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So, I just saw a little 5 minute demo for App-V for Datacenters. It's a very simple demo that has a lot of potential. The first thing that impressed me was that Microsoft has a working demo of application virtualization for servers. OK, very cool stuff.
The really interesting trick comes in at about 4:00 in the video. A simple right-click->update Operating System feature in the next version of SCVMM 2008. You can update the Operating System from a template or another running VM! How cool is that? Also, thanks to App-V for Datacenters, the application comes along for the ride. This is certainly a taste of what us virtualization folks mean when we say that the battle for virtual dominance will happen with management, not necessarily the hypervisor choice. Do you have an opinion of Microsoft's new toys? Share it in the comments below.


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Event Archive - Steven Koenig Band, Sat PM Dance Party
Sat. December 21st 2013 @ Fairview Pub (No Minors)
430 - 730 doors at 430
$5.00 at the door only.
Event CategoriesMusic: Funk / R&B, Jazz / Blues
Dance your shoes off at the fairview dec 21st 430-730
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With all the benefits to reviews, knowing how to create a Google Review link is essential for businesses. Reviews are an amazing resource for small businesses, either to learn from customer expectations and experiences, or to gain the attention of potential customers. Reviews can help to improve service by allowing the manager to see what customers would change or like to see changed. Reviews also provide a reliable source for other people looking for the same product or service. As reviews can benefit both the business and the customers, here is a step by step guide detailing how to create a Google Review link.
Step 1: Find your PlaceID
To begin the process of creating a Google Review link, you must first visit the PlaceID tool which can be found by clicking here. A map is shown by scrolling down on the page. This is where you will begin the process of creating your Place ID. The PlaceID is important because this is the component that will link customers to your review site.
Step 2: Enter Business Name
On the map, a location bar can be found at the top. Type your business's name into the bar. The location of your business will be found, and a list of business names should pop up. Click on your business.
Step 3: Create your Link
After clicking on your business, a point will appear on the map showing the location of your business. A label will appear near the point including the name of your business, the address, and your PlaceID. The PlaceID can be found directly under the name of your business. Use this URL https://search.google.com/local/writereview?placeid= and add your PlaceID to the end.
Your link has been created! Now you can provide the link to your customers, so they can leave a review!
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EZ Song Lessons is a music project suitable for musicians of all skills and levels but for music listeners too. Here you can find meticulous and well produced video lessons/covers of well and not so well known songs, created in a clear but detailed way. We try to transcribe songs as close as possible to the originals but we do sometimes change them in order to accommodate alternative tunings or according to our taste. We believe that downloading the score/TAB of each instrument and combining it with the video and audio makes learning a song simple and easy.
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The latest IUFRO-EFI collaboration, the Young Scientists Initiative (YSI), is a great opportunity for IFSA students.
The program provides an opportunity for PhD students and researchers from Africa, Asia and Latin America, through short scientist visits, to establish international relations with leading universities and scientists in forest science in Europe. The grant provides a trip for productive cooperation, which provides the grantee with great opportunities, for example, developing skills, writing scientific papers, to improve his/her own research and establishing productive relationships with colleagues of the host country.
One of the participants in the 2019 goal program was Joice Aline Freiberg, a Ph.D. student of Soil Science at the Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Brazil, working on the project "Potentials of use of mycorrhization of plantation forests in Brazil with edible mushrooms and truffles", in collaboration with the Slovenian Forestry Institute, explores the theme "Forest for people". The work is aimed at studying non-wood products, namely truffles and edible mushrooms, in the neotropics, especially on plantations. By their contribution, they improve the attitude of farmers to forest areas through the creation of alternative methods of income, for example, the development of ecotourism with use of edible fungi. During her stay in Slovenia, a program participant helped to process roots for morphological and molecular identification, participated in an expedition to collect mushrooms in the forest and on hazelnut and oak plantations, visited truffle plantations, had the opportunity to get overview of Slovenian forestry management in spruce monocultures, natural mixed stands, and natural regeneration, which directly affected the scientific work. The participant was very pleased with the YSI experience.
Thus, the YSI gives young scientists the necessary impetus to the beginning of an international scientific career, as well as uniting young specialists, contributes to solving the challenges of forest and forestry.
More information you will find following the link to the IUFRO web-site: https://www.iufro.org/science/special/spdc/ysi/
Any queries should be sent to the Secretary of the Review Committee, Mr Daniel Boehnke; boehnke(at)iufro.org.


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- Man Marking Round
- Velocity: 375fps (114m/sec)
- Noise Level: Peak 123dB
- Accuracy: 1.97″ at 27yds (50mm at 25m)
- Standoff Distance: 39″ (1m)
- Avg Muzzle Energy: 2.2ft/lbs (2.9 Joules)
- Non-Tox
- Ballistics Average Muzzle Energy: Avg 3.3 Joules/2.5ft/lbs
- Average Muzzle Velocity: Avg 122m/sec (375fps)
- Accuracy: 50mm (1.97in) at 25m/27yds (mean radius)
- Maximum Effective Range for Training: Approximately 50m/55yds
- Optimum Effective Range for Training: Approx. 30m/32yds & closer
- 5.56mm Man-Marker Rounds (MMR). Sold by the case of 900.
- Per round cost for red, blue and green is $0.77, the per round cost for yellow is$0.91 (5,000 minimum order, allow 12-16 weeks for delivery)
- FET Tax of 11% is added to all PTO orders
- Law Enforcement, Military, Government or Registered Professional Training Organization (PTO) purchases only
- FET or One-Time Agreement forms must be on file before an order will be processed
UTM 5.56mm Man Marker Round (MMR)
The UTM 5.56mm Man Marker Round (MMR) adds realism and stress to training by providing a threat of consequence with physical and visual stimulus within Use of Force/ROE, Tactics, Skill Building, Scenarios, Movement Drills and other Interactive Training. Use as a safe prelude or alternative to "Live-Fire" target or CQB training. Accuracy and reliability allows for multiple firearms, CQB, and marksmanship applications (360° firing, movement drills, weapon transitions). Projectiles mark at any angle to include glancing "hits" and do NOT have to burst to mark. Wash clothes and UTM PPE with domestic washing detergent. The UTM 5.56mm Man Marker Round (MMR) Plastic Backer is an accurate and reliable marking projectile for Force-on-Force or Force-on-Target training. The 5.56mm Man Marker Round requires a UTM Conversion, has minimal environmental impact, U.S. EPA compliant landfill safe, low emission and available only in non-toxic options. These are sold in units of 900 only.


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Fri 27 Sep 2013
Nicki Minaj Tests Her Fragrance Smell On ELLEN HunksPosted by Legend under Videos
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Does Nicki Minaj know her own fragrance? That's what ELLEN put to the test, bringing out some hunks that were sprayed the Nicki Minaj "Minajesty" scent on a certain part of their bodies. Nicki was then blindfolded and tested, to see if she could smell where the smell was hiding and it took her a couple of tries, but she got it.
Watch the pretty entertaining video of Nicki after the jump….
Nicki Minaj Receives a Very Special Gift from Ellen (Video)
Nicki Minaj Performs at Alexander Wang's New York Fashion Week After Party
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I get asked this question A LOT by skinny guys who are desperately trying to put some solid muscle mass on their bones. And very often the reason for their lack of results is not with the workout program they are following, but rather what's fueling their workouts.
What you eat is one of the most critical aspects of gaining muscular bodyweight. You can have your weight training routine down pat, but if your diet doesn't meet your nutritional needs you will NOT get bigger, regardless of how hard you train in the gym.
Most people who call themselves "hard gainers" are usually just under eaters. A lot of folks will skip breakfast, have a small lunch or snack during the day, then pig out and stuff themselves at dinner and say "i eat lot…"
But in order to gain size you need to provide your body with a surplus of calories and nutrients from which to grow from.
There are many different formulas you can use to determine how many calories you need to eat each day. But the quickest and easiest way to guesstimate how much you should be eating is to simply take your total current body weight and multiply it by the following:
For Fat loss = eat 12 calories per pound of bodyweight
For Maintenance = eat 15 calories per pound of bodyweight
For Muscle Gain = eat 20 calories per pound of bodyweight
This is a very easy way to estimate caloric needs. Even though this method is not perfect, it's good enough to get you started in the right direction. These calorie guidelines will put you in the ballpark and from there you can adjust your caloric intake up or down as needed based on your actual progress.
Traditional bodybuilding diets recommend eating small frequent meals every 2-3 hours throughout the day. And one of the easiest ways to go about this is to consume your 3 main meals per day (i.e. breakfast, lunch, and dinner) and then have a high protein snack (such as a protein shake or protein bar) in between each meal to help increase your eating frequency and caloric intake.
Now I know that there is a lot of controversy online over whether or not you really need to eat 6 meals per day. And it really depends on your individual fitness goals. For cutting calories and losing weight it's easier to reduce your calories by simply eating fewer meals per day. But when your goal is to increase your calories and bulk up you should be eating more frequently. When you divide your food up over multiple meals it's easier on your digestive system and easier on your stomach, rather than trying to stuff more calories into fewer meals.
A good macro-nutrient break down for gaining muscular bodyweight is:
– 30% protein
– 40% carbohydrates
– and 30% fat.
This balanced diet will give you lots of protein which is the raw material needed for muscle growth, plenty of carbohydrates for energy and muscle glycogen, and adequate fat intake for optimal hormone production.
Below you'll see a sample Bulk Up Diet Plan for a 175 pound man (3,500 Calorie Per Day Diet). You can use this as a template for your own bulking diet. Just adjust the food portions up or down in order to meet your desired calorie and macro-nutrient intake.
If you would like some help with planning your bulk up diet, I can make you a Customized Diet Program specific for your body type and and fitness goals.
1. Your eating is lousy.
2. Your training program is lousy.
3. Your technique stinks
Clean up your technique. This will improve your leverage making you capable of hoisting heavier loads of iron – eventually. But you'll need the guts and the foresight to cut the weights back a little at first till you re-learn to perform each movement correctly. Once you do your gains will soar and it will also help that shoulder, elbow or knee to stop hurting from the abuse they've taken from your poor technique.
4. Get some rest
Cut the TV a little earlier at night and get to bed. Enough said.
5. Train harder
Are you really giving it all you've got? Or are you so focused on everything else (technique, breathing, "the feel of the movement", etc) – even if it is stuff you need to focus on – that you forget to push or pull on that bar as hard as you can? You must concentrate on using great technique, but maximum effort always has to be there.
In Conclusion
Knowing what to do is easy. Developing the discipline necessary to do it is the hard part. I have the utmost confidence that you can develop great strength and a physique that you can be proud of if you'll just develop the discipline to stay focused on all the basics inside the gym and out. If you do this – and you must if you are to succeed – I'm sure the question will change to " I wonder how much bigger I can get?"
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Career Conversations: How to Talk About Yourself
Wednesday, January 9, 2019 | 10:30 - 11:20 AM
The Career Services team will be piloting small-group career coaching sessions, titled Career Conversations, during winter quarter. The events will take place in person, with the option for online students to join remotely via Zoom.
Small-group career coaching provides personalized support from a career advisor, with the added benefit of learning from your peers. The sessions will incorporate a combination of hands-on activity, Q&A, and advice sharing.
The topic of the first Career Conversation is "How to Talk About Yourself."
Attendance will be capped at 15 students. Please RSVP on iCareers to secure your place. If you intend to join us remotely, please register here instead.
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On many of my bus rides back from college during Access, I befriended someone whom I originally referred to as the "Charity Night Lady", as I met her on the night I was coming back from college to then head out to the charity event that two of my classmates and I were doing for Employability. My bus friend I had many a conversation and came to know each other quite well; then, in mid-July, I said farewell to her before I left Nottinghamshire for the summer.
This evening, I encountered her at my old bus stop where we'd catch Rushcliffe Villager 1 together. So we could catch up, I travelled with her on that bus once again and departed it when it arrived at my old exiting stop. Once there I walked down and caught another bus back to Nottingham.
It was a delight to see my bus friend again and she felt the same about seeing me. Both of us had missed each other and she was pleased about my progress at university whereas I was pleased that she and her husband were still happy and well. I'll see her on the bus again at some stage.


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If you are planning on conducting a waste clearance then you should really start to think about planning the whole process before it takes place.
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Whether you're looking to book a boating event, corporate function, fishing tournament, or your ideal tropical wedding, we're here to make your dockside celebration of any size a breeze. Work with a personal events planner and experience our world-class amenities, boutique hotel, three onsite restaurants, brand new event center, 11 waterfront venues, and much more.
Our onsite catering and menu packages, easy made-to-order contracts and payment plans, makes our property the perfect place for your next event.
Let us be your host for your next event in Key West. Our brand new event space is now open, featuring 11 waterfront venues, a new event lawn with raised stage, and cocktail reception area. We can accommodate up to 500 people for your next event, so bring your ideas and let us make it happen.
We're currently partnering with the finest yacht manufacteurers. Partners get exclusive access to Stock Island Marina Village to host events and sea trials with marina guests.
Key West is the perfect destination for your marina group event or boating rendezvous, from sandbar hopping to deep sea fishing to shopping and dining at any of Key West's great restaurants. Our team at Stock Island Marina Village can put together an itinerary specific to your boating preferences. Contact us today to plan your next rendezvous!
Designing the wedding of your dreams is a breeze at our unsurpassed Key West resort hotel and marina.
Whether it's a fishing tournament, regatta, boat show or your next corporate event, our resort will make your event one to remember.
Imagine a waterfront Key West wedding under the stars, complete with raised stage for entertainment, full catering and your own private event space.
Host groups up to 75 people at our waterfront meeting space offering ample natural light overlooking the state-of-the-art marina, conveniently located in the Coral Lagoon Building in our own Stock Island Marina Village.
The outdoor section of The Perry Hotel's luxurious Grand Suite, this 700-square-foot balcony comes with beautiful marina views and comfortable furnishings for private events or overnight stays in the suite.
The Perry Hotel Poolside offers breathtaking marina views, as well as easy access to the Barrel House. This stylish pool area makes the perfect backdrop for any events, from cocktail parties to business soirees.
Ideal for small events, the relaxed Captain's Lounge, located at the end of the marina's North Pier, offers intimate indoor accommodations, plus a spacious balcony with beautiful Safe Harbor views.
Located in The Perry Hotel, the appropriately named Sunset Lounge offers beautiful, glass wall views of the Stock Island sunset, as well as stylish, Key West inspired furnishings, abundant natural light, and a private balcony.
Whether you prefer mingling outside by the firepit or sipping your creative cocktail indoors, Matt's Stock Island Kitchen & Bar is the perfect venue for both indoor and outdoor catered events.
Choose a one-of-a-kind event space just steps away from both the docks and The Perry Hotel pool. Salty Oyster offers fantastic Key West catering options under our perpetually sunny skies.


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If you are an owner of a cute pawed pet, the thought of leaving him behind, at home, while planning for a vacation can be devastating. As the days near, tension mounts and you frantically browse the net in search of a destination having with a lodging facility that allows you to bed-in with your furry friend.
When going through the list of pet-friendly hotels in India, you will be surprised to see that Indian tourism has recognized the importance of respecting your linkage with a mute pal. Dogs and cats share bondage with their masters that is beautiful and trustworthy. It is impossible to leave these cute & adorable friends back at home.
Tourists, having dogs, can travel to different locations and have them at their side wherever they go. You can find pet-friendly hotels at hilly destinations, near the beaches, in the cities, etc., where you can holiday with your pet. Give below are the name of some of the hotels, resorts, and homestays where you would love to share a room with a four-pawed baby:
– Alipura Palace – Khajuraho
– Sun large Homestay – Mysore
– OG's Beach Bungalow – Alleppey-Kerala
– The Safola – Goa
– Lakeside Chalet- Marriott – Mumbai
– Emerald Trail – Bhimtal, Uttarakhand
– Greenex Farms – Wayanad, Kerala
– Camp Della Resort – Lonavala, Maharashtra
– Tree of Life Resort & Spa – Jaipur
Some hotels allow more than one pet per room and have a special walking area; provide food, bedding, and toys for the pets.
Hotels and resorts near the beaches allow an experience of boat riding with your furry friend. The boarding places of hill stations such as Emerald Trail, Bhimtal in Uttarakhand, allows the guest ant the pets an adventurous experience where they can enjoy a walk on the hilly terrains, splash in the bubbling streams or spend a night camping before a bonfire. The place has a vast open space where the dog can freely mingle and play with other pets.
Before you plan for a trip with your pet, check that your dog does not show any clinical signs of diseases such as rabies, parvovirus infection, leptospirosis, infectious canine hepatitis, and scabies. Keep all his records and license handy with a note from the vet confirming him/her to be medically fit for travel.
With an extra pet fee added to your bill, the pet-friendly hotels in India will make sure that your pet lives luxuriously and are treated with the utmost respect.


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Best of gay New York: 58 sensational secrets, from insider Manhattan hot spots to awesome outer borough outings. Start spreading the news!
Broadway! Times Square! Christopher Street! The East Village! Stonewall!
Is New York the gayest city that ever lived? Like a bright diamond magnet, this ever-evolving megametropolis has always drawn gay and lesbian travelers to its pulsating streets and dark cement valleys in search of their identities and destinies. Sure, same-sex marriage may not have passed here (it came close earlier this year), but few cities on earth boast such a lip-smacking smorgasbord of gay-owned establishments and queer treats. According to the visitors bureau, 39.6 million visitors flocked to NYC in 2004--which means (as long as the 10% rule holds) that as many as 4 million fruit-lovers took a bite out of the Big Apple's queer side. What in the worn did so many gay travelers do without the following hush-hush hot list of Gotham's undiscovered gay delights? We shudder to think! Now on your next visit you can sleep in a boutique bunk bed, power through breakfast with the city's sassy queer set, and catch a full contact smack-down female roller derby match with Bronx lesbians. We scoured all five boroughs (yes, even Qgeens) to uncover the hottest secrets New York City has to offer. It's a helluva town!
Lesbian Boutique B&B * Tucked away in an apartment building on a serene residential block is this gem of a find: East Village B&B (244 E. Seventh St., Number 6, 212-260-1865, $100 and up), a boutique hotel-style, lesbian-owned inn with three rooms. Expect exposed brick walls, colorful bedding, wood floors, and superb artwork.
Artists in Residence * The Hotel Chelsea (222 W. 23rd St., 212-243-3700, $150 and up) was born in 1884, when 23rd Street was a glittering theater district. Its ultrawide walls (the better to write, compose, and party in) are thick with the hidden histories of past homo habitues: William Burroughs, Tennessee Williams, and Quentin Crisp as well as the unomcial overflow from Andy Warhol's fabled and very queer Factory.
Good Point * Although at first it may not sound like the most glamorous place to slumber in New York City, the new, award-winning Four Points by Sheraton Manhattan Chelsea (160 W. 25th St., 212-627-1888, $209 and up) is actually the swankiest one in the country, feeling like a W Hotel but for a nicer price. The ultramodern rooms are richly furnished in masculine tones, and the views are to die for.
Chic Peep Shack * The cool cat is already out of the bag on hotelier Andre Balazs's latest creation, QT, as in "on the QT" (125 W. 45th St., 212-354-2323, $165 and up with 25% off for anyone under 25), his follow-up to SoHo's Mercer and Los Angeles's Chateau Marmont and the Standard. Voyeurism is a key design motif at this low-priced jewel (bleachers abut the swimming pool, located in the lobby!). It's decorated with '60s gossip rags (headlines include "Lesbian Suitcase Girls of Greenwich Village" and "The Plot to Make Lesbianism 'smart'"). Bunk beds available on request.
Camping Out * Chelsea has other great gay B&Bs--the Chelsea Mews Guest House on 15th Street and the Colonial House Inn on 22nd Street--but how can you say no to sleeping under tawdry posters from cheesy '50s films in the Susan Hayward or Rock Hudson rooms at the Chelsea Pines Inn (317 W. 14th St., 212-929-1023, $129 a night and up)? There's a cozy back patio, and the staff is obliging.
Luxe Life * Make like Ginger Rogers in the movie Weekend at the Waldorf and check into the art deco Waldorf Astoria, which was the world's largest hotel when it opened in 1931. Old World elegance slaps you lovingly in the face, and even Eisenhower lived here. (301 Park Ave., 212-355-3000, $249 and up).
MEATPACKING MUST * The Meatpacking District has come a long way since its leather bar and tranny hooker phase. The embodiment of the neighborhood's new coolness is the impressive and uberhip 14-story Hotel Gansevoort (18 Ninth Ave., 212-206-6700, $435 and up). The rooftop pool has striking views, and the after-work roof drinks scene is elbow-to-elbow with the city's most beautiful people. The spa is a revelation, and the light rooms are spacious and quiet.
Underground Singers * Marie's Crisis (59 Grove St., 212-243-9323) is a subterranean show-tune sing-along dive bar that possesses the charms of Paris and the moxie of New York. Everyone sings ensemble, which is why it attracts the likes of Hamish Bowles, Parker Posey, Molly Shannon, and other slumming celebs. It also happens to be on the site where Thomas Paine wrote his rabble-rousing essays "The Crisis" and "Common Sense."
Room for Girls * In a city where dyke bars are not as plentiful as one would think--or hope--the hot new hangout Js Girls Room (210 Riving[on St., 212-995-8684) in the East Village, with funky gals and great music. And yes, it's lesbian seven days a week!
Latino Orthodoxy * On Wednesdays hang out at the Noche Caliente Party with sexy and thuggy merengue-loving Dominicans and a smattering of yarmulke-wearing gay Orthodox Jews too! Nothing is more Washington Heights (at the northern tip of Manhattan) than this party at the Monkey Room (589 Fort Washington Ave., at 187th Street, 212-543-9888).
Stevie Wonders * The most famous Stevie Nicks event in the world, Night of aThousand Stevies (dubbed "a riot of shawls, lace, baby's breath, twirling, and tambourines"), moved to the famous Knitting Factory (74 Leonard St., 212-219-3132) in May with girls and guys decked out in Stevie glamour and belting every Nicks song imaginable. Stand back!
Latina Queens * Latin American-themed gay club nights are the latest rage, but for dykes who want to salsa the night away--minus the omnipresent "uncut go-go boys"--Chueca Bar (69-04 Woodside Ave., Woodside, 718-424-1171) is the answer. It's the only hottie-filled, full-time Latina lesbian club in New York City.
Irish Queens * An Beal Bocht (445 W. 238th St., 718-884-7127), New York's only dyke-popular Irish pub, shelters expats, queer ladies, and students on a dastardly incline in the posh north Bronx. Live music, art exhibits, Guinness, and hearty Irish breakfasts.
Queens in Queens * Albatross Bar (36-19 24th Ave., Astoria, 718-204-9045) is a tiny, friendly hangout where you can feed your jones for drag karaoke, pool, darts, drink specials, and cute bartenders of both sexes. It's also the frequent hangout of the New York Gay Pool League (as in billiards).
Basement Boys * Ignore the mainstream straight crowd that downs Bud at the dark Westside Tavern and head straight to the basement. That's where you'll find Chelsea's biggest word-of-mouth success, which crams in gobs of the gayborhood's hottest boys, thanks to the upbeat lounge sounds of DJs Gustavo Motta and Rich King, on alternating Fridays at Snaxx (360 W. 23rd St., 212-366-3738).
Bang! * On Wednesday nights hot Alphabet City chickens and their cute straight friends head for the opium den-like basement of No. 1 Chinese Restaurant (50 Avenue B, 212-375-0665) for the Bang! party at the Coral Room, hosted by 20-something hipsters. Free vodka in the early hours fuels this mixed gaystraight scene.
Hotel Gansevoort's 45-foot pool with underwater sound system is open 365 days a year.
NICKS FIX! The Night of a Thousand Stevies rocks NYC.
KRASH THE PARTY Krash (16 W.22nd St., 212-229-0585) remains New York's hottest homo hip-hop night--even after hopping boroughs from Astoria, Queens, to the heart of Manhattan. A multienthnic mix of boys collides on the sweat-stained dance floor every Friday night--a Vinnie Barbarino fantasy.
BEEF UP YOUR WARDROBE * You'll need another travel bag to the bag threads you're sure to score from superchic mini--departement store Jeffrey Kalinsky established his eponymous emporium amid the slaughterhouses of the Meatpacking District. (Today, cuts of haute couture chip off the hangers of dozens of cutting-edge fashion boutiques in the area, making this a shopper's Shangri-la.)
Krash and burn: Hip-hop meets homoland at Krash, Manhattan's crib for queer homies and G's.
Charge Like a Local * With so many ways to drop your cash in Manhattan, you'll want to go shopping with a local pro. Shop Gotham (201-795-4200)is NewYork City's only tour company dedicated to hardcore shopaholics. From SoHo to luxe Fifth Avenue to the Garment District's famous sample sales and wholesale showrooms, tours also cover fashion and architecture with a dose of celebrity gossip told by a real New Yawker. Day tours range in price from $25 to $85 a person.
Meet Me at Barneys * Barneys New York (660 Madison Ave., 212-826-8900), the ultraposh department store, is synonymous with high shopping, and when shopping at the one on Madison Avenue and 61st, swing by ninth-floor eatery Fred's to nosh on tasty tidbits and fancy drinks next to the classic ladies who lunch. Or dive into the twice-yearly (February and August) heavily discounted outlet sales at the Barneys Co-op in Chelsea (236 W. 18th St., 212-593-7800).
East Village Ephemera * Looking for an inflatable bong? How about light-up jewelry? Portable solar panels for your cell phone! Compact-Impact (21 Avenue B, 212-677-0500) is the place for the newest, strangest technology that japan has to offer, direct from the Orient.
'50s Flashback * Unleash your inner Donna Reed at Mr. Pink (223 W. 16th St., 646-486-4147), a tiny storefront overstuffed with mid-20th-century glassware and houseware items that cry out for cocktails and crinolines. Classic or kitschy? You decide,
Rent a Dungeon * Packed your fuzzy love cuffs with you? Rent a fully equipped BD-S/M dungeon to fulfill your fetish vacation dreams! Arena Studios (212-219-9276) rents chambers starting at $100 an hour The Dungeons of Mistress Elizabeth (212-391-0600) are $130 every half an houn Serious renters must tour the rooms and equipment before booking. Yes, mistress!
Tour the World's Greatest Set Want to see where Carrie and me girls strolled in Sex and the City? Where Grace from Will & Grace has her design studio? Order a bowl from Seinfeld's "Soup Nazi"? Hop on a two- to four-hour tour with On Location Tours (212-209-3370, $15 to $40 a person) and get the dirty scoop on your favorite fictional Manhattan.
Queer howdy-do. Who says New Yorkers aren't welcoming? The 13-year-old nonprofit Big Apple Greeters (212-669-8159) are volunteer Manhattanites who can help out-of-towners around gay neighborhoods, queer shops, bars, community centers, and the Stonewall memorial. You must be an out-of-towner staying at least two nights within the five boroughs.
Gay NYC by Limo If you're a queen who wouldn't be seen trudging around on a foot tour, opt for the VIP Gay Limo Tour (212-423-0101), whose researchers have spent several years boning up on the queer history of the Big Apple from the 1800s to the 1969 Stonewall riots, covering the rise of camp culture, gay prisons, and old-time "rent" parties (don't ask!). $85 an hour.
Langston, I Presume? With Harlem Heritage Tours (212-280-7888) you can see the house where queer poet Langston Hughes once lived and take a trip back to the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s, a time that saw a flourishing of gay black New York City culture. A two-hour tour is $20.
GAY POWER BREAKFAST TO GO * SoHo was "gay-washed" years ago, and now straights enjoy the fruits of our fruity labor. You can still soak up the neighborhood's traditional queer vibe at Balthazar (80 Spring St., 212-965-1785), known for its impeccable food and ability to attract SoHo's beau monde, with a tiny adjacent boulangerie and market. During the morning rush, it teems with some of Gotham's most elusive (and sexy) gay editors, designers, actors, and writers, who pop in to pick up sticky buns and butter-yellow cups of strong coffee and to check each other out before heading back to their offices to eat alone at their desks, like true New Yorkers.
Fresh Lesbians * Time Out New York rated the Park Slope Food Coop (782 Union St., 718-622-0560), in one of the queerest parts of Brooklyn, the best place to meet other lesbians, but it's also a hit with gay boys who value social equality, organic food, and fair trade.
Birkenstock-Free Vegetarians * Owner Deb Gavito, the lesbian behind Counter (105 First Ave., at Sixth Street, 212-982-5870), an East Village restaurant and wine bar, presents a Birkenstock-free take on vegetarian dining. Join the downtown dykes who gather for excellent biodynamic wines and organic grub--from curried plantain dumplings to the barbecued tofu po'boy.
Boy Cakes * Let the tour buses invade Sex and the City's always-jammed Magnolia Bakery; instead, follow the local boys to Chelsea's Billy's Bakery (184 Ninth Ave., 212-647-9956), where you can munch on buttery yellow daisy cupcakes or icebox cake under grandma-style wallpaper.
Hot as Hell Kitchen * The designers at Lewis, Tsurumaki, Lewis have created an outre, stylish Hall's Kitchen eatery that has fast become a lave with the area's growing gay population. Xing Restaurant (785 Ninth Ave., 646-289-3010) combines very cool moody Asian textures with a warm, industrial sheen. (Also check out the designers' work at gay-popular Fluff and Tides restaurants in Hell's Kitchen.)
Sipping With the Stars * Where can you spot Deborah Harry eating a muffin, Ethan Hawke gulping a latte, or Mario Cantone yakking with the barista? At Chelsea's best-kept cafe secret: Matchbox (403 W. 24th St., 212-414-4563). A little over a year old, this funky, artsy little hangout has revolving exhibits on the walls (with paintings for as little as $8), great cheap eats and drinks, and 12 outdoor sidewalk seats where you can chill with the ubercool.
Queer Studies Get some intellectual stimulation on vacation with high-minded homo lectures like "Transgender Masculinity in the Mexican Revolution" and "Where the Oi!'s Are: Skinheads and Queer Desire in Recent German Cinema" always abuzz at City University of New York and New York University's queer studies programs (212-817-1955 and 212-992-9540 respectively).
School's a Drag Gay guys alongside a surprising number of straight dude counterparts learn the finer points of cross-dressing and being a true lady at Miss Vera's Finishing School for Boys Who Want to Be Girls. Miss Vera, author, sex columnist, and porn actress, charges $550 for a 2 1/2-hour "Sudden Beauty" session so you can hit the town in style. 212-242-6449
Stepping Out Trade a night of mindless gyrations for the fancy footwork of tango, salsa, swing, or two-step at the monthly OUT dancing beginner group lessons the first Thursday of every month at 6:30 P.M. You don't need experience, money, or a partner, but a little rhythm helps.
Stepping Out Studios, 37 W. 26th St.; 646-742-9400
Singing in the Baths The Continental Baths (2107 Broadway, at 74th Street) revolutionized the gay bathhouse scene in the 1970s. Located in the old Ansonia Hotel, the trendy bathhouse boasted a disco floor and cabaret room, and yes, this is where Bette Midler got her start. Gay writer Edmund White said, "I was so sex-obsessed that I found it irritating when [Midler] was there because everybody stopped their sexual activities to listen to her." In the late '70s the hotel was turned into private residences.
Isle of Lesbos Alice Austen, Staten Island's prodigal shutterbug, lost the family home--and her girlfriend--to the Great Depression. Alice Austen House Museum (2 Hylan Blvd., Staten Island, 718-816-4506), now a harbor-side national landmark, honors the islander who photographed her dyke friends smoking, cross-dressing, and bedding down.
What a Story! They aren't open every day, but it's worth the effort to arrange a visit to the Lesbian Herstory Archives (484 14th St., Park Slope, Brooklyn, 718-768-3953). Enjoy a private tour of the rotating exhibits of memorabilia, collectibles, heroines, and "at home" programs, and a library of lesbian-authored books.
Finding Sanctuary Sanctuary was one of the first big gay clubs in America, operating from 1969 until 1972. Housed in a former German Baptist church, it would pack over 1,000 people a night. It later became a methadone clinic before turning into the Westside Theater (407 W. 43rd St., 212-315-2244).
GAY ART TOURS * Queer artists built the NYC art scene, and you can revel in their accomplishments and discover a more refined Chelsea culture beyond the bars with a little help from New York Gallery Tours (212-946-1548). The walks are led by a gay studies professor, through 20 art galleries with particularly queer aesthetics pointed out along the way. Tours happen once a mid-month Saturday rain or shine and cost $15; no advance reservations are necessary. Who says high art isn't accessible?
Lesbian Airwaves * No-budget Brooklyn production Dyke TV (71 Fifth Ave., 718-230-4770) aired for the first time in 1993, and beyond the show--seen on Wednesdays on channel 56 in Manhattan--the studio plays host to film screenings, workshops, and kick-ass parties.
Year-round Queer Filmfests * If you missed June's annual NewFest--the gay and lesbian film festival--don't worry; you get plenty of other chances. Two continuing NewFest series--one at the small East Village Pioneer Theater (155 E. Third St., 212-591-0434) and another at the fierce BAM Rose Cinemas (30 Lafayette Ave., Fort Greene, Brooklyn, 718-636-4100)--screen queer docs year-round.
Camp Cinema * What good is sitting alone in your room watching Cabaret--or Funny Girl or Desperately Seeking Susan or All About Eve? Catch a campy flick in good company at the very gay Chelsea Clearview Cinemas (260 W. 23rd St., 908-918-2000, $6) with drag legend Hedda Lettuce lending bitchy commentary. Every Thursday night at 7.
Queer Stage * The Other Side of Silence 2 (506 Ninth Ave., Apartment 3FN, 212-563-2218) is the rebirth off one of the first gay theaters ever, founded in 1974, Founder Doric Wilson (a Stonewall veteran) is joined by a bunch of the best and brightest in queer theater to present new work and revivals at various venues around town pretty much year-round. Best of all, admission is rarely more than $10 to $12.
Spoken Word * East Side Oral queer readings happen every second Sunday at 5 P.M. at the Living Room (154 Ludlow St., 212-533-7235) in the East Village, In Brooklyn check out the Atomic Reading Series on the first Sunday of every month at 7 P.M., curated by queer poet Cheryl B,, at Lucky 13 Saloon (273 13th St., at Fifth Avenue, Park Slope, 718-499-7553), Curated by lesbian lady Kathleen Warnock Drunken! Careening! Writers! is held the third Thursday of each month at 7 P.M. at the East Village's KGB Bar (85 E. Fourth St., 212-505-3360).
Closet-Busting Art * Dedicated to supporting work deemed "too gay" for mainstream museums, the nonprofit Leslie-Lohman Gay Art Foundation (127-B Prince St., 212-673-7007) showcases a closet-busting collection that is diverse, erotic, and liberating. Or take a Queer Men's Erotic Art Workshop on Wednesday and Thursday nights ($20).
GIRLS ON WHEELS * The Brutal glamour-punks of Gotham Girls Roller Derby (220 E. 138th St., Bronx, 718-401-0700, $12) revive the full-contact, elbow-to-ribs performance sport monthly at Skate Key in the Bronx, all in the quest for bruises and glory. NYC's only all-female roller derby league is needless to say as lesbian-popular as they come, with hot dykes and their straight friends cheering on their favorite Amazon rollers. Your gaydar will never work again.
Stretching Your Consciousness * Looking for a vacation from your normal workout! Hot Nude Yoga (519 W 26th St., firstname.lastname@example.com), led by yoga guru Aaron Star, is not as X-rated as it sounds; it's where in-shape men go to take their consciousness to a new realm while learning how to live with more peace. Six classes a week ($20 a class) are offered in a Chelsea loft,
Lesbian-Friendly Basketball * The teammates of the WNBA's New York Liberty (Madison Square Garden, 877-962-2849, $10 and up) play from Hay to September There are families with children, tons of lesbians, and lots of cheering, beer, and hot bodies on the court (and sometimes Joan Jett courtside). Note the many men, women, and children with Becky Hammon number 25 jerseys.
Real Men Exfoliate * Hen's spas are all the rage, so be sure to pick NYC's queerest: Spend an afternoon below ground at Silk Day Spa (47 W 13th St., 212-255-6457) for a delicious steam, facial, "melt away massage," or body wrap. You can even get a derriere waxing! This urban spa has a very earthy, sexy vibe. Ask for Michael!
Do Run Run *Why pay over $100 for a haircut when Free Time Haircutters' (87 Christopher St,, 212-366-0824) super-sassy barbers (some do prefer to be called stylists) do a fine job of trimming your locks and simultaneously filling you in on the local dirt. The vintage gay-run barbershop accepts walk-ins, is always packed with hotties, and charges less than $20 for a smart cut, You'll look like a local in no time!
Catskills: The Anti-Fire Island
When I moved to the Catskill Mountains a few years back I found a rural yet sophisticated swath of wilderness with an under-the-radar queer boom, just two or three hours' drive north of NYC. Call it Fire Island without the beach or airs.
Amtrak--as well as several bus lines and the New York State Thruway--makes a weekend trip to the Catskills a cinch. Beginning about 10 miles west of the Hudson River near the town of--surprise--Catskill and spanning Greene, Ulster, Delaware, and Sullivan counties (the liberal, leftist towns of Woodstock and New Paltz are also found in the region), these ancient mountains were America's first tourist destination beginning in the mid 19th century. After a severe postwar slump, the area was rediscovered in the 1980s and is now a place where $150,000 can actually buy a great old house on a gorgeous property--and queers are now flocking to "gayify" the area's lovely old towns. But despite the area's growing gay popularity, there's no "scene:' It's simply a let-your-hair-down, tolerant neck of the woods.
The Catskills attract celebs like Alan Cumming, Ketsey Grammer, and B52's rocker Kate Pierson, who opened up the funky, retro Kate's Lazy Meadow Motel (845-6887200) near Woodstock. Word-of-mouth gay house parties in the Catskills can attract up to 60 or 70 queers, and the historic town of Roxbury (population around 2,000) is home to a swanky new gay-run hotel, The Roxbury (607-326-7200), owned by ex-Manhattanites Greg and Joseph, who have helped attract a whole slew of gays to the artsy town as well as a new hip, gay-owned lounge, Public (607-326-4026). Gorgeous Roxbury may soon be the new gay epicenter of the northern Catskills. In addition, Sullivan County has been involved with gay tourism marketing for some time. But it's the beauty of the mountains and the slower-paced life that keeps the queers a-coming.
BRIDGE OF DREAMS Opened in 1874, the Brooklyn Bridge is one of the city's most striking icons. Queer scribe Jack Kerouac summed up every gay traveler's emotional reaction upon reaching the fabled city in his poem "The Brooklyn Bridge Blues": "A tear appeared in my eye, over the river on the Bridge of Sights, that as soon as I'd (crocodile) crossed it, had taken me to the shore I was looking for!"
Greenwich (West) Village--NYC's oldest gay hub is still full of sex shops and daddy bars
Chelsea--Where muscle Harys and the 30-something crowd converge
East Village--Hipster haunts and artsy joints have always attracted the queers to Alphabet City
Park Slope--Where the lesbians go to settle down and raise their gaybies
Williamsburg--Brooklyn's version of a gay hippieville full of young'uns
Hell's Kitchen--NYC's newest queer hood is right off the theater district and Times Square
Jackson Heights--Fast becoming known as a multicultural gay enclave in Queens
The Out Traveler Ratings: New York City Gay-Friendly [A] Legal Domestic Partnerships [B] Adoption Laws [A] Antidiscriminadon Laws [A] HIV Information [A] Gay Scene [A] [A] Excellent [B] Fair [C] Poor
The author of the Fire Island memoir A House on she Ocean, House on the Bay revisits the gayest isle in America. Though times have changed since Grace Jones parachuted onto the Beach in a silver lame jumpsuit, gay and lesbian visitors are still dropping in BY FELICE PICANO
The first time I went to Fire Island for a full summer was 1974, to finish writing my second novel. And now here I was again at the ferry dock in 2005. Harv, a man my age whom I'd never met before, was waiting alongside me. When I asked him about Fire Island now, he said, "Nothing like the old days: 1975 to 1980! Those were the days when the island was fabulous. The huge theme parties. The thousands of beautiful bodies. The designers and fashionistas! The architects and the writers! The movie stars and the millionaires!"
I listened to him go on and on, as though I'd never been there before. It had been years since I'd heard anyone call it "The Island." As though there were only one within the New York City metropolitan area. But of course if you are lesbian or gay, there was only one Island.
Five Islands, the old Revolutionary War maps called the little sketched-in sandbars. By the late 19th century they'd been stitched into one long one, misread as Fire Island. By prohibition in the 1920s the sandbars were forested enough to conceal Cosa Nostra liquor and arms shipments. A few unsanctioned towns had sprung up. The most freedom-loving of them in that anything-goes era, named after the local chokecherry bushes, was Cherry Grove. Even then gays and lesbians gamboled in its surf and sun. Poet W.H. Auden, stripper Gypsy Rose Lee, and lesbian novelist Carson McCullers snapped each other's pictures there with Brownie cameras.
By the 1950s the Grove was famously "artistic"--i.e., queer. A decade later hippies, artists, and poets called the adjacent Pines their place. All "important" Pines houses had names. The Ogre, Camp Tommy, Seven Beauties, the TV House, Schloss yon Furstenberg, Annie Hall, etc. All the parties--usually one huge one per summer--had themes: the Carmen Miranda Party (1974), the Fellini Party (1975), the Star Wars Party (1977), Peacocks and Cockatoos--the Feather Party (1978), the Silver Party (1979), and finally 1980's spectacular Just Another Party.
Recovering in the sands the next day, one might see Calvin Klein, Angelo Donghia, Clovis Ruffin, Halston, Vito Russo, or Edmund White--alone or with guests and entourages. But next weekend would arrive and come midnight we'd all be lined up at the water taxi ramp, headed for Cherry Grove's Ice Palace, where Saturday night ended long after dawn.
Then, Pines and Grove islanders came down with something diagnosed as cat scratch fever--later referred to as AIDS--and died. The party was over. That was in the 1980s. By 1990 over 200,000 Americans, mostly gay men, were dead. Fire Island was devastated.
Today, gliding into Fire Island Pines harbor was as magical as I remembered. I checked into the refurbished Fire Island Pines hotel (over 40 years old). Repainted sky blue and renamed Hotel Ciel (French for heaven), it's still the major edifice in the Pines's downtown area. The main drag of the Pines, Fire Island Boulevard, was flail of grocery shoppers, beachgoers, ferry catchers, all stopping to chat and enjoy the leisurely island life.
But the true test was yet to come. Who would be at the venerable Blue Whale's Sunday tea dance? How many? How old? How good-looking? Would the staff be as godlike as those legendary barkeeps of the '70s?
The crowd I found there ranged in age from 25 to 45, as it had been in the glory days. The staff was, if not legendary yet, at least very cute.
It was only Memorial Day weekend, the first of the Big Four holidays (the others being July 4, Pines Beach Party, Labor Day). But the tea dance sounded and looked like it used to. And since tea lasts from 5 P.M. to 8 P.M., I had time to slip into a skiff of a water taxi and fly across the bay waters to Cherry Grove to check out the tea dance crowd there.
For years Cherry Grove was where the less elite and fringier gays and ever-increasing amounts of lesbians went. There were still many women, but not at the sparse Ice Palace tea dance. There I found "club act" outfits and very slender gentlemen with matching bichons frises on sequined leashes. But otherwise what we used to call "bridge and tunnel traffic," i.e., suburbanites. If the Pines is coming back, the Grove still seemed half asleep.
The Pines at least is back socially. These historic resorts still form the only all-gay-and-lesbian island paradise left in the world--one where you are the majority--even unlike Palm Springs, Calif., or Key West, Fla. Any place where you can live and love freely as yourself has to be priceless.
Inexpensive: Cherry Grove Beach Hotel (631-597-6600, $40-$500) is in the heart of Cherry Grove, but beware higher prices for May's Mr. Leatherman and September's Miss Fire Island contests. Moderate: In the Pines, Hotel Ciel (631-597-6500, $125-$425) has a pool, fitness center, and a harborside location. Moderate to Expensive: Cherry Grove's venerable bayside inn, Belvedere (631-597-6448, $125-$950). has a huge cream rotunda (men only, clothing optional). Expensive: Jon Wilner's Island Properties (631-597-6900) and his partner's Bob Howard Real Estate (631-597-9400, weekly $3,500-$12,000) both rent weekly, monthly, and seasonally. RESTAURANTS Cherry Grove Pizza (179 Ocean Walk, 63t-597-6766) sells slices and pies all day and more elaborate Italian food at lunch and night. The Pines's Blue Whale (Harbor Walk, 631-597-6131) has excellent dinners with good wines and desserts. The pricier Sapin (36 Fire Island Blvd., 631-597-8888) has superb French bistro food. NIGHTLIFE "Tea" at Blue Whale (Harbor Walk, 631-597-6131) at Fire Island Pines harbor is from 5 P.M. to 8 P.M., weekends and holidays. Pavillion (631-597-6500) has "High Tea" from 8 P.M. to 10 P.M. and is open till 4 A.M. on weekends. Both are daily in the summer: At the Grove, Cherry's, Tides, Ice Palace, and Sunset on the Bay have tea from 5 P.M. to 8 P.M. on the same schedule as the Pines. GETTING THERE American Eagle, Atlantic Southeast, Comair, Continental, Delta, and Southwest all fly into MacArthur Islip Airport (631-467-3210). Sayville Ferry (41 River Rd., Sayville, 631-589-0810) goes nearly hourly to Cherry Grove and Fire Island Pines. Fare is $12 round-trip. Public transportation is by Long Island Rail Road on the Babylon-Montauk line (516-822-5477).
NYC INSIDER TIP #1 Fly into Newark International Airport instead of Kennedy or La Guardia. Newark is the easiest and quickest New York--area airport to get in and out of. Just $11.55 will get you from the airport to Penn Station in Manhattan in 20 minutes flat.
NYC INSIDER TIP #2 Don't take a costly cab if you're zipping to the outer boroughs. Just reserve the Zipcar (866-494-7227) closest to you (hundreds are parked throughout the city) and drive off for a couple hours or a few days. As low as $8.50 an hour, plus membership fee.
NYC INSIDER TIP #3 Broadway tickets shouldn't cripple your entire budget! The red TKTS booth (center island of 47th Street between Broadway and Seventh Avenue) offers unsold tickets on the day of performance up to 50% off. Or try the less crowded booth at South Street Seaport (corner of Front and John streets).
NYC INSIDER TIP #4 Culture vulture? Save money with a $53 CityPass, which gets you half off (and lets you bypass most lines) at six of the city's top attractions, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenhein Museum, and the Empire State Building. Call 888-330-5008.
NYC INSIDER TIP #5 Because taxi drivers' shifts turn over at 5 A.M. and 5 P.M., the worst times to catch a cab begin around 4:30 A.M. and 4:30 P.M., when drivers start heading to the deport, not your destination.
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The Tony Awards are looking for an injection of glamour, and the show's reportedly looking for Anna Wintour to administer it. The editrix has allegedly been tapped for an unpaid consulting gig with the award show to help make its red carpet even fancier.
According to Page Six, last year's Tonys red carpet was such a hot mess that Ms. Wintour has been called to swoop in and help bring the affair to fashionable new heights. "Anna's an unpaid, uncredited, top-secret consultant," the source explained. "She's going to spruce up the carpet, make it more special, which is something they've never had." Considering that stage actors should know how to bring on the drama, last year's Tony Awards fashions were a bit dull; the safe and sometimes questionable fashion choices seemed a little out of place.
Hopefully, Anna can turn the Tonys around for 2015 — we'll just have to wait until June 7 to see her handiwork.
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9 Nov 2018
We are pleased to share a new set of videos and articles related to MEF 3.0 and the recent MEF18 event. This material illustrates the widespread and growing industry support for MEF 3.0-related efforts to define, deliver, and certify assured services orchestrated across a global ecosystem of automated networks.
Visit MEF in the News, the MEF YouTube Channel, and MEF Press Releases for the latest items. Stay tuned for more, including 1:1 interviews and MEF18 plenary & workshop videos.
MEF Videos
Pascal Menezes, CTO, MEF - Delivering on the MEF 3.0 Global Services Framework
Dan Pitt, SVP, MEF - LSO Sonata APIs Illustrate DevOps Approach to Standards Development
MEF Community Videos
Satya Parimi, Group VP, Data Products, Spectrum Enterprise: SD-WAN Is Coming Soon, but It's Complicated
Light Reading, 11.08.18
Andrew Dugan, CTO, CenturyLink: On-Demand Services Critical to Telco's Future
Light Reading, 11.09.18
Daniele Mancuso, VP ICT Engineering, Sparkle - SD-WAN, LSO APIs, Network Cloudification & Intent-Based Networking
Converge!, 11.01.18
Brendan Gunn, Verizon Partner Solutions - Building a Global Networking Ecosystem on Trust & LSO APIs
Converge!, 11.08.18
Adam Saenger, VP Networking Solutions, CenturyLink – SD-WAN & Other Dynamic Services for Enterprise Transformation
Converge!, 11.01.18
Eric Watko, EVP of Product Marketing & Strategy, SES Networks - Seamless Connectivity Across Satellite & Terrestrial Networks
Converge!, 11.05.18
Yogen Patel, Head of Products & Solutions Marketing, Amdocs - Service Driven Network Overview
Converge!, 11.05.18
Gal Hochberg, CEO, Clear Blockchain - MEF18 PoC: MEF 3.0 LSO Federated Services & Blockchain
Converge!, 11.05.18
Ariel Efrati, CEO, Telco Systems - Carrier Ethernet Growth & NFV Innovation
Converge!, 11.05.18
Anssi Tauriainen, EXFO - Proactive Service Assurance, Machine Learning & Analytics
Converge!, 11.05.18
In case you missed these from our first email related to MEF18 news:
Josh Goodell, VP Edge Solutions, AT&T – Edge-to-Edge Vision, SD-WAN, 5G Disruption & MEF 3.0 Standardization
Converge!, 11.01.18
Andrew Dugan, CTO (former SVP Technology Planning & Network Architecture), CenturyLink – Network Transformation, Dynamic Services & East-West LSO APIs
Converge!, 11.01.18
Articles / Columns
To Infinity and Beyond: SES Networks Preps SD-WAN Service
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Date of Birth: 06/03/1997
Category: Para/Senior
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Highest Ranking: (Category / Year): Irish – 7th (2018), WR Para class 10 – 28th (2017)
Titles Won: 2 x Intervarsity singles and team winner, 2017 Bayreuth Para Open Bronze in Teams class 10, 2015 Czech Para Open Bronze in Teams class 9-10, 2015 PTT Thailand Para Open Bronze in Teams class 10, 2014 PTT Spanish Open Bronze in Singles class 10.
Best Wins: Iurii Nozdrunov RUS (WR 2 Para class 9), Igor Mitzal POL (WR 12 Para class 10), Claudio Massad BRA (WR 27 Para class 10), Angel Garrido ESP (WR 29 Para class 10), Alexander Gillan IRE (No.3 in Ireland).
Best Experience: Competing in the European para championships 2018 in Slovenia and playing the European youth cup 2014 in Riva Del Garda (able-bodied). There is nothing I enjoy more than competing for my country and putting that green shirt on.
Ambition: My ambition is to reach the highest level of table tennis possible and to compete and win a medal in the Paralympic games.


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* Mobile Data Collection using the Ohmage Platform for Instruction, Hongsuda Tangmunarunkit, MMWCOND 2014, Sep 2014
abstract: Participatory Sensing (PS) is a distributed data collection and analysis approach where individuals, acting alone or in groups, use their personal mobile devices t o systematically explore interesting aspects of their lives and communities. Ohmage (http://ohmage.org) is a modular and extensible open-source, mobile to web part icipatory sensing platform that records, stores, analyzes, and visualizes data from both prompted self-report and continuous data streams. These data streams are a uthorable and can be dynamically deployed in diverse settings. Ohmage has been used as an enabling platform in over 20 independent projects in many disciplines. In this talk, we present the ohmage architecture and how it has been applied to provide an innovative teaching and learning environment for LA Unified School Distric t under the NSF-funded Mobilize Project (mobilizingcs.org).
* Analyzing Data: Preparing Teachers to Implement Classroom Software for Data Analysis , Robert Gould, NSF MSP Meeting, 2014
abstract: Mobilize is an NSF-funded project that is using the vehicle of Participatory Sensing to enhance secondary math and science education. This year Mobilize launched the Introduction to Data Science (IDS) course, a year-long course to teach fundamental skills and understandings required for computing with data and thinking constructively about data. The Guidelines for Assessment and Instruction in Statistics Education (GAISE) ratified by the American Statistical Association emphasize that students must learn to use technology to analyze data. In that spirit, we are preparing teachers to teach their students 1) participatory sensing technologies, to create and design their data collection projects and to collect data, and 2) Rstudio, a web-based environment for learning the R statistical programming language in order to discover meaning in data. Although we have only recently launched the IDS course and so have held only 6 days of professional development workshops, these workshops were based on what we learned in previous efforts while preparing over 150 teachers to teach shorter technology and data focused modules within Exploring Computer Science, Algebra I, and Biology. Mobilize implements the Science Immersion Model for Professional Learning (SIMPL), blended with active, hands-on learning to develop conceptual understanding of statistical and computational principles.


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Earlier this week, the Wacom showed up on my doorstep all shiny and new, just begging for me to break it out and get the party started. So I did… and let's just say the experience has been something like that time when I really really wanted to bust out a canvas and paint…
Even though I hadn't picked up a paint brush since preschool.
Holy wow you guys, you don't realize how much all of that type typing away is crushing your
motor handwriting skills until you try to go all crazy with a Wacom. Cursive? What is that? So there might be a little bit of a learning curve, but hey, that's what this space is all about, right? I've been learning here with all of you on a pretty steep learning curve since 2011, and I hope you've all enjoyed the ride as much as I have. For me, it always goes back to this Ira Glass quote. If you know what you want it to be, and you work hard, you'll get there.
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First Tour Dates for Indie Game: The Movie Scheduled
Indie Game: The Movie is already getting rave reviews from everybody who has seen it and today I have good news for everybody as the movie is hitting the road! Unfortunately it's only heading to seven US cities at the moment but hopefully this will expand soon.
Hit the break to see the dates currently scheduled and see if it's coming near you, or check out the full site for more information.
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- San Francisco, CA, Embarcadero Centre Cinema, Mar 6th at 7pm & 9:30pm (Tickets here)
- Asheville, NC, The Fine Arts Theatre, Mar 15th at 7pm (Tickets here)
- Seattle, WA, SIFF Cinema at the Uptown, Mar 23rd at 7pm (Tickets here)
- Portland, OR, Hollywood Theatre, Mar 28th at 7pm (Tickets here)
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Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019
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Vaccines are safe, effective and they save lives. Science proves there is no link between vaccines and autism. As each outbreak of a preventable infectious disease like measles unfolds, family physicians and our colleagues in the medical community fight to keep the public safe and combat the damage that fake news unleashes. Evidence-based science is the key to understanding the necessity and effectiveness of vaccines. Immunizations are among the most cost-effective and successful way to keep the public healthy.
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Autism and ICSI: An Affair Revealed
Autism is on the rise. And so are test tube babies. Are they linked? Well, a very well done study published this week says yes. And, it may have something to do with sperm.
Facts About Autism
- It was first described in 1943 in children who lacked interest in others but showed an unusual interest in objects
- It is a neurological disorder that affects thinking as well as communication and social skills
- 1 in 88 children are affected and this rate is increasing
- It appears to be genetic but no specific genes are known
- Environmental causes are suspected, but vaccines are not among them
The Study Anatomy
This large study tracked outcomes of all births in Sweden (2.5 million!) over a 25-year period and followed the children for an average of 10 years after birth. Autism and mental retardation rates in children were tabulated based on accurate national registries. Rates of these disorders were correlated with various conception methods, including at-home conception, IVF and IVF-ICSI. ICSI was further broken down into whether ejaculated sperm or surgically retrieved sperm was used. And the salient findings were:
- During the study, 1.2% of Swedish births were conceived with IVF
- 1.5% of IVF births had autistic disorders and 1.1% had intellectual disabilities
- As a whole, IVF births showed no increased risk of autistic disorders and a mild increased risk (18%) of intellectual disabilities compared to at-home conceptions
- IVF-ICSI using surgically retrieved sperm was associated with a 4.6-fold increase in autism disorders and a 2.3-fold increase risk of intellectual disabilities relative to IVF without ICSI
- IVF-ICSI using ejaculated sperm was associated with a 47% increased risk of intellectual disabilities relative to IVF without ICSI using ejaculated sperm
One neat perk of well-performed epidemiologic research is that you can isolate or "control" for certain conditions and then test to see how they influence outcomes. Interestingly, risk profiles changed dramatically when only singleton births were evaluated in the study (multiple births comprise from 1/4 to 1/3 of IVF births but <1% of at-home conceptions):
- Among singleton births, IVF showed no difference in autism or retardation rates when compared to at-home conception
- Among singleton births, the increased risk of autism and intellectual disability described earlier with IVF-ICSI using surgically retrieved sperm did not hold true.
Behind the Numbers
So what does all of this mean? Honestly, it's hard to know for sure. Epidemiological research is limited in that it can only make theoretical "associations" between things. It can't prove that biological relationships truly exist. Taken in this context, this research suggests that autism and intellectual disabilities in children are related to how they are conceived (at-home vs. in a dish), who their father is, which kind of sperm is used, when they are born and how many siblings are born with them.
What I find provocative is that several of these risk factors (multiple births; preterm births, paternal issues) are ones that have been previously deemed important for autism and intellectual disabilities. Others, however, such as sperm source, are new to the scene. Given that sperm issues still need fleshing out, it is still far too early to heartily recommend changes to current clinical practice.
This research is pretty heavy stuff. What's comforting here is that the overall occurrence of either disorder is still very low, regardless of conception method. From another angle, I find that in my medical practice, the simple act of clarifying risk has great value for patients as they considered all paths to family building.


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Remote Job opportunities with Academic Writing
"Remote work is the future of work" – Alexis Ohanian
Till a few years back the only way of earning a livelihood was by getting assigned to a 9 to 5 job and commuting all the way to work. It is but obvious that almost all of us have lived days when five and sometimes six days of the week was utterly chaotic and were spent in getting to and fro from work. Even today, a large chunk of people live the same monotonous life and tire themselves down in a rather hectic and mundane routine.
However, as I sit down to write this article, I realize how convenient and hassle-free life has become with the onset of technology and with the advent of the worldwide world of the web. Time and again we keep hearing of the wonders that the internet has done, by shrinking the globe even more and by connecting people in ways that we had never imagined was possible. It goes without saying that the internet has revolutionized and changed so many aspects of our life and all this has come with great ease.
When we closely observe the world around us, almost every sector has been revamped and digitized with the automation and the far-reaching proximity of the internet. Be it the way we book our tickets, shop and today even work from the most remote of locations – all this and more has seen a radical improvisation with the help of digitization and the internet. To be precise one such avenue which has seen the maximum changes is that in the life of academic writers.
If you take a closer look at most of the job posting and listings on professional sites such as LinkedIn, you will observe the term 'freelance academic writers' a little more than often. As the internet continues to link people irrespective of the distance and location, more and more academic writers can be gainfully assigned to various tasks from time to time basis. All one needs is their writing ability, their smartphones or laptop and not to forget high-speed internet, to pick up various academic writing assignments and make extra money on the side.
The world today is getting more accustomed to freelance workers and as more and more companies are learning the benefits of getting their content written by remote freelancers who know how to their work the best. As more and more organizations capitalize on this type of employment, we have compiled here a list of some of the portals which can give you a head start as you launch yourself in the remote job opportunities field of academic writing.
Get more with Moravia
If you are a qualified and experienced academic writer and language happen to be your forte then Moravia is the portal where you can pick up a lot of remote job projects for translating. Depending on which language you hold expertise in, this portal can give you access to a number of freelancing translating jobs.
Get Going with GoAssignmentHelp
As an academic writer if you are looking for a strong start in the field of academic writing then GoAssignmentHelp is a platform that can give you that initial thrust. They are specifically into providing academic writing assistance to students who need help with almost all sorts of academic paperwork. Your skills won't go unnoticed and you will get the right attention and the liberty to choose freelancing assignments in the subject and topic that interests you the most.
Walk the SalesFolk
Do your emails spark a lot of interest? And do they force people to read and agree to what you say? If this is the case then SalesFolk is a portal where major sales and marketing companies look for efficient writers like you who can create compelling and engaging content which can trigger the interest of all the buyers.
Generalizing Journalism with Journalism Jobs
Are you someone who aspired to write fiery articles and make a difference to all your readers? Still looking for a chance that can give you the correct break? Well, Journalism Jobs is a journalist-friendly portal that gives aspiring journalists a chance to pick up a diverse variety of remote freelancing writing. What's more, one can also get the chance to proofread and edit other articles and get a fair idea of how a full-time career will look like in the field of journalism.
Ace the writing test with Writerslab
With academic writing becoming the next big thing, Writerslab is a portal that provides freelancing employment for all those people who hold expertise in their subject and field of interest. At Writerslab, all the academic writers are spoilt with the availability of options given to them like assignment and dissertation writing services, and they can choose to pick up any academic writing task that interests them.
Working your way with Workana
Workana is a portal that was created almost six years ago. In a very short time span, they have gone on to build a network of strong freelancing academic writers. As a student, if you are looking to hire the best academic writers, then Workana is the place that you need to check out.
Up your writing skills with Upwork
Probably considered as one of the most reliable and user-friendly academic writing websites, Upwork is definitely a gold mine for all you freelancers who are looking to start on the path of remote academic writing. As a writer, you can choose when to pick up an assignment based on your availability and convenience and the pay is also fairly good. The only criterion on their list is that an academic writer should be well versed with the subject that they write for and should have the ability to finish the taken task on time. As an academic writer if you have these qualities, then there is no stopping you from achieving new heights when it comes to excellence in remote academic writing here at Upwork.
With more organizations now privy to the benefits of giving out more remote academic writing work to freelance academic writers, there is no dearth of options when it comes to the writers. If you are qualified and have the right skill set and a knack of writing, then waste no more time and get started with remote academic writing. Literally, the sky is the limit!
Being Homework Helper in InstaSolv, Henry Jones is a Digital Marketer/Content Specialist who loves to write content and working in GoDissertationHelp, an academic writing service company which provides the best proofreading services in the UK.