available on
1 (i.e. qb1, eric1, etc) == Do I need to setup Globus Environment on LONI? == Your Globus environment on LONI machines is already setup by default. == Why Do I need a Globus Certificate? == Every user and service on the Grid is identified via a certificate, which contains information vital to identifying and authenticating the user or service. A GSI certificate includes four primary pieces of information: * A subject name, which identifies the person or object that the certificate represents. * The public key belonging to the subject. * The identity of a Certificate Authority (CA) that has signed the certificate to certify that the public key and the identity both belong to the subject. * The digital signature of the named CA. GSI certificates are encoded in the X.509 certificate format, a standard data format for certificates established by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). == How do I submit a Job using Globus? == Lets first visit the job submission command 'globus-job-run' and know how it is run: $ globus-job-run -help Read over the different options it presents for our target usage later. Run a simple command to be executed on the target grid computing service node: $ globus-job-run louie1.loni.org /bin/date Mon Mar 2 21:32:56 CST 2009 Now, lets create a script using our favorite editor with the following contents: $ cat random-generator.sh #! /bin/sh NLINES=$1 NDIGITS=$2 awk "BEGIN { for (i = 0 ; i < $NLINES; i++ ) { print int(rand() * 10^$NDIGITS ) } }" first lets change the script so that it can be used as an executable using the command: $ chmod u+x random-generator.sh now lets test the script using: $ ./random-generator.sh 4 7 5138706 1757255 3086336 5345316 Now, we are ready to submit this as our executable to be run remotely on a target grid computing service node. $ globus-job-run louie1.loni.org -s random-generator.sh 4 7 2377875 2910657 8458138 1522082 the -s switch is used to stage in the executable. Note the arguments at the end of the command. Now, lets try staging in the input file for an executable like 'cat' be used to print out the contents. $ globus-job-run louie1.loni.org -stdin -s /etc/hosts -l /bin/cat 127.0.0.1 loopback localhost # loopback (lo0) name/address ############################################################ # # Begin LONI Infrastructure # Here we are staging in the input file '/etc/hosts' from the submit machine to the target machine where the local executable '/bin/cat' is used to execute upon. Now, if we want to get the output written into a file and brought back to us, we can add some more options to the above command. $ globus-job-run louie1.loni.org -stdout -s hellohosts -stdin \ -s /etc/hosts -l /bin/cat $ ls hellohosts hellohosts $ rm hellohosts $ globus-job-run louie1.loni.org -stdout -l hellohosts -stdin \ -s /etc/hosts -l /bin/cat using the '-stdout' we can obtain the output in the form of a written file. We can further specify whether you want to leave the output file at the submission site or at the target compute site. == Can I submit Parallel Jobs too? == $ globus-job-run qb1.loni.org/jobmanager-pbs -np 8 -m 10 \ -p loni_cybertools -q checkpt -stdout \ -s helloparallel /bin/hostname In the above command, we are running a serial executable in parallel over Queenbee. We are requesting for 8 processors for a wall clock time of 10 minutes using the allocation of 'loni_cybertools' to be run in the 'checkpt' queue. We are specifying options to dump the output in the file to be named as 'helloparallel'. $ cat helloworld.c #include #include int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { int id, nprocs; MPI_Init(&argc, &argv); MPI_Comm_rank(MPI_COMM_WORLD, &id); MPI_Comm_size(MPI_COMM_WORLD, &nprocs); printf("Hello world from %d out of %d\n", id, nprocs); MPI_Finalize(); } On compiling the parallel executable: $ mpcc helloworld.c -o helloworld Submitting the parallel job from the command line: $ globus-job-run ducky.loni.org/jobmanager-loadleveler \ -env "GBLL_NETWORK_MPI=sn_all,not_shared,US" \ -x "&(jobType=mpi)(count=8)(maxWallTime=10)(queue=checkpt)\ (stdout=/work/default/sirish/hello.out)\ (stderr=/work/default/sirish/hello.err)(hostCount=1)" \ -l /work/default/sirish/hello On submitting the parallel job asynchronously: $ globus-job-submit ducky.loni.org/jobmanager-loadleveler \ -env "GBLL_NETWORK_MPI=sn_all,not_shared,US" \ -x "&(jobType=mpi)(count=8)(maxWallTime=10)(queue=checkpt)\ (stdout=/work/default/sirish/hello.out)\ (stderr=/work/default/sirish/hello.err) (hostCount=1)" \ -l /work/default/sirish/hello \ https://l2f1g03.sys.loni.org:50004/66178/1272437929/ On checking for the job status later: $ globus-job-status https://l2f1g03.sys.loni.org:50004/66178/1272437929/ DONE == How do I move files using Globus? == Globus provides ''globus-url-copy'' which is a basic command to do file transfer from source to destinations by urls. $ globus-url-copy \ -vb gsiftp://portal1.loni.org/home/sirish/portal/gridftp-tutorial/100mb.file \ gsiftp://qb1.loni.org/home/sirish/100mb.file Source: gsiftp://portal1.loni.org/home/sirish/portal/gridftp-tutorial/ Dest: gsiftp://qb1.loni.org/home/sirish/ 100mb.file 104857600 bytes 52.63 MB/sec avg 52.63 MB/sec inst In the above command, we are transferring a file from one machine to another while using the switch ''-vb'' that will show us more output. For complete list of available options: $ globus-url-copy -help Lets say we test the transfers using files of different sizes, say 100mb and 1gb each. Creating each of the files: 100mb file: $ /opt/freeware/bin/dd count=100 bs=1024k if=/dev/zero \ of=/work/nfs101/sirish/100mbfile 100+0 records in 100+0 records out 1gb file: $ /opt/freeware/bin/dd count=100 bs=1024k if=/dev/zero \ of=/work/nfs101/sirish/1gbfile 100+0 records in 100+0 records out $ ls -lh * -rw-r--r-- 1 sirish sys 100M 2010-04-20 09:40 100mbfile -rw-r--r-- 1 sirish sys 100M 2010-04-20 09:40 1gbfile Transferring the files on command line: $ globus-url-copy -vb file:///work/default/sirish/1gbfile \ gsiftp://ducky.loni.org/work/default/sirish/1gbfile Source: file:///work/default/sirish/ Dest: gsiftp://ducky.loni.org/work/default/sirish/ 1gbfile 101711872 bytes 13.22 MB/sec avg 16.00 MB/sec inst Improving performance using parallel streams: $ globus-url-copy -p 4 -vb file:///work/default/sirish/1gbfile \ gsiftp://ducky.loni.org/work/default/sirish/1gbfile Source: file:///work/default/sirish/ Dest: gsiftp://ducky.loni.org/work/default/sirish/ 1gbfile 104857600 bytes 24.39 MB/sec avg 24.39 MB/sec inst You can even batch transfers together. Using a file containing the list of source and destination files. For example: On aix machines: $ cat Xfertest.urls.1gb.aix gsiftp://bluedawg.loni.org/work/default/sirish/1gbfile \ gsiftp://ducky.loni.org/work/default/sirish/1gbfile gsiftp://ducky.loni.org/work/default/sirish/1gbfile \ gsiftp://zeke.loni.org/work/default/sirish/1gbfile gsiftp://zeke.loni.org/work/default/sirish/1gbfile \ gsiftp://neptune.loni.org/work/default/sirish/1gbfile gsiftp://neptune.loni.org/work/default/sirish/1gbfile \ gsiftp://lacumba.loni.org/work/default/sirish/1gbfile On linux machines: $ cat Xfertest.urls.1gb.linux gsiftp://qb1.loni.org/work/sirish/1gbfile \ gsiftp://eric1.loni.org/work/sirish/1gbfile gsiftp://eric1.loni.org/work/sirish/1gbfile \ gsiftp://louie1.loni.org/work/sirish/1gbfile gsiftp://louie1.loni.org/work/sirish/1gbfile \ gsiftp://oliver1.loni.org/work/sirish/1gbfile gsiftp://oliver1.loni.org/work/sirish/1gbfile \ gsiftp://poseidon1.loni.org/work/sirish/1gbfile gsiftp://oliver1.loni.org/work/sirish/1gbfile \ gsiftp://painter1.loni.org/work/sirish/1gbfile On using without parallel streams: $ globus-url-copy -vb -f Xfertest.urls.1gb Source: gsiftp://bluedawg.loni.org/work/default/sirish/ Dest: gsiftp://ducky.loni.org/work/default/sirish/ 1gbfile 104857600 bytes 18.87 MB/sec avg 10.83 MB/sec inst Source: gsiftp://ducky.loni.org/work/default/sirish/ Dest: gsiftp://zeke.loni.org/work/default/sirish/ 1gbfile 104857600 bytes 30.30 MB/sec avg 30.30 MB/sec inst Source: gsiftp://zeke.loni.org/work/default/sirish/ Dest: gsiftp://neptune.loni.org/work/default/sirish/ 1gbfile 104857600 bytes 22.73 MB/sec avg 22.73 MB/sec inst Source: gsiftp://neptune.loni.org/work/default/sirish/ Dest: gsiftp://lacumba.loni.org/work/default/sirish/ 1gbfile 104857600 bytes 6.76 MB/sec avg 6.77 MB/sec inst On using the parallel streams: $ globus-url-copy -p 4 -vb -f Xfertest.urls.1gb Source: gsiftp://bluedawg.loni.org/work/default/sirish/ Dest: gsiftp://ducky.loni.org/work/default/sirish/ 1gbfile 104857600 bytes 27.03 MB/sec avg 27.03 MB/sec inst Source: gsiftp://ducky.loni.org/work/default/sirish/ Dest: gsiftp://zeke.loni.org/work/default/sirish/ 1gbfile 104857600 bytes 47.62 MB/sec avg 47.62 MB/sec inst Source: gsiftp://zeke.loni.org/work/default/sirish/ Dest: gsiftp://neptune.loni.org/work/default/sirish/ 1gbfile 104857600 bytes 40.00 MB/sec avg 40.00 MB/sec inst Source: gsiftp://neptune.loni.org/work/default/sirish/ Dest: gsiftp://lacumba.loni.org/work/default/sirish/ 1gbfile 104857600 bytes 62.50 MB/sec avg 62.50 MB/sec inst See the performance improvement!! ===How do I use globus online to transfer files=== Globus Online(GO) manages file transfer for you, monitoring performance, retrying failures, auto-tuning and recovering from faults automatically where possible, and reporting status. And there's no custom infrastructure or software to install, so you don't have to be an IT wizard to use Globus Online. As a user you need to follow the following steps to use globus online to transfer files from LONI clusters # Obtain a LONI Grid Certificate # Sign Up for a Globus Online Account # Install GridFTP or Globus on your server. ** LONI clusters already have Globus tools installed, so you can skip this step for transferring files between LONI clusters or between LONI and other resources which have globus installed ** To install GridFTP on your local machine, globus online provide a software [https://www.globusonline.org/globus_connect Globus Connect] which will install gridftp and create a local endpoint for use with GO. # Login to the head node where globus is installed e.g. qb1.loni.org, and create and store your grid credentials. # Login to your GO account # Click on "Start Transfer". You should see two windows side by side # Select you endpoint for the machines that you want to transfer files between e.g. loni#qb on one window and your local machine on another # Enter the password/passphrase requested # Select files/directories that you want to transfer and hit the transfer button (the triangle). # You will receive an email when the transfer is complete. To learn more about GO, look through the documentation on the GO website.
▶ LONI Certificates?
The LONI Certification Authority
LONI CA Certificates for the Users/Other Certification Authorities (CAs)
LONI Certification Authority (CA) provides the CA public certificates intended for Browser and Grid related use by the users. For example:
- Users can have their LONI certificates trusted by other Certification Authorities(CAs).
- Users can import LONI CA public certificate into their browser to validate the server certificates of the LONI websites to ensure security.
- Other Certification Authorities can use the LONI CA revocation list to maintain an updated version of active LONI CA issued certificates
LONI CA (Root) CertificateFollowing are the different formatted versions of LONI CA (Root) Certificate:
- Privacy Enhanced Mail (pem)
- Distinguished Encoding Rules (der)
- Browser Importable (crt)
- Hashed File format
Usage Scenarios
Importing LONI CA certificates into your Browser
For Internet Explorer
- Click on link.
- Click Open.
- Click "Install Certificate..."
- Click Next twice.
For Firefox:
- Click on the browser importable format link for the LONI CA public/root certificate.
- Check the boxes depending on your needs.
- Click Ok.
Importing LONI CA Revocation list into your Browser
For Internet Explorer:
- Click on link.
- Click Open.
- Click "Install Certificate..."
- Click Next twice.
For Firefox:
- Click on the browser importable format link for the LONI CA published revocation list.
- You will see a message that LONI CA certificate revocation list has been successfully imported. You will be asked whether to enable automatic updates. Click Yes.
- Check the enable automatic updates option for the certificate revocation list. Add the Url of the certificate revocation list and click ok.
Getting your LONI Grid Certificate mapped onto machines with other CAs
You have to supply your Distinguished Name (DN) of the globus certificate to the CAs of the machines where you want your certificate to be mapped. Provide this DN to the CA of the machine. In case the CA of the machine does not already trust LONI CA, you will have to provide the CA with LONI CA (root) certificate in the Hashed file format and the CA signing policy file in addition to your DN.
Adding LONI CA to your list of Trusted Certification Authorities
This means you want to add LONI CA to be trusted by your Globus installation. After configuring the Globus environment on your machine, add LONI CA Root certificate file in hashed file format and LONI CA Signing Policy file to the trusted certificates directory.
On an uncustomized Globus installation, this trusted certificates
directory is usually
Setting up LONI CA Published Certificate Revocation list in your Globus Installation
After adding LONI CA to your list of trusted certificates directory or if you have already done so, place the LONI CA revocation list in hashed file format along with LONI CA Root certificate. For this:
- Download the file at the Url for the hashed file format.
- Rename it as named in the Url.
- move it into globus trusted certificates directory.
On an uncustomized globus installation, this trusted certificates
directory is usually
▶ Request LONI Cert?
== Login to one of the Grid Service Nodes == Login to one of the #1 headnodes on a LONI Cluster. == Generating Globus Certificate Request == === If this is your first request for a LONI Grid Certificate: === Then run the command: $ grid-cert-request A certificate request and private key is being created. You will be asked to enter a PEM pass phrase. This pass phrase is akin to your account password, and is used to protect your key file. If you forget your pass phrase, you will need to obtain a new certificate. Generating a 1024 bit RSA private key ..................................++++++ ............++++++ writing new private key to '/home/sirish/.globus/userkey.pem' Enter PEM pass phrase: As the text above says, you need to choose a pass phrase for activating the proxy from your certificate. This pass phrase is used to secure your private key, so DO NOT leave it blank. Also, DO NOT use your account password as the pass phrase. Note: Your signed grid certificate is valid for six months. It is the responsibility of the user to store/manage the pass phrase, and we trust our users to take that responsibility seriously. Once a signed certificate is issued to a user for the first time, no new certificate will be issued to the same user within three months. If the new pass phrase is ever lost again, the user must wait until the current one expires. If a user renews an expired certificate and forgets the pass phrase, then he or she must wait until the expiration as well. For example, if a grid certificate is signed and issued to a user for the first time on January 1, the earliest date for the user to receive a new certificate is April 1. If the pass phrase is lost again within six months, then the user must wait until October 1. So please choose a secure pass phrase which is easy for you to remember or store it at a safe place. === If this is not your first request for a LONI Grid Certificate: === Sometimes the users want to renew an expired certificate or request for a new certificate. In such case use the -force switch in the command: The -force switch is required on the machine where you already have an existing .globus folder in your home directory. $ grid-cert-request -force $ $GLOBUS_LOCATION/bin/grid-cert-request -force === What is happening? === Once grid-cert-request is issued, the directory .globus will be created in your home directory with three files: usercert_request.pem, userkey.pem, and an empty usercert.pem. ==Sending LONI CA your certificate request== You need to email the usercert_request.pem file to firstname.lastname@example.com to aquire a user certificate signed by the CA. DO NOT email firstname.lastname@example.com for anything else other than sending the generated certificate request. At this point a LONI administrator will take over, issue the certificate, and normally, this is sent it back to the user by email. ==Installing your certificate== After receiving the signed certificate, you need to copy it to ~/.globus/usercert.pem. Then, run the command: $ grid-cert-info -s [[Category:Grid Computing]] [[Category:Globus]] [[Category:Globus Certificates]] To check your grid certificate information.
▶ Manage LONI Cert?
We assume that you already have an active globus certificate with the LONI CA. If you do not have the LONI issued globus certificate yet, please refer to Obtaining a LONI Grid Certificate to obtain one. Once you have a valid LONI grid certificate, using the myproxy server setup at proxy01.hpc.lsu.edu, you can store the globus certificate credentials to be made available for your applications. First, we need to make sure you have myproxy tools available in your path. If not already, login to a number 1 headnode for an already set up globus environment. Second, make sure that you have globus certificates directory on the machine from which you are trying to store the credentials into proxy01.hpc.lsu.edu. $ ls .globus/ job usercert_request.pem usercert.pem userkey.pem Optionally, you can verify if the certificate is valid or not using $ grid-proxy-init Your identity: /C=US/O=Louisiana Optical Network \ Initiative/OU=loni.org/OU=sys.loni.org/CN=Sirish Tummala Enter GRID pass phrase for this identity: Creating proxy ...................................................... Done Your proxy is valid until: Thu Dec 4 01:33:01 2008 $ grid-proxy-info subject : /C=US/O=Louisiana Optical Network \ Initiative/OU=loni.org/OU=sys.loni.org/CN=Sirish Tummala/CN=1150172559 issuer : /C=US/O=Louisiana Optical Network \ Initiative/OU=loni.org/OU=sys.loni.org/CN=Sirish Tummala identity : /C=US/O=Louisiana Optical Network \ Initiative/OU=loni.org/OU=sys.loni.org/CN=Sirish Tummala type : Proxy draft (pre-RFC) compliant impersonation proxy strength : 512 bits path : /tmp/x509up_u26027 timeleft : 11:59:50 Now that you have setup a valid and working certificate, its time to store it using myproxy tools in our credential management server at proxy01.hpc.lsu.edu sirish@l3f1n03$ myproxy-init -s proxy01.hpc.lsu.edu Your identity: /C=US/O=Louisiana Optical Network \ Initiative/OU=loni.org/OU=sys.loni.org/CN=Sirish Tummala Enter GRID pass phrase for this identity: Creating proxy ..................................... Done Proxy Verify OK Your proxy is valid until: Wed Dec 10 13:35:50 2008 Enter MyProxy pass phrase: Verifying - Enter MyProxy pass phrase: A proxy valid for 168 hours (7.0 days) for user sirish now \ exists on proxy01.hpc.lsu.edu. The first password you enter during the above command is your LONI grid certificate password. The second password is the one that 'you will assign' for your applications to use so that they can retrieve the proxy from the server. If you want to verify the retrieval of your proxy from the credential server, first destroy the generated proxy on the machine using grid-proxy-destroy Then use the following command and enter the second password that you assigned for the applications to use to retrieve. $ myproxy-logon -s proxy01.hpc.lsu.edu Enter MyProxy pass phrase: A credential has been received for user sirish in /tmp/x509up_u26027. By default, the proxy will be valid for 7 days on the credential management server. If you would like to customize this behavior or know about any more options that you might want to use, it can be useful to read the immediate help available to the command. myproxy-init -help myproxy-logon -help
▶ Check LONI Cert Info?
== Certificate Information == You can view your grid certificate information using the command: $ grid-cert-info This will display your entire certificate. === Distinguished Name (DN) === You can find your Distinguished Name (DN/Subject) only using: $ grid-cert-info -subject /C=US/O=Louisiana Optical Network \ Initiative/OU=loni.org/OU=sys.loni.org/CN=your name === Issuer Hash === To find the issuer hash of your certificate: $ grid-cert-info -issuerhash a3bf9f3c === More Details === For more interesting details as how to use the above command to obtain your certificate information: $ grid-cert-info -help == Generating a valid proxy == Initializing your certificate into a working proxy can be done using the command: $ grid-proxy-init Your identity: /C=US/O=Louisiana Optical Network \ Initiative/OU=loni.org/OU=sys.loni.org/CN=your name Enter GRID pass phrase for this identity: Creating proxy .................................... Done Your proxy is valid until: Tue Mar 3 09:15:28 2009
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The Postal Service has built a strong brand name around service, trust, and security. Few other organizations can lay claim to such a strong brand, one with more than 200 years of history and cultivated by the Postal Service's consistent fulfillment of its mission to securely deliver mail to every American, regardless of location, at a reasonable price. For 6 straight years, the Ponemon Institute has named the Postal Service the most trusted government agency and one of the top 10 most trusted businesses in the nation.


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While Real Housewives of Beverly Hills is coming to an end, the off-screen drama is just beginning for Taylor Armstrong. Just days after a report that Bravo may be looking to give Taylor the axe, citing she is a liability, comes a report claiming Bravo and Taylor's co-tarts fear they may be dragged into her courtroom drama!
Taylor is the recipient of a $1.5M lawsuit filed by MMRGlobal alleging that she and late husband Russell Armstrong participated in investor fraud and failed to uphold their end of a settlement agreement. Taylor heads to court July 11, 2012.
According to The Huffington Post, Bravo and some of her co-tarts are concerned about "becoming party to the the litigation" and being forced to participate in the court battle. Now that's some Watch What Happens Live I want to see! What on earth would Adrienne Maloof wear to court? Gold extensions? Ruffles?
Just a little background information: MMRGlobal filed the suit against Taylor and Russell for breach-of-contract claiming he failed to follow the stipulations of a previously reached settlement deal. Russell was the largest shareholder of the then privately held company and was discovered misappropriating investor funds. He was removed from the board and settled with the company for $250,000. Taylor was also forced to sign a settlement agreement since she was found to be an equally involved party in allegedly scheming against investors and diverting shares of the company.
Under the terms of the settlement agreement the Armstrongs were required to identify anyone Russell sold MMRGlobal shares to; however he failed to do so and was subsequently sued by the company. Russell committed suicide shortly after being served with the suit. One of the chief concerns in the lawsuit is the alleged hiding of missing investor monies in an off-shore Cook Island account known as the Taylor Family Trust. Previous investigation revealed Taylor had made several deposits into the account over the years. Much of the money the Armstrongs were accused of misappropriating remains unaccounted for.
Taylor's defense against the MMRGlobal suit is said to be that she was forced to participate in Russell's dealings under duress, or, in other words he was abusive towards her and she feared for her safety and that of their daughter. Is it a coincidence that her new memoir, which chronicles the alleged abuse she faced at the hands of her now deceased husband, is hitting shelves months before she heads to trial?
"Where are the millions of dollars that flowed through their bank accounts and pockets? We have no reason to believe that Russell was broke or that Taylor is a victim of Russell without the ability to pay damages to MMR," asserts MMRGlobal CEO Bob Lorsch.
As for how Taylor's various legal troubles could involve the network, Bravo employees may have to testify about the network's financial arrangements with the couple (such as how in the hell she got $6ok to throw a birthday party!) or how much they were earning to participate in the show. As well as if during the course of filming they observed the Armstrongs exhibit any behavior that could be pertinent in case. Bravo, of course, doesn't want to be seen as responsible for or knowledgeable about any of the Armstrong's potentially shady business dealings.
In response to the latest legal drama surrounding Lady Armstrong, the NY Daily News is seconding claims that Taylor's days at Bravo are numbered, mentioning the recent litigation against her as one of the major reasons Bravo is seeking to end her contract.
"At this point, nobody on the Beverly Hills cast is safe," a source describes, adding that Taylor and Kim Richards are the top picks to get pink slipped. And it seems Bravo has reached the end of their ropes which scheming, lying frauds trying to infiltrate the Housewives (ahem… Marlo Hampton). NYDN recently got their hands on a 51-page questionnaire the network has been passing out to potential new RHOBH co-tarts.
Among the information Bravo wants to know: "Have you ever been convicted of a felony or a misdemeanor?" and "Have you ever had a restraining order issued against you?" Oh, they also want to know if said person plans to ruin the network's reputation anymore than they plan to ruin said person, asking if candidates would do "anything that would cause the program producers and/or the cable network and affiliates any embarrassment or monetary loss?"
Speaking of potential new castmates, according to The Huffington Post Bravo has tapped Vanessa Bryant, soon-to-be-ex-wife of basketball legend, Kobe Bryant as a potential new Housewife. Vanessa recently turned down an opportunity to star in Basketball Wives LA.
"She would made a great addition to the cast," an insider claims. "She is now single and free and doesn't ever have to worry about earning another dollar in her life, so she can focus on what makes the show so much fun: herself." I fail to see how she has any relationship to these ladies, given that she doesn't even live in Beverly Hills, but apparently the network is interested in what she could bring to the table.
Also seen as a potential new addition, Lisa Gastineau, who previously stared on E!'s short-lived reality show Gastineau Girls alongside her daughter Brittny Gastineau, a close friend of Kim Kardashian's.
"Lisa is the opposite of Vanessa," the insider said. "She is the example of how not to get divorces. She has a wonderful life but works very hard to pay her bills and would love to find love again." Lisa was previously married to NFL player Mark Gastineau and has been linked to such winners as Sylvester Stallone and John Gotti. Once again, I fail to see how she has any relationship to the current ladies. A photo of Lisa is below!
Moving right along to other possible Bravo fraudsters, days after Brandi Glanville kissed and told during a WWHL appearance that she had a fling with A-List actor Gerard Butler, the actor is denying any such affiliation! When TMZ caught up with Gerard and asked him what he had to say about the reality star rating his lovemaking skills as an 11 out of 10, Gerald simply responded: "Who's Brandi Glanville?"
After taking a ton of heat on the Twitter and being accused of making up her Gerard fling, Brandi is firing back telling RumorFix she was totally telling the truth about her hook up!
Claiming Gerard admitted to pretending he didn't know who she is, Brandi explains, "He called me last night and told me he said it. He is upset because he is a private person. I don't lie so I don't really care." The always classy Brandi followed up by Tweeting, "I don't lie. He can suck it." I think he may have already…
[Photos Credit: WENN]
Lisa Gastineau with daughter Brittny Gastineau. Credit: L. Gallo/WENN.com


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From Homeless to Harvard – Incredibly Determined Teen Reaches the Ivy Leagues
People always say, "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger," but Dawn Loggins, an 18-year-old student from North Carolina, actually experienced this life lesson in one of the most heart-wrenching ways.
Finding herself homeless several times and earning a living as her high school's janitor, her dreams of a better life finally came true when she got accepted to Harvard University.
It was a long road for Loggins, who was abandoned by her parents and left in the care of her grandmother as a child. While there, she lived in deplorable conditions. "There was trash all over the house. [My Grandmother] never really explained to me like that it was important to shower - it was important to take care of yourself, so I would go months at a time without showering," said Loggins.
Unfortunately, things only seemed to get worse. She and her family were evicted several times and the plucky teen bounced around from school to school. "There would be times we went without power or water for months at a time," she said. "I remember doing my homework by candlelight cause I am that determined to succeed."
In the end, the teen earned herself a partial scholarship to attend the prestigious Ivy League school, where she plans to study biology. Her success, she said, was the direct result of sheer determination.
"I looked around at my family and I saw the neglect, the drug abuse, the bad choices and I saw my family living from paycheck to paycheck, and I just made a decision that I was not going to end up like my parents," she said. "I wasn't going to end up having to decide should I buy food this month or should I pay my rent."


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Title 32
327.5 Systems of records.§ 327.5 Systems of records.
(a) System of records. To be subject to the provisions of this part, a "system of records" must:
(1) Consist of "records" that are retrieved by the name of an individual or some other personal identifier, and
(2) Be under the control of DeCA.
(b) Retrieval practices. Records in a group of records that may be retrieved by a name or personal identifier are not covered by this part even if the records contain personal data and are under the control of DeCA. The records MUST BE, in fact, retrieved by name or other personal identifier to become a system of records for DeCA.
(c) Relevance and necessity. Only those records that contain personal information which is relevant and necessary to accomplish a purpose required by Federal statute or an Executive Order will be maintained by DeCA.
(d) Authority to establish systems of records. Director, DeCA has the authority to establish systems of records; however, each time a system of records is established, the Executive Order or Federal statute that authorizes maintaining the personal information must be identified.
(1) DeCA will not maintain any records describing how an individual exercises his or her rights guaranteed by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
(2) These rights include, but are not limited to, freedom of religion, freedom of political beliefs, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, the right to assemble, and the right to petition.
(e) System manager's evaluation. Systems managers, along with the DeCA Privacy Officer, shall evaluate the information to be included in each new system before establishing the system and evaluate periodically the information contained in each existing system of records for relevancy and necessity. Such a review will also occur when a system notice amendment or alteration is prepared. Consider the following:
(1) The relationship of each item of information retained and collected to the purpose for which the system is maintained.
(2) The specific impact on the purpose or mission of not collecting each category of information contained in the system.
(3) The possibility of meeting the informational requirements through use of information not individually identifiable or through other techniques, such as sampling.
(4) The length of time each item of personal information must be retained.
(5) The cost of maintaining the information.
(6) The necessity and relevancy of the information to the purpose for which it was collected.
(f) Discontinued information requirements. (1) When notification is received to stop collecting any category or item of personal information, the DeCA PA Officer will issue instructions to stop immediately and also excise this information from existing records, when feasible, and amend existing notice.
(2) Disposition of these records will be provided by the DeCA PA Officer in accordance with the DeCA Filing System. 3
3 Copies may be obtained: Defense Commissary Agency, ATTN: FOIA/Privacy Officer, 1300 E. Avenue, Fort Lee, VA 23801-1800.
(g) Government contractors. (1) When DeCA contracts for the operation or maintenance of a system of records or a portion of a system of records by a contractor, the record system or the portion affected are considered to be maintained by DeCA and are subject to this part. DeCA is responsible for applying the requirements of this part to the contractor. The contractor and its employees are to be considered employees of DeCA for the purposes of the approved provisions of the Privacy Act during the performance of the contract. Consistent with the Defense Acquisition Regulation, contracts requiring the maintenance of a system of records or the portion of a system of records shall identify specifically the record system and the work to be performed and shall include in the solicitation and resulting contract such terms as are prescribed in the Defense Acquisition Regulation (DAR). 4
4 See footnote 3 to § 327.5.
(2) If the contractor must use or have access to individually identifiable information subject to this part to perform any part of a contract, and the information would have been collected and maintained by DeCA but for the award of the contract, these contractor activities are subject to this part.
(3) The restrictions in paragraphs (g)(1) and (g)(2) of this section do not apply to records:
(i) Established and maintained to assist in making internal contractor management decisions such as those maintained for use in managing the contract.
(ii) Those maintained as internal contractor employee records even when used in conjunction with providing goods and services to DeCA.
(4) Disclosure of records to contractors. Disclosure of personal records to a contractor for the use in the performance of any DeCA contract is considered a disclosure within the Department of Defense (DoD). The contractor is considered the agent of DeCA and is to be maintaining and receiving the records for DeCA.
(h) Safeguarding personal information. DeCA personnel will protect records in every system of records for confidentiality against alteration, unauthorized disclosure, embarrassment, or unfairness to any individual about when information is kept.
(1) Supervisor/Manager paper records maintained by DeCA personnel will be treated as 'For Official Use Only' (FOUO) documents and secured in locked file cabinets, desks or bookcases during non-duty hours. During normal working hours, these records will be out-of-sight if the working area is accessible to non-government personnel.
(2) Personnel records maintained by DeCA computer room or stand alone systems, will be safeguarded at all times. Printed computer reports containing personal data must carry the markings FOUO. Other media storing personal data such as tapes, reels, disk packs, etc., must be marked with labels which bear FOUO and properly safeguarded.
(3) Adherence to paragraphs (h)(1) and (h)(2) of this section, fulfills the requirements of 32 CFR part 285.
(i) Records disposal. (1) DeCA records containing personal data will be shredded or torn to render the record unrecognizable or beyond reconstruction.
(2) The transfer of large quantities of DeCA records containing personal data to disposal activities is not considered a release of personal information under this part. The volume of such transfers makes it difficult or impossible to identify easily specific individual records. Care must be exercised to ensure that the bulk is maintained so as to prevent specific records from becoming readily identifiable. If the bulk is amintained, no special procedures are required. if the bulk cannot be maintained, dispose of the records by shredding or tearing to render the record unrecognizable or beyond reconstruction.


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60 x 30′ (153cm x 76cm)
Price: $2700.00
To purchase this painting please fill out the contact form or call Cathy at: (519) 539-1182
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She can use your existing photos if they are of sufficient quality, or may, under certain circumstances, come and photograph the references herself.
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- Ferrari news
Ferrari confirms the return of the prodigal son
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Raikkonen has improved since 2009 - Domenicali
- News:
Lotus to make driver decision 'shortly'
- News:
Boullier not bitter at Raikkonen exit
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Both drivers start equal - Domenicali
- The Inside Line:
Fire and Ice
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Break from the norm
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Massa announces Ferrari exit
Ferrari finally confirmed the rumours that had been circulating for weeks when it confirmed it had re-signed Kimi Raikkonen to partner Fernando Alonso in 2014.
In the curtest of statements, Ferrari dealt with the matter in two lines: "Scuderia Ferrari announces that it has reached an agreement with Kimi Raikkonen. The Finn will join Fernando Alonso in the driver line-up for the next two racing seasons."
Raikkonen leaves Lotus to return to the team which released him from his contract on full pay a year early at the end of 2009 to make room for the arrival of Alonso. After winning the world title in his relationship with Ferrari soured and after his release he spent two years away from the sport in the world of rally. But he was lured back by Lotus in 2012.
Fire and ice
- The Iceman and Alonso. Formula One's most taciturn Finn, paired with one of the paddock's most eloquent talents. A passionate and fiery Latin temperament coupled with one of the most laid-back men in motorsport history.
Ferrari are either total geniuses or completely mad (geni or scemi, maybe…), and we'll have to wait until mid-2014 to work out which is which.
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It proved a successful move and as he prospered and Felipe Massa's fortunes stuttered, speculation grew that Raikkonen would move on. For a while he was linked with Red Bull until it became clear that the team did not want such a strong partner for Sebastian Vettel. And so to Ferrari.
Team principal Stefano Domenicali said he was "delighted" to have Raikkonen back at Ferrari. "I sense he is very happy to be returning to Maranello and very determined to tackle the work that awaits him in the best way possible."
Although Alonso has been the No. 1 driver at Ferrari for the last four seasons the team is yet to win a drivers' championship since Raikkonen's success in 2007. Nico Hulkenberg had also been linked with Ferrari earlier this year, but he is now one of the favourites for the vacant seat at Lotus.


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Whilst passing through Castleknock this afternoon one of the Dublin Bus open
top tourist buses passed by with the upstairs apparently filled up with
trees ! It was a surreal sight. I presume they were using the upper deck as
a platform from which to lop overhanging branches and then using it to
transport them as well.
Paul Mc Cann
On 23 June 2011 15:09, IWAI forum Mick Farrell
> Posted at: http://www.iwai.ie/forum/read.php?1,32100,32180#msg-32180
> Mick Farrell wrote:
> Yeah Tommy,
> It certainly helped me breath yesterday when one opened a non opening
> window. For a short while I had a wheelhouse tree. Anyway thanks for the
> offer of the chainsaw but I also carry one of them in me ships stores...!!
> Another tree attacked the 2 bikes on top of the boat and tore the saddle
> off one and bent the wheel of the other. I was warned that, like certain
> areas on the Grand, there were places that the locals might be a bit
> belligerant, but I certainly was'nt expecting to trees to come after me...!!
A few pics from yesterday's epic stage of the journey. I did take a few meself earlier in the day but unfortunatly my "camera crew" , Holly, was still in bed and the camera was set to take video, which the PC won't open, so I can't show 'yis a WI weed boat, actually working...LOL, the few I took around the RCAG shed in Confey or crossing the Ryewater Aquaduct.
The canal is "blocked"...
...on both sides of the bridge...
Spotting the "Louisa Bridge Monsters"
My "GPS" may not warn of reefs, but it can push them aside...!!!
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I hope the only monster under this bridge IS a pike...
The trees attack, and bend up one bikes wheel...
...and rip the saddle of the other one...
...The bike breaking tree...!!!
Attacked again...and they got the glass...
...and again....and they even get inside...!!
[quote Mick Farrell]Attacked again...and they got the glass...
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...and again....and they even get inside...!!
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Hiya Mick!
Now whose the "TREE HUGGER"??? Pass on to Froggie
You're a true eco warrior
Wine in the cooler when (If) you make it back to civilisation (Aka the Shannon)
Wha'.....Moi....a bleedin' tree hugger...!!
Hows Peter K....? You've been a bit quiet lately. I suppose you've been lurking in the reeds below Banagher somewhere....LOL....and mines a bottle of red..keep it out of the cooler please.
To paraphrase meself.....
[i]A tree mugger, it broke out me glass,
As me 'oul boat was trying to pass,
One bikes saddle it broke,
The others wheel got bent spokes,
One still works but its a pain in the ass...! [/i]
So Tommy......an RB 10 and a hedge cutter off a tractor and I'm laughing...!! The tree stuff can happen but WI need to note that in places there are branches overhanging the navigation by 10 to 12 feet. Most are soft and just brush along the boat but every so often there's a stout branch hidden amongst the greenery. I've had 2 bikes and a bit of glass broken, but nobody got swept off the decks, impailed on a branch or lost an eye to a splinter of glass...(WI be warned). I was, however, very disapointed at the amount of stuff under Louisa Bridge. It took me, and Katie, 30 minutes using a boat hook, a barge pole and a grappling hook to move/ remove enough blocks to scrape and bounce the boat through. WI have more staff, equipment and resources and had 2 months to remedy the problem. I wonder what would happen if the navigation arch of Portumna Bridge had all that shite blocking it...??
Ahhhh.....yes indeed Conor...but I fear that wheel pictured above will be doing no more circles, full or otherwise. WI inform me that Louisa Bridge is already on their list of works, so hopefully the next time I pass through there may be a bit more water beneath it. Just as well the new bye-laws are'nt in place yet or the MCIB would be doing serious overtime...!!
[quote Mick Farrell]Wha'.....Moi....a bleedin' tree hugger...!!
Hows Peter K....? You've been a bit quiet lately. I suppose you've been lurking in the reeds below Banagher somewhere....LOL....and mines a bottle of red..keep it out of the cooler please.
To paraphrase meself.....
[i]A tree mugger, it broke out me glass,
As me 'oul boat was trying to pass,
One bikes saddle it broke,
The others wheel got bent spokes,
One still works but its a pain in the ass...! [/i]
Nope. Being lurking along the banks of Chubby creek, Texas Very worried though. If any more listees leave, I'll have nobody to fight with As long as PJ hangs around though, there should be some opportunities for a wind-up and stir
If I start reciting poetry like some on here, then I'll know for certain I've lost it
Safe journey!
Take your time slow down
Witness the scene all around
Lay in the grass. Taste the air
Feel the breeze blowing through your hair
This is how you can be
Be high like a bird, just like me
Don't be scared to be free
Be one with the birds just like me
Greet the flowers and hug the trees
Count the clouds, oh now I see
What its like to truly be
Greetings from beneath Cloncurry Bridge, a couple of miles East of Enfield. And NO.....I did'nt run out of water this time, just daylight. Left Kilcock Hbr. around 17.00 this evening with the infamous Vosse for crew. Vosse is coming along again tomorrow and we hope to do his blog, "live" en-route The canal does seem to be improving a bit, though I'm told there are still a few "tight" spots untill I reach Coolnahay. There was one bad half mile this evening with a narrow, shallow, rocky, overgrown tree lined section, but we got through.
A couple of pics from this weekend in Kilcock....
Dermot Kelly still sells Green Diesel
31B's Wheelhouse Roof Band....(Lets see you put a band on your wheelhouse, Ronnie...!!!)
The Cardboard Box Boat Race
Hi ya Mick,
got to Kilcock about six yesterday evening, and there you were GONE ! Worse again ,you had kidnapped Vossie! Had a chat with 'Blackthorn' crew who were enjoying the weather and atmosphere - Kilcock was hopping. Hope the trip goes well, beyond the summit level it's a piece of ........! BTW wheelhouse roofs are flavour of this month.
You Fellas are having all the fun. I'm just Green with envy. Mick ,you'll steam through the long level and get out of dangerous Meath territory. Mick ,I never knew a barge could take part in water polo. That was you in goal ????
Did Kelly's hose stretch across the road or did you meet him half way?
I remember a bakery in Kilcock . I think it was Kelly's as well. In another life we ran a few marquees in the sixties and bought all the sticky buns from Kelly's bakery in Kilcock. I remember thousands of buns stored in my mother's front room. Haven't been able to eat one since.
Not sure I'd call it fun exactly....more an adventure. Left Cloncurry Bridge at 10.45 and got to Enfield Bridge at 13.00, under which, I am currently having lunch. 2 hours 15 mins for 2 miles approx, and 5 attempts to plough me way through one mudbank. Vossie has just updated his blog from the boat, so you can check that out at... http://ouchmybackhurts.wordpress.com/2011/06/27/31b-hosts-ombh/
WOW.....under a bridge on the Royal and NOT aground....!!!
Right so PJ......just for you.....
The Blackwater Aquaduct
Moyvalley.....took 15 minutes to plough through the muck underneath...!!
Company at Ribbontail Bridge
PS....Vossie Says..."Dankie... maar los my nou uit... ek's baie beesig... anders stamp ek 'Ribbontail' Brug stukkend!"
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VICTORIA - Amid all the talk about the BC Rail case this week, John van Dongen also triggered a round of speculation about the role of threatened mutiny in prompting premier Gordon Campbell to leave office early.
Van Dongen, who recently defected from the Liberals to the Conservatives, laid out his own role in the plot against Campbell in a legal affidavit released Monday.
It described how in late October of 2010, van Dongen, then the caucus whip for the Liberals, began talking to others in the governing party about the need for leadership change. He was prompted by the $6-million waiver of legal fees in the BC Rail case, the botched handling of the harmonized sales tax, and other concerns.
On Oct. 28, a Thursday, van Dongen met with Campbell face to face and told him it was time to go. "He told me he would not resign but would stay on."
Next day, van Dongen reiterated the eviction notice via telephone. "Resign immediately." He then began phoning other Liberals — "mainly those that I knew would disagree with me" — to share what he'd already told the premier.
One of those contacts must have been MLA Kevin Krueger, a Campbell loyalist. For in the wake of media reports on the van Dongen affidavit this week, Krueger retailed his version of the dump-Campbell effort to reporters.
Krueger disparagingly described how van Dongen —"this little man" with "delusions of grandeur" — had indeed contacted him to join in what he characterized as a "mutiny."
Krueger not only refused to enlist, he told van Dongen to resign instead. He doubted van Dongen had a lot of caucus support — "there were lots of figments of his imagination" — still, he didn't dispute that others were involved.
Indeed, Krueger then proceeded to name another co-conspirator, his fellow Liberal MLA Bill Bennett. Recalling how Bennett took a public run at Campbell in the dying days of his leadership, Krueger disclosed how Bennett had let him into a secret: "He was acting on instructions from someone else when he attacked the premier."
Krueger says at the time Bennett confided this news to him, he did not name names. But when Bennett recently characterized van Dongen as "the leader of the insurrection" against Campbell, Krueger drew the obvious conclusion.
As it happened, when Krueger sketched out this scenario for reporters Wednesday, Bennett himself was standing just outside the media scrum and asking: "Is this a [comedy] skit?"
He walked away, shaking his head, to attend the daily meeting of the caucus of Liberal MLAs. Later, Bennett disputed that in attacking Campbell he'd been taking orders from van Dongen or anyone else.
"I take responsibility for what I do," he told reporters. Anyone familiar with his maverick ways would know how unlikely it was that "anyone could give me instructions or that I would follow them."
Yes, said Bennett, other MLAs were involved in the effort to persuade Campbell to go. But he declined to name them.
Returning to the van Dongen affidavit, it also described how a few hours after he urged Campbell for a second time to resign, he received a telephone call from Gary Collins, the former cabinet minister who was then, as now, in private business.
Collins sought a meeting to discuss van Dongen's concerns. Next day, Oct. 30 2010, the two men sat down for a two-hour session at van Dongen's constituency office.
One of the backdrops, inevitably, was BC Rail. Collins was the finance minister at the time the railway was sold. Dave Basi, who subsequently pleaded guilty to corruption charges relating to the sale, had been a senior aide to Collins.
Van Dongen's anger over the decision to waive repayment of legal fees for Basi and another guilty ex-aide did come up during the conversation with Collins. But both men agree it was only briefly and not central to a litany of complaints. "About 95 per cent of the time I listened," says Collins.
The former minister says he was acting as a friend of the Liberal party when he contacted van Dongen as part of a broader exercise to determine the depth of discontent. "I had been watching this whole thing coming apart for a while."
But even as Collins sounded out the dissident MLA over the Oct. 30 weekend, events were coming to a head.
Campbell, on a family break in California, was reflecting on his own future. Upon returning to B.C., he announced on Wednesday, Nov. 3 that as soon as the party picked a replacement, he would resign.
Among the contributing factors was the public response to a major announcement he'd made the week before. He'd gone on provincewide TV and, in a last-ditch effort to shore up support, promised a 15-per-cent cut in provincial income taxes.
The address bombed. Not even a major cut in personal taxes could save him.
Plus as van Dongen, Bennett and Krueger have all confirmed, his own caucus and government was beginning to turn against him. "He probably felt some pressure from MLAs at the time to go," as Bennett said this week, providing a plausible perspective on the role of the would-be mutiny in the timing of the premier's departure.


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Oval Masa Turnovers
Throughout Mexico City and the surrounding states, people in all walks of life—bankers in suits and ties, college kids in T-shirts and jeans, women cradling babies—cluster around the tlacoyo vendor who makes their favorite version of this miniature football-shaped masa snack. Most are made with ordinary white or yellow corn, but a few vendors still serve tlacoyos made from the scarce blue-black corn.
One day on the way from Mexico City to the popular getaway of Tepoztlán, Ricardo took me on a back road that was virtually enveloped on both sides by fields of nopal cactus. In this area, known as Milpa Alta, the tlacoyos are typically topped with a green salsa and nopales, and not surprisingly, we stopped for a quick, tasty snack. For a more colorful variation, add a contrasting tomato red salsa on half of each tlacoyo.
- Yield
- Makes 12 tlacoyos; serves 6
- For the Tlacoyos
- 1 pound freshly made masa for corn tortillas, or 1 3/4 cups masa harina for tortillas reconstituted with 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons quite warm water
- 1/4 cup freshly rendered pork lard
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- About 3/4 cup Frijoles Refritos
- For Frying the Tlacoyos
- 1/2 cup freshly rendered pork lard or canola or safflower oil
- For the Topping
- 2 cups Salsa Verde Cruda
- 1/2 cup finely chopped white onion
- 1 cup crumbled queso fresco or queso panela
- About 2 cups cooked, diced nopales, from about 1 pound paddles (optional)
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro, thick stem ends removed
- 10 red radishes, julienned (optional)
- Put the fresh masa or the reconstituted masa harina in a large bowl, add the lard and salt, and mix with your hands until a smooth dough forms. A little warm water may have to be added to the masa mixture to achieve the correct consistency. Divide the dough into 12 equal portions and shape each portion into a 1 1/2-inch ball. Flatten each ball lightly with your hands to form a thick tortilla about 3 inches in diameter and 1/8 inch thick, or use a tortilla press, pressing down rather lightly so the masa is 1/8 inch thick.
- Press a hollow in the center of a tortilla large enough for 1 tablespoon of beans. Add the beans to the hollow and close the tortilla, forming it into a ball. Flatten the ball between your hands to form a football-shaped turnover about 5 1/2 inches long, 2 3/4 inches across at its widest part, and 1/2 inch thick. Repeat with the remaining masa balls.
- Heat the oven to 200°F. Place a large, heavy skillet or a griddle over low heat. Add as many tlacoyos as will fit without crowding and cook, turning often, until the masa is cooked through and the tlacoyos are slightly charred on both sides, about 10 minutes. Lightly cover and set aside while you cook the remaining tlacoyos. (This step may be done up to a day ahead. Let cool, cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate.)
- Heat the lard over medium heat just until sizzling hot. Working in batches to prevent crowding, add the tlacoyos and fry on one side only, spooning the hot oil over the top until golden, 30 to 60 seconds. Using a slotted spatula, lift the tlacoyos, allowing any excess fat to drip off, and drain on absorbent paper. Keep warm on a heatproof platter in the oven until all are fried.
- Drench each tlacoyo with a spoonful of the Salsa Verde Cruda . If using both salsas, spoon them on opposite ends. Sprinkle each tlacoyo with a little onion, some queso fresco, about 2 tablespoons of the cooked nopales (if using), and some cilantro and radishes (if using) and serve hot. Tlacoyos must have hungry people waiting to eat them on the spot.
From La Cocina Mexicana: Many Cultures, One Cuisine by Marilyn Tausend with Ricardo Muñoz Zurita, © 2012 University of California Press


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I was lucky enough to get an invitation to a private screening of A Haunted House. The movie is written by Rick Alvarez and Marlon Wayans who also wrote Scary Movie which I really enjoyed at the time that came out. Malron Wayans also plays the main role on the film and I like him as an actor, so that was good.
A Haunte House is a parody of all the "documentary/found-footage" style movies that appeared in the last years, the most noticeable being Paranormal Activity. The main characters Malcolm(Marlon Wayans) and Kisha(Essence Atkins) move into their dream house but soon after they move they notice some "paranormal activity" in the house and they found out there is a demon haunting the place. Kisha gets possessed by this demon and Malcolm does whatever it takes to help her and that includes a priest, a psychic and a team of ghost-busters thugs. With the help of all these people he is hoping the get the demon exorcised from Kisha and get his sex life back on track. I really liked how everyone played their characters well and it really gave me and the people watching some really good laughs for the entire length of the movie.
I've been waiting for a good spoof movie to come out for some long time and after seeing this movie I wasn't disappointed. I can't say it's the best comedy I ever saw but it is a good movie, I still think Scary Movie 1 and 2 were the best spoof movies.
The movie is going to launch on 11 January 2013. On April 12 , Scary Movie 5 will launch and it is a spoofing of the same movies A Haunted House is spoofing and that makes these movies very similar. The new Scary Movie doesn't have the Wayans brothers as writers and actors so it will be interesting to see how the movie turned out to be without the creators of these franchise. Although the last two Scary Movie films didn't impress me at all, they were nothing compared to Scary Movie 1 and 2, so hopefully we will see a better movie this time.I didn't saw Scary Movie 5 yet so I can't really compare the two movies but from the trailer of Scary Movie 5 I can't say I'm really waiting for it. It doesn't seem to be that funny as A Haunted House, but I guess we will see.
If you are a fan of those spoof movies or even if you just want to have some good laughs you should definitely watch A Haunted House. I found the movie to be quite good even though a lot of people are expressing some hate towards the film.


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As the year rolls inexorably on I am rapidly running out of time to play you all the excellent music that has been sent my way. In this show I've managed to redress some of the balance by essentially only playing recent stuff – nothing is older than 2009 and most of it is either 2010 or 2011.
You will see elsewhere on this blog reviews of the new Blimp EP and details of how to download it for free so I will not repeat myself suffice to say I think it's rather fine indeed. There are couple of tracks from the EP on this show.
Like fellow post-instrumental bands named after sports cars (Delorean and Trans Am, for instance), Maserati make galloping instrumentals that are atmospheric whilst also having lots of energy. The band recorded Pyramid of the Sun over the course of 2009 and 2010, using vintage Moog keyboards and Roland Space Echoes for an authentic space rock sound. A straight play, from start to end, the album gets very close to Krautrock in parts.
One album I have not had a chance to review is the excellent "Red Barked Tree" by Wire which proves a real return to form. It's good to see that they can stlll produce great music.
Cloud Nothings is a band put together the music of lo-fi exponent Dylan Baldi and the "Turning On" album picks up his earliest recordings. I love the way the album develops and the deliberate muddiness of the recording is compelling. In contrast the in your face retro sounds of Causa Sui hark back to the sounds of the late 60s.
I've reviewed the TG Elias album on this blog so, again, I will not repeat myself, however I will make the point that I believe Tom to be one of the best blues players round these parts – and I love the way he works a degree of humour into his work.
Breathe Owl Breathe is a Michigan-based trio that plays atmospheric, evocative acoustic-based music, fusing folk traditions with the adventurous approach of indie rock. Their latest album "Magic Central" balances the current trend of folk and electronica well with an emphasis on on folk.
Another unsigned band which approached me through our website is Liverpool based Secret Garden Gathering who are rather fine indeed. By the time the show finishes they will have finished a gig in Liverpool City Centre – so you missed them! Their song "2 Years" is a grower and potentially a classic. Witless buffoon that I am I said they were from Manchester on the show – sorry!!!
I have been very impressed by the three albums by Demdike Stare – they have an exciting sound and were founded in 2009 in Manchester by two well-known characters from the local music scene. Miles Whittaker and Sean Canty. All three albums are stunning – but I would single out the "Liberation through hearing" which I feature on the show.
More retro with Dead Meadow who are channeling the spirits of Osborne, Iommi, Ward and Butler. Its like being in the Great Gibbo's front room with Black Sabbath 1 on full blast – far too long ago to properly remember of course!
We go to Canada next the latest album from Stars – who have been around since 2001 – the album is called "The Five Ghosts" and has had some bad reviews oddly as I find it to be rather impressive.
And to close and also reviewed elsewhere on here a special radio edit of the latest single from Dead Sea Apes called "Soy Dios" a marvellous piece of music!
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Aloha Eric, and mahalo for adding me to the site. I am working on getting my blog up and going. I have been living in Hawaii for the last 7 years or so and have just started a permaculture project here. Permaculture is already has a lot of steam here in Hawaii but I'm hoping to start traveling home to my corner of Indiana and becoming an activist.
Hi Eric,
Glad to hear you're a fan of the Commonwealth Club!
Climate One is a branch of the Commonwealth Club that focuses on energy, environment, and the economy. We do a lot of sustainability programs, talks on clean tech, advocacy, etc. Check out our website or our programs on iTunes here: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/commonwealth-club-climate/id296762605
Thanks Eric for Joining my Group! I look forward to chating with you!
Thanks Eric! I appreciate the warm welcome and your support. I have another RSS feed from my Examiner page, but I think will go with this one for now. I will get some original content on here from time to time, some of which will reference more detailed content on other sites. I'll seek out some groups here as well. I"m familiar with the Ning platform, but I won't hesitate to contact you if I have any questions. Thanks again.
Hey Eric,
I never thought I would say this but Damn I miss Indpls.!! coming here is reminder of ALL I've known & the memories,the people I have worked with on so many issues & organizations,the events,friends,family,familiar places & faces..so many times I've just wanted to pack up and come HOME! ah well,isn't going to happen and have only been living in Bisbee ,Arizona a year mid-March. Much I do love about this town & the mountains,still oh so much I miss..Hope all is going well for you and am still hoping for "A Greener Arizona" ning site.Though it is a very big state and I live in a very small town. We do have a lot of events,a nice farmers market,a small Earth day event but is all far from what I am used to!
The Maplewood School Garden Angels have moved from a 2 acre garden to a 7acre urban farm with in the city limits of Fort Wayne. We will grow 4 acres of green beans for local hunger relief efforts. We will have family garden plots for our Burmese ,African and Hispanic farmers. We will enlarge our composting efforts of leaf pick up with the city in the Fall. We are raising funds to buy an Allis Chalmers B tractor for cultivation purposes.We plan to grow lots of cowpeas!
Remember: Organic gardening is aiding and abetting Earth's beneficial allies with keen observation and eco-friendly detterrence of the usual suspects. E.Smiley
Hello Eric!
We are moving to Indianapolis in 1 year and would like to request some "green" connections, as we plan to be a part of many upcoming projects...Any ideas on where to start besides AGI???


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Licking County Crime Stoppers is offering up to a $1,000 reward for anyone with information leading to an arrest in a burglary in Newark.
The Newark Police Department reports during the daytime on July 11, someone entered a home in the 300 block of W. National Dr. and stole the following: a handgun, a pocket watch, jewelry, a credit card, and other items.
Anyone with information on this crime is urged to call the Licking County Crime Stoppers at 740-349-6888 or 1-888-488-9058. A special coding system protects the identity of the caller but allows for the reward to be issued at a later time.
Crime Stoppers also takes calls from persons with information about any felony. Information leading to the arrest and indictment of a felony suspect could qualify the caller for a reward as determined by the Crime Stoppers' Board. Crime Stoppers is a non-profit organization. Reward money comes from private individuals, businesses, and foundations that see Crime Stoppers as an integral tool in the community's fight against crime. Tax-deductible donations can be sent to: Licking County Crime Stoppers, Inc., P.O. Box 304, Newark, OH 43058-0304.


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Commits to Hiring 25,000 in 5 Years
CONSHOHOCKEN, PA--(Marketwired - Jan 20, 2014) - AlliedBarton Security Services, the industry's premier provider of highly trained security personnel, hired more than 5,000 military veterans and reservists in 2013, fully supporting their Hire Our Heroes(SM) initiatives.
To reach military hiring goals, AlliedBarton works closely with military organizations such as the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, a Department of Defense agency established to develop and maintain employer support for Guard and Reserve service members. Early in 2013, AlliedBarton signed a corporate recommitment Statement of Support with the ESGR. At that time, AlliedBarton also challenged its offices across the United States to individually sign Statements of Support with their local ESGR branches.
"The dedication to this initiative is visible throughout our organization with 100% of our district offices signing commitments to partner with the ESGR," said Jerold Ramos, AlliedBarton's Director of Strategic Recruiting and Military Liaison. "This is an outstanding accomplishment, and these relationships on both the local and national level will help us to further our mission to hire America's heroes."
Through these growing partnerships, AlliedBarton increased their military hiring efforts by 12% in 2013, putting more than 5,000 veterans, reservists, National Guardsmen, their families and caregivers to work. This places AlliedBarton on target to hire more than 25,000 military personnel in the next five years.
"The security services industry is an excellent choice for military members moving into civilian careers, and we value the skills, dedication and drive these individuals bring to the workplace," said Ramos. "Through the hard work and commitment of our recruiters, our military hiring efforts continue to grow, and the relationships we have built with the ESGR and other organizations across the country will only help our efforts. It is truly the right thing to do."
AlliedBarton is committed to hiring veterans, reservists, their families and caregivers, and promoting this important hiring practice through their company-wide military hiring program, Hire Our Heroes(SM). In 2013, AlliedBarton was named a top Military Friendly Employer by G.I. Jobs magazine, a top Military Friendly Spouse Employer by Military Spouse magazine, a top Veteran-Friendly Company by U.S. Veterans Magazine and received two ESGR Seven Seals Awards.
About AlliedBarton Security Services
For more than 50 years AlliedBarton Security Services has provided superior security officer services to protect people, homes and businesses. AlliedBarton tailors security programs to meet clients' needs with committed professionals who enhance clients' brands. The most honored security services provider, AlliedBarton consistently delivers exceptional service which creates a differentiated experience for clients and the people they serve. More than 60,000 employees and 120 offices serve thousands of clients with levels of protection that anticipate needs and build enduring relationships. For more information call 1.866.825.5433 or visit www.alliedbarton.com/hireourheroes.
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Phone: 212-532-2208