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My Computer Doctor has been helping businesses deal with IT problems. We provide extensive IT services and support so that you don't have the burden put on your business. IT is definitely not for everyone, it causes many frustrations that can be solved by experts like us. With modern technology an organization cannot avoid IT regardless of whatever industry to might be in. If IT is handled properly, it can drastically improve your company's efficiency and quality of work. It does however, bring a number of challenges.
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IT issues need to be solved immediately, which is why My Computer Doctors strives to respond promptly whenever you report a problem. Our team is available 24/7, every day of the year and will respond to your calls and to come up with a solution to your IT problems.My Computer Doctors has extensive experience working in IT. Whether you're struggling to install a new network or facing security or efficiency issues on your current one, we can handle any situation in terms of IT technology. We have frequently worked with medical providers and dental offices with critical networking and security needs. The team has been able to keep their systems efficient and safe from any harm that could cause their business. Our skilled team of experts can handle even the most challenging IT support tasks.
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I was prepared to hate the new Justin Timberlake Playboy interview. The writer opens the piece by calling him the "coolest dude on the planet", on par with George Clooney and Keith Richards.
Sit DOWN.
Then he compares Timberlake to Frank Sinatra and Young Elvis.
To be fair, those words come from the journalist. You can imagine though, for Justin, when you walk around and everyone tells you this, how he got to be so far up his own ass.
But I didn't hate the interview. At all. I don't want to spoil it for you by pulling out the best parts, because it is really one of those that reads very well, that you'll want to enjoy for yourself from start to finish as a conversational flow. What I will tell you though is that at one point Pippy drops some Henry David Thoreau and I had to laugh. Because he must have memorised it like The Social Network before meeting with the magazine.
Still, there is a lot of honesty here. And humility. He doesn't talk about how "God gave me this gift, and I must share it". Rather, Justin speaks of hard work, very hard work, and no matter how much I dislike him, I don't doubt he did work hard, and I will always respond more to real hard work, like the authentic kind, the immigrant kind, the Malcolm Gladwell 10,000 hours kind, than a divine explanation for success.
There's some golf talk (he claims he's shortened his backswing), there's a standard "I won't discuss about my personal life" speech, he's pretty candid about Lady Gaga's future, and he's also very, very kind about Britney. Almost...gentle. It actually broke my heart a little.
If there were 5 Gossip Wishes that could be granted by a Gossip Genie, no doubt, on that list of 5, I would, every day and always, say that I want Britney and Justin to get back together. If you were around during that time, you know what I mean. I bring this up because Justin brings up the matching denims. Of course you remember the matching denims.
I know it can never be. Of course it can't. But that's why you play the Gossip Genie game anyway.
Also, I really love it when he says he was sh-t when he performed with Mick Jagger.
Click here to read the entire interview. Like I said, you'll hate the opening preamble, but the second page gets a lot more interesting.
PS. I just thought of something: do you think for this generation, Justin and Selena are like our Justin and Britney? This is giving me the shakes.
File photos from Jeffrey Mayer/LUCY NICHOLSON/Gettyimages.com
Justin Timberlake: denim suits and Thoreau
I was prepared to hate the new Justin Timberlake Playboy interview. The writer opens the piece by calling him the "coolest dude on the planet", on par with George Clooney and Keith Richards.

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COMSOL Multiphysics Version 4.4 Released Today
You've seen glimpses of our new software release at the COMSOL Conference and perhaps engaged in commentary around it in social media. Today marks the official release of COMSOL Multiphysics version 4.4, and you can now learn about the software updates in detail and download it if you are on subscription.
COMSOL 4.4 Brings a Fresh Look and Feel
So far, the most buzz has been around the updated COMSOL Desktop user interface (UI), with its ribbon design and new Multiphysics node. We're very excited to introduce this new UI, as we think it's going to improve your modeling process by providing a clearer overview of your workflow and just overall being more intuitive to use. By only displaying commands when you need them, the ribbon will make it easier for you to find the operations you are looking for to set up your models and run your simulations.
New UI: Ribbon in COMSOL Multiphysics version 4.4.
If you're curious as to why we decided to update the UI and what this means for you, check out our previous blog post on the Philosophy of the Ribbon.
Some other important news items that benefit all users are: a new hover-and-click selection method, auto-complete search tool for variables, user-defined geometric primitives, if/else statements in the model tree for conditional geometry creation, NASTRAN-mesh file export, and time-unit handling in the solvers.
Functionality Enhancements Across the Product Suite
In addition to the new UI, we have made a number of functionality enhancements across the existing products. For instance, a new boundary condition has been included in the CFD Module for the modeling of wall roughness for turbulent flow. An Outlet boundary condition is now also available, which will provide much more accurate mass and energy conservation for laminar flow, in addition to convergence that is both quicker and more robust. We also have news for our mechanical products; in terms of the Heat Transfer Module, there are new tools for modeling bioheating, the thermoelectric effect, and radiation. With COMSOL 4.4, the Structural Mechanics Module gives you easy access to gravity and Rotordynamic forces, new easier ways to couple shells with solids, as well as a new fast penalty method for mechanical contact. In the Acoustics Module, you will find the Linearized Euler equations for aeroacoustics simulations.
For electrical applications, the AC/DC Module is now equipped with a brand new nonlinear magnetic material library containing 165 materials, and the Wave Optics Module has built-in capabilities for simulating laser heating. In the RF Module, ports can be assigned to interior boundaries. This is a feature that was available in version 3.5a and long-term users will now be happy to know it has been reintroduced. If you're using the Particle Tracing Module, you will be excited to hear that there is a new efficient method for solving particle-field and fluid-particle interactions with two-way coupling capabilities. The Optimization Module contains two new methods: one gradient-free method (BOBYQA) for dimensional optimization and another gradient-based method (MMA) for topology optimization. And the list goes on. Be sure to check out the Release Highlights page for the full scope of updates.
Particle Tracing: Plotting argon ion trajectories in a drift tube.
New Add-On Module for CFD
For the folks out there looking to simulate stirred mixers and reactors, we have introduced a Mixer Module as an add-on to the CFD Module. With this new addition to the Product Suite, you can simulate fluid flow in rotating machinery with turbulent, laminar, non-isothermal, and non-Newtonian flow with and without taking free surfaces into consideration. With this add-on, you will be able to also simulate the concentration, velocity, and temperature profiles in mixers from an array of industrial processes, including manufacturing of pharmaceuticals, consumer products, and food. When designing mixers, it's important to account for mixing efficiency, the impeller pumping number, and power draw. The Mixer Module will show you results on these and other quantities pertinent to mixing.
Mixer Module: Model mixers and stirred vessels.
If you need to simulate impeller and mixer designs, you should take a closer look at the Mixer Module section of the Release Highlights.
Video and Complete Details on COMSOL Multiphysics Version 4.4
As usual, we have prepared a Release Highlights page where you can dive into all of the new updates and watch a video. Catch the details on the COMSOL 4.4 Release Highlights page.
Continue to check back on the blog for more in-depth information on specific aspects of the new software release!
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Google Earth is a virtual globe program that lets you surf through our entire planet. You can zoom and search for your town and much more things such as school, churches etc! Google Earth Pro (Gold) is the upgraded version, it has alot of more features such as movie making or advanced printing and much more... Worth 400 $ Google Earth Pro combines the power of Google Search with satellite imagery, maps, terrain and 3D buildings to put the world's geographic information at your fingertips.
- Fly to your house. Just type in an address, press Search, and you'll zoom right in.
- Search for schools, parks, restaurants, and hotels. Get driving directions.
- Tilt and rotate the view to see 3D terrain and buildings, or look up to explore the sky.
- Save and share your searches and favorites.


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Wednesday night's game between the Boston Red Sox and the Toronto Blue Jays may have baseball scouts looking at the game's next big star.
A Fenway park usher made the boys on both teams look bad with his ridiculously casual one-handed catch of a foul ball in the upper deck at America's oldest ballpark during the top of the second inning Wednesday night.
Blue Jays third baseman, Yangervis Solarte, had just foul-tipped a ball into the upper deck on the first base side, when the usher can be seen casually reaching his hand out, allowing the ball to fall there as if it were destiny.
After a few moments of enjoying his well-earned adulation, the usher is seen handing the ball off to the parents of two young boys seated in the stands.
Fenway Park Usher, we salute you and nominate you for a place in the Ballpark Hall of Famers. Previous honorees include luminaries like the Padres Fan who caught a foul ball in her beer, or the dad with the fastest reflexes on record.


text: Polyamides consist of a wide range of different types, which can be used for textiles, sportswear and engineered components. The types, used by SKF, are engineering thermoplastics with good sliding properties. Polyamides absorb water, therefore for applications in water or water-based fluids, the swelling of the material must be taken into account.


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Hawking H2WR54G
The Hawking H2WR54G is a dual-WAN SOHO gateway/router/AP based on the ADM5120 SoC (BGA). It has 2 WAN Ethernet ports and a 4 port LAN switch. The firmware contains the usual: Linux, Firewall, NAT, dhcp client and server, BusyBox, uClibc, etc. The ADM5120 runs in little-endian mode. Hawking's Linux kernel, like most of the Edimax-clone devices, is version 2.4.18.
The H2WR54G is substantially the same product as the Planet XRT-402D.
The appearance of the external case in the Hawking product link differs from earlier versions that were sold. This is what the case used to look like when the product was first introduced in 2004:
Althouth the case design has changed radically, the firmware downloads are compatible so it would be resonable to assume that they are identical on the inside.
USB Expansion Potential
Like the Planet XRT-402D and several Edimax models, there are places on the PCB for two USB connectors and associated electronics that are not populated. As with the Edimax BR6104KP, it may be possible to add the missing parts and achieve USB support. The ADM5120 implements USB version 1.1 only.
Circuit Board
The main circuit board is pictured here.
The space for the unpopulated USB connectors can be seen at the top of the board. At the bottom center you can see the 14-pin JTAG connector and the 8-pin serial port connector. If you take a look at the picture links for the Planet XRT-402D router you will see that the circuit boards are almost identical.
CPU & Memory
The ADM5120 SoC (System-On-Chip) and memory components are pictured here.
The ADM5120 is visible in this picture. Below and to the right of it the MX29LV320ABTC-90 flash memory chip can be seen. It is a bottom-boot 32 MBit device that is configurable as 2,097,152 x 16-bit words (4 MBytes). At the left are the two SDRAM chips. They are HY57V281620HCT devices; each is 128 Mbits internally organized as 4 banks of 2,097,152 x 16. Together they provide 32 MBytes of SDRAM.
WiFi mini-PCI Card
The Inprocomm wireless miniPCI card is pictured here.
The IPN2220 WiFi chip is provided with only a binary driver supplied as a kernel module, IPN2220AP.o. There is no native Linux source code for this driver, so you are pretty much stuck with the Linux 2.4.18 kernel since modules compiled for one version of the kernel will not work with other versions (and ndiswrapper does not work on MIPS, since it just executes the Windows Intel code).
Kernel Analysis
I've managed to compile my own 2.4.18 kernel using the Edimax source code and the Hawking initrd disk image files. It boots and runs but the Hawking scripts that manage the dual-WAN setup do not run properly. I'm pretty sure this is because of the dual-WAN nature of the H2WR54G. The Edimax source code does not account for this feature. In particular, the file
defines the VLAN interfaces for the kernel. The Edimax source code has
static long vlan[MAX_VLAN_GROUP] = {0x5E, 0x41, 0, 0, 0, 0};
while the Hawking kernel was built with
static long vlan[MAX_VLAN_GROUP] = {0x41, 0x42, 0x7C, 0, 0, 0};
The kernel network code assigns each VLAN group to an ethernet device. For the Edimax code, the devices would be eth0 and eth1, while the Hawking code adds eth2 to the mix. This reflects the addition of the second WAN port. This information was only obtainable by examining the binary kernel in the Hawking firmware. There are undoubtedly more kernel changes, such as the one that prevents boot-time printk messages from appearing, that are extremely subtle and hard to pin down without access to the source code. It would be nice if someone would light a fire under Hawking or Planet to get them to release their source code, but it's hard to drum up interest in this since these are two minor vendors in the grand scheme of things.
Sergio Aguayo's AMiLDA Linux distro also runs on the H2WR54G. Vladislav Moskovets' Midge distro runs on it as well.
ADM5120 Switch
The ADM5120_switch page describes a utility to configure the VLANs managed by the ADM5120 Switch. The utility does not work on the H2WR54G router, either with the stock firmware kernel or a custom 2.4.18 kernel built from the Edimax source. AMiLDA is based on the 2.4.32 Linux kernel and the admswconfig utility does work when running AMiLDA.
After hooking up a serial port to the router and powering it on there is a distinct lack of output during the boot process. One up and running, the 'dmesg' command does not show any information. It appears as though Hawking has modified the kernel code somehow to turn off all printk output during the boot process. Replacing the firmware with a custom-built 2.4.18 kernel results in all the normal boot-time messages one would normally expect from Linux. Current experiments involve disassembling the Hawking Linux kernel to try and ascertain a way to patch it so that the boot-time messags are printed.
Work is now underway to see if a bricked H2WR54G can be brought back to life through the use of the JTAG connector on the PCB. An update will be posted once testing is complete.


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Permissible speeds
Guideline values for the permissible rotational and circumferential speeds for different seal designs are provided in the Seal selection table. If the circumferential speeds provided in the table are not sufficient for a particular sealing position, the diagram 1 may be used. The diagram lists circumferential and rotational speeds related to the material of the sealing lip. The values are valid for spring-loaded sealing lips that are well-lubricated by a mineral oil, where adequate lubricant supply prevents heat build-up and where the pressure is the same on both sides of the seal (pressure differential = 0).
The diagram 2 shows that large diameter shafts can accommodate higher circumferential speeds than shafts with smaller diameters. This is because the cross section of the shaft does not increase linearly with the increase in diameter but by the square of the increase in diameter. Therefore, the heat dissipation of a large shaft is much better than that of a small shaft.
Generally, SKF WAVE seals can be operated at higher circumferential speeds than those obtained from the diagram 3 because of the hydrodynamic form of the lip.
The values obtained from the diagram 4 should be reduced if:
- radial shaft seals with an auxiliary, contacting lip are used
- lubrication is inadequate or grease lubrication is used, i.e. when underlip temperatures increase due to poor heat dissipation
- the counterface does not meet surface finish or running accuracy requirements
- there is a pressure differential across the seal


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I have a hard time admitting to reality sometimes. But eventually, it catches up with us all. So here is the story of what has happened over the last week.
On Tuesday of last week, I took Mitsy and Pablo to the vets. They have been losing weight, which they desperately needed to do, but they got too skinny, as if that were possible. I could feel their spine. They weren't eating. I knew things weren't right. Mitsy also has a large, marble-sized growth between her nose and her left eye. We've been afraid to test it because doing so might damage her eye, but now it was so big that wasn't a concern. On Wednesday, the vet called with the results of all the expensive blood work. Mitsy's growth was not a tumor—always said in an Arnold voice. So in addition to her hyperthyroid medication, she was issued a steroid to break it down.
Pablo has diabetes in addition to his arthritis.
On Thursday morning, I took my two fifteen-year-old cats back to the vets. Mitsy got an antibiotic shot for her growth, and I brought Pablo to learn how to give him twice-daily insulin injections.
Pablo is awesome with his insulin injections. He almost even likes them. I've only pricked myself once so far.
Mitsy, who used to love Pill Pockets, quit her pills and food a month ago. So getting her to take her medication is a chore. I have to invent new things all the time. I first figured out that she likes Salmon Pill Pockets but not Chicken Pill Pockets. But after a day or so of that, she wasn't interested in them either. Luckily, Perl still likes them with her allergy medication.
On Saturday, Mitsy was breathing really heavy. I could see her chest rise and fall at a rapid rate. She and I and Perl went outside to sit in the back yard. I called the vet. They said to bring her in. I let her sit in the back yard for a little while longer, knowing it might be the last time. And I started crying. I didn't stop crying until Sunday.
At the vet, they took X-rays. I paid extra to have a radiologist stop his golf game long enough to respond to the photos. The vet could have told me the same thing as it was obvious from the photos. Mitsy's heart is enlarged, she had fluid in her lungs, and her kidneys are shrinking. She is dying. Congestive heart failure.
It was mentioned briefly that we could do an ultrasound, but really, she has been on hyperthyroid medication for six years, she has a large growth next to her eye, and she is fifteen. It is her time. But I still wasn't ready.
I was there until an hour past closing, using up all their tissues. We talked about where I could take her on Sunday when my vets is closed if I needed to euthanize her. The vet gave her an injection of something and sent me home with heart medication and a diuretic to get rid of the fluid in her lungs.
I was certain this was the end. I would have to call it sometime on Sunday or Monday morning.
The vet called Monday night. She was timid about what to ask about Mitsy, not knowing what happened.
"The drugs are a miracle," I exclaimed.
"That's great!" she said, relieved that she hadn't just called someone who's cat had died over the the last day and a half. Then she said, "Just remember, your cat is having congestive heart failure. That means her heart could stop working at any time."
"I know," I said. The thing was, the drugs had given me another day. I spent all day Sunday pampering Mitsy. We went outside again. I moved her food bowls to the bedroom so she doesn't have to walk as far. I put the child gate up so that she can walk between the bedroom and the bathroom without the dog bothering her.
The dog. The poor dog. She stepped on something Saturday and started limping, holding up her right, front paw. I couldn't see anything wrong besides her ego not getting enough attention. Her ego has miraculously healed.
Pablo is taking his insulin shots like a champ. He probably loves me more now than he ever has.
Mitsy doesn't like to take her pills. My latest trick has been to crush them up and mix them with water from a can of tuna. I'm going to be eating a lot of tuna. But she looks great. She is eating again, she seems happy. Her breathing still isn't great, but it is a lot better than it was on Saturday.
Every day, at this point, is a new challenge. Will she be alive when I wake up. Will she be alive when I get home from work. I pet her and give her a kiss on the forehead and tell her I love her every chance I get, not knowing if it will be the last. Mitsy and Pablo have been with me for the last fourteen years, through three different states, three cross-country trips, and nine different housing arrangements. I'm writing their memoirs because they have been the only constant in my life over the last fourteen years. Everything else has changed, except for them.
And now that is about to change.
I'm trying to be ready.
But I'm not.


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CITY OF NEWBURGH — Plans for a gun buyback program in Newburgh now include Middletown and Port Jervis.
CITY OF NEWBURGH — Plans for a gun buyback program in Newburgh now include Middletown and Port Jervis.
Councilman Curlie Dillard said the program, previously planned for December in Newburgh, would wait until early 2013 with the expanded number of drop-off sites.
Previous buybacks in Orange County have allowed people to exchange guns for grocery store gift cards without fear of being charged for illegal possession. Dillard said details of the latest exchange would be released at a news conference in January.
Critics of buybacks call them feel-good measures, and studies of exchanges in cities including Seattle, St. Louis and Boston found little to no evidence they reduced gun crime.
Dillard and Newburgh police Chief Michael Ferrara, however, said taking guns out of houses could prevent the kind of situation that led to the death of Brandon Scandrett, 10, in the City of Newburgh in 2010.
Brandon was home with two younger stepbrothers when one of the boys discovered his stepfather's handgun.
"We have to protect the innocents," Dillard said.
The Democratic Alliance of Orange County had originally planned to pay for the Newburgh buyback with $10,000 but later withdrew the offer.
Attorney Michael Sussman, the organization's founder, said the alliance didn't want to work with one of the police contacts.
He said the alliance would use its money to start a city-based organization to push Newburgh forward. He expected the group to begin work in a city storefront by the end of January.
Dillard said the county has pledged financial support for the retooled buyback, and the Greater Newburgh Partnership would provide assistance as well.


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- "What is a Wiki?" questions
- Questions about MoinMoin in general
- Finding and accessing information in the wiki
- Editing in the wiki
- How do add something to the wiki, or change something that's wrong?
- Are there any conventions I should follow when adding information?
- How can I add non-text information to the Wiki?
- How can I avoid the use of [[BR]] and use normal newline characters instead?
- How do I add an image to a page?
- How do I create a new Template page?
- Adding documents in an intranet
- Should I ''sign'' my changes?
- What if I delete entries in pages, and you think you need them? Is it erased completely?
- Adding other document formats to the wiki
- Linking in the wiki
- Installation & Configuration
- Administering the Wiki
"What is a Wiki?" questions
What is a ''Wiki''?
A Wiki is a collection of pages that can be collaboratively edited using a web browser. They are open and free for anyone to edit as they wish. The system creates cross-reference hyperlinks between pages automatically.
The CollabNet wiki feature is based on the open-source MoinMoin wiki application. For more information about MoinMoin, see http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/.
What is this good for?
It is good for reducing noise and increasing the amount of information available to your project members. The information is structured and easier to find than in some other media. You can put up a wiki on your internal web site with many pages, which describe various projects, architectures, ideas, etc. for people to comment on. Some pages just sit there and convey information. Other pages are an open invitation for discussion and commentary. For example, you could set up a wiki for a simple skills database.
In general, a wiki is very much a free-form tool, whose value derives from the use to which it is put. For instance, a page in a wiki can serve the same purpose as a discussion thread. You could use a wiki page to collaboratively work on a project.
What are the major features of a Wiki?
Here are some important wiki features:
- editability by anyone - a wiki page is editable by anyone with a web browser
- ability to view recent changes
- ability to search pages (several ways)
- ability to very easily add new pages
- ability to see the change history for a document
- ability to add new information or modify existing information
What about Wiki security? Isn't a Wiki subject to complete wipeout or nastiness from a saboteur?
This is an important question. In general, wikis used to have NO security. (That's right!)
For MoinMoin this has changed with the introduction of Access Control Lists. (See HelpOnAccessControlLists.)
But, assuming you do not use ACLs, the possibility exists for accidental or conscious destruction or corruption of the current page revisions in the wiki.
There are two main ways to devalue a wiki. One is through erasure and the other is through corruption. Dealing with erasure is not terribly difficult, because there is a change log (and back versions) of every page, and they can be reverted easily. Thus, when page deletions or major content erasures are detected (which should be fairly quickly), pages can be restored to their previous good state.
Explicit and intentional corruption is more difficult to deal with. The possibility exists that someone can enter incorrect information onto a page, or edit pages to intentionally change the information so it is incorrect. (For example, people can change the attributions on a page to make it look like a different person made a particular comment, or someone can change the content of a paragraph to alter its meaning in a detrimental way.) In practice, wiki corruption is an extremely rare event, and one that can be dealt with (if needed) with the notification feature (to a fixed auditor) for new material submission.
In other words, the philosophy of wiki is one of dealing manually with the rare case of a saboteur, rather than designing in features and overhead (both in implementation and in usage) to avoid the damage caused by a saboteur.
Questions about MoinMoin in general
Finding and accessing information in the wiki
How can I search the wiki?
There are several ways to search or scan the wiki:
Use the search box or FindPage, where you can search by keyword in title, by full text, with normal words or wildcards (regular expressions).
Click TitleIndex. This will show you an alphabetized list of all pages by title.
Click WordIndex. This shows an alphabetized list of every word in every title (i.e. a page named BlueTooth is listed under B / Blue as well as T / Tooth).
Use the LikePages action. This shows pages that have words in their titles that are similar to the current page.
- Click the page title at the very top of the page. This shows what pages link to the current page (which may help you find related pages).
How do I see what's been going on recently in the wiki?
Click the RecentChanges link at the top of any page.
How can I get RecentChanges to go farther back in time than it goes by default?
Log in and select up to 90 days back.
What are these weird different-colored links I keep finding all over the place?
Any mixed-case name that doesn't have a page will show up as a different-colored link.
Editing in the wiki
How do add something to the wiki, or change something that's wrong?
If you see something you'd like to comment on, add to, or change, click the EditText link, or click the icon at the top of the page. The page is brought up in a text-edit pane in your browser, where you make the changes. The wiki formatter will generally "do the right thing" with any text you enter. If you want to get fancy, you can do most of the same types of formatting that HTML allows you to do. See the HelpOnFormatting page for some tips and examples.
Are there any conventions I should follow when adding information?
Not very many. It helps to keep certain types of information formatted in a consistent way. One important convention that will help with consistency is the use of "Template" pages.
A list of templates appears when you create a new page. If you click one of these, then that page will have a structure similar to others of the same type. For example, when creating your own Wiki homepage, you should use the HomepageTemplate page, which is available when you create a new page in the wiki.
How can I add non-text information to the Wiki?
If the content already exists on a web site, then just add a link to a wiki page. Follow these steps:
- Get the URL for the document,
Edit the Wiki page (go to the Wiki page and click the EditText link)
- Type in the URL where you want it in the document
- Save the changes.
The wiki will automatically make a hypertext link from the text you type in.
You can make the link "prettier" by putting "cover" wording for the link in brackets. The cover wording will appear on the page, but the link will take the user to the URL when clicked on. Here's an example:
[http://your.domain.example/foo.html This will be the link text]
How can I avoid the use of [[BR]] and use normal newline characters instead?
Use { { { and } } } to bracket your preformatted text into a preformatted paragraph.
How do I add an image to a page?
You can include a URL to the image in the page. Example:
How do I create a new Template page?
Templates are pages that show up automatically as options when you create a blank page. Any page that ends in the word Template (see page_template_regex) will automatically show up in the list. Hence, if you want certain types of pages to have a similar format (similar headings, organization, etc.), you just define a page that ends in Template, and when creating pages of this type, select that template and edit it. The wiki fills in the starting content for you. Templates are editable wiki pages like any other.
To create a Template page, just create a new page called <something>Template.
Adding documents in an intranet
If you're using MoinMoin on an intranet, it may be useful to make links to documents on file shares available to everyone reading your wiki. For example:
[file://///servername/sharename/full/path/to/file/filename.txt Click here to read filename.txt]
You can also link to files with spaces in the filenames by manually entering the URL encoding for spaces(%20):
[file://///servername/sharename/full/path/to/file/filename%20with%20spaces.txt Click here to read filename with spaces.txt]
More and important info about this is on FileLinks.
Another obvious and maybe better option is to use the AttachFile action.
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However, in some cases it may be appropriate to just make your change anonymously. Correcting spelling, formatting, or trivial word changes are some examples where it is not necessary (and even discouraged) for you to sign your modification.
What if I delete entries in pages, and you think you need them? Is it erased completely?
If you need to, you can revert your changes.
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If you want to add a single line of HTML, use the HTML macro. This is done by putting your HTML text as a parameter to the HTML macro, like so:
[[HTML(This is large font)]]
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It's also possible to place an HTML document into a page by adding #format html as the first line in the page. If that line is there then the whole page will be interpreted as HTML (thus making links to other pages becomes a bit more difficult!) Make sure that you only add the body portion of the page (not the HTML headers or anything else outside of the body, including the  tag itself).
Linking in the wiki
How do I link to something outside my wiki, as with an html a tag?
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http://moin.sourceforge.net/ will render as http://moin.sourceforge.net
moin sourceforge page will render as moin sourceforge page
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How do I administer the wiki?
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One approach is to set up an "AdminPage", where you can put macros for these, as well as information about the real physical location of the pages, and macros for orphan pages or other things an adminstrator for the wiki might want to look at.
Can I restore a page from an older version?
click Page information (or the little "i" icon) in the top-right corner.
click revert link of the version you want to restore.
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Real estate agents have long boasted of the lengths they'll go to market properties. Now, for some, the sky's the limit.
As unmanned aircraft become more widely available, some agents have started to use drones to sell listings, inviting prospective buyers on aerial tours of country estates, waterfront acreage — and even standard, suburban development.
"A buyer today wants to see a stunning Hollywood trailer experience," said Robert McArtor, an agent with Re/Max Components in Fallston, who uses a GoPro camera mounted on the belly of a quadcoptor to take aerial video of his listings. "We have created the wow factor."
McArtor, who does not consider himself a tech aficionado, said he "was nervous as all heck" when he launched his first drone this winter, a bug-like aircraft he flies by remote control, looping around a property at an altitude of 25 to 50 feet. It took more than 20 hours of flight time — and a few crashes — to develop the technique.
"I flew this thing all winter long," he said. "I'm kind of a nerd with this thing now."
McArtor is one of the few agents in the Baltimore region talking about his activities — at least in part because using a drone for a commercial purpose is officially outlawed by the Federal Aviation Administration, which is authorized to regulate unmanned aircraft and has been working on rules to govern systems weighing less than 55 pounds since 2008. (Hobbyists are allowed to fly drones up to 400 feet in the air.)
The National Association of Realtors has advised its members not to use unmanned aircraft to market properties until the FAA issues regulations, but the group signed on to a letter sent to the FAA in April, urging officials to come out with the new rules sooner rather than later.
"The concern here is that this industry is starting to form itself, and the longer the FAA waits to write the rules, the more difficult it's going to be to get the horse back in the barn," said Ben Gielow, general counsel for the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, an industry trade group, which organized the letter.
The FAA said it expects to publish the rules this year; the initial deadline was 2011.
In the meantime, the agency has issued at least 12 cease-and-desist letters to people using drones for commercial purposes, said spokesman Les Dorr, who estimated that the press office spends 80 percent of its time fielding questions about unmanned aircraft.
"Think of the magnitude of the task. We are trying to write safety regulations for a very dynamic industry, and we have to write these regulations for unmanned aircraft that are going to be using the busiest and most complex airspace in the world," he said. "It has a been a major challenge to write safety regulations that will ensure the safety of people and property ... while not putting an undue regulatory burden on an emerging industry."
The FAA estimates that 7,500 unmanned commercial aircraft will be licensed to fly by 2018, but a market study by Gielow's group predicted sales of 160,000 units per year by 2020. Agriculture is expected to represent 80 percent of the sales, with real estate falling into a 10 percent "other category."
While some are forging ahead with the technology, uncertainty about the rules is holding back wider use, Gielow said.
"Until the FAA comes out with the rules and finalizes them, the industry will be grounded," he said.
In the Mid-Atlantic region, the number of drones used in real estate is small but growing. A March survey by the MRIS multiple listing service of 1,300 real estate professionals found that 1.3 percent had used drones to market listings and that 52 percent did not plan to do so in the next 12 months.
About 13 percent said they expect to do so in the next 12 months, while 35 percent were unsure of their plans.
Andrew Strauch, MRIS vice president of product innovation and marketing, said he is not personally familiar with agents using drones but has seen them employed for listings on the West Coast. He said it could make buying and selling more efficient.
"We're visual people. The more you enable an understanding of what the house experience is like, the more time both the listing agent and the seller will save, because they'll only be showing the listing to people who are truly interested," he said. "It's definitely a hot topic."
The technology is most useful when marketing large estates, which benefit from the context of a bird's-eye view of the grounds, said Ron Howard, who leads the Ron Howard & Associates Fells Point office of Re/Max Preferred and sought out the drone photography firm Elevated Element when he was marketing a Baltimore County home in 2012.
It was a cheaper alternative to a plane and allowed closer shots, he said. For city listings, which make up most of his business, images found on Google suffice.
"I don't think you're going to see a lot of city agents using drones," he said. "If we were out in the county with multiple-acre estates we would be using it all day long."
Elevated Element offers real estate photo packages starting at $199. Hiring a photographer and a plane can cost about $350.
Elevated Element co-founder Terry Kilby said the company expects contracts from real estate agents, as well as the number of commercial developers interested in tracking a project over time, to grow as the rules become clear.
"We expect agents to take this on themselves, and we also see a growing third-party industry," he said, adding that for some, hiring a company with experience will trump learning to fly the drones themselves.
McArtor said he also thinks agents will want training and is working to create a safety course he hopes to sell to other agents. In the meantime, he said, he hopes drone use will spread beyond the luxury market, and he's not concerned about the FAA because the drone shots are part of a free marketing package.
"I wanted this for all properties," he said. "I have no worries."


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The double race weekend for Volvo Polestar Racing in Sweden and Portugal evolved into a challenge for the Swedish team and its drivers. Falkenberg, the stage for the STCC round is the fastest track in the series with an average speed of 170 kilometers per hour. Porto, the host for the WTCC round, is a fast, narrow and bumpy street circuit surrounded by concrete barriers.
Starting heat one from a third and ninth position respectively, Rustad and Thompson got their STCC weekend destroyed in the very first laps. Thompson was forced over the curbs to avoid a crash, damaged his oil sump and retired, leaving his mechanics in a battle against time to make the car run at all for the second heat.
Simultaneously, Rustad was sent off the track at over 180 kilometers per hour when trying to pass Rickard Rydell for a second position. This forced him to an unplanned pit stop and a fifteenth starting position on the grid in the second heat. Rustad was not ready to call the day; instead he fought his way up to finish seventh and set the fastest lap time.
Fortune would prove no better for Robert Dahlgren in WTCC. Being a new track and only the second race with the new turbo engine, Dahlgren and the team had 30 minutes during free practice to explore the limits of the car and the track for an ideal set-up. In doing so, Dahlgren hit the concrete wall at 140 kilometers per hour damaging his rear suspension. Although the team lost valuable track time, they managed to advance Dahlgren through to the second qualifying session, complete both race heats, gather valuable data and finish seventh in heat one.
"It is in situations like these you become really proud of our team and drivers. Although both squads realized early that results will be shy at best, morale remained high with everyone focused and pushing hard. This never-give-up mentality is exactly why we win many races and championships" says Derek Crabb, Motorsport Director for Volvo Cars.
While STCC enters the summer break and returns in August at Karlskoga, WTCC is back in two weeks at Donington Park in England.
"Donington is one of my favorite tracks where I have driven more kilometers than all the tracks we have driven on so far together. We have progressed quite a bit with the new engine and I believe we are in a good position for a strong result in England" said Dahlgren.
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WTCC - Race 1 - Porto, Portugal
1. Alain Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T
2. Yvan Muller Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T
3. Rob Huff Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T
7 Robert Dahlgren Volvo C30
WTCC - Race 2 - Porto, Portugal
1. Rob Huff Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T
2. Yvan Muller Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T
3. Tiago Monteiro SEAT León 1.6T
17. Robert Dahlgren Volvo C30
STCC - Drivers Championship - Top 3
1. Fredrik Ekblom 129 points
2. Rickard Rydell 127 points
3. Tommy Rustad 96 points
7. James Thompson 64 points
STCC - Team Championship - Top 3
1. Team Biogas.se 187 points
2. Volvo Polestar Racing 161 points
3. Flash Engineering 160 points
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) Ramon Galloway scored 22 points to lead La Salle to an 80-52 victory over Siena Saturday night.
The visiting Explorers (9-2) were never headed in a nonconference mismatch. La Salle never trailed and stormed to a 39-24 halftime lead. They extended it to 28 points, outscoring Siena (2-11) 41-28 in the second half.
Galloway's 22 points included six treys on 10 attempts. The Explorers also hit 6 of 7 3-point shots in the second half, finishing 13 of 28 from long range. The Saints, meanwhile, were just 3 of 17 beyond the arc in losing their ninth straight.
Galloway got help from Tyreek Duren, who scored 13 points, and D.J. Peterson, who made all four of his field goal attempts, going 3 for 3 on treys and scoring 11 points.
O.D. Anosike led Siena with a 14-point, 16-rebound double-double. Rakeem Brookins scored 10 points.


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This was NASA astronaut Timothy Kopra's first space mission. Born on 9 April 1963, Timothy is married and has two children.
Timothy has an extensive military career starting from 1985, which included active service and as an experimental test pilot. Timothy was assigned to NASA at the Johnson Space Center in September 1998 as a vehicle integration test engineer. He was selected as an astronaut in July 2000.
Timothy began training for a long-duration spaceflight in July 2005. He was launched to the Space Station with on 15 July 2009 on Space Shuttle flight STS-127, a Space Station assembly mission, and returned with STS-128 landing 12 September 2009.
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"Datsun is going to pick you up". Thanks to the upbeat singers it sounded like a good thing, but no one in this commercial seems too pleased about being "picked up" against their will. Thanks to the magic of advertising that all changed once they were placed in the bed of one Datsun's compact pickup trucks.
Hiking mustache enthusiasts, surfers and watermelon farmers all seemed to agree—if you were going to be "picked up like never before" there were certainly worse scenarios than ending up uninjured in the bed of a new Datsun truck.


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Apple is finally opening the doors to its bank vault, saying it will distribute $100 billion in cash to its shareholders over two years.
Apple Inc. on Tuesday said it will buy back $60 billion in shares — the largest buyback authorization in history. It is also raising its dividend by 15 percent.
Investors have been clamoring for Apple to give them access to its cash hoard, which ended March at an unprecedented $145 billion. Apple's tight grip on its cash has been blamed for the steep decline in its stock price over the winter.
News of the cash bonanza coincided with the company's release of a poor quarterly outlook for the three-month period that ends in June. It sent the Cupertino-based tech giant's stock up in after-hour trading.
Apple said it had better-than-expected earnings for the second quarter, but its outlook for next quarter fell far short of expectations — and it posted its first profit decline in ten years.
Its projected drop in third quarter sales would mark the first year-over-year third quarter drop in many years. The June quarter is generally a weak one for Apple, since consumers tend to hold off for the next iPhone, which the company usually releases in the fall.
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Looking ahead, Apple forecast revenue of between $33.5 billion and $35.5 billion for the next quarter. That is well below the $38.25 billion Wall Street was forecasting.
Apple CEO Tim Cook said in a statement that Apple is pleased to report record March quarter revenue thanks to continued strong performance of iPhone and iPad.
Apple said it sold 37.4 million iPhones in the quarter, compared to 35.1 million in the same span last year. Apple sold 19.5 million iPads during the quarter, compared to 11.8 million a year-ago. It sold just under 4 million Macs, compared to 4 million a year ago.
International sales accounted for 66 percent of the quarter's revenue.
"Our teams are hard at work on some amazing new hardware, software and services, and we are very excited about the products in our pipeline," the statement read.
"Our cash generation remains very strong, with $12.5 billion in cash flow from operations during the quarter and an ending cash balance of $145 billion," Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer said.


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Huzur delivered his Friday Sermon on Allah being sufficient for those who are from Him.
The status that the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) attained in complete obedience of his master, the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) is clear to each Ahmadi. In last Friday Sermon Huzur expounded the Divine attribute of Al Kafi (The Sufficient). In this regard, many Divine revelations were given to the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace). He became Allah's beloved due to his supreme and ardent love and devotion for the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him). Some portions of the Holy Qur'an were revealed to him as revelations. Each day that dawns on the Ahmadiyya Community is a testimony to the fact that these revelations and indeed his claim were true.
One who attributes falsehood to Allah, in particular falsehood about prophethood cannot escape punishment. Allah states in the Qur'an:
"And if he had falsely attributed even a trivial statement to Us, We would surely have seized him by the right hand, And then surely We would have severed his jugular vein, And not one of you could shield him from him." [(69:45)-(69:48)]
In principle, this is a measure regarding one who attributes falsehood to Allah. The Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) presented this measure as a testimony to his truthfulness. He said that it is a Sign from that one who is false is destroyed. At the time twenty five years had passed since the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) had started publishing his Divine revelations and rather than seizing him Allah had manifested hundreds of Signs to corroborate his truthfulness. The Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) said with conviction that no one would be able to match his claim.
Those who state that the aforementioned Quranic verses can only be applicable to the time of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) overlook that is Allah not to seize any other person who would attribute falsehood to Him? Indeed this is the measure with which each truthful person should be evaluated. At least those who have believed in the Holy Qur'an should desist from deriding it. Neither do those who claim to be well-versed in it understand it themselves nor do they want the masses to understand it.
With reference to Divine Signs of support and corroboration the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) wrote that it was at five instances that the life of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) was in great danger and it appeared as if his safety was not possible. Had he not been a true Prophet of God he would not have survived these incidents. These were, 1) When the Quraish lay siege to his house and vowed to kill him. 2) When the unbelievers reached the mouth of the cave in which he hid with Hadhrat Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him). 3) At the Battle of Uhad when the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) was left by himself and the enemy surrounded him and attacked him [in vain] with their swords. 4) When a Jewish woman poisoned the meat intended for him with a deadly poison but Allah saved him. 5) When the emperor of Persia Khusro Pervez decided to have him killed and dispatched someone to execute the plan. Survival from all this is a testimony to his truthfulness.
The Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) said it was extraordinary that it was also at five occasions that his honour and life was in danger. 1) At the time when he was taken to court on the charge of instigating murder by Dr. Martin Clark. 2) Police filed a criminal case against him at the Gurdaspur court of DSP Mr. Dowie. 3) A Karam Din of Jehlum filed a criminal case against him. 4) The same Karam Din filed another criminal case against him at Gurdaspur. 5) During the investigation into the death of Lekh Ram his house was searched and the opponents tried their utmost but could not find any evidence. Each of these court cases came to naught.
Indeed the glory of his master, the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) is supremely elevated, however, in light of his perfect obedience to him, Allah also demonstrated His attribute of Al Kafi to the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace).
The court case filed by Dr. Martin Clark is well known in the history of the Community. During this time, Muslims, Hindus and Christians all began to oppose the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) but Allah fully exonerated him from this. However, those who derided him or wished to deride him were dealt with by Allah. An example of this is when the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) arrived for the case he was offered a chair [a sign of high regard during the time of the British Raj]. His opponent Maulvi Muhammad Hussein who had come to see (God forbid) the disgrace of the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) was astonished at this gesture. He was there as a prosecution witness and Dr. Clark requested that he was also given a chair. This was denied by the presiding Deputy Commissioner. When he came to give his evidence he directly asked the Deputy Commissioner for a chair and was refused. On his insistence, he was publically told off and humiliated by the Deputy Commissioner.
Nawab Sadeeq was a religious scholar at the time when the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace)wrote Baraheen e Ahmadiyya. The British government had granted him a few titles including that of 'nawab'. Despite his opulent life he served Islam and the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) also considered him to be a pious person. At the publication of 'Baraheen e Ahmadiyya' the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) wrote to a few people including Nawab Sadeeq for patronage. He initially responded politely, agreeing to purchase a few copies but then silence followed. When he was contacted for a second time he responded by saying that it was against the wishes of the British government to purchase or to assist with religious books therefore nothing should be expected from him. Huzur remarked that it is alleged that the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) was 'implanted by the British', yet their own renowned religious scholars refused to make the purchase to please the British. The package that was sent to him was returned torn and the book was also torn. Seeing the book in this state the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) was deeply angered and said that they could go ahead and please their government, Allah would tear their honour apart. He said he would not be hopeful of the Nawab sahib, Allah was Sufficient for his hopes and may the British government be pleased with the Nawab sahib. A while later the very same British government that the Nawab sahib had tried to please made accusations against him and an Investigative Commission was set to look into allegations that also involved rebellion. All his titles were withdrawn. When he became very helpless he sent requests to the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) for prayers. The Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) prayed for him and it was through his prayers that his honour was restored.
Munshi Illahi Buksh was an accountant who held the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) in reverence. However, later on he became an opponent, used extremely unseemly language and alleged that all the revelations of the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) were untrue. He would not publish his own revelations regarding the Promised Messiah for fear of litigation. The Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) assured him that he would never restore to litigation as he was only interested in a Divine verdict so that people could recognise the person who was from God. He said if Munshi sahib's revelations were from God then certainly [God forbid] destruction would befall the Promised Messiah. However, if Allah had any knowledge against this negative supposition it would become evident. He assured the Munshi sahib that there would be no attack on his dignity – all he wished for was exoneration, which was the way of Prophets of God, just as Hadhrat Yusuf (on whom be peace) had wished. Eventually Munshi sahib wrote a 400 page book with revelations against the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) and sent it to him. None of his revelations – some asserting Divine succour for himself and destruction of the Promised Messiah through the plague - came to pass. On the contrary, he himself contracted the plague and died from it in 1907. The plague created havoc [in India] for eleven years but the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) and his Community remained safe and today, with Divine support and succour, it has spread all over the world.
Mirza Imam Din sahib and Nizam Din sahib were the cousins of the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace). They demonstrated great enmity towards him as well as Islam in general and said many audacious things about the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him). They collaborated with the Hindus and at one point had Lekh Ram stay in Qadian for two months. They would not leave any trifle matter to harass the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace). They built a wall in order to stop the passage of people visiting the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) and would not listen to any request to remove it. The only court case that the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) registered against an opponent was against these individuals and it was to alleviate the inconvenience caused to the Community. He prayed immensely for this matter and received a powerful revelation from Allah that he would be evidently triumphant in this court case but at the appointed time. Although there was delay and even the lawyers seemed to have lost hope, eventually a document was found from among the records which proved consequential in the court case resulting in the favour of the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) and the wall came down. The judge stated that if the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) wished he could register another court case demanding expenses. The lawyer registered a case. By this time Mirza Imam Din had passed away and Mirza Nizam Din was given the notice. His condition was as the Divine revelation had predicted and he did not have the means to make the payment. He requested concession stating they were relations. The Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) said it was not him who had registered the case. He instructed the lawyer there was no need to pursue the matter and had it put in writing that although these people presumed to dishonour the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace), the court case had been decided and he did not wish to retaliate.
Huzur said there are numerous other incidents that illustrate similar incidents of Divine succour for the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace). Indeed even after his passing away each time hostility raised its head Allah's help came and the Community was saved from any bad consequences of enmity. Despite opposition and restrictions on governmental level the Community continues to spread. Despite lack of resources today a worldly person cannot even imagine how the Community functions. If a worldly-wise person was to see the budget of the Community they would perhaps find it less than the annual income of a wealthy individual. However, it is so immensely blessed that it appears ample to a worldly person and they see our financial condition as strong and envisage us owing great wealth and property. Huzur said with the grace of Allah our finances are strong and this is because the right amount is used for the right purpose. Huzur remarked that during his last African tour the first question the President of Benin asked him upon meeting was how many million dollars worth of investment was the Community about to make in his country!
Huzur said in fact this notion prevails because Allah's help is with us and this is a Sign of the Living God of Islam which is evident all the time, which each Ahmadi feels and the world also senses. When God, Who is the Master of the heaven and the earth, sends His servants to this world to propagate His message, He assures them in every way and declares to them in every matter. 'Is not Allah sufficient for His servant?' (39:37). He also states: 'And Allah knows your enemies full well. And sufficient is Allah as a Friend, and sufficient is Allah as a Helper.' (4:46).
Huzur said we witness Divine support and help every step of the way, may Allah make it so that we truly honour their dues so that we may continue to witness them.
Next Huzur said that he had mentioned Baha'ullah in his last sermon in that he had claimed prophethood. Huzur said what should have been said was that even if the claim of prophethood of this claimant is to be believed Divine succour was still not with him. Huzur said it would not be correct to say that the Baha'is do not consider him to be a prophet because there are many among his children who say that he was a prophet. Indeed he had claimed divinity. The religious law that he introduced and which remains unpublished refers to his claim to divinity. Even though he did not claim prophethood but as prophethood was being mentioned [last Friday Sermon], the significance of what was said was that even if it is accepted that he had claimed prophethood, Allah did not demonstrate His help and support for him. In some quarters Ahmadis are likened to Baha'is and both are considered as liars. Allah's succour for the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) is evident but none can be seen to be with the Baha'is.
Huzur said he wished to make a few things clear about this as some ill-informed people are easily influenced – for example there are some in Africa and also some in Pakistan. It should always be remembered that Baha'ullah's own claim was that of divinity and his special son whom he appointed his successor also considered him to be a claimant of divinity. Their method is to gradually entrap ill-informed, peaceful people. They do not mention his claim to divinity at first but later implement the religious law that he, as a god revealed to himself. That is, he was god as well as human. Maulana Abul Atta who was in Palestine, mentioned that some among them, including one of his sons, would come to our mosque to offer Salat five times a day, although congregational prayer is not common among them in fact they do have five daily Prayers. To gain sympathy with Christians they maintain that Baha'ullah is a manifestation of God, just as the Christians consider Jesus (on whom be peace) to be son of God.
Baha'ullah was imprisoned for a length of time from where he maintained that he was in prison and he was the master of the world and there was no god but him. He also maintained that he would continue to help even after his death. Huzur remarked what sort of a god was he who could not save himself from imprisonment. Of what use would he be to others?
Regarding their numbers Abdul Baha, his son and successor said that it is possible that a Christian is a Baha'i, a Jew is a Baha'i, a Freemason is a Baha'i or a Muslim is a Baha'i. Huzur said they convince people to become close to Baha'ullah in accordance with their own religious beliefs. Once they are persuaded then the real teaching is taken to them.
Huzur said when Allah sends His Prophets to this world He commands them to take His message to the world. However, the Baha'is say the message should not be taken to others and consider propagation as forbidden in some countries.
On his tour of the West an English woman, who had become a Baha'i came to see Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih II (may Allah be pleased with him) with an Iranian friend. He asked her that the Holy Qur'an had brought a perfect religious law, what new thing had she learnt from the Baha'is. She said that the religious law [of Islam] was not perfect, it had something contrary to nature, like permission for four marriage for men, whereas Baha'ullah enjoined one marriage - Huzur remarked there is great protest at permission or four marriage in the West - On this Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih II (may Allah be pleased with him) reminded her that Baha'ullah had himself married twice, to this she replied that one of the marriages was before he had made his claim - Huzur remark this god is strange who did not know what religious law he was to reveal in the future - When Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih II (may Allah be pleased with him) asked why had then his son married twice. The Iranian friend replied, he had made the second [wife] his sister. Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih II (may Allah be pleased with him) asked why is it that he had offspring with her, does one have offspring with one's sister? Huzur concluded we should always avoid these people, they attack silently. They have kept their religious law secretive by command.
Huzur said Allah states about those who make false claims to prophethood that He severs their very jugular vein and disgraces them in this world. However, regarding those who claim divinity Allah states: "And whosoever of them should say, 'I am a God beside Him,' him shall We requite with Hell. Thus do We requite the wrongdoers." (21:30).
Huzur prayed that may Allah enable us to be completely obedient to the one who is sent by God so that He may keep us in His mercy and grace and continues to make us those who attain His nearness.
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1 Teves - Avrohom Avinu (Bava Basra 91a). 1 Tishrei or 1 Nissan according to others (Moed Katan 28a)
1 Teves - R' Yair Chaim ben R' Moshe Shimshon Bachrach (1702) author of Chavos Yair and Rov of Worms. He was a descendant of the Maharal.
1 Teves - R' Yosef Hamaaravi, Baal Mofes and talmid of the Arizal, buried in Kfar Elchamama in Tunisia
1 Teves - R' Avrohom Moshe ben R' Simcha Bunim of Peshischa (1828)
1 Teves - R' Moasoud Refoel Alfasi (1774) Great tzadik of Morocco and Tunisia
2 Teves - R' Yaakov Ibn Tzur, author of Mishpat U'Tzedaka L'Yaakov
3 Teves - R' Chaim Leib ben R' Refoel Alter Shmuelevitz (1978), Legendary Rosh Yeshiva of the Mirrer Yeshiva
3 Teves - R' Avrohom ben R' Yehuda Tzvi Brandwein of Stretin (1864)
4 Teves - R' Gershon Chanoch Henoch Leiner of Radzin (1890) ben R' Yaakov of Izhbitza was the The Baal Hatecheles and author of many seforim
4 Teves - R' Chaim Shaul HaKohen Dweck (1933) One of the great Syrian mekubalim of Yerushalayim. Rosh Yeshiva of Beit El.
4 Teves - R' Yaakov Shaul Kassin, head of New York Syrian community
4 Teves - R' Mordechai Pinchos Teitz (1995), Rov of Elizabeth, New Jersey.
5 Teves - R' Shlomo Molcho HY"D (1534), arrested by the Inquisition in Spain, he recited
Shema with great joy as he was burned at the stake.
5 Teves - R' Ahron of Titiev (1828) ben R' Tzvi ben R' Yisroel Baal Shem Tov
5 Teves - R' Avrohom Yaakov ben R' Yisroel Friedman of Sadigur (1960)
5 Teves - R' Yerachmiel Tzvi ben R' Yechiel Yehoshua Rabinowitz (2003) Biala-Peshischa Rebbe of Har Nof
6 Teves - R' Yechezkel Shraga Halberstam of Shiniva (1895) ben R' Chaim of Sanz, author of Divrei Yechezkel
6 Teves - R' Yaakov Reischer, author of Chok Yaakov and Shvus Yaakov
7 Teves - R' Moshe Dovid Vally, talmid of the Ramchal, who wrote a Kabalistic peirush on Tanach
7 Teves - R' Boruch of Kaminka, talmid of the Baal Shem Tov
7 Teves - R' Tzvi of Mezhibuz-Pinsk (1779) ben R' Yisroel Baal Shem Tov
7 Teves - R' Mordechai Yosef Leiner of Izhbitza (1878) ben R' Yaakov
8 Teves - R' Yechezkel HaLevi Halshtuk HY"D of Ostrovtza (1942) ben R' Yechiel Meir (some have the date as 10 Teves)
8 Teves - R' Shmuel Hellman (1765) was the Rov of Metz, France
9 Teves - Ezra Hasofer (320 B.C.E.)
9 Teves - Nechemia ben Chachilya (372 B.C.E.)
9 Teves - R' Yehosef HaLevy (1067) ben R' Shmuel HaNagid
9 Teves - R' Ezra (1227), one of the Baalei Tosefos and Rebbe of the Ramban
9 Teves - R' Avrohom Chaim Shur (1632) author of Tzon Kedoshim
10 Teves - Zecharia ben Berachya ben Idu Hanavi
10 Teves - Malachi Hanavi, end of the era of prophecy (317 B.C.E.)
10 Teves - R' Nosson ben R' Naftali Hertz Sternhartz of Breslov (1844), the leading talmid of R' Nachman of Breslov, compiler and author of many seforim. Reb Nachman said that he was his "Yehoshua", and that without him none of his teachings would have been spread the way they were. See Likutei Tefilos.
10 Teves - R' Raphael Wexelbaum, Rosh Yeshiva of Itri
10 Teves - R' Avraham Abba ben R' Yosef Leifer (1989), Pittsburgher Rebbe, lived in Pittsburgh and New York before moving to Ashdod in Eretz Yisroel. See Pittsburgher Rebbe Reveals the Loftiest Kavana of the Mikva.
11 Teves - R' Shlomo Eiger, author of Gilyon Maharsha (1852) son of R' Akiva Eiger
11 Teves - R' Yehoshua ben R' Meir Horowitz of Dzikov, author of Ateres Yeshua (1912)
11 Teves - R' Yaakov Yosef Shlomo ben R' Chaim Dov Halperin of Vasoloi-Tel Aviv (1984) descendant of R' Yisroel of Ruzhin
12 Teves - R' Moshe Margulies, author of Pnei Moshe on Talmud Yerushalmi (1781) Rebbe of the Vilna Gaon
12 Teves - R' Moshe Halevi "Sofer" of Peshvarsk (1805) Talmid of the Magid of Mezritch
12 Teves - R' Mordechai Chaim ben R' Yehuda Leib Kastelanitz of Slonim (1953) was one of the closest of the talmidim of the Slonimer Rebbes
13 Teves - Rav Moshe ben R' Dovid of Lelov (1850) was the first Chassidishe Rebbe to settle in Yerushalyim. Previously they had settled in Tzfas. The Rizhiner told him that although many great tzadikim moved to Eretz Yisroel previously, their dynasties didn't survive, but Lelov would last till Moshiach comes. R' Moshe said that if he could make it to the Kosel Hamaravi then Moshiach would come. Unfortunately, he never made it there and passed away shortly after his arrival in Eretz Yisroel. He was the son-in-law of the Yid HaKodosh. The Lelover and Bostoner Rebbes are his descendants.
13 Teves - Rav Yitzchak ben R' Asher Anshel Hakohen Huberman, the tzaddik of
Ra'anana (1977)
13 Teves - Rav Yechiel Mordechai Gordon, Rosh Yeshivas Lomza (1965)
13 Teves - R' Shraga Feivush ben R' Boruch Hager of Zelishitshick (1936)
13 Teves - R' Menachem Mendel ben R' Yisroel Hager of Vishiveh (1941) Rosh
Yeshiva of Vizhnitz
13 Teves - R' Tzvi Hersh (Shmelkes) of Ostroh (1789) ben R' Shmuel, talmid of the Baal Shem Tov. He was considered the greatest chosid in Ostrah, was a great mekubal and is the subject of many miraculous stories
14 Teves - R' Alter Elazar Menachem ben R' Moshe Mordechai Biderman of Lelov (2001) Beloved tzadik from Bnei Brak.
14 Teves - R' Reuven Dov Dessler (1935) father of R' Eliyahu Dessler
14 Teves - R' Tzvi Hirsh of Teplik (1928), Breslover Tzadik
14 Teves - R' Mordechai Twersky of Lavoi (1905)
15 Teves - Mesharshia bar Pakud, Amora
15 Teves - Rav Huna, Amora
15 Teves - Mari bar Mar Zutra, Amora
15 Teves - R' Chaim Mordechai ben R' Itamar Rosenbaum of Nadvorna (1978)
15 Teves - R' Noson Nota Natkin ben R' Asher (1887) was a grandson of the Shaagas Aryeh and son-in-law of R' Yosef Zundel of Salant. Although he lived most of his life in Yerushalayim, he is buried in NY at Union Field Cemetery, (near Rabbi Jacob Joseph) because he died while collecting money for the Yishuv in Eretz Yisroel.
15 Teves - R' Refoel of Barshad (1827) ben R' Yaakov Yukel was from the greatest talmidim of R' Pinchas Koritzer. The website Two Tzaddiks has lots of information on them.
16 Teves - R' Aryeh Leibish of Vishnitza (1846) ben R' Chaim Asher Lipshutz, known as "Rebbe Leibish Charif. He was a descendant of the Megaleh Amukos, son-in-law of the Yismach Moshe and Talmid Muvhak of the Chozeh of Lublin. He wrote Aryeh Devei Iloy (responsa), Ari Shebachabura (Mesechta Kesubos) and Ateres Zekeinim.
16 Teves - R' Chaim ben R' Avrohom Yosef Kreisworth (2001) was one of the great Torah giants of recent times. See R' Chaim Kreisworth - A Walking Shas.
17 Teves - R' Yaakov ben Zev Wolf Kranz (1804) See Dubno Magid Gives Mussar to the Vilna Gaon.
18 Teves - R' Tzvi Elimelech Shapira of Dinov (1841) ben Reb Pesach, the Bnei Yisaschor. See here for more.
19 Teves - R' Aryeh Leib ben R' Yosef HaKohen Heller (1813) author of Ketzos Hachoshen, Avnei Miluim and Shev Shmaitsa. All very famous seforim on halacha.
19 Teves - R' Avrohom Shmuel Binyamin Sofer (1871) oldest son of R' Moshe, the Chasam Sofer
19 Teves - R' Menachem Mendel Zaks (1974), son-in-law of the Chofetz Chaim
20 Teves - R' Moshe ben R' Maimon (1204) the Rambam
20 Teves - R' Yaakov ben R' Masoud Abuchatzeira (1880) Great mekubal and the grandfather of Baba Sali
20 Teves - R' Ahron Tzvi Taub of Brid (1883) was a talmid of R' Tzvi Hirsh of Zhidichov and R' Beirish of Alesk.
21 Teves - R' Yisroel Dov Ber ben R' Yosef of Vilednik (1850), author of Shearis Yisroel, great tzadik and miracle worker, primary talimid of R' Mottel of Chernobyl, his kever in Vilendnik, Ukraine gets many visitors.
21 Teves - Rav Matzliach Mazuz of Djerba HY"D, author of Ish Matzliach (1971)
21 Teves - R' Yitzchok ben R' Abba Abuchatzeira (1991) Great-grandson of R' Yaakov Abuchatzeira
22 Teves - R' Sholom ben R' Mordechai Yosef Moshe Moskovitz, the Shotzer Rebbe of London. He promised to help anyone who comes to his kever and lights 3 candles(1958)
22 Teves - R' Shmuel Heller, Rav of Tzefas (1884)
22 Teves - R' Yehuda Leib ben R' Shlomo Eiger of Lublin (1888) grandsonof R' Akiva Eiger, talmid of the Kotzker and Izhbitza, author of Toras Emes and Imrei Emes
22 Teves - R' Avrohom Elchonon ben R' Dovid Shlomo Spector (1973) descendant of the Chozeh. Breslover Tzadik who knew the whole Shas, Medrash, Zohar and more by heart.
23 Teves - R' Refoel Yitzchok Zerachia Azulai (1765) father of the Chida
23 Teves - R' Mordechai Gifter (2001), Rosh Yeshiva of Telz
24 Teves - R' Naftali ben R' Yitzchok Hakohen Katz (1719, some have the date as 26 Teves), author of Semichas Chachomim and Rov of Ostraha and Frankfurt-on-Main. He is buried in Istanbul, where he died, en route to Eretz Yisroel. He was a descendant of the Maharal of Prague. R' Nachman of Breslov was one of his descendants
24 Teves - R' Shneur Zalman ben R' Boruch of Liadi (1813), first Lubavitcher Rebbe, author of the Tanya and Shulchan Aruch Harav
24 Teves - R' Shmuel Borenstein of Sochatchov (1926), the Shem MiShmuel son of ben R' Avrohom, the Avnei Nezer
24 Teves - R' Avraham Shmuel Binyamin ben R' MosheSofer, author of the Teshuvos Divrei Sofer (1948) descendant of the Chasam Sofer
24 Teves - R' Moshe Mordechai ben R' Shimon Noson Nota Biderman of Lelov (1987) Great tzadik from a family that was in Yerushalayim since 1850.
24 Teves - R' Yosef of Yampola (1812 some have the date as 20 Shvat) ben R' Yechiel Mechel of Zlotchov
24 Teves - R' Meir ben R' Yehuda Leib Greenwald (1852) Maharam Ash
25 Teves - R' Moshe Tzvi ben R' Shimon Shlomo Giterman of Savran (1837) was a talmid of R' Levi Yitzchok of Berditchev and R' Boruch of Mezibuz. He was a fierce opponent of R' Noson of Breslov, though interestingly his son, R' Shimon Shlomo was on good terms with the Breslover Chassidim.
25 Teves - Rav Eliyahu Eliezer ben R' Reuven Dov Dessler (1954), author of Michtav M'Eliyahu and Mashgiach in Gateshead and Ponovezh
25 Teves - R' Moshe Tikochinsky, Mashgiach of Slabodka
26 Teves - R' Avrohom Chaim of Zlotchov (1816) ben Gedalya Moshe, son-in-law of the "Baal Haflah". He was a talmid of the Magids of Mezritch and Zlotchov and the Rebbe Reb Shmelke of Nikolsburg. He wrote Orach L'Chaim (Torah) and Pri Chaim (Avos).
27 Teves - R' Shamshon Raphael Hirsch (1888) (Shimshon ben Raphael)
27 Teves - R' Menashe Yitzchak Meir (1971) ben Asher Yeshaya Eichenstein of Zidichov-Petach Tikvah
27 Teves - R' Pinchos (1998) ben R' Chaim Hirschsprung of Montreal
28 Teves - R' Avrohom Antebi (1858) of Aram Soba, Syria, author of Yoshev Ahalim
29 Teves - R' Yerachmiel Yisroel Yitzchak (1910) ben Yechiel Danziger of Alexander, author of Yismach Yisrael. He was agreat gaon in all areas of Torah, yet know to be extreemly modest. Unfortunately, he left over no descendants.
29 Teves - R' Nosson Adler of London (1890) ben R' Mordechai, author of Nesina Leger
29 Teves - R' Moshe Yehoshua Yehudah Leib (1898) ben Binyomin Diskin, best know as the Maharil Diskin. He was the Rav of Brisk and Jerusalem.
29 Teves - R' Nosson Adler of London (1890) ben R' Mordechai, author of Nesina Leger
29 Teves - R' Meir (1989) ben Benzion HaLevi Chodosh was the Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Chevron
29 Teves - R' Yitzchok Kaduri (2006) ben R' Zev (I believe his mother's name, Tafcha or Tapcha, is on the matzeiva) The elder mekubal of his time. He was well over 100 years old when he passed away. He merited getting a brocha from the Ben Ish Chai in his youth.
29 Teves - R' Refoel Shmuel Berenbaum (2008) Rosh Yeshiva of Mir in Brooklyn. Learnt in Mir before the war and escaped to Shanghai. He was know not to waste a moment from learning Torah.


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Call it a mother's intuition. Christine knew something was wrong with her baby Cory's left eye from the day he was born. "He just didn't seem to be using it as much as his right eye," she says.
When Cory was 4 months old, her suspicions were confirmed in his pediatrician's office. A red reflex test alerted the doctor to a problem. Cory's left eye was not reflecting the same amount of light as the right. The doctor referred Cory to the St. Louis Children's Hospital Eye Center, where ophthalmologists under the direction of Lawrence Tychsen, MD, diagnose and treat eye problems using rapidly advancing technology.
Understanding What Babies See
Dr. Tychsen and his colleagues can find out precisely what babies can see even before the babies can tell them. At the eye center's Visual Diagnostics Lab, babies sit on their mothers' laps and look at a television screen that displays calibrated patterns of different contours and sizes. Electrodes attached to the infant's scalp detect activity in the visual part of the brain as nerve cells react to the patterns. By varying the size of the patterns, technicians can reach a threshold beyond which the infant's brain won't see the patterns and then equate that to results they would get from a letter chart an older child would read.
The testing confirmed that the amblyopia (also called lazy eye) in Cory's left eye was due to a cataract, which is a congenital cloudiness in the lens of the eye. The lens in the middle of the eye is similar to the lens in a camera. It focuses an image onto the retina the same way a camera lens focuses an image on a film plane. If the lens is clouded by a cataract, light will scatter or defocus, and the retina will never see a clear image. Consequently, the brain will not receive the sharp images it needs for the nerve cells to grow and see clearly. Severely cloudy cataracts that occur near the time of birth must be removed early or vision will fail to develop, and the eye will become legally blind. Worldwide, cataracts are a major cause of treatable blindness in newborn and older children, particularly in developing countries. This makes early nonverbal testing all the more important.
If Cory had been born a few years earlier, Dr. Tychsen would have had two treatment options: thick glasses that magnify the eyes or expensive contact lenses that can be easily torn or lost and must be inserted, removed and cleaned daily. When dealing with children under 1 year old, neither option was very appealing.
A New Lens for Cory
But Cory was born at a time of innovation in pediatric eye surgery. Today, because Dr. Tychsen has new instrumentation and techniques at his disposal, he can surgically remove the cataract and implant a permanent, plastic lens into the eye for focusing.
"Up until about three years ago, it would have been too risky to implant intraocular lenses in infants," Dr. Tychsen says. "We just didn't have the technological advances or the type of lenses to do it." Dr. Tychsen now removes cataracts with a combination cutter and vacuum — a tool of stainless steel no thicker than a toothpick. It is inserted through a tiny hole that is made in the wall of the eye using a microscope. A second hole allows fresh fluid to be flushed into the eye. With the new instrument, Dr. Tychsen cuts the cataract into pieces and vacuums it away. In young children it is usually necessary to remove the thick gel that fills the middle of the eye. Removing the gel reduces the chance that scarring will occur within the eye, causing a cataract membrane to redevelop. Dr. Tychsen fills the space created from removal of the cataract and gel with a special fluid inserted in the eye.
He then inserts the plastic lens to focus the eye. Today, Dr. Tychsen and his partner, Gregg Lueder, MD, SLCH pediatric ophthalmologist, have soft, flexible and highly compatible lenses to choose from. New foldable intraocular lenses allow smaller and less invasive incisions. The power of the implant selected depends on the size of the eye and calculated estimates of future eye growth.
Cory's implant focuses at distant targets. He will wear bifocal glasses to fine-tune his focusing for objects up close. The prognosis for normal adult vision is good. But for now, Cory wears a patch over the normal eye part of the day to aid development of the operated eye.
Within hours after his outpatient cataract surgery, Cory was laughing and playing. "He is a very happy little boy," says Christine. "There doesn't seem to be any delay in his development at all."
The Art and Science of Eye Repair
The poster of a cross-eyed Mona Lisa hanging in the St. Louis Children's Hospital Eye Center may not be what Leonardo Da Vinci had in mind. But Da Vinci would have been delighted with the innovative thinking and creative diagnostic and treatment advances put into practice by the doctors there.
Dr. Tychsen and Dr. Lueder point to their work with children who have complex brain disorders as examples of how they can give hope to parents where few other centers can. "Some eye specialists may get frustrated that they can't get children with developmental delays to respond to testing," Dr. Tychsen says. "With new electronic technology in our vision laboratory, we can usually diagnose their problems and improve their eye sight. Since vision is such an important avenue for learning, we can often improve their ability to process information and communicate."
The Children's Eye Center also is investigating how to better treat children with excessive degrees of near- or far-sightedness that lead to severe amblyopia (lazy vision).
"St. Louis Children's Hospital and the Washington University School of Medicine are the right places to research ways of making laser eye surgery possible for children. We have that technology, the animal models and the combined expertise to make thick, heavy glasses obsolete in the years ahead."


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I wish that groups/artists like this did not exist!
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Jay H. Shidler donates $25 million to University of Hawaii College of Business Administration
Largest gift ever will transform business programUniversity of Hawaiʻi
External Affairs & University Relations
Patrick Williams, (808) 956-6774
University of Hawaii Foundation
The gift is the largest single donation to UH through the University of Hawaiʻi Foundation, the university's private, nonprofit partner in fundraising. Shidler, an alumnus of the college (BBA '68), is a longtime commercial real estate owner who resides in Honolulu. This is the first time a college at UH has been named to honor a private donor.
UH President David McClain said, "This is a day to treasure for the University of Hawaiʻi and for the State of Hawaiʻi. A gift of this magnitude will benefit the college, the UH Mānoa campus and the State of Hawaiʻi for years to come. I want to thank Jay not only for this special gift but also for the generosity he has shown our institution over many years. He is truly helping UH create the future for the people of Hawaiʻi."
"We are grateful to Jay Shidler for his extraordinary investment in our vision to propel our business program into the top rank of the nation's business schools," said Vance Roley, dean of the newly named Shidler College of Business. "Jay embodies the values we strive to instill in our outstanding new business people — entrepreneurial spirit, leadership, discerning business judgment, integrity and a sense of community.
"Our programs for international business are already ranked among the nation's best. Our goal now is to have our entire program join the country's elite. We're committed to that."
According to Roley, the gift will support:
· Growing student aid with more scholarships.
· Additional endowed faculty positions to attract nationally recognized instructors, lecturers and researchers.
· Increased faculty support including summer research support and visiting faculty.
· Program and academic support including a daytime MBA program to complement the college's existing evening program.
"I'm genuinely honored and humbled to have my name associated with the University of Hawaiʻi's business program," Shidler said. "It's my school. It helped prepare me for a career in business and launch The Shidler Group decades ago. But never did I imagine being in a position to contribute to UH like this. I share Dean Roley's vision for taking the business school to new heights and am grateful to be able to support his vision.
"I love Hawaiʻi and want our community, its residents and businesses to have access to a top-ranked business school within our state. I believe Hawaiʻi is not only a special place in which to do business but also a viable place from which to conduct geographically diverse businesses. Having a strong business school will enhance our state's ability to play a larger role in national and international commerce."
UH Mānoa Interim Chancellor Denise Konan said, "The college is one of many areas of excellence on our campus. Private giving expands our resources and is crucial to providing the margin of success for our students, faculty and programs. The generosity of donors helps us to educate Hawaiʻi's next generation of leaders in business, government and the community."
According to the UH Foundation, Shidler's donation is the lead gift in the school's Centennial Campaign, which is the most ambitious fund-raising campaign in the state's history.
"I want to thank Jay for his commitment to furthering public higher education in Hawaiʻi," said UH Foundation President Donna Vuchinich. "Philanthropy to public universities is a centuries-old tradition. Alumni, parents, corporations and foundations have long understood that the ability of public universities to achieve their mission is strengthened when state support is augmented by private funds."
Shidler is a former UH Foundation board member (1994-1997). His philanthropic foundation — The Shidler Family Foundation — has supported the University of Hawaiʻi with nearly $175,000 in private gifts over several years, supporting programs in business, creative media and astronomy, among others.
After graduating from the University of Hawaiʻi in 1968, Shidler was commissioned as an officer in the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers. He left military service in 1971, returning to Honolulu to form The Shidler Group in 1972. A nationally acknowledged expert in real estate investment and finance, Shidler received the 2006 National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (Hawaiʻi) Lifetime Achievement Award.
Based in Honolulu, The Shidler Group owns and manages properties across the country, including significant holdings in Honolulu, New York, Southern California and Arizona. The company is also the largest owner of premium office space in Honolulu.
In addition, The Shidler Group founded three publicly traded real estate investment trusts (REITs) — First Industrial Realty Trust (NYSE:FR), Corporate Office Properties Trust (NYSE:OFC) and TriNet Corporate Realty Trust (Formally NYSE: TRI, now part of Istar Financial NYSE: SFI). It also founded Primus Guaranty, Ltd. (NYSE:PRS), a Bermuda-based holding company whose primary subsidiary, Primus Financial Products, is a $15 billion, AAA/Aaa rated provider of credit default protection.
Over the past 30 years, through its public and private entities, The Shidler Group has acquired, owned and operated more than 2,000 properties containing over 150 million square feet of commercial real estate.
About the Shidler College of Business at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
The Shidler College of Business is renowned for its expertise in international management education and is consistently ranked among the nation's top 25 graduate schools for international business by U.S. News & World Report. Long recognized for its Asia-Pacific focus, the college is a professional school, offering a wide variety of degree, certificate and executive programs. The college places a strong emphasis on the development of management skills, entrepreneurship and the management of business information technology. The Shidler College of Business is the only graduate program in the State of Hawai'i accredited by AACSB International. For more information, visit www.cba.hawaii.edu .
About the University of Hawaiʻi Foundation
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You have been registered for our next EvangelismCoach.org workshop
on personal evangelism:
September 10, 2016
First Presbyterian Church of Endicott,
29 Grant Ave., Endicott, NY 13760
Check out this video for two important details:
Email #1 from Eventbrite
You should receive a registration confirmation that has all the details about your registration.
You should have it already by the time you reach this page.
If you don't have the confirmation email, check your junk mail, or please contact me via email or on my facebook page.
Sometimes, however, it may take up to 1 hour for that email to arrive.
Email #2 from me
You will also receive an email asking you to click on a link to confirm your email address. Click on the link in it to receive follow up emails I will send you with
- Information about the event
- Reminders
- Q&A to fine tune my presentation for your needs.
I need you to do this action step so that you can be involved in customizing this conference to meet some of your needs.
I'll be asking you those questions up to a few days before we gather.
Click on it, and I'll send you a video about how to maintain a passion for evangelism.
Invite Others:
- Go to this page: https://www.evangelismcoach.org/conference-personal-evangelism-for-ordinary-people-september-10-2016/
- Share that page on Facebook, Twitter and other Places.
Registration Bonus
As a bonus, you will receive our bi-monthly newsletter that will have updates on new webinars, podcasts, and articles to help you do evangelism with more effectiveness.
This will be sent to you after the webinar as well as a free subscription to our monthly email newsletter.
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