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		<title>So, what is MIR anyway?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The biggest question I have received about my trip to Russia is &#8220;What is MIR?&#8221; No one has heard of it. To help answer that question I have put together the following video. While in Russia I helped: Setup a several new computers Setup a new secure email system Demoed the XO Laptop to orphanage [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_720" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 510px"><a href="http://www.thomasumstattd.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/mir.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-720" title="What is MIR?" src="http://www.thomasumstattd.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/mir.jpg" alt="Russian Orphans" width="500" height="346" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Two Russian orphans.</p></div>
<p>The biggest question I have received about my trip to Russia is &#8220;What is <a title="Mir" href="http://www.mir-russia.com" target="_blank">MIR</a>?&#8221; No one has heard of it. To help answer that question I have put together the following video.</p>
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<p>While in Russia I helped:</p>
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<li>Setup a several new computers</li>
<li>Setup a new secure email system</li>
<li>Demoed the XO Laptop to orphanage directors (yes yes a post on XO Laptops is coming)</li>
<li>Secure the network.</li>
<li>Increase the network speed.</li>
<li>Setup auto backup.</li>
<li>Trouble shot numerous computer related issues</li>
<li>Setup <a title="Stoneworks" href="www.StoneworksInternational.com" target="_blank">StoneworksInternational.com</a></li>
<li>Setup Mir&#8217;s new website  (still a work in progress)</li>
<li>Tech training on how to process email more efficiently.</li>
<li>Training on how to use a Mac</li>
<li>Shot video footage for the <a title="Mir" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETDHvfE8fh0" target="_blank">Mir Video</a>.</li>
<li>Setup a website for Street Cry (still a work in progress)</li>
<li>Edited the  <a title="Mir" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETDHvfE8fh0" target="_blank">Mir Video</a>.</li>
<li>Passed out tracts with the folks from <a title="Street Cry" href="http://www.streetcry.org" target="_blank">StreetCry</a></li>
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<p>I also drank a lot of tea at the <a title="Cantrell" href="http://www.cantrell.cc" target="_blank">Cantrell&#8217;s</a> with my <a href="http://www.thomasumstattd.com/2009/03/my-russian-family/">Russian Family</a> and explored a winter war battlefield.</p>
<div id="attachment_721" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 510px"><a href="http://www.thomasumstattd.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/film.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-721" title="Russian Orphanage Director" src="http://www.thomasumstattd.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/film.jpg" alt="Russian Orphanage Director" width="500" height="375" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Here I am filming an orphanage director. Her orphanage is interested in joining the XO-Laptop program. They are also involved in MIR&#39;s hosting program.</p></div>


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<li><a href='http://www.thomasumstattd.com/2009/04/what-i-learned-in-russia/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: What I Learned in Russia'>What I Learned in Russia</a> <small>Russian is one of the hardest languages to learn in...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.thomasumstattd.com/2009/02/i-am-going-to-russia/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: I am Going to Russia!'>I am Going to Russia!</a> <small>Married people often tell me how they miss the freedom...</small></li>
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