Vote for Semi-finalist Albert Santoli to be a member of the Energizer Hall of Fame! (Version française)

Albert Santoli
habite à Oakton, VA, travaille à Washington, DC

Docteurs ont constaté qu’Albert Santoli est handicapé pour 100% à cause des blessures de guerre et de maladie terminale conséquente. Cependant, il est le fondateur et président de ‘Asia America Initiative (AAI)’, une organisation à but non-lucratif qui soutient la paix et le développement du sens de communauté aux régions de l’Asie fortement appauvries et déchirées par la guerre.
Après les attaques terroristes du 11 Septembre, il a abandonné une position confortable au gouvernement américain pour établir son organisation pacifiste et anti-terroriste, commençant aux régions tribales des Philippines, où les plans pour plusieurs attaques terroristes contre les États-Unis étaient faits. Après avoir vaincu le cancer de foie en 2009, Monsieur Santoli a refus de capituler et a rassemblé et distribué de l’appui médical et éducatif privé avec une valeur de plus de 70 million de dollars américains. Avec ces initiatives, qui n’ont pas reçues de fonds du gouvernement des États-Unis, il a sauvé des milliers de gens et amélioré les vies de plus de 1,3 million d’enfants et jeunes.
AAI soutient l’éducation publique en améliorant l’infrastructure des écoles, en fournissant des livres et d’autres ressources et en offrant des bourses d’éducation pour protéger les enfants contre le recrutement par les organisations terroristes. Albert n’a pas influencé des vies seulement aux Philippines, il a aussi servi comme tuteur pour plus de 120 étudiants universitaires américains et étrangers, leur apprenant comment conduire des opérations humanitaires et soutenir le développement sur le niveau de base.
Les efforts inlassables de Mr. Santoli soutenant des milliers d’enfants qui sont redoutés et abandonnés par la majeure partie du monde, montrent comment on peut tourner des vies s’il y a quelqu’un qui refuse de perdre l’espoir.

Nous invitons tout le monde de soutenir Mr. Santoli et AAI par voter pour lui par le site Web du ‘Energizer Hall of Fame 2011’ ou la page consacrée de Facebook. Vous pouvez trouver un lien direct vers la page de vote ici. Ensemble nous pouvons y arriver!

"Google claims China attacked Gmail to suppress dissidents

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The preemptive attacks by the Chinese government on Google email users apparently shows their fear that the many demonstrations that have occurred in the countryside -- which are largely unreported or unseen by outsiders -- could become a prominent issue in urban areas, as well.

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Google and China's icy relationship hasn't exactly warmed in recent weeks. On Sunday, Google accused China of sabotaging connections to its webmail client Gmail to prevent unrest.

Multiple sources quoted a Google spokesperson's statement to the AFP, in which they said, "Relating to Google there is no issue on our side. We have checked extensively. This is a government blockage carefully designed to look like the problem is with Gmail."

That statement followed an earlier blog posting in which Google stated that a major country was using an MHTML flaw in Internet Explorer to attack activists. Writes Google security team members Chris Evans, Robert Swiecki, Michal Zalewski, and Billy Rios:

We’ve noticed some highly targeted and apparently politically motivated attacks against our users. We believe activists may have been a specific target. We’ve also seen attacks against users of another popular social site. All these attacks abuse a publicly-disclosed MHTML vulnerability for which an exploit was publicly posted in January 2011. Users browsing with the Internet Explorer browser are affected.
Google is upset because the loss of service both adversely affects its customers and its advertising partners -- its primary source of revenue.

China is being highly cautious in the wake of public unrest in North Africa and the Middle East. Disgruntled citizens flocked to the internet to create "Jasmine rallies", protest events that were planned in major cities for each Sunday. However, thanks to China's crackdown on internet communications, the rallies have thus far failed to materialize, according to U.S. reporters.

The Chinese government is also being cautious, as the Parliament's 10-day annual session has just ended. Typically this is the most heated time of year in China as people voice complaints about Parliamentary decisions.

Google and China have endured a rocky partnership. While Android is selling millions of smart phones in China and while Google Search remains the second most used search engine in the world's most populous nation, the pair have frequently been at odds. Google has accused the Chinese government of allowing hackers to steal parts of its source code, and even alluded that the government itself might be behind those efforts.

Last year Google temporarily uncensored its search in response to these attacks, and was promptly kicked out of China's webspace. Google eventually agreed to re-censor the search results, but it remains more liberal in its allowances.

China's largest search engine is Baidu, a local firm. The Chinese government recently launched its own search engine, Panguso, in a joint venture with telecom giant China Mobile. That search engine, which features even more strictly censored results, has yet to gain significant market share.

The people of China have used proxies to escape the oppressive censorship of the government. However, the Chinese government -- along with its crackdown of Gmail -- has silenced many of these proxy services in recent weeks. The Chinese government also blocked a Google tool designed to allow people to find loved ones in Japan in the wake of the earthquake. Chinese authorities appeared to believe that the tool could be used to organize protests.

Source: http://www.dailytech.com/Google+Claims+China+Attacked+Gmail+to+Suppress+Dissidents/article21175.htm

Vote for Semi-finalist Albert Santoli to be a member of the Energizer Hall of Fame!

Albert Santoli
lives Oakton, VA, works Washington DC

Doctors have diagnosed Albert Santoli as a 100 percent terminally disabled veteran from war wounds and subsequent illness. However, he is the Founder and President of Asia America Initiative (AAI), a charitable non-profit organization that promote peace and community development in war-torn and highly impoverished areas of Asia.
Following 9/11 terror attacks, he gave up a comfortable position in government to form his peace building counter-terrorist organization, starting in tribal areas of the Philippines, where some of the terror attacks against the US had been planned. Since surviving liver cancer in 2009, rather than quit and although receiving no funding from US Government, Mr. Santoli has collected and distributed more than 70 million dollars’ worth of private live saving medical and educational support that has improved the lives of over 1.3 million children and young adults.
AAI supports public education through improving school infrastructure, providing books and other resources, and offering scholarships to rescue children from the clutches of terrorists. Not only is Albert making an impact on lives in the Philippines, he has also served as a mentor to more than 120 college students from America and abroad to teach them how to conduct humanitarian operations and promote development at a grassroots level. Mr. Santoli's tireless efforts in support of thousands of children who most of the world fears and would give no chance for better lives, show how lives can be turned around when someone who cares refuses to give up.

We call upon everyone to support Mr. Santoli and AAI by voting for him through the Energizer Hall of Fame 2011 website or the dedicated Facebook page. A direct link to the voting page can be found here. Together we can make it to the top 10 finalists!