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NEW DELHI: Taxi and autorickshaw union in Delhi on Friday threatened to go on a two-day strike from March 15 if their demand to rein in the city's app-based cab services is not met.
Delhi Autorickshaw Sangh and Delhi Pradesh Taxi Union wrote to Delhi Transport Minister Gopal Rai and demanded to stop all app-based private cab services, saying they were taking away the livelihood of traditional black-yellow taxi and autorickshaw drivers.
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The foxes who have for decades 'guarded the chicken coop' want to keep doing so. Corrupt St. Paul Catholic officials who for decades have protected proven and accused predator priests are asking a judge to let them keep doing so. Shame on them.
We doubt that documents about "rumors spread by a mentally unbalanced individual, by a disgruntled parish employee" are kept in church files. We believe that now, as before, claims of concern about allegedly wrongly accused clerics are a ruse. St. Paul Catholic officials are worried about themselves and their reputations and their power.
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Mortadella Bologna P.G.I. is a cured meat product made from pure pork meat, finely chopped, mixed with lard, lightly flavoured with spices, stuffed and baked. The origins of Mortadella Bologna P.G.I. are to be found in the territories of the ancient Etruscan Felsina and Bonomia of the Gauls, rich in oak trees providing acorns to numerous local, wild and domesticated pigs. It is clear that only an area rich in pigs could give birth to the tradition of this sausage that is famous all over the world. There are several hypotheses about the origin of the name, for sure the tradition to bag this type of sausage soon spread outside of the province of Bologna and of the territory. Many historical quotations and references demonstrate the appreciation this sausage has gained over the centuries and which granted it the importance that the Mortadella Bologna P.G.I. in the Italian agricultural heritage has had over the centuries.
After about 6 hours of cooking, ciccioli turn pink and are ready: they are extracted from the cauldron, squeezed inside a towels to remove as much fat as possible. This fat is lard that is cooled and packed into containers that will become solid at room temperature due to the high percentage of saturated fats. At this point ciccioli are put in a press with which are pressed more or less intensely depending on the desired consistency: the more you press and the more they will become crispy.
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Remove BuscaID virus
What is BuscaID?
BuscaID (can also be found as BuscaID.com) is a suspicious search engine, which has been added to browser hijacker and a potentially unwanted program category. When inside the system, it may try to take over each of your web browsers (Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and others) and then may start showing its commercial search results. This is done for a simple reason – BuscaID.com is a commercial search engine, which is used for promoting affiliate websites. However, there is no guarantee that each of these sites is harmless and trustworthy because its developers are not taking any responsibility for that. Besides, for getting more information about your interests and increasing the possibility of making you to click on Buscaid ads, this program may start tracking your browsing habits and may collect your search terms, mostly visited websites, entered data, PC's IP address, its location and so on. Such information is considered as personally non-identifiable but it can be used for suspicious activities and may be revealed for unknown parties.
If you have already noticed redirects to BuscaID.com, annoying pop-up ads and similar unwanted activities on your computer, you should know that this program has been actively promoted with the help of bundling. Right after infiltrating the target PC system, it starts its work with system's modifications by dropping its own extension to Internet browsers and changing the default settings of the browser. As a result, victim noticed buscaid.com to appear instead of his/hers homepage, the default search provider and one of bookmarks. Please, do not ignore such system changes and browser's redirections to unknown websites because you may run into serious troubles, such as redirects to unknown websites and the loss of your personally non-identifiable inform. Besides, such search sites may also be used to track users' browsing activity on the Internet and then to show them altered search results that are filled with predetermined links. If you want to avoid them, you should waste no time and scan your computer with the reputable anti-spyware, such as Reimage Reimage Cleaner .
HOW CAN BuscaID.com hijack my computer?
Buscaid virus is usually distributed with a help of trojan horse, which hides inside insecure websites and attacks poorly protected systems. Besides, freeware and shareware applications can also be included to the distribution of such viruses, so be aware about that and always unclick unfamiliar entries when downloading something. As soon as it gets inside, Buscaid virus alters computer's settings and starts showing its bogus search site instead of the typical ones, Google, Yahoo and Bing. The main reason why scammers create such viruses is ability to reroute users to their domains and earn some easy money. However, no one can be sure that later they won't perform additional illegal activities for trying to steal your personal and financial data. Please, check your computer and remove Buscaid virus as soon as you notice annoying redirections on your computer.
HOW TO REMOVE BuscaID hijacker?
If BuscaID.com redirects are bothering you, you should think about using this guide below and eliminating this hijacker from the system.
You may remove virus damage with a help of Reimage Reimage Cleaner . SpyHunter 5Combo Cleaner and Malwarebytes are recommended to detect potentially unwanted programs and viruses with all their files and registry entries that are related to them.
To remove BuscaID virus, follow these steps:
Uninstall BuscaID from Windows systems
- Click Start → Control Panel → Programs and Features (if you are Windows XP user, click on Add/Remove Programs).
- If you are Windows 10 / Windows 8 user, then right-click in the lower left corner of the screen. Once Quick Access Menu shows up, select Control Panel and Uninstall a Program.
- Uninstall BuscaID and related programs
Here, look for BuscaID or any other recently installed suspicious programs.
- Uninstall them and click OK to save these changes.
- Remove BuscaID from Windows shortcuts
Right click on the shortcut of Mozilla Firefox and select Properties.
- Go to Shortcut tab and look at the Target field. Delete malicious URL that is related to your virus.
Repeat steps that are given above with all browsers' shortcuts, including Internet Explorer and Google Chrome. Make sure you check all locations of these shortcuts, including Desktop, Start Menu and taskbar.
Get rid of BuscaID from Mac OS X system
- If you are using OS X, click Go button at the top left of the screen and select Applications.
- Wait until you see Applications folder and look for BuscaID or any other suspicious programs on it. Now right click on every of such entries and select Move to Trash.
Eliminate BuscaID from Internet Explorer (IE)
Remove dangerous add-ons
Open Internet Explorer, click on the Gear icon (IE menu) on the top right corner of the browser and choose Manage Add-ons.
- You will see a Manage Add-ons window. Here, look for BuscaID and other suspicious plugins. Disable these entries by clicking Disable:
Change your homepage if it was altered by virus:
Click on the gear icon (menu) on the top right corner of the browser and select Internet Options. Stay in General tab.
- Here, remove malicious URL and enter preferable domain name. Click Apply to save changes.
Reset Internet Explorer
Click on the gear icon (menu) again and select Internet options. Go to Advanced tab.
- Here, select Reset.
- When in the new window, check Delete personal settings and select Reset again to complete BuscaID removal.
Remove BuscaID virus from Microsoft Edge
Reset Microsoft Edge settings (Method 1):
- Launch Microsoft Edge app and click More (three dots at the top right corner of the screen).
- Click Settings to open more options.
- Once Settings window shows up, click Choose what to clear button under Clear browsing data option.
- Here, select all what you want to remove and click Clear.
- Now you should right-click on the Start button (Windows logo). Here, select Task Manager.
- When in Processes tab, search for Microsoft Edge.
- Right-click on it and choose Go to details option. If can't see Go to details option, click More details and repeat previous steps.
- When Details tab shows up, find every entry with Microsoft Edge name in it. Right click on each of them and select End Task to end these entries.
Resetting Microsoft Edge browser (Method 2):
If Method 1 failed to help you, you need to use an advanced Edge reset method.
- Note: you need to backup your data before using this method.
- Find this folder on your computer:
- Select every entry which is saved on it and right click with your mouse. Then Delete option.
- Click the Start button (Windows logo) and type in window power in Search my stuff line.
- Right-click the Windows PowerShell entry and choose Run as administrator.
- Once Administrator: Windows PowerShell window shows up, paste this command line after PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> and press Enter:
Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers -Name Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml -Verbose}
Once these steps are finished, BuscaID should be removed from your Microsoft Edge browser.
Erase BuscaID from Mozilla Firefox (FF)
Remove dangerous extensions
Open Mozilla Firefox, click on the menu icon (top right corner) and select Add-ons → Extensions.
- Here, select BuscaID and other questionable plugins. Click Remove to delete these entries.
Change your homepage if it was altered by virus:
Click on the menu (top right corner), choose Options → General.
- Here, delete malicious URL and enter preferable website or click Restore to default.
- Click OK to save these changes.
Reset Mozilla Firefox
Click on the Firefox menu on the top left and click on the question mark. Here, choose Troubleshooting Information.
- Now you will see Reset Firefox to its default state message with Reset Firefox button. Click this button for several times and complete BuscaID removal.
Delete BuscaID from Google Chrome
Delete malicious plugins
Open Google Chrome, click on the menu icon (top right corner) and select Tools → Extensions.
- Here, select BuscaID and other malicious plugins and select trash icon to delete these entries.
Change your homepage and default search engine if it was altered by your virus
Click on menu icon and choose Settings.
- Here, look for the Open a specific page or set of pages under On startup option and click on Set pages.
- Now you should see another window. Here, delete malicious search sites and enter the one that you want to use as your homepage.
- Click on menu icon again and choose Settings → Manage Search engines under the Search section.
- When in Search Engines..., remove malicious search sites. You should leave only Google or your preferred domain name.
Reset Google Chrome
Click on menu icon on the top right of your Google Chrome and select Settings.
- Scroll down to the end of the page and click on Reset browser settings.
- Click Reset to confirm this action and complete BuscaID removal.
Uninstall BuscaID from Safari
- Remove dangerous extensions
Open Safari web browser and click on Safari in menu at the top left of the screen. Once you do this, select Preferences.
- Here, select Extensions and look for BuscaID or other suspicious entries. Click on the Uninstall button to get rid each of them.
Change your homepage if it was altered by virus:
Open your Safari web browser and click on Safari in menu section. Here, select Preferences as it was displayed previously and select General.
- Here, look at the Homepage field. If it was altered by BuscaID, remove unwanted link and enter the one that you want to use for your searches. Remember to include the "http://" before typing in the address of the page.
Reset Safari
Open Safari browser and click on Safari in menu section at the top left of the screen. Here, select Reset Safari....
- Now you will see a detailed dialog window filled with reset options. All of those options are usually checked, but you can specify which of them you want to reset. Click the Reset button to complete BuscaID removal process.
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DeepDharma Tweets
Posted on 16. Nov, 2010 by Hokai in Blog
I've been posting #deepDharma tweets for some time, and today I announced a break in the series. Here's a collection of tweets posted so far. Enjoy and make good use of 'em!
Not taking traditional teachings on faith is prerequisite to isolating and removing the fallacy of divisive religiosity.
Does pursuing a choicest array of Buddhist principles and practices make one a Buddhist?
Deep meaning of conversion is revolution at the basis.
Revolution at the basis does not make you a Buddhist. It does, however, make you an insider to awakening.
If religion is codification of spirituality, awakening breaks the code.
How to recognize oneself? Open Bright Play.
The secret teaching is fully disclosed.
The power of awakening habits is chronically underrated.
Everyone participates in, and is somehow an expression of, that which is Real.
The purpose of Dharma is benefitting sentient beings. Awakening only really matters in that context, with that end in mind.
No solipsism, no substantialism, no hedonism, no puritanism.
Wide open, grounded, ever fresh. No perspectival chauvinism.
The fact that you can exercise effort, when openly received, is grace itself. It's undeserved, so it's the flipside of virtue.
Take to mind the human being. Being your ground, human your path, full awareness as human being your natural fruition.
The web of views is endless. Body the weft, speech the warp, mind the loom.
While orthodoxy depends on following reliable maps, lineage refers to the innate capacity of self-orientation.
Become intimate with human condition: loneliness, uncertainty, and vulnerability. Don't shy away! Drink deeply from that source.
No invitation, no credentials.
Been-there-done-that is not the way of realized mind.
Freedom of choice is never found through variety.
The "way" is awareness itself, meaning the actuality of anything as it occures. Taking that to mind is "path."
Everything that can be experienced and known hinges on one point only: mind-itself.
Data: Do you think this is a wise course of action, sir? Picard: We're about to find out, Data.
Always clarify the intended meaning. Confusing the context and level makes the best teachings useless.
Flirting with aphorisms and condensed teachings may seriously undermine your practice. This tweet is dangerous.
Big Pharma artificially generates demand to maximize profit. Big Dharma naturally generates awareness to maximize liberation.
You have forgotten what wakefulness is. Perhaps now you're beginning to remember. Yield to it, trust it, let it show the way.
Traditionally devotion bridges the teacher-student gap. Post-traditional Dharma removes the gap, but not the mutual devotion.
Let tradition do what it does best: remember, conserve and perpetuate. Meanwhile, don't fight impermanence. You can't win.
Simple answer: enlightenment cannot be entirely separated from culture. (elaboration of trikaya won't fit into 140 characters)
Complex ritual and doing-nothing can both be effective means of realization. In both cases, natural mind owns awakening.
Intention to benefit others does you good. But when you actually feel through the illusion of separation, that does good to all.
Samsara is the womb of awakening. Make sure it gets pregnant.
Accepting reality trumps all other powers.
Practice right view, meditation, and harmonizing action. You will never ever regret it.
This universe arises spontaneously, and so does your simultaneous awareness of it. How exactly does obstruction arise?
Opinionatedness is an attempt to conceal insecurity and inadequacy of one's view.
Religions are compounded phenomena, subject to change and, eventually, decay.
Buddhist morality is based on holding open the question: what is really beneficial?
Buddhist meditation is based on holding open the question: how does mind function?
Buddhist wisdom is based on holding open the question: what is the nature of awareness?
Don't buy into superstition. Hold views you can actually practice.
Every Buddhist tradition perpetuates cultural norms. Such norms are not immune to nonsense.
Most teachers, irrespective of their ethnicity, conform to spiritual taboos, replacing social conventions with spiritual ones.
Sadhana is all-in-one: on outer level, moral practice; on inner level, meditation; on innermost, wisdom; done-with, realization.
Deep ethics equals renunciation; deep meditation, purification; deep wisdom, transformation; deep realization, self-liberation.
"Obscuration" is due to afflicted emotions and bewilderment, the two veils. As such, it only describes the unawakened state.
Although removal of two veils reveals innate wakefulness, this wishfulfilling jewel remains an utter mystery.
Since spiritual bondage demands adequate response, awakened are optimally positioned to respond. Service is their raison d'etre.
Reply to dozen questions: #deepDharma are not quotes from books, authors, teachers, whatnot. It's my daily practice, and genuine goodness:)
Buddhist devotion is fearlessly non-theistic. No projections, no fantasies.
Sacred view reveals the poignant splendour of the world.
Every sensation, every thought, every moment is diaphanous. As real as it gets.
Breath counting instructions: don't move; relax; come back.
Breath following instructions: stay relaxed; intensify; balance.
Breath coming-and-going instructions: intensify and relax as needed; ease effort; resist making it into something.
Begin with breath-count. Coarse restlessness gone, follow breath. Coarse torpor gone, proceeed with coming-and-going.
Of course awakening (skt. bodhi) is available in this body. Does thinking about it any other way really work for you?
Maitri, samadhi, prajna: the three trainings and the means to abiding happiness.
Tantric path, like marriage, is lived day after day. Such path, like marriage, has ups and downs. Such path is its own reward.
If you want your Dharma to rock, you got to rock your Dharma.
Every written letter, every spoken syllable is sacred.
Each letter, each syllable is sacred.
Chanting sutras is like kissing the Buddha and tasting the Dharma.
Grace is the flipside, not the product, of our efforts and virtues. It's simultaneous and always undeserved.
Awakening is NOT a solitary effort. Remember the third Refuge.
Before awakening, sentient beings. After awakening, sentient beings.
I take refuge in Buddha, the wakefulness of primordial natural awareness.
Facing our trepidation patiently, step by step, we discover fearlessness.
Genuine curiosity is rooted in our willingness to go beyond what we already know, questioning our cherished opinions and views.
Mantra is prior to language. Every seed syllable is at once noun, verb, and adjective.
This moment, right now, is preaching Dharma quite eloquently. Are you paying attention?
Put trust in buddha nature.
Buddha nature is beyond concepts of real and unreal. Bodhicitta is an expression of that.
Compassion is natural sensitivity and effective activity in response to existential difficulties in self and others.
Awakening remains out of reach as long as you hesitate. But not if you're curious.
Wide open, fully engaged, poised, and responsive.
Who's dragging this corpse around? Give me a break, this body ain't no corpse!
Awakening is an open-ended, ongoing path-process, marked by recognition experiences and subsequent integration cycles.
The single, most important purpose of awakening is integrating and harmonizing spiritual and mundane values, benefits, and aims.
Suchness is always available, hidden as obviousness, in perfect coincidence.
Reality is always being-and-becoming, open in process of completion.
Human being is adjective and verb, the noun of which is unknown.
If you see a Buddha, kiss her. Or him.
Exotic equals exoteric.
Mind is like weather, mindfulness like time, awareness like space.
I'm just a wee bit annoyed by naturalist metaphors, like the last one I used for #deepDharma
Saintliness is not lame.
Time is mystery itself. Feel into it, relax into it, and be released.
Essentially, "dharma" means holding and that which is being held. Like e.g. being human.
Basic distinction: cultural Buddhism, institutional Buddhism, practical Buddhism. Do not confuse, bring awareness to each.
Cultural Buddhism has yet to find a trans-national, worldcentric expression.
Institutional Buddhism is developing new organizational structures as we speak. Please participate in the process.
Practical Buddhism cannot function in a cultural and institutional vacuum. Be kind, express your samadhi and prajna.
Hinayana is alive and well in Buddhism, both East and West.
Growing magnanimity in body, speech, and mind is the gateway.
Keep growing awake. Keep waking.
Post-traditional Dharma must not be confined to unaffiliated Sangha.
When your body is open feeling, vital current, and aflame with awareness, who are you?
Western Buddhism is no adolescent. It's just that so many adults behave as if they were.
(this collection ends with November 15th 2010)
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Our mission is to maximize the health and function of people with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and related disorders through multidisciplinary care, support, education, and research. Our MS center was first developed in 1993 and works in partnership with the National MS Society (NMSS).
We were one of the first centers nationally recognized as an affiliated comprehensive care center by the NMSS (still affiliated) and are also an active member of the Consortium of MS Centers.
We have a dedicated team of healthcare professionals including neurologists, nurses, a physician assistant, and research staff. We work in close partnership with many organizations and individuals throughout UPMC and the region to provide high-quality comprehensive care to people with MS.
Clinical Outpatient Program
Our extremely active outpatient clinical program includes:
- A weekly multidisciplinary clinic that offers speech, language, and physical therapies, cognitive evaluations, and on-site support for social and medical needs provided by NMSS staff.
- An infusion center to meet the medical needs of MS patients Monday through Friday.
- A Research Division that includes multi-center studies of investigative therapies.
- Educational programs by the PIMSCAR staff for MS patients, caregivers, allied health professionals, medical students, residents, and physicians.
- Lectures by PIMSCAR staff for many regional support groups and national professional staff.


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Solar/Environmental Analysis
The leading global architectural firms rely on ThermoAnalytics to deliver architectural thermal analysis of highly energy efficient buildings and structures. Using our proprietary solar simulation technology, our research engineers compute the temperatures across buildings, surrounding terrains and landscapes, and internal spaces. The solar energy incident on the building envelope and through windows is accurately computed based on global position, date, time and weather conditions over time. Solar thermal loading to walls, floors and reflected solar energy from terrains up through windows to ceilings is predicted with our software. The optimal orientation of buildings, overhang design, and window designs can be analyzed and cost-benefit analysis performed on exterior designs and insulation schemes.
As energy costs rise, many architectural firms recognize the value of effective energy management in buildings but are unsure of how to reach state-of-the-art accuracy. From studies of wind canyons using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software to transient thermal analysis with solar shadows and greenhouse effects, the energy management goals of your team can be achieved with support from our engineers.
We begin architecture projects by importing/creating your CAD geometry and developing a high-quality mesh representation. Keeping in mind the goals of your team and possible difficulties unique to your system, we set up boundary conditions and perform the analysis. After a preliminary review of the results, we provide your team with a complete solution, detailed engineering report, and additional visualization tools, such as flow animations, 2D plots, and surface plots. Armed with an accurate prediction of your structure's unique thermal behavior, your engineers can make well-informed design decisions. ThermoAnalytics provides both system-level and building-level analysis. From a quick study of a window design to a full system analysis of HVAC loading requirements, our experience and efficiency are leveraged to a cost-effective solution for your team.
By mastering a wide range of related technologies and software tools, ThermoAnalytics has defined state-of-the-art methods and delivered thermal simulations to leading architecture firms across the US. We provide comprehensive simulation planning, weather data extraction/analysis, and extremely accurate solar/thermal band radiation analysis.
Even complex "in-situ" factors like solar energy reflected off one building through the windows of an adjacent structure are accurately predicted.
Below is a partial list of our customers related to architectural applications.
Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill, LLP
STV, Inc.
National Park Service (Historical Building Preservation of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.)


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Investigators believe speed and alcohol played in a role in a crash where a woman died after her car slammed into a pole and into a ditch after exiting the Roosevelt Boulevard (Route 1) northbound overnight.
The crash at Wissahickon and Roberts avenue in Philadelphia's Nicetown section around 10:30 p.m. Monday left three people — including a pregnant woman — hurt, said Philadelphia Police.
"When she exited the Roberts Avenue Exit she was driving at a high-rate of speed, lost control during the turn, jumped up on the curb, crashed into a telephone pole — breaking that telephone pole in half — then she went down about a 20-foot embankment," Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small.
Breaking news and the stories that matter to your neighborhood.
Medics pronounced the 23-year-old driver dead at the scene from head trauma, said Small.
Medics rushed the woman's front seat passenger — a 24-year-old man — to Einstein Medical Center with severe head trauma and a broken arm.
A 24-year-old man and a 24-year-old pregnant woman who were in the back seat were both taken to Temple University Hospital where they were expected to be OK.
After the wreck, the badly-damaged 2013 Ford sedan sat in the ditch with its alarm blaring and lights flashing.
Accident investigators found several bottles of booze in the car, said Small.
"They believe speed and alcohol were contributing factors to the fatal auto accident."
Crews remained on the scene for hours as they cleared the crash and repaired the utility pole.


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Bill Helms Joins Alticast to Lead Continued Product and Technology Innovation
Alticast, a global partner for the delivery of media entertainment, announced today that Bill Helms has joined the company as Chief Architect and Senior Vice President of Technology. As a cable industry veteran with more than 30 patents to his name, Helms brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to help Alticast continue innovating new products and applications for delivering increasingly interactive, multiscreen TV Everywhere services.
Helms joins Alticast from Time Warner Cable (TWC) where he spent more than a decade as the operator's Vice President of Subscriber Engineering and Technology. At TWC, Helms was responsible for leading the specification and development efforts of architecture, applications and services for the company's video product line as well as overseeing the entire development process of the equipment used by TWC subscribers for video, data and telephony. Among his many notable accomplishments at TWC, Helms led the internal engineering teams responsible for the launch and integration of the TWC navigation application into over 10 million STBs and was also the lead technical representative on the Downloadable Conditional Access System (DCAS) joint efforts with Comcast and Cox Communications.
Prior to his tenure at TWC, Helms held numerous technical positions with Scientific-Atlanta, DiviCom and Harmonic. In his new role, he will report into John Carlucci, Alticast's Chief Technology Officer (CTO).
"Over his 20 plus year career, Bill has earned a well-deserved reputation in the industry as a leader who can innovate and solve problems across the video service provider and supplier community," said John Carlucci, CTO for Alticast. "Bill's technical and business expertise, especially when it comes to understanding complex consumer, technology and operator trends, makes him an excellent addition to the Alticast team where we continue to pioneer industry-leading solutions."


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Throughout the year, Oswego Health hosts Ask The Doctor forums which are designed to create an open dialogue between healthcare providers/professionals and community members. Reservations are encouraged.
Past Ask The Doctor Events:
Orthopedic Care. Right at Home.
Tuesday, June 25
Center for Orthopedic Care
Fulton Medical Center
Orthopedic surgeons, Michael Diaz, DO and John Ayres, MD shared their experience in providing knee, hip and shoulder joint replacements, as well as fracture and sports medicine.
Healthy Heart, Healthy Life
Tuesday, April 23
Lakeside Heart Center
Thomas Grady, Jr. MD will discuss how you feel emotionally can have a big effect on your heart. The relationship between depression and your heart disease is a two-way street.
How To Crack The Code On Your Chronic Cough
Thursday, March 21
6:00 pm
GS Steamers
Oswego Health's two board-certified otolaryngologists discussed one of their most common patient complaints during an upcoming Ask The Doctor Program. Nicholas Groch, DO, and Melanie Groch, DO, of Lakeshore ENT, will discussed chronic coughs.
Diabetes & Foot Health
Thursday, November 8
6:00 pm
GS Steamers
Oswego Health's next Ask The Doctor program focus on diabetes and foot health. Members of the panel will include Carlos Dator Jr. M.D., who serves as the medical director of the Center for Wound Healing at Oswego Health and Nurse Practitioner Kristine Strumpfler, the clinical care coordinator at the wound center. Joining them on the panel will be Susan Callaway, Oswego Health's Certified Diabetes Educator.
Weight Loss & Surgery
Wednesday, September 19th
6:00 pm
GS Steamers
Ticks, Sun Patrol & Summer Illnesses
Tuesday, June 19th
6:00 pm
GS Steamers
Oswego Health's Vandana Patil, MD, will provide an Ask The Doctor program on one of summer's greatest fears, tick-related diseases, including Lyme disease at 6 p.m. Tuesday, June 19th at GS Steamers in Oswego. Dr. Patil will also discuss other summertime ailments and how best to avoid them.
Healthy You, Healthy Heart
Wednesday, May 9
6:00 pm
GS Steamers
Oswego Health and community organizations partnered together to bring a panel of experts to answer your questions on the symptoms, screenings and treatments for heart disease in women.
So Your Child Has Autism: What's Next?
Monday, April 16th
6:00 pm
GS Steamers
Tina Stassin Head, PhD is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist with Oswego Health. Her presentation focuses on treatment and will include:
- An overview of autism spectrum disorder
- New related diagnosis "social (pragmatic) communications disorder"
- What happened to former diagnosis of Asperger's Disorder
- How to get an evaluation for those where an ASD is suspected
Colon Cancer and Good Colon Health
Tuesday, March 6
GS Steamers
Gastroenterologist Ajoy Roy, MD, along with Certified Dietitian/Nutritionist Alicia Olsen, RD, CDN presented "Colon Cancer and Good Colon Health" on Tuesday, March 6 at 6 pm in GS Steamers Riverside Room. Dr. Roy will discuss colon cancer prevention,while Olsen will share important tips to maintain good colon health.
Combating The Opioid Epidemic
Oswego Health and Farnham Family Services will provide an Ask The Doctor program on the opioid issue at 6 p.m. January 24th at G.S. Steamers Restaurant in Oswego.
Speaking will be Michael Nupuf, MD, a member of the Oswego Health Medical staff who serves as a medical director at Farnham; Mark Raymond, a certified substance abuse counselor who coordinates Farnham's opioid treatment program, and James Syrett, MD, an Oswego Health emergency medicine physician.
Dr. Nupuf, who has been providing physician care in the Oswego area for more than 40 years, will discuss the science behind addiction and what causes it. Mark Raymond, who has 20 years of experience working in addiction services, mostly specializing in treating opioid substance use disorder, will share details of Farnham's new program. Last fall, Farnham began a medication-assisted treatment program, which is a combination of behavioral therapy and medications to treat those with substance use disorders. The program currently treats about 70 individuals.
Dr. Syrett, a board-certified emergency medicine physician who also completed a fellowship in EMS medicine, will discuss how the opioid issue is impacting the local emergency room and how it is being addressed. Dr. Syrett has been providing care in the emergency room setting for more than 20 years.
Wound Care
Carlos Dator Jr., medical director of the Center for Wound Healing at Oswego Health discussesthe treatment options available at the Center for hard-to-heal wounds and the use of hyperbaric therapy. The Center for Wound Healing at Oswego Health opened last summer and is providing care to community members with wounds that have not healed in 30 days. Among the treatment options is the use of the Center's two hyperbaric chambers.
His & Hers: Incontinence & Prostate Issues
Elizabeth W. Bozeman, MD
Gary Bozeman, MD
Oswego Health's husband and wife urology team, Gary and Elizabeth W. Bozeman, presented a free Ask The Doctor Program at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, September 26 at GS Steamers in Oswego.
Elizabeth Bozeman, MD, who is well-known locally for successfully treating community members with incontinence issues, discussed the various treatment options she provides and their benefits. Meanwhile, Gary Bozeman, MD, talked about the therapies and procedures available for prostate issues, including the new minimally invasive prostatic urethral lift procedure, also known as UroLift.
Conception to Delivery
Oswego County OBGYN Midwives Theresa Naro, CNM and Malika Iton, CNM, WHNP will discuss what you need to know from conception to delivery. A few of the topics are preconception counseling, prenatal care, delivery, and The Smoke Free Baby & Me Program.
Lung Cancer Screening & Treatment
Physicians from Oswego Health and Upstate Medical University will present the program, which will cover lung cancer screening, minimally invasive surgery for lung cancer, stereotactic body radiotherapy for early lung cancer including 4D treatment planning and immunotherapy for advanced lunch cancer.
Among the physicians expected to speak are Matthew Westpfal, MD, of Oswego Health; as well as Upstate physicians that include Jason Wallen, MD, Michael Mix, MD and Rahul Seth, DO.
Ask The Surgeon with our Surgery Team
Our general surgeons discussed general and laparoscopic procedures and the specifics of breast surgeries, colorectal surgeries and advanced hernia repairs.
Preventing Diabetes
Oswego Health invites members of the community to a panel Ask The Doctor program on Diabetes Prevention, which will discuss the risk factors, the impact of diabetes and prediabetes on overall health, measures available to prevent progression to diabetes and programs offered in the community to improve health.
Leading the panel discussion will be Francis Clifford Arce, MD, along with Family Nurse Practitioner Dominque Guadalupe and Oswego Health's Certified Diabetes Educator Susan Callaway.
Allergies with Melanie Pence, D.O.
& Nicholas Groch, D.O.
Melanie Pence, D.O. and Nicholas Groch, D.O. will discuss allergies, how they impact an individual's daily life and how they can lead to other conditions, such as ear and lung problems. They will also talk about treatment improvements now available for medications and allergy shots.
Colon Cancer - You Can Prevent It
with Bishnu Sapkota, M.D.
Bishnu Sapkota, M.D. discussed healthy alternatives to prevent colon cancer including taking the fear out of the most important screenings those 50 and older should undergo: a colonoscopy.
Colon cancer doesn't get the same attention as some higher-profile cancers, but it should. It's the third most common cancer in the United States, with 140,000 people diagnosed each year. An over a million men and women live with a history of the disease. Learn about health tips for prevention.
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Dec 2012: December
Dec 2012: "A dog wags its tail with its heart"
Nov 2012: November
Nov 2012: Bella | A dog is the only thing that can fill the void in your empty heart"
Oct 2012: October
Oct 2012: "Happiness is a warm puppy."
Sep 2012: Making Memories | September
Sep 2012: "The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too."
Aug 2012: August
Aug 2012: "Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole."
Jul 2012: July
Jul 2012: "To err is human, to forgive, canine."
Jun 2012: June
Jun 2012: Summer Time! | "No Matter how little money and how few possessions, you own, having a dog makes you rich."
May 2012: May
May 2012: "In a perfect world, every dog would have a home and every home would have a dog."
Apr 2012: April
Apr 2012: "A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself."
Mar 2012: March
Mar 2012: Live | Laugh | Love
Feb 2012: February
Feb 2012: "There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face."
Jan 2012: January
Jan 2012: "Whoever said you can't buy happiness forgot about little puppies."
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Here is some information to help you choose the right LED tape for your application.
Firstly you must decide on where you are fitting the LED tape:
Under Kitchen cabinets: If you are looking to install lighting under your kitchen cabinets as 'working light' - light bright enough to complete general tasks without any other lighting required - about the same light as a fluorescent tube . Then the LED tape you require is the high bright 14.4w per metre type.
What else do I require once I have selected the LED tape I want?
All LED tape requires either a 12v or 24v transformer to be powered. The standard 4.8w LED tape is 12v and the high powered 14.4w LED tape is 24v. To determine what size you transformer you require here is a table:
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Data Management Essentials
Thursday, March 30, 2017
3-4:30 p.m.
Health Sciences Library
Classroom 109
The Health Sciences Library presents a new class on data management.
Funding agencies and publishers increasingly require researchers to articulate a data management process. In order to respond to these requirements, researchers will need the data management knowledge and skills that support the long-term preservation, access, and reuse of data.
We will provide an introductory nuts and bolts approach to data management that covers the following:
- Tangible ways to better manage your data
- How to better document your research to comply with upcoming data management and sharing requirements
- Tools that can be used to better organize and document your data throughout the research process
- Platforms and tools that can be used to provide access to your research data
Intended audience: This class is recommended for anyone who does research or is planning research in the basic sciences, clinical or public health realms. Ideal for graduate students, medical students, post doctoral fellows, residents, and all research faculty.
See the library Data Management Planning Guide.


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Free Craft, Hobby and Social afternoon from 3pm to 5.30pm.
This will run every first Sunday of the month (Jan – 2nd Sun). Over 18's only.
Great activities from flower arrangement, knitting, embroidery to art classes take place on the day.
Bring a friend or find a friend and enjoy learning a new skill.
Tea, coffee and biscuits available for nominal charge with all donations going to local charity.
Hope to see you there at this fun and very popular event.
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Stream/Buy the rest of this dope release:
"Brilliant" – Gremlinz | "Huge" – DFRNT |"Big" – DJ Stunna | "Lovely sounds!" – Reza | "Simply an epic release !!!" – TKR | "Great stuff!!" – BRRRAP! FM Sweden …
Full previews + direct buy + videos: www.dubkraftrecords.com
After every three years of activity, DubKraft Records releases a sort of "state of the union" album, and the second one is a killer! A serial killer actually…
"DubKraft Records: 3 More Years – Part 2", the first of the upcoming 2 CD's, is for the bass music lovers that prefer higher bpm's, around 170.
We can't even imagine putting this music in words, but we can ensure you the experience is pretty adventurous, schizoid and smooth. Ah well…
The compilation gathers well established names and daring newcomers from all over the world, in a tasteful proportion, and it's all about "Bass, Spirit, Character", as the label's motto reads.
Massive thanks and appreciation to everyone that has contributed to label's development!
"DubKraft Records: 3 More Years" Part 1 available from www.dubkraftrecords.com (digital) and www.amazon.com (CD)
"DubKraft Records: The first 3 Years" (2010) album compilation still available in most quality digital shops out there. www.junodownload.com/products/1433072-02.htm
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Release/catalogue number: DKR046mp3
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Now that you have established a successful career, apply your passion, energy and talent to help our clients across the globe generate lasting infrastructure and resource improvements.
At CH2M, you'll use your experience and instinct to take on some of the world's most challenging projects. It's not just the projects that bring us to work every day, it's the people. We have fun working together knowing that what we do not only makes our clients happy but helps the world move forward.
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Really great illusion mural by Adam Cvijanovic entitled "Stardust". Created using flash acrylic paint on Tyvek.
Really great illusion mural by Adam Cvijanovic entitled "Stardust". Created using flash acrylic paint on Tyvek.
Adam Birch is a illustrator who we recently got in contact with who creates a lot of really gnarly design that make for some seriously awesome graphic t-shirts.
AROE of the MSK and Heavy Artillery Crews did a really solid and funky rendition of the cover of License to Ill for the legendary MC Adam Yauch a.k.a MCA of the Beastie Boys.
One of the biggest influences of our lives growing up was the Beastie Boys and it's a tragedy to hear that Adam Yauch (a.k.a MCA) has passed on. Condolences to friends and family and here are some Beastie Boys videos to remind us of his talent.
The second installment of BizarreBeyondBelief Magazine featuring incredible talents such as: SOHOE UNC, Adam Levett, EKWAL 32, Project A Apparel, Ain't No Love, FESTER NWK, Stephen Hiam, Alex Cirka, and GOMER.
Los Angeles graffiti legen RISKY MSK got a commission to paint the outside of a massive home in Santa Monica, designed and built by Adam Corlin. More info here.


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1) Update Your Passcode!
Until now, passcodes were limited to just 4 digits. iOS 9 allows you to create passcodes up to 6 digits which is far more secure than a 4 digit code.
2) Enable TouchID
To add an additional layer of security, enable fingerprint authentication. This can easily be done in the Settings. Make sure you have enabled the "Phone Unlock" setting.
3) Change your Hotspot Password
Though the default password is stronger in iOS 9 than it used to be, you should change the default password to a stronger one of your choosing. The default password can be found on the internet and would allow anyone who knows that password to be able to connect to your hotspot. Changing the default password is a common best practice.
4) Require Password for Every Purchase
With this enabled, you will be prompted to enter your password or TouchID for every purchase in the App Store and iTunes. This prevents unauthorized purchases and adds an additional layer of security in the event your device is lost or stolen. When you see the prompt below, choose "Always Require".
5) App Privacy
Apps have become quite good at sneaking permissions that impose on your privacy such as location tracking and information gathering. When you install an app and receive a prompt such like the one seen below, select "Don't Allow". It is common for an app to track your location in the background, even when you are not using the app. You may also want to go through your apps that are already installed and disable location tracking in them too.
6) App Permissions
When you are downloading apps, take the time to go over the permissions the app is requesting from your device. It is common for apps to request permissions they do not need and many of these permissions can be used to steal data from you such as your contacts or other private information. If an app wants any of these imposing permissions, you will see the prompt below. Always select "Don't Allow". For apps that are already installed, you can manually go through them and change the privacy settings to "Off".
7) Enable "Find My iPhone"
Time and time again, the "Find My iPhone" feature has assisted the police with locating stolen devices. If you are concerned with locating your device if it has been lost or stolen, enable this feature in your Settings. But please note, by enabling this feature you are allowing Apple to track your device.
If you must use a mobile device, securing your mobile device is critically important. More and more attackers are targeting mobile devices and this will only increase as time goes by. Do what you can, with what you have.
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Coffee on the Piazza - August 31st - Music by: John Bahler
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Organization:Ruthmere Museum Campus
August 31, 2019
Where:Ruthmere Museum Piazza
302 East Beardsley Avenue and 102 West Beardsley
Elkhart, IN 46514
Details:Ruthmere's popular Coffee on the Piazza series on Saturday mornings is all about fun, games, classic cars, music and Rise n' Roll donuts! Coffee on the Piazza is also a perfect time to S-L-O-W down with yoga from The Awakening Realm, chill out with local talent, play a parlor game and soak up the rich environment that is the Ruthmere piazza, or as we like to call it "Elkhart's Front Porch." Enjoy music by John Bahler. From 10am-12pm every Saturday in June, July and August we will serve complimentary coffee, sell Rise n' Roll donuts, feature local acoustic music, and put out an array of entertaining board games courtesy of The Secret Door Games in downtown Elkhart. Show off your classic ride on Ruthmere's front drive! Only FOUR precious parking spots are available each Saturday. Classic cars are admitted at the discretion of Ruthmere staff with reservations preferred. Coffee on the Piazza cars must arrive strictly between 9:30-9:50am, and must remain parked until conclusion of program at Noon. Drive gates remain closed during the program. Coffee on the Piazza classic car owners are given a complimentary Rise n' Roll donut as a thank you for sharing their vehicle at this public event. General parking is available in the First Presbyterian Church parking lot. Coffee on the Piazza is generously sponsored by The Family of Phyllis Myers; Tom and Karen.
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About Me
My name is Flora. I grew up and still live in Santorini, a heavenly and romantic island with wild beauty that no one can help but love – that's why I cannot imagine myself living in any other part of the planet. I first came to this island at the age of ten and I immediately fell in love with it. My family owns and runs the "Ilioperato" Hotel in Imerovigli. I gained valuable experience by working in the service field from a young age.
During the summers, I would work in tourist agencies, where I learnt all the comforts our island offers to its visitors. I also used to love weddings and everything about them since I was a little girl. In 2010, after I had graduated, I started my own collection and in 2011 I planned my first wedding. That is how my career set off, my first weddings being planned in our hotel, of which I was the wedding planner.
After having gained this lengthy experience, I decided to run my own events planning company in 2018. Our core philosophy lies within individuality and that is why there are no package deals from us: each event is special, as well as the people involved in it; thus we only offer individualised proposals...


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Fantasy Insider QUT bluebox Challenge Finalist 2015 - Q&A
1. What is Fantasy Insider?
Fantasy Insider is a sports analytics platform that develops new metrics and tools for analysing sporting data and focuses (in the first instance) on Australian sports and horse racing.
The current launch product, known as Fantasy Insider, provides research tools and lineup optimizers for AFL (Australian Football League) and NRL (National Rugby League) fantasy contests.
2. Who are the people behind Fantasy Insider?
The team consists of:
- Darryl Woodford, who has led the technical development of Fantasy Insider and has previous experience in data science. As a professional gambler and a current fantasy sports player, Darryl is motivated to develop tools for easier interpretation of sporting data.
- Michel Lubuya is the co-founder of Euphoric Vision, a strategic marketing and design firm, Shadow Management, a sports management firm and he leads the business development and promotional side of Fantasy Insider. Michel started his journey in marketing at QUT before becoming the marketing manager at a Brisbane nightclub. He then ventured in a new direction and opened up a direct marketing/promotions business called Retrouvailles that has now been rebranded as Euphoric Vision.
3. What is your connection(s) to QUT?
Darryl completed a PhD at QUT in 2013 looking at regulations in the offshore gambling industry. From 2013 to 2015 he was employed as a Research Fellow in the Social Media Research Group, which ultimately led to commercial opportunities with Hypometer, a social media analytics platform.
Michel is a former QUT marketing student.
4. How long have you been operating as a business?
Fantasy Insider has been operating for around three months, although the ideas behind the platform can be traced back to both Darryl's work on Hypometer and his experience in sports modelling and gambling.
5. How did you come up with the idea for Fantasy Insider?
When daily fantasy sports sites including Moneyball and SportsFantasyPro launched in Australia, Darryl wanted to be involved but realised how far Australia was lagging behind America in sporting analytics.
With approximately two million Australians and 100 million worldwide playing fantasy sports, Darryl realised there were big market opportunities in fantasy sports and fantasy sports data from media partnerships and other uses of the data such as sports/racing betting.
6. Do you have any previous experiences in start-ups or business?
Katie Prowd and Darryl founded Hypometer in 2014 to translate social media information into a data form that is interesting to the public. Their tools were used in Channel 7's G20 coverage, ABC News 24's coverage of the Queensland election and a range of factual and entertainment media channels including Big Brother, TV ratings and Triple J's Hottest 100.
7. What has been your biggest challenge with Fantasy Insider to date?
Timing has been the major challenge. Much of the development work has taken place during the latter stages of the AFL and NRL seasons, which means the Fantasy Insider team will need to wait until early 2016 to monetise those sports.
Darryl and Michel are now looking at horse racing, soccer, tennis and golf as shorter-term monetisation options.
8. What has been your biggest success with Fantasy Insider so far?
Fantasy Insider quickly formed promotional partnerships with both Moneyball and SportsFantasyPro and continue to work with others in the industry, which are very supportive of new players in the industry, which in turn develop tools to help the market expand.
9. Where do you find inspiration and what entrepreneurs are you influenced by?
American statistician Nate Silver (of Baseball Prospectus, FiveThirtyEight blog and US election prediction fame) and the general American sabermetric scene acts as inspiration for most of the approaches Darryl has taken on both Hypometer and Fantasy Insider.
10. What would it mean to you and your start-up to win the Innovation Challenge?
It would greatly accelerate growth in two key areas. Firstly, it would provide Fantasy Insider access to much more granular data (available upon subscription) which would improve the projections Darryl and Michel make available to the public. It would also make their work much more useful to others in the sports industry such as the media and sporting teams themselves.
Secondly, it would provide a budget for marketing, enabling Fantasy Insider to test marketing approaches on niche sports during the off-season and be prepared to apply them to AFL/NRL when the fantasy draft season begins in early 2016.
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Peanut butter and Chocolate. Always a classic combination, even if the recipe isn't so classic. or even a recipe, really.
I am still reeling over my amazing weekend, and will recap every detail soon. I'm still on a plant-based high with a goofy grin, and there are some people still in Portland for a few more days so I'm spending time with new friends!
I managed to develop quite the sweet tooth as a result of all the amazing food we enjoyed this weekend. In three days. I crave sweets now, wanting dessert after dinner. Breakfast and lunch too, if I'm being honest.
Today I have the honor of guest posting for my friend Eden – whose blog I love for many reasons – she makes me laugh, inspires me to think, and instigates many fun comment conversations. So when she asked me to guest post, I put my thinking laptop on to come up with something fun.
This satisfies that sweet tooth.
The breakfast one.
The theme is "not on my blog" – visit Eden to see what I have to say.
What is your favorite chocolate peanut butter combination?


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About alerts
An alert is an action that a saved search triggers based on the results of the search. When creating an alert, you specify a condition that triggers the alert. Typically the action is an email based on the results of the search. But you can also choose to run a script or to list the alert as a triggered alert in Settings. When you create an alert you are creating a saved search with trigger conditions for the alert.
To avoid sending out alerts too frequently, specify a throttle condition for an alert.
The following list describes the types of alerts:
- Per result alert. Based on a real-time search. The trigger condition is whenever the search returns a result.
- Scheduled alert. Runs a search according to a schedule that you specify when creating the alert. You specify results of the search that trigger the alert.
- Rolling-window alert. Based on a real-time search. The trigger condition is a combination of specified results of the search within a specified time window.
Alert scenarios
This section discusses the scenarios for each type of alert.
Per result alert
Use a per result alert to notify when a real-time search returns a result that matches a condition. Typically, you specify a throttle condition so that the alert triggers only once for a specified time period. Per result examples include the following:
- Trigger an alert for every failed login attempt.
- Trigger an alert when a specific type of error occurs on any host.
You can choose field values that suppress hosts for which you do not want an alert notification.
- Trigger an alert when a CPU on a host sustains 100% utilization for an extended period of time.
- Caution: Be careful using a per result alert in a high availability deployment. If a peer is not available, a real-time search does not warn that the search might be incomplete. Use a scheduled alert for this scenario.
Scheduled alert
Use a scheduled alert to notify when a scheduled search returns results that meet a specific condition. A scheduled alert is useful when an immediate reaction to the alert is not a priority. Scheduled alert examples include:
- Trigger an alert that runs daily, notifying when the number of items sold that day is less than 500.
- Trigger an alert that runs hourly, notifying when the number of 404 errors in any hour exceeds 100.
Rolling-window alert
Use a rolling window alert to monitor the results of a real-time search within a specified time interval. For example, monitor the results every 10 minutes or every four hours. Rolling-window alert examples include:
- Trigger an alert when a user has three consecutive failed logins within a 10 minute period.
You can set a throttle condition to suppress an alert to once an hour from any user.
- Trigger an alert when a host is unable to complete an hourly file transfer to another host.
Set a throttle condition so the alert fires only once every hour for any specific host.
- Caution: Be careful using a real-time search in a high availability deployment. If a peer is not available, a real-time search does not warn that the search might be incomplete. Use a scheduled alert for this scenario.
Use throttling to limit alerts
Use throttling to reduce the frequency at which an alert triggers. An alert can trigger frequently based on similar results that the search returns. The schedule to run an alert can also cause the alert to trigger frequently. To reduce the frequency of the alert firing, configure the following:
- A time period in which to suppress results.
- Field values that the search returns.
For example, you can create an alert that fires when a system error occurs. For this example, assume that when the system error occurs, it occurs 20 or more times each minute. However, you want to send an alert only once every hour. To reduce the frequency of the alert firing, configure throttling for the alert.
- From the Search Page, enter the following search:
index=_internal log_level=ERROR
- Select Save As > Alert
- For Result Type, click Real Time to configure a per-result alert.
- Click Next.
- Select the actions you want to enable.
- Select Throttle.
- Enter log_level to suppress the alert for the field
You can configure throttling to suppress on more than one field. Use a comma-delimited list to specify fields for throttling.
- Enter 1 hour as the time to suppress triggering for the alert.
- Click Save.
You can set up a per-result alert that throttles events that share the same
clientip and
host values. For example, a real-time search with a 60 second window triggers an alert every time an event with disk error appears. Ten events with the error message that occurs in the window triggers five disk error alerts, which is ten alerts within one minute. If the alert sends an email notification each time it triggers, you can overwhelm a email Inbox.
You can configure throttling so that when one alert of this type triggers, it suppresses all successive alerts of the same type for the next 10 minutes. After each successive 10 minutes period pass, the alert can trigger again.
Throttling scheduled and real-time searches
For scheduled searches that run on a frequent basis, and you do not want to be notified for each run, set the throttling controls to suppress the alert to a longer time window.
For real-time searches, if you configure an alert so that it fires once for a trigger condition, you do not need to configure throttling. If the alert fires more than once for the trigger condition, consider throttling to suppress results.
When you configure throttling for a real-time search, start with a throttling period that matches the length of the base search's time window. Expand the throttling period if necessary. This prevents multiple notifications for a given event.
Scheduled reports compared to alerts
A scheduled report is similar to an alert. A scheduled report can execute an action each time the scheduled report runs. For example, a scheduled report that sends a daily report of failed log-ins sends an email even if there are no failed log-ins.
An alert executes its action only when it meets specified conditions. An alert to notify of failed log-ins each hour does not send an email if there are no failed log-ins for a specific hour.
For more information, see Schedule reports, in the Reporting Manual.
The ability to run an alert and edit an alert depend on the user role and capabilties assigned to that role. For information about managing permissions for knowledge objects such as alerts, see Manage knowledge object permissions in the Knowledge Manager.
By default, only users with the Admin or Power roles can do the following:
- Create alerts.
- Run real-time searches.
- Schedule searches.
- Save searches.
- Share alerts.
You can share an alert in an app so other users of the app can take advantage of the alert. You share an alert by editing the permissions of the alert.
When you share an alert for a user who is not an Admin user or Power user, make sure the user has the necessary permissions to access the alerting features. For example, make sure the user has the capability to run a real-time search if you share a per result alert.
When you create an alert, you can edit permissions for the alert after you configure it. You can later edit permissions for the alert from the Alerts page. You can share an alert from the Alerts page:
- Go to the Alerts page.
- For the alert you want to share, select Edit > Edit Permissions.
- Select for whom to display the alert.
- Owner. This choice makes the alert private to the creator of the alert.
- App. Display the alert for all users of the app.
- All Apps. Display the alert for all users of the Splunk Enterprise instance.
- Select read and write permissions for the user roles listed in the Permissions Window.
- Read: Users can see the alert in the Alerts Page and run the alerts in the app.
- Write: Users with the appropriate permissions can modify, enable, and disable the alert.
Create per-result alerts
This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk® Enterprise: 6.2.0, 6.2.1, 6.2.2, 6.2.3, 6.2.4, 6.2.5, 6.2.6, 6.2.7, 6.2.8, 6.2.9, 6.2.10, 6.2.11, 6.2.12, 6.2.13, 6.2.14, 6.2.15


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Illinois Bed Bug Dog – Summerfest Video 2013
August 8, 2013
Illinois Bed Bug Dog joined the community as they attended Villa Park's Summerfest the weekend of June 21st. Detection and extermination team, Nyx and Cliff Duple, demonstrated to the festivalgoers how effective their process is when it comes to finding and eliminating bed bugs. Crowd members participated in the demonstration and were asked to secretly place enclosed bed bugs into the belongings without Nyx or Cliff having any knowledge of where they might be. Watch as Nyx uses her finely tuned skills and abilities to search and detect the hidden bed bugs.
Some great insights about what to do if you find bed bugs!
March 26, 2013
Bed Bug Dogs in the News. See where!
January 31, 2013
August 8, 2012
A Bed Bugs' Stealth Attack on You.
Nyx, the Illinois Bed Bug Dog and his owner and mentor Cliff Duple of A.G.A.D. Pest Control (As Good As Dead) exterminators maintain a busy schedule. So do bed bugs. They're darn near invisible. They hide in furniture and behind your walls. They move quickly through electrical conduit. They're stubborn. When they get to your bed, they aren't there to sleep. They're there to eat. You. And prevent you from sleeping. Even the thought of them makes you itch. They're presence is thousands of times worse. They're difficult to eradicate.
Who Can Sniff / Snuff Out Your Bed Bugs for Good?
Once you realize you've got them, whether Nyx, the bed bug dog finds them with his near perfect accuracy, OR WORSE, the bed bugs find you, and they are 100% at making your life miserable, you need a reliable and economical way to eradicate these pests from your person, your home, office, hotel, apartment, school or other structure in your life. And you want to eradicate them for good. The temperature needs to rise nearly 40 degrees more than your body temperature to kill these bed bugs and their hatching larva. That requires the right equipment and the right time commitment to making sure the bed bugs are dead.
Illinois Bed Bug Dog…Your Faithful Companion
When Cliff and Nyx at A.G.A.D Pest Control. quote you a price to eradicate bed bugs, you're getting the whole price for eliminating these pests from your life. After the eradication takes place, Nyx can even go in and make sure they're gone. Nyx won't eat until you can sleep. Now that's comforting.
August 6, 2012
Bed Bugs, The Unwanted Travel Companion
I have a lot of people ask me "What can I do when I travel abroad or domestically to prevent bringing bed bugs back with me? Should I bring my luggage to a Laundromat first and wash it there? I'm a travelin' man (or a traveling woman for that matter). The only souvenirs I want to bring home are the ones I choose to bring home. I don't want to travel with, stay with or come home with bed bugs. Nobody does, except perhaps other bed bugs. How do I keep these free loading pests from becoming travel companions?
5 "Safe Practices" that Can Help
There are "best practices' in your work place to employ. There are "safe practices" in travel guides. Bed bugs are opportunistic pests that you'll encounter at hotels, in airports, even in rental cars. Actually anywhere where to the turnover of guests is frequent is a transfer area and breeding ground for bed bugs.
To eradicate bed bugs, you'll need to:
- Expose them to extreme heat; over 125 degrees. It's a good practice to wash clothes and dry clothing at the highest heat settings before bringing them into your residence.
- Pack the clothing in plastic bags to help limit exposure to your luggage. Your luggage will wind up sharing space with other luggage when you travel.
- Use luggage encasements before arriving home to contain any pests.
- Use cloth luggage to make it easier to place suitcases in an industrial size dryer on the highest heat setting in a Laundromat.
- If you do experience them on your premises, call in a professional to perform a thorough bed bug inspection to prevent further infestation, it is truly worth the peace of mind knowing they are gone.
Extra Caution Can Pay Off
Travel is a key area of vulnerability in preventing an infestation of bed bugs. Taking a few extra steps can save you from having to battle bed bugs on your home front. Current trends show that you can encounter these pests no matter where you travel or how you get there; car, bus, train, or airplane. Both Nyx of Illinois Bed Bug Dog and Cliff of A.G.A.D. Pest Control believe bed bug prevention is possible by taking an extra precautions. Remember that bed bugs can and will travel with you anywhere if you aren't being cautious. It's a real bite. Literally.
Do you have some helpful tips you might share with everyone about measures you take to leave these pests behind? Please let us know.
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May 15, 2012
Illinois Bed Bug Dog…Arriving on the Scene
Hey Cliff, can you park your truck on the next block?
As Good As Dead aka A.G.A.D. Pest Control has been around for 30 years. I learned that having advertising on my truck was good business while the truck was moving. It's only when I stopped that curtains were drawn and doors were slammed. Parking in front of a school, customer's house, dormitory, apartment or condo complex; that was a different story. Being discreet became very important. By the time we eradicated whatever pest might have been plaguing a property owner, there was a good chance that neighbors were discussing all manners of what "pest" their neighbor was inundated with.
I bet its roaches! Naw, gotta be rats! I told you they had wasps! No cat there. Must be infested with mice! That itchy kid must have lice! Raccoons, I knew it!
In truth, the most immaculate homes can run into trouble with pests. In fact, those are the clients that are most likely to call. Or they'll stop me on the street. They'll give me the address, invariably followed by the instructions "Hey Cliff, can you park a couple blocks away?" Sometimes, they'll even provide the address of an unkempt rental property where no one would be surprised that a pest problem might occur.
Bed Bugs on the Move. Ugh!
It had become part of tucking a child in at night; "Good night, sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite!" You don't hear that much anymore, because theeeeeey're back! And they're miserable. Their bites are painful, uncomfortable and you could be bitten hundreds of times before you realize it. You won't be going to the Prom with the swelling and rashes they cause. The little buggers travel light and easy too. They move quickly, quietly and invisibly through your house, apartment, school, office or hotel through the walls and often use the electrical system as a "superhighway to their destination; your bed!
How do you find them? Endless Training and Cross-training.
For years that meant literally tearing up your house to expose them. That's if they didn't find you and your delicious flesh first. Sorry, but that's how most people first learned of their unwanted guests.
Not anymore. Meet Nyx, the Illinois Bed Bug Dog. She's cute and very discreet. More important, she's trained to find these bed bugs in any structure no matter where they are hiding. You could say Nyx lives for this job. Because she does. She's a petite Fox terrier on a mission. She can fit into awkward and small spaces and she can smell beg bugs wherever they are. Even in the walls. Nyx only is rewarded with food when she successfully finds the bed bugs. Nyx has had 800 hours of initial training and an ongoing training program every day. She doesn't get distracted by other stimuli, not smells, sights or sounds. When her "work leash" is on, she's single-mindedly looking for only one scent; bed bugs. She's up to 98% effective and she works fast. What used to take a whole day and might have a 30% success rate, now takes several minutes and it's nearly perfect. As her trainer and co-worker, I, Cliff Duple, am responsible for continuing her training for 2 hours every day. That's not too hard to do. Nyx and I are busy, really busy. She's inspecting all day, and often times makes night calls. Whenever the bug bites, the phone rings. Nyx and Cliff Duple are ready to find those bed bugs. No one realizes Nyx is on the job. She looks like any other family pet (although in my biased opinion she's in the top echelon of cute dogs and would win 'Best in Show' at Westminster if she didn't have a job, unlike the other shallow contestants) When Nyx and I enter, we look like visitors. If Nyx finds bed bugs, I get to work with A.G.A.D. to eradicate them. Nyx will come back and check my work when I'm done. If I've gotten rid of the bed bugs and made your life better, I get a treat. Nyx eats her treats. I deposit mine.
Oh, and let me know if you like my latest workout photo. Is pink my color? Ya think?
While I agree that there are some benefiting from the recent rise in the numbers of bed bug infestations; there are those of us that have been in the pest control industry for many years. A.G.A.D. Pest Control, Inc. has been in business for over 30 years. We have a long established, proven method of bed bug and other pest eradication. A.G.A.D. Pest Control, Inc. has a new addition to the company and her name is Nyx. Nyx is a certified canine bedbug detection dog, whose daily training makes her up to 98% effective. With Nyx and our other proven methods of treatment, which can include heat or pesticides, we can safely rid your home or business of bed bugs.
In your search to hire a reliable pest professional, you'll need to do some due- diligence in order to protect yourself and your wallet; my advice to anyone looking to rid themselves of bedbugs and hire a reliable company, would be this:
1) If you think you have bed bugs, capture one and call a reputable pest control company (one that didn't jump on the bed bug "bandwagon" in the last 2 years) with a proven track record, in bed bug elimination.
2) Ask how they will rid you of these pests. What kinds of treatments do they usually perform, the pesticides they will use, and how long will it take.
3) Price will usually depend on the type of application you choose, but be wise, some of the more reliable services will offer some kind of guarantee after the last of typically 3 pesticide applications 2 weeks apart, totaling 6 weeks. Heat treatments are typically completed in 1 day and will also offer guarantees afterward.
I do not recommend anyone attempting to do his or her own pest control for these reasons:
a) Pesticides can be dangerous if you don't know how and when to use them!
b) Most pesticide sprays and/or foggers won't work on bed bugs and will likely spread the problem causing an even bigger infestation.
c) Call on professionals who are certified in the use of pesticides.
A.G.A.D. Pest Control, Inc. services Chicago and the surrounding suburbs. We are capable, trustworthy and reputable. If for some reason you have to call someone else, find a company you can trust implicitly; after all, unless you opt for the 1-day heat treatment you will be seeing a lot of them in the time it takes to rid yourselves of bed bugs.
Trish Artisuk
A.G.A.D. Pest Control
Illinois Bed Bug Dog
NO to "DIY" Bed Bug Elimination!
December 22, 2011
- In an article I recently read, it stated that insecticides are causing illness due to its exposure used to eliminate bed bugs.In my opinion, I believe it is the misuse of these pesticides that is the problem. Instead of getting the help of a qualified pest control operator, homeowners are off to the hardware stores in droves, with the delusional idea that they will rid themselves of these pests. My advice to those people, scouring the isles of the local hardware stores in search of a "quick fix" to control bed bugs…DON'T DO IT! While we all know there is no "quick fix" in the elimination of bed bugs, there is a simple solution. Let the professionals do their jobs. A qualified, licensed pest professional knows how (and when) to use pesticides made specifically for controlling bed bugs. They have the knowledge, training and certification in pesticides and their application.Homeowners, in their quest for a restful nights sleep, may be tempted to purchase insecticides and treat an infestation on their own. I cannot stress enough that this should be avoided. Not only could you harm yourself (or others) if the pesticides are even slightly misused, but in your haste you can actually repel the bed bugs, causing an even bigger infestation.Bed bugs have certainly reared their ugly heads and made a huge comeback in recent years. They have plagued hotels, schools, theaters, multi-family dwellings and single- family homes. Your socioeconomic status means nothing to a bed bug. Bed bugs do not discriminate, they don't care who you are – as long as you're willing to lie down and go to sleep, they will suck the blood right out of you.My Name is Nyx; I work for Illinois Bed Bug Dog as a canine detection dog. My handler is Cliff Duple and he has owned A.G.A.D. Pest Control, Inc. (As Good As Dead) for 30 years. Instead of costing you more money in the long run, by attempting the "DIY" method, save yourself some cash and call our office first. Our toll-free phone number is 1- 855.SEND.DOG you can also watch my video at our website at: http://www.illinoisbedbugdog.com
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Illinois Bed Bug Dog
December 21, 2011
One of our regular service apartment complexes called me and said that their maintenance staff found a mattress by an outside dumpster with live bed bugs on it. They had no idea what unit in this 100 unit building could have thrown out the mattress and of course they were frantic over the situation. Their first thought was to perform a visual inspection in every unit. I told them I would be happy to do this however there are going to be problems with this inspection. First, every resident had to be notified with ample time for inspection and prepare for us like stripping sheets and covers off all beds, all clutter must be picked up and we needed access to all rooms. The second problem is there were going to be a lot of questions of why we are performing this unusual inspection and it would create a bed bug panic with their residents throughout this building or even complex. I then suggested that we use Nyx and perform a hallway inspection where she smells under the doors to see if she can find the bed bug infested unit. I told them for that size building it would take about 2 hours which also was a far less cost than the visual inspection. Of course not to my surprise but to theirs Nyx found the infested unit by smelling under the doors in less than an hour and we finished the entire building in about 2 hours just as I quoted. "NYX NOSE KNOWS"


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Author – Lacey London
Rating – 5/5 stars
Number of pages – 271
Publisher – SSO Publishing
Lacey London is a bestselling author of Clara Andrew Series. Her newest release is 'Anxiety Girl' is about a girl Sadie Valentine who is like any other girl and suffers from anxiety, depression, and panic. The life when do not turn out the way we want or turn into a wrong direction, we experience an anxiety. It is not a problem, a certain limit of anxiety is very normal in daily life and one cannot ignore it but when anxiety over power your mind and takes a toll on your life then it needs to be taken care of and that is what Sadie experiences in her life.
Sadie Valentine is an artist. She paints. She sells her paintings and that is her only income. A series of events lands her into a state of anxiety and one day she experiences a panic attack. Over months her life takes every wrong turn and she bottled them is like digging her own grave. With her best friend Aldo by her side on every step will she able to fight the three devils 'panic, depression, and anxiety'?
The story deals with serious issues which often swept under the carpet or ignored. The one who suffers felt ashamed to voice his/her illness. The issue is handled carefully and comprehendingly. The story voices many who are going through the same period. The story also accounts friendship of Aldo and Sadie. A painstaking story of Sadie Valentine by Lacey London.
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