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Waltham Massachusetts was founded in eastern Massachusetts in 1636 and incorporated into a town in 1738 and then into a city in 1884. The Charles River cuts a path through the southern section of Waltham and has been used throughout its history for transportation and industry. Waltham is probably most historically famous for the Waltham Watch Factory that made its home on the banks of the Charles and was a pioneer company of the industrial revolution.
The Charles River has given way to Route 128, the main economic center of the city and has the second largest office market in the greater Boston area. Waltham has a diverse housing market with multi-family houses near the downtown section and single family neighborhoods along its borders.
Waltham is the home for higher education with two of the most prestigious colleges in the east - Bentley College and Brandeis University. The downtown section of Waltham hosts many diversified restaurants guaranteed to satisfy any craving or palette along with many retail establishments.
With all of these amenities and its convenient location just off Route 128 and its public transportation systems which include the commuter rail - Waltham is an especially pleasant place to live or work.
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Imagine what it would be like to live in a house full of servants! The Gores did. Those servants included Robert Roberts, author of House Servant's Directory. Much of the information for this tour came straight out of Roberts's book. This tour offers views of this beautiful 1806 mansion.
Tour lasts approximately 45 minutes. Doors open at 7pm. Attendees must arrive at least 10 minutes before start time. Late arrivals may not be able to join tour. Must be able to climb stairs. The building is not air-conditioned. Free parking.
When: May 24, 2013 7 PM to May 24, 2013 8 PMin Waltham, Massachusetts Cost: Full Moon Tour 16.37
Puppet Fundamentals for System Administrators (3 Days)
This class teaches students a best practice approach to managing their infrastructure using Puppet IT automation software, to maximize on the benefit of the Puppet Module Architecture. The course uses Puppet Enterprise in the classroom for all exercises and labs, but the concepts taught in the course apply equally to Puppet’s Open Source solution.
Topics include:
Modules and Classes
Puppet Agent & Puppet Master
Reporting
Resources
Language and Templates
Defined Resource Types
Puppet Forge
Troubleshooting & Best Practices
Live Management
Course Objective: After completing this course, students will be able to deploy basic system configurations using best practices for Puppet in a Master-Client setup.
Target Audience (Who should attend): The target audience for this course includes newer members at an organization already using Puppet, or experienced sysadmins wanting to bring Puppet into their team as a new solution.
Prerequisites: This course has no prerequisites, but to complete the course successfully, attendees need to have at least the equivalent experience of a junior Unix/Linux administrator.
Topics are covered over 3 days. Sessions will mix theory and practice, balancing 50% lecture with 50% hands-on exercises. (In order to perform the hands-on exercises, each student needs to bring a WiFi enabled laptop with VMware installed to participate in the labs.)
Cost: $2,195.00 by May 27, 2013; $2,395.00 on or after May 27, 2013.
Customer may cancel a class at any time. If Customer notifies Puppet Labs in writing that it will not attend the class at least fourteen business days in advance of the class, Puppet Labs will refund to Customer the amount Customer paid for the class. If Customer notifies Puppet Labs in writing that it will not attend the class less than fourteen but more than seven business days in advance of the class, Customer must still pay for the class and Puppet Labs will provide Customer with a credit for the amounts paid for the class that Customer may apply to any other class offered within one year from the date of the cancelled class. If Customer fails to notify Puppet Labs that it will not attend the class at least seven business days in advance of the class, Customer must still pay for the class, and Puppet Labs is not required to issue Customer a refund or a credit.
Puppet Labs may reschedule or cancel the date, time and location of a class at any time, and may freely replace any personnel who may be scheduled to teach the class. Should Puppet Labs cancel a class, unless such cancellation was for circumstances beyond Puppet Labs’ control, Puppet Labs will refund to Customer any amounts paid for said class. If Puppet Labs has to cancel a class for circumstances beyond its control, Puppet Labs will issue Customer a credit for the amounts paid by Customer for the class that Customer may apply to any other class offered within one year from the date of the cancelled class. Otherwise, Puppet Labs is not liable to Customer for any other costs, expenses or amounts incurred by Customer in relation to the class (for example, any travel expenses or lost business time).
When: Jun 10, 2013 9 AM to Jun 12, 2013 4 PMin Waltham, Massachusetts Cost: Early Bird 2,195.00
Art, science, and clinical caregiving share a basic practice: navigating ambiguous evidence with keen observation. This workshop is specifically designed for clinical practitioners who want to explore how experiences with visual arts can yield tools for their own art of seeing patients. We will engage the galleries of the Rose Art Museum as a simulation lab for cultivating the skills of attunement–seeing, listening, and fact-finding–and for further translating those nonverbal qualities with communication. The workshop will further include an overview of relevant research from the literature in patient safety, education, and arts learning.
Interacting with a range of works of art on view at the Rose, participants will:
Identify the skills of seeing and attunement, and their clinical significance;
Practice these skills individually and in groups;
Learn about their own process as a viewer;
Take away practical tools for integrating arts skills into clinical work with patients;
Receive individualized and group feedback from Alexa.
No previous experience with art necessary. Please come prepared to interact.
When: Oct 12, 2013 8 AM to Oct 12, 2013 3 PMin Waltham, Massachusetts Cost: The Art Practicum: Seeing 782.45
Runway for Recovery is a non-profit, 501c3, organization that creates a stage for those heroes among us who have battled Breast Cancer, both survivors themselves and the children of those who have passed away. In 2007, six years after losing her mother to breast cancer, Founder and President, Olivia Achtmeyer, resolved to find an aspect of the battle against this disease where she could make a difference, while honoring her mother’s memory and celebrating the kind of life she lived while sick.
For the past six years, brave “survivors” have become models at the Runway for Recovery fashion show and helped to raise funds to help children who have lost their mothers to the disease as well as provide professional development opportunities for health care providers who care for such patients. The models in the show are survivors themselves as well as sons and daughters who carry on the legacy of those who lost their battle to the disease. The funds raised at Runway for Recovery are given to The Cancer Center at The Massachusetts General Hospital and Tufts Medical Cancer Center, both located in Boston, MA.
Finally, in addition to a small group of hard-working volunteers, the senior class from Middlesex School sends approximately twenty young women to help run the event, and this partnership has proved to be invaluable to the success of the organization and event.
Spring 2013 Thursday After-school circus arts program for kids aged 7 - 12. March 28 - June 6 (no class April 18th). Class size is limited to 10 students.
Priority registration is given to our current students. CURRENT STUDENTS MUST REGISTER IN PERSON AT THE STUDIO BY MARCH 10 TO HOLD THEIR SPOT FOR THE SPRING SESSION. If you are not a current student but would like to be put on the waitlist in case space becomes available, email Melinda Pavlata ~ melinda@cirquepassion.com.
Run away with the circus without actually having to leave home. Circus stars Sacha and Melinda Pavlata are hosting after-school programs in their Waltham, MA headquarters, Moody Street Circus. Thursday Classes meet from 3:45 to 5:15 p.m. Students must be dressed in appropriate workout attire (see below) and ***be able to listen and follow directions for the maximum safety of all participants. The focus is on learning and practicing real circus skills from circus professionals with proper spotting and attention by the teachers.
***We cap attendance at 10 kids to ensure maximum time on all equipment, to be able to give the best quality attention to all participants, and to promote the safest and best quality experience for all.
Please call or email Melinda (melinda@cirquepassion.com) at Moody Street Circus at 781 893 2491 with questions, to check if there is room in the session and/or to register and reserve a spot for your child.
Students in our Moody Street Circus Afterschool Program will practice tumbling, pyramid formation, rola bola, rolling globe, tightrope walking, trampoline, juggling skills and mini trampoline. They will also learn the basics in circus aerial arts including cloud swing, static trapeze, rings, web, lyra and silks.
Attire: Moody Street Circus is a gum-free, street-shoe free zone, even --please! -- for parents and caregivers who are dropping off and picking up. Parents and caregivers are always welcome to stay and watch the action while sitting on our comfy studio futons. If you do stay to watch, please do not jump in and participate. Camp is conducted barefoot, but indoor-use only sneakers and/or acrobatic shoes are suggested for work on unicycle and low wire. Long hair must be worn pulled back in a pony-tail or in braids. We go upside-down on equipment and always follow the SAFETY FIRST! Rule, so: 3/4 sleeve leotards and shorts or leggings for girls, shorts and shirts that can be well-tucked in for boys. Kids should not be worried about tucking in their shirts when they are upside down, it is very distracting and dangerous when you are learning new tricks.
**Waiver forms must be completed for each camper or participation in camp will not be allowed. We will send you a waiver form after you have registered, or you can request one prior by emailing meinda@cirquepassion.com.
If you have any additional questions, please call Melinda at Moody Street Circus : 781 893-2491.
Reviews of Moody Street Circus and the Pavlatas:
Philippe Petit, renowned funambulist most recently featured in Man on Wire, writes of Sacha Pavlata, Moody Street Circus Founder:
“I met Alexandre Pavlata in 1972 at the Cirque d’Hiver of Paris. He was helping some kids, backstage, to perfect their somersaults. I remember the gentle yet strong way he was directing their progresses, there was a lot of joy, but the results were prompt.
As I watch Sacha over the years, becoming slowly the “best circus teacher” (his well-earned reputation today), I realized that a very special chemistry was the secret of his so unique ability: Sacha could offer in the classes he gave, the flavor of European Circus Tradition. He was born and raised in a traveling circus family, therefore was quickly acquainted with the constant training, the tough discipline, the respect for other artists, and the ability to understand rigging and to perform all aspects of circus profession.
But Sacha had to offer, blended to this heritage, the benefits of his own life and personality: he has traveled all over the world, therefore mastering several languages, he had coached numerous pupils of diverse ways of life, nationalities, age, goals and talents, had become a father, and had developed a sparkling intelligence at introducing the unfamiliar to a demanding craft, with surprising results.
It is the blending of the deeply traditional world of European circuses, with a modern international expertise that made the instruction of Master Teacher Pavlata so effective, and so rich, so outstanding."
"I love this place; I want to live here! I could sleep on the trapeze!!!" (Birthday girl Stella Hu)
"This was the most exciting party my daughter has ever attended!" (Wellesley Mom)
“My 5th grade daughter has been taking a circus class at Moody Street Circus and she loves it! Her favorite activities are the silks and the lyra. It gives her such a sense of freedom and accomplishment! I see it every time she comes back from class. Thank you Melinda and Sacha for encouraging the students to push their limits in a safe, fun environment!” --
Barbara J., Newton Mom
When: Mar 28, 2013 3:45:00 PM to Jun 6, 2013 5:15:00 PMin Waltham, Massachusetts Cost: *SOLD OUT* THURSDAY After-school Circus Arts Program for Kids aged 7 - 12. March 28 - June 6 (no class April 18). 3:45 - 5:15 p.m. 287.99
Invest a day with your leadership team, and join the exceptional company of more than 20,000 executives who have attended this workshop and experienced results.
Spend a day with us and you will GAIN:
An overview of the Four DecisionsTM (Mastering the Rockefeller Habits): People, Strategy, Execution and Cash.
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You will learn the following for GROWTH in 2014:
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Ken is an experienced entrepreneur, executive and executive coach who is skilled in creating, leading and advising high-growth companies. Since 1991, he has been coaching the CEO's and senior management of start-ups, early and mid-stage growth companies and Fortune 500 companies to improve leadership effectiveness, accelerate growth and increase profitability. Ken served as President or CEO of 4 companies. He has a DBA from Harvard Business School and MS from MIT Sloan School of Management. He currently advises the CEO's of a dozen privately held companies. He is a certified Gazelles coach and a certified executive coach.
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When: Nov 6, 2013 7 AM to Nov 6, 2013 5 PMin Waltham, Massachusetts Cost: Visit EventBrite.com for pricing.
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Soprano extraordinaire, Dominique Labelle, returns for this dynamic concert, with the combined forces of Laura Jeppesen, viola da gamba, Catherine Liddell, theorbo, baroque trumpeter, Josh Cohen, and an orchestra led by Daniel Stepner. Two grand works of J.S. Bach - the second Brandenburg concerto and the cantata Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen - will be paired with the gamba music of Marin Marais, featured in the award winning film, "Tous les matins du monde". Not to be missed!
When: Jun 27, 2013 8 PM in Waltham, Massachusetts (Thu, 27 Jun 2013 20 )
The hauntingly beautiful chalumeau - the ethereal early clarinet - is brought vividly to life by Aston Magna's star clarinetist, Eric Hoeprich, whose musical achievements are well known to our audiences. He introduces the chalumeau, one of his favorite instruments, in a return collaboration with oboist Stephen Hammer, in music by Baroque and Classical masters. They are joined this year by the exciting soprano Kristen Watson and a band of string players.
When: Jun 13, 2013 8 PM in Waltham, Massachusetts (Thu, 13 Jun 2013 20 )
Music was an important part of Thomas Jefferson's life. He played violin as a boy and even attempted mastery in his early years at Monticello. He and his wife also studied fortepiano with an Italian violinist and harpsichordist who lived nearby. Years later in Paris, Jefferson expressed a great love of all the music he heard there. Not surprisingly, a number of gems by well-known composers were preserved in his library. The engaging soprano Sharon Baker will appear with violinist Daniel Stepner and harpsichordist Michael Sponseller in bringing you selections of Jefferson's favorite music.
The Festival continues with the intimate and expressive world of the Italian madrigal. Come hear Aston Magna's vocal forces perform works by the 16th- and 17th-century masters of words and music proclaiming the power of love.
Calling all kids aged 7 - 13! Run away with the circus without actually having to leave home! Circus stars Sacha and Melinda Melina Pavlata are hosting and teaching two 2-week sessions of circus camp in their headquarters, Moody Street Circus in Waltham, MA. Each 2 week session costs $625. Class size is deliberately kept low - to 10 kids per session, to maximize safety and ensure individual attention for all kids to learn circus tricks safely on all the equipment. There WILL be a class held on the morning of Thursday July 4th for those who wish to attend. Students will participate in a mini circus show on the final Friday of each 2 week session at 11:30 a.m. Parents, caregivers and siblings are welcome to attend this show. If your child has trouble following directions or listening to teachers in classes, please don't register them for this program! Safety is paramount in the circus arts and respectfully listening to your teachers is integral to the highest quality experience for all involved. If you have any questions whatsoever, please contact Melinda Pavlata at Moody Street Circus: 781 893 2491
PROGRAM 2-WEEK SESSIONS
JULY 1 - 12 :: 9 a.m. - 12:30 p.m :: $625
JULY 15 - 26 :: 9 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. :: $625
We would prefer students to sign up for the two-week session so they can build their skills up enough to the point to perform well in the mini-show we present at the end of the second week of the program. However, this year we are letting people register their child for the one-week option -- just keep in mind that there will not be a show presentation at the end of the first week of each 2-week session. Also, we would like you to contact us before you register your child so we can find out a little more about them and make sure there is room in the week you are choosing. The one week option price is $350 per week, and the options are July 1 - 5, July 8 - 12, July 15 - 19, July 22 - 26.
Students in the circus summer program will practice light assisted tumbling, pyramid formation, rola bola balancing, hula hoop, walking on the rolling globe, low wire tightrope walking, juggling, plate spinning and clowning skills, mini trampoline, and regular trampoline. They will also learn the basics in circus aerial arts including cloud swing, static trapeze, web, lyra (aerial hoop), aerial web, aerial hammock and silks.
We start the day with a warm-up and fun stretching and strengthening exercises.
We proceed to circus tumbling skills on the tumbling mats, including forward rolls, monkey rolls, wheelbarrows, candlesticks, cartwheels and pyramid formation.
Throughout each session we introduce some of Sacha Pavlata's multi-generational circus family clowning skits, including Dead Man, Robin Hood the Coin comedy act, the Newspaper and more. KIds can practice their circus theatrics and comedy.
When time permits we will be screening some great circus acts from our private collection!
We break into small groups for safe learning on the aerial equipment.
Students have practice time on rola bola, rolling globe, low wire, plate spinning, juggling, trampoline.
We end the day perfecting skills on the mini-trampoline.
We will provide fresh fruit and bagel with cream cheese snacks daily. Please let us know if your child has any allergies or other medical issues.
Camp will begin at 9 a.m. and end at 12:30 p.m. Students can be dropped off at 8:45 a.m. Campers must be picked up and signed for on time at 12:30 by their parents or care-givers.
Attire: Moody Street Circus is a gum-free, street-shoe free zone, even for parents who are dropping off and picking up. Students will work barefoot, but indoor-use only sneakers and/or acrobatic shoes are suggested for work on unicycle and low wire. Long hair must be worn pulled back in a pony-tail or in braids. No jewelry or zippers! We go upside-down on equipment and always follow the SAFETY FIRST! Rule, so: Leotards and shorts or leggings for girls, shorts and shirts that can be well-tucked in for boys. Campers should not be worried about tucking in their shirts when they are upside down, it is very distracting and dangerous when you are learning new tricks to be worried about your clothing.
Waiver forms MUST be completed for each camper or participation in the program will not be allowed.
Call Melinda at 781 893 2491 or email her (melinda [at] cirquepassion [dot] com) with any questions. To secure your child's spot in a session, pay online now. Once you are registered, we will email you waiver forms to fill out and send in for your child. This signed form is required prior to participation in any physical activity at Moody Street Circus studio.
Here's a fun video showing our circus students in action! (cut and paste YouTube link into your browser, or search the Moody Street Circus channel on YouTube!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emBSHF5q1o0
Art, science, and clinical caregiving share a basic practice: navigating ambiguous evidence with keen observation. This workshop is specifically designed for clinical practitioners who want to explore how experiences with visual arts can yield tools for their own art of seeing patients. We will engage the galleries of the Rose Art Museum as a simulation lab for cultivating the skills of attunement–seeing, listening, and fact-finding–and for further translating those nonverbal qualities with communication. The workshop will further include an overview of relevant research from the literature in patient safety, education, and arts learning.
Interacting with a range of works of art on view at the Rose, participants will:
Identify the skills of seeing and attunement, and their clinical significance;
Practice these skills individually and in groups;
Learn about their own process as a viewer;
Take away practical tools for integrating arts skills into clinical work with patients;
Receive individualized and group feedback.
All participants will receive an intake, materials, and follow-up conversation with Alexa. Refreshments and meals (dinner 10/25, breakfast and lunch 10/26) provided. No previous experience with art necessary. Please come prepared to interact. Program times: Friday, October 25, 6-8pm, and Saturday, October 26, 8am-3pm
When: Oct 25, 2013 6 PM to Oct 26, 2013 3 PMin Waltham, Massachusetts Cost: The Art Practicum: Seeing 808.20
On July 16th, MassDevice takes you inside the corner office for a front row seat on how decisions are made at the highest level of the medical device industry. We're pleased to welcome an incredible panel of leaders for our 2013 MassDevice Big 100 East and a look inside some of the companies, which have made headlines over the past two years.
This year, we welcome an extraordinary panel of executives, each of whom have changed the complexion of the medical device industry in some way.
The 6 CEOs represented have orchestrated the 3 largest M&A deals in med tech over the past two years, netted the single largest funding round in 2012 and are developing groundbreaking technology across all spectrum of the device world.
The MassDevice Big 100 is a conversation among leaders–an unforgettable exchange of insight, ideas and contacts with the most prominent pioneers in our field.
*A limited number of rooms are available on a 'first come, first served' basis at the Westin Waltham on July 16th at the rate of $279. After June 14, any available rooms will be subject to prevailing rates.
The News Makers- Our Featured Guests
Catherine Burzik, founder and CEO of CFB Interests, former CEO Kinectic Concepts, Inc. Ms. Buzik is a seasoned senior executive in the healthcare industry who has successfully led major medical device, diagnostic, diagnostic imaging and life sciences businesses.
Most recently she served as President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Kinetic Concepts, Inc. a leading medical device company specializing in the fields of woundcare and regenerative medicine. KCI was taken private by Apax Partners in 2011 for $6.1B , in the largest leveraged buyout since the fall of Lehman Brothers.
During Burzik's tenure KCI’s stock price doubled. She led significant product innovation, global expansion as well as diversification into regenerative medicine through the $1.7B acquisition of LifeCell.
Burzik currently advises several venture capital-backed biotech companies in San Antonio and San Francisco. She is a member of Board of Directors of Becton Dickinson, as well as the San Antonio Branch of the Dallas Federal Reserve Board. Cathy serves as Chairman of the Board, VitaPath Genetics Inc.; Chairman of the Canisius College Board of Trustees; and is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Keck Graduate School of Applied Life Sciences. Previously, Cathy was a member of the Board of Directors of Allscripts, Inc., the Board of Directors of Bausch and Lomb, the Board of Directors of Cordis Corporation and the Board of Directors of the medical device industry trade association AdvaMed, where she chaired the Woundcare and Tissue Regeneration Sector. In 2012, Cathy founded the Catherine M. and Francis N. Burzik Foundation dedicated to furthering higher educational and the performing arts Karen Licitra, Worldwide Chairman, Global Medical Solutions Group, Johnson & Johnson Karen Licitrais Worldwide Chairman, Global Medical Solutions Group within Johnson & Johnson’s Medical Device and Diagnostics segment. She is responsible for setting the strategy and vision for a portfolio of healthcare companies including the Vision Care, Diabetes Care and Ortho Clinical Diagnostics (OCD) franchises, as well as Advanced Sterilization Products (ASP) and the Sedation business unit. Karen also leads the MD&D center of excellence for regulatory affairs. Prior to her current role, she was Company Group Chairman for Johnson & Johnson and Worldwide Franchise Chairman for Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., and Johnson & Johnson Medical, Canada. Karen is known for creating innovative new growth platforms and has a wealth of domestic and global industry experience acquired during 28 years in sales, marketing, commercial and general management. She serves on the Board of Directors of the Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed), a trade association focused on the medical technology industry, and is a member of the Board of Trustees for the St. Peter's Healthcare System. Karen is also the Board Chair for the Campaign to End Obesity, a cause committed to advancing national policy and platforms to combat obesity. A native of New Jersey, Karen earned a bachelor of science degree in marketing from Rider College (now Rider University). --[if gte mso 9]> [endif]-->
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Our CEO panel features the heads of some of the most innovative companies in Massachusetts Jeff Burbank, CEO and founder, NxStage MedicalNxStage’s Founder, Chief Executive Officer, Jeff Burbank has over 20 years of in-depth management experience with companies developing, marketing and manufacturing products for End Stage Renal Disease patients. He has led NxStage since its inception, guiding it through all of its developmental phases to the successful initiation and rapid growth of commercial activities, its initial public offering, and the acquisition of Medisystems. Watch our recent Disruptors episode with Jeff
Richard Packer, CEO, ZOLLRichard Packer joined the ZOLL in 1992 and became President of ZOLL in 1996 During 1996, he served as Chief Financial Officer of the Company and acted as interim Vice President of North American Sales. From 1992 to 1995 he served as the Company's Vice President of Operations. Prior to 1992, he was Vice President of various functions at Whistler Corporation, a consumer electronics company. Mr. Packer holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School, as well as engineering degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Read our 2010 interview with Rick Amarpreet Sawhney, President, CEO, Ocular TherapeutixAmarpreet Sawhney is the President and CEO of Ocular Therapeutix, Inc., a company focused on unmet needs in ophthalmic surgical wound management and drug delivery. Previously, he was Founder and CEO of Confluent Surgical (acquired by Covidien), a biosurgery company, the Chairman of MarketRx (acquired by Cognizant), a provider of pharmaceutical marketing and sales analytics and intelligence, technology founder of Focal, Inc. (acquired by Genzyme) and Access Closure Inc. Dr. Sawhney’s innovations are the subject of over 100 issued and pending patents. Watch our recent Disruptors episode with Amar
Philipp Lang, CEO, President, Chairman of the Board, ConforMIS
Dr. Lang founded ConforMIS in 2004 and has served as Chairman of the Board since its founding. He has been Chief Executive Officer since January 2008. Dr. Lang's management experience includes positions as the Director of the Musculoskeletal Radiology and Distinguished Weissman Chair at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston and Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Lang is also the founder of Imaging Therapeutics, Inc.. He has previously served as a Member on the Board of Directors of ViOptix, Inc. Dr. Lang has an extensive background in the medical device industry and has provided strategic leadership as an inventor of more than 80 patents, pending or issued, in the U.S. and abroad. He has an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management and an MD from Albert-Ludwigs University, Freiburg School of Medicine in Germany. Watch our recent Disruptors episode with Philipp
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When: Jul 16, 2013 4 PM to Jul 16, 2013 8 PMin Waltham, Massachusetts Cost: Early Registration - Single Admission (Non-refundable but transferable) 153.72
Early Team Registration (2 or more required, Non-refundable but transferable) 102.47
The Waltham Arts Council in association with The Watch City Players is proud to present Gilbert & Sullivan's "Ruddigore"
Ruddigore, a pseudo-melodramatic ghost story, became most famous for the moment when the portraits of Sir Ruthven Murgatroyd's ancestors spring to life and demand that he uphold the family curse of performing a crime every day... or die. Meantime, in the local fishing village, all the young men are in love with pretty Rose Maybud. Her secret favorite is Robin who, unfortunately, is really the Lord of Ruddigore living incognito to avoid the family curse. He is exposed and forced into a life of crime, until faultless logic offers an ingenious solution and a blissful reunion with Rose.
We will be holding the performances for Ruddigore at the auditorium at Government Center.
Tickets are free, however, donations are welcome.
This show is sponsored by The Waltham Tourism Council.
When: May 25, 2013 7 PM to May 25, 2013 9 PMin Waltham, Massachusetts Cost: Tickets are free, however, donations are welcome. (Sat, 25 May 2013 19 )
Imagine what it would be like to live in a house full of servants! The Gores did. Those servants included Robert Roberts, author of House Servant's Directory. Much of the information for this tour came straight out of Roberts's book. This tour offers views of this beautiful 1806 mansion.
Tour lasts approximately 45 minutes. Doors open at 7pm. Attendees must arrive at least 10 minutes before start time. Late arrivals may not be able to join tour. Must be able to climb stairs. The building is not air-conditioned. Free parking.
When: May 24, 2013 7 PM to May 24, 2013 8 PMin Waltham, Massachusetts Cost: Full Moon Tour 16.37
A concert of live music and dance not to be missed! A historic meeting of artists at the heights of their respective crafts! Artemis Mourat will perform to the live music of the legendary Fred Elias Ensemble, and frequent calls for open dancing will have you all shimmying with joy on stage with the band!
When: Sunday, September 29, 2013, 5:30 p.m.
Where: Moody Street Circus, 397 Moody Street, 2nd Floor, Waltham, MA 02453
This concert will sell out, please buy your tickets in advance -- If we exceed capacity we will have to turn people away at the door who have not purchased their ticket in advance.
All fees are non-refundable
Artemis Mourat's Biography - Dancer, Teacher, Writer, Historian
With nearly 4 decades of experience, Artemis has been dancing, teaching, and researching dance history in the U.S. and abroad for her entire adult life. Of Greek and Turkish descent, Artemis fuses her love of these cultures with deep academic knowledge and excellent dance technique to present compelling, spirited workshops that include information on the history and cultures that generate the dances. She believes that we can all use art to build bridges across cultures.
Artemis has contributed to many publications. Her travel to 33 countries and intesive research into the idioms of the East, women's issues, psychology, ancient history, Oriental dance, Romany (Gypsy) dance, and dance ethnology have yielded many manuscripts and articles.
Artemis holds an M.A. in psychology and an M.S.W. in social work with specialized studies in cross-cultural awareness. She has also done post graduate work in dance and movement therapy, and field research in ancient dance, Middle Eastern dance, and Romany dance in Turkey, Romania, Czech Republic, Spain, France, England, Morocco, Tunisia, Germany, Slovenia, Italy, Egypt and Greece. She has attended Romany festivals in France, Turkey and Romany, and has collected footage of Roma people dancing and in everyday life. Artemis' collection of antique photos of Roma and dancers from North Africa and the Middle East is among the largest in the United States, and some illustrations have been used by the International Encyclopedia of Dance, the Smithsonian Institution, the largest Romany museum in the world (Czech Republic), all of the major Middle Eastern Dance publications, and in several books.
When she's not traveling for performances or workshops, Artemis teaches regular classes and private lessons in belly dance in the Bethesda, Maryland area.
The Fred Elias Ensemble Fred Elias turned 90 years old the week before his latest CD, Elegant Music for Belly Dance, Volume 3, was recorded. He started playing with George and Nick when he was 42 years old, and with Mike when he was 54 years old! He has been a mentor to all three for all these years. There friendship and camaraderie transcends the music. Freddy's mastery of the intricate “maquams” of Arabic and Turkish music has been passed over the years to his comrades. At 90 his taksims are improvisational magic. Fred is a “real” survivor,who is an inspiration to all who know him.
George Kokoras is a technical and improvisational master on the keyboard. Whatever sounds he implements on his keyboard (whether it oud, kanoon, ney or santouri) he adapts his embellishments to that particular instrument. George, along with Fred, is responsible for the themes and arrangements on this CD. George has taken everything he has learned from Fred,and added his own musical persona to be the one of the greatest ever at Middle eastern and Greek music.
Nick Kokoras is the consummate “musician's musician.” His relaxed and subtle playing,is at the same time intensely emotional. Nick is all about the collective effort of playing impeccable music, as an ensemble. Nick has adapted his bouzouki to play “quarter tones” so essential to this music. Although he is capable of great speed on his instrument,his playing is a perfect example of “less is more.”
Mike Gregian has been playing doumbek and clarinet since he was 10 years old. Upon hooking up with Fred in 1977, he took his playing to a “master” level. Mike plays intricate patterns where appropriate to the piece being played,without out losing the feel and groove of the particular piece of music. He is known for being an ensemble player and adapting his style to the genre of music being played.
When: Sep 29, 2013 5 PM to Sep 29, 2013 7 PMin Waltham, Massachusetts Cost: Artemis and The Fred Elias Ensemble Concert, Sunday September 29 at 5:30 p.m. 26.62
CLINIC DESCRIPTION This camp is designed to prepare athletes to compete at the 2013 Summer Nationals in Columbus, OH. The camp is intended to develop the elements that make each athlete's game successful. Athletes will participate in a variety of training activities, from organized bouting to group drills and team events. This camp includes two scheduled evening activities (movie night, swing dancing, etc).
DAILY SCHEDULE 9:00-10:00 Optional morning session 10:00-12:30 Training 12:30-1:30 Catered lunch 1:30-4:00 Training 6:30-9:00 Optional open fencing
COST & HOUSING - Cost is $600, and includes clinic and lunch. - A $75 deposit is required to hold your place in the camp. The balance of the camp fee is due on the first day of camp. - A limited amount of housing is available with BFC fencers and their families for an additional $100 fee. Housing is provided based on date of registration and deposit receipt. Homestay fencers will be met at the airport or train station. Please schedule your arrival for no later than 7:00pm on June 21st.
FACILITIES Boston Fencing Club's air-conditioned 10,000 sq ft facility includes 18 electrical strips, a raised final strip, an armory, locker rooms, study/meeting room, and a parent viewing area.
Preregistration opens on 04/02/2013. Preregistration closes on 06/22/2013.
When: Jun 22, 2013 12 AM to Jun 26, 2013 12 AMin Waltham, Massachusetts (Sat, 22 Jun 2013 00 )
The Network is proud to invite you to meet-up with us before a special Shavuot event with one of the top food trucks in Boston, Roxy's Grilled Cheese on Tuesday May 21st. We'll be gathered at a local bar, Joe Sent Me (across the street) for a drink and chat with friendly Ambassadors to find out how to get more involved in the community from the people who know it best. After we get to know one another, we'll head over to Gordons Fine Wine for some delicious grilled chesse, as James Disabatino teaches us the tricks of the trade.
When: Tuesday May 21st 6:00pm (we'll be headed across the street to the event at Gordons at 7pm)
Where: Joe Sent Me - 849 Main St, Waltham
With Who: New friends and some awesome Ambassadors
How Much: Meetup is FREE but the Grilled Cheese event is $15
Whether you're new to Boston or have been around and are new to the community, join us for a great time together. Don't worry, we'll show you the ropes and help you navigate the community!
Puppet Fundamentals for System Administrators (3 Days)
This class teaches students a best practice approach to managing their infrastructure using Puppet IT automation software, to maximize on the benefit of the Puppet Module Architecture. The course uses Puppet Enterprise in the classroom for all exercises and labs, but the concepts taught in the course apply equally to Puppet’s Open Source solution.
Topics include:
Modules and Classes
Puppet Agent & Puppet Master
Reporting
Resources
Language and Templates
Defined Resource Types
Puppet Forge
Troubleshooting & Best Practices
Live Management
Course Objective: After completing this course, students will be able to deploy basic system configurations using best practices for Puppet in a Master-Client setup.
Target Audience (Who should attend): The target audience for this course includes newer members at an organization already using Puppet, or experienced sysadmins wanting to bring Puppet into their team as a new solution.
Prerequisites: This course has no prerequisites, but to complete the course successfully, attendees need to have at least the equivalent experience of a junior Unix/Linux administrator.
Topics are covered over 3 days. Sessions will mix theory and practice, balancing 50% lecture with 50% hands-on exercises. (In order to perform the hands-on exercises, each student needs to bring a WiFi enabled laptop with VMware installed to participate in the labs.)
Cost: $2,195.00 by August 12, 2013; $2,395.00 on or after August 13, 2013.
Customer may cancel a class at any time. If Customer notifies Puppet Labs in writing that it will not attend the class at least fourteen business days in advance of the class, Puppet Labs will refund to Customer the amount Customer paid for the class. If Customer notifies Puppet Labs in writing that it will not attend the class less than fourteen but more than seven business days in advance of the class, Customer must still pay for the class and Puppet Labs will provide Customer with a credit for the amounts paid for the class that Customer may apply to any other class offered within one year from the date of the cancelled class. If Customer fails to notify Puppet Labs that it will not attend the class at least seven business days in advance of the class, Customer must still pay for the class, and Puppet Labs is not required to issue Customer a refund or a credit.
Puppet Labs may reschedule or cancel the date, time and location of a class at any time, and may freely replace any personnel who may be scheduled to teach the class. Should Puppet Labs cancel a class, unless such cancellation was for circumstances beyond Puppet Labs’ control, Puppet Labs will refund to Customer any amounts paid for said class. If Puppet Labs has to cancel a class for circumstances beyond its control, Puppet Labs will issue Customer a credit for the amounts paid by Customer for the class that Customer may apply to any other class offered within one year from the date of the cancelled class. Otherwise, Puppet Labs is not liable to Customer for any other costs, expenses or amounts incurred by Customer in relation to the class (for example, any travel expenses or lost business time).
When: Aug 27, 2013 9 AM to Aug 29, 2013 4 PMin Waltham, Massachusetts Cost: Early Bird 2,195.00
Advanced Puppet for System Administrators Curriculum (3 days)
Advanced Puppet covers skills for senior system administrators and developers who are looking to implement Puppet IT Automation software into complex environments and who wish to optimize the Puppet solution for large scale deployments. (It is the follow-up from the Puppet Fundamentals course.)
Advanced Puppet topics covered reinforce good workflow models introduced in Puppet Fundamentals training including:
Puppet Beyond the fundamentals
More advanced Modules and Classes
Separating Data from Code
Developing great manifest code
Reporting and Auditing
Mcollective
Optimizing and scaling Puppet
Code Compression and Best Practices
Course Objective: After completing this course, system admins will be able to configure complex systems infrastructure using optimized syntax in a Puppet environment with multiple Masters and agents.
Target Audience (Who should attend): This course is designed for senior system administrators and developers who have mastered the basics of system management within Puppet’s framework and are looking for skills and techniques to implement Puppet IT Automation software into larger and/or more complex environments.
Prerequisites: To complete the course successfully, attendees must have completed “Puppet Fundamentals” training or have equivalent hands-on experience with Puppet IT Automation software. Previous completion of “Extending Puppet using Ruby” training or equivalent Puppet development experience is helpful, but not required for attending this course. Students should have a minimum of 1-2 years system admin experience, including in Linux/Unix environments.
Cost: $2,195.00 by July 8, 2013; $2,395.00 on or after July 9, 2013.
Customer may cancel a class at any time. If Customer notifies Puppet Labs in writing that it will not attend the class at least fourteen business days in advance of the class, Puppet Labs will refund to Customer the amount Customer paid for the class. If Customer notifies Puppet Labs in writing that it will not attend the class less than fourteen but more than seven business days in advance of the class, Customer must still pay for the class and Puppet Labs will provide Customer with a credit for the amounts paid for the class that Customer may apply to any other class offered within one year from the date of the cancelled class. If Customer fails to notify Puppet Labs that it will not attend the class at least seven business days in advance of the class, Customer must still pay for the class, and Puppet Labs is not required to issue Customer a refund or a credit.
Puppet Labs may reschedule or cancel the date, time and location of a class at any time, and may freely replace any personnel who may be scheduled to teach the class. Should Puppet Labs cancel a class, unless such cancellation was for circumstances beyond Puppet Labs’ control, Puppet Labs will refund to Customer any amounts paid for said class. If Puppet Labs has to cancel a class for circumstances beyond its control, Puppet Labs will issue Customer a credit for the amounts paid by Customer for the class that Customer may apply to any other class offered within one year from the date of the cancelled class. Otherwise, Puppet Labs is not liable to Customer for any other costs, expenses or amounts incurred by Customer in relation to the class (for example, any travel expenses or lost business time).
When: Jul 23, 2013 9 AM to Jul 25, 2013 4 PMin Waltham, Massachusetts Cost: Early Bird 2,195.00
Summer Fun at Prospect Hill consists of eight one- week sessions beginning June 24. You can register for a maximum of two sessions. Additional sessions may be possible if space becomes available through a wait list. The program begins each day at 9:00 a.m. and ends at 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. Each Waltham child, entering grades one to six in September, will enjoy hours of sports, swimming, hiking, arts and crafts, games, nature activities, and a variety of special events. Weekly themes assist in providing special events. Each week, 75 participants are accepted. A maximum of seven participants are assigned to one staff member.
When: Aug 5, 2013 12 AM to Aug 5, 2013 12 AMin Waltham, Massachusetts Cost:
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