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Senior Unified Communications Engineer (Office 365, Microsoft IM, Lync, WebEx )(#108382)

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="LTR" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b>Position</b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;">: S</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #1f497d;">enior</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"> Unified Communications Engineer<br />  </span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b>Location</b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;">: Milpitas<br />  </span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b>Duration</b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;">: Full Time<br />  <br />  </span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b>Job Description</b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;">:<br />  Responsible for the design and strategic direction for KLA-Tencor corporate and field voice and call center applications/unified collaboration applications and mobile devices.<br />  <br />  </span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b>Engineering Responsibilities</b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;">:<br />  Lead Unified Communications engineer part of a team responsible to provide core technical expertise for Unified Communications infrastructure across Global KLA Tencor landscape.  Successful candidate will develop strong partnerships with the Operations, Architecture, Engagement Managers and Deployment teams, develop innovative solutions or improvements that will result in enhancements to current methods, procedures and processes.</span></div><div dir="LTR" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;">1. Service Ownership for Unified Communications infrastructure across global landscape.<br />  2. Demonstrate technical leadership and domain authority in at least two of the below technologies:<br />       a) Microsoft Lync/Exchange.<br />       b) M & Presence, Session Controllers, Cloud services, exchange backend<br />       c) Mobile Device Management (Eg: MobileIron)<br />       d) BES architecture, MobileIron package creation & deployment, Active Sync architecture, certificate management.<br />       e) Cisco VOIP, Video/Audio collaboration<br />       f) SIP Architecture, Cisco VOIP, Video/Audio collaboration<br />       g) SIP Architecture, Global DialPlan, Unity architecture / SIP & VCS architecture with regards to interoperability, WebEx<br />       h) Global DialPlan, Unity architecture / SIP & VCS architecture with regards to interoperability, WebEx<br />  3. Manage the outcome per SLA from Managed Service Provider teams responsible for Telecom production support.<br />  4. Partner with Architecture team to deliver innovative and cost effective solutions to align with   business needs.<br />  5. Performs Unified Communications infrastructure design, performance tuning and optimization as required across the global landscape.<br />  6. Participate in IT strategic planning and budget preparation.<br />  <br />  </span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b>Engineering Responsibilities</b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;">:<br />  1.  Develop comprehensive and detailed Unified Communications designs.<br />  2.  Create detailed technical documentation and diagrams including, but not limited to:<br />            a.  Client system documentation<br />            b.  Deployment templates and best practices guidelines.<br />            c.  Support documentation<br />            d. End user training and documentation<br />  <br />  </span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b>Mandatory Qualifications</b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;">:<br />  Must include Microsoft/IM and Service Management experience.<br />  Must have experience w/Lync and interoperability with other platforms.<br />  Must have experience with Cisco/Tandberg Video Conference Solutions and architecture in a global environment<br />  Other platform experience may be sufficient (i.e. Polycom, Lifesize).<br />  <br />  </span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b>Preferred Qualifications</b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"> :<br />  •Experience with Cisco Unified Communications Manager, Cisco Unity Connection and Cisco Unity in large, enterprise deployments with multiple nodes desired<br />  •Experience with WebEx site administration desired<br />  •Strong understanding of emerging technologies, standards, and best practices for mobile infrastructure, and mobile device management.<br />  •Understanding of exchange 2010<br />  •Experience with Microsoft LYNC and CUCM integration desired<br />  •Experience with Microsoft LYNC and Cisco/Tandberg SIP integration desired<br />  •Experience in leading or managing cross functional teams in a matrix organization (projects)<br />  •Strong analytical and problem solving skills.<br />  •Project Management/PLCM experience<br />  •ITILv3 certification or experience in working with ITILv3 Methodology, PMP certification or project management experience.<br />  <br />  </span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b>Business acumen</b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #1f497d;">:</span></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><br />  Excellent Written and verbal communication skills with ability to communicate at all levels using metrics and data.<br />  <br />  </span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b>Basic Qualifications</b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;">:<br />  Bachelor’s Degree with 7+ years of experience<br />  OR<br />  Master’s Degree with 5+ years of experience.<br />  <br />  Kindly send your resumes to</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="mailto:Sivaram.bose@kla-tencor.com"><span lang="en-us"><u>Sivaram.bose@kla-tencor.com</u></span></a></span></div></div>

Senior Unified Communications Engineer (Office 365, Microsoft IM, Lync, WebEx )(#108382)

Position : S enior Unified Communications Engineer Location : Milpitas Duration : Full Time Job Description : Responsible for the...

SYRIEN UND SEINE FALSCHEN FREUNDE

4:39 PM Tukiyooo 0

<br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 1;"> </div><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span></span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Wer das Morden beenden will, rede nicht von Intervention oder Waffen für die Aufständischen. Auch die Forderung nach Gewaltverzicht ist unsinnig, wenn sie sich nur an Assad richtet. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Es ist ein merkwürdiges Bündnis, das sich „Freunde Syriens“ nennt. Die USA gehören dazu. Die EU mischt mit, voran gehen – wie schon im Fall der Libyen-Intervention – Franzosen und Briten. Auch die Deutschen wollen dieses Mal nicht abseitsstehen. Die Arabische Liga ist dabei und damit die erzkonservativen Golfstaaten, die für ein Eingreifen plädieren. Selbst einmarschieren wollen sie nicht, das sollen die USA und ihre europäischen Verbündeten tun. Sogar Al Kaida bezeichnet sich als Freund des syrischen Volkes. Die Terrororganisation will bereits in Afghanistan erprobte Krieger an die syrische Front geschickt haben, denn was sich einige Mit-Freunde wünschen, ist ganz nach ihrem Geschmack: Das säkulare Assad-Regime soll verschwinden, die – in ihren Augen- ketzerischen Schiiten-Alawiten von der Macht vertrieben werden. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Und dann? Keiner weiß genau, wer zur Opposition gehört, wer welchen Einfluss hat. Unklar ist das Zahlenverhältnis zwischen Gegnern und Anhängern des Regimes. Niemand hat eine Ahnung, wer die Waffen bekommt, die die USA der „Opposition“ zukommen lassen wollen. Und was halten die sunnitischen Geschäftsleute, die kurdischen Soldaten, die drusischen Bauern und die christlichen Handwerker von diesen Freunden, den Assad-Gegnern, der bewaffneten Opposition? Drohnen, die in Gehirne schauen, gibt es noch nicht. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Treppenwitz der Geschichte</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Um keine Missverständnisse aufkommen zu lassen: Die Assads verteidigen ihre Herrschaft mit allen Mitteln, vergießen skrupellos das Blut der Gegner genauso wie das der für sie kämpfen Soldaten. Sie schicken Panzer und Scharfschützen, halten Homs im Würgegriff. Aber das Regime hält nun schon seit Monaten dem Druck stand, und seine Armee aus Sunniten, Drusen, Kurden, Christen und Alawiten kämpft. Das gelingt keinem auch noch so skrupellosen Alleinherrscher nur mit einer Handvoll hirnloser Geheimdienstler, willenloser Soldaten und gekaufter Anhänger.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Es ist ein Treppenwitz der Geschichte, dass ausgerechnet Franzosen und Amerikaner – um nur diese beiden herauszugreifen – sich jetzt so vehement für den Sturz von Präsident Baschar al Assad und den Sieg der Demokratie in diesem Land einsetzen. Als Kolonialherren haben die Franzosen aus Machtkalkül einst nicht nur Teile des Landes abgezwackt (um Libanon zu gründen) oder verschenkt (um die Türkei, allerdings vergeblich, in den Anti-Hitler-Pakt zu holen). Sie haben durch ihre chaotische Politik damals auch den Boden dafür bereitet, dass die Alawiten die Kontrolle über die Armee bekamen und sich nach rund einem Dutzend Putschen der alte Assad, Vater von Baschar, zum Diktator aufschwingen konnte. Und jetzt? Frankreich wittert neue Chancen, zu alter Macht und Größe zu gelangen. Früher hieß das Neokolonialismus, heute spricht man von Wirtschaftsinteressen. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Aber es reicht auch, eine Dekade zurück und auf die USA unter seinem damaligen Präsidenten George W. Bush zu blicken. Mit dem Überfall auf den Irak im März 2003 wurde zwar Bushs Lieblingsfeind Saddam Hussein gestürzt, aber es wurden auch alle zarten Pflanzen von Demokratisierung, Zivilgesellschaft, Reformierung, Öffnung in der arabischen Welt zertrampelt: Kein Bürgerrechtler, Aktivist, Oppositioneller in diesen Ländern konnte sich danach mehr zu westlichen Werten bekennen. Wer von Demokratie, Menschenrechten oder der Garantie körperlicher und seelischer Unversehrtheit sprach, dem schlug en Hohn, Verachtung oder sogar Hass seiner Mitbürger entgegen. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Syrien braucht Vermittler</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4VTBt9exVpiPNu-5GKjDKo9RArPCu3cgRC0DK_7uNUZQIHPBOftIKZ1TnHqOlugLgfdG1G5RJ6xyFPgJKY6Jgv6vTXTNF1zXvXNcSgQpO5cq_cZnI7L-i0aKd-DzYI6rI-ScFZwJD_FWw/s1600/14lede_mandate-blog480.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4VTBt9exVpiPNu-5GKjDKo9RArPCu3cgRC0DK_7uNUZQIHPBOftIKZ1TnHqOlugLgfdG1G5RJ6xyFPgJKY6Jgv6vTXTNF1zXvXNcSgQpO5cq_cZnI7L-i0aKd-DzYI6rI-ScFZwJD_FWw/s320/14lede_mandate-blog480.jpg" width="263" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="caption">The division of Syria under French administration in the 1920s.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Seit Frankreichs zerstörerischer Politik in Syrien sind knapp hundert, seit Buschs Irak-Invasion zehn Jahre vergangen. Für Syrien und sein Volk, Anhänger wie Gegner Assads, muss jetzt eine Lösung her. Keiner weiß, wie das zu schaffen wäre. Doch wer ein endloses Morden, das Übergreifen der sektiererischen Kämpfe auf die Nachbarn verhindern will und Israels Existenz wirklich sichern möchte, der rede nicht von Intervention oder Waffenlieferungen an die Aufständischen. Auch die Forderung nach einem Gewaltverzicht ist unsinnig, wenn sie sich nur an Assad und nicht zugleich auch an die oppositionellen Milizen richtet. Darauf kann sich Assad nicht einlassen. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Was Syrien jetzt braucht, sind Vermittler zwischen Opposition und Regime sowie für beide Seiten praktikable Vorschläge für die Zeit danach. Man könne nach allem, was passiert ist, nicht mehr mit Assad reden? Israels Premier Yitzhak Rabin hat mit dem PLO-Chef und „Erz-Terroristen“ Yasser Arafat 1993 einen Friedensvertrag unterzeichnet, US-Präsident Richard Nixon ist 1972 nach China gefahren und schüttelte Diktator Mao Zedong die Hand. Das hat zwar nicht die Probleme gelöst, aber Eskalationen verhindert und Spannungen minimiert. Die Syrer brauchen Hilfe. Worauf sie aber verzichten können, sind Heuchelei und falsche Freunde.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Via FR </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">von Martina Doering </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="color: blue; font-size: x-large;">The Middle Eastern Problem  are Britain and France to blame?</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJPZbVuTpWpO3oNjunJa0TW1RxiLIf6vaA8J_AcnW7VFtMDuiadCKsYttOKYl2L1aJ1iCyeVR38_c_guOnRO5f0USR38-Alx2029uPCmQYj-PgY3befflNQxKBqsJE5JDNo1y11MYcIWfg/s1600/sykes_map.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJPZbVuTpWpO3oNjunJa0TW1RxiLIf6vaA8J_AcnW7VFtMDuiadCKsYttOKYl2L1aJ1iCyeVR38_c_guOnRO5f0USR38-Alx2029uPCmQYj-PgY3befflNQxKBqsJE5JDNo1y11MYcIWfg/s1600/sykes_map.gif" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text">The Sykes-Picot                 agreement was a secret understanding concluded in May 1916,                 during World War I, between Great Britain and France, with the                 assent of Russia, for the dismemberment of the Ottoman Empire.                 </span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;">The agreement led to the division of Turkish-held Syria,                 Iraq, Lebanon, and Palestine into various French and                 British-administered areas. The agreement took its name from its                 negotiators, Sir Mark Sykes of Britain and Georges Picot of                 France.</span><br /><br />

SYRIEN UND SEINE FALSCHEN FREUNDE

Wer das Morden beenden will, rede nicht von Intervention oder Waffen für die Aufständischen. Auch die Forderung nach Gewaltverzicht ist...

Singin' and Dancin' into a Theater Near You

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<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNti_nk8A2eUzemYNst0ctd7K9t40DIGl6uKe3wqRHK4JUTIUroZifXQIjD_X3VhIsMNkcuXAPbJ6lv8RUZ5hk1HE9K5fz175FeJZYd-tYtohzbGwbxOBhEYDcU7nFDIl4RxYCk0x8KzFm/s1600/singin+in+the+rain.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNti_nk8A2eUzemYNst0ctd7K9t40DIGl6uKe3wqRHK4JUTIUroZifXQIjD_X3VhIsMNkcuXAPbJ6lv8RUZ5hk1HE9K5fz175FeJZYd-tYtohzbGwbxOBhEYDcU7nFDIl4RxYCk0x8KzFm/s400/singin+in+the+rain.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gene Kelly, "singin' and dancin' in the rain..."</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br /><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In honor of the 60th anniversary of its original release, <i>Singin’ in the Rain </i>returns to theaters nationwide next Thursday, July 12, for one night only.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">This perfect opportunity for classic film fans to see one of the great Hollywood classics on the big screen is presented by Turner Classic Movies, NCM Fathom Events and Warner Home Video. The festivities will begin with a special TCM original production hosted by Robert Osborne that includes </span><span style="font-size: large;">behind-the-scenes footage</span><span style="font-size: large;"> and an interview with Debbie Reynolds, who starred in the film with Gene Kelly and Donald O'Connor. Next, Stanley Donen's <i>Singin’ in the Rain</i> will screen, fully re-mastered and it promises to be more dazzling than ever.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/1KrS6Qn-ZY4" width="560"></iframe> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">To further celebrate <i>Singin’ in the Rain</i>’s milestone anniversary, Warner Home Video will release a special 60th Anniversary Edition on July 17. The three-disc set will include the re-mastered film on DVD and Blu-Ray and will feature a new documentary entitled <i>Singin’ in the Rain: Raining on a New Generation</i>.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"></div><span style="font-size: large;">This tribute marks the fourth classic movie anniversary  event co-sponsored by NCM Fathom and TCM who have similarly commemorated  the 70<sup>th</sup> anniversaries of <i>Casablanca</i> (1942) and <i>The Wizard of Oz</i> (1939) as well as the 50<sup>th</sup> anniversary of <i>West Side Story</i> (1961).<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">First released in 1952 and nominated for two Academy Awards, <i>Singin’ in the Rain</i> ranks #1 on the American Film Institute’s list of the “<a href="http://www.afi.com/100years/musicals.aspx" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">25 Greatest Movie Musicals</a>.” Tickets for the July 12 screenings are available online at the <a href="http://www.fathomevents.com/classics/event/singinintherain.aspx" style="color: #cc0000;" target="_blank">Fathom Events</a> website and through participating theater box offices.</span></span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLMEn9bqbw4Ypg0EbexWwPQ0nUfDofGTr_VR_l2qVbDaVUxkDGB6rLlX8j9W0ArUrjhb-4IiXSqkZBLh99N6TF1H_cDsOsw4YCduK0ZJxXsNDoIhP1-6D7uGkKTiaEBLObTUvaMEQaYgX8/s1600/singin-60th-anniversary.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLMEn9bqbw4Ypg0EbexWwPQ0nUfDofGTr_VR_l2qVbDaVUxkDGB6rLlX8j9W0ArUrjhb-4IiXSqkZBLh99N6TF1H_cDsOsw4YCduK0ZJxXsNDoIhP1-6D7uGkKTiaEBLObTUvaMEQaYgX8/s1600/singin-60th-anniversary.jpg" /></a></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>

Singin' and Dancin' into a Theater Near You

Gene Kelly, "singin' and dancin' in the rain..." In honor of the 60th anniversary of its original release, Singin’ in the ...

Part-Time Reference Librarians & Part-Time Instruction Librarian - Fairfield University

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<strong>Part-Time Reference Librarians & Part-Time Instruction Librarian</strong> - <span style="color: #48286d;"><strong>Fairfield University</strong></span>.   The DiMenna-Nyselius Library of Fairfield University seeks energetic,   self-motivated librarians with a strong public services commitment for   the following shifts: Monday evenings 6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m., Tuesday   evenings 6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m., and alternating Saturdays 10:00 a.m. –   6:00 p.m. Some flexibility is desirable for working as a substitute for   other evening/weekend reference staff. Schedule varies during  holidays,  summer and intersessions. The Library also invites  applications for a  part-time instruction librarian opening to teach  weekdays as part of a  busy Information Literacy Program. Requirements:  MLS from ALA-accredited  program. Prior reference desk experience.  Demonstrated ability to  communicate, both orally and in writing, to a  variety of audiences.  Experience with electronic reference resources.  For the instruction  position: teaching experience using active learning  techniques is highly  desirable. Submit letter of application, resume,  and telephone  numbers/e-mail addresses of three references to JoAnn  Garrity,  DiMenna-Nyselius Library, Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT   06824-5195, or directed electronically to <a _fcksavedurl="mailto:jgarrity@fairfield.edu" href="mailto:jgarrity@fairfield.edu">jgarrity@fairfield.edu</a>. Review of applications will begin in mid-July.

Part-Time Reference Librarians & Part-Time Instruction Librarian - Fairfield University

Part-Time Reference Librarians & Part-Time Instruction Librarian - Fairfield University . The DiMenna-Nyselius Library of Fairfield U...

All I Want is Chocolate!

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Our first 4th of July as a married couple was spent in the back of a GMC Acadia with a scant view of the fireworks through the trees.  Sadly, the town got a thunderstorm right before the fireworks began.  I would have loved to see the kids' reaction to the fireworks had we been able to sit outside with the view we were originally going to have. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_lJ2dOS3JgUX-rUIL-QLelmV-CKy53E49J0nPEo0NwFlbrVryPVmZlAM083sy-lG55prTQdd_hbIyQ4Ngha8O1g3oPHhHTILxENlbDhTdWuEV0uphoxxGJyv-fzzi7cRVoCrRMXEml9U/s1600/sugar-addiction-cartoon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_lJ2dOS3JgUX-rUIL-QLelmV-CKy53E49J0nPEo0NwFlbrVryPVmZlAM083sy-lG55prTQdd_hbIyQ4Ngha8O1g3oPHhHTILxENlbDhTdWuEV0uphoxxGJyv-fzzi7cRVoCrRMXEml9U/s200/sugar-addiction-cartoon.jpg" width="172" /></a></div>What a better way to cap off a very hot day and a night of fireworks with icecream, right?  Well, everyone else was enjoying the icecream but I just tried to focus on something else, like catching up on my Google Reader.  It was tough.  <br /><br />I'm trying to be cognizant of how I'm feeling or what I'm doing when I crave a sweet.  I think it's important to understand what makes me suddenly want to eat them.  So far, it's rather obvious that when there is so much downtime, then I really want a sweet.  Couple that with any amount of boredom or minor stress and the craving is amplified.   <br /><br />While I'm only focusing on your typical, easily identifiable sweets, I'm sure many of us would be surprised to find discover where else sugar is hiding in non-typical "sweets".  I read in a <a href="http://www.womenshealthmag.com/nutrition/how-sugar-harms-you?cm_mmc=Dish_Newsletter-_-876966-_-04112012-_-Grid3" target="_blank">Women's Health article</a> that even a McDonald's Sesame seed bun contains sugar.  How necessary is that really?  I'm not ready to be <i>that </i>strict with the elimination of sugar from my diet, but it's something to consider and be mindful of when selecting certain foods.  Should you venture to that article, be sure to check out that fun quiz at the bottom of page one - the questions/answers are interesting!  For example, between a Yoo-hoo and an Ocean Spray Light Cranberry Juice - which do you think has the least amount of sugar?  It's the Yoohoo!  Granted, it's not by much, but I was still surprised yet again of the marketing schemes surrounding juices.... it's all about that health halo.<br /><br /><b style="color: #351c75;">Have you ever quit eating sweets?  What was the biggest difference you felt/saw as a result?</b>

No Sugar Challenge All I Want is Chocolate!

Our first 4th of July as a married couple was spent in the back of a GMC Acadia with a scant view of the fireworks through the trees. Sadly...

you spin me right round

1:20 PM Anonymous 0

Thanks again everyone for the birthday wishes! It was a great 2 days (I always count the 4th as my birthday as well). My day started with these<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfK2BKMrny7hiSBgf6OoG8JtntbFd2qhautbFG3U0YdUslDUn3Qop7ek13ugggDuBfgTbQOdk2jqJZA5A8aKxZpke5NjzloXwRi6EnEv90m4dqMF0iLtWgAXmdEDSY_dDqNjYF9aUDbzir/s1600/BDayFlowers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfK2BKMrny7hiSBgf6OoG8JtntbFd2qhautbFG3U0YdUslDUn3Qop7ek13ugggDuBfgTbQOdk2jqJZA5A8aKxZpke5NjzloXwRi6EnEv90m4dqMF0iLtWgAXmdEDSY_dDqNjYF9aUDbzir/s640/BDayFlowers.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white;">and kept getting better from there. This was 'the year of the table', as I got not 1 or 2 but 3 tables for my birthday this year. (Don't let my mom and I loose on the retail world). More on those tables another day but today I have a different table in mind. Or lack of a table rather.</span><br /><br />I'm narrowing in on a complete living room plan but one thing that is missing is a coffee table. Coffee tables are a touchy subject in this house as that is the only piece of furniture that has a 'the one that got a way' story. It is too sad to mention but just know that it had an antique round marble top and the most awesome and unique base...see I can't even talk about it. I'll cry. Anyway, moving on.<br /><br />We need a coffee table. A round coffee table.<br /><br />We could go with something in honor of 'the table that cannot be named'.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNshfFRax_AD5FaYHGzskNwFXN3scmzPAM2YGmyb9V0bbOlbb6fyBhaZax8I9i96B70IxWlzbNOK-YdwBn6BI7XQJBs0q1YBTx5YvbWBsJmOP0zUJFJop7zuKDVSXv3DxEDFft1dR8AZO2/s1600/liquidylworgbwlclrblsRXSC11.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNshfFRax_AD5FaYHGzskNwFXN3scmzPAM2YGmyb9V0bbOlbb6fyBhaZax8I9i96B70IxWlzbNOK-YdwBn6BI7XQJBs0q1YBTx5YvbWBsJmOP0zUJFJop7zuKDVSXv3DxEDFft1dR8AZO2/s640/liquidylworgbwlclrblsRXSC11.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.cb2.com/accent-tables/furniture/smart-round-marble-top-coffee-table/f4971" target="_blank">cb2</a></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3XdSMK68vzRkjbnZB3m7zLn4mv7RGIgoqMs2uNsaVeIZpbCYJ-dCduBIPXmzrdpqhD4ga0rlnrsqI0a54NUunjO9RX9yr11wb9pWKsNAMzOISYq82PhE3p5NVNKvhL9XW1wpTHz662ogY/s1600/white+sofa,+morocaan+rug,+tulip+coffee+table+french+chairs.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3XdSMK68vzRkjbnZB3m7zLn4mv7RGIgoqMs2uNsaVeIZpbCYJ-dCduBIPXmzrdpqhD4ga0rlnrsqI0a54NUunjO9RX9yr11wb9pWKsNAMzOISYq82PhE3p5NVNKvhL9XW1wpTHz662ogY/s640/white+sofa,+morocaan+rug,+tulip+coffee+table+french+chairs.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">via <a href="http://brynalexandra.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Bryn Alexandra</a></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipe8Lf6SvQ8-WNmOGyvmTGXklEVIec_Qq7z9NvfTttSG_bxdXuEhRdGuLKnp8UOuTrac1S0CEBl38SEQoCq0TdNhwGd54liB6nsttMMclDLq7itSRSSlKt0fWtCtX6njAlcophdp-EhcA8/s1600/IMG_9799.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipe8Lf6SvQ8-WNmOGyvmTGXklEVIec_Qq7z9NvfTttSG_bxdXuEhRdGuLKnp8UOuTrac1S0CEBl38SEQoCq0TdNhwGd54liB6nsttMMclDLq7itSRSSlKt0fWtCtX6njAlcophdp-EhcA8/s640/IMG_9799.jpeg" width="422" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://mybestfriendcraig.blogspot.com/2012/02/shout-out-and-more-pictures-our-living.html">My Best Friend Craig</a></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: white;">But I'm afraid it will always be compared to the one we wanted and will therefore never feel right.</span><br /><br />We could go in a completely different direction and go for lucite.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFRLAs-9F93yfNQl3eTIbCDQNBQ4W4KV3RqrP011zmPSjEIPBTV5ZTlPws96tPNVmpfE9Tmnlqc-BDecbxqq0lEKDC7qSXbzLZ4O5-vugFPctQHcQHk4qAcyLwYGH6kNJsgWxQ8SiYuKSx/s1600/mr-banks-beforeafter-family-room-and-powder-room.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFRLAs-9F93yfNQl3eTIbCDQNBQ4W4KV3RqrP011zmPSjEIPBTV5ZTlPws96tPNVmpfE9Tmnlqc-BDecbxqq0lEKDC7qSXbzLZ4O5-vugFPctQHcQHk4qAcyLwYGH6kNJsgWxQ8SiYuKSx/s640/mr-banks-beforeafter-family-room-and-powder-room.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.peppermintbliss.com/2012/06/mr-banks-beforeafter-family-room-and-powder-room/" target="_blank">Peppermint Bliss</a></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiKENg5TGP_j4x6ooueElfCsElMPXjQf-we0iBD4GnMnUGqC8F4BsxTN5wLYoyhaYTm1rDN7eDQVVk37mVAi9nza7i45W-emtjRaXG8Jy14o9wu0qk2acdN9Qph2cuCb_N77Qhqx3PmOPT/s1600/search.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiKENg5TGP_j4x6ooueElfCsElMPXjQf-we0iBD4GnMnUGqC8F4BsxTN5wLYoyhaYTm1rDN7eDQVVk37mVAi9nza7i45W-emtjRaXG8Jy14o9wu0qk2acdN9Qph2cuCb_N77Qhqx3PmOPT/s640/search.jpeg" width="422" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.meredithheron.com/" target="_blank">Meredith Heron</a></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWKlzSnNSAPx3S1RLxEq3j0sj_xr_7bQvXH2GHYHYT2_0aQdbGQaNki5IbWRldiYJ3HftN6OBTY_J1l-Z0x4XFLnsrG5WpTsYiiCrGWOvVRmSVmNLfqp9z_WJ-6KpA-EgJPmaJr78fSjGF/s1600/lucite+coffee+table.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWKlzSnNSAPx3S1RLxEq3j0sj_xr_7bQvXH2GHYHYT2_0aQdbGQaNki5IbWRldiYJ3HftN6OBTY_J1l-Z0x4XFLnsrG5WpTsYiiCrGWOvVRmSVmNLfqp9z_WJ-6KpA-EgJPmaJr78fSjGF/s640/lucite+coffee+table.jpeg" width="614" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lonnymag.com/">Lonny Magazine</a></td></tr></tbody></table>Very different for me but would certainly keep the space feeling open.<br /><br />Or, we can go for round fluffy goodness. No, not Kim K's arse, an ottoman.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH_XsDae02C46WAxKuHK6oqEuVHTfKdQdm6V14sDNGYWnhUv9_FL8Q9JdVx9twKCvlW0Q7kwqiOHIhuotMgR9wl0w6EwN70xNXAMMXQtql9ZpfJUdTvyt_EX0Qy5ZO7jUSGlLJulxcuvaw/s1600/summertime.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH_XsDae02C46WAxKuHK6oqEuVHTfKdQdm6V14sDNGYWnhUv9_FL8Q9JdVx9twKCvlW0Q7kwqiOHIhuotMgR9wl0w6EwN70xNXAMMXQtql9ZpfJUdTvyt_EX0Qy5ZO7jUSGlLJulxcuvaw/s640/summertime.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://brynalexandra.blogspot.com/2012/07/summertime.html" target="_blank">Bryn Alexandra</a></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmPwk6w6FabdGeR6fUC81NT-IUyUlg6hMrHfvDo8_9jQ3MdyUDWq7KwUqJr7x-Sr5Be73Q-3PxMaGTMRwLjzjMHVmhaIoXNzAA1yBlHZFl1_TqfPlnBFx3rzyhy9L6XIVfcVQqWVN7KYDI/s1600/why-this-works.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmPwk6w6FabdGeR6fUC81NT-IUyUlg6hMrHfvDo8_9jQ3MdyUDWq7KwUqJr7x-Sr5Be73Q-3PxMaGTMRwLjzjMHVmhaIoXNzAA1yBlHZFl1_TqfPlnBFx3rzyhy9L6XIVfcVQqWVN7KYDI/s640/why-this-works.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://jenerationinteriors.com/classic.html">Jeneration Interiors</a></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEzdfDjgIasSRHlZC5gDkg25cjB71g3vVyl6j4JbF4mUQv0LwCUSXIlDTDwGVdu1gMmalhjvIqKN9z6fSNoGebKNo2cgM1dBgwaIEyKZJnJ7EK5381PaJ3Rjl9ZZY10xgLj2V0BhCMySub/s1600/diyroundottomanfinished.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEzdfDjgIasSRHlZC5gDkg25cjB71g3vVyl6j4JbF4mUQv0LwCUSXIlDTDwGVdu1gMmalhjvIqKN9z6fSNoGebKNo2cgM1dBgwaIEyKZJnJ7EK5381PaJ3Rjl9ZZY10xgLj2V0BhCMySub/s640/diyroundottomanfinished.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://blog.effortless-style.com/2012/04/diy-round-ottoman/#" target="_blank">Effortless Style</a></td></tr></tbody></table>I won't say which way I'm leaning but I will say that I shamelessly watched Keeping Up With The Kardashians for the first time yesterday. (No one needs to know that but us, right?)<br /><br />What type of coffee table(s) do you have? Do you have a piece of furniture that you can't decide on? Does anyone else get 3 tables for their birthday?

you spin me right round

Thanks again everyone for the birthday wishes! It was a great 2 days (I always count the 4th as my birthday as well). My day started with th...

SOUTH AMERICA : PARAGUAY

1:00 PM Tukiyooo 0

<br /><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHeU3a0UiAXeKOiqbfSjXlGWQEJnrEQ-PJFDUL8g5b5WB1mBv3SbiFNGfu1yu3pCW8dO85JD7NFNjjwJpiIl03za-srLsOurhD4eFPL7H6ii_ZpiVwTuc48_r-iSSDUrFHyyu9UWkKQKY6/s1600/pa-lgflag.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHeU3a0UiAXeKOiqbfSjXlGWQEJnrEQ-PJFDUL8g5b5WB1mBv3SbiFNGfu1yu3pCW8dO85JD7NFNjjwJpiIl03za-srLsOurhD4eFPL7H6ii_ZpiVwTuc48_r-iSSDUrFHyyu9UWkKQKY6/s400/pa-lgflag.gif" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;">WELCOME TO “DEMOCRASHIP”: EGYPT AND PARAGUAY STRUGGLE TO OVERTHROW THE OLD ORDER</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;">EGYPTIANS and PARAGUAYANS are now realizing new democracies take years, sometimes decades, of co-existing with the nightmare of dictatorship. </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Via AlterNet  </span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">By Pepe Escobar</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">NEW BRAND OF COUP D'ETAT</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4z0VYhkTjTEVpMxynbXmgoldatZb9_v-XMt-8GTUjw48sNqli26yi479yNzVqiupAPmFo-mG5wLus8Xumc0HSItcDS-zCOjWg1mtqEtSZ3TbrIm5yCQZQW8N6tOjs2YGg21oMLP6FMhGG/s1600/Federico-Franco-via-AFP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4z0VYhkTjTEVpMxynbXmgoldatZb9_v-XMt-8GTUjw48sNqli26yi479yNzVqiupAPmFo-mG5wLus8Xumc0HSItcDS-zCOjWg1mtqEtSZ3TbrIm5yCQZQW8N6tOjs2YGg21oMLP6FMhGG/s400/Federico-Franco-via-AFP.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Allegedly the Roman Catholic Church of Paraguay was strongly involved in the coup!!</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Let's start with a bomb. Over 10 days ago a new brand of coup d'etat took place in PARAGUAY against elected president <b>Fernando Lugo</b>. It was virtually unnoticed by global corporate media.<br /><br />Anything unexpected? Not really. A March 2009 cable from the <b>US Embassy</b> in Asuncion, revealed by WikiLeaks had already detailed how oligarchs in PARAGUAY were busy devising a "democratic coup" in congress to depose Lugo.<br /><br />At the time, the <b>US embassy</b> noted political conditions were not ideal for a coup. Key among the plotters was former president <b>Nicanor Duarte</b>(2003 to 2008), severely bashed by progressive SOUTH AMERICAN governments for having allowed US Special Forces in PARAGUAYAN soil to conduct "educational courses", "domestic peacekeeping operations" and "counter-terrorism training".<br /><br />This US Special Forces drive was happening decades after "one of our bastards", notorious dictator-general <b>Alfredo Stroessner</b> (in power from 1954 to 1989) had allowed the set up of a giant US-owned semi-clandestine landing strip near the ARGENTINA-BRAZIL-PARAGUAY Triple Border - later to become part of the war on drugs, and then the war on terror.<br /><br />So it's a no-brainer which was the first government to recognize last Friday's coup plotters in PARAGUAY: the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.<br /><br style="color: blue;" /><b style="color: blue;">FORGET ABOUT SHARING OUR CAKE</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Progressive EGYPTIANS are now realizing new democracies take years, sometimes decades, of co-existing with the nightmare of dictatorship. It happened, for instance, in BRAZIL - now universally lauded as a new, global powerhouse. During the 1980s and 1990s, some form of institutional re-democratization was going on. But for years BRAZIL really did not turn into a full democracy - economically, socially and culturally. It took a long 17 years - until president <b>Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva</b> first came to power in 2002 - for BRAZIL to start on the road of becoming less outrageously unequal than its rapacious ruling classes always wanted it to be.<br /><br />The same historical process is now at work in both EGYPT and PARAGUAY. Both countries suffered dictatorships for decades. When a dictatorship seems to be on its death throes, only political parties linked - or mildly tolerated - by the ancient regime find themselves in the best position to profit from the long, tortuous transition towards democracy. These countries then become what BRAZILIAN political scientist <b>Emir Sader</b> has dubbed "democraships".<br /><br />This applies to the Liberal Party in PARAGUAY and the Muslim Brotherhood in EGYPT. In the EGYPTIAN presidential election, we had a former <b>Hosni Mubarak</b> crony against an Ikhwan (Muslim Brotherhood) cadre. It remains to be seen whether the Orwellian SCAF (Supreme Council of the Armed Forces) in EGYPT will allow this new "democraship" to turn into a real democracy, and to what extent the Ikhwan is fully committed to the notion of democracy.<br /><br />PARAGUAY was already in a more advanced stage than EGYPT. Yet four years after a democratic presidential election, congress was still dominated by two dictatorship-friendly parties, Liberal and Colorado. It was a piece of cake for this bipartisan oligarchy to gang up and take <b>Lugo</b> down.<br /><br /><b style="color: blue;">A MEDIUM-RARE IMPEACHMENT, PLEASE</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Lugo</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> was evicted by a coup disguised as an impeachment, processed in only 24 hours. Regime change practitioners in Washington must have been ecstatic; if only we could do that in SYRIA ...<br /><br />This simulacrum had to be concocted by what is the most corrupt senate in the AMERICAS - and that's a huge understatement. <b>Lugo</b>was found guilty of incompetence in dealing with a very murky story linked - inevitably - with an issue that is absolutely key, all across the developing world: <b>agrarian reform</b>.<br /><br />On June 15, a group of policemen and commandos about to enforce an eviction order in <b>Curuguaty</b>, 200 kilometers from <b>Asuncion</b>, close to the BRAZILIAN border, was ambushed by snipers infiltrated among farmers. The order came from a judge protecting a wealthy landowner, <b>Blas Riquelme</b>, not by accident a former president of the <b>Colorado party</b> and a former senator.<br /><br />Through legal shenanigans, he had taken possession of 2,000 hectares that actually belonged to the PARAGUAYAN state. These lands were then occupied by landless peasants, who for some time had been asking the <b>Lugo </b>government to redistribute them.<br /><br />The School of the Americas Watch has already documented how enormous tracts of land in PARAGUAY were actually stolen from farmers and "donated" to military and upper-class cronies during those decades under the <b>Stroessner</b> dictatorship.<br /><br />The result in <b>Curuguaty</b> was 17 dead - six policemen and 11 farmers - and at least 50 wounded. It simply doesn't make sense; the elite members of the eviction force, a hardcore unit named Special Operations Group, were trained in counterinsurgency tactics in COLOMBIA - under the right-wing <b>Uribe</b>government - as part of the US-concocted Plan COLOMBIA.<br /><br />Plan PARAGUAY, for its part, was very simple; absolute criminalization of every peasant organization, forcing them to leave the countryside for transnational <b>agribusiness.</b><br /><br />So this was, essentially, a trap. PARAGUAY'S rabid right-wingers - joined to the hip with Washington, for example trying to prevent, by all means, VENEZUELA'S entrance into the MERCOSUR common market - were just waiting to pounce on a regime that had not, yet, affected its interests, but had opened up plenty of spaces for social protest and popular organization.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">IT’S ALL ABOUT AGRIBUSINESS</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> <br /><br /><b>Lugo</b>, a former bishop elected in 2008 with large rural support, might have seen it coming, but he did nothing to stop it. Compared with his power to mobilize people in the streets, he had minimum support in Congress: only two senators. Over 40% of PARAGUAYANS live in the countryside, but they are hardly mobilized. And 30% live under the poverty line.<br /><br />The "winners" in PARAGUAY had to be the usual suspects: the landowning oligarchy - and its concerted campaign to demonize farmers; multinational agribusiness interests such as <b>Monsanto</b>; and the <b>Monsanto</b>-linked media (as in the ABC Color daily, which accused ministers not acting as <b>Monsanto</b> stooges of being "corrupt").</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">See: <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/02/monsanto-global-monster-corporation.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/02/monsanto-global-monster-corporation.html</a></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow;"></span>Agribusiness giants such as <b>Monsanto</b>and <b>Cargill </b>pay virtually no taxes in PARAGUAY because of the right-wing controlled Congress. Landowners don't pay taxes. <b>Needless to add, PARAGUAY is one of the most unequal countries in the world; 85% of land - like 30 million hectares - is controlled by the 2% composing the rural aristocracy, a great deal of them involved in land speculation.</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">See: <a href="http://www.propertywire.com/news/south-america/argentina-limits-foreign-buyers-201112195891.html">http://www.propertywire.com/news/south-america/argentina-limits-foreign-buyers-201112195891.html</a></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><b><br /></b><br />Thus their Miami Vice-style mansions in URUGUAY'S hip Punta del Este resort or, for that matter, Miami Beach; the money, of course, is in the CAYMAN ISLANDS. PARAGUAY is de facto ruled by this cream of the 2% mixing agribusiness with the neoliberal financial casino.<br /><br />And by the way, as <b>Martin Almada</b>, a top PARAGUAYAN human-rights activist and alternative Nobel Peace Prize winner, has noted, this concerns BRAZILIAN landowners as well. The wealthiest soya bean producer in PARAGUAY is a "BRAZIGUAYAN", double nationality holder <b>Tranquilo Favero</b>, who made his fortune under <b>Stroessner.</b><br /><br /><b style="color: blue;">A COUP ON THE ROCKS, PLEASE </b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsaKUEtwgHEdYceSNfGe7ru1eFlPvFkG8y7q9HoX_UIyGTGs2YQd3Mo01hx2ccONYitCZLHHc7IaBhQWztWrR8_GgY0Ufj7BeRsC2uPkNxEYqGuZYohJYOe3wLi67GXmfEPJ-v8NUeeG8N/s1600/Political_Map_of_Latin_America_-_before_Paraguayan_coup-498.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsaKUEtwgHEdYceSNfGe7ru1eFlPvFkG8y7q9HoX_UIyGTGs2YQd3Mo01hx2ccONYitCZLHHc7IaBhQWztWrR8_GgY0Ufj7BeRsC2uPkNxEYqGuZYohJYOe3wLi67GXmfEPJ-v8NUeeG8N/s400/Political_Map_of_Latin_America_-_before_Paraguayan_coup-498.jpg" width="390" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Political Map of Latin America - before Paraguayan coup</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The Union of SOUTH AMERICAN NATIONS (UNASUR) treated what happened in PARAGUAY for what it is; a coup. The same with MERCOSUR. The contrast with Washington's position couldn't be more glaring. Coup plotter <b>Federico Franco</b>is a darling of the <b>US Embassy</b> in <b>Asuncion</b>.<br /><br />ARGENTINA, URUGUAY, VENEZUELA and ECUADOR won't recognize the coup plotters. VENEZUELA cut off oil sales to PARAGUAY. BRAZILIAN President Dilma Rousseff has proposed the expulsion of PARAGUAY from both UNASUR and MERCOSUR.<br /><br />PARAGUAY is already suspended; this means coup plotter <b>Federico Franco</b> was prevented from attending a key MERCOSUR meeting last week in <b>Mendoza</b>, ARGENTINA, when the temporary MERCOSUR presidency would be handed over to PARAGUAY. The PARAGUAYAN oligarchy - under Washington's orders - was blocking VENEZUELA'S entrance in MERCOSUR. Not anymore; VENEZUELA becomes a full member by the end of the month.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">UNSASUR AND MERCOSUR BAN - DEVASTATING GEOPOLITICAL IMPLICATIONS FOR LATIN AMERICA?</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><br /><br />Yet SOUTH AMERICAN progressive governments must be very careful. <b>If PARAGUAY is expelled from both UNASUR and MERCOSUR, it will inevitably ask Washington for commercial and military help. That could translate into a nightmare - US military bases in PARAGUAY.</b><br /><br />PARAGUAY'S oligarchs, the media they control, and last but not least the reactionary <b>Catholic church hierarchy</b>, calculate they will extend their power when elections take place in April 2013.<br /><br /><b>Lugo</b> was in fact facing a Sisyphean task - trying to steer a weak state, with minimum income from taxes (less than 12% of GNP), and under severe pressure by powerful transnational lobbies and comprador elites. This, by the way, is the structural reality of a great deal of LATIN AMERICA - and, roughly, one might add, of EGYPT.<br /><br />On a geopolitical level, what progressives everywhere - from SOUTH AND NORTH AMERICA to the ARAB world - should worry about is how, since the June 2009 coup against <b>Manuel Zelaya</b> in HONDURAS, LATIN AMERICA is being turned into a giant laboratory testing all sorts of "democratic" coup d'etat mutations.<br /><br />PARAGUAY is one such mutation. Another one was the failed coup against ECUADOR'S <b>Rafael Correa</b> in September 2010. All these coups are against progressive governments who privilege social advances.<br /><br />Not by accident, <b>Correa</b>, who was almost evicted by a coup, said that if it succeeded this time in PARAGUAY it would "<b>open a dangerous precedent</b>" in the whole region.<br /><br />And in terms of poetic justice, nothing beats <b>Correa</b> - the target of a coup - currently studying the possibility of offering political asylum to <b>Julian Assange</b>, whose WikiLeaks revealed, among other things, how the PARAGUAYAN elite was plotting their own coup.<br /><br />In EGYPT, a military coup happened even before a presidential election. Progressive EGYPTIANS who actually led the ARAB Spring must be extremely alert; PARAGUAY is showing how the rocky road towards democracy may end up in a "democraship".</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>

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9 health-care jobs for people who don't want to be a doctor

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<br /><div class="hdr_org_bld" style="color: #ff6600; font: normal normal bold 18px/normal arial, helvetica; text-align: left;"><h1 id="articleHeadline" style="color: #000066; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span id="cbArticle_lblByLine"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">By Debra Auerbach, CareerBuilder Writer</span></span></span></b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 18px;"> </span></h1></div><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;" /><div class="ArticleContent" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><img alt="" class="media-image  media-image-left" src="http://artstg.icbdr.com/sites/all/files/styles/large/public/Dental.JPG" style="float: left;" typeof="foaf:Image" />When you ask children what they want to be when they grow up, a common answer is "doctor." When those children do eventually grow up, their job dreams may have shifted, but for those who still aspire to work in health care, doctor is just one of the many career paths to take.<br />The population of elderly people in the U.S. is growing, and the health-care field is growing along with it. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that the health-care and social assistance sector is projected to gain more jobs than any other sector between 2010 and 2020.<br />If you're interested in health care and medicine, but becoming a doctor just isn't for you, consider one of these nine health-care occupation alternatives:<br /><br /><strong>1. </strong><a href="http://www.careerbuilder.com/jobs/keyword/cardiovascular_technologist/" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none;"><strong>Cardiovascular technologists and technicians</strong></a><strong> and </strong><a href="http://www.careerbuilder.com/jobs/keyword/vascular+technologist/" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none;"><strong>vascular technologists</strong></a><strong>*</strong><br /><strong>What they do:</strong> Cardiovascular technologists perform tests via imaging technology on the heart and vascular system to help physicians detect and diagnose heart and blood-vessel conditions in patients. Most workers who enter this field receive an associate degree. Some technologists and technicians get on-the-job training, but many employers also require professional certification.<br /><strong>Projected job growth between 2010-20:</strong> 29 percent (much faster than average)<br /><strong>Median annual pay:</strong> $49,410<br /><strong><br /></strong><br /><strong>2.</strong> <a href="http://www.careerbuilder.com/jobs/keyword/clinical+laboratory+technician/" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none;"><strong>Clinical and medical laboratory technicians</strong></a><strong> and </strong><a href="http://www.careerbuilder.com/jobs/keyword/clinical+laboratory+technologist/" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none;"><strong>technologists</strong></a><br /><strong>What they do:</strong> These technicians and technologists perform various tasks in a clinical lab, such as collecting samples and performing tests to analyze body fluids, tissue and other substances. In 2010, 52 percent of medical laboratory technologists and technicians worked in hospitals.<br /><strong>Projected job growth between 2010-20:</strong> 13 percent (about as fast as average)<br /><strong>Median annual pay:</strong> $46,680<br /><strong><br /></strong><br /><strong>3. </strong><a href="http://www.careerbuilder.com/jobs/keyword/dental+assistant/" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none;"><strong>Dental assistants</strong></a><br /><strong>What they do:</strong> Dental assistants help dentists with patients in a variety of ways. Tasks include making patients comfortable before procedures, sterilizing equipment, teaching patients about proper dental hygiene and scheduling appointments. Almost all dental assistants work in dental offices.<br /><strong>Projected job growth between 2010-20:</strong> 31 percent (much faster than average)<br /><strong>Median annual pay:</strong> $33,470<br /><strong><br /></strong><br /><strong>4. </strong><a href="http://www.careerbuilder.com/jobs/keyword/dietitian/" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none;"><strong>Dietitians</strong></a><strong> and </strong><a href="http://www.careerbuilder.com/jobs/keyword/nutritionist/" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none;"><strong>nutritionists</strong></a><br /><strong>What they do:</strong> As food and nutrition experts, dietitians and nutritionists advise patients on what to eat in order to lead a healthy lifestyle or reach certain weight goals. Most workers in this field have a bachelor's degree and have participated in supervised on-the-job training. Many states require dietitians and nutritionists to be licensed.<br /><strong>Projected job growth between 2010-20:</strong> 20 percent (faster than average)<br /><strong>Median annual pay:</strong> $53,250<br /><strong><br /></strong><br /><strong>5. </strong><a href="http://www.careerbuilder.com/jobs/keyword/dispensing+optician/?siteid=cbworkbuzz" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none;"><strong>Dispensing opticians</strong></a><br /><strong>What they do:</strong> Dispensing opticians fit patients with eyeglasses and contact lenses. Opticians typically have a high-school diploma or equivalent and some form of on-the-job training. Training may include technical instruction and sales and office management practices. Twenty-three states require opticians to be licensed. Depending on the state, opticians may also need to pass a state written exam, a state practical exam and/or certification exams.<br /><strong>Projected job growth between 2010-20:</strong> 29 percent (much faster than average)<br /><strong>Median annual pay:</strong> $32,940<br /><strong><br /></strong><br /><strong>6. </strong><a href="http://www.careerbuilder.com/jobs/keyword/medical+records+technician/" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none;"><strong>Health information and medical records technicians</strong></a><br /><strong>What they do:</strong> The responsibilities of health information and medical records technicians include collecting and organizing health data, updating national cancer registries and coding medical bills for insurance reimbursement. The job outlook for this occupation is strong, given that more hospitals are transitioning to electronic health records.<br /><strong>Projected job growth between 2010-20:</strong> 21 percent (faster than average)<br /><strong>Median annual pay:</strong> $32,350<br /><strong><br /></strong><br /><strong>7. </strong><a href="http://www.careerbuilder.com/jobs/keyword/home+health+aide/" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none;"><strong>Home health and personal care aides</strong></a><br /><strong>What they do:</strong> As the elderly population grows, the need for home health and personal care aides increases. These workers specifically help elderly, disabled or ill patients who aren't able to care for themselves independently. They help with everything from bathing and dressing to light housekeeping to dispensing medication. While most aides work in a client's home, others may work in group homes or care communities.<br /><strong>Projected job growth between 2010-20:</strong> 70 percent (much faster than average)<br /><strong>Median annual pay:</strong> $20,170<br /><strong><br /></strong><br /><strong>8. </strong><a href="http://www.careerbuilder.com/jobs/keyword/pharmacy+technician/" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none;"><strong>Pharmacy technicians</strong></a><br /><strong>What they do:</strong> Pharmacy technicians help licensed pharmacists dispense prescription medication. They also perform administrative tasks in pharmacies. While most technicians hold a high-school diploma or equivalent, some states require that they complete a formal training program and pass an exam. These technicians may work either full or part time in grocery or drugstore pharmacies or in hospitals.<br /><strong>Projected job growth between 2010-20:</strong> 32 percent (much faster than average)<br /><strong>Median annual pay:</strong> $28,400<br /><strong><br /></strong><br /><strong>9. </strong><a href="http://www.careerbuilder.com/jobs/keyword/speech+language+pathologist/" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none;"><strong>Speech-language pathologists</strong></a><br /><strong>What they do:</strong> Speech-language pathologists, also known as speech therapists, help people with communication and swallowing disorders caused by anything from stroke to hearing loss to emotional problems. In this role, workers assess, diagnose and treat patients. Some pathologists choose to work with specific age groups, or they may focus on treatments for specific communication or swallowing problems. The standard level of education for speech-language pathologists is a master's degree.<br /><strong><br /></strong><br /><strong>Projected job growth between 2010-20:</strong> 23 percent (faster than average)<br /><strong>Median annual pay:</strong> $66,920<br /><em><br /></em><br /><em>*Job descriptions, projected growth and median annual pay from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.</em></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />

9 health-care jobs for people who don't want to be a doctor

By Debra Auerbach, CareerBuilder Writer When you ask children what they want to be when they grow up, a common answer is "doctor.&q...