MicroHoo: corporate penis envy? - O'Reilly Radar
Spot on Post .....I agree that microsoft has lost focus and is always trying to snap other people pie .Instead MS should fix Vista and pay attention to Mac which is biting into windows share . Microsoft have to loosen their stack if they have to compete .
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Please Help Burmese People Before they Die !!!
HOW CAN YOU HELP BURMA CYCLONE VICTIMS
Cyclone Nargis in Burma has killed tens of thousands of people and left up to one million homeless .Burmese state media say 22,980 people were killed by Nargis but there are fears the figure could rise to 100,000.
If we cannot physical help ,we should atleast help the people who are doing the relief efforts .On behalf of UCF I urge you to Please Donate Now to whichever organization you are comfortable with ...Please Donate any amount ..every penny counts .....
Below is the list of websites where you can donate online !
Cyclone Nargis
Worldvision.org;
Donate $25 to help children and families devasted by flooding
Help Myanmar's Victims www.FeedTheChildren.org
Provide 70, 135, 205lbs of aid or more to cyclone victims in Burma.
Burma Disaster Relief www.FoundationBurma.org
• Action Against Hunger; preparing to launch an emergency intervention of water purifying tablets, water, rehabilitation/protection of water points, essential non-food items and emergency shelters, hygiene promotion, environmental clearing/clean up, food, cash and/or vouchers
• ActionAid; working in Irrawaddy, identifying the key needs of the affected population along with local partners to supply funding and emergency response
• Air Serv; is preparing to be a first responder, with helicopters ready to deliver crucial supplies and relief workers
• American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC); mobilizing large-scale relief effort with international partners; dispatching rescue workers; sending medical supplies; assessing longer-term development needs
• American Red Cross; has pledged funds and supplies in support of Myanmar Red Cross's efforts distributing drinking water, clothing, food, plastic tarpaulins and hygiene kits
• American Refugee Committee; working to distribute emergency supplies; pending approval of entry visas a rapid assessment team will be deployed to the region
• AmeriCares; assembling life-saving medical and other humanitarian supplies to be shipped immediately to partners on the ground in Myanmar
• Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team; sending a relief team from SE Asia to Burma
• Baptist World Alliance; has pledged $50,000 to assist with emergency relief efforts and is coordinating relief efforts with Baptists around the world
• Catholic Relief Services; supporting the emergency relief and response efforts of the Caritas Internationalis network
• Christian Reformed World Relief Committee; is appealing for funds and planning immediate intervention that includes shelter, water, and kitchen and medical supplies
• Church World Service; coordinating relief operations with a comprehensive assessment on-going
• Direct Relief International; partnering in Thailand and other neighboring countries to offer assistance to medical relief efforts for people affected by the storm
• Doctors Without Borders; distributing food, plastic sheeting, jerry cans and fuel for water pumps, and treating water; planning a mosquito-net distribution in the coming days to prevent malaria and and dengue fever
• Global Giving; providing emergency medical care, shelter, water and food and other immediate needs
• Habitat for Humanity; assembling a technical team to partner with other organizations in support of long-term shelter reconstruction efforts
• International Committee of the Red Cross; distributing preliminary and essential relief items - mosquito nets, tarpaulins, water and purification tablets
• International Medical Corps; securing emergency supplies including medical supplies, blankets, water purification tablets, sanitation items and hygiene kits
• International Rescue Committee; deploying operations, logistics, water and sanitation experts and hopes to bring in medical staff soon for an operation that would provide clean water, sanitation services, shelter materials, other urgent supplies and health care
• Latter-day Saint Charities; have a field team in-country and cooperating with other international agencies in disaster response
• Lutheran World Relief; assessing the situation and planning a response on behalf of the Action by Churches Together (ACT) network
• MAP International; working with partner organizations on the ground in Myanmar and other international agencies in order to assess the situation and respond
• Mercy Corps; helping partners on the ground bring relief to affected families
• Operation USA; responding with shelter, water purification and health care supplies after an assessment is completed by staff currently in the area
• Oxfam; sending aid through partner organizations with a mixture of cash funding, technical expertise and equipment where required
• Save the Children; distributing food, plastic sheeting, water purification tablets and other non food items
• The Salvation Army; dispensing rice, clean water and other relief
• UNICEF; providing child protection, water, sanitation, hygiene, nutrition and education
• United Methodist Committee on Relief; continues to monitor the situation and expects to respond to help the people of Myanmar recover as opportunities become available
• World Concern; pending a needs-assessment, expecting that to follow-up with food, water, and other basic needs
• World Food Programme; distributing food in cyclone-damaged areas of Yangon
• World Vision; providing assistance in the form of zinc sheets, tents, tarpaulins, and medicine
ADRA International
Myanmar Cyclone Fund
12501 Old Columbia Pike
Silver Spring, MD 20904
(800) 424-ADRA ext. 2372
http://www.adra.org
Action Against Hunger
247 W. 37th St., 10th Floor
New York, NY 10018
(877) 777-1420
http://support.actionagainsthunger.org/donate
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
JDC: Myanmar Cyclone Relief
P.O. Box 530
132 East 43rd St.
New York, NY 10017
(212) 687-6200
http://www.jdc.org
American Jewish World Service
45 W. 36th St., 11th Floor
New York, NY 10016
(800) 889-7146
http://www.ajws.org
American Red Cross
International Response Fund
P.O. Box 37243
Washington, DC 20013
(800) HELP-NOW
http://www.redcross.org
American Refugee Committee
430 Oak Grove St., Suite 204
Minneapolis, MN 55403
(612) 872-7602}
http://www.arcrelief.org
AmeriCares
88 Hamilton Ave.
Stamford, CT 06902
(800) 486-4357
http://www.americares.org
Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team
6810 Tilden Lane
Rockville, MD 20852
(301) 984-0217
http://www.amurt.net
Baptist World Aid
Myanmar (or Burma) Relief
405 North Washington St.
Falls Church, VA 22046
(703) 790-8980
http://www.bwanet.org
CARE
151 Ellis Street N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30303
(800) 521-2273
http://www.care.org
CHF International
8601 Georgia Ave., 800
Silver Spring, MD 20910
(866) 779-2CHF
http://www.chfinternational.org
Christian Reformed World Relief Committee (CRWRC)
2850 Kalamazoo Ave., S.E.
Grand Rapids, MI 49560-0600
(800) 55-CRWRC
http://www.crwrc.org
Church World Service
28606 Phillips St., P.O. Box 968
Elkhart, IN 46515
(800) 297-1516
http://www.churchworldservice.org
Concern Worldwide U.S.
104 East 40th St., Suite 903
New York, NY 10016
(212) 557-8000
http://www.concernusa.org
Direct Relief International
27 South La Patera Lane
Santa Barbara, CA 93117
(805) 964-4767
http://www.directrelief.org
Episcopal Relief and Development
815 Second Ave., 7th Floor
New York, NY 10017
(800) 334-7626
http://www.er-d.org
Food for the Hungry
1224 East Washington St.
Phoenix, AZ 85034
(800) 248-6437
http://www.fh.org
Habitat for Humanity International
Cyclone Nargis
121 Habitat St.
Americus, GA 31709-3498
(800) HABITAT
http://www.habitat.org
International Medical Corps
1919 Santa Monica Blvd.
Suite 400
Santa Monica, CA 90404
(800) 481-4462
http://www.imcworldwide.org
International Relief Teams
Attn: Myanmar Cyclone
4560 Alvarado Canyon Road, Suite 2G
San Diego, CA 92120
(619) 284-7979
http://www.irteams.org
International Rescue Committee
(Note on checks: Myanmar)
P.O. Box 96651
Washington, DC 20090-6651
(877) REFUGEE
http://www.theIRC.org
Latter-day Saint Charities
50 East North Temple, 7th Floor
Salt Lake City, UT 84150
(800) 453-3860, ext. 23544
http://www.lds.org
Lutheran World Relief
P.O. Box 17061
Baltimore, MD 21298-9832
(800) 597-5972
http://www.lwr.org
MAP International Donor Member Services
Myanmar Assistance
P.O. Box 7020
Albert Lea, MN 56007-9931
(800) 225-8550
http://www.map.org
Mercy Corps
Myanmar Cyclone Fund
P.O. Box 2669
Portland, OR 97208
1-800-852-2100
http://www.mercycorps.org
Operation USA
Memo "Myanmar Cyclone"
3617 Hayden Ave., Suite A
Culver City, CA 90232
(800) 678-7255
http://www.opusa.org
Project HOPE
255 Carter Hall Lane
Millwood, VA 22646
(800) 544-4673
http://www.projecthope.org
Relief International
1575 Westwood Blvd., Suite 200
Los Angeles, CA 90024
(310) 478-1200
http://www.ri.org
Save the Children USA
54 Wilton Road
Westport, CT 06880
(800) 728-3843
http://www.savethechildren.org
United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR)
3019674 Myanmar Emergency
P.O. Box 9068
New York, NY 10087
(800) 554-8583
http://www.umcor.org
Unitarian Universalist Service Committee
UUSC-UUA Burma Cyclone Relief Fund
P.O. Box 845259
Boston, MA 02284-5259
(800) 388-3920
http://www.uusc.org
U.S. Fund for UNICEF
125 Maiden Lane, 11th Floor
New York, NY 10038
(800) 4UNICEF
http://www.unicefusa.org
World Concern
19303 Fremont Ave. N.
Seattle, WA 98133
(800) 755-5022, ext.7706
http://www.worldconcern.org
World Emergency Relief
P.O. Box 131570
Carlsbad, CA 92013
(888) 484-4543
http://www.worldemergencyrelief.org
World Vision
P.O. Box 9716
Federal Way, WA 98063
(888) 56-CHILD
http://www.worldvision.org
Cyclone Nargis in Burma has killed tens of thousands of people and left up to one million homeless .Burmese state media say 22,980 people were killed by Nargis but there are fears the figure could rise to 100,000.
If we cannot physical help ,we should atleast help the people who are doing the relief efforts .On behalf of UCF I urge you to Please Donate Now to whichever organization you are comfortable with ...Please Donate any amount ..every penny counts .....
Below is the list of websites where you can donate online !
Cyclone Nargis
Worldvision.org;
Donate $25 to help children and families devasted by flooding
Help Myanmar's Victims www.FeedTheChildren.org
Provide 70, 135, 205lbs of aid or more to cyclone victims in Burma.
Burma Disaster Relief www.FoundationBurma.org
• Action Against Hunger; preparing to launch an emergency intervention of water purifying tablets, water, rehabilitation/protection of water points, essential non-food items and emergency shelters, hygiene promotion, environmental clearing/clean up, food, cash and/or vouchers
• ActionAid; working in Irrawaddy, identifying the key needs of the affected population along with local partners to supply funding and emergency response
• Air Serv; is preparing to be a first responder, with helicopters ready to deliver crucial supplies and relief workers
• American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC); mobilizing large-scale relief effort with international partners; dispatching rescue workers; sending medical supplies; assessing longer-term development needs
• American Red Cross; has pledged funds and supplies in support of Myanmar Red Cross's efforts distributing drinking water, clothing, food, plastic tarpaulins and hygiene kits
• American Refugee Committee; working to distribute emergency supplies; pending approval of entry visas a rapid assessment team will be deployed to the region
• AmeriCares; assembling life-saving medical and other humanitarian supplies to be shipped immediately to partners on the ground in Myanmar
• Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team; sending a relief team from SE Asia to Burma
• Baptist World Alliance; has pledged $50,000 to assist with emergency relief efforts and is coordinating relief efforts with Baptists around the world
• Catholic Relief Services; supporting the emergency relief and response efforts of the Caritas Internationalis network
• Christian Reformed World Relief Committee; is appealing for funds and planning immediate intervention that includes shelter, water, and kitchen and medical supplies
• Church World Service; coordinating relief operations with a comprehensive assessment on-going
• Direct Relief International; partnering in Thailand and other neighboring countries to offer assistance to medical relief efforts for people affected by the storm
• Doctors Without Borders; distributing food, plastic sheeting, jerry cans and fuel for water pumps, and treating water; planning a mosquito-net distribution in the coming days to prevent malaria and and dengue fever
• Global Giving; providing emergency medical care, shelter, water and food and other immediate needs
• Habitat for Humanity; assembling a technical team to partner with other organizations in support of long-term shelter reconstruction efforts
• International Committee of the Red Cross; distributing preliminary and essential relief items - mosquito nets, tarpaulins, water and purification tablets
• International Medical Corps; securing emergency supplies including medical supplies, blankets, water purification tablets, sanitation items and hygiene kits
• International Rescue Committee; deploying operations, logistics, water and sanitation experts and hopes to bring in medical staff soon for an operation that would provide clean water, sanitation services, shelter materials, other urgent supplies and health care
• Latter-day Saint Charities; have a field team in-country and cooperating with other international agencies in disaster response
• Lutheran World Relief; assessing the situation and planning a response on behalf of the Action by Churches Together (ACT) network
• MAP International; working with partner organizations on the ground in Myanmar and other international agencies in order to assess the situation and respond
• Mercy Corps; helping partners on the ground bring relief to affected families
• Operation USA; responding with shelter, water purification and health care supplies after an assessment is completed by staff currently in the area
• Oxfam; sending aid through partner organizations with a mixture of cash funding, technical expertise and equipment where required
• Save the Children; distributing food, plastic sheeting, water purification tablets and other non food items
• The Salvation Army; dispensing rice, clean water and other relief
• UNICEF; providing child protection, water, sanitation, hygiene, nutrition and education
• United Methodist Committee on Relief; continues to monitor the situation and expects to respond to help the people of Myanmar recover as opportunities become available
• World Concern; pending a needs-assessment, expecting that to follow-up with food, water, and other basic needs
• World Food Programme; distributing food in cyclone-damaged areas of Yangon
• World Vision; providing assistance in the form of zinc sheets, tents, tarpaulins, and medicine
ADRA International
Myanmar Cyclone Fund
12501 Old Columbia Pike
Silver Spring, MD 20904
(800) 424-ADRA ext. 2372
http://www.adra.org
247 W. 37th St., 10th Floor
New York, NY 10018
(877) 777-1420
http://support.actionagainsthunger.org/donate
JDC: Myanmar Cyclone Relief
P.O. Box 530
132 East 43rd St.
New York, NY 10017
(212) 687-6200
http://www.jdc.org
45 W. 36th St., 11th Floor
New York, NY 10016
(800) 889-7146
http://www.ajws.org
International Response Fund
P.O. Box 37243
Washington, DC 20013
(800) HELP-NOW
http://www.redcross.org
430 Oak Grove St., Suite 204
Minneapolis, MN 55403
(612) 872-7602}
http://www.arcrelief.org
88 Hamilton Ave.
Stamford, CT 06902
(800) 486-4357
http://www.americares.org
6810 Tilden Lane
Rockville, MD 20852
(301) 984-0217
http://www.amurt.net
Myanmar (or Burma) Relief
405 North Washington St.
Falls Church, VA 22046
(703) 790-8980
http://www.bwanet.org
151 Ellis Street N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30303
(800) 521-2273
http://www.care.org
8601 Georgia Ave., 800
Silver Spring, MD 20910
(866) 779-2CHF
http://www.chfinternational.org
2850 Kalamazoo Ave., S.E.
Grand Rapids, MI 49560-0600
(800) 55-CRWRC
http://www.crwrc.org
28606 Phillips St., P.O. Box 968
Elkhart, IN 46515
(800) 297-1516
http://www.churchworldservice.org
104 East 40th St., Suite 903
New York, NY 10016
(212) 557-8000
http://www.concernusa.org
27 South La Patera Lane
Santa Barbara, CA 93117
(805) 964-4767
http://www.directrelief.org
815 Second Ave., 7th Floor
New York, NY 10017
(800) 334-7626
http://www.er-d.org
1224 East Washington St.
Phoenix, AZ 85034
(800) 248-6437
http://www.fh.org
Cyclone Nargis
121 Habitat St.
Americus, GA 31709-3498
(800) HABITAT
http://www.habitat.org
1919 Santa Monica Blvd.
Suite 400
Santa Monica, CA 90404
(800) 481-4462
http://www.imcworldwide.org
Attn: Myanmar Cyclone
4560 Alvarado Canyon Road, Suite 2G
San Diego, CA 92120
(619) 284-7979
http://www.irteams.org
(Note on checks: Myanmar)
P.O. Box 96651
Washington, DC 20090-6651
(877) REFUGEE
http://www.theIRC.org
50 East North Temple, 7th Floor
Salt Lake City, UT 84150
(800) 453-3860, ext. 23544
http://www.lds.org
P.O. Box 17061
Baltimore, MD 21298-9832
(800) 597-5972
http://www.lwr.org
Myanmar Assistance
P.O. Box 7020
Albert Lea, MN 56007-9931
(800) 225-8550
http://www.map.org
Myanmar Cyclone Fund
P.O. Box 2669
Portland, OR 97208
1-800-852-2100
http://www.mercycorps.org
Memo "Myanmar Cyclone"
3617 Hayden Ave., Suite A
Culver City, CA 90232
(800) 678-7255
http://www.opusa.org
255 Carter Hall Lane
Millwood, VA 22646
(800) 544-4673
http://www.projecthope.org
1575 Westwood Blvd., Suite 200
Los Angeles, CA 90024
(310) 478-1200
http://www.ri.org
54 Wilton Road
Westport, CT 06880
(800) 728-3843
http://www.savethechildren.org
3019674 Myanmar Emergency
P.O. Box 9068
New York, NY 10087
(800) 554-8583
http://www.umcor.org
UUSC-UUA Burma Cyclone Relief Fund
P.O. Box 845259
Boston, MA 02284-5259
(800) 388-3920
http://www.uusc.org
125 Maiden Lane, 11th Floor
New York, NY 10038
(800) 4UNICEF
http://www.unicefusa.org
19303 Fremont Ave. N.
Seattle, WA 98133
(800) 755-5022, ext.7706
http://www.worldconcern.org
P.O. Box 131570
Carlsbad, CA 92013
(888) 484-4543
http://www.worldemergencyrelief.org
P.O. Box 9716
Federal Way, WA 98063
(888) 56-CHILD
http://www.worldvision.org
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Drag and Drop Revolution ...
Isn't semantic web all about taking drag and drop to the next level . Currently web 2.0 is all about dragging and dropping things that know each other on the web like dragging and dropping a item in a shopping cart , dragging and dropping google maps , dragging and dropping photos in web albums , stocks in online portfolio... blah blah ...
But there are significant limitations to current drag and drop functionality ...which is you cannot drag and drop between two unknown entities . You cannot drag and drop your bank account information onto your calendar to see your expense history or graph .....i think next wave of webapps will have this significant capabilities will really make the existing information scattered around the web relative . That will be a real powerful information presented in a highly customizable form.
But there are significant limitations to current drag and drop functionality ...which is you cannot drag and drop between two unknown entities . You cannot drag and drop your bank account information onto your calendar to see your expense history or graph .....i think next wave of webapps will have this significant capabilities will really make the existing information scattered around the web relative . That will be a real powerful information presented in a highly customizable form.
Are big enterprises exploiting Open source ?
Are big enterprises exploiting Open source ?
With the growing adoption of open source softwares in enterprises how much have enterprises are giving back to open source community .Open source software is a big boon for big enterprises . With its adoption the IT expenditure is coming down considerably . But I rarely hear news like big firms like Bank of America contributed some major upgrade or effort to a open source community . Are the big firms just exploiting open source community and all the efforts put by all the developers . open source communities have proven to be excellent supports systems for all the firms that used these software . I have worked in many firms but apart from the Software and Technology Firms i have never seen management encouraging contributions back to the open source communities .
With the growing adoption of open source softwares in enterprises how much have enterprises are giving back to open source community .Open source software is a big boon for big enterprises . With its adoption the IT expenditure is coming down considerably . But I rarely hear news like big firms like Bank of America contributed some major upgrade or effort to a open source community . Are the big firms just exploiting open source community and all the efforts put by all the developers . open source communities have proven to be excellent supports systems for all the firms that used these software . I have worked in many firms but apart from the Software and Technology Firms i have never seen management encouraging contributions back to the open source communities .
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