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4" circles precisely arranged in an overlay pattern. The circular swirls create an amazing holographic, 3D optical effect as you walk past or as light changes.
304 stainless steel custom Z-Channel 4" Overlay Engine Turn finish comes with a double layer of PVC film to protect the mirror finish during fabrication and installation.
On our custom Z-Channel made out of material with a finished side, Stainless Supply also offers the choice of which side the finish side is placed on the custom Z-Channel, which can be selected in Step 2 of the Cost Calculator. For #4 brushed finish, #8 mirror finish, and Bright Annealed (BA) finish stainless steel, the finished side will have a protective film on it to help prevent scratching until the product is delivered. On our smooth finish and tread plate aluminum, there may or may not be a protective film on the material as it is not industry standard to have PVC film. Please contact Stainless Supply if you prefer a scratch free side on mill finish aluminum and a sales representative can verify if it is possible on the aluminum custom Z-Channel that is being ordered.
Currently, Stainless Supply can offer up to 120" (10 foot) lengths of custom Z-Channel. In terms of shipping, UPS and Fed-Ex ground will not take packages over 9 feet in length (including packaging). Therefore, anything over 96" (8 feet) will be rated as a freight shipment after adding it to the shopping cart and typically the shipping price will be higher than ground orders. If you have any questions about freight shipments, please call our office at 877-484-0088.
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4" circles precisely arranged in an overlay pattern. The circular swirls create an amazing holographic, 3D optical effect as you walk past or as light changes.
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The Nuclear Comeback
Science, Sociopolitical, War Documentary published by Others broadcasted as part of SBS Cutting Edge series in 2007 - English narration
Nuclear power currently supplies 16 per cent of the world's energy. For the remainder, we rely heavily on the burning of fossil fuels. In Australia, 80 per cent of its electricity comes from the burning of coal alone. Nuclear power, however, has significant environmental benefits. It produces radically low levels of carbon emissions and suddenly, in the face of climate change, the view on nuclear power is being explored and welcomed more and more.
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Alison Redford's government is paying tens of millions for a radical rewrite of the entire kindergarten to Grade 12 school curriculum in Alberta.
Staples: Based on discovery math fiasco, Alberta parents should be wary
This story originally ran Feb. 26, 2014.
EDMONTON – Alison Redford's government is paying tens of millions for a radical rewrite of the entire kindergarten to Grade 12 school curriculum in Alberta.
The rewrite is set to roll out in 2016. It will be the final act of the discovery learning movement that has already brought in major changes to Alberta public schools, including the controversial changes to the Alberta math curriculum in 2008-09.
The discovery education movement – which also goes by such names as "inquirybased learning" and "21st Century Learning" – is led by outside gurus, government bureaucrats and education professors and consultants. It has had a profound influence, so much so that if you have a child in school after 2016, they will get a fundamentally different education than you got.
Teachers will do far less direct instruction so that students can increase their knowledge base. Instead, students will focus on more group and project work. Teachers are to act as guides who assist kids as they explore areas of interest.
Albertans have asked for these changes for years, says Education Minister Jeff Johnson, adding it will lead to an "unpacking" of the curriculum.
"Our packed curriculum stifles creativity in the classroom. It's too packed. There's too much stuff to try to get through and it doesn't allow enough flexibility to individualize learning, which is going to be really key in the future."
All this sounds enticing enough. Still, I doubt the wisdom of this radical shift.
Most importantly, is there any proof that the discovery approach actually works?
Here's where the issue becomes deeply troubling. For several years now, University of Manitoba math professors Robert Craigen and Anna Stokke have repeatedly asked pro-discovery learning education bureaucrats and university professors across Western Canada for proof that this approach creates more proficiency or a deeper understanding of math.
So far, the discovery learning advocates have come up empty. They've failed to produce credible, scientifically valid research studies showing this method works as well in the classroom as does conventional teaching. And, remember, it was conventional instruction – an intense focus on the teaching of knowledge – that drove Alberta schools to the top of the world educational rankings in the early 2000s.
So why discourage or abandon teaching methods that work so well?
All the more troubling is we've already seen this play out with Alberta Education's roll out of discovery math in 2008-09. Veteran teachers were suddenly discouraged from teaching standard arithmetic such as times tables, vertical addition and subtraction, and long multiplication and division. Instead, they were required to teach a newly devised form of arithmetic characterized by multiple, convoluted strategies, with students trying to discover the best strategy for themselves.
The result? In 2008-09, the last group of Grade 6 to learn math the conventional way averaged 70 per cent on their provincial math exams.
In 2012-13, Grade 6 kids averaged 56 per cent when tested on the new discovery learning curriculum.
The number of math illiterate students has now doubled in Alberta, according to international testing. The failure rate shot up from just 7.4 per cent in 2003 to 15.1 per cent in 2012.
Johnson says the tests results were negatively affected by a huge influx of non-English speaking immigrant students into Alberta schools.
But it looks to me as if our poorest, most disadvantaged learners have been hardest hit by this fixation on discovery math.
Nonetheless, Alberta Education steamrollers forward. In the past, curriculum rewrites were implemented slowly, one or two subjects at a time over a sixyear period, giving teachers across the province plenty of input. Now all the subjects will be done all at once in a few years.
Will the changes be led by seasoned teachers, who have to live with this new curriculum in the classroom?
Or will it be led by the same educational faction that brought us discovery math? The government is now spending about $30 million every year on curriculum development, Johnson says. Wildrose MLA and education critic Bruce McAllister questions the expenditure and the entire rewrite.
"The government is spending, when all is said and done, probably hundreds of millions to essentially chart a new course for students in Alberta.
"My biggest question is: if it isn't broke, why fix it? We have had outstanding results in Alberta for a long, long time."
It's not too late for Johnson to back off this plan. As the negative impact of discovery math is felt, Alberta teachers and parents are asking the government to abandon its discovery education fixation.


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South High students bring immigration concerns to governor
The Omaha South High School soccer state champions were congratulated by Gov. Dave Heineman on Tuesday. Although the students were thankful for the governor's support, some were concerned they were only invited to lunch for political reasons.
The meeting with Heineman and First Lady Sally Ganem, a Packer alum, was more than a meal for the players. Three graduates crafted a letter to Heineman voicing their stance on illegal immigration.
Two of the players who wrote the letter are in the country illegally, brought by their parents when they were young. They said the letter gives a voice to countless young people all asking for the same thing -- acceptance.
Sayeg Moreno co-wrote the letter discussing immigration, stating, "The policies you personally advocate as Governor have a terrible impact on our South Omaha community."
The students are talking about the Nebraska law that does not allow illegal immigrants to receive state benefits, including a driver's license.
"To our families and our own lives, our personal lives, we are struggling. We are going to struggle, and I don't think it's fair," Moreno said.
Moreno said meeting with the governor was the team's chance to be a voice for their community.
"We just want an easier path, so we can get driver's licenses and go to school, because we don't want to get penalized by getting a ticket or anything like that," he said.
In the letter it stated, "All we are asking for is a chance to prove ourselves through hard work. We are kids without a country that wants us."
The students who wrote the letter said it wasn't about their school or their soccer title, it is about their future.
"It was nice winning state, but the letter is nice, too, because I know some of those people, they can't really get the word out," Moreno said.
The governor responded, saying he respects their opinions and welcomes them. He said he was happy to host the team in Lincoln. Earlier this year, he hosted teams from Omaha Central High School and Skutt Catholic. He also hosted high school students who received perfect ACT/SAT scores.
Omaha Public Schools spokesperson Dave Patton said Omaha South's principal knew about the letter and advised students to deliver it privately in an envelope, which they did.
At the end of the letter, the students thanked the governor for the opportunity to meet.


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2005 Leading Edge Award Recipients
Five ASTC member institutions and two science center professionals received inaugural-year Roy L. Shafer Leading Edge Awards on October 16 at the 2005 ASTC Annual Conference in Richmond, Virginia.
Leading Edge Award for Business Practice (large institution)
Awarded to the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh for its innovative partnership with the University of Pittsburgh Center for Out-of-School Environments (UPCLOSE). The museum works with UPCLOSE as it tests programs, prototypes exhibits, and performs evaluations, and UPCLOSE graduate students conduct learning research on-site, using the museum's programs and exhibits as a laboratory. This partnership serves as a model of how nonprofit organizations can collaborate to advance each other's goals and positively influence visitor experiences.
Leading Edge Award for Business Practice (small institution)
Awarded to Sciencenter in Ithaca, New York, for its Wall of Inspiration, a donor-recognition program that honors financial supporters of the museum (and inspires new ones) while also serving as an educational exhibit. Contributors to the museum's recent capital campaign could each pick a scientist or mathematician whose life and work they admired. The museum then created a series of color plaques—complete with portraits of scientists, descriptions of their achievements, and donor-crafted dedications—that form a permanent display in the museum's community room.
Leading Edge Award for Visitor Experience (large institution)
Awarded to the Denver Museum of Nature & Science and the Taylor Community Science Resource Center at the St. Louis Science Center.
The Denver Museum of Nature & Science accepted its award for Space Odyssey, a 13,000-square-foot permanent exhibition area that integrates immersive environments, hands-on exhibits, live programming, and digital media to deliver timely and relevant space science information. Space Odyssey was honored as well for its outstanding volunteer corps, the 300-strong Museum Galaxy Guides, who deliver science demos and programs, facilitate interactive exhibits, and use portable interactive props to customize visitor experiences.
The Taylor Community Science Resource Center at the St. Louis Science Center received its award for modelling inclusive and thoughtful visitor experiences in science, technology, engineering, and math, and for inspiring other informal education centers. The award jury praised the Resource Center's leadership in public outreach and its commitment to increasing participation of members from historically underserved and underrepresented communities. The center, which is home to several science center educational initiatives, including off-site programming, educator professional development, and youth programs, reached more than 70,000 participants in the community last year.
Leading Edge Award for Visitor Experience (small institution)
Awarded to Nebraska's Omaha Children's Museum (OCM). In May 2004, OCM became the first children's museum to host Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition, an internationally known exhibition that is primarily geared to older children and adults. Staff enhanced the experience for younger visitors with Discovery Ports—exhibits designed specifically for children that focus on the science and cultural aspects of the ill-fated ocean liner. These enhancements, matched with an expanded marketing campaign for visitors beyond the museum's traditional demographic, earned OCM its award.
Leading Edge Award for Leadership in the Field — Award for New Leadership
Bestowed upon an individual who joined the field after January 2002. Awarded to Chad Johnson of the Edgerton Explorit Center (EEC) in Aurora, Nebraska. Hired in February 2004 as an experiential educator, Johnson made a lasting impact on EEC and the community it serves through creative programming and keen business leadership. In addition to launching several new educational programs, earning the repeat monthly business of more than 70 families, Johnson used his programming skills to develop a time- and cost-efficient online registration system.
Leading Edge Award for Leadership in the Field — Award for Experienced Leadership
Bestowed upon an individual who joined the field before January 2002. Awarded to Preeti Gupta of the New York Hall of Science in Queens, New York. A product of the museum's Science Career Ladder, a paid internship program designed to encourage women and people from minority communities to explore careers in science, technology, and science education, Gupta worked at the Hall for 12 years before becoming head of the education department in 2001. Since then, she has continued to bolster the program, expanding the number of participants by 50 percent, building new relationships with funders and schools, and significantly strengthening its training and evaluation components. The jury also cited her willingness to share her expertise and help interested organizations use the Science Career Ladder model for their own programs.


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I thought it about time I shared a little art project I've been working on as a request from my sister. It's a a certain painting she's been drooling over from Ballard Designs for years now, every time she see it she mentions how I should paint it for her but inevitably one thing has led to the next and well I've been putting it off for years. Then I saw it Pinned it on Pinterest which meant the it was on like Donkey Kong. Finally it's finished and ready to go.
It was a super simply Art project inspired by the Snowbirds and Blossom painting for sale on Ballard Designs website seen in the image below. It's such and pretty painting and the background looks just like falling snow.
The total price for the entire project was approximately $35.00 using a 40% off coupon for the canvas at Michael's. You can download a printable materials list here to paint your own Ballard Designs inspired Snowbirds and Blossoms painting.
Now let's get to the fun part.
Paint the entire background of your canvas in 2 coats of silver paint and let dry. I used Liquitex Basics Acrylic paint in Silver which I had on hand but you could easily use regular silver craft paint.
Once dry click here to print the tree outline. It's sized to accommodate a 24 x 24 inch canvas and will print out on 9 sheets of regular paper. You can then piece together the sketch to transfer onto your canvas using your carbon transfer paper.
Starting with the gray and white and cream background. Use the eraser end of a new pencil and dip the eraser into a bit of Pewter Grey paintand randomly dot the entire background of the canvas using a straight up and down motion.
You may want to practice a couple time on the plate to get a feel for how much paint should be on the eraser to get the size dot you want. I just dipped and dotted a approximately 3 to 4 times before reloading the eraser. It's basically a process of dip, dot, dot dot, repeat. This will give an added dimension as each of the dots will be slightly different in size and opacity as the one before. Keep dipping and dotting until you have a random gray dots all over the background area of your canvas, don't worry about completely covering the entire background with dots as this is only the first layer.
Next do the same thing all over again with Unbleached Titanium White filling in randomly the areas that don't have coverage, then you'll do the same with Butter Cream and finally a layer of Titanium White. Once that is complete stand back and look to see how well the silver background has been covered. You'll want most of your silver background to be covered and you can go back and dot till your hearts content.
Once your happy with how it looks it is on to the leafy part of your tree…and you guessed it, more dots. The only difference between this part and the background is the center of the tree. To give the tree depth use Christmas Green color only in the center portions as shown in the image above.
After the Christmas green color you add the Fresh Cut Grass, then the Kiwi and the Leaf Green in the same manner as the background was applied. Dipping and dotting until your silver background is mostly covered. Then you're ready for the tree truck which is dotted in the Dark Chocolate and the Coffee Latte.
Now this was a bit time consuming but super easy art project. I did it over the course of a number of nights watching some TV. I think it turned out just lovely and after all of that dotting
I my sister has a beautiful Ballard Designs inspired hand painted painting for much less than the $449 retail price tag.
Shhh, don't tell her but I almost want to keep it for myself.


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Acheson, Nick (2014) Change and the practices of actors in civil society: towards an interpretivist exploration of agency in third sector scholarship. Voluntary Sector Review:, 5 (3). [Journal article]
Acheson, Nick (2014) Lenin's Useful Idiots: Voluntary Action and Public Service Reform in Northern Ireland. National Coalition for Independent Action. National Coalition for Independent Action. 16 pp. [Research report (external)]
Acheson, Nick and Laforest, Rachel (2014) Civil Society and the State: Is the time of the third sector as a bearer of citizen interests now over? Civil society, the third sector and protest movements after the financial crisis of 2008/09. In: International Society for Third Sector Research, Muenster, Germany. ISTR. [Conference contribution]
Carney, Gemma, Acheson, Nick and Scharf, Thomas (2014) Guest Editorial to themed section - Voluntary action in ageing societies. Voluntary Sector Review: an international journal of third sector research, policy and practice, 5 (2). pp. 157-159. [Journal article]
Acheson, Nicholas (2013) Citizen advocacy or death from a thousand cuts: what determines the fate of third sector organisations in welfare states after the economic crisis? A view from Ireland's two jurisdictions'. In: Government-Nonprofit Relations in Times of Recession. (Eds: Laforest, Rachel), Queen's Policy Studies Series, ISBN 9781553393276 [Book section]
Acheson, Nicholas and Laforest, Rachel (2013) The Expendables: Community organisations and governance dynamics in the Canadian settlement sector. Canadian Journal of Political Science, 46 . [Journal article]
Acheson, Nick (2013) Independence as a Principle of Voluntary Action - Developing a new story about who we are: the challenge for Voluntary action in Northern Ireland. Building Change Trust. 17 pp. [Research report (external)]
Mullins, David and Acheson, Nick (2013) Competing Drivers in Hybridity: Third Sector Housing Organizations in Northern Ireland. Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 25 . [Journal article]
Mullins, David, Muir, Jenny and Acheson, Nick (2013) Third Sector Housing Partnerships in Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland Housing Executive. 65 pp. [Research report (external)]
Acheson, Nicholas (2012) From group recognition to labour market insertion:civil society and Canada's changing immigrantsettlement regime. British Journal of Canadian Studies, 25 (2). pp. 231-251. [Journal article]
Acheson, Nicholas (2012) The co-construction of new policy-spaces for state third sector engagement: an exploration of third sector agency in austerity driven welfare states. In: International Society for Third Sector Rersearch: Democratization, Marketization and the Third Sector, Siena, Italy. ISTR. 28 pp. [Conference contribution]
Acheson, Nicholas and Hodgett, Susan (2012) Narratives of citizenship: welfare state reformand civil society in Canada. British Journal of Canadian Studies, 25 (2). pp. 152-159. [Journal article]
Acheson, Nicholas and Laforest, Rachel (2012) Comparing governance patterns: the place of third sector organizations in policy across nations. In: International Society for Third Sector Research, Siena, Italy. ISTR. 23 pp. [Conference contribution]
Acheson, Nicholas and Mullins, David (2012) Competing Drivers of Hybridity: Third Sector Housing Organisations in Northern Ireland. In: International Social Innovation Research Conference, Birmingham. ISIRC. 34 pp. [Conference contribution]
Acheson, Nick (2012) Benjamin Gidron and Michal Bar (Eds) 2010 Policy Initiatives towards the Third Sector in International Perspective., the Policy Press [Other]
Acheson, Nicholas, Milofsky, Carl and Stringer, Maurice (2011) Understanding the Role of Non-aligned Civil Society in Peacebuilding in Northern Ireland: Towards a Fresh Approach. In: Peace-Building in Northern Ireland. (Eds: Power, Maria), Liverpool University Press, Liverpool, pp. 18-36. ISBN 978-1-84631-659-3 [Book section]
Acheson, Nicholas and Muir, Jenny (2011) Northern Ireland's social housing partnerships: meeting housing need in difficult times. In: International Research Society for Public Management,, Dublin Ireland. IRSPM. 27 pp. [Conference contribution]
Acheson, Nick (2011) A Case of avoiding "political mumbo jumbo": Do collective identities within ethnically diverse voluntary associations spill over to other contexts? Reflections on Northern Ireland's experience. Policy & Politics, 39 (2). pp. 203-220. [Journal article]
Acheson, Nick and Milofsky, Carl (2011) Derry Exceptionalism and an Organic Model of Sustained Dialogue. In: Resolving Community Conflicts and Problems: Public Deliberation and Sustained Dialogue. (Eds: Lohmann, Roger and van Til, Jon), Columbia University Press, New York, pp. 167-185. ISBN 978-0-231-15168-9 [Book section]
Acheson, Nicholas (2010) Welfare Governance, counter publics and civil society: reflections on contrasting cases in Canada and Ireland. In: International Society for Third Sector Research. ISTR. 35 pp. [Conference contribution]
Acheson, Nicholas (2010) Welfare State Reform, compacts and restructuring relations between the state and the voluntary sector: reflections on Northern Ireland experience. Voluntary Sector Review: an international journal of third sector research, policy and practice, 1 (2). pp. 175-192. [Journal article]
Acheson, Nicholas (2008) PRIVATE CONCERNS AND PUBLIC ACTION: A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK AND AN IRISH ASIDE. Optimum Online: The Journal of Public Sector Management, 58 pp [Internet publication]
Acheson, Nicholas and Harvey, Brian (2008) Social Policy, Ageing and Voluntary Action. Institute of Public Administration. 258 pp ISBN 978-1-904541-73-8 [Book (authored)]
Acheson, Nicholas and Milofsky, Carl (2008) Peace Building and Participation in Northern Ireland: Local Social Movements and the Policy Process since the "Good Friday" Agreement. Ethnopolitics, 7 (1). pp. 63-80. [Journal article]
Acheson, Nicholas and Williamson, Arthur (2007) How Multi-level Public Policy Frames the Development of Civil Society Organisations: the case of Ireland, North and South. Policy & Politics 35, 1. Policy and Politics, 35 (1). pp. 25-44. [Journal article]
Acheson, Nicholas, Williamson, Arthur, Stringer, Maurice and Cairns, Ed (2006) Voluntary Action and Community Relations in Northern Ireland. Community Relations Council and the Office of First Minister and Deputy First Minister. 147 pp. [Research report (external)]
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Dressage at Devon - CDI-W/Y/J has been a premier North American equestrian event since 1975. It combines world class dressage competition and the world's largest open breed show with the international Fall Festival shops and special activities for the entire family.
The historic and charming Devon Horse Show Grounds, located on US Route 30 just west of I-476 in Devon, Pennsylvania provide the ideal venue for this exciting event. The grounds include covered grandstand seating at the main Dixon Oval, a second performance arena, warm-up areas, extensive stabling and the tree-shaded lanes of the Festival area.


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Huge rumor to start this sucker off. Yes please.
Sources -- Los Angeles Lakers want both Dwight Howard and Chris Paul - ESPN Los Angeles
Huge rumor to start this sucker off. Yes please.
Sources -- Los Angeles Lakers want both Dwight Howard and Chris Paul - ESPN Los Angeles
Bring them in!!!!!
I wonder if we can get rid of Bynum before the season starts so he can start his 5 game suspension with another team.
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LGK is the only place for real die-hard fans. If you're not here, you're not a die-hard. That's how I see it!
Rink Dawg
Hopefully he works out. Team shot 35% from three last year.
Jason Kapono to ink 1-year deal with Los Angeles Lakers, source says - ESPN Los Angeles
@WojYahooNBA: The Hornets have started to inform teams that they're sending Chris Paul to the Lakers for Bynum and Odom, league sources tell Y! Sports.
YAAAAA CHRIS PAUL!!! yaaaaaaa
Too much to give up for him. Love the guy, but super thin down low now. Don't say Howard either. Unless Orlando is willing to be stupid and give up a healthy superstar in Dwight Howard for an injury prone center who isn't much younger and isn't as talented, it's not happening.
Howard isn't resigning with the Magic though, and it sounds like Dwight is calling the shots here. He's made it no secret he wants to be a Laker, but the Lakers will still have to put a decent package together....
Also looks like Okafor is coming along with CP3, not 100% certain yet.
Dwight needs to do the stand-up thing. Tell Orlando he isn't re-signing, wants a trade to the Lakers immediately, and will only sign an extension with LA.


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BEIJING, Sept. 28 (UPI) -- Politician Bo Xilai was expelled from the Community Party of China, which turned over its investigation of suspected wrongdoing to prosecutors, the party said.
The decision was announced Friday following a meeting of the party's Political Bureau, which adopted an investigation report on Bo's suspected violations, China's state-run Xinhua reported.
Bo, once a fast-rising party official on track to become a Politburo member, was the party chief of the large city of Chongqing before being ousted for alleged disciplinary violations. The government has accused Bo of corruption and tapping phone conversations of President Hu Jintao and other senior party leaders, among other things.
In August, Bo's wife, Gu Kailai, was convicted of murder in last November's poisoning of British businessman Neil Heywood and given a suspended death sentence, which usually means a life-in-prison sentence in China.
Wang Lijun, a former Chongqing vice mayor, reportedly sought to defect to the United States and his visit to the U.S. Consulate in February, triggering the scandal that eventually brought down Bo. The two had been close associates prior to the events but fell out, which led to the police chief's visit to the U.S. Consulate.
Because of the incidents and Bo's suspected violations, the Community Party of China's Central Committee suspended Bo's party membership and began an investigation in April.


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The best guy movies of all time, ranked by fans and critics. This list includes some of the greatest guy movies ever to hit the big screen - those whose quotable lines all guys seem to know, manly characters, masculine themes that guys love. The best man movies are as diverse as the men who love them. Comedies old and new - from Animal House to The Hangover - fall into the category of movies dudes love, as do newer bromance movies like Superbad and I Love You Man. This list includes war movies like Saving Private Ryan and cult favorite guy films like A Clockwork Orange and Trainspotting, which are just as popular as good sports films like Major League, The Natural, and The Blind Side.
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Each year, CUP organizes a five-night national conference in January, affectionately referred to as NASH. Each region also has access to a subsidy that can be used to fund regional-specific events and conferences.
Conferences give student journalists the opportunity to meet with their peers, share skills, and participate in workshops and seminars hosted by professionals in the field. The national conference is also the cooperative's annual general meeting, where members determine CUP's direction and elect national staff.


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FC Porto retained the title to lift their 26th crown and a sixth in seven years, losing just once as they finished six points clear of rivals SL Benfica. It was also a season to remember for A. Académica de Coimbra, who claimed the Portuguese Cup for the second time in their history and the first since 1939.
Champions: FC Porto
After a good start, including a Portuguese Super Cup win, Porto found themselves five points adrift of leaders SL Benfica at the end of January following what proved to be their only defeat of the season at the hands of Gil Vicente FC. The return of experienced midfielder Lucho González proved crucial as Porto impressed in the second half of the campaign.
Pereira's charges dropped just four points in their final 13 games, which included wins at Benfica and SC Braga, as they claimed the title with two games to spare. "Only the most consistent team would take the title and we had the best attack and the best defence," said Pereira, who succeeded André Villas-Boas at the helm in June 2011. "In the decisive matches, the team came through and that showed the character of the players."
Cup final: Sporting Clube de Portugal 0-1 A. Académica de Coimbra
UEFA Europa League semi-finalists Sporting improved under new coach Ricardo Sá Pinto in the second half of the season and the Lisbon club were strong favourites going into the final against an Académica team that narrowly avoided relegation. Portuguese Cup final history has shown that the favourites do not always prevail and the underdogs, who beat champions Porto on their way to the final, stunned their opponents by opening the scoring in the fourth minute through Marinho. Sá Pinto's men failed to find an equaliser and Académica held on to claim their second Portuguese Cup, and a first since 1939.
European places*
FC Porto – UEFA Champions League group stage
SL Benfica – UEFA Champions League group stage
SC Braga – UEFA Champions League play-off
A. Académica de Coimbra – UEFA Europa League group stage
Sporting Clube de Portugal – UEFA Europa League play-off
CS Marítimo – UEFA Europa League third qualifying round
*Subject to final confirmation from UEFA
Player of the Year: Hulk (FC Porto)
Named Porto captain in early February during his fourth season at the club, Hulk showed his class once again by producing stellar performances when his side needed them most. The Brazilian international opened the scoring in a crucial 3-2 win at Benfica in early March and his added-time penalty the following week prevented a shock home defeat against Académica. The 25-year-old kept Porto on course for the title with the winner against Braga in early April and struck twice in the following three games to take his tally for the season to 16 as Porto triumphed.
One to watch: Nélson Oliveira (SL Benfica)
Oliveira only started his first Liga match in March 2012 but grabbed his first goal for the Eagles in the 2-0 League Cup victory against CD Santa Clara. Some eye-catching performances followed with a goal on his UEFA Champions League debut in the round of 16 triumph against FC Zenit St Petersburg an undoubted highlight. Oliveira has pace and strength, two attributes which earned him his first full international cap against Poland at the end of February and a place in Paulo Bento's provisional UEFA EURO 2012 squad.
Surprise package: CS Marítimo
The Madeira club were above Lisbon giants Sporting for most of the season before eventually slipping to fifth towards the end of the season. Danilo Dias, Roberto Sousa and Pedro Martins were the star performers in a team which performed consistently to secure European football again next season despite losing Kléber to Porto at the end of the last campaign and Baba Diawara to Sevilla FC in January.
Number: 55
The number of games Porto went unbeaten. An impressive 703 days after their previous defeat on 28 February 2010 [3-0 at Sporting], Porto succumbed 3-1 at Gil Vicente, just one game short of equalling the Portuguese record of 56 held by Benfica.
Leading scorer: Óscar Cardozo, SL Benfica (20 goals)
Relegated: CD Feirense, UD Leiria
Promoted: GD Estoril-Praia, Moreirense FC
"I am humble enough to admit it and to know that I am still growing as a coach. I believe I can become better in the future, but I am not making any promises."
Vítor Pereira refused to get carried away following a successful first season in charge after making the step up from assistant to replace Villas-Boas as coach in June 2011.
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Justin Timberlake's new single is here, ushering in the most likely song to be played throughout the summer.
The singer dropped his newest track "Can't Stop the Feeling" off the upcoming "Trolls" movie soundtrack late Thursday night after teasing fans with snippets throughout the week. The accompanying video features actors from the movie, including James Corden, Anna Kendrick and Gwen Stefani.
"Entourage" music supervisor Scott Vener described it, tweeting, "its on some dance MJ meets BILL WITHERS disco and u prob think I'm kidding but I'm not."
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Stories that affect your life across the U.S. and around the world.
Timberlake sent fans on a frenzy earlier this week when he dropped a surprise move few followers saw coming. The former 'N Sync member announced a new song would be released in just two short days. "#CantStopTheFeeling," he tweeted when asked what the new track would be called. "2 more days."
While most of what he has coming up on his new album is hush-hush, Timberlake has dropped hints on who we might hear on the project. From Pharrell to Little Big Town, he has has been posting quite a few photos from the studio, revealing that he's been working with some big names on all different aspects of the music making process.
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This year I finally managed to host a real gluten-free vegetarian recipe carnival. I got to know some wonderful new gluten-free bloggers and get inspired by their creative approach to hosting a vegetarian Thanksgiving.
After all the madness of hunting for recipes, planning out a menu and shopping for the ingredients, I started to think about what Thanksgiving meant. Sometimes being a gluten-free food blogger with a fear of hunger breathing down my neck (due to the possibility of no food that I can eat in a given situation), I can get pretty hung up on the food part of it. But Thanksgiving is also about family, and it is a time to count all of the blessings in your life. I am very blessed. Although we can get hung up on the stresses of everyday life with jobs, studies, and daily chores, The DH and I (with Toddler Yum) make it a priority to have fun together as a family. Some of the memories we've made together have been some of the happiest I've ever had. Even simple things like taking my kid trick or treating on Halloween have been joyful experiences thanks to my DH and the intrepid Toddler Yum.
Thanksgiving has been no different. Of course I am finding that you have to give up some of the control in the kitchen with a toddler underfoot. Yes, she will get into the ramekin of dairy-free pumpkin pie and dive in thumbs first. (By the way Alisa, the recipe got a big thumbs up.) And yes, she wants to help at the worst moments sometimes, and can cause more chaos than I ever imagined. But Toddler Yum is also so much fun, and watching her develop into a real, imaginative, spirited person with opinions makes the holidays even better. This kid loves Halloween, and costumes, and saying "Trick or Treat." And today for Thanksgiving, she loved saying "Happy Thanksgiving" and holding her plate for a piece of Daddy's turkey (no the DH and Toddler Yum are not veg) and gobbling up spoonfuls of Mommy's homemade cranberry sauce. And we loved watching her do all of those things. Honestly, I can't wait to experience Christmas with this new Toddler Yum, who tells us "I'm a KID" and plays and talks and thinks like one more every day.
My Menu for Thanksgiving turned out about like I thought it would.
Main dish: Portobella Mushroom Stuffed Acorn Squash topped with my favorite Gluten-free Nutritional Yeast Gravy.
Side Dish: Gluten-free, Vegan homemade French Bread
Side Protein Dish: Vegan Homemade baked beans cooked in slow cooker and pressure cooker.
*This one actually gave me some problems because I combined two types of beans (black and red) from two different bags and the black beans refused to cook in the slow cooker. I think they may have been old. I started them first thing in the morning after soaking them overnight and the beans were consistently crunchy for ages and ages until finally I pulled out my pressure cooker and pressure cooked them. Fie on you, Slow Cooker cookbook that told me beans would only take 3-4 hours.
Side Dish: Duchess Potatoes (made to be dairy-free with the new Earth Balance Coconut Spread and Coconut Milk).
Side Dish: Elana's Brussel Sprouts with Chestnuts
Side Dish: Frozen Peas (Not Gourmet but the DH loves it)
Sauce: Homemade Orange Apple Cranberry Sauce
Desserts: 2 Kinds of Dairy-free Pumpkin Pie. I preferred Alisa's egg-based filling to my vegan filling, I have to say. I also made some Apple Pie using one Whole Foods GF Bakehouse Crust and one Manna From Anna crust.
There is this kind of hokey but cool Raw Foods Cafe called Cafe Gratitude that has locations in Berkeley and in the Cupertino Whole Foods. They make it a practice to ask patrons what they are grateful for, as they take their orders. It is embarrassing, but a good question, especially on Thanksgiving. What are you grateful for?
This is the closing post for my Gluten-free Vegetarian Event. I hope you have enjoyed it. I was planning on posting a recipe, but I just didn't think it made much sense since all of you who celebrate Thanksgiving are probably all cooked out. I will update the first page to reflect all of our latest recipes and posts, so it will hopefully serve as a resource for others for later holidays. I hope you all had a wonderful gluten-free thanksgiving!


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Delivering Network-as-a-Service and Hybrid Cloud Visibility with Cloud-First
In this webinar you will learn about how a fully automated switch fabric built ground-up leveraging cloud design principles enables VPC/VNET constructs on-prem to deliver cloud-style network-as-a-service operational model. Big Switch's Big Cloud Fabric automates networking for multiple private cloud platforms, enabling the network to operate at the speed of VMs and Containers. With built in analytics and telemetry, BCF provides real-time contextual visibility across the fabric as well as one-click troubleshooting workflows. NetOps, DevOps and CloudOps. You will also learn about how Big Switch's Big Monitoring Fabric enables pervasive and consistent visibility for security and application performance monitoring across on-prem data centers and public cloud deployments. In addition, we will look into how Big Switch's Multi-Cloud Director offers a single dashboard enabling global management and policy control across multiple enterprise and public cloud deployments of Big Cloud Fabric and Big Monitoring Fabric to provide a simplified and consistent hybrid cloud management experience.
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Intel Network Builders
Multi-Access Edge Computing with Network Programmability
Mar 3 2020
4:00 pm
60 mins
Sven Freudenfeld - CTO Telecom Application BU at Lanner and Jesper Eriksson - VP of Product Management at NoviFlow Inc.
Cloud Services, IoT, 5G and MEC are driving applications ever closer to the network edge, challenging existing network/cloud edge infrastructure to scale into the multi-Tbps range as well as to meet severely reduced latency requirements. Using traditional fixed function network technologies to deliver this enhanced Multi-access Edge Computing unfortunately adds latency to packet flows, multiplies networking costs, limits scalability and drives expenses through the roof. Programmable match-action data planes, combined with programmable compute resources, make it possible deploy Multi-access Edge Computing as an intelligent resource that brings the network into full partnership with applications and coordinates flows across enterprises and global networks.
In this webinar, Intel, Lanner and NoviFlow will present an all-in-one MEC solution that demonstrates these principles by uniting Intel scalable compute node, Intel/Barefoot Tofino programmable networking, and NoviFlow's NoviWare and CyberMapper programmable networking software. They will also present how this solution optimizes information flows, minimizes latency, and makes the best possible utilization of all network and compute resources, thus reducing hardware costs, operating expenditures and even energy utilization. Use cases for PE-Router, Mobile Edge Computing, Service Chaining with SRV6, Private LTE and IPTV will be presented and discussed.
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White Box Strategies for ISP Border Routers
Feb 18 2020
31 mins
Kelly LeBlanc, VP of Marketing at 6WIND and Yann Rapaport, VP of Product Management at 6WIND
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are replacing legacy hardware Border Routers with software on white box servers. Through advancements with Border Router software and Intel® Xeon® server architecture, ISPs can now benefit from virtualized software solutions without sacrificing features and performance. Join the Webinar to learn how global ISPs are transitioning to white box strategies for BGP-based border routers.
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Open Edge Cloud for Content Delivery
Jan 23 2020
53 mins
Mark Fisher, VP Marketing and Business Development at Qwilt and Jeff Gilbert, VP Strategy and Business Development at Qwilt
Streaming video continues to grow at staggering rates with a whole new wave of service offerings from Disney+, DAZN, CBS and NBC's Peacock set to accelerate consumer adoption and flood mobile and broadband networks with even more streaming traffic. Learn about the new ways streaming video is being consumed and how communications service providers can use Qwilt's Open Edge Cloud, an edge computing solution, as a new architecture and business model to scale content delivery capacity in their networks. Hear how the Open Edge Cloud drives the deployment of a massive compute infrastructure based on Intel architecture at the last mile edge of ISP networks. You will also hear how and why major communications service providers and content publishers have adopted this new model for content delivery.
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NFV is Winning!
Jan 21 2020
55 mins
Prayson Pate - SVP Solutions Marketing and CTO Edge Cloud, ADVA
The telecom industry has been working on network functions virtualization (NFV) for seven years. It has been a slow process, but now NFV is succeeding in the marketplace. We will ask and answer some key questions:
•Why has it taken so long?
•What's changed?
•How is it being deployed, and with what key applications?
•Who is deploying it?
•And what's next?
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One Core, One Radio, Every Generation - Bring Connectivity Anywhere with NIB®
Dec 19 2019
48 mins
Jay Salkini, President and CEO, Tecore Networks
Tecore Networks will discuss how the iCore™ Software Defined Core Network brings Mobile Network Operators (MNO's) an OpenRAN platform that supports simultaneous operations of 2G, 3G, 4G and 5G from a common x86 based system or Cloud RAN in a single radio. Tecore Networks will also discuss how the Network in a Box® (NIB) is the industry's first all-in-one, transportable and ready-in-minutes network that provides operators with the most compact, adaptable, and cost-effective platform for deploying, extending, and evolving their networks.
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Safeguarding the Edge of 5G and Multi-cloud
Dec 18 2019
54 mins
Yasir Liaqatullah, Vice President, Product Management and Paul Nicholson, Sr. Director of Product Marketing at A10 Networks
We are entering a new era of 5G and Multi Cloud connectivity. There is a massive proliferation IoT, and new 5G and Multi Cloud applications are forcing an architecture evolution. Edge computing is rapidly emerging to realize the full potential of these new use cases dependent on low-latency. Simultaneously, the connected devices are getting ever more powerful and much more widely deployed. Security is becoming paramount to protect these edge applications, efficiently and effectively. Traditional defenses are not possible in this new age and a new breed of ML based consolidated security is required.
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DPI: The Key Technology for Application Performance Monitoring Solutions
Dec 17 2019
44 mins
John Hallett, Sales Manager EMEA at ipoque GmbH, a Rohde & Schwarz company
When it comes to managing application performance, most enterprises today use application performance monitoring (APM) tools. APM is a unified monitoring technique that uses analytics to provide visibility into the end-to-end performance of an enterprise application, measuring it against pre-determined performance, security and QoE targets.
By using deep packet inspection (DPI) technology, APM tools are able to go beyond the usual simple network management protocol (SNMP) and flow-based traffic monitoring to detect performance issues. DPI is a technique for monitoring network and application traffic at packet level. Using response time metrics for packets sent between clients and servers, enterprise administrators can regulate traffic flows and differentiate between network and application issues.
This is necessary for a converged, end-to-end overview of enterprise application performance, which requires real-time analytics on enterprise network links and connectivity such as LAN and WAN, as well as on user devices and external connectivity.
Discover in this webinar why DPI is crucial for achieving an up-to-date overview of system traffic, determining root causes of performance issues, detecting inappropriate traffic and security risks, and reacting to network slowdowns (which often remain undetected) before they impact end users.
By the end of this session, attendees will have learned:
•How application delivery creates challenges for enterprises related to managing their applications' performance and security
•How APM solutions help enterprises to monitor and diagnose application delivery issues
•Why packet-level analytics provided by DPI have become a crucial technology for APM solutions
•What the benefits of DPI are for APM use cases
•What sourcing options are available for DPI solutions
•How to evaluate and answer the key aspects when deciding whether to build or buy DPI technology
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Enable the Edge: Orchestration and Automation for Edge Computing
Dec 12 2019
59 mins
David Carrera, Scientific Director, Nearby Computing
Edge Computing adoption is today limited by the lack of efficient tools that can manage its complexity: from the lifecycle management of an extremely distributed infrastructure to the operation of an ecosystem of specific components, ranging from networking elements to edge applications. Operation of edge computing is challenging as it comprises heterogeneous architectures and networking models, while from the point of view of management, unified and modular solutions are required.
In this session, we will demonstrate how the NearbyComputing One solution automates the provisioning and deployment of edge computing environments for two specific scenarios: 1) uCPEs with limited compute power using a custom virtualization user plane that combines virtual machines and docker containers; and 2) private LTE environments that require both virtualized RAN and EPC components. Through the unique model-driven approach and seamless interoperability of our solution, companies across diverse sectors (CSPs, Oil & Gas, Industry 4.0, Smart Cities) see their operational costs reduced by simplifying the management of their infrastructure, automating complex processes and introducing new high-value services that could not be deployed before.
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Running I/O intensive workloads on Kubernetes with Cloudify Orchestration
Dec 11 2019
53 mins
Nati Shalom, Founder and CTO, Cloudify and Petar Torre, Principal Engineer, Intel
Kubernetes was originally developed for running large-scale container based web applications, which have been typically designed with Cloud Native principles in mind enabling workloads portability. I/O intensive applications represent a category of high-end applications such as network and trading services, that require advanced networking and deterministic performance. Kubernetes has not been design to support this category of application.
Intel has been working with the industry to address this unmet gap in Kubernetes, adding to Kubernetes new networking features such as support for multiple interfaces, hardware accelerators, NUMA topology, CPU management and more.
In this webinar, we will demonstrate how Cloudify orchestrates F5 Networks' containerized network functions running in a Kubernetes managed NFVI platform using Intel® QuickAssist Technology. The solution is based on complete decoupling between system layers to allow faster application onboarding and easier Life Cycle Management, effectively delivering "Environment as a Service" (EaaS). We will also show how to use placement policy to allow the deployment of applications across multiple clouds.
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End-to-End uCPE Service Automation Made Easy
Dec 10 2019
27 mins
Paul Marchione, Senior FAE, Enea and John Collins, VP Engineering, UBiqube
How do you ensure efficient end-to-end service orchestration for multi-tenant uCPE solutions?
The uCPE architecture is a compelling platform for SD-WAN and networking solutions, providing unrivaled service agility through centralized management and orchestration. End-to-end service automation simplifies operations, reduces operating expenditures, and minimizes the risk for human errors in the agile network. For service providers managing multiple customer networks, automating roll-outs, orchestration, configuration and service lifecycle management at the customer premises is key for successful service delivery.
In this webinar, UBiqube and Enea will talk about the principles behind efficient end-to-end automation of network services deployed on uCPE. Topics covered include:
•End-to-end automation
•Zero touch provisioning
•Real-world use cases
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Accelerating 5G with Disruptive User Plane on Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors
Nov 21 2019
60 mins
Richard Hewitt, 5GC Architect, Metaswitch and Chandresh Ruparel, Intel
Global service providers and enterprises are seeking to deploy the 5G core to deliver new services that unleash the capabilities of the new radio networks. Metaswitch has worked with Intel to deliver a high performance software User Plane on Intel based hybrid cloud infrastructures. This webinar highlights the readiness of the ecosystem with Metaswitch Fusion Core, a 5G Core Container Network Function (CNF) and Intel' cloud infrastructure platforms. We present the performance test results of the Fusion Core UPF as validated against a standardized test framework. The audience will learn about the deployment maturity of the 5GC to fulfill their business objectives by accelerating their migration to truly cloud native 5G architectures and the role Intel plays in delivering optimized platforms across the network.
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4G and 5G virtual RAN, from LAN to WAN
Nov 19 2019
40 mins
Eran Bello, GM at ASOCS Inc.
In this webinar ASOCS will present the benefits of full RAN virtualization in both 4G and 5G networks. Leveraging modern open interfaces such as the ORAN Ethernet Fronthaul and open management interfaces will allow network orchestration and automation for use cases spanning from local area network (LAN) to wide area network (WAN).
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High Performance Cloud for the 5G Era
Nov 14 2019
54 mins
Rory Browne, Solution Arch. at Intel; Jason Elliott, Head of 5G Market Development & Mike Moore, Regional Product Mgr, Nokia
Join Intel and Nokia as they discuss the future of cloud-based architecture and 5G services and use cases. Demand continues to grow, requiring new network capacity and more efficient operations. At the same time, providing a great customer experience and implementing new services quickly are vital to your revenues. During this webinar we will focus on how Nokia's telco know-how combined with Intel's IA manufacturing know-how equals best in class silicon and how our ecosystem partners are building the telco cloud and 5G standard platforms using these technologies.
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When Open RAN Meets AI
Nov 12 2019
34 mins
Arnaud Polster, VP Business Development and Trevor Moore, CTO at Accelleran
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How cloud-native core network helps fulfill the demands of 5G services
Nov 7 2019
47 mins
Seshadri Sathyanarayan, Sr. Director of Product Management at Affirmed
Affirmed Network will discuss how a true cloud-native 5G platform and microservices, a key component of cloud-native architectures, allows Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) to Innovate Faster with a platform that enables services to be quickly deployed in days/weeks vs. months; Build Once Deploy Anywhere from core to edge on public, private or hybrid clouds; and Converge All Networks including 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G (NSA/SA) and wireline on a single platform.
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Second-Generation SD-WAN
Nov 5 2019
52 mins
Amir Zmora, CEO, flexiWAN; Karl Mörner, VP Product Mgmt, Enea; Bill McDonald, Segment Mgr CPE/Edge, Intel
How to Deliver on Promises of Cost Optimization, Flexibility, and New Service Opportunities with Open Source
Enterprises and service providers are looking at open source as a way to optimize costs, and provide a more flexible SD-WAN architecture compared to proprietary solutions. The goal for enterprises is to align their network architectures with evolving business needs, and for service providers to differentiate with new services.
In this webinar Enea, flexiWAN, and Intel will show a complete uCPE solution with open source SD-WAN and security applications, taking SD-WAN to a new level. The webinar will highlight how open and flexible components contribute to a more agile and efficient enterprise network.
This webinar will cover:
•The white box uCPE
•Virtualization and uCPE management
•Open architecture, modular SD-WAN for reducing cost and enhancing flexibility
•SD-WAN and firewall applications in service chains
•Managing and integrating multi-vendor solutions
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Enhancing Subscriber QoE with Network Policy Automation and Machine Learning
Oct 29 2019
44 mins
Kamakshi Sridhar, PhD & Nicolas St-Pierre from Sandvine
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By Liane Kupferberg Carter [1] Nov 27, 2012 6 [2]
A Circle of Safety
Day One:
The turkey has almost finished roasting when Superstorm Sandy makes landfall. Our lights flicker and go out. I line up candles on the kitchen counter and call our son Mickey to come eat dinner.
"Are we having an adventure?" he asks. He sounds nervous.
"We certainly are!" I say cheerily.
All night I lie in bed listening to the wind howl, praying none of our massive oak trees will fall on our house.
Day Two:
My husband Marc and I wake to news of devastating destruction. Enormous trees have toppled in our suburb north of New York City. Telephone polls have sheared off; electrical wires litter the streets. People have drowned, and entire communities have washed away. NYU Medical Center in Manhattan—a facility we know well from our stays on the epilepsy floor—has flooded. Nurses and doctors have managed to maneuver every single patient, even ones on ventilators, down dark stairways to safety.
We call our older son Jonathan in Manhattan, who has lost power too, and urge him to take refuge uptown with family.
I find Mickey flipping light switches back and forth. "I'm making the power come back," he explains. Magical thinking.
"It doesn't work that way," I tell him, "but we can still cook." Luckily we have a gas range. I fill a pan with water, strike a match, and open a box of macaroni and cheese.
"This is the adventure?" he asks.
"Oh yes!" I say cheerfully.
We have a gas-fired water tank. As long as the hot showers hold up, we can hold out.
Day Three:
Halloween has been cancelled. I start eyeing all the unopened bags of Fun Size Candy Bars. I distract myself by making strong coffee, and listen to news on the radio. It's gut-wrenching. A mother's two children have been ripped from her arms by raging flood waters. As soon as Mickey walks in I switch off the radio.
The food has thawed. We toss everything into four large trash bags. It is 41 degrees outside, yet Mickey still insists on wearing nothing but shorts. He has always hated the feeling of clothes. Why does he seem so impervious to cold?
"Put on sweatpants and a shirt," I insist.
"No, I need to nap," Mickey says and climbs back into bed. He resists all efforts to get him out of the house. Finally we lure him to an early dinner at the deli with the promise of burgers and fries. We are walking through the parking lot when Mickey suddenly says, "Oh no. I forgot to put on underwear."
Day Four:
The eerie silence is broken only by the steady thrum of a neighbor's generator. The power company is saying it will be another week. Just shoot me now.
But I know I have no business complaining when others are in so much worse shape. We've been lucky; the house is standing, and we've had no property damage. I'm thankful I don't live on the Jersey shore, where houses have been swept off their foundations. Or Breezy Point, Queens, so ravaged by fires it looks like London after the Blitz.
Our synagogue has power. They invite us to share the warmth and WiFi, so we pack Mickey's electronic toys, our phones, the laptop, a power strip, and a shopping bag's worth of chargers.
"We're still having the adventure?" Mickey asks dubiously.
"Absolutely," I say, determined to stay upbeat. Marc goes online to order 40 D cell batteries for our lanterns. At the dinner table that night I snap a photo on my phone and post it to Facebook with the caption: "Dining by lantern light. #Sandy."
Day Five:
I think about packing a bag and going somewhere warm; several families have invited us to stay with them. Which would be worse: uprooting Mickey, or trying to explain his behaviors to people who haven't met him? How can we leave our two cats? The elderly one has a heart murmur. After I hear a policeman on the radio say, "Empty houses are a burglar's dream," I decide to stay put.
Our synagogue invites people without power for a Shabbat community dinner. "Can Wario come?" Mickey asks. Wario is a four-inch beanie baby Nintendo character he used to carry with him for comfort years ago. He jams Wario in his pocket. We enter the sanctuary, feeling shell-shocked in the dazzling light. Clutching Wario, Mickey bops beside us in time to the music. Afterward, he works the crowd. Attention must be paid. Mickey walks up to the new rabbi and introduces himself. "He's glad-handing like a politician!" Marc says, marveling.
"He feels safe here," I say.
Day Six:
The cold is relentless. Our beds are piled high with quilts and comforters. Marc and I hear reports of gasoline shortages. Someone has pulled a gun on the gas line. Or maybe it's an axe.
On the way to the diner Mickey announces, "I'm going to order a burger and fries to cheer me up." He asks if he can get a new game for his Game Boy, and tells me, "I'm going to stay in Best Buy till the cows come home."
Day Seven:
Daylight Savings Time ends. The house is dank, and we are dispirited. My muscles ache from shivering. A week in, our cat Fudge still waits patiently for warmth in her customary spot atop the kitchen heating vent. "Is Fudge dying?" Mickey asks fearfully.
"Of course not, honey," I tell him. "She's just cold."
The temperature plummets into the 30s. What if the pipes freeze? The wind picks up; a nor'easter is heading our way. How much longer will this last? Will we?
We are grateful to a friend with power who cooks and brings us a hot dinner. Mickey bolts his food, then climbs back into bed to cuddle under four quilts with Fudge. Marc opens a bottle of Chardonnay we've been saving; it has chilled to perfection in our unheated house. We eat in front of the fireplace. It feels basic. Primitive. I think of a refrain from the book "Game of Thrones": "The night is dark and full of terrors." I wonder what terror the dark holds for Mickey. Our bit of heat doesn't even reach the rest of the room; it's black beyond the fire's protective glow. We huddle close to the hearth in our circle of safety.
Marc attempts to read a book, finally putting it aside. "Maybe Abe Lincoln could read by fire light, but I can't."
"I'll never take our creature comforts for granted again," I say, even as I know I will do precisely that a month from now.
Day Eight:
School reopens.
"I'm not going," Mickey says flatly. "First lights. Then school." He struggles to explain, and finally says, "I want to have an adventure with you."
Does he think "adventure" means excitement, or deprivation? He has endured darkness and freezing temperatures, shortage of favorite foods, the disruption of comforting routines. He has seemed so resilient till now. It is the thought of leaving us that unhinges him.
"How do people die?" he asks.
"They get very old or sick," Marc says. "Or sometimes they have an accident."
"Did Aunt Tessie love me before she died? Did Uncle Stanley?" he asks.
"Of course," I say. "Very much."
"Because I'm a favorite kid?"
"Yes," I tell him.
"I'm a cute little guy?"
Sometimes his sweetness slays me.
"I miss my friend Emily so much," he confides. Emily is away at school. He is grappling with more loss than I've realized.
We are recharging our devices in the synagogue library when our neighbor calls to tell us we have power. We are back on the grid.
"The adventure is over?" Mickey asks.
"It is," we reassure him. "Everyone is warm and safe."
But of course that isn't true.
We take it as given that electricity will always flow. That fuel will be readily available. That the food supply is limitless. Superstorm Sandy has reminded us how vulnerable we are, and that safety is a fragile construct.


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