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Row over Nawaz invitation
By K.N. Pandita
A thousand and one times Congress leadership, right from Nehru down to Manmohan Singh, kept harping on importance of good relations with Pakistan. Once asked which the most important country for India was, Nehru replied it was Pakistan because it was so close to us in all respects. And he was right.
As early as 1949, Liaqat Ali Khan, the then Prime Minister of Pakistan, addressing a public gathering mentioned about Kashmir. Raising his clenched fist and thrusting it in the air, he said that would be his answer to India. That 15th August, Nehru, speaking from the ramparts of Red Fort, referred to Liaqat's fist-raising and said, "Pakistan has raised her fist but we extend hand for handshake". With that he opened his hand in symbolic handshake.
What is the problem with present Congress leadership and its demoralized flock about Modi inviting Pakistani Prime Minister to oath-taking ceremony? Did not dying Nehru send Sheikh Abdullah to Pakistan with the proposal of confederation of India, Pakistan and J&K, which Pakistani President General Ayub Khan rejected outright? Why does the defeated Congress take a stand that is diametrically opposed to what their mentor had taken?
The invitation is extended to all the seven heads of governments of SAARC countries. It is a gesture of goodwill and friendship for all the member countries of that organization.
India and Pakistan are two largest countries in this organization. Naturally they have a more significant role to play.
Yes, terrorist activities promoted by Pakistan have not come down. These have rather escalated. We are seized of that situation and need not be warned about it. But in the culture of international diplomacy, friendship or hostility are not stretched to no-return point.
The invitation is a clear indication that India under Modi dispensation would want to have cordial relations with all SAARC countries, Pakistan being one among these. The impression that India is hegemonic on account of sheer size has to be dispelled.
The world, including Pakistan, has seen that Congress had launched stupendous false propaganda to malign Modi using its favourite weapon of communal politics. Now, after the result of polls is out Congress stands exposed, humiliated and crest fallen. Nawaz Sharif was the first among world leaders to recognize that, and he expressed his desire of friendship even when the results were only halfway.
It is not an invitation for any formal or informal discussion of bilateral issues. There is no agenda of the sort. It is simply a goodwill gesture and has to be taken strictly within those parameters.
We know that PM Nawaz Sharif wants to continue friendly dialogue with India. We also know the attitude of Pakistan army and ISI towards elected governments in that country. Twice was Nawaz Sharif thrown out of power by army? He would not want it to be repeated the third time. That would never be in our interests.
Sensing that there was overwhelming advice from Nawaz Sharif's political advisors to accept the invitation, and travel to New Delhi, the ISI played its oft-repeated game of sabotage. This time the Indian Consulate in Herat was targeted. All the four assailants have been gunned down. Two of them were suspected to be Pakistanis as they spoke fluent Urdu.
Sabotaging Indo-Pak negotiations is the desk-book policy of ISI-army combine in Pakistan. Army did not endorse Nawaz Sharif conducting dialogue with the PTT. It had sabotaged Vajpayee-Nawaz effort for normalization of relations.
It took Nawaz Sharif good time to consider the pros and cons of accepting Modi's invitation. He must have been arguing with the GHQ about the negative results of rejecting the invitation, particularly when in the backdrop of NATO withdrawal from Afghanistan this year and its impact in the region.
We should not forget that are three centres of power in Pakistan; the elected government in Islamabad, GHQ in Rawalpindi and the TTP in Waziristan. Each is glued to respective interests with no need for any convergence. India has to seek for the lesser evil. For Pak army, Kashmir issue is the power house generating oxygen for her lungs. Islamabad government is reduced to the status of a runner of errands, and TTP is against the Generals who are closely knit into feudal and bureaucratic aristocracy and oligarchy. They see threat to their oligarchies from TTP and hence military action in Waziristan and elsewhere.
Modi has made very correct and realistic study of situation and invited Pakistan Premier to attend the oath taking ceremony in New Delhi. But this is not to be trumpeted as any occasion of opening bilateral talks.
Far-sighted statesmanship demands that we support and promote the elements that are out for strengthening democratic process in the Asian countries. As the largest democracy in the world, having recently gone through gargantuan electioneering exercise for a population of more than a thousand and quarter million people, it is obvious that reverberations of this event will go wide and loud in our neighbourhood and far.
In Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif is once again under the threat of being ousted for the third time for talking to India we can't do anything about it. But at the same time, India should not multiply his difficulties. Herat is the replication of Kargil in a sense, and he is again caught in the crossfire.
Pakistan is in deep crisis in which the Army is pitted against democratic forces and institutions on the one hand and on the other it (army) is bogged with the survival struggle against the jihadis who are its own creation. The Frankenstein has retaliated. All that Indian policy planners and diplomats can do is to watch how this triangular struggle in Pakistan comes to grand finale. It would be largely in our interests to see Pakistan stabilizing as a democratic state.


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This is the most delicious sandwhich we've had in a long time! It's so easy to make if you've taken the time to roast a chicken like we do every week. You get so many meals from it and it makes staying healthy a breeze. If you haven't checked it out yet, here is our classically roasted rosemary lemon chicken recipe. This is one of 3 recipes we made from roasting two chickens! We decided to add a crunchy side of sweet potato and beet chips tossed in rosemary and olive oil! MMMMMmmmmm. Enjoy!
Curry Salad Ingredients
Serves 5
3 chicken tenderloins, cooked and finely diced (or in our case, about 3 cups of shredded chicken from our classically roasted bird)
1/2 celery stalk, finely diced
1 ½ tablespoons mayonnaise (for salad), plus ½ tablespoon to spread on bread
1 teaspoon honey
½ teaspoon, scant, curry powder
¼ teaspoon, scant, turmeric powder
Pinch salt/freshly cracked black pepper
Pinch cayenne pepper (optional, for a little extra heat)
2 tablespoon sliced almonds?
1 tablespoon golden raisins
1 green onion, finely chopped
1 tablespoon chopped, fresh cilantro leaves
½ cup arugula
Ciabatta Baguette (6 inch = 1 sandwhich)
Combine all ingredients in a bowl (except arugula). Mix it all together. Once toast is ready, put some mayo on one side of the bread and then place the chicken salad on the other side. top with arugula, slice in half, and enjoy!
Toasting the Ciabbatta
Slice the ciabatta in half making sure that the top half is thicker. This way you can ensure the inside of the bread is easy to pull out (making more room for your chicken salad filling and eliminating some calories!). Next brush each side with olive oil and sprinkle on some salt (which really enhances the flavor like you wouldn't imagine). Pop them on a tray (on aluminum foil) and toast them in the oven on 375 for around 10 minutes until browned.
Sweet Potato and Beet chips (and any other kind of potato / chip)
4 medium beets
2 medium sweet potatoes
2 normal potatoes
1 tbsp olive oil
Salt to taste
A few sprigs of rosemary
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Slice vegetables into thin layers, about 1/8 of an inch (use a mandolin) or a sharp knife.
3. Toss them with in a large bowl and toss with olive oil and rosemary.
4. Evenly spread slices on a baking sheet (covered in aluminum foil for easy clean up!) and sprinkle on some sea salt and extra rosemary.
5. Bake for 30-40 minutes, flipping the chips halfway through. Remove when beets lighten in color. They will crisp up when cool.


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From an energetic angle use root vegetables to provide your complex carbohydrates instead of leaning on too much stodgy, heavy food. Perfect winter vegetables include carrot, celery, fennel, kale, broccoli, avocado, okra, parsnip, pumpkin, spinach and sweet potato. The best fruits to eat are grapefruit, lemons, kiwi fruit, mandarins, oranges, apple, blood orange, limes and pear.
I love to batch cook in winter and Sundays often find me in the kitchen, music on, making a big nutritious casserole or soup. It couldn't be any easier – chop all the veggies, seal your meat, place it all in a large dish with stock and walk away for an hour. Come back and portion it out, then pop it all in your freezer. And voila! Instant lunch or dinner for the week.
For every soup or casserole suggestion in the menu plan, cook up a big batch and freeze in portions to make your life so much easier!
- Breakfast: 1 cup oat porridge with 2 tsp chia seeds & almond milk
- Lunch : Wrap with chicken, hommus & tabouli
- Dinner: Broccoli soup with fetta and lemon zest
- Snacks: Miso soup
- Drinks: Warm fresh ginger tea
- Health notes: We all know that oats are a good way to start the day but by adding chia seeds you are fuelling your breaky with Superfoods!
- Breakfast: 2 poached eggs with smoked salmon and rocket
- Lunch: Pumpkin & red lentil soup
- Dinner: Moroccan beef stew – use paprika & cumin in a traditional stew and finish off with a little lemon zest for a Moroccan influence
- Snacks: 2 rice thins with ABC spread
- Drinks: Freshly brewed chai on rice milk but skip the honey!
- Health notes: Adding spices to your meals not only add flavour but also a big health boost
- Breakfast: 1 cup bircher muesli(use quinoa flakes) served with warm stewed apple and a pinch of cinnamon
- Lunch: Pea & ham soup
- Dinner: Slow cooked beef, spinach and bean casserole
- Snacks: Plain popcorn
- Drinks: 150ml cucumber, celery and mint juice
- Health notes: By using quinoa flakes instead of oats you will get more protein into your breaky
- Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs with spinach & mushrooms
- Lunch:Syrian red lentil soup – use warming spices like cumin, thyme and coriander for a fragrant & healthy soup
- Dinner: Chicken poached in ginger & chicken stock with steamed broccoli
- Snacks: Mandarin & 5 brazil nuts
- Drinks: Rosehip tea
- Health notes: Rosehip tea is high in vitamin C which will help to prevent colds and flus
- Breakfast: Poached fruit with cinnamon & vanilla and 2tbsp natural yoghurt
- Lunch: Frittata with cherry tomato, zucchini and fetta (make a large one, cut into portions and freeze)
- Dinner: Salmon poached in miso soup with bok choy
- Snacks: Kiwifruit & 10 almonds
- Drinks: 150ml juice of carrot, beetroot and ginger
- Health notes: Miso soup helps to support a healthy gut which, in turn, supports your immune system
- Breakfast: Buckwheat pancakes with ricotta and honey
- Lunch: Spinach & fetta pie (spanakopita – make a big tray and freeze in portions)
- Dinner: Lamb & barley soup
- Snacks: 2 rice thins with avocado & tomato
- Drinks: Lemongrass tea
- Health notes: Buckwheat is actually gluten free and a perfect option for people either intolerant or allergic to gluten
- Breakfast: 2 poached eggs with spinach and tomato
- Lunch: Wheat free pizza – use rice/corn based pita bread and add lots of finely sliced vegetables, a little tomato paste and small amount of cheese. Top with fresh herbs and a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil
- Dinner: Grilled sardines with ratatouille
- Snacks: 200ml warm almond milk with ½ tsp raw cacao
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Vandals who smashed bottles around a children's play area left tiny shards of glass strewn in three different places.
A member of the public said the ground in the Uplands playing field site was covered in discarded bottles on Wednesday morning.
In places, bottles had been smashed. Broken glass was found by the climbing wall and near to the play equipment. Just outside the space a clear glass bottle had been smashed against the railing.
The worst debris was at the allotment end of the multi-use games area (muga) where a wine and beer bottle had been broken.
Mike Dando, Stroud Town Council's green spaces manager, said the dangerous shards that had been scattered around were tiny.
"The glass was in larger fragments on the grass but the bottles had been smashed hard enough that smaller shards and splinters had reached right across the muga, where children will be playing," he said.
"The site is a popular area for dog walking, and having broken glass on the grass has the potential to cause severe injury to both people and dogs.
"It took a lot of sweeping and walking around trying to pick up individual shards by hand, many were just a few millimetres in length but could cause injury through the skin."
The bottles were broken between Tuesday August 16 and the morning of Thursday August 18.
Stroud Town Council is appealing for information about the vandalism. Email town clerk [email protected] or call 01453 762817.


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Kumbi is supervising Kwali's Knee Journal
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Advantage rental in Hoover, Alabama
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Hoover High School
Is named after the cities founder William Hoover, and is home to the Hoover Buccaneer football team who have gained public recognition. The nationally known team the Bucs have claimed seven State of Alabama State Championships from 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005. This famous football team is well know for winning State Championships, big games broadcasting on ESPN and the MTV reality series Two-A-Days. The Bucs play all of their home games at Regions Park Stadium this spacious sixty acre field is home of the Hoover High School Buccaneer Football team, the Birmingham Barons Double-A Minor League Baseball Team and the SEC Baseball Tournament. Regions Park Stadium underwent extensive renovations in 2007 with a seating capacity of 10,000. The Bucs are under the direction of Head Coach Josh Niblett. Good luck Bucs in 2009 !!!!
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Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark
Represents the industrial past of the South and our nation. Sloss Furnaces produced iron for 90 years placing the city of Birmingham on the map. Today the city of Birmingham recognizes Sloss Furnaces as a National Historic Landmark easily spotted by it's web of pipes and tall smokestacks that represent its rich industrial past. Sloss Furnaces became a National Historic Landmark in 1981 and later opened its gates in September 1983 as a unique museum of the city of Birmingham. Here visitors will see a collection of two 400-ton blast furnaces along with forty plus historic buildings. One of the oldest buildings dates back to 1902 and houses eight original steam driven blowing engines that were used to provide air for combustion in the large furnaces. These engines themselves date back between 1900-1902. Also stored in the building are boilers that were installed in 1906 and 1914 were used to produce steam for the site until it closed in 1970. Sloss is currently the only twentieth-century blast furnace in the United States being preserved as a historic industrial site. The plant's industrial structure, tools and machines make Sloss a unique museum. Sloss Furnaces is a important reminder of struggles and hopes of the people who worked in the industry that made several men very wealthy and the City of Birmingham famous. Visitors can take a self guided tour or schedule a guided group tour of Sloss Furnaces.


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Monte Kiffin is rumored to become the Cowboys' next defensive coordinator.
Would that be a wise move?
The 72-year-old Kiffin, credited as the inventor of the famed "Tampa Two" 4-3 scheme, earned a reputation as one of the legendary defensive coordinators in NFL history during his 13-year tenure with the Buccaneers. Tampa Bay ranked among the NFL's top 10 in scoring defense 11 times and total defense 12 times under Kiffin. The Bucs were top five in both categories six times, including a double No. 1 overall rank during their Super Bowl championship season.
You won't find many NFL defensive coordinators with more impressive resumes. However, the Tampa Two zone would be a curious scheme fit for a franchise that made two major investments in press-man corners last offseason, giving Brandon Carr a five-year, $50.1 million deal and trading up to draft Morris Claiborne with the sixth overall pick.
And Kiffin didn't enjoy nearly as much success during his foray into college football to coach on his son Lane's staffs at Tennessee and USC. In fact, Kiffin's last season at USC was awful.
The Trojans became the first team in 48 seasons to go from being No. 1 in the preseason polls to unranked at the end of the season. USC finished the season 7-6, losing five of its final six games, a skid that started when Kiffin's defense allowed 39 points to Arizona and 62 points to Oregon. USC ranked 40th in the nation in scoring defense (24.3 points per game) and 60th in total defense (394.0).
Oregon's dominance of Kiffin's defense is especially alarming. The Ducks racked up 730 total yards in their win at Los Angeles Coliseum, with running back Kenjon Barner rushing for 321 yards and five touchdowns.
Chip Kelly stayed at Oregon instead of taking the Eagles' job, but the Cowboys will still have to face a team that runs a lot of zone read out of the spread twice per season, assuming Robert Griffin III recovers from his knee injury.
How can the Cowboys be confident that Kiffin can help them catch up with the Redskins?


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The Return of Cyprus
After the stellar success of the Cyprus Limited Edition Candle, an artistic, collaborative tribute to the bold cobalts and bright light of the mythic Greek Islands, we salute the return of Cyprus to our core collection. The handcrafted fragrance takes is place amongst the mossy woods, sparkling florals and sticky gourmets of our destination fragrances, adding the elemental, life-affirming freshness of sea salt.
The Inspiration
All the primal forces that make the Cyprus dreamscape so compelling come together in our Cyprus fragrance. Inspired by the elemental force of a magnificent, heaving ocean crashing against a jagged cliff-edge then hissing on the sand, it also captures the skin tingling, sensory pleasure of ionised, oxygenated island air. The sparkle of bright light on the ocean… The spicy depth of saffron, a hint of ethnic richness and celebratory, communal feasting, song and dance… Inhale the glory of open air, blue skies and the pristine horizon of the ancients.
The Fragrance
With its complex and energising combination of saffron, lavender and sea salt, Cyprus brings you a fragrance that will leave you feeling revitalised and ready to take on everything. A Fresh 'Eau de cologne' style fragrance, it captures the true Mediterranean… an Adonis emerging from the waters, golden skin glistening with sea water and sunlight.
The "King of spices" or "red gold", Saffron is derived from the prized stamens of the ancient medicinal plant Crocus sativus from the Iris family. Its aroma asserts bittersweet, leathery, tones that are soft and intimate, with an earthy base note.
Sea Salt
This distinctive aroma of churning sea water captured on a warm breeze refreshes the mind and revitalises the senses, to recreate the balmy atmosphere of a sunset vigil on the Cyprus coastline.
A robust fragrance, sweet yet distinctly sharp, with herbaceous and soothing woody notes. Though quintessentially a feminine note, when combined with sweet spices, like Saffron, and oriental woods it creates a uniquely masculine characteristic.
A subtle yet lingering fragrance, Sandalwood boasts a rich, balsamic, sweet fragrance grounded by delicate woody notes. Used since ancient times due to its relaxing properties that reduce stress and promote restful sleep, it's also reputed to be an effective aphrodisia.


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Maintenance Plans – 12 Days of Christmas (Posts)
Proper maintenance of production equipment often gets overlooked due to time and budget. Even though church equipment doesn't get beat up like gear on a tour, (unless you have a portable setup) it still requires continual upkeep.
Know your lamp life – Projectors and "Intelligent" Lighting all have a set number of operating hours that must not be exceeded.Lamps that are aging become volatile and can explode inside the equipment causing damage. I can also guarantee that the lamp will go out in the middle of your service … every time. Check out this video from Northview:
That was one of our back screen projectors: the lamp exploded shooting glass in all directions. Luckily, the unit is kept in a room alone so no one was in danger.
Keep an eye on your inventory – This time of year is perfect for taking inventory on your stash of gaffer's tape, lamps, batteries, etc. Make sure you have enough of the little things to get you through the holidays. I try to stock up on in-ear foamies for the musicians, as well as lamps for music stand lights, and Clorox wipes to disinfect the microphones after every use.
Keep a backup – I realize it's unreasonable to keep backups of every piece of equipment you have. It's not common to find a church with an exact spare soundboard just sitting in storage. But with so much that is digital these days, make sure you keep a backup of all your files. I keep a USB stick locked up with ALL the equipment settings: from the soundboard, speaker processor, and wireless microphone system to the lighting and video consoles. I then upload the files to a cloud-based system like Dropbox or Google Drive. If something catastrophic happened, you can recall settings after repairs are complete or a rental is brought in.
Create a Disaster recovery plan – This is a big task, but has huge pay off! A disaster recover plan is simply a binder or online document that everyone on your team has access to. In it they should be able to find solutions to issues such as, "no audio coming from the sound board." The solution would be to check mutes, and whatever other steps go into your particular situation. Keep it simple for the holidays. Maybe just give the basics – that way, if you get sick from eating gas station sushi on December 23rd your team knows what's in your head.
Everything you can do on the front end to prepare for the big services will ensure a much smoother and less stressful experience for everyone.
So you saw my projector explode. What is something that has failed during a service for you that everyone noticed?


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Ho Ho Ho! It has been a while since I posted here on the Santa in the Philippines website. But, I wanted to get in touch with all of my fans today to let everybody know that Santa will be off to ean early Christmas start this year! Here is the big announcement:
Early Start for 2015
I have to events this weekend, and hope you will come and join me!
Friday December 6
5pm until 8pm at SM City – Ecoland, Davao City
Saturday December 7
5pm until 8pm at SM City – General Santos City
I hope to see you there! Come and have some fun with Santa Claus!


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Stories and events from the life of a retired Human Resources Manager who loves to proofread and edit for other authors. For free.
Thursday, December 14, 2006
Somebody's birthday?
No, it's not mine. Nor is it that of any of my blogroll friends.
It's my baby's! My younger daughter was born 31 years ago today!
Carol and I thought her older sister was going to be the smarter of the two, because Carol taught Christina to read when she was just three. She always loved to be read to, and later to read. She still does.
But the younger daughter possessed logic skills that still surprise us. She was the one who could figure out problems. She became very good at relating seemingly random facts into a reasoned hypothesis. We called her "little miss logic brain."
To this day she seems to know instinctively what to do or say in most situations. She can read people and usually impress them (positively) on a first meeting. She has also been referred to as "the queen of B.S." (but she claims she inherited that trait from her father. Cheeky girl!)
Exactly ten years ago today she graduated Magna Cum Laude from college with a BA in Graphic Design. That evening Carol and I took her and her sister and some of her friends out for a celebratory dinner. She celebrated the completion of her formal education. Carol and I celebrated our freedom from paying the college about $1,000 a month! I likened the occurrence to getting a $12,000 instant raise in annual disposable income.
She and her sister each celebrate their birthdays about 10 days from Christmas, one on each side (before and after). Thus they always felt somewhat cheated out of extra presents since the two holidays tended to merge together for them.
This year we bought Amy a cheesy card and called to wish her a happy day.
But I can't help pondering the significance of one fact: both of my children have now passed the point where they are only half my age or less. And they never will be again.
Another milestone.
Happy birthday, Amy!
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- Christina said...
Excuse me? What the hell do you mean, "Carol and I thought her older sister was going to be the smarter of the two..."? That implies that in spite of your first impression, now you think SHE is smarter than ME!
I don't believe this - how could anyone not realize that we are EQUAL in our genius, (or I might be just the teeniest bit smarter...)
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Just kidding. (please don't share my grade point average at graduation. let's just say I wasn't Magna Cum Laude).
Happy Birthday Little Sister!
- Duke_of_Earle said...
My darling Christina,
That does NOT imply ANYTHING. The fact is that you two are both brilliant. We just learned that YOU were brilliant first. So brilliant, in fact, that we despaired of Amy coming close. However, she not only came close, she MAY have equalled you in the IQ department. After all, your SAT scores (total) were equal, remember? Hers was higher in math, and yours in English, but the totals were the same. And, as you and I know quite well, college GPA has absolutely NOTHING to do with intelligence, right?
(I won't share YOUR GPA if you won't share MINE!)
- kenju said...
I love reading your comments! My best friend's birthday is today. She is older than your girl and way younger than I, and she is a great woman. If your daughter shares her birthday - she has to be great too!
- M.E Ellis said...
Happy birthday, Amy!
Christina and me worked out why we share the same toilet humour/love of horror/weirdness/whatever. Our birthdays are days apart.
CAPRICORNS ARE US! Zany mares that we are.
- Steve said...
The best to the entire family.
- Peter said...
Happy Birthday Amy.
John, may I borrow that exercise in diplomacy, or was it just self preservation, that you put in the comments.
- Duke_of_Earle said...
"Exercise in diplomacy?" "Self Preservation?"
Whatever are you talking about??
(You may borrow whatever you like. I did seem to work, didn't it?)


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Josh272439 needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 53 designs submitted by 13 freelance designers.
Hour Guard logo
Hour Guard is an employee management software/platform that allows owners, managers and employees to create and close business together. Hour Guard allows employees to clock in and out from service jobs. Our target audience is small to midsize service companies that have field technicians.
The file I uploaded is just an idea, the logo should not be pretentious, it gives the feel free to use whatever idea comes to mind. A clock could be used as well as an hour glass.
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Image Credit: Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty ImagesEminem and Rihanna's "Love The Way You Lie" leads the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for its sixth week, leaving Taio Cruz's "Dynamite" waiting in the wings at No. 2 for its third straight week. Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream" rises two spots from No. 5 to No. 3. Her former No.1, "California Gurls," drops five spots to No. 8.
Enrique Iglesias' "I Like It," with Pitbull, holds its place at No. 4. Usher's "DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love" moves up two spots to No. 5. Lil Wayne's "Right Above It," featuring Drake, debuts at No. 6. It's the incarcerated rhymer's first major hit since entering Rikers Island last spring. Mike Posner's "Cooler Than Me" slips a rung to No.7.
After producing and featuring on two of the summer's biggest records, B.o.B's "Nothin' on You" and Travie McCoy's "Billionaire," Bruno Mars lands his first hit record of his own. "Just The Way You Are" leaps seven places up to No. 9. B.o.B rounds out the top 10 as his "Magic" moves up a spot to No. 10.
(Follow the Music Mix on Twitter: @EWMusicMix.)
More news from EW.com's Music Mix:
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Advantages of Selling Your Home Fast for Cash in Phoenix and Its Impact in the Real Estate Business
The population in the modern society is increasing and therefore the is need for more housing, the other thing that contributes in real estate investing is that there is increase in borrowing which leaves a lot of people to incur debts which leads to selling homes fast for cash.
Such firms investing in this kind of houses are important in making sure that the number of poverty levels are decreased in a much controllable method, at times selling a house can be stressful, and this means that you will have to look for credible clients who will offer you good money.
This means that you are provided with an opportunity of selling your house the easy way without too much implications, there is limited documents involved since the process will be made easier as possible, this means that the time of waiting is over, you just have to wait for a spun of a week in order to ensure that you have fully sold your home fast. A professional and experienced real estate lawyer can provide you with some of the beneficial counsels regarding the title documents of the property and also how to go about purchasing new land, this means that any legal process is required when it comes to transfer of property to avoid getting into trouble with the government.
In order to get the right investor for your home, it is important to sell your home fast for cash, this will attract the investor into coming into your aid in order to help you out sort your financial problems, there are many companies that are able to make sure that your home is bought fast for cash in order to boost your income and also to make sure that all the debts are cleared.
The main reasons that might lead you to selling your house fast is that, at times your house might be in a bad condition that cannot be fixable and also the impediment caused by your house, the environment you live in also gives you the need to sell your house for cash.
A Huge Cash Offer company in Phoenix is important in making sure that the owner of the house is fully satisfied in selling the property including the house fast for cash, as said before the demand for housing have grown over the years, the company is genuine and therefore the is no need to worry as a home seller.
This means that you will get enough shares and also some of the real estate property, this will become the starting point if venturing into the business, as a good investor, you should be able to get your financial advisor to help you in making some of the key decisions to help you survive in the business.
Overwhelmed by the Complexity of Investments? This May Help
Things You Should Know about Interactive Aquariums
An aquarium is an artificial glass structure that is made to save some of the sea creatures and also some of the sea plants and is stored in various places in a building either in the office or at home for beauty. When people are going the aquarium they make sure that they can get the best glass that is transparent to show the beauty that is contained in the inside as the fish swims in the water and also the seaweeds.
With an aquarium in the house it is one of the ways of rearing fish that cannot be done so in the ponds and hence the only way to do it is by making an aquarium for the fish to live in it. It is not all the sea creatures can survive in the aquarium and hence one should be very careful while choosing the animals that will work effectively in their aquarium so as to have a lively aquarium. A SeaQuest interactive aquarium is a forum that will provide memorable experiences that help people have a good time together.
When people are involved in such organizations they can learn a lot about every sea creature that they may come across and hence gain a right amount of knowledge on all the animals. With these organizations people can have all the information about what they require in the fish and hoe to handle the sea creatures especially when they want to have them in the aquarium.
When one feels like they would like to see an aquarium they need to travel to a place where they are kept or check on the online sites where they will get what they want at ease. These organisations that are called the SeaQuest have cut suggestions for people who have the willingness to learn and be able to have the skills of handling fish. They have a website in which they can communicate to their clients on which is the best day for anyone who wishes to see how the aquarium works to visit on that day.
People are therefore able to have a clear timetable of how to visit and when to attend so that they can see the sea creatures and learn more about them and how to make the aquarium for their fish. Some of the interactive aquariums are very big to the extent that they can serve even some of the most significant fish in the sea. Due to the technology making of the aquarium have been made easy and people can make big aquariums for fish they have seen. An Aquarium is the best tool people to preserve fish in small scale.
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Tips for Choosing a Professional Business Consultant
There are many professionals that offer business consultant services and hence you can be sure that you will find the best choice for you. There are many business consultants that are available and hence there are some that are not competent and hence you should be careful about the one that you pick. You should find a few business consultants and then conduct further research on their quality of services. Begin by asking for a list of current as well as former customers from your potential business consultants. Ensure that you gather enough information that will assist you to make the right choice. You should not rush through your research process and instead ensure that you take your time.
That means that you should consider whether your potential business consultants have attained the right education level that is required for their job. You should insist on hiring an experienced business consultant for your project. A reliable business consultant will have strong communication skills and therefore, you should avoid the professionals that have poor communication skills. The service providers that will take a long time are the best choice for you unlike the ones that will delay. In addition, ensure that you interview the various business consultants that you will find so that you can determine their attitude. You should be able to understand everything that your potential business consultants will tell you. Therefore, guarantee that you also visit the websites of your potential professionals as that will assist you to learn more about them. Ask for price estimates from the business consultants that you are investigating and then make a comparison.
You should not hire a particular business consultant based only on the factor of cost alone as that indicates that you will make the wrong choice. Therefore, ensure that you search for a business consultant that has reasonable costs and also high quality services. You should hire a business consultant that is licensed and also well trained. Therefore, you should only focus on the service providers that have physical companies and avoid the ones that work as freelancers. The professionals that have a lot of complaints indicate that they offer poor quality services and hence they are not your best choice. It is important that you receive all answers for your questions. Ask for a written contract from the business consultant that you will hire so that you can hold the professional accountable for your action. In addition, ensure that you pick a business consultant that is based near your home so that it can be easy to visit his home and hence you should avoid the ones that are based in other towns.
Finding Ways To Keep Up With Experts
Benefits From Using A Ceiling Track Hoist
There are a number of benefits that one can get in choosing to use a ceiling hoist instead of a mobile hoist and it will be discussed in this article.
It can be easily used
There are so many advantages in choosing to use a ceiling hoist instead of using the mobile hoist and one of these advantages is that it is a lot simple to use. If you choose to use a ceiling hoist instead of using a mobile hoists, you will avoid the problem of pushing to certain objects in your house and coming across the obstacles of your environment such as rugs, furniture, cables, and many more.
No need to have another carer
There is no know rule that a state mobile hoist needs to be managed by two carers, but most often mobile hoists require the use of two carers because of the mentioned challenges above. There are also risks that are often seen when a patient collides with the mobile hoist's framework because there is only one carer and this will happen when a hoist has to be moved and there is no one there to assist the patient.
It is recommended that it is a lot safer to use a ceiling track hoist especially for the single handed care in order to reduce the possible risk you get when hoisting.
Hoisting yourself
If it there is low risk assessment, a person with a strong mobility of the upper body can perform self hoist as an option. Self hoisting of course can done when you use a ceiling track hoist. When assessing the risk of self hoisting, there are a lot of important things that needs to be considered such as the evaluation of the tack position in order to perform a safe transfer. A lifeline pendant around the neck of the patient is one way that a patient can communicate when he or she is facing any problem if he or she decides to self hoist. It is also important to lengthen the emergency stops and the lowering cords, and clamping the handsets in case it can easily be pulled out is a wise thing to do.
No problem with storage
You can park a ceiling hoist easily of anyone's way if you are not using it. A lot of storage room is needed in order to set aside a mobile hoist.
It is less intrusive for the patient to use a ceiling track hoist
For people who have tried being hoisted, the will probably agree that using a mobile hoist sometimes will feel a little intrusive especially when being moved towards you. Because of the ceiling hoist taking up a lesser personal space from the patient, it is not intrusive or imposing at all.
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What Research About Loads Can Teach You…
What Should Be On Top Of Your List When Hiring The Locksmiths
Your car key systems are likely to become faulty after sometimes. You need to ensure that you find the leading locksmith experts when you are facing any difficulty in igniting your car. Going to your car manufacturer can take time and you may be inconvenienced. To get the best key access systems, break in repairs and replacement of your keyless system to keys, you need to consider the following qualification.
Analyze The Urgency
You need to analyze on how urgent you need to gain access to your car. You should ensure that you get the locksmiths in your location that will unlock the vehicle within seconds. The established locksmiths have their offices in various sections and they will come at the place moments after you have called them. To have the best services when you have some time, you should ensure that you only hire the most qualified company.
Your Security
When your car develops the key problems in the unsafe zones, you need to be careful with the company that you will select. You should ensure that you contact the leading locksmiths to oversee the repair. You should ensure that you communicate with your closest people to give you the information of the locksmiths that you need to hire.
The Rates That You Will Pay
You should ensure that any company that you hire for the repair service charges affordably for their services. You should ensure that you get value for your money but hiring a locksmith that understands the kind of the job that they are doing. The company should work to ensure that you are satisfied before taking your money. You should ensure that you check on the different prices of the companies online before deciding on the right company.
The Experience Of The Locksmiths
When the situation is urgent, you should not try your luck with the newbie and you should get the most experienced locksmiths. You should ensure that you get the company that have practiced in the business for long to get the services that you will not regret. Going for the inexperienced locksmiths may make you spend much on the repair due to the constant breakdowns.
Whenever you are facing any issue with the car ignitions system, you should avoid the temptation of calling your car dealers. With the right locksmiths, most of the problems to do with the locking systems can be corrected by the local locksmiths. You should research on the best locksmiths and ensure that you have the numbers of the service providers. You should have the contacts of the car locksmiths to ensure that your issue is sorted anytime.
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A Quick Guide to Overhead Rolling Doors
Compared with the more traditional swinging doors, overhead rolling doors seem to become a trend in the home and office spaces, especially when they are used to store your valuables inside them. The reason for this will have to be the fact that the overhead rolling doors offer more convenience to the person using them. In comparison to the typical garage door, with overhead rolling doors used as garage doors, you will be given the choice to either open them manually or open then with the help of your garage door opener. You see, the main purpose of having garage doors is you having a space in your home or office to put your truck or automobile.
What to consider in getting overhead rolling doors in terms of their design and type
What you must first know about overhead rolling doors is that they are not just limited to one design as you can choose them differently. When you look at some overhead rolling door options in the market, in terms of design, what usually comes up includes the tilt up kind, the sectional kind, and the roll over kind. The tilt up variant has to be the one that is known to be the oldest there is out there. For this kind of overhead rolling doors, there will be a single panel in it that will be used to be raised as high as the ceiling that you have in your garage. With the roll up kind of overhead rolling doors, on the other hand, you will see that it has one large unit that is the result of a combination of small sections that are joined together as one. You can also see them to have their own coils that help a lot in rolling over the door to have it opened. The sectional units will be the third kind of common overhead rolling doors that you can encounter. This type of overhead rolling doors comes with between 3 and 4 panels each that will be joined together in hinges or axles that can aid in easily rolling up such door through the coil.
The materials that will be used in overhead rolling doors
Everyone knows that there will be different materials needed to make doors but the most common for overhead rolling doors are the fiberglass, wood, aluminum, and steel materials. Steel, however, wins to being the most common material used to make overhead rolling doors. Using steel overhead rolling doors provides you better security and is just very easy to install and cheap. Going for aluminum overhead rolling doors becomes a must when your house is found in the coastal areas wherein your overhead rolling doors might end up easily getting corroded and getting rusty. Choosing fiberglass overhead rolling doors is a must for the people who have enough money to get something that will last them a long time for their being the strongest and the most durable among the other materials that make up overhead rolling doors.
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Things You Should Know When Looking for the Best Interior Designer
It is indeed true that interior designers know what it is that they do and have been trained very well for it. No one understands d?cor and home-style like them. To find the perfect one for you though, can be quite a difficult task as there are very many interior designers. You can consider the following points to be able to make a great choice. See below ways you can find the best interior designer.
You need to do some research right away. The internet is a very good place to learn more about those that are near you. Almost all interior designers are to be found online, so use that to your advantage and see if you can learn more. All interior designers know that by displaying images of their work, they attract clients, therefore use this to your advantage and choose those that are inclined to your own style.
Personality determines a lot when it comes to dealing with people. You are going to work with this person for a while and he/she will come to your home. If you are designing your home or office, you should make sure this interior designer is trustworthy. Consider if your personality and theirs agree so that you don't have a difficult time with them. Some interior designers can be a little arrogant because what they have achieved so be firm and get someone you actually like.
It is also good that you see what the interior designer has achieved. Don't depend on what people say about the designer, look at what they have done before and judge for yourself. Go through some of their designs and consider what you like. Be easy on the designer and give them time to prove themselves as you see some promise in their work. Consider trying out some of their designs that catch your eye.
You should check the market price of interior designers before choosing one as it an important element when looking for one. There are a lot of designers in your area and they totally charge uniquely. This should not confuse you. You should find it easy as you will have to set a budget that will guide you. You will be free from being conned when you have a ready budget.
There are both female and male interior designers and it important to choose one that you are comfortable with. Select one that you are sure that he or she is the best for this job. Checking their background gives you some sense of security and assurance. Many people are not who they claim to be. Confirm who they are and what they have been doing in order to be safe as some may be bad people pretending to be interior designers.
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iPad broadband
Meteor's entry level broadband to go is the cheapest thing to get for an iPad... if you don't want to do much. Forget downloading lots of Bad Piggies games, music, apps or movies -- because you'll get hit by a 2c per MB charge once you use up the free 1GB of usage. We're comparing tariffs with about 5GB usage per month.
Best: Meteor 5GB broadband €207.24 per year
Avoid: O2 30 day pass 5GB €268.88 per year
Saving: €61.64 per year
contact: www.meteor.ie or local stores
Monster HD TV with satellite
Tick tock. The digital switchover thing must be happening fairly soon. So if you just have rabbit ears to watch Killinaskully, you'll soon just be watching snow on a blank screen. Become a couch potato with the ultimate TV package, including Sky Sports and Sky Movies in high definition. You'd never need to look outside and see how awful things are. Sky World HD and UPC's Select Extra are probably these closest matches, with 107 and 108 channels respectively. UPC has a €45 installation charge which makes it much dearer in the first year. Otherwise it's €8.52 dearer.
Best: Sky World HD €1,092
Avoid: UPC Select Extra €1,145.52
Saving: €53.52 in year one
contact: www.sky.com/ireland or 0818 719 852
Savings accounts
A theoretical idea, as nobody has any money any more. But if, like Sean Quinn, you have a few quid stashed away in a savings account, there's no point getting shortchanged with a really low interest rate. The banks are going to take the pickaxe to savings rates in coming months as they try to start making profits. As well as getting creamed on variable rate mortgages, customers will now find their savings accounts paying bugger all. For €50,000 in 12 month fixed rate account.
Best: Ulster Bank 12 months fixed 3.75 per cent
Avoid: RaboDirect 12 month fixed rate 0.25 per cent
Saving: €1,750 in interest in first year
contact: www.ulsterbank.ie or local branches
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Outlook Web Access Parameters
The following is Tip #10 from "25 Exchange 2003 Tips in 25 minutes"
The following is Tip #10 from "25 Exchange 2003 Tips in 25 minutes." This content is excerpted from Scott Schnoll's book, "Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Distilled," brought to you by © (2004) Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Addison-Wesley Professional. Return to the main page for more tips on this topic.
OWA is highly configurable. You can also configure or enable other settings that provide even more control over the OWA experience, such as attachment blocking, access to freedocs, control over the OWA cookie timeout, enhanced segmentation, and more.
Attachment Blocking
As part of Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing initiative, Exchange 2003 OWA automatically blocks attachments with certain extensions. OWA prevents the sending and opening of a superset of attachments and MIME types using a two-level blocking mechanism. Level 1 items are totally blocked. Level 2 items can be accessed, but only if first saved locally. The list of blocked Level 1 and Level 2 file extensions and blocked MIME types are configured through four registry entries, which are listed in the following registry entries showing their default values. As you can see, many of the default Level 1 entries for file extensions and MIME types are also default Level 2 entries. When the same entry is present for both levels, Level 1 takes precedence, and the attachment is blocked. You are free to edit any of these entries to suit your organization's specific needs. If you reinstall or update Exchange, your changes will remain.
Location: HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSExchangeWeb\OWA
Value: Level1FileTypes
Type: REG_SZ
Value Data:
ade,adp,app,asx,bas,bat,chm,cmd,com,cpl,crt,csh,exe,fxp,hlp,hta, inf,ins,isp,js,jse,ksh,lnk,mda,mdb,mde,mdt,mdw,mdz,msc,msi,msp, mst,ops,pcd,pif,prf,prg,reg,scf,scr,sct,shb,shs,url,vb,vbe,vbs, wsc,wsf,wsh
Location: HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSExchangeWeb\OWA
Value: Level1MIMETypes
Type: REG_SZ
Value Data: application/hta,x-internet-signup,application/javascript,application/x-javascript, text/javascript,application/msaccess,application/prg, text/scriptlet
Location: HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSExchangeWeb\OWA
Value: Level2FileTypes
Type: REG_SZ
Value Data:
ade,adp,asx,bas,bat,chm,cmd,com,cpl,crt,exe,hlp,hta,htm,html,htc, inf,ins,isp,js,jse,lnk,mda,mdb,mde,mdz,mht,mhtml,msc,msi,msp,mst, pcd,pif,prf,reg,scf,scr,sct,shb,shs,shtm,shtml,stm,url,vb,vbe,vbs, wsc,wsf,wsh,xml,dir,dcr,plg,spl,swf
Location: HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSExchangeWeb\OWA
Value: Level2MIMETypes
Type: REG_SZ
Value Data: text/xml,application/xml,application/hta,text/html, application/octet-stream,application/x-shockwave-flash, application/futuresplash,application/x-director
In addition to this level of attachment blocking, OWA 2003 enables you to selectively block attachments for users based on how they are accessing OWA. For example, for security, bandwidth, or other reasons, you might wish to block attachments for users who access OWA from the Internet (e.g., via a front-end server) while allowing full access to attachments for users accessing OWA from your private network (e.g., directly via the backend server). To do this, you need to add the following new entry to the registry(ies) of your OWA server(s).
Location: HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSExchangeWeb\OWA
Value: DisableAttachments
Type: REG_DWORD
Value Data: 0, 1, or 2 (dec)
DisableAttachments is not present or is set to
0, the standard Level 1/Level 2 attachment blocking is performed. When
Disable Attachments is set to
1, all attachments are blocked. If you set
DisableAttachments to
2, attachments not blocked by Level 1/Level 2 blocking are allowed on back-end servers but not on front-end servers.
While you may not have heard of freedocs, chances are you have used them before. If you have ever dragged and dropped a document or a file directly into an Exchange folder (as opposed to attaching it to a message or post), you have used freedocs. Freedocs is the term given to stand-alone data in the information store. Because the dropped file is not an attachment of a message, it is considered a "free document" or a freedoc.
Freedocs are not new to Exchange 2003; they were present in all prior versions of Exchange. For example, in Exchange 2000, freedocs became accessible via OWA URLs (e.g., http://ex2k3/public/training/exchange2003/intro_to_e2k3.doc). What is new to Exchange 2003 (as part of Secure by Default) is the ability to control access to freedocs through these OWA URLs. Here is a registry entry you can add to your OWA servers to control access.
Location: HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSExchangeWeb\OWA
Value: EnableFreedocs
Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 0, 1, 2, or 3 (dec)
EnableFreedocs is not present or is set to 0, freedocs are completely blocked in OWA. Because the value is not present by default, freedocs are blocked out-of-the-box in OWA. When
EnableFreedocs is set to 1, freedocs are accessible only when accessed directly via a backend server; freedocs will not be accessible to OWA users connecting through a front-end server. If you set the value to 2, freedocs will be accessible from back-end servers and from any front-end server configured with a Host Header entry that matches the following registry on the back-end server.
Location: HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSExchangeWeb\OWA
Value: AcceptedAttachmentFrontEnds
Type: REG_SZ
Value: comma-delimited list of FE servers, e.g., www.something.com,www.somethingelse.com
Finally, when
EnableFreedocs is set to 3, freedocs are accessible to all OWA users.
Enhanced Segmentation
Exchange 2000 Service Pack 2 introduced a new feature called OWA segmentation. OWA segmentation, which is described in Microsoft Knowledge Base article 311154 (among other places), enables administrators to selectively enable and disable specific OWA features. OWA can be segmented or a per-user or per-server basis, with user settings taking precedence over server settings. There are a variety of reasons to segment OWA; for example, some organizations do not want users to have access to all OWA features because of security reasons or training concerns. Monetary reasons also exist -- application service providers that sell hosted Exchange services may want to segment OWA and sell both a lite version and a fullfeatured version of OWA. This is sometimes referred to as tiered licensing or provisioning
. Per-server segmentation is performed by adding a specific hexadecimal value to the registry of the mailbox server, as shown here.
Location: HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSExchangeWeb\OWA
Value: DefaultMailboxFolderSet
Type: REG_DWORD
Value Data: See Table 10.1
Per-user segmentation is performed by configuring the
msExch MailboxFolderSet attribute in Active Directory. This is an attribute of all mailbox-enabled users. In Exchange 2000, this attribute did not exist prior to Service Pack 2. To segment OWA you had to manually extend the Active Directory schema using OWASCHEMA.VBS, which added this attribute. Because this was a manual process, it is possible that your Exchange 2000 forest does not contain this attribute. However, as soon as Exchange 2003 FORESTPREP is performed, this attribute will be added.
DefaultMailboxFolderSet and
msExchMailboxFolderSet are decimal values based on the bit masks shown in Table 10-1. Each bit mask corresponds to an individual OWA feature. Create a list of the features you want to enable, and add together their bit mask values. Then enter this sum as the decimal value in the registry or in Active Directory. Many of these values existed in Exchange 2000 Service Pack 2 and later; values that are new to Exchange 2003 have a checkmark in the New to Exchange 2003 column.
Once you have added all of the hex values, enter the sum in the appropriate place. For example, if you want to enable access to only the Messaging and Calendar features, you would use the following formula:
0x00000001 (Messaging)
+ 0x00000002 (Calendar)
You would then enter
0x00000003 in the registry or in Active Directory, depending on where you want to configure this.
Table 10-1 OWA Segmentation Values
|Exchange Feature
|Bit Mask Value (Hex)
|New to Exchange 2003
|All Features
|Junk E-mail
|New Mail
|Public Folders
|Rich Client
|Search Folders
|Spell Check
Enabling Public Folder Replies
By design, unless you are accessing OWA through a front-end server (and not directly via a back-end server), you will not be able to use the Reply, Reply All, or Forward functions for messages contained in public folders. While you'll be able to reply to and forward all messages in your mailbox regardless of how you access OWA, unless you go through an Exchange 2003 front-end server, you will not be able to take these actions for public folder messages.
In addition to these restrictions, by default there is a 2MB limit for all messages sent via a reply or forward action. You can override this limit by adding the following registry entry to your front-end servers, which specifies the allowable maximum size.
Location: HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSExchange\OWA
Value: maxPFReplyForwardSize
Type: REG_DWORD
Value Data: X
For the
maxPFReplyForwardSize entry,
X is the maximum size you want to set in kilobytes.
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About the author: Scott Schnoll, an Expert on SearchExchange.com, is an MCT, MCSA and a long-time Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP).
In addition to writing "Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Distilled," he is a co-author of the upcoming "Exchange 2003 Resource Kit from Microsoft Press" and lead author for "Exchange 2000 Server: The Complete Reference."
Scott has written numerous articles for Exchange & Outlook Magazine, and is a regular speaker at Microsoft conferences, including MEC and TechEd, as well as industry conferences such as Comdex and MCP TechMentor, where he covers topics such as Exchange, clustering, Internet Information Services and security.


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Eligibility: International
City: Los Angeles
State: California
Fee: $20.00
Event Dates: 2/15/2017 – 1/31/2018
Entry Deadline: 11/15/16
CPSA introduced the Explore This! exhibition in 2001 to encourage artists to explore using colored pencil with other media. The exhibition also allows three-dimensional structure, bas relief, collage and other applications not eligible for entry in the CPSA International Exhibition.
The first four Explore This! exhibitions were held in art galleries. Then in 2009, Explore This! became an annual online exhibition so that artists would have the opportunity to present their work to a broader audience and increase exposure time, since each exhibition remains on the CPSA website for an entire year.
Accepted entries are also printed in the June issue of the full-color news magazine, To The Point, which CPSA publishes twice a year and distributes to its members, and cash and product awards are given. In addition, the top three winners are invited to ship their work for display at the next CPSA International Exhibition.


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By TJ Ola, guest writer
Australian indie pop band Sheppard is a six-member line-up, made up of George Sheppard (piano and lead vocals), Amy Sheppard (Vocals), Michael Butler (lead guitarist), Jay Bovino (songwriter and rhythm guitarist), Emma Sheppard (bass and backing vocals) and Dean Gordon (drums). In 2009, Sheppard began as a duo of George and Amy Sheppard. Then in 2011, Jay Bovino (George's friend from Sydney) joined. By 2012, their six-member line-up had formed and they established their own record label, Empire of Song.
In August 2012 Sheppard released a self-titled five-track EP. By September that year, they had performed at festivals in London, South Africa and United States. In July 2013, the EP peaked at No. 18 on the ARIA Singles Chart, and its lead track Let Me Down Easy was nominated for Best Independent Release at the ARIA Music Awards of 2013. In February 2014, Sheppard released the second single Geronimo, which is the lead track of their debut studio album, Bombs Away which was released in July 2014.
Bombs Away is an 11-track album that delivers magnificent and unforgettable songs that are delightful that ooze with emotions. The song Geronimo possesses extravagant vocals and catchy lyrics. Seriously, once you hear this song you cannot get it out of your head, and that's a good thing because it's absolutely amazing. The next couple of tracks, especially Something's Missing, have astounding harmonies; there is definitely a great fusion from the lead male and female singers, George and Amy Sheppard. These People is a fantastic, motivating song about keep following your dream, even though you come across people who push you around and tell you that your dreams aren't going to come true. The rest of the album has more of an indie pop vibe. If the songs were people, they would be cheerful, vibrant and happy.
A Grade Playa, Smile, The Best Is Yet To Come, This Electric Feeling, Find Someone and Lingering are all songs about different stages in a relationship and the perspectives from a man and woman. There is definitely a story when you combine these songs together, it is amazing that Sheppard did that because it's much more interesting and this is why you should buy the whole album rather than pick out songs individually. The concluding track, Halfway to Hell, has a wild-western kind of vibe. There's a dark theme, and once again catchy lyrics. This song is empowering and an extraordinary ending to a phenomenal album. Bombs Away earned Sheppard nominations for Album of the Year, Best Group, Best Independent Release, and Best Pop Release at the 2014 ARIA Music Awards.
Overall, Bombs Away exceeded my expectations and is an album that I'll listen to on Spotify for a very long time. I think that each track on this album has the potential to be a smash hit. Toby Creswell from Rolling Stone Australia gave the album four stars and said "Sheppard…could go all the way." This is only Sheppard's debut album and it's absolutely fantastic, I can't wait on what they produce in the future. Listeners of indie-pop, Ed Sheeran, AJR, American Authors and MKTO will definitely like this album. 9/10.


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Join celebrity host, Jermaine Dye, Chicago White Sox, 2005 World Series MVP for an evening of fun followed by a day of golf.
The event begins Sunday night with a pre-tournament party at Lucky Strike, Chicago. Join us for an evening of fun, music and entertainment.
Tee it up on Monday at the Beverly Country Club in Chicago for 18 holes of fabulous and challenging golf. Join celebrities from sports, media and entertainment (one celebrity per foursome) as we raise money for children in need of reconstructive surgery.


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World Open Equipped Powerlifting Championships
Dear ladies and gentlemen
In about one month, we will have the Open Equipped World Powerlifting Championships in Pilsen, Czech Republic. We will also have our yearly general assembly at this championship. On behalf of the IPF and my
colleagues from the Executive Board we welcome all of you. One more year is now over and we made again monumental steps forward. The major step forward was the recognition by FISU this year.
Now we are looking forward to organize for next year a University World Championships with the confidence
that we may be able to take part at the next World University Games in 2019. Next year we will organize a Sports for All Championship in Luxembourg. The Sport for All competition will have a unified competition with Special Olympic athletes and IPF lifters. This event will act as a test event for the Special Olympic World Games in Dubai, As part of the Sport of All competition, we will have a competition for blind lifters and possibly Paralympic athletes as well. We will call the competition the Sports for All World Competition. This will be the first event like this organized by the IPF Sports for all Commission. The reason is to show the World that Powerlifting is a "sport for all" and also to show that our Sports for All Commission is actually working.
I hope and I expect to receive the necessary support from our member federations as this is part of our IOC recognition requirements, demonstrating our Sports for All Commission is working. We are
looking to have unified teams of SOI/IPF lifters from the same nation. We have different nations that we will add the teams together -- SOI lifter from one nation and IPF from another nation. We will also be happy to work with member federations that have blind lifters. We will be finalizing the project in Pilsen and we will announcement to you there. Thank you very much and look forward to seeing you in Pilsen.
Best regards,
Gaston Parage
IPF President


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This Friday Night marks our 6th screening with the ever amazing Sacramento Film and Music Festival and our third year in a row! It's been amazing! The Umbrella Factory and Jack the Ripper both screened in 2013. Haunting of the White Sparrow followed in 2014. Now, our short film adaption of the Jules Verne classic, Around the World in 80 Days, will screen this weekend!
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Faced with shrinking contributions and shaky returns, 529 college-savings plans are dangling a new carrot to attract wary parents: exchange-traded funds.
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My name is Suzanne and this is my story...
Twenty years. It seems like a long time doesn't it? And yet, it also seems like a short time. On the 29th of January I remembered the twentieth anniversary of my husband's death. Surprisingly, it was a day full of remembering him with joy and love, and then it turned into a celebration of God's very great goodness and faithfulness to me in all that time. We would have been married fifty years in April. I have never remarried or even thought about it. I guess you could say that the Lord became my husband. He's done a very good job!
When I needed a hug, He made sure I got one. Either from someone He sent to me, or by hugging my heart with His comfort and promises. I had always hated the word "widow". To me, it meant someone lonely and poor and cast aside. In all actuality, it can mean exactly that. We definitely live in a couple's world. Advertisements are geared to that. Movies are usually about the great love affair between two people. I had to learn to grow past that and past broken dreams and pain to discover who I really am underneath it all.
I was a wife and a mother and suddenly my biggest job was no longer there.
Our "together" dreams for the future seemed buried, and the "team" that I was on, had dwindled to one. I knew that I had to hear God differently, and see Him differently. He had some big shoes to fill.
Shortly after my husband died, I had decided to go to church. It was a cold, rainy, February morning. It was my first time back and my daughter and I had recently begun attending a new church, so I knew no one there. The church was always crowded and the parking lot was a mess. The attendants usually directed you to the "upper" lot where you had to stand until a shuttle came to pick you up. I observed the parking lot attendant pointing everyone to the shuttle lot. Discouraged and sad, I said, "Lord, You promised to be my husband. My husband would have dropped me off at the front door." As my eyes lifted, I realized that the parking attendant was right in front of me, with a smile on his face, and kindness in his eyes, and he directed me to the lot where the church entrance was. I was stunned. I was even more stunned when I realized that there was one parking place left-right next to the door. Needless to say, I cried throughout the whole service at the tender heart of God, and His commitment to be my Husband, and realizing that He knew what that meant. (Isaiah 54:5)
I can promise you that God is a wonderful provider, a wonderful counselor, a patient and loving husband. As I learned to rely on that truth, my life definitely changed for the better. One morning as I was praying, he took me farther into Isaiah 54. It said, "For the mountains depart and the hills may be removed, But My Kindness will not depart from You, Nor shall my covenant of peace be broken. I will have mercy on you."
It's easy to sing God's praises when the mountains stand strong and steady. It's a sacrifice at times when they're moving; when you can't find sturdy ground to stand on. Learning to know Him as He really wants to be for you, to understand that where you are is where He has a miracle waiting for you. That is the gift that you receive when you choose to trust Him anyway, even though...
Twenty years. Twenty years of kindness without exception. Twenty years of growing in knowing how magnificent my heavenly Husband really is.
Some of us pray and think like widows. We pray from a point of lack, of need, or problem after problem. We seem to forget that we have a heavenly Husband. Isn't it time to stop that? Isn't it time to pray like the Bride of Christ, whose husband is the God of the whole earth, the Lord of Hosts?
Well, isn't it?
Power Thought:
Marriage is a wonderful covenant. God thought it up so He knows exactly how to be a husband to the widow, or a father to the fatherless. Trust Him. He's magnificent.
Suzanne, Marietta GA, 2017
Check out Suzanne's blog, http://httpsuzannerobertsblogblogspotcob.blogspot.com and book, "It's Time to Power Up!"
My name is Jan and this is my story...
My husband, Dan and I were married March 8, 2008. Dan was diagnosed with a rare blood cancer right after we were married. We were told by doctors that the cancer was very slow moving and that he would live a full life. But that wasn't the case. The cancer morphed into full blown leukemia. I watched this strong, vivacious man wither into a small skeleton of a person. As I watched him die, I began dying with him. He passed away on October 15, 2013.
After his death, I completely detached from life. I was a dead woman walking – completely numb. Feeling nothing. I was void of all emotions – no anger, sadness, frustration, loneliness, joy, or hope. No tears, no laughter. I was just going through the motions. I remember waking up each day and saying to myself, "if I can do at least one thing today… eat? Take a shower?... that would be a good thing. I felt completely alone.
I was sitting in Shabbat services one Saturday and the LORD spoke to me and said, "your life is not over." That same day a woman came up behind me, tapped me on the shoulder, and said, "your life is not over. Dan died, but you did not. It's not over." It was God confirming that He had a plan, a purpose, and a calling on my life – which turned out to be Widows Cause.
It was Shari, the founder of this ministry that had tapped me on the shoulder. October 2014. I moved in with Shari and another widow and the first Beth Hannah home was born. Through the outpouring of love, prayer and ministry from these women, others and of course Holy Spirit, I began to come alive again.
The numbness started melting away. It began as just a tingling but eventually I could feel everything – good, and not so good. I could cry and laugh again. I was like Lazarus, only I had been dead much longer than 4 days!
Now, Widows Cause is my passion. I FEEL the pain and suffering of widows globally, in America, and right here in Colorado. My purpose and calling is to serve, pray for, and minister to the broken-hearted widow however the LORD leads. To help bring these women back to life!
Just like I have!!
Jan, Denver, CO, 2016
My name is Mae and this is my story…
I am a 52 year old widow who lost my husband to cancer in May of 2013. It has been one of the most devastating things I've ever endured in my whole life! When the Lord says "the two shall become one" He means it! My husband did everything for me including driving me around wherever I had to go, as I did not know how to drive. In the midst of it all I can say the LORD has truly been good to me. God has been so kind to me. He has given me the gift of worship! In the midst of my husband's battle, worship was the thing that God used to sustain me, to put my feet one in front of the other to make it through each hour of every day! There were so many songs He used to minister to us and strengthen us. I can tell you if it had not been for the Lord I would not have made it this far!
After my husband passed I was completely shattered and I did not think I would make it! God has this really funny awesome way of bringing just what you need when you need it! So many deserted me and I was alone and afraid. I had no support, not even from the church.
God however is very clear about His heart toward the widows. I had a wonderful lady who I go to church with that I didn't know very well at all come into my life at that time.
In 2011 God gave her a vision for a ministry for widows. She prayed through it and even shelved it for a while. In 2013 God brought it back to her even stronger. God told her He was calling her out for such a time as this! She asked of the LORD, "what do you want me to do? I don't have the resources. Something like this will take so much!" He clearly told her, "don't worry about what you can't do, focus on what you can do." The first thing God had her do was teach me how to drive. It was the beginning of Widows Cause International.
Since partnering with WCI, the LORD has continued to show me His faithfulness in both spiritual and practical ways. As I told you in the beginning, I had to learn to drive and there was a lot of fear surrounding that. God gave me the strength to do just that!
On January 2, 2016, just four days shy of my second year driving anniversary, I was in a car accident hit from behind. God made the damage minimal to me, but my car was totaled. Since I had an older car, you can imagine what my insurance covered for it. Through WCI God provided for me. This was an amazing God story the way it all unfolded and you could truly see God's finger print all along the way.
He has sustained for me and provided for me all along the way. Truly His grace has been sufficient for me!
- Mae, Denver, CO 2016
VP, Widows Cause International


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Step 1 - Remove Stuff
The first thing I did was remove the battery clip. I never intend to run it on battery power, and I don't have room for one in the housing I made, so bye-bye. Also removed the craptacular momentary switch that worked the original pedal. I left the wires attached to the board to use for the new switch.
Step 2 - Remove More Stuff, Ridicule Plastic Jacks
I bought a solder sucker to remove the huge wads of solder that were holding the input jacks to the board. They really are terrible. After looking at them I couldn't believe they actually work. Thats probably why all the parts I bought cost as much as the actual pedal.
Step 3 - Add Respectable Footswitch
Use a momentary switch. I'm not sure what a latching switch would do if you used one. But whatever makes the pedal stay on after you hit the switch is in the electronics, not in the switch itself.
Step 4 - Time Warp and Swearing at Inanimate Objects
You get the idea. I soldered leads to the new jacks, foot switch and power supply jack, and then soldered everything to the board in what I believe to be the correct places. I think the soldering iron I used was from the 60's. That's not an excuse for anything, it's just a fun fact.
Step 5 - Close Up of the Guts
Orange, green and white are the input jack. Yellow and purple are the output jack. Red and black are the power supply jack. Foot switch is soldered to the old leads on the other side of the board.
That's about all for now. Tomorrow I'll cram everything into the housing and see if it burns my house down when I turn it on. My one concern at this point is the plastic case - the effect might be noisy since there is no metal shielding the electronics. I'll also make a list of links to the places where I got all my hardware for this little project. Until then, have fun.