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Economic Leadership Forum
November 19-22, 2014
Hyatt at Olive 8
Seattle, WA
|The Economic Leadership Forum provides an opportunity for local, state, and provincial leaders in both the public and private sectors to carry out in-depth,
focused discussions on key subjects effecting our regional economy. Leaders from throughout the U.S. states of Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana,
and the Canadian provinces/territories of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Yukon and Northwest Territories will be in attendance tackling the policy
matters that drive the economic strength of the region.
More information is available at the Pacific NorthWest Economic Region's event page.
Border Policy Research Institute: 2014 Fall Quarter Colloquium Series
CIC Victoria: "The Pacific Northwest Gateway to Asia: Trade, Energy and Managing Environmental Challenges"
October 28th, 2014
The Union Club of British Columbia, 805 Gordon Street
Victoria, BC
|This conference will explore the potential for the Pacific Northwest Economic Region (primarily British Columbia, Alberta, Washington State and Alaska)
to expand its profile and role as an integrated regional gateway to and from Asia in light of new trade and investment opportunities resulting from the
expected conclusion of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and other trade agreements, and the growing Asian demand for energy. It will also examine and make
recommendations as to how the region can take advantage of growing trade opportunities in energy, commodities and other products while managing the environmental
challenges associated with a significant increase in economic activity.
More information is available at the CIC events page.
North America in the Global Economy: Cooperation Maximizing Competitiveness
October 23th, 2014
World Trade Center
Seattle, WA
|Join the Consulate General of Canada in Seattle, in partnership with the Consulate of Mexico and U.S. Department of Commerce,
for a half-day forum noting the success of the North American Free Trade Agreement 20 years after its adoption and highlighting some key opportunities where Canada,
the U.S. and Mexico can work together to strengthen the competitive position of the North American economic block in the coming years.
More information and online registration is available at the event's registration page.
World Issues Forum: Anna Hoover - Unangan Artist and Community Builder
October 15th, 2014
Fairhaven College Auditorium, WWU
|Some of the most brilliant cultures of the world were ahead of their colonizers' time; and only now, hundreds of years later, are being recognized for their visionary insight into the ways of survival as they pertain to the future of this world. As indigenous peoples, we must recognize the role our creative leaders play in identifying and interpreting daily history, in embracing creative solutions to the most serious challenges and in producing visual artifacts that tell our stories.
Beyond NAFTA: Streamlining the Border to Strengthen North American Competitiveness
May 15th, 2014
NAFTA at age 20 has sparked new interest in how our economic competitiveness depends on the efficient movement of goods and people across our continental borders. This symposium will bring leaders from various fields to discuss new ideas related to gateway mobility, and the associated benefits to cross-border economies.
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Canadian-American Archival Conference
April 17th, 2014
The first annual Canadian-American Archival Conference
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Children of Air India
March 10, 2014
Library Presentation Room, Wilson Library, WWU
Poetry reading and Reflection
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Le Pique-Nique
Friday, December 6, 2013
12:20 pm - 1:30 pm
Fraser Hall 4, WWU
Admission is Free!
A satirical, one-act play from New Brunswick, Canada.
A bilingual, friendly squabble on identity and its ties to geography, language, ethnicity, religion, and sexuality.
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Vaughn Palmer, Vancouver Sun columnist, to speak on:
"What's happening in British Columbia? Should it Matter to US?"
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
12:20 pm - 1:30 pm
Northwood Hall
3240 Northwest Avenue
Bellingham, WA 98225
The Bellingham City Club is very pleased to welcome back Vaughn Palmer, The Vancouver Sun's award winning political affairs columnist. Mr. Palmer will share his views on an extensive range of issues affecting British Columbia and Canada, including the recent provincial election, the Premier's mandate, the continuing battle over pipelines, and whether or not British Columbia should become a BANANA ("Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anybody") Republic. As always, he will be informative, interesting and entertaining.
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Join us to celebrate Canadian Thanksgiving!
Monday, October 14, 2013
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
|Canada House, WWU
Join us for an evening of good food and fun as we celebrate Canadian Thanksgiving on Thursday, October 14, 2013. Admission is free!
Hosted by Club Canada and the Center for Canadian-American Studies
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Fall 2013 Border Colloquium Series
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Cross-Border Expo & Weekend Getaway
Thursday, June 6, 2013
2:00pm - 7:00pm
Ferndale, WA
Silver Reef Hotel Casino Spa
Event Center
The Ferndale Chamber of Commerce and Silver Reef Hotel Casino Spa present the first annual Cross-Border Expo. This event will showcase over 60 exhibitors and fea- ture two educational sessions aimed at "Cross-Border Business, Marketing and Distri- bution" and "Cross-Border Real Estate Investment".
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Seattle International Film Festival
|May 29 - June 9, 2013
|Various Theaters in Seattle, WA
The Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF), held annually in Seattle, Washington since 1976, is among the top film festivals in North America. Audiences have grown steadily and the festival features a diverse assortment of predominantly independent and foreign films and, in recent years, a strong contingent of documentaries. See some of the Canadian movie viewings!
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"Welcome to Homerica": The Representation of Immigration Issues and the U.S.-Mexico Border Fence in
American Animated Television Series
Julie Dufort, Ph.D
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
12:00pm - 1:20pm
|Fairhaven College Auditorium
|Julie is a Ph.D. candidate in Political Science and a research fellow at the Center for United States Studies at the Raoul Dandurand Chair of Strategic and Diplomatic Studies at the University of Québec at Montréal. Her research focuses on Québec-U.S. relations, border issues and immigration politics in the United States, representations of politics in American popular culture (with an emphasis on political humor) as well as the proliferation of walls and fences in international relations.
"Aboriginal Land Claims and the Politics of a Pipeline"
David Rossiter, Ph.D
Thursday, May 16, 2013
|WWU Biology Building 212
The presentation is free and open to the public. It will include a question-and-answer period.
Rossiter argues that the discourse concerning the Northern Gateway proposal effectively downplays the question of aboriginal title and the federal government's obligation to resolve the issue. Recent court decisions have placed natural resource development inextricably in the context of the unresolved legal question of the existence of aboriginal title in British Columbia.
Rossiter received his doctorate in Geography in 2005 from York University in Toronto, Canada. He is currently in working on a multi-year research project investigating historical geographies of nature and recreation in the mountainous North Shore region of Vancouver, B.C.
The speaker series is held by Western's Huxley College of the Environment to bring together the environmentally minded community and other interested members of the Western and Bellingham communities. Speakers address topics of contemporary environmental concern in the region and the world.
For more information, please contact the Huxley College of the Environment, at (360)650-3520.
"Is Political Change Coming in British Columbia and Alberta? What Voters Want Next"
Sam Armstrong
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
12:00pm - 2:00pm
|Viking Union 567, WWU
The College of Business and Economics is pleased to welcome
Sam Armstrong, President of Riverhead Strategies who will be giving a presentation titled:
"Is Political Change Coming in British Columbia and Alberta?
What Voters Want Next"
Open to all students and the public. Space is limited.
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Spring Video-Lecture Series with Quebec Policy Officials
The Center for Canadian-American Studies has organized 5 videoconferences on Québec politics and Québec-U.S. Relations during Spring Quarter 2013. These videoconferences are part of the course "Québec Politics and US Relations," taught by Visiting Professor of Québec Studies, Julie Dufort. The conferences are open to the community on space-available basis.
For more information, please email Chuck Hart.
Québec Sovereignty Movement: Is Separatism Dying?
April 25 (10 - 11:50am)
Location: Arntzen Hall (AH) 421
2012 Québec Students Protests
May 7 (10 - 11:50am)
Location: Communications Facility (CF) 225
First Nations and Québec Politics
May 9 (10 - 11:50am)
Location: Arntzen Hall (AH) 421
Contemporary Québec-U.S. Diplomatic Relations
May 21 (10 - 11:50am)
Location: Arntzen Hall (AH) 421
Antiamericanism in Québec: From George W. Bush until Today
May 28 (10 - 11:50am)
Location: Arntzen Hall (AH) 421
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"Time is Running Out: Ecology or Economics?"
David Suzuki
Wednesday, May 6, 2013
|Performing Arts Center Concert Hall, WWU
Suzuki is best known for his work as a radio and television host dealing with natural sciences in an easy to understand way, and has won numerous awards throughout his career in broadcasting. He has also received 25 honorary degrees from institutions in the United States, Canada and Australia and written 52 books, 19 of which are children's books. He also a co-author of "An Introduction to Genetic Analysis," one of the most widely used textbooks on Genetics in the United
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U.S. Department of State Internships and Foreign Officer Careers
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
4:00pm - 5:30pm
|Haggard Hall Room 153
Have you considered a career or internship in diplomacy, international economics, cultural exchange, global environmental initiatives, and more? Are you wondering how you can break into the field? Do you have questions about the application process?
Join Mr. Paul Stephenson for an informative, lively session to learn about opportunities with the U.S. State Department. Mr. Stephenson brings a wealth of experience and served as Counselor of Embassy in Copenhagen, Consul in Hong Kong, and Deputy Consul General in Shenyang, China.
All majors welcome, foreign language study not required but is highly desired.
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Climate Change in North America: A Québec View
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
|Miller Hall 139
This talk is presented by Jean-Stephane Bernard, Assistant Deputy Minister for Bilateral Relations Government of Québec and Alain Houde,
Québec Government Representative Québec Government Office, Los Angeles.
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"War Witch"
|Monday April 29, 2013
|Pickford Film Center
"War Witch" is an Oscar nominated film for "Best Foreign Language Film of the Year", and is presented by The Center for Canadian-American Studies and the Québec Government Office, LA.
Twelve-year-old Komona (played with remarkable self-possession by first-time actor Rachel Mwanza) living in sub-Saharan Africa is kidnapped and forced to become a child soldier--and that is just the beginning of the horrors she endures. Spirit unbroken, she is the big heart and soul of this Oscar-nominated movie.
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"The Best Bad Idea: The True Story of Argo"
Mark Lijek
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Bellingham City Club
Northwood Hall
3240 Northwest Avenue
Bellingham, WA 98225
Mark Lijek will join the Bellingham City Club to share his perspective on the events portrayed in the movie Argo. Mark has unique insight into this topic as he was a guest of the Canadian Embassy during the Tehran hostage crisis.
Mark Lijek is a retired Foreign Service officer who grew up in Seattle and went to Seattle Preparatory School before attending the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. He also holds an MBA from American University. He is the author of The Houseguests: A Memoir of Canadian Courage and CIA Sorcery, as well as a minor consultant to the Hollywood hit film Argo. He wrote his memoir in large part because, after reading an early script of Argo, he
realized the movie was unlikely to give adequate credit to the Canadian embassy team he believes saved him and his wife Cora from becoming hostages. Following his abbreviated tour in Tehran, Lijek served in Hong Kong, Kathmandu, Warsaw and Frankfurt as well as in several Departmental assignments prior to his retirement. He and Cora now live in Anacortes.
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"Humane Migration vs. Inhumane Borders: An Anthropological Clash"
Hannah Stone & James Loucky
|Thursday, February 26, 2013
|Canada House, Bellingham, WA
Dr. Steve Globerman will discuss the results of research related to trade specialization in our regional borderlands setting.
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"Canada's Arctic Strategy in a Changing Circumpolar World"
Joël Plouffe
|Tuesday, February 19, 2013
|Bellingham, WA
"Joël Plouffe gives a talk to the Can/Am 200, Intro to Canadian Studies class on "Canada's Arctic Strategy in a Changing Circumpolar World".
Joël Plouffe: Arctic Council, Circumpolar Governance, Environmental Cooperation Joël Plouffe, l'Université du Québec à Montréal, U.W. Québec Visiting Professor for 2012-13 was interviewed by Exploring Geopolitics in January for all his achievements and efforts concerning the Arctic.
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Join Us for the Annual Taste of Canada
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
5:30 - 7:00pm
|Canada House, Bellingham, WA
Join us for an evening of good food and fun at the annual Taste of Canada. Admission is Free!
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"9/11, Border Thickening, and Changes in Bilateral Trade"
Dr. Steve Globerman
Thursday, February 14, 2013
|Communications Facility Room 314, Bellingham, WA
Dr. Steve Globerman will discuss the results of research related to trade specialization in our regional borderlands setting.
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"Educating Smart Borders: What are Governments Learning about Successive Border Initiatives"
Chris Sands
Thursday, January 31, 2013
|Canada House, Bellingham, WA
Dr. Sands will be presenting a talk on "Educating Smart Borders: What are Governments learning about successive border initiatives".
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92nd Annual National Council for the Social Studies Conference
|Wednesday, Nov 16 - 18, 2012
|Washington State Convention Center, Seattle, WA
Join thousands of your social studies colleagues in the Emerald City this fall for the world's largest and most comprehensive professional development conference. With more than 500 content-rich sessions covering all subjects and grade levels, a lineup of renowned speakers and education experts, more than 150 exhibiting organizations displaying the latest in educational resources, and the opportunity to share the most current knowledge, ideas, research, and expertise in social studies education, the 92nd NCSS Annual Conference in Seattle is where all social studies educators should be.
Click here to view or download the "Canada at NCSS 2012" schedule so that you can also see the many professional development opportunities available at the conference. The National Resource Centers on Canada look forward to meeting you there! Be sure to drop by our exhibit booth (#434) in International Alley on the 4th floor of the convention center.
To learn more and to register for the conference, visit www.socialstudies.org
Indigenous Peoples Food Systems - An International Public Health Context
Wednesday, Nov 14, 2012
|Fairhaven College Auditorium
|Harriet Kuhnlein is a nutritionist and Founding Director of the Centre for Indigenous Peoples' Nutrition and Environment (CINE) and Professor Emerita of Human Nutrition at McGill University. Dr. Kuhnlein directs a Global Health Research initiative that received primary funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Twelve cultures of Indigenous Peoples in different parts of the world are involved in this project. The overall intent of the initiative is to provide evidence that biodiversity inherent in traditional food resources of Indigenous Peoples fosters food security and good health and should be environmentally protected. She has served as a member of the Advisory Board for CIHR - Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes, and with the Executive of the Canadian Coalition of Global Health Research. Dr. Kuhnlein chairs the Task Force on Traditional, Indigenous and Cultural Food and Nutrition of the International Union of Nutritional Sciences.
Pacific Northwest Economic Region (PNWER) Leadership Forum
Tuesday, Nov 14 - 17, 2012
|Coeur d'Alene, ID & Ottawa and Washington, DC
Don Alper will be co-chairing and presenting at PNWER's Border Working Group on Thursday Morning,
November 15 in Coeur d'Alene, ID. Christopher Sands, WWU Ross Professor of Canada-US Business and Economic Relations,
will be presenting along with government leaders from Ottawa and Washington, DC. Stakeholders from industry
and legislators from northwest states and western provinces will explore future directions for border policy
to better facilitate cross border commerce and movement of people.
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Diplomatic Perspectives on the Value of Study Abroad
Wednesday, Nov 13, 2012
3:00 - 4:30pm
|Viking Union 552, Bellingham, WA
Join us on November 13, 2012 for a conversation about the value of international education and foreign study exchanges with two diplomats from the US and Canadian governments. Our speakers, Jeanne Briganti and Kevin Cook, will discuss the importance of international education in enriching your college experience and preparing you for international careers involving working abroad or living stateside and working with international organizations.
Jeanne Briganti, Public Affairs Office, U.S. Consulate General, Vancouver.
Kevin Cook, Senior Political, Economic and Academic Officer, Consulate General of Canada, Seattle.
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FAST But Not Furious: Shortening Wait Times at the US-Canadian Border
Thursday, Nov 1, 2012
|Canada House, Bellingham, WA
Speaker Mark Springer, Ph.D.
Department of Decision Sciences at
Western Washington University will be speaking about wait times at the US-Canadian Border.
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Beyond the Border: Making the Action Plan Work for You
Tuesday, Oct 24, 2012
7:30am - 2:00pm
|Westin Bayshore, Vancouver, BC
The Border Policy Research Institute is assisting the Vancouver Board of Trade with this event.
Keynote Breakfast Speaker:
Christopher Sands, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute, Washington, D.C.
Morning Panel 1:
The Beyond the Border Action Plan: How will it improve the border?
Morning Panel 2:
Border Impacts in the Washington-British Columbia Region
Keynote Luncheon Speaker:
John Manley, president and CEO, Canadian Council of Chief Executives
Followed by a policy discussion among stakeholders to discuss future actions to improve the border
Chuckanut Radio Hour with Special Guests Brian Calvert & Chris Cannon
Monday, Oct 23, 2012
|Crystal Ballroom of the Leopold Retirement Residence, Bellingham, WA
Tickets for the Chuckanut Radio Hour are $5 and are available at BrownPaperTickets.com and will soon be available at Village Books. Doors open at 6:30pm, and you must be seated by 6:45pm as the show begins promptly at 7pm. Co-sponsored by the Leopold Retirement Residence, 12th Street Shoes, Fairhaven Pizza, and the Fairhaven Village Inn.
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Washington to Washington: Perspectives on the Fall 2012 Elections and Canadian-American Relations
Wednesday, Oct 10, 2012
11:30am - 2:00pm
|Viking Union 565, WWU
This by-invitation seminar luncheon, the sixth in a series of "town-gown" programs
focusing on timely Canada-US issues, will examine perspectives on the
impact of the fall 2012 elections on Canadian-American relations. The
welcome address will be by Don Alper, and briefings by Christopher Sands, Ross Professor, WWU;
Vaughn Palmer, Political Columnist, Vancouver Sun; and Joel Connelly, Political Columnist, SeattlePI.com.
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Symposium on Cross-Border Marine Science and Policy
Tuesday, Sept 18, 2012
9:00am - 5:00pm
|Viking Union 565, WWU
We are pleased to host this first ever symposium featuring the scientists
and policy makers of the Puget Sound partnership and their Canadian
counterparts. This one-day symposium is designed to foster communication
with the goal of restoration and long term management of the Salish Sea.
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Past Events
VU Gallery: Beyond Borders
On display until Friday, May 25, 2012
Mon - Fri, 11am - 5pm
|VU Gallery (VU 507)
The title, "Beyond Borders" exempifies our dedication to encourage
communication across community, national, international and social borders.
The title also serves to remind viewers and participants that art has the
power to transcend all boundaries.
Presentation by Thomas Collombat:
"The Labor Movement in North America: Challenges and Opportunities in a Time of Crisis."
|Wednesday, May 23, 2012
|Bellingham City Club
|For more information contact the Bellingham City Club
Jours du Québec (Québec Days) at WWU
|Tuesday, May 15 - 16, 2012
|Western Washington University
The Center for Canadian-American Studies is pleased to host Mr.
Frédéric Tremblay, Director for Governmental Relations and
Public Affairs at the Québec Government Office in Los Angeles, CA
for Québec Days (Jours du Québec).
Frédéric is Director of Governmental Relations and Public Affairs at the Quebec Delegation in Los Angeles since January 2012. Before his recent posting in the United States, Frederic served with the North America Division of the Quebec Ministry of International Relations from 2006 to 2011. He began his career in Québec's civil service in 2002. Frederic holds a master degree in Political Science from University of Montreal and a diploma in Public Management from the Quebec University of Public Administration.
Mr Tremblay will speak in several classes while at WWU, have lunch with students and speak about study opportunities in Québec. He will also meet with faculty, students and community members at a reception held to honor the Government of Québec's relationship with the Center for Canadian-American Studies and WWU.
For more information, contact Chuck Hart at Chuck Hart
Presentation by Emmanuel Brunet-Jailly: "Borders, Boundaries and Frontiers in the 21st Century"
|Wednesday, May 9, 2012 12:00am - 1:20pm
|Fairhaven College Auditorium
|From Hadrian's wall in Roman England and the Great Wall of China, to walls on the US/ Mexico border as well as in Jerusalem, Emmanuel Brunet-Jailly asks why build walls and how human communities border themselves. He will discuss what borders, borderlands, boundaries and frontiers are, and how these words help us understand contemporary issues such as the US/Mexico wall, the Canada/US Beyond the Border dialogue, or the European Schengen Agreement and the idea of a 'fortress Europe'. Taking examples from around the world, this presentation asks if borders are vanishing and if there are new ways of understanding borders.
Monsieur Lazhar: Academy Award Nominee for Best Foreign Language Film
|Friday, May 4, 2012
|Pickford Theater
Monsieur Lazhar, an Academy Award Nominee for Best Foreign Language Film
(Canada), comes to the Pickford Theater.
For more information and show times contact the Pickford Theater
The Edge of America: Writing the Edge in the Pacific Northwest
A presentation by Katherine Roberts
|Thursday, Nov 10, 2011, 12:00pm
|College Hall 131, WWU
|More Info:
|For more information contact Chuck Hart by email at email@example.com.
This presentation will examine how fiction by David Guterson (East of the Mountains (1999), The Other (2008) and Anne Dillard (The Living, (1992)) portrays region, nature and community in the Pacific Northwest. To what extent is this region experienced by these authors and their characters as a marginal/borderland space (at the edge of America), or as one embedded in a Cascadian regional cross-border awareness? How do this literature contribute (if at all) to the debate on the emergence of a socio-economic cross-border region on the West Coast?
Newly appointed US Consul General in Vancouver to speak to WWU students about Canada-US relations
|Wednesday, Nov 8, 2011, 10:00am
|Haggard Hall 353, WWU
|More Info:
|For more information contact Chuck Hart by email at email@example.com.
Anne Callaghan is a career senior Foreign Service officer with the U.S. State Department, with the personal rank of Minister Counselor. Before her assignment as Consul General in Vancouver, she was posted in southeastern Iraq, overseeing the Maysan Provincial Reconstruction Team in its last year of operation. Ms. Callaghan has also served as Minister Counselor for Public Affairs in Rome, Italy, where she directed public diplomacy for the U.S. Embassy and three Consulates General (2006-2009); and as Counselor for Public Affairs in Bogota, Colombia (2004-2006). Her last Washington, D.C. tour was in the senior assignments division of the Bureau of Human Resources (2009-2010).
Ms. Callaghan joined the Foreign Service with the U.S. Information Agency in 1984. After a rotational tour in Mexico City, Mexico, she opened the first public affairs office in Tijuana (1986-1990) and was responsible for public diplomacy for the six U.S.-Mexico border consulates. She then served two tours in East Asia as Public Affairs Officer in Perth, Australia (1990-1992) and as an Assistant Press Attache and Deputy Cultural Attache in Tokyo, Japan (1992-1997). Following a year of graduate study at the National War College, Anne worked in Washington, D.C., in the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs as the public diplomacy desk officer for Canada, Mexico, and Cuba (1998-2000). In 2000, she moved to Rome, Italy as Cultural Attache (2000-2004).
Prior to entering the Foreign Service, Ms. Callaghan worked at the Center for Research in International Studies at Stanford University. A native of New Jersey, she received her undergraduate degree in East Asian Studies from Colby College (Maine) and graduate degrees from the University of Michigan School of Library and Information Science and the National War College. She speaks Japanese, Spanish, and Italian, and is the recipient of U.S. State Department Superior Honor and Meritorious Honor awards and the Department of the Army Superior Civilian Service award.
Preston Schiller, Specialist on Canada-US Transportation issues, will present the 2nd Fall 2001 Border Colloquium
Prestion schiller is Adjunct Faculty in Canadian-American Studies at WWU and Visiting Lecturer, School of Urban and Regional Planning, Queen's University, Kingston Ohio
|Thursday, Nov 3, 2011, 12:00pm
|College Hall 131, WWU
|More Info:
|For more information contact Chuck Hart by email at email@example.com.
To the casual eye many Canadian urban areas appear similar to their U.S. counterparts: congested roads, suburban sprawl, and many struggling urban cores. Comparative analysis reveals a few similarities and many significant differences in terms of urban densities, amounts of individual driving, rates of car ownership, walking and transit use. Transportation policies at the federal levels of each county are vastly different. Examples, including comparison of "Cascadian Cities" Vancouver, Seattle and Portland as well as brief explorations of several other areas of similarity and contrast, such as Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's "stop the war against cars" demagoguery will be offered.


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Here we are almost a week after our wonderful 4th of July festivities. It was perfect weather this year which made for more spectators than I've seen in a long time. It almost seems like if it's going to be super hot in Northwest Indiana, Independence Day always seems to be the hottest. With the numbers of pixie stix and flags that were given out along the parade route the numbers can be easily estimated that 5,000 kids and adults or more, made their way to Willowcreek Road to take in the sights and sounds of a nearly one and a half hour parade.
Thanks to all the members of the Pride in Portage Parade Committee who put this all together under the leadership of Lori Wilkie. Everything was in order and everyone seemed to be having a great time. Also, a special thanks to all our judges making the hard decisions on who should win the best of the best.
Last of all, thanks to all the businesses that contributed this year to help put on the best fireworks show in Northwest Indiana. Those businesses include: Gold sponsor; Meijer, Silver sponsors; Fronius, NIPSCO, CR England and Bronze sponsors; McColly Real Estate, Redieh's Transit, Horizon Bank and Indiana American Water.
Now for the winners! Best Marching Entry went to the American Legion Post 502 Honor Guard; Best Commercial Float, Texas Roadhouse; Best Non-Commercial, Pitch Black Drumline; Best Youth Organization, Northwest Indiana Gymnastics Center; Best Service Organization, Portage VFW 776; Best Patriotic Theme Entry, Portage Christian School; Best Classic Car; Valpo Vettes and drum roll please … Judge's Choice went to American Legion Post 502. Congratulations to all the entries, you did an awesome job.
Back in the day when I was young, Independence Day meant that summer was half over and I was on my way back to school in a few short weeks. I couldn't wait for the 4th to come and once it got here, I didn't want it to be over. Now I don't have to think about the 4th like that; I think about all the great things that are still in store for the rest of our summer months.
Nativity of Our Savior's 48th Annual Summer Festival is one of those events. I'm told that this is the oldest festival in Portage. The festival will run Thursday through Sunday at the parish ground at 2929 Willowcreek Road. The festival always includes amusement rides, kids games, local band talent- all four days, gaming tent, $10,000 raffle, bingo (air-conditioned hall), homemade dinners, corn roast and other foods such as homemade root beer floats. I have it on good authority there is 5,000 pounds of Italian beef and 1,100 pounds of taco meat just waiting for hungry patrons for those familiar time-tested tastes. Of course, there is a beer tent where you can catch up with all your neighbors and friends and sip on a few cold beverages.
To join in all the fun times, hours are to 6-11 p.m. on Thursday, 6-midnight on Friday and Saturday and 1 to 10 p.m. on Sunday.
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As anyone looking at these reviews can tell, the vast majority of people have rated the school five stars, while some have had bad experiences and rated it one star (with very few reviews in between). While I don't doubt the experiences of the one-stars, I have had the opposite experience for both of my children. I think Nysmith is an amazing school. My only complaint would be the outrageous tuition (and maybe there are a few overzealous parents), but the school is so good that everytime I think that the cost is too high, I think about what a huge drop in education they would get almost anywhere else. The teachers are amazing, the curriculum is incredible and the student-teacher ratio, with two teachers for a class of 16 or so can't be found many other places. To me, however, the specialization is the key. The math teachers love math, the science teachers love science, and so on. It is simply impossible to replicate that in the public schools where one teacher teaches everything. I've also found the administration to be incredibly caring and responsive. Assuming nothing changes, we plan on keeping our kids in Nysmith until graduation.
Love Love Love this school! My daughter started in public school and was soooo unhappy I pulled her after only two months. She was bored and had no academic challenges. She has been at Nysmith for two months now and she can't wait to go to school. She is only in k and she was explaining to me all about cells, there DNA, nucleus and mitochondria. She has also shared with me many things about the globe, our country and the difference between the Native Americans and the settlers. She has been there 2 months and she is only 6 years old! She has math, reading and science everyday. She loves it. It is very challenging compared to the public school. It is expensive but so are most private schools in the area and this one is truly a nuturing and fun academic environment. It is perfect!
We have two children at Nysmith over the last 4 years and could not be more impressed with the safe loving enviroment this school provides. My son and daughter have thrived at this school and we would never consider going anywhere else. The administrators and staff know every child's name and work hard to ensure they are having a good experience. The academics are outstanding and the children never feel pressured. We are truly amazed by what they are learning in such a gentle manner and would highly recommend this school.
I have two children. One of my children has attended Nysmith beginning at kindergarten, my second child has several more years until graduation. My children s experience has been very different than the previous parent. It is almost like we are talking about different schools. I spend a lot of time at the school and have seen none of the issues that the previous writer indicated. I have no reservations about the school. I have however had experience with a couple parents who seemed to be preoccupied with their child s reading and math levels. There are a small number of children at Nysmith whose parents seem to push their children beyond their ability. I have been happy with the character education program at Nysmith and love the interaction of the children both with each other and the staff. After reading a previous letter, I made it a point to ask the teachers about their degrees and experience and have no idea what the complaint is about. There are a staff members who have children at the school, but they have degrees and experience teaching. We have been very happy.
Previous post defies common sense! Why would a teacher with a Master's degree in teaching take a position where they are paid as an assistant teacher and why would they want to be an assistant? The truth is anyone with a Bachelor's degree, no matter what field, is eligible to be the second teacher. I have witnessed many moms of Nysmith's students, recent college grads with degrees such as nutrition and no experience in education fill the roles of the second teacher. The principal is not a good leader for this school. I witnessed teachers coming out of a morning meeting with administrators and they ALL looked glum and beaten down with very low morale. Very rigid and unpleasant environment for children. Our child was miserable and came back to life after we enrolled her in a different school. If your goal is for your child to go to TJ, you are in the right place, but at a price. That's all the parents talk about and the administrators advertise it. For those of us who want a balanced, healthy minded child, this is not the place. Our child is very intelligent and thrives when teachers encourage her and challenge her. Nysmith gave her low self esteem with their methods.
The fact that the previous poster said that the second teacher in the class does not have proper teaching credentials is absurd. I know for a fact that my child's second teacher has a Masters degree in teaching. Don't believe everything that is posted on here!
I am first year parent with a second grader. My child has a very high iq, with almost perfect recall. It has been a struggle prior to Nysmith to keep her on the right track. We have been very challenged to try and find the right placement for her. We went down the montessori trail, only to find inconsistency in the brand. We tried Howard county public school where we were told she is an average student and did not need an excellerated program. And then finally from a google search for gifted schools, we found a place she can call home away from home. They offer syllabus for every class. A different class and teacher for each subject. And an enthusiastic approach to teaching the material. Thank you forever more for have a place for my special child. Having a gifted child is a big responsibility. Its just as challenging as having any other type of special need. The children will lead us. Our gifted children will be our innovators. We are looking forward to the future at her new second home.
We have been at Nysmith for 8 years and we have been very happy. Both of my children love it. The teachers are great. I spend a lot of time at the school and go on a lot of field trips with my children. I recommend Nysmith to all my neighbors.
This school is great "if" your only goal is to get your child into TJ. The school's only measure of success is how many kids they get into TJ every year. So if your child is not a math genius who is two years ahead in math skills, this is not the place for your child. They offer no support or advice on entrance onto other private high schools. The "recommendation " letters they write are poorly written and prepared and they are only concerned about your child's math level. Stay away if you do not have a math genius.
We have had our kid at this school since PreK and have seen some significant changes in that time. Nysmith has provided an excellent education in our opinion; our child is at the top of the class, and has benefitted from the safe and structured environment there. We still have not seen a better school. It is expensive. Other parents have commented that they see a change occurring in the culture - hopefully this will not continue to degrade, but some very fine teachers have left in recent years, and it looks like there will be some issues long-term due to this. The quality of education is far superior to what we had growing up and we've been very happy with the results. Anyone who is looking to apply should absolutely interview and compare with other schools - one always has to find the right fit for your child based on a number of criteria - for us this was a no-brainer and the best choice for location, skills, and prep for high school we could find.
As a parent, we have watched our son grow to love school in ways we did not think was possible. While he is not at the top of the class as there really are some truly gifted students in his class we love the fact that he just loves school and is doing very well. His progress has been constant and his love for learning has improved greatly from his last two years in public school. We can t speak to some if the negative reviews shown here, but for us this school is truly one of a kind!! We love it!
I am a parent that had paid for a total of 21 years of tuition at Nysmith with three children attending one from pre K through grade 8. The school has definitely lost its way. My eldest child struggled with Math and was placed in the lowest class with some troublesome kids but graduated with A's and a couple of B's across the board. While he tested well for high school he in no way achieved the level of accomplishment that we expected. However he is now in a High School that has been able to lead him out i every area where he is in AP Math and is achieving legitimate A's and is enjoying School. I wish I had pulled all of my kids out of Nysmith many years ago.
Did parents really post these reviews over the summer or has the marketing machine been at hard work? Regardless, we had a very mixed experience at Nysmith, thus the average rating. It usually depended on the teacher. Some were great and really engaged the children; others should not be in a teaching environment. When children are 4, they fidget. Teachers should not yell at them because they plays with their jacket while standing in line. I saw this and lot of huffing and eye rolling first hand as a parent volunteer at field trips and room parties. Children pick up on the non verbals. I've since moved my children to a much more consistent, loving and challenging learning environment. They are thriving and will see their former peers at TJ, which seems to be the only success indicator at Nysmith.
The best school available for gifted children that I know of. If I had a choice of Yale, Harvard or Nysmith for my children, Nysmith would win hands down. They learn to love to learn. Once they do that the rest is a byproduct of that love. hm
Nysmith has suburb teachers and an environment that make kids successful. The children are challenged to achieve to the best of their abilities but not stressed. They love learning and it shows in their happy faces. A truly great school
Absolute top notch, accelerated curriculum with extremely helpful and involved teachers - our highest recommendation for anyone who has a gifted or otherwise accelerated child in this area!
The curriculum is unbeatable: *more/earlier science dissections, *top-flight math suiting all levels, *experiential/problem-analyzing history rather than rote memorization of dates/facts, *greater language exposure including French, Latin, and Spanish, *vocabulary/reading well above grade... The school & students constantly shine--from chess competitions to band competitions, spelling bees, geography bees, science/Odyssey-of-the-Mind competitions, placement in UVA/Johns Hopkins GT programs, and unparalleled entry into coveted Thomas Jefferson High School. Teachers excel--French teachers from France, math wizards, history majors from top-20 schools, jocular scientists. Kids love the after-school clubs. The facility is new & fabulous. Unbeatable teacher-student and administrator-student ratios academically & socially benefit gifted, diverse children. Leadership supports monotheistic, atheistic & polytheistic views--not censorship. You have guest teachers discussing yoga's religious underpinnings, Christmas celebrated, Godlessness of communism explored, and Jewish traditions observed. Parent involvement is simply the best. My kids are blossoming. Yours will too.
People seriously need to get a grip...this is a great school and so much bigger than one individual. The administration works their tails off for a demanding population. If you ever cared about this school you would put your energy behind making it better with constructive criticism, not anonymous character assassination. That is certainly not a good example for the children.
Absolutely the best option for local accelerated learning, low teacher-to-student ratios and superior teaching staff...great administration, flexible and responsive to all needs....we come out of Loudoun, where gifted or any type of accelerated instruction is absolutely non-existent. This is by far the best and absolutely necessary educational option for our children in the Western Fairfax/Eastern Loudoun area.
I have two children at Nysmith. We have been at Nysmith for more than 4 years. My children enjoy school, are well adjusted, and are learning more than my friend s children who attend some of the very school mentioned by the previous parent. The teachers reach out to the children. The levels of challenge at Nysmith are exceptional. My fifth grader worked on robotics in fifth grade, I am not aware that the other schools introduce robotics until high school if then. I am not sure about the question about whether the school walks the walk. But if they don t, they fake it pretty good. Over 30 percent of the graduates go to TJ, 19 of the 47 students accepted at TJ from private schools this year, came from Nysmith. Nysmith scores in the top 1% on standardized testing with minimal prep. Nysmith is the only school I have ever seen that posts the actual Standardized Testing results on their website. I cannot imagine a better school for my children.
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The iPad 3 is heavily rumored to be launching in March, and whether or not it is a big technical leap over the iPad 2, Apple is presumably going to be launching iPads year-in and year-out, and soon they will be on par, right? Does that kind of thing concern you?
SR: Well, I don't think it concerns me at all. And you have to understand, like I said earlier, I'm a fan of all these devices. I really honestly am. I'm an iPad owner, and that's not something that I'm ashamed to admit, of course. And I'm also telling you that as soon as I got my launch edition of the PlayStation Vita, that iPad is absolutely gathering dust.
And why? It's because there's a totally different kind of premium experience that I can have on my Vita.
My iPad is now relegated to a handful of emails here and there, and when I want a gaming experience I am going to pick up my Vita, so it doesn't concern me if the iPad has more horsepower or something along those lines, because the PlayStation Vita is specifically built with gamers in mind, and the iPad is not. It's a multifunctional device.
So there's a place for both of these devices in our world, and I firmly believe that is true.
We recently spoke to Ben Cousins, who is heading up Ngmoco's new studio in Sweden. He says that he sees tablet play patterns as being more like consoles and less like smartphones. He said specifically that they could support games like Uncharted and Skyrim, and that's what he's going for.
While you're right that right now that there isn't necessarily a problem, I think there's a strong chance that there are people out there that have the talent and the ability who are going to be making it a problem for you. What do you have to say to that?
SR: I think it's fair enough. There's a lot of people making bold predictions out there, making bold bets. Let's just say that that was the case, that the scenario that you just outlined for me... I mean, you're still talking about tablets that cost 500 dollars, right? That's a pretty significant investment. And then I can guarantee you that if a Skyrim-style experience is going to come onto those platforms, it's not going to be for 99 cents.
You're talking about a totally different paradigm in tablet gaming, and if you're asking for all of that, with the experience that you're missing from having those tactile controls like the sticks and buttons, it's a totally different experience. So I think there's a ways to go before that scenario comes true.
I do believe there's a spot for tablet gaming out there. When you do the research, you can see console-like patterns of play times, meaning extended periods of time, but again, for the premium experience that people are used to on their consoles, you're going to need some of those traditional controls that all touch device just can't offer. And again, if you're paying for a device that only has touch controls, and you're paying what you're going to pay for a dedicated gaming console, I think the hardcore group is still going to lean towards the portable consoles.
Uncharted: Golden Abyss
You can't just talk about the Vita in isolation, paying for the system, because people do have to buy the memory cards and they can get really expensive, really fast. Are you comfortable with the accessories?
SR: Sure. I hear you. But, again, it's still cheaper than what we're talking about for a current-generation device like the iPad, by a pretty wide margin.
Do you see Nintendo with the 3DS, or do you see Apple with the iPad as more of your direct competitor?
SR: In the portable space, specifically?
With the Vita, yeah.
SR: I think that those guys are on pretty equal footing. They're different crowds, too. I think the one thing that the iPad has over the consoles is the fact that it's a game console disguised as a device that can be appropriated in the business workplace, right? I think that's probably the major difference.
When you have a 3DS or a Vita in your hand, you are proudly proclaiming, "I am a gamer, and I am playing games." I think the tradeoff when you go to a tablet device is that you don't get those controls. So you can secretly play your games, if you will, but you're missing out on the full gaming experience that is available with the dedicated consoles. Does that make sense?
When the 3DS came out there was all this hue and cry about how it was dead on arrival, and then Nintendo dropped the price and it bounced back. Are you taking notice of that?
SR: Well, absolutely, and really it just kind of proves the point that I'm making -- in that there's going to be a healthy market for dedicated handheld gaming. And I think the point you're making is maybe that market only exists when the price comes down to a lower level. And only time will tell.
I think that, again, the PS Vita, I think it's inarguable that it's a premium experience over what the 3DS has to offer. It's all about what kind of great software will appear on both platforms. I think that in addition to the lowering of the price, when Nintendo came out with a few key franchises on the 3DS, that is when it started to take off.
And you saw the same phenomenon in Japan, when Monster Hunter took hold for the PSP. Very late in the lifecycle, that machine just took off like crazy. When you're talking about portable game titles in a relatively small gaming market, that were selling three, four million copies late in the lifecycle of a platform, that's pretty amazing.
Of course we take note of all those things, and we're really confident that we've got a great launch lineup, and a lot of great things in the works for the next couple of years for the PS Vita, and it's a machine that we're proud of. We think when gamers get it in their hands they will fall in love with it.
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It's interesting that he didn't mention the huge success of the Hatsune Miku: Project Diva games from Sega. After all, she is a worldwide success without being officially offered outside of her native Japan except for the debut American concert last summer and the Singapore concert last fall. She was also voted the second most popular game character in Japan (after Mario) for Yahoo! Japan's annual popularity poll in fall 2010. Her global poplarity continues to rise as more and more people outside Japan learn about her and the other Vocaloid characters, particlarly Crypton's, but also others such as SeeU. There are people outside Japan importing the games for their PSP even with the terrible exchange rates.
It will be interesting to see the new Project Diva game from Sega for the Vita. Many people are hoping that it includes AR capability.
As far as the tablet argument, I think that he was technically accurate in saying that playing Skyrim on a tablet isn't a 99 cent experience. Tablets are very expensive. I mean, I look at a tablet with a base cost of at least $400-$500, plus maybe $100-$200 more if I really want a powerful machine (and no accessories/plugins), and then I look at a full scale gaming laptop for $1100... well, it's pretty obvious which one is the better buy at this point. Compared to $300-$350 for the Vita with dedicated gaming controles, it's pretty obvious which one is superior for gaming. Also, games like Skyrim have much better control with keyboard and mouse than game controllers.
If tablets drop in price but have the same capabilities, we'll see. Right now, they are only for a certain specific market segment (i.e., one who doesn't want a full scale gaming laptop for whatever reason).
Same problem with smart phones... they are far too expensive for anyone who doesn't use the phone very much (or at all, really).
The current market reminds me of back when cell phones first started going mainstream. Within a few years, cell phones dropped way down in price (like 10% of what they were several years earlier).
I think it all depends on how the market evolves and what the various needs are for specific segments. As he said, we'll have to see.
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I wonder what his definition of "the long term" is in terms of piracy protection.
|evan c
"Sony's been very, very open about the fact that piracy really hurt the PSP"
I personally think that poor marketing is what really hurt the PSP and piracy the second.
Their ads are either controversial(psp b/w) or just plain annoying(marcus), most of the times they just don't bother advertising at all(Ghost of Sparta.)
Also compared to Ms and Nintendo, Sony's the only company that is relying on 3rd parties to sell their consoles/handhelds. Uncharted and GT are good and all but they're not system sellers like Halo or Mario. Specially in Japan where they have nothing that interest the people there.
|Brian Tsukerman
For anyone who doesn't want to read this entire thing, I'm looking forward to seeing what the Vita can do, but Sony's history of hyping their systems with more features than they can handle has convinced me that early adoption is simply not justified.
To start with, I am looking forward to the improvements that the PS Vita brings to handheld gaming, and am especially pleased to hear that they've taken precautions to avoid the game drought that both the PSP and PS3 experienced. Nonetheless, I'm concerned with Sony's habit of offering more options than will likely be supported by either themselves or the developers, which is something that the Vita is at risk of as well. On the one hand, I understand how such an approach grants flexibility to the pre-launch hype that has preceded both the PS3 and the original PSP, and how it makes the systems seem closer to being a "Renaissance system" than a specialized piece of technology.
However, it seems to me that as the life cycle progresses for a Sony system, there's always several "innovative" ideas that were originally announced that are subsequently underutilized or abandoned, which makes me skeptical on exactly how much of what is being offered will actually last. Some examples come to mind in particular:
- Remote Play sounds like what they're advertising in the MLB commercial right now. Too bad it was so incredibly poorly supported by anything that actually mattered like most games and movies
- Was to function as a controller for the PS3. I don't know of anyone who used it though.
- You could play multiplayer games with others who had a PSP nearby, but it was a miracle if you could find a person that both owned a PSP and the game you were playing.
- Microphone & VoIP. I need to research what percent of the systems total game sales used the microphone, but I sense the answer is "negligble." And who the hell used it as a phone replacement?
- You could browse the internet, so long as you're comfortable with using a joystick to navigate pages and can make due with the atrocious virtual keyboard that Sony still implements
- You can watch videos on it, which was a big pro over the DS, but is universal amongst smartphones and tablets now
- You could read Marvel digital comics on it. Oh wait, that was discontinued.
- TV output, in case you want to show everyone in the room what you're playing. Otherwise, why?
- With the PSPGo and Vita announcements, you were supposed to be able to convert or trade your UMD's for digital versions of the game on the newer system. Both were canned stateside due to lack of demand, which I can understand.
- PSPRoom, something like a PSP approach to Playstation Home, which I honestly didn't even know about until looking it up just now.
- Backwards compatibility, which only lasted for first generation
- Region free, which while technically true, is still largely restricted according to whether your television uses NTSC or PAL standards. All-in-all, though a minor positive.
- Can use the Playstation Eye to play games. A carryover from the PS2 where it was hardly used, same here, but seems like it's being targeted for resurgence as a Kinect-esque feature for Sony's next console generation. Not sure if I'd rather have that or the 3D visor.
- Can use PSMove instead of standard controller, which already seems to be falling to the wayside a bit due to news about the PS Eye.
- Sixaxis controllers, originally the standard that Sony felt warranted removing the Dualshock feature. And yet, Dualshock controllers remain the norm, and I can't remember the last time that Sixaxis was used in a PS3 game to any significant purposes.
- Playstation Home. Woo 19 million total downloads! Why can't I find out its MAU or DAU though?
I don't honestly expect every game to incorporate every feature. But the usefulness of a given feature is only as great as the game(s) that best implements it. And though I love games made by smaller, independent companies, I'm confident that the lion's share of the best-selling games will be from major studios rehashing existing intellectual properties, which indicates what the majority of peoples memory of playing with the system will be. It is upon these games, how fun they are and how well they use these new inputs, that Vita's success/value/longevity depend upon.


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The analysis will focus, for clarity on one industry -- commercial airlines. The data will concern the role of women at Delta Airlines in the United States and Air France in France.
Moshavi, writing in Business Week (1998) provides a thorough analysis of the "Glass Ceiling" as a hidden or unstated barrier to advancement within a corporation. She concludes that "Among all women, top reasons for leaving were, in order: inflexibility; glass-ceiling issues, such as not being valued; unpleasant environment; and lack of challenge. Black women felt far more affected by the glass ceiling and racial discrimination than other groups. Hispanic women had the fewest complaints" (Moshavi, 1998, 14).
The pertinent data for Air France, as shown on Hoover's Online, reveals that after years of unsuccessfully operating as a state-owned airline, the company has been privatized and is on an upward growth curve. Of the company's 1999 employee figure of 55,199, more than two-thirds are women. And judging from the company's web site, the airline is actively recruiting women. However, when one examines the top officers of the airline, it is revealed that not one woman is in a senior management position.
On May 25, 2000, however, that apparent denial of women in top executive positions was modified somewhat when Joan Juliet Buck, Chief Editor of Vogue Paris, was named Ex


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text: Mr. and Mrs. Star Trek, ladies and gentleman. Series creator Gene Roddenberry and actress Majel Barrett (later Mrs. Barrett-Roddenberry). God, just look at her face. She loves him so much. Majel was the first lady of Star Trek, and provided the voice of the series' computers for several decades after her original character, "Number One," was rejected by NBC in 1965 because they felt no audience would ever accept a woman who was second-in-command of anything other than a mop. Gene died nearly fifteen years ago, and his ashes were shot into space in the early 2000s. Majel died just a few short years ago in 2008, days after recording the voice of the computer for one last time for the J.J. Abrams reboot. I read today that her ashes are scheduled for blast-off in 2014. And she's been on my mind because I think that's just super-duper.


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Winter 2014 Public Interest Report
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A Citizen Approach to Nonproliferation
How can citizens of the world work to make the world safer using technology and crowdsourcing? Citizen Sensor aims to bring people together from all around the world to use the power of the web and crowdsourcing to have a profound impact on nonproliferation and international safeguards. By Mark Schanfein and Steven Piet.
President's Message: Legitimizing Iran's Nuclear Program
FAS President Charles D. Ferguson writes that the West should act optimistically and trust but verify Iran's claim that its nuclear program is purely for peaceful purposes in the wake of the interim deal reached between Iran and the P5+1. Ferguson proposes a research agenda for scientists and engineers to provide Iran with access to peaceful nuclear activities while putting limits on the latent weapons capacity of the program.
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The concept of strategic stability emerged during the Cold War, but today it is still unclear what the term exactly means and how its different interpretations influence strategic decisions. In the U.S.-Russian bilateral relationship, strategic stability was associated with continued dialogue between the two states to further reduce U.S.-Russian nuclear arsenals, to limit the role of nuclear weapons in national security strategies, and to enhance transparency and confidence-building measures. What are the different U.S. and Russian perspectives of the hedge and how can they be reduced? By Anna Péczeli.
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January 30 marked the 50th anniversary of the premiere of "Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb." Today, the film still reminds us that humanity must acknowledge that nuclear war is not a blast from the past or an obsolete fear, it is a current and future threat to civilization. By Jeffrey W. Mason.
Prospects for a Middle East Regional Safeguards Organization
Recent efforts to convene a conference on a Middle East zone free of weapons of mass destruction have stalled, reflecting the political difficulties in working towards that goal in the region. Brazil and Argentina created the Brazilian-Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of Nuclear Materials (ABACC) to help verify one another's non-nuclear weapon status and enact policies to renounce any interest in nuclear weapons. The establishment of a regional organization similar to ABACC could prevent further nuclear proliferation in the Middle East and pave the way for the establishment of a Middle East zone free of WMDs. By Sara Z. Kutchesfahani.
A Conversation with Nobel Laureate Dr. Jack Steinberger
Dr. Jack Steinberger is a Nobel physics laureate who serves on the FAS Board of Sponsors and has been a FAS member for many decades. FAS President Charles D. Ferguson met with Steinberger in January 2014 and recounts their discussion on topics such as nuclear disarmament, particle physics, nonproliferation and solar thermal power plants. By Charles D. Ferguson.
News and Notes from FAS Headquarters.
Russian Nuclear Forces, 2014
In the latest Nuclear Notebook published in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Mr. Hans Kristensen and Dr. Robert Norris provide an overview of Russian nuclear forces in 2014. Russia has an estimated stockpile of 4,300 nuclear warheads, with 1,600 strategic warheads deployed on missiles and bomber bases. Another 700 strategic warheads are in storage along with roughly 2,000 nonstrategic warheads. A large number—perhaps 3,500—of retired but still largely intact warheads await dismantlement.
Russia has taken steps in modernizing its nuclear forces including the development and deployment of new ICBMs, construction of ballistic missile submarines, development of a new strategic bomber, and deployment of tactical ballistic and cruise missiles and fighter-bombers.
Read the Nuclear Notebook here.
From the Blogs
Disclosure of FISA Court Opinions: Legal Issues: Could Congress legally compel the executive branch to disclose classified opinions of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court? Maybe not, a new analysis from the Congressional Research Service concludes. The report is an analysis of the overlapping authorities of the three branches of government to classify or disclose national security information.
Ukraine: The Value of Risk Analysis: The quantitative risk analysis approach to nuclear deterrence not only allows a more objective estimate of how much risk we face, but also highlights otherwise unforeseen ways to reduce that risk. Adjunct Senior Fellow for Nuclear Risk Analysis Dr. Martin Hellman examines how the current crisis in Ukraine is a good example of using risk analysis to detect security challenges.
Some Legislators Seek More Intelligence Budget Disclosure: Now that annual disclosure of the intelligence budget total has become routine, some legislators are seeking more transparency on intelligence spending. As anticipated, the requested U.S. intelligence budget for Fiscal Year 2015 that was submitted to Congress this week fell below the current year's level and continued a decline from the post-9/11 high that it reached in FY 2010. An unclassified summary of the FY 2015 National Intelligence Program budget request (that was included in the overall budget request) implied that the publication of the request was a voluntary act of transparency. In fact, however, the publication of the NIP budget request is required by law, since it was included in the FY 2010 Intelligence Authorization Act by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.
Russian Security Issues and U.S. Interests and More from CRS:Secrecy News has obtained recently released CRS reports on topics such as China's naval modernization and implications for the United States, Russian security issues and U.S. interests, overview of the humanitarian response in Syria and the FY14 National Defense Authorization Act.
Radiological and Nuclear Detection Symposium: An Industry Discussion with Government
FAS President Dr. Charles Ferguson and Senior Fellow for Nonproliferation Law and Policy Mr. Chris Bidwell will speak at the Radiological and Nuclear Detection Symposium hosted by VIP GlobalNet LLC on March 25-26, 2014 at the Mason Inn at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA. The symposium will bring together government and industry experts to discuss how they can work together on radiation and nuclear detection challenges. Dr. Ferguson will speak about the 2014 Nuclear Security Summit in the Netherlands. Mr. Bidwell will speak about the recent Defense Science Board (DSB) report on nuclear verification monitoring capabilities.
Click here for registration and symposium schedule.
D.C. Event: Screening of Particle Fever
Imagine being able to watch as Edison turned on the first light bulb, or as Franklin received his first jolt of electricity. For the first time, a film gives audiences a front row seat to our generation's most significant and inspiring scientific breakthrough as it happens. Particle Fever follows six brilliant scientists during the launch of the Large Hadron Collider, marking the start-up of the biggest and most expensive experiment in the history of the planet, pushing the edge of human innovation.
The screening will take place on Friday, March 21st at 7pm at the Landmark E Street Cinema. Congressman Dan Lipinski will provide opening remarks and filmmakers Mark Levinson and David Kaplan will participate in a discussion after the film.
RSVP: [email protected]
FAS in the News
- Mar 7: Scientific American, "Neil deGrasse Tyson, Please Speak Out About The Militarization Of Science!"
- Mar 6: Global Security Newswire, "Experts See Russian Strides On Nuclear-Force Updates"
- Mar 6: The Daily Beast, "Inside The Pentagon's $59 Billion 'Black Budget'"
- Mar 5: Forbes, "7 Reasons Why America Will Never Go To War Over Ukraine"
- Mar 5: The Guardian, "Obama Knew CIA Secretly Monitored Intelligence Committee, Senator Claims"
- Mar 5: The Week, "What Would A U.S.-Russia War Look Like?"
- Mar 5: RT, "Anti-Leaks Legislation Coming Within Weeks, Says NSA Chief"
- Mar 4: Politico, "Ukraine: Why Didn't The U.S. Know Sooner?"
- Mar 4: The Guardian, "NSA Chief Criticises Media And Suggests UK Was Right To Detain David Miranda"


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I also believe Porsche has their cars more track/performance orientated to begin with. With some nice coilovers, corner balance, mild suspension parts and these cars are beasts. Maybe some people just don't like that the our M3s can hang with the big boys for half the price.
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Cognac Wars Heat Up at The Dorchester
Last week we told you about LA's Four Seasons offering up a ˝ oz shot of the revered Louis XIII Rare Cask 42,6 cognac for a healthy $1,000 a pop. Now we've found out that The Bar at The Dorchester in London has fired a shot over their bow, so to speak, thereby upping the cognac war ante.
To celebrate the launch of the Louis XIII Rare Cask 42, 6, the house of Rémy Martin asked this Dorchester Collection hotel to create the ultimate "Louis XIII Dorchester Experience." For the first time ever, you can taste all four Louis XIII 'expressions' side by side: Louis XIII, Louis XIII Black Pearl, Louis XIII Rare Cask 43,8 and the recently launched Louis XIII Rare Cask 42,6. With only 20 flights available and most of the Louis XIII Rare Cask and Black Pearl now sold-out worldwide, there's no time to lose.
And it gets even better.
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'Pillow Perks' Reward Program Looks to Unite Local and Indy Properties in the UK
Pillow Perks, the UK's first nationwide reward program for independent and boutique hotels, will officially launch this September. Members earn 1 point for every euro they spend on room rates and at on-site facilities (restaurants, bars, golf, spa), and can begin redeeming said points once 3,000 are accumulated. Free reward nights start at 1,000 points a night.
Now, it is unfortunately only open to UK properties at the moment, and the fact that you need to accumulate 3,000 points before redeeming means it has limited benefits for US-based travelers. Membership does, however, get you free Wifi, a welcome drink/chef snack, and a free room upgrade, so it's worth signing up if you find yourself looking for a place to stay in the UK.
Like most reward programs that pop up, time will be the judge of its success. Right now, Pillow Perks is hoping to get 25 properties registered by the time it launches in September. As always, you have the power as the consumer to determine its success -- obviously, the more travelers that sign up, the more interest properties will have.
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Left Behind: How Much is Your Toiletry Bag and its Contents Worth?
In response to a growing number of toiletry bags being left behind at its hotels, Travelodge conducted a study of UK travelers that revealed they were grossly underestimating the value of the bag and its contents.
Louis Vuitton and other designer bags are obviously worth a pretty penny, but we're talking about the contents of everyday toiletry bags that, while seemingly meaningless, carry a surprisingly high replacement cost. The study found that while the average toiletry bag and its contents are worth about $240, the British travelers estimated that they were worth only $80.
This, obviously, got us thinking. How much is our bag and its contents worth? We must admit we are very simple travelers -- we don't have a lot of stuff -- but a quick inventory revealed that even the most basic items would still be kind of annoying to replace. Here's a rundown of our bag:
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Travelodge Built a Hotel Room at Summit of Britain's Highest Peak
In a quest to raise money for charity as well as for purposes of publicity, Travelodge constructed a demo of their new room design at the summit of Britain's highest peak, Ben Nevis (4,409 feet), at the end of June. A team of 36 made the 11-mile round trip journey, including the construction of the room, in about eight and a half hours. It was built upon the still-remaining snow and consisted of two walls, a bed, a duvet, a sheet with four pillows, a chair and a picture.
Not quite an ice hotel, but close!
The effort, while on one hand only a novelty, was able to raise almost $79,000 for charity, which we obviously applaud. Apparently this is not the first time Ben Nevis has hosted a hotel. The Temperance Hotel operated at the summit from 1894 to 1916 as a barracks for climbers during the summer months.
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What's Out, What's In: The Takeaway
We've started a series of what's trending in hotels these days: What's Out, What's In. Do we like what we see? Think it's a dud? You be the judge!
What's Out: Hotel-branded pens and notepads as keepsakes
What's In: Souvenirs inspired by the history and culture of the hotel
Fess up: The last time you stayed in a hotel, did you take the little pad of paper and pen with the hotel's name on it? Everyone takes the toiletries, but if you're a serious hotel geek, that cheap pen disappeared too. We get it. And so do hotels.
If you want a more lasting or glam souvenir though, these hotels have what you need.
The Washington School House hotel in Park City, Utah was a former school built in 1889 that even has its own motto: "Where old school is the new cool". As a playful nod and a wink to their educational roots, guests will find a notebook and pencil set waiting when they check in.
The Hyatt Regency Atlanta Downtown recently completed a $65 million transformation that included the opening of Market – a self-serve, around-the-clock stop for all your snacking needs (including a fancy-dancy touch-screen soda fountain that dispenses 126 different drinks). Food in Georgia trends towards down-home goodness, and the Executive Chef's homemade BBQ rub, at $5 a pop in Market, lets you experience that Southern comfort all over again.
The sleek Yabu Pushelberg-designed Modern Honolulu likes to serve a little quirk with its chic. The hotel leaves complimentary sarongs and ukuleles in each guest room for you to use during your stay. But if you like them so much you can't live without them, the sarongs and ukuleles are available for purchase so you can strum away 'til your heart's content.
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Marriott's Autograph Collection Expands Its Royal Reach Into the UK
The raison d'ętre of Marriott's Autograph Collection is to provide not just a place to lay your weary head, but to give you an experience based on different themes like Culinary Delight, Artistic Getaway, Urban Excitement or Sporting Adventure. (For added fun, you can visit their Facebook page and have your autograph analysed to see which theme suits you best. It was shockingly accurate.)
Now they're bringing that concept to the UK for the first time with the addition of two upscale hotels: Threadneedles in London and The Glasshouse in Edinburgh.
Threadneedles is set in the heart of the Square Mile, the original site of the Roman settlement that started it all. Being in The City, you're close to St. Paul's Cathedral, the Borough Market and the Tower of London.
The hotel is in a former Victorian bank and blends the traditional with the contemporary. The lobby is dominated by an elaborate stained-glass dome from 1856 and the hotel has a see-and-be-seen restaurant and bar for the business crowd, Bonds. For those of you who have really latched on to the theme idea, you're looking at Urban Excitement, Culinary Delight, Wedding Celebrations and Historic Explorations at this boutique hotel.
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What's Out, What's In: Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend
We've started a series of what's trending in hotels these days: What's Out, What's In. Do we like what we see? Think it's a dud? You be the judge!
What's Out: Seaweed facials
What's In: Facials with gold, diamonds and other sparkly things
Diamonds and other precious metals and gems are sparkly and luminous; why shouldn't your skin be the same? See what the hotel spas below are doing to make your skin radiate with good health.
The Dorchester Hotel in London offers the Carol Joy London Diamond Facial. Following ten years of research and three years of development, Carol Joy London products are created with some of the most precious beauty ingredients around (who knew that Golden Millet Oil was like pure gold?).
This intensive facial includes exfoliation with a diamond-head contraption that is said to be gentler than the traditional crystal ablater (we just like that word –- it sounds kind of bad-ass). While that's going on, you're being blasted with an Oxyjet machine that produces 95% pure oxygen to cool and soothe your skin and stimulate collagen production. The result? A firmer, clearer and more glowing you. The price for beauty, in this case, is Ł205 ($279).
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Kaspar Tells No Seafood Secrets From The Savoy London. Get It?
The Savoy in London, managed by Fairmont Hotels and Resorts, is launching its new Art Deco restaurant concept on Thursday, May 2: Kaspar's Seafood Bar & Grill. By naming it Kaspar's the hotel is keeping alive one of its most celebrated (and superstitious) guests.
Here's the story: In 1898, South African diamond magnate Woolf Joel held a dinner at The Savoy for fourteen guests and one cancelled at the last minute. The dinner continued, but one superstitious guest announced that death would come to the first person to leave the unlucky table of thirteen. Joel took that gamble and a few weeks later he was shot dead in Johannesburg.
To avoid a repeat performance and damage to its reputation, The Savoy offered a member of the staff to sit amongst tables of thirteen thereafter. However, unable to discuss private matters or tell ribald jokes, this proved to be unpopular with guests and thus, in a stroke of genius, Kaspar the cat was born.
This three-foot sculpture of a cat was made in 1926. For 90 years , The Savoy has been happy to oblige parties of thirteen with Kaspar's company, where he wears a jaunty napkin around his neck and is given his own place setting to enjoy every course.
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What's Out, What's In: Your Roots Are Showing
We've started a series of what's trending in hotels these days: What's Out, What's In. Do we like what we see? Think it's a dud? You be the judge!
What's Out: Hotel-recommended city tours
What's In: Hotel-led cultural immersions
Hotels are taking a lead in ensuring guests remember that they're actually in a foreign city when they travel. Except for some solid holdouts, gone are the days when you walk into your hotel in Amsterdam, say, and you could just as easily be in Istanbul or Portland. Whether through design details, cuisine or cultural tours, hotels are proudly showing their roots.
The Fairmont Kea Lani Maui offers guests a full gamut of authentic Hawaiian experiences led by the hotel's full-time Cultural Coach. Not only can you explore some historical sites, you can learn the basics of Hawaiian paddling and the canoe's importance to the culture, the uses of native and non-native plants by the Hawaiian people, plus the history of the Hawaiian language, which you can then try to pronounce what seems to be unpronounceable. Rates at the resort start at $519.
The Goring –- the hotel with the Royal Warrant –- is launching their High Days and Holidays walking tours. Six tailor-made tours, all celebrating special occasions (or High Days in London-speak), were designed by Art History UK's founder Rose Balston. Art's on the menu but, as Rose says, "Think juicy tales, conversation, challenging ideas and plenty of hidden corners of London, past and present…" We're talking tours that include dragons, pagan rituals, ghosts and treason. Does it get any better? Rates for the package start at 595 GBP ($902).
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London Travelodge Rolls Out Joke Toilet Paper
To celebrate its first hotel above a comedy club, Travelodge has rolled out a "loo laughs" campaign at London's new 131-room Bethnal Green location in hopes of keeping its guests entertained at all times. That's right -- there are jokes and cartoons on the toilet paper.
The idea was inspired by the hotel's position on top of British comedian Lee Hurst's Backyard Comedy Club, but it was also backed up by a bit of data. Travelodge ran a survey of 2,000 Britons that revealed 49% of them like to read on the loo.
Based on what we've seen, it doesn't appear they got much professional help with the joke writing, despite its location. The two samples we've seen haven't exactly been side-splitters. For example, Why are men better than dogs? Because they have only two muddy feet to walk into the house. Or, worse: How many men does it take to change the roll of toilet paper? We don't know... it's never happened. Oh, dear.
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Rosewood Hotel Slated To Open In London This October
We love it when whispers of a brand new hotel arrive in our inbox, especially when it's a bit of a surprise and the opening isn't light years away. Yesterday, Rosewood Hotels (of The Carlyle New York and The Mansion on Turtle Creek in Dallas) gave us just that with the announcement of Rosewood London, due to open this October.
The hotel will open in a 1914 Edwardian Belle Époque building on High Holborn road, just northeast of main tourist draws such as Covent Garden, Soho, and Leicester Square. A dramatic entrance will be easy to make, coming through the wrought iron-gated carriageway into an arrival courtyard, and immediately inside is a seven-story marble staircase sweeping through the historic building.
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Celebrate Chinese New Year With These Three Luxury Hotels
If you can't make it to Shanghai or Hong Kong for Chinese New Year on February 10, all is not lost. From an authentic "Year of the Snake" Cantonese culinary experience in London to an authentic Chinese Carnival in Paris to VIP access at San Francisco's Chinese New Year Parade, hotels around the world are celebrating Chinese New Year in style.
The Dorchester Hotel in London is celebrating with a special "Year of the Snake" menu at the China Tang restaurant. If Snake Soup with Fish Maw is on your list of most favorite things to eat, then this is the place for you. The restaurant is reputed to have some of the best and most authentic Cantonese food outside of China, so you can bet that Peking Duck and Shanghai Smoked Fish are also on the menu. When you're finally stuffed to the gills (we couldn't resist!), then head over to the China Tang Bar for a classic digestif or a contemporary Asian one such as the yummy-sounding Xiao Mi Mi with Bombay Sapphire Gin, fresh ginger root, a slice of orange, fresh lemon juice, cinnamon and orange syrup, and strawberry liqueur.
The Chinese New Year Package is only available on Sunday, February 10 and starts at Ł1,260 ($1,973) in a Junior Suite.


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Quote: no (ordinary) phone line was secure. It isn't safe to say anything over a phone line that we wouldn't write on an open postcard and send through the mail!
That might be true but certainly when it comes to desktop-based internet payments, the whole system is designed specifically to transmit data securely between two parties across an insecure/hostile/unknown environment. This happens by a series of exchanges which essentially secretly share strong encryption keys. The encrypted data is visible but not readable. That's what's going on behind the scenes when the little browser padlock appears.
While I know mobile phones can carry out similar encryption between themselves and websites, none of this is good enough protection if the device itself (computer or phone) has already been attacked/compromised in other ways. In that scenario the attacker has direct access to what you're sending, not trying to snoop it en route, so any encryption in transit or security of the website at the other end of the link is irrelevant.
So that's really what I'd like to understand more about. I know how to secure my desktop reasonably well but my impression is that my phone's more vulnerable. Until I know it's secure, and more importantly, how and why it's secure so I can keep it that way, I don't trust it for payments.
The rules for handling credit-card transactions stiffened up considerably at the beginning of this month.
Merchants now have to take very much better care of card data and there are large civil penalties for transgression. The cost of credit-card fraud has now effectively passed to the merchants so business owners now have a much greater incentive to run a tight ship. We've always been supposed to send goods to the registered address of the card-holder and nowhere else.
One major risk was always dishonest staff who passed card data onto fraudsters. I don't know whether fraud by computer malware is commonplace or just a theoretical risk.
Does that work for pay-as-you-go?
Normally, yes. It's actually the operator who makes the credit decision, not us. However if you have sufficient credit to cover a purchase on your mobile, then yes, a purchase would normally go through. Most of the purchases that Bango handles are small - in the $1 - $3 range.
Scamsters normally start with a small transaction to check whether a card is still live.
A couple of years back, I had a call from my card company, asking whether I'd bought an Itune (whatever that is) for just less than £1. This purchase was quickly followed by others of increasing size. Good tracking software and prompt action by the card provider nipped a fraud in the bud.
The whole mobile (especially Android) system - web and installed apps seems like a ticking security time bomb - so much potential for crime!
As an example - I have an extra keyboard installed on my Andoid phone http://www.swiftkey.net/ - it's well regarded and much smarter than the supplied keyboard software- but it could be so easy for it to capture all my details and sell them on. This is one of the more blatant apps - at least it needs to record keystrokes - but when you look at the permissions required for many apps - so many can do almost anything.
I suppose this is no different to having a dodgy bit of software on a desktop - only that the desktop market is much more mature, and better protected. Plus most software comes from 'proper' software houses who have more to loose than an app made by someone in their bedroom.
Oddly mobile payments are a bit behind here in the west - I believe it's a bigger story in Africa http://www.economist.com/node/21553510
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|As a female principal software engineer, I find this article offensive and derisive towards women. The overall message here is "let's dumb things down for the ladies", which only serves to re-inforce the stereotype that females are less technically competent than males. Hmm... sounds like a self-fulfilling prophecy to me!
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2007-09-13 09:40:11 jpk01 [View]
We have to ask, though, what's the final goal - to educate students or to inflate ego?
A while back, after having been in the s/w industry for 5 years, I took a Data Structures class just for kicks. The class was based on C++. I did fairly well because I'd had many years of C++ experience, but many of the students were struggling with (and dropped out of the class due to) basic C++ syntax. Granted, this should have been mastered in previous classes, but I don't think one semester is adequate to do so.
The same prof is currently teaching the course using Python. I may have to drop him a line to see how he's doing...
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Unfortunately, factors such as low self-efficacy, loner stereotypes, and the belief in CS as both difficult and not widely useful, are well-documented barriers to women entering IT. I've made some suggestions on how to address those factors. I'm sorry that you consider addressing them as "dumbing it down for the ladies".