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Activist wants enhanced facility for Haynesville
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By Shamar Blunt
One St. James community leader is calling for a new community resource center to be established in the heart of the Haynesville area.
This plea comes from Youth Commissioner and Community Representative, Peter Skeete, as he spoke to media after the completion of a refurbishing exercise at the Haynesville Community Post, done by members of the Prince’s Trust International, with support from the Royal Barbados Police Force.
Skeete graciously thanked the young volunteers for their excellent work in completing a much- needed refurbishing of the site, but said the time had come for a larger, resources building to be erected in the area, to support the large number of youth-centric activities currently being supported by community organisers.
Gone Too Soon: Dan Kaminsky, Hacker Hero Gone Too Soon: Dan Kaminsky, Hacker Hero
The cybersecurity researcher community has been in mourning this past week as legendary hacker Dan Kaminsky tragically passed away on April 23.
Kaminsky was a well known and widely loved figure, for his character, his skills and his research. He was a fixture in the security conference scene, in particular at the annual Black Hat and DEFCON security conferences where he was legendary for numerous discoveries and research. Kaminsky will forever be remembered for the flaw in DNS that he discovered in 2008 and was able to rally the entire technology industry together to literally save the internet as we know it.
A LOCAL care provider which enables older people to remain independent in their own homes has been spreading Easter cheer. Home Instead, Ilkley, Skipton and Settle, launched ‘Be an Easter Bunny to a Senior’ campaign in March to benefit their own clients and other older people in the community. It follows the successful ‘Be a Santa to a Senior campaign’ which ran last year when the company asked local primary schools to create and donate Christmas cards, artwork or messages of love to an older person over the festive season. Kathy Myers, Community Representative at Home Instead Ilkley, Skipton and Settle said: “In March, we asked local schools to take part in our ‘Be an Easter Bunny to a Senior’ campaign, following on from the success of our Christmas version.