BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Rhode Island Nexus PRODID:-//Drupal iCal API//EN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090106T230322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080205T180000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080205T210000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2113/center-women-enterprise-visioning URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2113/center-women-enterprise-visioning SUMMARY:Center for Women & Enterprise - Visioning DESCRIPTION:Considering entrepreneurship? Have a business idea but not sure where to start? Not sure how\, or even if\, entrepreneurship can fit into your life? CWE’s Visioning module is the first step to turning your dreams of owning your own business into a reality. Visioning will help you explore the challenges and rewards of self-employment\, create a vision for your business\, and consider your long-term goals. Topics include clarifying your business idea\, developing a mission statement\, analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of your business idea\, creating long and short-term business goals\, and developing a business start-up action plan. Four 3-hour classes at $135\, $125 if you pre-register\, partial scholarships are available.

http\://rinexus.com/calendar/2113/center-women-enterprise-visioning

END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090106T230322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080206T080000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080206T080000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2099/5th-annual-business-continuity-safety-planning-conference URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2099/5th-annual-business-continuity-safety-planning-conference SUMMARY:5th Annual Business Continuity & Safety Planning Conference DESCRIPTION:8\:00 am– 8\:30 amRegistration and Continental Breakfast8\:30 am– 8\:45 amWelcome and Overview of Program\, Lori C. Adamo\, President – Code Red BCS 8\:45 am – 9\:30 amWorking With and Understanding FEMA\, Art Cleaves\, Director – FEMA Region 1 9\:30 am–10\:30 amBusiness Continuity Planning\: How to Get Started\, Christine Glebus\, VP – State Street Corporation 10\:30 am–11\:30 amDisaster Recovery\: Understanding Your Production and Recovery Vulnerabilities\, Tim Hebert\, CEO – Atrion Networking\, Inc. 11\:30 am–12\:15 pmRisk & Incident Management\, William Hawkins\, VP of Technology Architecture and Services – FM Global 12\:15 pm – 1\:00 pm Lunch Sponsored by The More Group\, Inc. 12\:30 pm - 1\:00 pmWhy Backup is Not Enough (Luncheon Presentation)\, Dave Littman\, Director of Business Development – The More Group1\:15 pm– 4\:00 pmEmergency Response Simulation Exercise\: A Tabletop Workshop\, Gail Coulter\, Business Continuity Coordinator – Amica Insurance

http\://rinexus.com/calendar/2099/5th-annual-business-continuity-safety-planning-conference

END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090106T230322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080206T080000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080206T100000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2233/ri-nexus-open-coffee URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2233/ri-nexus-open-coffee SUMMARY:RI Nexus Open Coffee DESCRIPTION:We'\;ll keep the core the same\, casual drop-in\, drop-out\, buy your own coffee. Fluid discussion topics focused around tech startups\, a few will be suggested in the schedule reminder\, but its up to those who show to decide what they want to talk about. Seems like \\"digging in\\" on an idea or question is what the Open Coffee can provide\, along with a conducive setting to trade resources and connections.

http\://rinexus.com/calendar/2233/ri-nexus-open-coffee

END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090106T230322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080206T120000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080206T133000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2071/newport-chamber-base-realignment-economic-impact URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2071/newport-chamber-base-realignment-economic-impact SUMMARY:Newport Chamber - Base Realignment Economic Impact DESCRIPTION:The Newport County Chamber of Commerce invites you to join us for an Economic Update Luncheon\\"Naval Station Newport\: BRAC 2005 Expansion and Opportunities - the Economic Impact\\" 

http\://rinexus.com/calendar/2071/newport-chamber-base-realignment-economic-impact

END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090106T230322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080206T190000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080206T190000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2142/providence-php-feb-meetup URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2142/providence-php-feb-meetup SUMMARY:Providence PHP Feb Meetup DESCRIPTION:January may not work out. (Our regular meeting would fall on New Year'\;s Day\, and I'\;m out of the country for most of the rest of the month.) So for now we'\;ll say the next meeting is February. More details to come.

http\://rinexus.com/calendar/2142/providence-php-feb-meetup

END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090106T230322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080207T113000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080207T133000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2200/greater-providence-chamber-legislative-luncheon URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2200/greater-providence-chamber-legislative-luncheon SUMMARY:Greater Providence Chamber - LEGISLATIVE LUNCHEON DESCRIPTION:The Legislative Luncheon will once again feature an interactive panel discussion. Join 600 of the region'\;s most prominent business leaders to hear legislators from both the House and Senate respond to questions regarding many critical issues facing the business community. The Providence Journal is the Presenting Sponsor.

http\://rinexus.com/calendar/2200/greater-providence-chamber-legislative-luncheon

END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090106T230322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080207T160000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080207T160000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2196/brown-cs-dept-colloquium-how-be-and-engaging-robot URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2196/brown-cs-dept-colloquium-how-be-and-engaging-robot SUMMARY:Brown CS Dept. Colloquium - How to be an Engaging Robot DESCRIPTION:\\"Robots and People Collaborating\: How to be an Engaging Robot\\"Candy Sidner\, BAE Systems AIT When people collaborate\, in addition to using language to talk to one another\, they also employ a variety of verbal and non-verbal means to initiate\, maintain and end their interactions. In face-to-face interaction\, this process of \\"engagement\\" often occurs through gestures. In this talk I will describe the engagement process\, especially how people maintain engagement through mutual looking and conversational nodding. I will report on studies of people collaborating with a robot and show several videos of these interactions. Finally\, I will discuss recent research on initiating engagement\, and show videos of two different robots finding and engaging a person.

http\://rinexus.com/calendar/2196/brown-cs-dept-colloquium-how-be-and-engaging-robot

END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090106T230322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080208T090000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080208T120000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2086/risbdc-information-session URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2086/risbdc-information-session SUMMARY:RISBDC - Information Session DESCRIPTION:This session will provide entrepreneurs with information regarding resources available to them from the Small Business Development Center. The RISBDC promotes entrepreneurship and strengthens small business in Rhode Island by both providing broad-based and high-quality\, \\"no cost\\" consulting and low-cost educational courses and services.

http\://rinexus.com/calendar/2086/risbdc-information-session

END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090106T230322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080210T140000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080210T160000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2117/uri-video-art-closing-reception URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2117/uri-video-art-closing-reception SUMMARY:URI Video Art Closing Reception DESCRIPTION:Beginning the new year in a renewed spirit of global inclusiveness\, the Fine Arts Center Galleries present an exciting video art program dedicated to contemporary works created by prominent Central European artists\, nearly all still resident in their native countries......At multiple monitor stations installed for this purpose\, Main Gallery visitors will be able to view video-loops at their own pace. Guest-curator Viera Levitt did not choose popular and stereotypical post-communist images like blocks of flats or factory-polluted lands framed by grey and desolate landscapes. Instead\, in this exhibition she emphasizes the region’s human stories of vulnerability and fragility that she believes we all share and will resonate deeply with an American public.The 6 artists whose video art is featured are\:Pavlina Fichta Cierna (b. 1967\, Slovakia)Milena Dopitova (b. 1963\, Czech Republic)Pavel Mrkus (b. 1970\, Czech Republic)Hajnal Nemeth (b. 1972\, Hungary\, lives and works in Berlin)Katerina Seda (b. 1977\, Czech Republic)Artur Zmijewski (b. 1966\, Poland)

http\://rinexus.com/calendar/2117/uri-video-art-closing-reception

END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090106T230322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080211T173000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080211T190000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2275/dc401-penetration-testing URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2275/dc401-penetration-testing SUMMARY:DC401 - Penetration Testing DESCRIPTION:Getting started with penetration testing can be a challenging task. Only by using a layered\, structured approach can we deal with this mountain of data. Quite often new and complex vulnerabilities are daunted and difficult to wrap our brain around\, but by taking things one step at a time\, we can slowly pull the layers of the onion apart.This talk hopes to provide people with a rough structure and a method of getting their feet wet. I hope can spark conversation and discussion

http\://rinexus.com/calendar/2275/dc401-penetration-testing

END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090106T230322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080211T180000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080211T193000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2091/risbdc-developing-successful-negotiation-strategies-part-2 URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2091/risbdc-developing-successful-negotiation-strategies-part-2 SUMMARY:RISBDC - Developing Successful Negotiation Strategies Part 2 DESCRIPTION:This workshop continues to build on the skills learned in Part 1 of developing negotiation strategies.  We will look at very specific negotiation “tricks of the trade”\, how to negotiate psychological land mines that are often utilized in high power negotiation sessions\, and the development of strategies when having to navigate in conflict/hostile negotiation dealings. Make no mistake- these situations are very real in business today. Knowledge of techniques used in high pressure win/lose scenarios is critical even if you are trying to apply collaborative techniques to resolution.

http\://rinexus.com/calendar/2091/risbdc-developing-successful-negotiation-strategies-part-2

END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090106T230322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080212T080000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080212T090000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2219/social-media-breakfast-jeff-pulver URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2219/social-media-breakfast-jeff-pulver SUMMARY:Social Media Breakfast with Jeff Pulver DESCRIPTION:Hello\, techies and social media aficionados! Please join us on February 12th from 8am to 10am at Brickway on Wickenden to welcome Jeff Pulver to Providence for a Social Media Breakfast\: The Only Breakfast with Real-Time Social Tagging. Jeff Pulver is the Chairman and Founder of pulver.com\, publisher of The Pulver Report\, and the creator of the Voice on the Net (VON) events. He just launched pulver.tv\, the \\"the best video on the internet in a continuous 24 hour a day channel\\". In 2008\, he'\;s starting conversations about social media in major cities around the world.This is a great opportunity to bring some attention to our thriving Providence digital media community and meet local social geeks!Please RSVP on Facebook (or just show up!)\: http\://jwu.facebook.com/event.php?eid=8106843620&ref=mf

http\://rinexus.com/calendar/2219/social-media-breakfast-jeff-pulver

END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090106T230322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080212T190000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080212T190000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2321/riiff-filmmaking-forums-borders URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2321/riiff-filmmaking-forums-borders SUMMARY:RIIFF Filmmaking Forums at Borders DESCRIPTION:Dave Bettencourt\, director of '\;You Must Be This Tall'\; (now available on DVD and winner of the 2007 best documentary feature at the Northampton Independent Film Festival) and Jon Rabin\, director of '\;Italian Americans and Federal Hill'\; (2006 RIIFF documentary award winner and available on DVD) speak to their RI Historical documentary projects\, the local and global impact of their work and the process of filming in RI. There will be a Q and A session. Hosted by Toni Pennacchia of spoileralertradio

http\://rinexus.com/calendar/2321/riiff-filmmaking-forums-borders

END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090106T230322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080213T080000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080213T090000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2201/greater-providence-chamber-being-business-leader URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2201/greater-providence-chamber-being-business-leader SUMMARY:Greater Providence Chamber - Being a Business Leader DESCRIPTION:Power Hour Seminar Series\: \\"Fix Problems\, Not Blame - The 5-Step Process\\" Join John Dundas\, president of Leadership Applied to find out what makes a leader. This dynamic presenter with more then 25 years experience will show participants a five step process on how to make good business decisions and solve even the toughest pro

http\://rinexus.com/calendar/2201/greater-providence-chamber-being-business-leader

END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090106T230322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080213T083000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080213T140000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2073/lighthouse-cs-it-security-seminar URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2073/lighthouse-cs-it-security-seminar SUMMARY:Lighthouse CS IT Security Seminar DESCRIPTION:Learn about the latest ways to overcome the most complex security challenges facing your business\, including the leading Internal and External security threats. Presentations and demos will cover topics such as Identity and Access Management\, proactive prevention of worms\, malware\, intrusions and other forms of network attack\, plus the pros and cons of data encryption solutions that are available to your business... ...This event is free and includes\:Breakfast & lunch Expert presentations with Q&A Technology demonstrations Stadium tour Comments & autographs by Patriots Hall of Famer Steve Nelson Prizes & raffle items

http\://rinexus.com/calendar/2073/lighthouse-cs-it-security-seminar

END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090106T230322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080213T170000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080213T190000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/925/ri-business-plan-how-write-business-plan URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/925/ri-business-plan-how-write-business-plan SUMMARY:RI Business Plan - How to Write a Business Plan DESCRIPTION:One of New England'\;s most respected management consultants\, and business coach to entrepreneurs\, will lead this highly acclaimed workshop. Each team may send up to two people to the workshop on How to Write a Business Plan. Open to anyone considering applying to the 2008 Rhode Island Business Plan Competition.

http\://rinexus.com/calendar/925/ri-business-plan-how-write-business-plan

END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090106T230322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080213T180000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080213T193000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2092/risbdc-pr-small-business-owner URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2092/risbdc-pr-small-business-owner SUMMARY:RISBDC - PR for the Small Business Owner DESCRIPTION:Public relations is one of the best and most cost effective ways for an organization of any size to reach its full potential.  In today’s marketplace\, the public is bombarded with information from many competing sources.  How will you be noticed?  Only those companies that use a strategic approach to their communication efforts will successful rise above the “noise” and be heard.  This course will serve as an introduction to the principles and methods for conducting a small business public relations program. We will begin with a description of public relations and how it is different than advertising and why it is an essential component to your communications and outreach efforts.  By the end of this course\, the participant should have a clear understanding of public relations\, how to craft messages that will resonate with a target public\, how to conduct a basic communications program\, know where to look for additional information and much more.

http\://rinexus.com/calendar/2092/risbdc-pr-small-business-owner

END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090106T230322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080214T120000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080214T130000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2296/providence-web-development-feb-lunch URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2296/providence-web-development-feb-lunch SUMMARY:Providence Web Development Feb Lunch DESCRIPTION:We'\;re on for February\, for a very special Valentine'\;s Day meetup. On second thought\, let'\;s make it a perfectly normal meetup\, one that just happens to fall on Valentine'\;s Day. We'\;ll have our regular freeform discussion of anything relevant to the day\, downtown at Tazza. Please RSVP below.Special deal\, which I'\;ll sponsor\: Yahoo employees fleeing to Providence because of the Microsoft takeover bid can eat for free!

http\://rinexus.com/calendar/2296/providence-web-development-feb-lunch

END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090106T230322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080214T160000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080214T160000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2044/brown-cs-7th-paris-c-kanellakis-memorial-lecture-parallel-programming URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2044/brown-cs-7th-paris-c-kanellakis-memorial-lecture-parallel-programming SUMMARY:Brown CS 7th Paris C. Kanellakis Memorial Lecture - Parallel Programming DESCRIPTION:\\"A hardware-design inspired methodology for parallel programming\\"Arvind\, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory\, MIT One source of weaknesses in parallel programming has been the lack of compositionality\; independently written parallel libraries and packages don'\;t compose very well. We will argue that perhaps traditional procedural abstraction and abstract data types don'\;t capture the essential differences between parallel and sequential programming. We will present a different notion of modules\, based on guarded atomic actions\, and view it as a resource to be shared concurrently by other modules. As opposed to implicitly or explicitly specifying parallelism in a program\, we think of parallel programming as a process of synthesis from a set of modules with proper interfaces and composition rules. We will draw connections between this hardware-design inspired methodology and traditional approaches to multithreaded parallelism including programming based on transactions.

http\://rinexus.com/calendar/2044/brown-cs-7th-paris-c-kanellakis-memorial-lecture-parallel-programming

END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090106T230322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080215T083000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080215T083000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2348/hasbro-toy-fair-webcast URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2348/hasbro-toy-fair-webcast SUMMARY:Hasbro Toy Fair Webcast DESCRIPTION:Webcast from the NYC Toy Fair.

http\://rinexus.com/calendar/2348/hasbro-toy-fair-webcast

END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090106T230322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080217T200000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080217T200000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/1819/risd-digital-media-graduate-students-exhibition-closing URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/1819/risd-digital-media-graduate-students-exhibition-closing SUMMARY:RISD - Digital + Media graduate students exhibition closing DESCRIPTION: Digital + Media graduate students show off their work at the Sol Koffler gallery.Cost\: Free

http\://rinexus.com/calendar/1819/risd-digital-media-graduate-students-exhibition-closing

END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090106T230322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080219T090000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080219T103000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2243/engineers-tomorrow-lego-robotics URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2243/engineers-tomorrow-lego-robotics SUMMARY:Engineers of Tomorrow - Lego Robotics DESCRIPTION:In this class\, we'\;ll use pre-built and programmed robots for a building session focusing on how robots can grab\, push\, pull and deliver items with ease. Students will primarily work in pairs during this class. Students do not need to be able to read to attend this class.For 5-7 year olds.Cost\: $12/per  

http\://rinexus.com/calendar/2243/engineers-tomorrow-lego-robotics

END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090106T230322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080220T080000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080220T100000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2268/ri-nexus-open-coffee URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2268/ri-nexus-open-coffee SUMMARY:RI Nexus Open Coffee DESCRIPTION:We'\;ll keep the core the same\, casual drop-in\, drop-out\, buy your own coffee. Fluid discussion topics focused around tech startups\, a few will be suggested in the schedule reminder\, but its up to those who show to decide what they want to talk about. Seems like \\"digging in\\" on an idea or question is what the Open Coffee can provide\, along with a conducive setting to trade resources and connections.

http\://rinexus.com/calendar/2268/ri-nexus-open-coffee

END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090106T230322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080220T130000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080220T150000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2244/engineers-tomorrow-power-puzzle-challenge URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2244/engineers-tomorrow-power-puzzle-challenge SUMMARY:Engineers of Tomorrow - Power Puzzle Challenge DESCRIPTION: Build and program your robot to deliver wind turbines\, harvest corn for bio-fuel\, and install a solar panel as you help solve the global power puzzle. Students will focus on either programming or building. Programming group will learn to create simple algorithms and write programs in Robolab. The Building group will start with a basic robot and adapt it to improve it'\;s ability to move reliably.For 8-12 year olds.Cost\: $15/per 

http\://rinexus.com/calendar/2244/engineers-tomorrow-power-puzzle-challenge

END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090106T230322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080220T173000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080220T210000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/1849/providence-geeks-dinner-feb URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/1849/providence-geeks-dinner-feb SUMMARY:Providence Geeks Dinner features Location Inc. / NeighborhoodScout.com DESCRIPTION:A neighborhood like Beverly Hills right here in Providence? You’ll never guess where it is… Beacon Hill in the shiny-new Sunbelt city of Dallas? There is a neighborhood just like it! Andrew Schiller\, founder of Woonsocket-based Location Inc./NeighborhoodScout.com\, a nationwide neighborhood search engine for home buyers and movers with 1.8 million unique visitors last year\, will be talking about their patented search technology that answers the first question most home buyers have\: “where should I focus my house hunt?”. The audience will try the algorithm by ‘building their ideal neighborhood’ on the site\, and finding the local neighborhood that best matches the ideal imaginary one. A sneak peak at NeighborhoodScout v2 will reveal flash-based maps\, data mining that has produced new levels of granularity for neighborhood crime\, appreciation rate\, and school ratings\, and ‘smart search’ taken to a new level. Andrew will be joined by Andy Couture\, VP of Business Development for the company.

http\://rinexus.com/calendar/1849/providence-geeks-dinner-feb

END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090106T230322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080221T080000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080221T090000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2056/northern-ri-chamber-commerce-eggs-issues-breakfast URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2056/northern-ri-chamber-commerce-eggs-issues-breakfast SUMMARY:Northern RI Chamber of Commerce - Eggs & Issues Breakfast DESCRIPTION:More information will followA full breakfast buffet will be served.Cost\: $17 for members pre-registered\; $27 for members at the door\; $37 for non-members

http\://rinexus.com/calendar/2056/northern-ri-chamber-commerce-eggs-issues-breakfast

END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090106T230322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080221T160000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080221T160000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2382/brown-cs-dept-colloquium-discrete-curvature-and-shape-operators URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2382/brown-cs-dept-colloquium-discrete-curvature-and-shape-operators SUMMARY:Brown CS Dept. Colloquium - Discrete curvature and shape operators DESCRIPTION:\\"Discrete Curvature for Physically-based Simulation and Shape Modeling\\"Denis Zorin\, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences New York UniversityDiscrete curvature and shape operators\, which capture complete information about directional curvatures at a point\, are essential in a variety of applications\: simulation of deformable surfaces (bending forces are determined by curvature)\, variational modeling and geometric data processing. In many of these applications\, objects are represented by meshes. Solving mesh evolution or optimization problems involving discrete curvature may be expensive\, as the dependence of discrete curvature on the vertex position is complex and highly nonlinear. The quality of the results and computational efficiency is greatly influenced by the choice of curvature discretization. I will discuss mathematical tools for evaluating discretization quality and increasing discretization efficiency and their use in the context of physically-based simulation and geometric modeling...

http\://rinexus.com/calendar/2382/brown-cs-dept-colloquium-discrete-curvature-and-shape-operators

END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090106T230322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080221T170000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080221T190000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2202/greater-providence-chamber-networking-effectively URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2202/greater-providence-chamber-networking-effectively SUMMARY:Greater Providence Chamber - Networking Effectively DESCRIPTION:Evening of Learning \\"Make your Net-Work\: Networking for Business Success\\" Are you a skilled \\"networker\\" but not getting what you want? Do you \\"get it\\" but don'\;t feel comfortable doing it? Women are consistently rated as very skilled at interpersonal relationships but have a difficult time networking for career success. Join Lisa Bergeron\, president of Leading Women for a mind shifting\, powerful and inspiring workshop. Participants will have a chance to identify their personal strengths and be exposed to new ways of thinking about strategic networking.

http\://rinexus.com/calendar/2202/greater-providence-chamber-networking-effectively

END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090106T230322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080221T193000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080221T193000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2375/fishouse-online-poetry-reading URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2375/fishouse-online-poetry-reading SUMMARY:Fishouse Online Poetry Reading DESCRIPTION:From the Fishouse is pleased to present a reading by poets Oliver de la Paz & Evie Shockley this Thursday\, February 21\, at 7\:30 p.m.\, which will be broadcast live on the Web\: http\://www.bowdoin.edu/video/campus-live.shtml       Simply visit the above link any time after 7\:30 and watch the reading as it happens from the comfort of wherever you may be. For more information\, and to listen to poems by Oliver de la Paz & Evie Shockley\, visit From the Fishouse\: www.fishousepoems.org

http\://rinexus.com/calendar/2375/fishouse-online-poetry-reading

END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090106T230322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080221T193000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080221T213000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2376/sfx-meeting URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2376/sfx-meeting SUMMARY:SFX Meeting DESCRIPTION: The monthly meeting of the RI Film Collaborative Special Effects Group for those interested in\: Special Visual EffectsAnimationGame Design

http\://rinexus.com/calendar/2376/sfx-meeting

END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090106T230322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080222T090000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080222T120000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/1985/tech-collective-disaster-recovery URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/1985/tech-collective-disaster-recovery SUMMARY:Tech Collective - Disaster Recovery DESCRIPTION:Please join VMware\, NetApp and our partners to learn how to\:Design and deploy a flexible\, comprehensive solution for disaster recovery that overcomes the limitations of traditional solutions Lower costs of implementing a disaster recovery plan in your IT infrastructure Leverage their DR assets for productive business use

http\://rinexus.com/calendar/1985/tech-collective-disaster-recovery

END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090106T230322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080223T090000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080223T160000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2053/newbcamp URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2053/newbcamp SUMMARY:NewBCamp DESCRIPTION:NewBCamp is a technology unconference modeled on BarCamp/PodCamp\, and we'\;re specifically recruiting people to participate who are new to technology - hence the newbie in NewBCamp. There are four tracks the presentations will center around\: Marketing via new technology\, Podcasting/Blogging\, New Social Media (Facebook\, YouTube)\, and Web Development. We welcome geeks who want to present on what they do best within those topics.SofT ICE is hosting NewBCamp at Johnson & Wales - XavierBuilding is on the JWU downtown campus. Optional Registration Fee\: $10 (select pay offline on the eventbrite website to opt out)

http\://rinexus.com/calendar/2053/newbcamp

END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090106T230322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080225T090000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080225T120000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2074/risbdc-web-2-0-future-your-business-web URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2074/risbdc-web-2-0-future-your-business-web SUMMARY:RISBDC - Web 2.0\: The Future of Your Business on the Web DESCRIPTION:Whether you have a website or not for your business\, you’ll want to hear about the next level of Internet Marketing.  Web 2.0 involves the use of “social marketing” on the web - from blogs to MySpace\, product review sites to YouTube - to market your business\, products\, and services to potential customers.  Michelle Girasole\, a partner in Precision Web Marketing – a cutting-edge internet marketing firm based in Warwick\, RI - as well as a founder of www.thesassyladies.com – a fun\, interactive website for women entrepreneurs – will speak on how to use Web 2.0 to your best business advantage.

http\://rinexus.com/calendar/2074/risbdc-web-2-0-future-your-business-web

END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090106T230322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080226T090000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080226T123000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2345/oshean-ip-packet-analysis URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2345/oshean-ip-packet-analysis SUMMARY:OSHEAN - IP Packet Analysis DESCRIPTION:This Stay Sharp class will give you the basic skills to decode network traffic with open-source tools available for Unix and Windows systems. You'\;ll be able to use a better understanding of your network traffic and these basic skills to analyze current or future network protocols. The tools covered in this class are\: Windump/Tcpdump\, Wireshark and Ngrep. The first module of this course covers a basic review of the IP and TCP headers and students are expected to be generally familiar with TCP/IP at the theoretical level.

http\://rinexus.com/calendar/2345/oshean-ip-packet-analysis

END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090106T230322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080226T100000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080226T110000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2087/risbdc-information-session URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2087/risbdc-information-session SUMMARY:RISBDC - Information Session DESCRIPTION:This session will provide entrepreneurs with information regarding resources available to them from the Small Business Development Center. The RISBDC promotes entrepreneurship and strengthens small business in Rhode Island by both providing broad-based and high-quality\, \\"no cost\\" consulting and low-cost educational courses and services.

http\://rinexus.com/calendar/2087/risbdc-information-session

END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090106T230322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080226T173000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080226T200000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2186/tech-collective-knowledge-based-economy-how-it-affects-you URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2186/tech-collective-knowledge-based-economy-how-it-affects-you SUMMARY:Tech Collective - Knowledge-Based Economy & How it Affects You DESCRIPTION:Knowledge-based economy refers to the use of knowledge to produce economic benefits. Knowledge has been recognized as the driver of productivity and economic growth\, leading to a new focus on the role of information\, technology and learning in economic performance......This event will present the broad framework of knowledge-based economies\, including the potential and role of information and knowledge which can be instrumental in supporting sustainable development and economic growth for your company or organization.

http\://rinexus.com/calendar/2186/tech-collective-knowledge-based-economy-how-it-affects-you

END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090106T230322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080226T180000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080226T200000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2407/aiga-bowling-mixer URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2407/aiga-bowling-mixer SUMMARY:AIGA Bowling Mixer DESCRIPTION:Join your fellow AIGA RI members for a fun night of bowling. This event is FREE to all members and non-members\, so bring your friends!

http\://rinexus.com/calendar/2407/aiga-bowling-mixer

END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090106T230322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080227T074500 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080227T090000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2203/greater-providence-chamber-economic-outlook-report URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2203/greater-providence-chamber-economic-outlook-report SUMMARY:Greater Providence Chamber - Economic Outlook Report DESCRIPTION:Sovereign Bank'\;s President and CEO\, Joseph P. Campanelli\, RI Market CEO Steve Issa\, and Laurie White\, president of the Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce invite you to attend a special breakfast to hear an important report on the Providence area economic outlook. Seating is limited for this free program\, so reserve today. Co-hosted by the Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce.

http\://rinexus.com/calendar/2203/greater-providence-chamber-economic-outlook-report

END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090106T230322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080228T090000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080228T090000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/797/brown-forum-enterprise-2008-conference URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/797/brown-forum-enterprise-2008-conference SUMMARY:Brown Forum for Enterprise - 2008 Conference on Green Technology DESCRIPTION:From the Agenda\: 9\:00-9\:45Opening Keynote PresentationBusiness\, the Environment and the Bottom LineJoel Makower\, Chairman & Executive Editor\, Greener World MediaRead more about Joel Makower...10\:15-11\:30Concurrent SessionsSustainable Design & ArchitectureJoel Towers\, Associate Provost for Environmental Studies &Director\, Tishman Environment and Design Center\, The New SchoolMark Saccoccio\, Principal\, Saccoccio & AssociatesJean Carroon\, Principal\, Goody-ClancyChristopher Bull & Jonathan Knowles\, Solar DecathlonClean RetailKathy Loftus\, Global Leader for Sustainable Engineering\, Maintenance & Energy Management\, Whole Foods MarketRonald Dyer\, Regional Environmental Manager\, Poland Spring...12\:15-1\:00Luncheon Keynote PresentationAdam Werbach\, CEO Act NowRead more about Adam Werbach...3\:45-4\:30Closing Keynote PresentationThe Energy MarketplaceJ. Patrick Adcock\, Senior Vice President\, Environmental Markets\, World EnergyRead more about Rick Adcock4\:30-5\:30Investing in a Greener FutureRob Berridge\, Program Manager\, Investor Programs\, CeresJohn Ewen\, Energy Technology Team\, Ardour Capital InvestmentsEric Emmons\, Partner\, Massachusetts Green Energy FundJackson Robinson\, President & Chief Investment Officer\, Winslow Management CompanyCost\: Members $60\, Non-Members $95\, Students $25 (prices include morning/afternoon refreshments & networking reception\, lunch priced separately at $35)

http\://rinexus.com/calendar/797/brown-forum-enterprise-2008-conference

END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090106T230322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080228T160000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080228T160000 UID:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2383/brown-cs-dept-colloquium-developments-holographic-algorithms URL;VALUE=URI:http://rinexus.com/calendar/2383/brown-cs-dept-colloquium-developments-holographic-algorithms SUMMARY:Brown CS Dept. Colloquium - Developments in Holographic Algorithms DESCRIPTION:\\"Developments in Holographic Algorithms\\"Jin-Yi Cai\, University of Wisconsin - Madison and Radcliffe Institute\, Harvard University Valiant'\;s theory of holographic algorithms is a new design method to produce polynomial time algorithms. Information is represented in a superposition of linear vectors in a holographic mix. This mixture creates the possibility for exponential sized cancellations of fragments of local computations. The underlying computation is done by invoking the Fisher-Kasteleyn-Temperley method for counting perfect matchings for planar graphs\, which uses Pfaffians and runs in polynomial time. In this way some seemingly exponential time computations can be done in polynomial time\, and some minor variations of the problems are known to be NP-hard or #P-hard. Holographic algorithms challenge our conception of what polynomial time computations can do\, in view of the P vs. NP question.

http\://rinexus.com/calendar/2383/brown-cs-dept-colloquium-developments-holographic-algorithms

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