Working with web developers can be challenging. You want to make educated decisions about the choices you're presented with but it's hard to make educated decisions when you have no idea what the developer across the table just asked you. This presentation should help you learn the lingo so that when your developer presents you with choices, you have a high-level understanding of what you're agreeing to.   

About the Speaker

Chiedo is the CEO of Chiedo Labs, a software agency that companies hire to build web, desktop, and mobile applications. He's passionate about his family, innovation, and the communities he serves in. If you've got something challenging, you've usually got his attention.

Bailey McCann (CivSource) February 14, 2019

Rural local exchange carrier (RLEC), Lumos Networks will begin offering 10-gigabit service in Virginia. Lumos is working with ADTRAN using its 10-gig service portfolio and expects the service to be available commercially within the first quarter of this year.

Waynesboro, Clifton Forge, Covington, and Botetourt County will be the first four communities to get the 10-gig service. Lumos says it plans to expand its service area over time.

In addition to its 10-gig access, Lumos will be using ADTRAN's software-defined access (SD-Access) architecture to scale its services. In an interview with CivSource Lumos Networks SVP and General Manager Diego Anderson said that the software will help the company continue its network evolution.

"When we started delivering fiber-to-the-premises in 2006 we were offering something like 25mbps, from there we moved up to 1-gig and now with 10-gig service, software-defined access is helping us maintain the user experience while we work on network improvements. We expect that it will play a bigger role as we work through our edge-out strategy," Anderson said.

Anderson adds that by moving to 10-gig service Lumos is planning for future demand and hopes to support growing uses for high bandwidth networking like telemedicine and enterprise management. "With this, we're going to be able to bring service to rural parts of Virginia that rivals what is being offered in larger metropolitan areas, which is significant," he said.

Alongside the Lumos announcement, ADTRAN rolled out a comprehensive software-only Connect America Fund (CAF) performance test offering aimed at helping service providers meet FCC compliance changes for Connect America funds slated to start on July 1, 2019. The performance testing solution also accommodates those service providers looking to meet the Alternative Connect America Cost Model (A-CAM) requirements. The standards-based software runs on any TR-069 compliant device, including xDSL, Ethernet, DOCSIS, PON, and LTE WAN gateways.

The challenge is simple. Build something using computer science and technology that can help solve an imminent social problem under one of four themes - global health, a safer world, intelligent technology, and bridging inequalities. You can think of it as a virtual hackathon for middle school girls.

Participants will embark on an exciting journey over the next few months while they're building their project. After they pick a theme and finalize a project idea, they'll be ready to get started with building. Building can mean anything from physically putting together machine parts for a robot to writing code for a mobile app to prototyping a new prosthetic device. The possibilities are endless. After an initial build, they will want to test it to make sure everything works the way they want it to. And after multiple retests and rebuilds, they'll finally end up with a product that they're not only proud of, but which can make a difference. More information on how to participate:  https://www.projectcsgirls.com/how-to-participate/.

The Challenge:  If you are a K-8 student in the United States, your challenge is to design a weather balloon payload for Future Engineers to launch in Los Angeles, CA. 

First: Using historical data, create 2-3 data visualizations that explain Los Angeles weather and/or climate, including average annual temperatures in Los Angeles for the past 20 years. 

Second: Using recycled materials and "paper and penny" mockup components, design a payload that can hang from a helium weather balloon and survive an 8 foot drop test. Your entry must include images (up to 6), a title, and a text description. Be sure to review the CONTEST RULES and DESIGN GUIDELINES for all challenge details and specifications. 

If you win, your design will be launched and you will also get a weather balloon supply kit!

As a small business owner, you've experienced many threats to the success of your business over the years.

But this one? It takes the cake. Or in this case, your business! Most small business owners under estimate the seriousness of cyber threats to their livelihood.

"Why would anyone want to target my business? I'm not a Wal-Mart?"

And that's exactly what cyber thieves are banking on! With Virginia ranking #13 in the country as a prime cyber target, now is the time to give cyber thieves the boot. Let them know you're more passionate about your business than they are!

Also, find out the costs involved from a cyber breach and how to protect yourself with technology and insurance.

Please join me and Patrick Hecht of Hecht Insurance Advisors, Thursday, March 7, 2019 @ 12 pm - 1:30 pm in the 2nd Floor Conference Room, First Bank, 1 W Frederick Street, Staunton, VA 24401 for a free educational workshop entitled, What Your Business Needs to Know about Cyber Security.  

Find out:

* How cyber thieves think and what they really want

* How they entice your employees to bankrupt your business

* Simple ways you can empower yourself and fight back

* The cost involved with a cyber breach and how to protect yourself with technology and insurance

Plus, you'll receive 3 BIG tips/strategies/methods you can implement immediately to protect the business you love so much. Don't miss it!

Register for March 7, 2019 lunch and learn workshop

The Capital Region Celebration of Women in Computing Conference  gives high school students the opportunity to network with women at undergraduate, graduate, and professional networks to promote the recruitment, retention and progression of women in computing related fields that lack diversity in the national work force.

Top Reasons to Attend

1. Practice public speaking by presenting a poster or flash talk.
2. Share your work and ideas with your peers and experts during the poster session, flash talk, or technical short.
3. Get valuable feedback about your work and ideas via your poster presentation or technical short
4. Win a prize by competing in the Poster Competition.
5. Be inspired. Meet technical women like you and celebrate your accomplishments together.
6. Hear success stories of technical women who made it this far!
7. Broaden your skills by attending a workshop.
8. Meet recruiters from business, industry, and academia for internships, jobs, or graduate programs.
9. Find a new job or internship. Bring your resume to our career fair to apply for job and internship opportunities.
10. Did we mention that it is FUN!

Participation

There will be 3 types of participation in the area of computing research as well as efforts to increase diversity in computing, e.g. outreach programs or programs to engage students outside the classroom.

• Flash Talks: Five-minute presentations of 20 slides, where slides automatically advance every 15 seconds. Talks will have a 15-minute window to provide time for feedback and mentoring. Reports on preliminary results, work-in progress, or anything fun and creative related to the conference are welcome in this category. Open to high-school, undergraduate, or graduate students as well as professionals.
• Posters: Presenters create a 24" x 32" poster of research, a class project, or other type of work-in-progress including efforts to diversify computing before the conference and are present at the poster during the session to discuss content. Open to high school, undergraduate and graduate students.
• Research Shorts: An opportunity to give a 15-minute presentation with an additional 5 minutes for questions, similar to a talk at a research conference. Work should be technical in nature, investigating new ideas in any area of computer science. The intention is to give presenters a friendly environment in which to practice a future talk or work out details in an ongoing project with an audience capable of constructive feedback. No paper is required, only an abstract, so future publication of the work is not limited. Open to undergraduates, graduates, and professionals.