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I don't even need to post rebuttals, the quotes speak for themselves. Thanks/eternal curses to Jane, you ignorant slut for the original link. Before this blog, I was unaware that:
No woman is heterosexual. What men call heterosexuality is an institution where men make women captive for PIV, to control our reproductive functions and steal our labour. Heterosexuality, or sexuality with men does not exist, because the only relationship to men that exists is men's violence, physical and mental invasion – one that men have so well crafted and disguised for so long that we can mistake it for attraction, sexual urges or love. All women's "attraction" to men is 100% eroticised trauma bonding / stockholm syndrome. There is no other form of attraction to men possible than that. None. Any woman "sexually" or "sentimentally" attached to a man is ONLY trauma-bonded to him. This is a universal rule under patriarchy.
Men are mutants. And not cool X-Men mutants, either.
. . . compared to men, women simply seem to have a fully functioning brain (or far better functioning than men at least). This fits to the fact that women are genetically the default human, and men a maled mutation from women. The mutation process clearly generates a deteriorated version of the original – the question is whether this mutation is accidental or actually serves the purpose of maximising the reproduction of male species by turning their brains and bodies into potential rape-machines, which is certainly the effect of male attributes on the brain and body.
PIV is an act of violence that only causes harm (pregnancy = harm). And if you like it you were brainwashed.
As FCM pointed out some time ago, intercourse is inherently harmful to women and intentionally so, because it causes pregnancy in women. The purpose of men enforcing intercourse regularly (as in, more than once a month) onto women is because it's the surest way to cause pregnancy and force childbearing against our will, and thereby gain control over our reproductive powers. There is no way to eliminate the pregnancy risk entirely off PIV and the mitigating and harm-reduction practices such as contraception and abortion are inherently harmful, too. Reproductive harms of PIV range from pregnancy to abortion, having to take invasive, or toxic contraception, giving birth, forced child bearing and rearing and all the complications that go with them which may lead up to severe physical and emotional damage, disability, destitution, illness, or death.
If we compare this to even the crappiest online definition of violence: "behaviour involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something". Bingo. It fits: Pregnancy = may hurt, damage or kill. Intercourse = a man using his physical force to penetrate a woman. Intention / purpose of the act of intercourse = to cause pregnancy. PIV is therefore intentional harm / violence. Intentional sexual harm of a man against a woman through penile penetration = RAPE.
The pleasure we experience during intercourse isn't natural, but groomed. Men teach us how to instantaneously associate the fear, pain and/or invasion of the penetration to clitoral stimulation, so we dissociate from it – cut it off – and think it's pleasurable.
It's also unnatural. I can only assume that all the animals that mate in this way (i.e. pretty much all mammals) are a part of the patriarchy.
The fact intercourse causes so many infections and tears and warts attests to the unnaturalness of intercourse, that it's not meant to be. The vagina's primary function isn't to be penetrated by a penis but to eject a baby for birth. They are two muscle tissues / sphincters pressed against each other to help the baby be pushed out. Penetration of the penis into the vagina is completely unnecessary for conception.
And finally, women are magic.
I'm pretty sure that we'd have loads more healing, psychic, telepathic and other transcendental superpowers were we not crippled from birth by men, and that men have reduced our powers generation after generation of genocide.
I know as a matter of fact that some women do have the capacity to communicate with plants and trees and living beings in different ways, they ask the plant what kind of healing powers she has and the plant may reply, if she wants to.
This has been such a learning experience, you guys. I'm gonna go talk to some plants now.


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Scotteferguson needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 76 designs submitted by 18 freelance designers.
HeroDynamix is a technology-based company offering geographic marketing strategies intended to enhance your marketing efforts through GIS. We use GIS(Geographic Information Systems) as the backbone of our technology. We help clients visualize their marketing efforts through the use of maps. The concept of GIS was invented by ESRI. This concept is similar to Google maps where the use of relevant information is overlayed onto a basemap. There can be one or many layers needed to convey a particular scenario. Specific information about any object on the map can be queried and displayed. We have provided interactive websites that show client territories or store locations. We have provided custom driving directions from a home to a store location. We offer full mapping solutions, from collecting data to serving it on the web. Our GIS consulting can be used within any company looking to provide more intelligence behind their data...this could literally be any company!
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We are looking for a clean, professional logo. We have used our current logo for 2 years now and want to come up with something that is completely original, but not too outrageous. Something that gives strength, but not overpowering. Our company name has received plenty of positive feedback. It would be nice to have a logo icon that be as memorable as our name. Use these words when conceptualizing a logo... Location, Map, Dynamic, Hero.
We use green and shades of gray for our current logo. I'd like to use the same color schemes but would be open to other colors if they really fit the logo schema. I'd like to have a logo design that looks as good in black & white as it does in color.
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My friend and former business partner died a couple weeks ago. 32 days after he was told he would. The doc had told him his body was wracked with cancer. So in a New York minute, it was done. He was gone.
As I thought about him over the past month of his life, I wondered what he was thinking as he lay there knowing he was dying.
Did he look over his life with any regrets? If so, what were they? What did he wish he wouldn't have done? What did he wish he would have tried? If it were me in his shoes -- basically just waiting around to die -- what would I regret about my own life? And more to the point, what would you?
Yes, I tell you this story for a reason...
If you're reading this, then you're alive. You still have a chance to make a difference. As entrepreneurs, you and I have the opportunity to change the world.
Now does that mean we have to go off and build the next Google or Apple? Or solve poverty and world hunger? No.
Bill Gates is an entrepreneur trying to change the world. Now, I'm not going to debate whether you like Microsoft or not. Yes, I know -- I've pushed that darn reboot button more times than I can count too. But that's not the point.
The point is Bill is an unshakable entrepreneur driven to make a difference in this world. Whether he is founding a behemoth software company or radically changing an entire culture by saving the lives of children. This guy is a rock star entrepreneur building an unbelievable legacy. Not only as a business guy -- but also as a husband, father and philanthropist.
Now, I know you may not have all the skill sets or resources of Bill Gates. But that doesn't matter.
You're alive. You're an entrepreneur. You still have a chance.
You can build your own legacy. You can change the world. Even if it's just the world of your own family, friends and customers.
It's up to us my friend. So let's stop being afraid of stepping out. Let's start being bold in taking chances on our ideas and dreams. Let's not reach the end and look back with regrets.
So what's my friend's legacy? I don't know... and that's what scares me.
Are you an entrepreneur?
If you don't know me, I'm Eric.
Husband, father & life-long entrepreneur...
If you're an entrepreneur, let's connect.
You can find me at Mighty Wise Media and my email is: eric at mightywisemedia dot com. You can shoot me yours right here so we can chat, okay?
And remember, don't be afraid to step out and make a difference. :-)


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President Obama is getting help with his Afghanistan policy from couple of heavy hitters who once sought the office he holds, but he gets no quarter from a White House veteran who won't be silenced: Dick Cheney.
John Kerry -- from his position as Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman -- and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are trying to put back together the Humpty Dumpty of U.S.-Afghanistan strategy. In the tradition of carrot-and-stick U.S. diplomacy, Kerry was pushed Afghan President Hamid Karzai into accepting a November 7 election run-off with challenger Abdullah Abdullah, while Clinton is the administration's main proponent of Gen. Stanley McChrystal's request for more troops.
The Clinton-Kerry tag team may be aimed at presenting the image of power, but former Vice President Cheney sees somethig else. In his harshest broadside yet, Cheney accused Obama of "dithering" on Afghanistan and being "afraid" to commit to the troop surge recommended by McChrystal.
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There's no surprise in the opposition party criticizing the incumbent president, but this time, the blistering language was especially jarring. George W. Bush has kept the promise he made shortly after Obama entered the White House -- that his successor "deserves my silence," but Cheney? Not so much.
Widely seen as the most powerful vice president in U.S. history, Cheney has been a tough critic of Obama's national security policies. However, the latest round of criticism on Afghanistan may come back to haunt him. The administration he served did some dithering of its own, switching focus early on from Afghanistan to Iraq and then dragging its feet in the face of an intense insurgency.
In fact, the political nature of what to do, finally in Iraq, was exposed in November 2006. The day after an election in which the Republicans lost their twelve-year congressional majority was when Bush finally canned Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who had defied his generals' calls for more troops. Rumsfeld's refusal to mount a surge in Iraq not only took a huge toll on the ground, it helped drag down GOP popularity at home. Newt Gingrich declared that, had Bush dismissed Rumsfeld two weeks before the election, Republicans might have held onto at least one chambers.
Even after Rumsfeld was replaced by Robert Gates and Gen. David Petraeus was freed to implement the surge, it was still a good six more months before the components were put in place to start restoring order in Iraq. As tough as Democrats' rhetoric was on the Bush administration in 2005 and 2006, imagine the uproar if one of them had called the commander-in-chief not "hesitant" or "overly cautious," but "afraid." Imagine what Cheney's own reaction to such rhetoric would have been.
Criticism of Obama on his Afghanistan policy is fair game -- from either the right (more troops are needed) or left (time to cut losses and get out). For that matter, there may be a third option. Regardless, currently in-office Republicans might pause before echoing Cheney's language that the president is "afraid." Second-guessing decisions on war and peace is both incredibly easy and reckless.
As a member of the opposition, Dick Cheney can hardly be expected to join Kerry or Clinton in offering constructive advice to Obama. But does he truly believe that he is helping the troops by using the language of cowardice against their commander-in-chief?
New York writer Robert A. George blogs at Ragged Thots. Follow him on Twitter.


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What's better than programming a GPU with a high-level, Haskell-embedded DSL (domain-specific-language)? Well, perhaps writing portable CPU/GPU programs that utilize both pieces of silicon—with dynamic load-balancing between them—would fit the bill.
This is one of the heterogeneous programming scenarios supported by our new meta-par packages. A draft paper can be found here, which explains the mechanism for building parallel schedulers out of "mix-in" components. In this post, however, we will skip over that and take a look at CPU/GPU programming specifically.
This post assumes familiarity with the monad-par parallel programming library, which is described in this paper.
Getting StartedFirst, we install the just-released meta-par-accelerate package:
cabal install c2hs cabal install meta-par-accelerateIf you have CUDA 4.1 installed, then just remove the "-f-cuda" (or remove the entire middle line). And then we import the following module:
This provides a scheduler for (Accelerate GPU-EDSL) + (monad-par multicore CPU) scheduling: It also reexports the ParAccelerate type class which provides the ability to launch GPU computations from within a Par computation.
import Control.Monad.Par.Meta.AccSMP
Next, we also import Accelerate itself to so that we can express Acc computations that can run on the GPU:
(By the way, this blog post is an executable literate Haskell file that can be found here.)
import Data.Array.Accelerate
import Data.Array.Accelerate.CUDA as CUDA
Now we are ready to create a trivial Accelerate computation:
This creates a ten element one-dimensional array, and then sums up the elements. We could run this directly using CUDA, which would print out Array (Z) [33.0]. That's just Accelerate's fancy way of saying "33.0"—a scalar is a zero-dimensional array. Here's how we invoke Accelerate/CUDA:
triv :: Acc (Scalar Float)
triv = let arr = generate (constant (Z :. (10::Int)))
(\ i -> 3.3 )
in fold (+) 0 arr
If we are inside a Par computation, on the other hand, we simply use runACC or runAccWith:
runDirect = print (CUDA.run triv)
The former uses the default Accelerate implementation. The latter specifies which Accelerate implementation to use. After all, there should ultimately be several: OpenCL, CUDA, plus various CPU backends. (In the future, we plan to add the ability to change the default Accelerate backend either at the runPar site, or statically. Stay tuned for that. But for now just use runAccWith.)
runWPar1 = print (runPar (runAcc triv))
runWPar2 = print (runPar (runAccWith CUDA.run triv))
The reader might protest that it is possible to use CUDA.run directly within a Par computation, so why go to the extra trouble? The advantage of using runAcc is that it informs the Par scheduler of what's going on. The scheduler can therefore execute other work on the CPU core that would otherwise be waiting for the GPU. An application could achieve the same effect by creating a dedicated thread to talk to the GPU, but that wouldn't jive well with a pure computation (forkIO), and it's easier to let meta-par handle it anyway.
The second benefit of integrated scheduling is that the scheduler can automatically divide work between the CPU and GPU. Eventually, when there are full-featured, efficient CPU-backends for Accelerate, this will happen transparently. For now you need to use unsafeHybrid described in the next section. Finally, our soon-forthcoming CPU/GPU/Distributed schedulers can make more intelligent decisions if they know where all the calls to GPU computations occur.
Hybrid CPU/GPU workloads.The meta-par and meta-par-accelerate packages, as currently released, include a generalized work-stealing infrastructure. The relevant point for our purposes here, is that the CPU and GPU can each steal work from one another. Work-stealing is by no means the most sophisticated CPU/GPU partitioning on the scene. Much literature has been written on the subject, and it can get quite sophisticated (for example, modeling memory transfer time). However, as on regular multicores, work-stealing provides an admirable combination of simplicity and efficacy. For example, if a given program runs much better on the CPU or the GPU, respectively, then that device will end up doing more of the work.
In the current release, we use unsafeHybridWith, documented here, to spawn a task with two separate implementations—one CPU and one GPU—leaving the scheduler to choose between them. Here's a silly example:
hybrid :: Par (IVar Float)
hybrid = unsafeHybridWith CUDA.run (`indexArray` Z)
(return 33.0, triv)
The call to unsafeHybridWith is passed a task that consists of a separate CPU (return 33.0) and GPU (triv) component. We must guarantee that the two computations yield the same result (hence the "unsafe" moniker). The indexArray bit is a conversion function that converts the result from the GPU computation to a type that matches the result from the CPU alternative.
runHybrid = print (runPar (hybrid >>= get))
Typically, you would write a recursive algorithm like the following:
-- | Recursive mergesort that bottoms out to CPU or GPU:
parSort :: Vector Int -> Par (Vector Int)
parSort vec =
if length vec <= threshold
then unsafeHybridWith CUDA.run undefined
(cpuSort vec, gpuSort vec) >>= get
else let n = (length vec) `div` 2
(l, r) = splitAt n vec
in do lf <- spawn_ (parSort l)
r' <- parSort r
l' <- get lf
parMerge l' r'
The user of this API still has to make some tough decisions. Setting the threshold determines the granularity at which work will be farmed out between the CPU and GPU. To achieve effective load balance, the problem must be subdivided into sufficiently small pieces to deal with the slower rate at which the CPU may complete work items. Further, in this particular example the GPU may not have enough memory to process the entire array, meaning that the problem must be subdivided at least until it fits in memory.
parMerge :: Vector Int -> Vector Int -> Par (Vector Int)
cpuSort :: Vector Int -> Par (Vector Int)
gpuSort :: Vector Int -> Acc (Array DIM1 Int)
threshold :: Int
On the other hand, subdividing the problem further means more round trips through the GPU, more driver calls, synchronization. In this particular example the total volume of data transferred is the same (it's linear), but for other algorithms that may not be the case.
Notes for HackersIf you want to work with the github repositories, you need to have GHC 7.4 and the latest cabal-install (0.14.0). You can check everything out here:
Try make mega-install-gpu if you already have CUDA installed on your machine. Explore the README's here and here for more information.
git clone git://github.com/simonmar/monad-par.git --recursive
Nightly TestingThe GPU-programming portions of meta-par require the latest and greatest GHC (7.4). Their nightly testing results are on a Jenkins instance here. The Jenkins setup tests Linux and Windows. Mac OS we test regularly on our laptops, but don't have a Jenkins instance for yet.
The core meta-par package and the original monad-par package do not depend on any recent GHC additions. Nightly testing results for those packages, on GHC 6.12, 7.0, and 7.2, can be found here.
Appendix: Documentation LinksBecause Hackage can't always build documentation for packages with foreign dependencies, here are some documentation links for the relevant packages:
- abstract-par
- abstract-par-accelerate
- meta-par
- meta-par-accelerate
- accelerate
- accelerate-io
- accelerate-cuda


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Council to discuss Lakeview Commons rules
Events at Lakeview Commons could fall under a new set of guidelines under a proposal that will be in front of the South Lake Tahoe City Council on Tuesday.
The guidelines are modeled after the city's event guidelines approved in April 2012, according to a city staff report. The guidelines would limit the number of people at events at the popular recreation spot at El Dorado Beach to 2,000.
Under the draft guidelines, businesses and residents within 300 feet of a event would be notified if more than 501 attendees are anticipated at an event, or if amplified music or road closures are expected.
Sound would be required to stay under 95 decibels, be limited to 10 a.m. to one hour after sunset and a list of entertainers would need to be provided to the city no later than 30 days prior to an event under the guidelines.
Rental fees for the area would range from $500 to $1,000 depending on the size of the event and the number of people expected. Applicants may request sponsorship from the city for non-profit events and those benefiting the community, under the proposal.
The City Council meets starting at 9 a.m. Tuesday at Lake Tahoe Airport, located at 1901 Airport Road.


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Gemma Arterton Gossip
Gemma Arterton gossip, latest news, photos, and video.
Idris Elba's open shirt
Someone emailed me this morning asking for some Friday "man candy" in the form of Idris Elba. Not going to lie and I don't mean to hurt feelings…but I hate this expression. Then these new shots showed up on the agency database and I thought, well, I guess I'm the asshole because using the word "man candy" evidently conjured a bare chested Idris Elba on set in London. Full Story
Shelfy's pre-honeymoon cock-block?
Justin Timberlake is in Puerto Rico shooting a new movie. It's his third, back to back. That's what Ryan Gosling did last year which, obviously, because it's Ryan Gosling. But Justin Timberlake? The acting of Justin Timberlake's acting is like the writing of Hilary Duff. Anyway, here's JT's fiancée at the beach yesterday showing off her sick body while her man is at work on Runner, Runner. Full Story
Smutty Tingles
Saturday Night Soho House/Grey Goose
It's where everyone ended up on Saturday night. Especially the Brits. Oh and Zach Galifianakis. And that new Spiderman kid Andrew Garfield. He's wonderful in Never Let Me Go but Laura, in real life, who is partial to Brits, wasn't feeling his hair. His hair isn't great. Having said that, it looked way better last night at the VMAs when he presented with Jesse Eisenberg and some other dude. Full Story
Jakey and the Russians
Jake Gyllenhaal was in Moscow to promote Prince of Persia with Gemma Arterton and Jerry Bruckheimer earlier this week. After completing their official duties, they hit up the club. And Jakey was promptly surrounded by the Russian club girls. The Russian club girls brought out the cutest Jakey ever. He's a . Full Story
Jakey was perfect
In London yesterday for the big splash premiere of Prince of Persia, Jake Gyllenhaal was at his best – no pants issues, so handsome, loose and relaxed, the most winning smile, and the 15 year old in me totally wants to be his girlfriend at the sight of these shots of him holding Gemma Arterton's hand and teasing her privately, making her giggle. Full Story
BAFTA Body: Gemma Arterton
Why Gemma Arterton? Because we can't see her bones. Can you say the same about 95% of other young actresses these days? Hell no. So some love for Gemma, yes? Yes. Gemma Arterton, who was in Bond for maybe 4 minutes, owned her curves in black at the BAFTAs. Gemma's body or Keira Knightley's body? Please. Full Story
Russian Red!
As mentioned the other day, am currently OBSESSED with Russians. Those who've screened Quantum of Solace say Olga Kurylenko is explosively sexy. Word is, between Bond girls in the new film, Olga > Gemma Arterton hands down and Olga certainly owned Gemma last night on the carpet. Full Story


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Joss Whedon may be stepping up and taking the blame for the many reported problems and retooling efforts on his new Fox series, Dollhouse (starring Eliza Dushku), which premieres on February 13, 2009, but I for one am not buying it.
In a recent interview with SFX Magazine, Whedon said, "The fact of the matter is that I've made some rookie mistakes � actually worse than rookie mistakes � about what I was doing with the show, especially considering that I've worked with Fox before. Looking back I go, '�Oh, of course they would have wanted this and I don't know why I thought they'd let me do that.' The hard part has been to find the show somewhere in between my intentions and their expectations; to still find the show that I wanted to make. We did that and now things are running smoothly, but whew, doggy."
I understand that Whedon is trying to downplay the show's reported problems and let fans know that things are back on track, but who can forget the mess Fox made of Firefly, the last Whedon television project. If you aren't aware, the network insisted on showing the episodes out of the order Whedon intended, and constantly fought with him over the dark mood of the series. They also had extended breaks during the season, where they placed other specials in Firefly's time-slot making it further difficult for fans to connect to the show. The issues between Whedon and Fox during that series is ultimately what led Joss to swear that he would never work with them again, which he hasn't since 2003.
The fact that Whedon came back to Fox for his new show, Dollhouse, made many fans believe that both had learned their lessons from past experiences, but Fox's decision to air the show in the Friday night slot-of-death makes me think otherwise. Once again, it appears that the Fox Execs want to get too involved in a genre that they seem to have very little understanding for.
Along with the adventure of the week formula (why does it always have to be about procedural vs serialized?) Whedon seems to be promising a serialized element. In the same SFX interview Whedon says, "I don't enjoy a show that only gets you to watch the next one; where they're trying to come up with something more outlandish every five minutes. I've always believed in a show where every episode contains something that's resolved and the mythology surrounding that becomes what the audience is interested in regardless. Its legitimate for [the network] to say, '�start out in this fashion where people can come on board anytime and then let the characters who inhabit the world take over the narrative gradually.' By Season 5 of '�Buffy,' you have a lot of backstory you need to know, but compared to Season 1 it's much more fulfilling and mature. But you need people to get there."
Although I wasn't necessarily a fan of Buffy or Angel, I certainly agree with Whedon here. I prefer the serialized drama's to the procedural, you-know-what's-next formula of so many other shows on television. But obviously, in order to be successful these days, a serial needs to start out with more of procedural element. Now if only Fox, and the other broadcast networks, would but out and give these shows a chance to find an audience we might have some great television on our hands. However, whether Dollhouse will fit in that category of 'great television' remains to be seen. Tune in on February 13, 2009 to judge for yourself.


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Neo-Solitaire Free is a card game designed with utmost care and efforts; it belongs to the big family of classic card games, one of the most popular games all over the world.
We develop this game with a whole new concept, so that it gives you a more smooth experience while playing. The animate features of dealing cards, at the beginning and the end of the game give you a totally different impression. Besides, we pay close attention to achieve simple and convenient operations; the menu at the lower side can hide automatically to allow players the biggest interface.
Support choosing one card or 3 cards;
Record operation steps;
Add Undone operation;
Prompt movable cards;
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Why Family Togetherness Matters
We all know that as kids get older, it's harder to connect with them. They're busy, they have a close personal relationship with their phone and computer, and friends trump mom and dad. But the long nights of winter provide a great opportunity to bond. Yes, we're talking games. Game night is one of the easiest ways for families to connect and build future memories. The options are endless (so there's bound to be something that appeals to even that too-bored-to-breathe teenager) and all you need is about hour. Here, seven reasons game night is one of the best traditions you should start—today—with your family.
Put Kids in Charge
Inviting your children to choose or create games for your family game night gives them a sense of control, something they may not experience in the rest of their lives. "You'd be surprised by how giving this shared game night authority and creative decision-making power to kids ramps up their excitement level and eagerness to participate," says Carleton Kendrick, a family therapist and author of Take Out Your Nose Ring, Honey, We're Going to Grandma's. "Children need to be anchored in regular, dependable, joyful times and they need to feel like they have some input in time spent together."
Use Those Teachable Moments
Games are a great way to teach your kids important life skills like patience, taking turns, and good sportsmanship, says Julie Hall, who launched her own Family Game Night in 1997. She now plays games, including Monopoly and Jenga, the word block game, at least two to three nights after dinner with her kids. "I can't imagine not booking in time for games—it's just as important as homework for my older child!"
Go Electronic
If you're tired of watching your kids play with their video, computer, or Internet games, jump in. "Motion-based consoles like Wii and Sony Move are great because they get everyone up and moving," says Christina Recchio, of 2K Play, a video game publisher in New York City. "Plus, these games are still challenging enough for your kids even if they play them all the time."
And most kids will get a kick out of being able to teach their parents a thing or two about how the game is played (and will enjoy laughing at your efforts). "Watching parents struggle can help a child look at his or her parents in a whole new way," says Renee Trudeau, a career/life balance expert, coach, and author of The Mother's Guide to Self-Renewal: How to Reclaim, Rejuvenate and Re-Balance Your Life.
Travel Back in Time
Reaching deep into the toy cabinet for old-fashioned toys like Legos or Play-Doh might just bring out the silliness in even the most jaded tween. "I advocate open-ended play where kids can bring their own creativity to the fun," says Tim Walsh, owner of The Playmakers, a game-design company. "It's hilarious to watch kids' reactions when they create things. Besides, what parent doesn't want to be transported back to third grade by taking a deep smell of a wad of Play-Doh? That moment alone will bond kids to their nostalgic, teary-eyed parents!"
Go for the Classics
Games like charades are a huge hit with families, in particular because many parents love games that require no dice, no video console, or elaborate instructions—just some scraps of paper for guesses and a bowl to put them in. "You'll enjoy heightened connection and feel the generation gap shrink when you can all laugh about a song or book or movie you love and have shared together," says Renee Trudeau.
Games That Teach
If homework is putting a damper on winter-night fun, put a playful spin on it. Some games today supplement (and enhance) what your kids are learning at school. "There are awesome games out there that help kids with financial literacy and geography—two key skill sets for kids today," says Patty Pearcy, president of SimplyFun, a game company in Bellevue, Washington. "These games make what they're learning in school fun!" And playing these games may even boost your kids' interest in certain topics.
Make a Date
The very act of establishing a regular family game night ritual—this could be once a week or once a month depending on your schedule—is a gift you can give your kids. What you're doing is offering your family members a predictable time when you're definitely going to be together. "Kids love to know there are dependable times to look forward to that are rooted in togetherness, celebration, and fun," says therapist Kendrick. "And regardless of ongoing family issues or stress, these game nights should go on. They're incredibly important times for a family to spend together."


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David Beckham didn't divulge any details about his efforts to bring a Major League Soccer team to Miami as he arrived for an event downtown Tuesday night – but he did drop a few hints.
The retired soccer superstar was asked what attracted him to Miami.
"I'm going to answer all those questions tomorrow," Beckham said outside the Adrienne Arsht Center. "I think everyone will be very happy with tomorrow, hopefully, and it's an exciting time for myself, an exciting time to be welcomed into a city like this, so yeah, tomorrow's going to be a good day."
Beckham attended what was an invite-only reception at the Arsht Center, according to the Miami Herald.
Before heading inside, he said he feels very comfortable in Miami.
"I feel at home already, and it's a special place," Beckham said, adding that he's looking forward to spending much more time in Miami.
The Arsht Center gathering is one of multiple events throughout South Florida around Wednesday's press conference with Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber, where Beckham is expected to make an announcement about the future of a team in Miami.
Wednesday's big announcement is scheduled for 10 a.m. at Perez Art Museum Miami. Beckham and Garber will be joined by Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez.
Beckham has been leading the charge for an MLS franchise in Miami, after he was given the option to seek ownership of an expansion franchise at a lower rate than normal as part of his player contract while with the Los Angeles Galaxy.
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Gimenez was one of the notables who turned out for the event Tuesday night. Asked whether private funding was in place, the mayor responded, "Any stadium here in Miami-Dade County will be privately funded and if it's on our land, county land, then I expect a rent payment."
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Successful Candidates in the CPA Examination May 1976 Two hundred and fifty-nine accountants from seventy H&LS offices across the country completed the Uniform CPA Examination held last May. Of that number, three staff accountants were named by the American Institute of CPAs to receive Elijah Watt Sells certificates of honorable mention for outstanding performance on the exam. These were Donald Horacek of our Los Angeles office; Joy Kary, with our Portland office; and Stephen Renberg, a member of the Nampa office staff. In addition to the Elijah Watt Sells certificate, Don Horacek also was awarded the John E Forbes Gold Medal by the California Society of CPAs for achieving the highest average of those taking the exam in the state of California. A total of 41,457 candidates sat for the May 1976 examination, and of that number only seventy-one individuals achieved scores high enough to earn the certificates of honorable mention from the AICPA. Don, a summa cum laude graduate of California State University at Northridge, received his BS degree last June and joined the Los Angeles office the following month. He was a member of the Accounting Association while at CSUN, and was the recipient of the association's 1975 scholarship award. Don also was a participant in the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program. Joy, the winner of a National Merit award and other scholarships, received a BS in business administration from the University of North Dakota last May. Although she worked her way through the university, she still found time to be a member of Beta Alpha Psi and a board member and treasurer of the Collegiate Volunteer Services. Joy began with our Portland office in August. Stephen joined the Nampa office in June after graduating summa cum laude with a BS degree from the University of Idaho. He served as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Chile from June 1971 to June 1973. Allentown Randall H. Gratz Kenneth K. Kalapay Edward J. Mack Michael]. Mizak.Jr. Atlanta J. Stanley Baumgartner, Jr. Cheryl A. Greenway J. AlanMaloy Barbara A. Moore Catherine A. Pickard Scott A. Smith Baltimore JohnG. Dreyer DeLany Fawkes Jan B. McDonald Birmingham William C. Farris Boise Jose L. Aldecoa Boston Arthur W. Coviello, Jr. Jeffrey S. Fermon George G. Fox Lee C. Hunter Thomas C. McLellan Michael Markiewicz Joni A. Muschiette Carol A. Wilk Charlotte Robert E. Dickens Milton G. Harris Margaret A. Miesiaszek Benjamin G. Reeves, Jr. Janice P. Russ Chattanooga Joseph R. Smith Chicago Richard A. Delmastro Stephen G. Dill Frederick R. Fernatt Vincent J. Fitzgerald Tom W. Hallett Jeffrey N. Jolcover Myron S. Karasik Steven W. Kotarinos John V. Mulvaney John L. Redfern, Jr. Larry M. Schaefer Cincinnati Kevin J. Achatz Louis D. George Stanley E. Leimer John A. Sutton William B. Watson Cleveland Michael J. Busta Sue Ann Corrigan Stephen W. Elliott William J. Francis Owen E. McCafferty Mary E. O'Leary Donald L. Paliwoda Maria A. Vilar Colorado Springs Sarah S. Cornwell Timothy E. Coutts David H. Kast Columbia Terry R. Bowman Columbus James L. Montgomery Dallas James S. Harris John E Masterson, Jr. Lee C. Ritchie Dayton Roger A. Parker Regina A. Roh George T Wilson Denver James R. Dillavou Richard W. Stearns Teresa K. Weyand Des Moines Daniel M. Norris Detroit Kim D. Cavicchioli Deborah C. Davis Robert J. Davison Richard C. Erickson Lorita T Go Anne H. Mount Virginia B. Rowley El Paso Maurinejessen Fort Lauderdale Hugh H. Cooper Robert M. Webb Fort Wayne William B. Blake David W. Dietz Fort Worth Richard L. Brasher William R. Monroe Vikki L. Pier Brad Stephens Greensboro Richard A. Morton Richard W. Pipes Rickey W. Reynolds Donald P. T Schroeder Hartford Stanley H. Kulas Gregory G. Weaver Honolulu Clifford B. Dart Randal M. Okita Houston Russell F. Anderson Kim H. Doyle James L. Kelly Jeffrey M. Montag Diane K. Mott
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I haven't posted on my SQL Server blog for a few weeks, I missed the August T-SQL Tuesday which I'm a little annoyed about but I have been very busy at work with my clients and very busy at home too. This is just a short post to dust of the blog. I have a post or two lined up that will hopefully be published before the end of August and then I hope to get back into full swing when Autumn arrives come September.
Some of you may know that I have two young Golden Retriever dogs, they are just over a year old. On this Thursday gone my wife and I took my dogs to the lake not too far from our house, my one dog Jake loves the water when I throw a tennis ball in he'll swim and get it. Seth so far has been less of a swimmer, he prefers to paddle close to the shore. Well we wanted to get him to swim so we held Jake on his lead and threw the ball in for Seth, not to far, a few yards from the shore, but out his depth so he would have to swim to get it. He was a little cautious at first but he did try to get it and made it out where the ball was floating, when he turned around to come back it looked like he was trying to swim back but he wasn't moving or making any distance, after a few seconds his brother Jake started to become a little upset, so I took his lead off and he jumped straight in help his brother, he couldn't do much though so I had to go in and get him!!!
I waded in fully clothed, my wife managed to take a photo as I climbed out:
It turns out he just wasn't kicking with his back legs so was treading water with his front paws. When I lifted him up he started kicking his back legs and swam to the shore leaving me and his brother Jake, behind. He wasn't fazed or upset that was just me, he never let the ball go in all that time and when he got back to the shore Lisa threw the ball back in the lake and he jumped straight back in swam properly. I'm not sure if he was in trouble or was just playing with me, or perhaps he just needed the confidence that I would be there for him if he needed me but Judging by the smile on his face in the photo as he swims back to shore I like to think he was teasing me. I now have two dogs that love the water and a funny photo of the day I ended up in the lake!


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Lindsay Baun
I love being a mathematics major because it is a challenge. Every class period is an opportunity to problem solve and ask new questions.
This past summer I had the opportunity to do research as part of an REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) program at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon. The experience was awesome! I worked closely with an advisor and another undergraduate student. Our project was about puzzles and graphs. We looked at two puzzles, The Towers of Hanoi and The Spin-Out Puzzle, and related these puzzles to graphs. We worked on labelings of the graphs corresponding to legal moves of the puzzles, algorithms to solve the puzzles, and encoding and decoding procedures using Hamiltonian paths. We wrote a mathematical paper and gave a 30-minute presentation about our work at the end of the program.
One of the best parts of the program was the opportunity to meet nine other undergraduate mathematics students from all across the country. I especially enjoyed learning about their mathematical perspectives and backgrounds. Plus we just had a really great time! In addition we had the opportunity to hear daily talks on many topics in mathematics from topology to partial differential equations, and the chance to attend MathFest in Portland. My REU experience has fueled my interested in attending graduate school for mathematics.
This year, I am continuing to develop my research skills through the honors thesis program. I am using the skills and knowledge I gained throughout my eight-week summer program to delve into a new project at CSB/SJU. This project will also be in graph theory. I am excited about the new project and I am looking forward to the opportunities to be able to share my work both on campus and at other conferences.
I am planning to attend graduate school in the fall. I am intrigued by many areas of mathematics including graph theory, logic, analysis, and mathematical biology. As of now, I am working through the application process. The year ahead will be a very exciting one!


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Template:Article summary start Template:Article summary text Template:Article summary heading Template:Article summary wiki: A DE which is also based on GTK3. Template:Article summary end
Pantheon is the default desktop environment originally created for the elementary OS distribution. It is written from scratch using Vala and the GTK3 toolkit. With regards to usability and appearance, the desktop has some similarities with GNOME Shell and Mac OS X.
Pantheon is split into several packages which are available in the AUR. To get a minimal desktop interface, you may start by installing pantheon-session-bzrAUR. This will pull the following core components:
- cerbere-bzrAUR: Watchdog service to keep core Pantheon apps running
- gala-bzrAUR: Window Manager
- pantheon-wallpaper-bzrAUR: Wallpaper drawer
- wingpanel-bzrAUR: Top panel
- slingshot-launcher-bzrAUR: Application launcher
- plank-bzrAUR: Pantheon bottom dock
- pantheon-files-bzrAUR: File explorer
Additionally, you may install the following packages:
- audience-bzrAUR: Video player
- contractor-bzrAUR: Service for sharing data between apps
- dexter-contacts-bzrAUR: Contacts manager (does not build)
- eidete-bzrAUR: Simple screencaster
- elementary-scan-bzrAUR: Simple scan utility
- feedler-bzrAUR: RSS feeds reader (does not build)
- footnote-bzrAUR: Note taking app
- geary: Email client
- indicator-pantheon-session-bzrAUR: Session indicator (won't work since wingpanel segfaults)
- maya-calendar-bzrAUR: Calendar (does not build)
- midori-graniteAUR: Web browser
- noise-bzrAUR: Audio player
- pantheon-calculator-bzrAUR: Calculator
- pantheon-notify-bzrAUR: Notification daemon
- pantheon-print-bzrAUR: Print settings
- pantheon-terminal-bzrAUR: Terminal emulator
- scratch-text-editor-bzrAUR: Text editor
- snap-photobooth-bzrAUR: Webcam app
- switchboard-bzrAUR: Settings manager
- webcontracts-bzrAUR: Web services contracts for use with contractor-bzr
Additional Infos
Github repository
All Pantheon related PKGBUILDs can be found on my GitHub repository: https://github.com/alucryd/aur-alucryd/tree/master/pantheon
You will need to build at least 'bamf' from there because the AUR package is out of date and belongs to another TU who won't answer my plights to use my working PKGBUILD. Building 'gala-bzr' and 'pantheon-files-bzr' from there is also recommended, pantheon-files-bzrAUR has wrong dependencies, but the current maintainer of the AUR packages whished to keep maintaining them and I did not want to abuse my superpowers.
Stable releases
Several of the listed packages have seen stable releases, it is recommended to use them when available, they are available on the GitHub repository and in the AUR.
Packages based on older evolution-data-server
dexter-contacts-bzrAUR, feedler-bzrAUR and maya-calendar-bzrAUR do not build because they are based on evolution-data-server 3.2. Arch Linux provides version 3.8 which uses a different API.


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NEW YORK, N.Y. - Maybe it's the ultimate sign that New York City's up-and-coming borough has finally arrived. Brooklyn is now one of the nation's most popular baby names.
Over the past two decades, Brooklyn as a name for girls has surged from No. 912 to the top 30 in each of the last three years. Some credit soccer star David Beckham and his wife, Victoria, for naming their son Brooklyn. Some cite model and actress Brooklyn Decker. Others point to "Girls" and the many other TV shows and movies that tap into the borough's gritty, cool vibe.
But one thing is clear: Of the 41 states where Brooklyn is now the most popular girl's name beginning with B, New York is not among them. Real Brooklynites say naming your child Brooklyn is strictly for out-of towners.
"It's almost like a magical place far away that doesn't exist to them," says parent Heath Farnsworth-Williams. "For us, Brooklyn is home, and we'd have a hard time trying to make the identity of our home coexist with the identity of our child."
More than 6,600 girls born in the U.S. in 2013 were named Brooklyn, making it the 28th most popular girls name ahead of stalwarts Samantha, Allison and Sarah, according to recently released Social Security Administration data.
Brooklyn beat out such place names as Savannah (No. 37) and London (No. 85), but trailed Madison (No. 9) and Charlotte (No. 11). Brooklyn as a boy's name is still rare, having never cracked the top 1,000.
"People want more creativity, many for the better, some for the worse," says Pamela Redmond Satran, co-founder of the baby naming website Nameberry.com, who notes Brooklyn is often favoured as a unique-sounding mashup of the more conventional Brooke and Lynne.
Brooklyn Presta says her parents in Kansas were thinking unique, not New York, when they named her. Now 26 and living in Brooklyn, Presta says she often gets questions about whether she changed her name to fit her chosen borough.
"It's kind of crazy to be Brooklyn in Brooklyn," Presta says.
The popularity of the Brooklyn name parallels the renaissance of the borough of 2.6 million, with the gentrification of its leafy brownstone neighbourhoods, a thriving arts scene and the return of big-league sports with the Brooklyn Nets.
Mayor Bill de Blasio, seeking to capitalize on that spirit of cool, last week pitched Brooklyn — not Manhattan — as potential host for the 2016 Democratic National Convention.
"There's no greater way to show admiration for a borough than to name your child after it," says Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams. "You don't see too many people calling their children Manhattan or the Bronx."
Kimberly and Brock Tite of Marion, Illinois, are that rare exception.
Even though they've never visited New York and know it only through TV and rap lyrics, they named their 3-year-old daughter Brooklyn and 1-year-old son Bronx.
"I knew I wanted to name my kids after New York," Kimberly Tite says. "I love New York."


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On the fifth floor of the Los Angeles Theater Center in downtown L.A., the members of Cloud Eye Control are trying to create poetry out of collaborative technology. On one end of the large studio, makeshift tables hold laptops and electronic equipment, with a cluster of musical instruments nearby. The middle of the room is dominated by two free-standing screens.
Video is cued up, and multiple projectors transport us to the icy seas and glaciers at the beginning of "Under Polaris," a retro-futuristic performance piece that has been a year in gestation. Anna Oxygen, the group's composer and lead performer, seats herself inside a "boat" -- a foam core cutout onto which the texture of a dugout is projected -- and begins to paddle her way through the stormy waters. She's a scientist on a mystical quest to the North Pole, and she sings, "This is not my land, I am alone here in your hand. . . ."
It's only days away from the debut of the full-length version of "Under Polaris" at REDCAT, and there still are snags to work out, transitions to be smoothed. This performance combines live action, recorded animation, multiple projectors, mobile props, and a five-piece live band, so there's still much to do. And, in the spirit of what Chi-wang Yang, the director of the group, calls do-it-yourself aesthetics, they somehow pull it all together.
"We work together very collaboratively," says Miwa Matreyek, video artist and the third member of Cloud Eye Control. "I see what needs to be done, then go home and work on my computer." Her work supplies a host of visuals, including props, settings and special effects -- falling snow in one scene, the outpouring of civilization from the heroine's arm in another.
They are constantly improvising as they go. "Even though we use a lot of technology, we also use a lot of older theatrical conventions," says Yang.
"The costumes," says Matreyek, "reference the futuristic, but also ancient-ness."
Perhaps that is because, as Oxygen says, their work explores "what it is to be human." Part of that exploration reflects a certain unease with technology.
The three met at CalArts as graduate students, and various collaborations led to their forming Cloud Eye Control in 2007. The name is equal parts serendipity and intention. They brainstormed, then chose three words that sounded right together. "Sometimes Anna's the cloud, sometimes Miwa's the cloud," says Yang. Being a collaborative, no one will lay claim to being the "control."
"Under Polaris" is the first project that REDCAT has produced in a "hands-on" way, says Mark Murphy, REDCAT's executive director. He had been aware of the trio's work individually, then last year invited Cloud Eye Control to present a short piece at the New Original Works festival.
"They are truly exemplary in their interdisciplinary approach to finding a new way to tell a story," Murphy says. "Their blend of original music and thoughtful theatrical elements is unique."
REDCAT decided to co-commission a full-length work, along with the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art. The project got a kick-start when Portland philanthropist Leslie B. Durst offered to fund a three-month residency for Cloud Eye Control in her city. She stipulated that the work be related to the North Pole, because of her personal affinity for polar bears.
"It was kind of perfect because we'd talked about our next piece but hadn't actually locked in," says Oxygen. "It was a great starting point, there's so much that can come out of what the North Pole is."
"We had pretty random ideas at first," says Yang. "Then one thing that focused us was that we heard a radio show about an Arctic seed vault that was opening up."
Last year the Norwegian government established the Svalbard Global Seed Vault -- a repository for seeds placed in safekeeping in the event a catastrophe wipes out crops. Thus the narrative for "Under Polaris" evolved -- a scientist journeys to the North Pole, carrying with her the essence of humanity. Along the way, she encounters different animals of the north -- Polar Bear, Musk Ox, Caribou King -- and takes on some of their attributes to survive.
Toward the end of the rehearsal day, Oxygen is handed a wireless microphone to allow her to loop her voice.
She sings a breathy melody into the mike. Word and song merge, and echo hauntingly throughout the large space, a moment of the magic that transports us outside the moment.


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Now Hear This...
This story appears in the January 1999 issue of HomeOfficeMag.com. Subscribe »
As a former Intel employee, Bob Peake is used to having some of the finest computer and communications equipment around. So when he started a teleconferencing consulting company, Peak Solutions, from his Folsom, California, home in 1995, he made sure to furnish it with high-quality equipment. A key component of his current repertoire: the new SoundPoint Pro desktop audioconferencing phone from Polycom.
"Communication is a very important aspect of any business," Peake says. "Whether face-to-face or over the phone, if you can't be easily understood, it can cause problems. The need for high-quality [voice] communications in my business is paramount."
Unlike many systems, SoundPoint Pro combines audioconferencing and traditional phone capabilities in one sleek unit. SoundPoint Pro delivers full-duplex audioconferencing with up to three additional remote sites, doing away with the need for outside bridging services. A microphone on its front end eliminates any worries about participants hearing background noises, and a 360-degree conference mode can be established with just the touch of a button. Other features include 20 programmable speed dials, a 99-number caller history, integrated caller ID, as well as caller ID for call waiting (caller ID service required).
Since many of Peake's clients are Fortune 100 companies, generating a professional image is important. SoundPoint Pro provides him with worry-free communications. "It's really made it easier for me to do business on a daily basis," Peake says.
The two-line version costs $249 while the three-line version is $299. For more information, visit http://www.polycom.com
There's no denying scanners have become an essential tool for homebased businesses. Yet the majority are still made with graphic artists, Web designers or general consumers in mind. One exception to the rule: Epson America's Perfection 636 color flatbed scanner ($299).
At 600 x 2,400 dpi, the Perfection 636 delivers the high-quality output necessary for creating visual media for your business. Compatible with both Macintosh and Windows 95/98 PCs, the Perfection 636 delivers true 36-bit color and 12-bit grayscale scanning.
Much to the liking of homebased businesses, the Perfection 636 boasts advanced technologies that make scanning accurate and easy. There's software included for quick one-button scanning. Improved OCR accuracy extracts text from color backgrounds and scans documents that contain a combination of text, graphics and photos. Epson's Scanner Basics Guide provides directions for setup, as well as recommended resolution and settings for a variety of output options.
The Perfection 636 has extra processing power built in to the hardware. Adaptec's PCI SCSI interface card ensures fast scans and is easy to set up because Windows 95 and 98 automatically detect it.
The software bundled with the Perfection 636 keeps entrepreneurs' needs in mind, too. It includes useful programs such as Adobe's PhotoDeluxe, Presto! PageManager, Xerox Textbridge Classic and Broderbund's The PrintShop PressWriter.
For more information, visit http://www.epson.com
Pump Up The Volume
Admittedly, Xerox's WorkCentre XD100 digital copier/printer isn't for the home office with average printing and copying requirements. For those with high-volume needs, however, the XD100 ($749) is a veritable printing and copying champion you can rely on to get the job done.
The XD100 boasts 600 x 600 dpi image resolution and prints at an impressive 8 pages per minute (ppm). And it has advanced copying features, including zoom capabilities from 50 to 200 percent.
Because it's a digital machine, the XD100 delivers enhanced image quality. You'll notice very high output on documents that are typically difficult to produce, such as those that contain photographs, halftones and colored backgrounds.
The XD100 comes with a three-year warranty that features on-site service, mail-in service, overnight exchange and self-service kits. Online and phone support come with the XD100's basic warranty.
Visit http://www.teamxrx.com for more information.
A Matter Of Fax
If you're still unfamiliar with Internet faxing, here are a few reasons to look into it: Internet faxing reduces your transmission costs and fax hardware expenses, offers the convenience of faxing from your desktop, and lets you access your faxes from anywhere, at anytime.
If we've got your attention, then consider NetCentric's FaxStorm. Available through both local and national ISPs, FaxStorm lets you send faxes over the Internet from either an existing fax machine or your desktop PC. When sending a fax, the document is first encrypted, then sent to a FaxStorm server and routed to a destination fax machine or another computer as an e-mail attachment. To receive faxes, a private fax mailbox electronically captures your incoming faxes for downloading later.
Users can also take advantage of FaxStorm's advanced broadcast faxing capabilities to send faxes to as many as 2,000 recipients.
Although pricing differs, monthly access fees are typically about $4.95. To get started, you'll also pay a one-time setup fee of around $15; price-per-minute charges range from 10 to 19 cents.
For more information, visit http://www.netcentric.com or call NetCentric toll-free at (888) 767-9273 for help finding a local or national provider.
Creative Sparq
Don't look now, but there's a new addition to SyQuest Technology's line of SparQ portable hard drives: the USB SparQ 1.0GB removable cartridge drive ($249). Designed for use with computers that support the new Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface, the SparQ drive is another solid data backup option.
Like others in the line, the USB SparQ drive boasts a portable design, perfect for taking it on the road or fitting it easily on cramped home office desks. The drive is also lightweight: a mere 24 ounces.
Not that it isn't a hefty solution. The USB SparQ removable cartridge drive boasts data transfer speeds of up to 6 Mbps. And its 1.0GB cartridge capacity offers plenty of room. Cartridges cost $49 each or $89 for a two-pack. Advanced cartridge hard-drive utilities and PC and Macintosh backup utility software are included.
For more information on the SparQ drives, visit http://www.syquest.com
Contact Sources
Peak Solutions, (916) 985-2269, firstname.lastname@example.com