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We recommend performing a Reverse Lookup on the IP Address for your mail server to try to find the cause of the error. You will need to contact your ISP and ask them to setup a correct PTR record for you. You should ask that this record be the same as the hostname of your mail server. We also recommend configuring your server to include this name in your SMTP banner.
When a sending server makes a connection to the recipient server, the recipient server notes the sending IP address and performs a reverse lookup, called a PTR lookup, named after the type of DNS record used. If the result of the reverse lookup matches the result of a forward DNS Lookup, then it's much more likely that the message is legitimate. If the IP address doesn't match, it's much more likely that the sending address was spoofed and therefore much more likely that it's unwanted and could be considered spam.
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5th of April, Toulouse, France.
GreenCloud Printer from ObviousIdea won the eco-award of the 6th student national conference week for the sustainability. this event was organised at ESC Toulouse, in Toulouse.
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5th of April, Toulouse, France.
GreenCloud Printer from ObviousIdea won the eco-award of the 6th student national conference week for the sustainability. this event was organised at ESC Toulouse, in Toulouse.
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GreenCloud printer is the latest ObviousIdea's app, and we are proud of it. The green pdf software is available to download since the end of December. Therefore, we have at least one full month ( january 2012 ) to make a first list of the statistic data.
GreenCloud printer usage In January 2012 :
'k' means you need to multiply by 1000 to get the exact total.
116k pages printed. In average, the printed document has 2,7 pages
15k pages not printed
2k pages sent by email
8k users ran the software 1 time
5,6k users used the software several times in the month.
91% of print jobs are really printed to a physical printer
7% of print jobs are saved as PDF format.
59% of sessions are 1-page-only job, but it represents only 24% of the volume of total paper printed.
The documents of more than 10 pages represents 28% of pages
11% only of sessions are forced in Black&White
10% of sessions use the n-up ( print several pages side by side on the same face of the sheet papers )
Despite nearly 60% of printers reports to be able to do 2-side printing, only 6% of people select this option.
General Data conversion ( things you need to know to convert the data into more "real world" unit)
Average cost of a printed sheet with inkjet printer : 0.12€
A typical paper rearm in real world conversion.
1 Paper Rearm = 500 sheets of paper = 2,5 Kg = cost in paper 4€ = Cost in ink 60€ = Cost in Tree 6% = 10L of water to produce it
Source Easytri , LesNumériques
It's only the first month, but there is already interesting trends. Some options aren't used a lot ( 2-side, B&W ) despite it is activable in 1 click in the main screen. It means some ergonomic maniac could find some tips to improve this over the time and the next version. The software hasnt been heavely promoted yet, and hasn't yet promoted by French organization such as ADEME
Continue to discuss about it and see some tips in our forum
GreenCloud Printer is our new product, it's a eco-friendly driver for your printer. It works with all the printers of the market, and you can save paper, ink, and trees by previewing with always the same dialog your printing job.
it's also a PDF creating tool to replace your existing solution. You can choose in 1 click each page you need to print or not, but it also detects automatically the page with no contents (like when you print a web page, or an email and don't need the footer and ads following the real content)
but it's not finished ! it is also a cloud uploader, so you could send directly your new doc to Google Docs, Dropbox, Minus.com or by email using the internal PDF virtual driver.
it's a new software, so we need feedback to improve it. you can download and check the video of GreenCloud printer
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As we launch into Thanksgiving week, consider this: Research shows that feeling grateful doesn't just make you feel good. It also helps — literally helps — the heart.
A positive mental attitude is good for your heart. It fends off depression, stress and anxiety, which can increase the risk of heart disease, says Paul Mills, a professor of family medicine and public health at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine. Mills specializes in disease processes and has been researching behavior and heart health for decades. He wondered if the very specific feeling of gratitude made a difference, too.
So he did a study. He recruited 186 men and women, average age 66, who already had some damage to their heart, either through years of sustained high blood pressure or as a result of heart attack or even an infection of the heart itself. They each filled out a standard questionnaire to rate how grateful they felt for the people, places or things in their lives.
It turned out the more grateful people were, the healthier they were. "They had less depressed mood, slept better and had more energy," says Mills.
And when Mills did blood tests to measure inflammation, the body's natural response to injury, or plaque buildup in the arteries, he found lower levels among those who were grateful — an indication of better heart health.
So Mills did a small follow-up study to look even more closely at gratitude. He tested 40 patients for heart disease and noted biological indications of heart disease such as inflammation and heart rhythm. Then he asked half of the patients to keep a journal most days of the week, and write about two or three things they were grateful for. People wrote about everything, from appreciating children to being grateful for spouses, friends, pets, travel, jobs and even good food.
After two months, Mills retested all 40 patients and found health benefits for the patients who wrote in their journals. Inflammation levels were reduced, and heart rhythm improved. And when he compared their heart disease risk before and after journal writing, there was a decrease in risk after two months of writing in their journals. Those results have been submitted to a journal, but aren't yet published.
Mills isn't sure exactly how gratitude helps the heart, but he thinks it's because it reduces stress, a huge factor in heart disease.
"Taking the time to focus on what you are thankful for," he says, "letting that sense of gratitude wash over you — this helps us manage and cope."
And helps keep our hearts healthy.
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Child Find Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What is Child Find?
Child Find is a component of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA) 2004 that requires States and Local Education Agencies (school districts and charter schools) to identify, locate, and evaluate all children with disabilities residing in the State, regardless of the severity of their disabilities, and who are in need of special education and related services (34 CFR§ 300.111). Child Find is a continuous process of public awareness activities, screening and evaluation designed to locate, identify, and evaluate children with disabilities who are in need of Early Childhood Intervention (ECI) Programs (Part C) or Special Education and Related Services (Part B). What does "child with a disability" mean? The term "child with a disability" means a child with intellectual disability, hearing impairments (including deafness), speech or language impairments, visual impairments (including blindness), serious emotional disturbance (referred to as "emotional disturbance"), orthopedic impairments, autism, traumatic brain injury, other health impairments, or specific learning disabilities; and who, by reason thereof, needs special education and related services (34 CFR§ 300.8). What do I do if I know of an infant, child, or adolescent who does not learn easily? All individuals develop at their own pace but some have more difficulty than others. Early identification and intervention can prevent failure and frustration. Special attention to teaching and learning strategies may help individuals overcome barriers to learning. Often these strategies can be provided through general education programs. The Child Find Framework of the Legal Framework for the Child Centered Process (www.esc18.net ) provides additional information and outlines mandates. Under the Every Student Succeeds Act (2015), each LEA must have a district improvement plan developed to guide district and campus staff in the improvement of student performance for all student groups in order to attain state standards. The district improvement plan must include strategies for improvement of student performance such as: instructional methods designed based on the needs of student groups not achieving; processes for addressing the needs of children in special programs; integration of technology in instructional and administrative programs; positive behavior supports; staff development for educators; and accelerated instruction. What happens if the student continues to struggle even with these general education supports? The parent(s) or legal guardian will be contacted by the local school district. The child may be referred for a full individual evaluation (FIE) to help determine eligibility for special education and related services. Parents/guardians and the school will decide if an evaluation is needed. The same group may develop an evaluation plan designed to assess areas of concern. If appropriate, an evaluation will be conducted by qualified school district/agency personnel. The parents and evaluation personnel will have a meeting to talk about evaluation results and eligibility for special education and related services. Who can begin the Child Find process? Anyone can start the process: a parent/guardian, doctor, teacher, relative or friend can call their local school district Child Find. If you are concerned about a child's learning, contact your local school campus, district, or charter school. What services may be available through special education? Each child's individual need(s) will be addressed on an individualized basis by a team consisting of: public agency representative, parent(s) or guardian, a person who can interpret evaluation, teacher(s), and the student (if appropriate). The team will review evaluation information, discuss eligibility, identify area(s) of need for specialized instruction, including related services (such as occupational therapy, physical therapy, or counseling) and develop a plan to fit the needs of the child. How much do services cost? All services provided by Local Education Agencies (school districts and charter schools) through IDEA 2004 (Part B) Special Education and Related Services (Part B) are at no cost to the individual or parents. Who do I contact? If you are concerned about a child's learning, contact your local school campus, district, or charter school. If you need help contacting your local school campus, district, or charter school, contact your Education Service Center (ESC) or Region 2 ESC at 361-561-8400 |


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Originally published in Journal of Creation 17, no 3 (December 2003): 5-8.
Evolutionary scientists have proclaimed for years that the dinosaurs died out at the end of the Cretaceous, exactly 65 million years ago. This date has been considered one of the evolutionary facts of nature. Since dinosaur fossils have been unearthed on all continents, the timing suggests a global change in the environment, or catastrophe. The extinction of the dinosaurs is a great mystery of paleontology, and there have been dozens of hypotheses for its cause.1 During the past two decades, however, most scientists have come to believe the extinction was caused by an asteroid hitting the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico. The precise timing of extinction, in so many locations, suggests it was not a coincidence, so the evolutionary scenario must be correct. Such precision of events has likely caused many Christians to shift their thinking toward 'old earth' ideas.
But now we have a solid report that many dinosaurs survived the asteroid impact and lived another 1 million years—close to the impact site! In a new volume dedicated to impacts just published by the Geological Society of America, it appears that James Fassett has incontrovertible evidence that dinosaurs existed during the Paleocene (within the evolutionary scenario).2 Fassett has spent many years studying the Ojo Alamo Formation in the San Juan Basin of north-western New Mexico. He has long advocated that dinosaurs lived beyond the Cretaceous/Tertiary (K/T) boundary and into the Paleocene. I get the impression that few have believed him, but now he appears to have collected enough solid evidence. The thought of Paleocene dinosaurs is quite heretical and has implications beyond the issue of the extinction of the dinosaurs.
The hadrosaur fossils were found on the western edge of the San Juan Basin, shown in black.
What is Fassett's impressive evidence? The first is the finding of 34 skeletal elements of a single hadrosaur in the Paleocene. Reworking, usually by streams and rivers, has always been invoked to explain away dinosaur bones in Tertiary sediments. However, one cannot explain 34 bones, of one dinosaur at a single location, as due to reworking, since reworking spreads the bones over a wide area. These 34 dinosaur bones are strong evidence for in-situ burial.
Second, Fassett and colleagues performed geochemical studies on various fossils from the Cretaceous and Paleocene layers and found distinctive chemical differences between the fossils from the two periods, especially with the amount of uranium uptake in the bones. This indicates that the dinosaur bones in the Ojo Alamo Formation were not reworked.
Third, a number of dinosaur bones are quite large, including one hadrosaur femur that was 1.1 m long with a silicified weight of 130 kg. Reworking is unlikely with such large bones, and there does not appear to be evidence of abrasion, as one would expect on reworked bones. So, the data appear solid for Paleocene dinosaurs within the evolutionary paradigm.
One possible way to discard these Paleocene dinosaurs is to move the K/T boundary upward into what is considered Paleocene strata, and many have tried this. However, Fassett and colleagues show that one cannot move the boundary upward without doing violence to set definitions for formations and other evolutionary scenarios. The Ojo Alamo Formation is a very controversial and heterogeneous formation. It is composed primarily of sandstone but includes many types of sedimentary rock, ranging from conglomerate to shale that interfinger, interbed, and change facies frequently. The formation was at first dated Cretaceous simply because of its dinosaur index fossils, but Reeside found fragmentary Paleocene plant fossils.3 Fassett and colleagues also discovered Paleocene plant pollen at a number of locations, including below many of the dinosaur fossils. They have even found Paleocene pollen in the underlying 'Cretaceous' formation at two locations.4 The Cretaceous Kirkland Formation is fine-grained and quite different from the overlying Ojo Alamo Formation. The differences are significant enough that the two formations must be separated based upon the lithological definitions required by the North American Commission on Stratigraphic Nomenclature.5 If the K/T boundary is moved up or down, it would violate one of the definitions for a formation.
The iridium layer has not been found where expected.
One might suppose that an iridium layer, which is supposed to be a distinctive K/T marker caused by the Yucatán impact, might settle the question of where these dinosaurs fit into the geological column. Apparently, the iridium layer has not been found where expected. So Fassett and colleagues claim that there is an unconformity of at least 6 million years between the two formations that overlaps the K/T boundary. Many researchers are hard pressed to find this unconformity.6
It is unlikely that a lithological unconformity, or a gap of millions of years, exists between the two formations. This is indicated by Fassett and colleagues' change in placement of the unconformity after they decided that most of the dinosaur bones at the Pot Mesa site were in the lower Cretaceous formation. These bones were at first believed to be from the Paleocene, and then switched to the Cretaceous. The unconformity was first drawn below these dinosaur bones, in the first interpretation, but above most of the dinosaur bones in the latter interpretation.7 The switching of vertical location for this unconformity indicates that there is no real lithological unconformity, but that the 'unconformity' is based on fossils. One can then ask the question of how come there is little or no sign of erosion between the formations if there is a 6 million year hiatus?
The existence of Paleocene dinosaurs in New Mexico brings up a number of new evolutionary problems. First, it was not just one species of dinosaur that was lucky enough to survive the impact but quite a number of different types of dinosaurs that are found in the early Paleocene. These include, besides hadrosaurs, Tyrannosaurus rex, Albertasaurus, and Ankylosaurus. So by chance one species could have made it through the extinction, but many species?
Second, the dinosaurs are said to have survived for one million years after the K/T! If this were the case, they should have spread all over the world and been found in early Paleocene sediments. Why aren't they found in other Tertiary locations? The answer to this will be provided in the next section.
Model of a Tsintaosaur—Tsintaosaurs are a sub-group of the hadrosaurs. A femur of a hadrosaur was one of the fossils found in the Paleocene rock. (Gr. hadros 'bulky, stout, strong, powerful' + Gr. sauros 'lizard').
Third, how would all the surviving types of dinosaurs go extinct after one million years? There is no catastrophe that the evolutionists can point to for this extinction. The dinosaurs were well adapted to a number of environments and had supposedly lived for many millions of years. There does not appear to be any evolutionary event that would stop them from living clear to the present day.
Fourth, the dinosaurs survived in an area close to the K/T asteroid impact at Chicxulub on the Yucatán Peninsula. The location is only 2,500 km away. How could these dinosaurs survive this close when dinosaurs all over the world supposedly succumbed at this time? Fassett and colleagues suggest that they survived for a few years in their eggs. These were eggs laid just before the asteroid bombardment. They could have been laid further north and the dinosaurs upon hatching could have moved later into the San Juan Basin. Although it is not known how long a dinosaur would remain alive in an egg, the researchers do admit that this idea is speculative at best.8 (As an aside, the Chicxulub asteroid impact structure is now believed to have had a transient crater only 80 to 110 km in diameter with multiple rings further out.9 This smaller size makes it doubtful this impact alone could have killed off the dinosaurs and many other organisms at the end of the Cretaceous, although it undoubtedly would have wiped out much of the biota near the impact.)
The finding of what appears to be solid evidence for Paleocene dinosaurs has a number of implications (I say 'appears to be solid' because the evolutionary scenario has many possibilities for explaining away anomalies so that this result can change overnight). One implication is that it demonstrates the powerful tendency of scientists to group data into rigid time slots according to the assumed evolution of index fossils. Such tendencies have been labeled the 'reinforcement syndrome' by uniformitarian scientists.10
The reinforcement syndrome is the tendency wherein a hypothesis, or result, is repeatedly reinforced by further data, especially if the hypothesis has been developed by a respected scientist. There are many ways of making data agree with preconceived ideas. Once the idea becomes engrained into science, it is very difficult to dislodge it according to the idea of ruling paradigms developed by Thomas Kuhn.11 The reinforcement syndrome is a form of circular reasoning, and it is very common in experimental and historical science.12 It is especially a problem in the so-called historical sciences since these ideas became established in the 1800s for other than scientific reasons and have been reinforced ever since by social and personal factors.
There are quite a few blatant examples of the reinforcement syndrome in the literature. Norman Watkins, an evolutionary scientist, first used the term to complain how the dates of magnetic polarity excursions were frequently massaged so that they occurred at similar times. The four-ice-age story of the Pleistocene glaciations was verified from data all over the world for 60 years, but this story is now considered wrong by uniformitarian scientists. The reinforcement syndrome is demonstrated with pre-Pleistocene 'ice ages,' which are supposed ice ages lasting for millions of years during certain periods of geological time, going back to more than 2 billion years ago.13 At first, the 'Permian ice age' was reinforced throughout the Southern Hemisphere and then found at various localities in the Northern Hemisphere. However, the Northern Hemisphere locations conflicted with other data of warmth, so they were eliminated. Ancient ice ages were also postulated for all geological periods at one time. Since most of geological time is considered times of warmth, it became embarrassing. So, scientists neatly re-dated all these ice ages into about four major pre-Pleistocene periods. Practically all the lay public, and most scientists, are not aware of the dominance of the reinforcement syndrome in the historical sciences. The evolutionary scenario thus looks well supported and verified by as much data and dates, from as many dating methods that agree with the timing of events.
The reinforcement syndrome, I believe, is responsible for the belief that dinosaurs finally died out at the end of the Cretaceous, exactly 65 million years ago, and that the mammals took over afterwards. Examples of the reinforcement syndrome are provided when paleontologists simply re-dated 'Tertiary' strata to the 'Cretaceous' whenever dinosaur remains were found. For instance, dinosaur fossils found in France and India, from what was at first considered Tertiary strata, were subsequently re-dated as Cretaceous.14,15 Dinosaur fossils found in Tertiary strata of eastern Montana have been vigorously opposed and claimed to be caused by reworking.16 Claims for Paleocene dinosaurs have also been made for other locations.17 The reinforcement syndrome caused assumed dinosaur tracks found in China and Peru, first dated as Cretaceous, to be re-dated as early Tertiary when the tracks were attributed to mammals.18,19
The reinforcement syndrome and the flexibility of the paleomagnetic timescale to accommodate any presumed date was also demonstrated, unintentionally, by Fassett and colleagues, during their research in the San Juan Basin.20 Dinosaurs are supposed to have died out during paleomagnetic Chron C29r, the 29th reversal going backward in time from the present. When a thin interval of reversed magnetic polarity was discovered in the lowermost part of the Ojo Alamo Formation and the top of the Kirkland Formation, it was assumed to be Chron C29r of the Cretaceous. Why was this chron chosen? It was because the extinction of the dinosaurs was assumed in the lower Ojo Alamo Formation. Since Fassett and colleagues believe there is a 6 million year 'unconformity' at the boundary of these formations, the reversed interval in the Cretaceous Kirkland Formation is now claimed to be C32r, a reversal significantly older. What is the basis for this selection? Simply the different assumed dates of the top of the Kirkland Formation. Paleomagnitism is really not an independent dating method; it depends upon other preconceived ideas. Chrons are selected by the reinforcement syndrome.
Some claim that it is the vertical paleomagnetic pattern that is unique, from which a date can be derived. However, this is not true. Any paleomagnetic pattern of normals and reversals can be made to fit any strata by postulating hiatuses in places to shorten the amount of time and increased sedimentation to increase the time, as was demonstrated by Fassett and colleagues.21
One wonders how reliable are the actual measurements of reversed and normal polarity. For example, Chron C29n was found to lie above C29r in the Ojo Alamo Formation. However, Fassett and colleagues claim that Chron 29n was not caused by a normal polarity event in the early Paleocene but instead is an overprint from the present normal field. The 'primary' polarity of rocks is deduced by two main methods of 'cleaning' what is believed to be secondary magnetism. This secondary magnetism is attributed to subsequent polarity events, especially the modern magnetic field. This incident makes one skeptical of the cleaning procedures, since they seem subjective and open to the reinforcement syndrome.
The above is all within the uniformitarian and evolutionary paradigm. There is abundant evidence that the dinosaurs died in the Flood, except those taken aboard the Ark.22 The Ojo Alamo Formation, in particular, does provide some evidence that it also was laid down in the Flood. For instance, the generally coarse-grained Ojo Alamo Formation was deposited on a flat erosion surface.23 How could a flat erosion surface continue to exist after a 6 million years hiatus? This makes no sense, since terrestrial erosion destroys flat surfaces and produces valleys and canyons. During the Flood one would expect formations to be laid on a flat to mostly flat surface or bedding plane from the previous layer. So, the flatness of the underlying surface is more favorable to the Flood paradigm.
The character of the sandstone grains that make up the majority of the formation also indicates rapid deposition. The grains are arkose, a feldspathic sandstone. Feldspar weathers and disappears rapidly, so arkose is a sign of rapid erosion and deposition.24 Arkosic sandstone is consistent with a Flood origin and not slow deposition over millions of years.
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From London to Shanghai, New York to Marrakesh and almost everywhere in between... There are 100,000 Les Mills instructors spread across 80 countries who make up the Les Mills World. These passionate, dedicated and talented individuals go above and beyond, constantly training and up-skilling and putting everyone else's workouts before their own. For this we want to say THANK YOU!
This specially designed thank you video was screened at Stockholm's Masterclass filming in September 2013 and watched by the thousands of instructors who attended the event. Featuring real instructors who have been teaching for years and have earned their moment in the spotlight, it shows them working out in their local environments, highlighting the energy and dedication that it takes to be a truly world class Les Mills instructor.
The instructors in this video are just the tip of the iceberg. We know that there are thousands of Les Mills instructors out there who have stories to show and tell – and we want to see and hear them!


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How to Choose the Right Labrador Breeder
Buying a puppy can be a tedious process especially when you do not know a good breeder and where to find one. Before you buy any puppy or dog, you need to decide the breed of the dog you need since there are several breeds. One of the best dog breed to have as your pet is a labrador dog. When buying a labrador dog, ensure you get a breeder who deals specifically with Labradors. This will help you get someone that can walk you through the process of owning a labrador dog ensuring you have a healthy and happy companion. When choosing a labrador breeder, you should consider these tips.
You have to put into consideration the certification of the labrador breeder. As you plan to purchase a puppy, you must get one from a certified labrador breeder. A certified labrador breeder will give you the best when it comes to puppies since that shows that he or she is a professional and hence knows how to handle puppies of all kinds. You need to know that the behavior of the puppy and its health is determined by the labrador breeder. So to get a good puppy you will need a good labrador breeder.
Is the labrador breeder certified? Certification is essential when selecting your labrador breeder. You have to ensure that you will choose a labrador breeder who has been licensed for you to be sure you are dealing with a labrador breeder who knows how to handle dogs and for that reason you can be sure you will get a puppy that is healthy since it has been bred by a professional. Even after seeing his or her certificate, ensure you ask questions concerning labrador breeding to see how he or she answers.
Another thing to look at is the training of the puppy. It's crucial to know that puppies are trained to behave in a certain manner. It's hence good that you ensure your puppy is trained to behave in a manner that will impress you or in an accepted manner in the society. You do not want to purchase a puppy that will eat food from even your plates or cooking pots for this will not only embarrass you but can also cause diseases to you. You also do not want to purchase a puppy that poops all over your compound or house but rather a puppy that is trained in the right way to poop.
Ensure that you select a labrador breeder with good experience. Experience is essential if you want to have a dog that will not stress you. Make sure that you will select a labrador breeder who knows much about dogs having dealt with them for a long time. A labrador breeder with experience will give you good advice on how you will handle your puppy or dog and how you can observe it to know when it's not okay. This is very crucial since it will save you from frequent visits to the doctor.


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Community support grows for farm shares
MISSISSIPPI STATE – Mississippians who want the freshest blueberries and butterbeans have more options as community-supported agriculture programs increase.
Kimberly Morgan, an agricultural economist and professor with the Mississippi State University Extension Service, said Mississippians are participating in a trend that began within the past 20 years.
"As more people become interested in buying locally grown produce, we're seeing an increase in the number of farmers' markets and community-supported agriculture, or CSA, programs," Morgan said. "Mississippi's 10 CSA programs are clustered around Memphis, Jackson and Mobile, a pattern that exemplifies the national trend of typical CSA customers, who live in or near a major city and seek out locally grown food items."
In CSA arrangements, growers invite a set number of customers to invest by buying shares in exchange for a predetermined amount of produce provided over a set period of time. Morgan said advantages for farmers include cash flow early in the season to help offset expenses, a guaranteed outlet for products, and an opportunity to market their produce before they begin spending long days in the field. Satisfied customers become repeat clients and provide priceless word-of-mouth advertising.
When Mike Steede retired as county director for the George County Extension Service, he and his brother Heath had been growing some watermelons and vegetables on their family farm.
"I learned about CSAs from Gary Bachman, of Southern Gardening fame, who explained the concept to me and talked about how much he and his family enjoyed fresh produce straight from the farm," Steede said.
An Internet search directed him to the Local Harvest website, an online source for finding locally grown foods. After careful research, the Steede family launched their new business.
"The first year, we had 36 members and about four acres of produce," he said. "We had a lot of extra produce to sell to farmers' markets, restaurants and at the farm. The second year we had 68 members and four acres of produce. Most of the crop went into the CSA and a couple of restaurants."
Steede Farms has been a family operation for more than a century. Mike and his wife Darlene, son Garrett and daughter Shelby, plus Heath and his wife Mandy and their son Gunter are all owners of the CSA.
"The biggest lesson we learned is that if you will be honest with your members about what is happening at the farm, most of them will understand and be very patient," Steede said. "Our first season was cut short due to extreme heat, and our members were very understanding.
"We also worried about the lack of variety of veggies late in the season, so we talked to our members at the drop points. To our surprise, we were the only ones with that concern," he said.
Though he retired from his career in the MSU Extension Service, Steede remains an educator.
"The ideal farmer must be willing to educate," he said. "Folks ask questions about everything, and we must be open with our members. We also must not mind folks coming around the farm to see what we do."
One such client is Christopher Williams, who has been a member of Steede Farms' CSA since its inception.
"I grew up on a farm, and we always had a garden," Williams said. "When I moved to the city, I really missed fresh vegetables. We have a young daughter, and we wanted to provide her with healthy food. I like doing business with someone I know and keeping those dollars in Mississippi."
Williams said he appreciates the quality of the produce received from Steede Farms.
"The difference in something that has been picked fresh that morning compared to something that has been shipped across the country is huge," he said. "The variety has been fun. Sometimes it was a challenge to figure out what to do with vegetables that were new to us, but we have found several great new recipes because of it."
Clients come to understand how much work goes into farming.
"In Mississippi, we're blessed to be able to sit down to a fabulous meal and have everything on the plate raised within our state," Williams said. "I believe being a member of a CSA helps keep that possible."
Producers interested in learning about the costs and benefits of direct marketing avenues from both MSU specialists and practitioners can attend the Mississippi Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association Annual Conference in Vicksburg Nov. 14-16. See http://www.msfruitandveg.com for more information.


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Please forgive me as I haven't been blogging as much as I normally do. You can blame the following recipe which is so simple that I'm making a batch every two days. What's not to love? All you need is a blender and a few ingredients. I'm also loving the fact that there's NO FLOUR, NO SUGAR and NO BUTTER in this recipe.
This recipe is saving me in the morning as I tend to sleep in till the last possible moment. As a result – there's always a mad dash out the door WITHOUT eating anything. Now I simply grab a zip lock bag and enjoy these muffins in my car. Can anyone else relate?
I'm not going to keep you waiting much longer for the recipe. Here it is!
Recipe: Blender Oatmeal Muffins (original recipe can be found here – www.wellplated.com)
2 cups oats (quick cooking or old fashioned – I used old fashioned)
2 large ripe bananas
2 large eggs
1 cup plain Greek yogurt
2 to 3 tablespoons honey
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/2 cups of mix ins – chocolate chips, raisins, nuts, chopped dates – whatever you want!!
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees
2. Mix all ingredients in the blender. (how easy could this get?).
3. Drop batter into a well greased muffin pan. Fill no more than three-quarters of the way to the top. Sprinkle with additional chocolate chips or nuts as desired. Bake for 15 minutes, until the tops of the muffins are set and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Place the pan on a wire rack and let the muffins cool in the pan for 10 minutes.
Happy Baking!!


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Dobinsons Spring & Suspension's range of heavy duty 4×4 torsion bars are manufactured from high quality micro alloy steel with a thicker bar diameter than the original vehicle torsion bars to improve performance when accessories are fitted. When vehicles are fitted with additional accessories such as steel bullbars, winches, dual battery kits and other frontal accessories the weight placed on the torsion bars can be dramatically increased. The torsion bars fitted to the vehicle will not withstand the additional weight placed on the vehicle and will be prone to sag and will offer poor handling and offroad performance. Dobinsons heavy duty 4×4 torsion bars feature increased spring rate (thicker bar diameter) to better handle the additional weight and provide far improved handling, ride height and offroad performance. Dobinsons torsion bars feature an increased bar diameter,thicker than the original vehicle torsion bars. Dobinsons uprated torsion bars provided a far superior ride that will greatly reduce bottoming of the suspension and will improve the vehicles handling whilst also offering far greater reliability at increased ride heights. Dobinsons torsion bars feature cold rolled splines to increase strength, reliability and ensure a perfect fit. A thick durable powdercoat provides protection against corrosion. As torsion bars have load applied in a particular direction during compression travel, Dobinsons have their torsion bars directionaLly preset and scragged to prevent sagging and breakage. Dobinsons heavy duty torsion bars have precision end fitment and are marked both left and right hand side, and also importantly front and rear to ensure correct simple fitment the first time. Fitting torsion bars on the incorrect side or back to front will damage the torsion bars as they are preset and scragged in the required direction.


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Almost Heaven In A Box-
Last year I discovered something amazing in the Trader Joe's freezer section- frozen croissants! I bought some one the chocolate ones and they were amazing. The trick is this- you leave them out to rise for eight hours before baking. It's easy to set them out before you go to bed at night, or in the morning. They rise huge and puffy then come out brown, flaky and delish! They also have almond. At $1.00 each they're awesome! And lots of chocolate in there too, more than others I've bought from a bakery. For those of us who don't make then from scratch it's a great alternative.
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JFK's Speech To The Press-
I was a child when JFK was assassinated. At the time I didn't really understand who he was, with all of his incredible gifts, and sad personal choices. I heard this a year or two ago and decided to post it here. This riveting speech was given before the American Newspaper Publishers Association on April 27, 1961. It's also on YouTube if you'd rather here it in his voice. I can't think of any politician who would support this now-"Ladies and gentlemen. The very word "secrecy" is repugnant in a free and open society. And we are as a people, inherently and historically, opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths, and to secret proceedings. We decided long ago, that the dangers of excessive and unwarranted concealment of pertinent facts far outweigh the dangers which are cited to justify it.
Even today, there is little value in opposing the thread of a closed society by imitating its arbitrary restrictions. Even today, there is little value in assuring the survival of our nation if our traditions do not survive with it. And there is very grave danger that an announced need for increased security will be seized upon by those anxious to expand its meaning to the very limits of official censorship and concealment.
That I do not intend to permit to the extent that it's in my control. And no official of my administration whether his rank is high or low, civilian or military, should interpret my words here tonight as an excuse to censor the news, to stifle dissent, to cover up our mistakes, or to withhold from the press or the public the facts they deserve to know.
For we are opposed around the world by a monolithic and ruthless conspiracy that relies primarily on covert means for expanding its sphere of influence, on infiltration instead of invasion, on subversion instead of elections, on intimidation instead of free choice, on guerrillas by night instead of armies by day.
It is a system which has conscripted vast human and material resources into the building of a tightly knit highly efficient machine that combines military, diplomatic, intelligence, economic, scientific and political operations. Its preparations are concealed, not published. It's mistakes are buried, not headlined. Its dissenters are silenced, not praised. No expenditure is questioned, no rumor is printed, no secret is revealed.
No President should fear public scrutiny of his program. For from that scrutiny comes understanding, and from that understanding comes support or opposition, and both are necessary. I'm not asking your newspapers to support an administration. But I am asking your help in the tremendous task of informing and alerting the American people. For I have complete confidence in the response and dedication of our citizens whenever they are fully informed.
I not only could not stifle controversy among your readers, I welcome it. This administration intends to be candid about its errors. For as a wise man once said, an error doesn't become a mistake until you refuse to correct it. We intend to accept full responsibility for our errors. And we expect you to point them out when we miss them.
Without debate, without criticism, no administration and no country can succeed, and no republic can survive. That is why the Athenian lawmaker, Solon, decreed it a crime for any citizen to shrink from controversy.
That is why our press was protected by the First Amendment, the only business in America specifically protected by the Constitution, not primarily to amuse and to entertain, not to emphasis the trivial and the sentimental, not to simply give the public what it wants, but to inform, to arouse, to reflect, to state our dangers and our opportunities, to indicate our crisis and our choices, to lead, mold, educate and sometimes even anger public opinion.
This means greater coverage and analysis of international news, for it is no longer far away and foreign, but close at hand and local. It means greater attention to improve the understanding of the news as well as improve transmission. And it means finally that government at all levels must meet its obligation to provide you with the fullest possible information outside the narrowest limits of national security.
And so it is to the printing press, to the recorder of man's deeds, the keeper of his conscience, the courier of his news, that we look for strength and assistance. Confident that with your help, man will be what he was born to be, free and independent."


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Rising demand for herbal medicine can increase cultivation of medicinal trees
Formalizing trade in herbal medicinal products has the potential to increase the demand for on-farm grown raw material and raise the level of cultivation of medicinal tree species in smallholder farms.
A study carried out by the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) in Kenya shows that trade in herbal medicinal products is rising in the urban areas and formalization in terms of better hygienic packaging and labeling of the products is likely to increase cultivation of these tree species.
Traditional medicine is practiced in in many rural areas in the developing world. The World Health Organization estimates that about 80% of Africans rely on traditional medicine, a great proportion of which is herbal, to meet their health needs and this could increase because of the rising acceptability of natural therapies.
The study published in the scientific journal, Forests Trees and Livelihoods, says that In Kenya, the majority of traditional medicines are sold as wild plant parts, but in urban areas, demand for traditional medicines is rising and this is leading to increased formalization of the market, with traditional medicines now found in powders, liquids and creams.
Jonathan Muriuki, lead author of the study and research scientist at ICRAF, believes that as lifestyles improve, consumers demand better quality. "This opens up greater opportunities for trade in medicinal tree products among actors in the value chain, such as collectors, producers, healers, processors, manufacturers and even exporters," outlines Muriuki.
Muriuki and co-authors set out to learn where medicinal plant traders in Kenya sourced their raw materials and to determine if formalization of the market could provide more opportunities for cultivation.
"Cultivation would not only provide a sustainable supply of medicinal products but also increase the incomes of poor smallholder farmers while addressing current problems of over-harvesting and resource degradation which have reduced the abundance of wild materials."
Their research revealed that 49 per cent of traders in herbal medicine sourced materials from farms and the demand was rising. However, 69 per cent of traders expressed a preference for materials sourced from the wild mainly because they perceived these plants would have higher potency than farm-grown material. Such perception is based on the expectation that wild plants will have grown to full maturity and in rich soils with less interference from human activities such as chemical application.
Those who preferred farm-sourced material said this was because of expected higher quality from good crop husbandry, increasing scarcity in the wild, and for some, a deliberate choice to conserve wild resources.
"While these types of formal enterprise are fairly recent in Kenya, we found that they are all experiencing annual growth and demanding more uniform raw materials which cultivation can provide," says Muriuki.
The study reveals that most farmers sell timber and fruits from their trees but are not selling medicinal tree products because they do not have access to markets "Farmers stated they would sell medicinal products if they had access to market opportunities," says Muriuki. "Access to markets for other tree products has led to increased cultivation of tree species providing these, so it would be fair to assume the same could be applied for medicinal trees".
To improve the market in traditional medicines, the study recommends linking traders to farmers in the form of grower groups, especially women, which could initially focus on the most traded species as alternative crops are recommended.
Provided by World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)


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Truck Unloader - Construction Job in Winston Salem, NC
Location: | Winston Salem, NC 27101 |
Industry: | Construction |
Job Type: | Temp |
Hourly Rate: | $16.00 |
Posted: | 07/08/2024 |
Job Ref Code: | 37-86-6024 |
Your Job
Are you good at getting things safely in and out of vans and trucks with speed, precision, and care? Can you follow instructions and move items properly into diverse locations? And do you pay attention to detail and take pride in job well done? If you have these skills, interests and abilities, then we have an opportunity for you as a Truck Loader/Unloader.
Your Day
The job responsibilities may include the following:
- Unloading and moving cargo & materials from delivery trucks, to and from receiving areas, loading docks, ships, and containers.
- Handling cargo including furniture, household goods, merchandise and other items as required.
- Keeping track of package numbers, sometimes with hand-held scanners, to confirm proper delivery.
- Opening containers and sorting materials.
- Labeling cartons, inspecting items for defects, and keeping records of unpacked or unloaded.
- Assembling and disassembling furniture.
- Compiling inventories of goods, keeping records of materials moved and completing invoices for customers.
- Using special machinery such as forklifts or moving dollies for heavy items and navigating stairs.
- Driving moving trucks and keeping track of mileage and fuel purchases.
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What you may gain while on the job:
- Staying active — you'll keep busy and constantly mobile throughout the day.
- Communication skills — provide information and coordinate with supervisors, co-workers, and customers to carry out daily responsibilities.
- Learning opportunity — a chance to learn a wide variety of skills and industry knowledge.
- Teaching & mentoring skills — helping train and prepare new employees for the job.
- Rewarding career — opportunities for advancement to supervisory, management, dispatch, and sales roles.


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Damascus in Yellow
Does EVERY girl in this city have to be dressed in yellow?
Girls in hijab, with long tight yellow t-shirts. Girls with big hair
in yellow blouses. Girls with blue jeans in - you guessed it - yellow
Some have black writing, some kind of image, or even a tactically
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King Oskar II
King Oskar II in a classic princely pose, dressed in his admiral's uniform. He looks at us with an authoritative look and his arms crossed. In the upper right corner, we can glimpse a picture depicting the Swedish Navy, with the wording "Ur svenska flottans minnen" ("From the Swedish Navy's Memories").
On his desk stands a bronzed writing stand, which also stands on the desk of our current King Carl XVI Gustaf when he receives visits in the Bernadotte Apartments.
The portrait was a gift from King Oskar II to his consort, Queen Sofia. The king's face has been retouched on a number of occasions, most recently in 1918.


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Have the smile people will notice.
Spend Everyday with a beautiful new smile.
Beautify your smile, better your life.
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When you visit our office, your smile is our top priority. Our entire team is dedicated to providing you with the personalized, gentle care that you deserve.
Part of our commitment to serving our patients includes providing information that helps them to make more informed decisions about their oral health needs. This website is a resource we hope you'll find both useful and interesting.
Contact Us Today or Request An Appointment!
We genuinely hope this site is helpful to you in learning more about our practice, dental conditions and treatments, dental recommendations, and more.
Please browse through our website and be sure to give us a call if you have any questions or would like to schedule an appointment.
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In the aftermath of the financial crisis, a debate has been raging about the culture of financial services institutions – both in terms of how individuals working with financial institutions conduct themselves, but also on attitudes towards risk-taking within these institutions.
Given that banks are now considered to provide consumers with a service that is essential to the operation of the modern economy, this is an important debate. However, those tasked with regulating and supervising the banking sector haven't escaped this scrutiny either.
If the UK is to avoid a future financial crisis of the magnitude experienced between 2007 and 2009, there also needs to be a culture change within the institutions tasked with overseeing the UK's financial services sector.


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ShowFx exposition brand welcomes everyone to visit finance and investment conference in the capital of Latvia, Riga, on March 2, 2013.
ShowFx organizes exhibitions in different cities of the CIS and Asia, constantly expanding its geography. For the first tome the conference will be held in Riga.
The guests of the event will meet representatives of the largest brokerage companies, dealing centers, educational projects, and specialized projects implemented on the territory of the CIS and the Baltic region. Leading experts of market analysis will be among special guests of the event and give speeches in front of the audience, answering the most relevant questions.
During breaks between the speeches, the visitors will have an opportunity to meet traders in person, participate in debates, share personal opinion, and learn something new about trading on financial markets. Besides, the drawing of valuable prizes and numerous surprises prepared by organizers will be a part of the event as well.
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Soldiers attending a pre-deployment briefing at Fort Hood say they were told that evangelical Christians and members of the Tea Party were a threat to the nation and that any soldier donating to those groups would be subjected to punishment under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
A soldier who attended the Oct. 17th briefing told me the counter-intelligence agent in charge of the meeting spent nearly a half hour discussing how evangelical Christians and groups like the American Family Association were "tearing the country apart."
Michael Berry, an attorney with the Liberty Institute, is advising the soldier and has launched an investigation into the incident.
"The American public should be outraged that the U.S. Army is teaching our troops that evangelical Christians and Tea Party members are enemies of America, and that they can be punished for supporting or participating in those groups," said Berry, a former Marine Corps JAG officer.
"These statements about evangelicals being domestic enemies are a serious charge."
The soldier told me he fears reprisals and asked not to be identified. He said there was a blanket statement that donating to any groups that were considered a threat to the military and government was punishable under military regulations.
"My first concern was if I was going to be in trouble going to church," the evangelical Christian soldier told me. "Can I tithe? Can I donate to Christian charities? What if I donate to a politician who is a part of the Tea Party movement?"
Another soldier who attended the briefing alerted the Chaplain Alliance for Religious Liberty. That individual's recollections of the briefing matched the soldier who reached out to me.
"I was very shocked and couldn't believe what I was hearing," the soldier said. "I felt like my religious liberties, that I risk my life and sacrifice time away from family to fight for, were being taken away."
And while a large portion of the briefing dealt with the threat evangelicals and the Tea Party pose to the nation, barely a word was said about Islamic extremism, the soldier said.
"Our community is still healing from the act of terrorism brought on by Nidal Hasan – who really is a terrorist," the soldier said. "This is a slap in the face. "The military is supposed to defend freedom and to classify the vast majority of the military that claim to be Christian as terrorists is sick."
Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, tells me the Pentagon is pushing anti-Christian propaganda.
"On the very base that was the site of mass murder carried out by a radicalized Muslim soldier, it is astonishing that it is evangelical groups that are being identified as a 'threat,'" he said. "Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel must immediately intervene to stop this march against the rights and freedom of our soldiers."
The soldier said they were also told that the pro-life movement is another example of "radicalization."
"They said that evangelical Christians protesting abortions are the mobilization stage and that leads to the bombing of abortion clinics," he said, recalling the discussion.
An Army spokesman at the Pentagon tells me they do not maintain or publish a list of organizations considered extremist.
"None of these slides [shown at the briefing] were produced by the Army, but by soldiers who included information found during an Internet search," the spokesman said.
He said commanders and other leaders were cautioned that they should not use "lists of extremists, hate groups, radical factions or the like compiled by any outside non-governmental groups or organizations for briefings, command presentations, or as a short cut to determining if a group or activity is considered to be extremist."
Meanwhile, the public affairs office at Fort Hood is denying the soldiers' allegations.
"The allegations you are asking about were brought to the attention of the Fort Hood leadership immediately and a (sic) inquiry is occurring," read a statement from Tom Rheinlander, the public affairs director at Fort Hood. "At this time, initial information gathered about the training and what you claim occurred is not substantiated by unit leadership and soldiers present at this training venue."
I sent the public affairs officer additional questions about the specific content of the briefing but he declined to respond.
But this is not the first time an Army briefing has labeled evangelicals as extremists. Last April an Army Reserve briefing classified Evangelical Christianity and Catholicism as "religious extremism."
In a letter to Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.), Secretary of the Army John McHugh said the briefing in April was an isolated incident and the material used was not sanctioned by the Army.
McHugh said it was a "misguided attempt to explain that extremism is not limited to a single religion."
Two weeks ago, several dozen active duty troops at Camp Shelby in Mississippi, were told the American Family Association, a well-respected Christian ministry, should be classified as a domestic hate group because it advocates for traditional family values.
Again, the military called it an isolated incident with a trainer using material that was not sanctioned by the military.
That explanation is wearing thin with American Christians.
"How much longer can the Army claim no knowledge or responsibility for these things?" Berry asked.
"These repeated incidents show either that this training was directed from Army leadership at the Pentagon, or else the Army has a real discipline and leadership problem on its hands because a bunch of rogue soldiers are teaching this nonsense."
The most recent allegations at Fort Hood have drawn sharp rebuke from religious liberty groups around the nation.
"Why is the Army engaged in these anti-Christian training propaganda briefings?" asked Perkins, himself a veteran of the Marine Corps. "The only explanation is that this is a deliberate effort of the Obama administration to intimidate and separate soldiers from Christian groups that they support and that support them."
Ron Crews, executive director of the Chaplain Alliance, called the military's behavior dishonorable.
"Far from mere 'isolated incidents,' as the Army has dismissed previous occurrences, this latest incident demonstrates a pattern and practice of Army briefings identifying mainstream religions, such as Evangelical Christianity, Judaism, and Catholicism, as examples of 'religious extremism' similar to Al Qaeda, Hamas and the Ku Klux Klan," he told me.
Perkins said it's time for the Pentagon to "ensure that instructors carry out their role to train our troops to defend our freedom, and not push anti-Christian propaganda."


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What looks like Skype and works like an open-source PBX? Skype for Asterisk, of course.
A recently announced collaboration between Skype and open-source telephony solutions provider Digium, Skype for Asterisk aims to pair the cost savings of Skype with the versatility and functionality of the Asterisk platform. A Digium-built software connector bridges the two.
With a target market of small and midsized businesses, the partners are touting the effort as a potential big win, with 338 million worldwide Skype customers and the tens of millions of Asterisk users. About a third of Skype users are business customers, so there may indeed be a significant market here. (Pricing has yet to be determined.)
Presently available in beta, Skype for Asterisk can be used in conjunction with Asterisk 1.4.x, 1.6.x, and Asterisk Business Edition C.x—as well as the Asterisk bundles, Trixbox and AsteriskNOW. If you're interested in participating in the beta program, click here.
The Asterisk will deliver a range of features to Skype customers, including automatic call distribution (ACD), along with the ability to ring incoming calls to individual Skype names, log incoming and outbound calls, handle voicemail, provide voice response (auto attendant) functionality and deliver least-cost routing—typically, one supposes, through the Skype network.
Among its other functions, Skype for Asterisk has the ability to receive calls through a number of devices. An incoming call will simultaneously ring your desk phone and the Skype software client. If you prefer the audio quality on the desk phone or you don't want to turn off your music to answer the Skype line, just pick up the desk phone. The call is treated just the same. You can also set the system to only ring one phone or the other, to make things even simpler.
Skype brings flexibility to the table: click-to-call functionality from Web sites, plus the promise of lower cost, most notably free Skype-to-Skype calling. Outgoing Skype-to-Skype calls are recognized as such by the system and handled as free calls; likewise incoming calls from Skype users. Calls to and from non-Skype users are handled as ordinary calls.
This means, among other things, that a small business could create free connections between all its satellite offices, so long as all participants use Skype. By this mechanism alone, "we are going to save you money," said Danny Windham, CEO of Digium.
Certainly cost savings are a big part of the pitch here, but the partners are just as sanguine about the promise of expanded functionality that would come with an open source PBX, as noted above: Click to call, ACD and so on.
In the big picture, many in the SMB world will be tempted by the prospect of an open-source PBX if only by virtue of the added control inherent in such a solution.
Skype is to some extent a free-for-all these days, with individual users putting it to use at their own discretion, much as in the early days of cell phones in a business environment. Tying Skype to a PBX offers the possibility of bringing disjointed Skype use under the unified control of the corporate IT shop.
Stefan Öberg, Skype's vice president, said that the ability to connect Skype to an open source PBX could have far-reaching implications. He noted that Asterisk already forms the basis of many commercial products presently sold on the market. Thus, any product built upon Asterisk 1.4 or Asterisk 1.6 (Switchvox, Free PBX, etc.) should be able to utilize this new capability.
"Third-party vendors of products based upon the proper releases of Asterisk would still need to purchase the connector from Digium, but they could then bundle it with their application," he said.
At first blush the Digium relationship sounds something like the existing tie between Skype and VoSKY, announced last spring. In that hardware-based arrangement, VoSKY Exchange products add what are essentially Skype trunk lines to any existing PBX. Along with the Skype software running on a separate server, this brings Skype-based calling directly to end-users' desk phones.
Thanks to the Digium connector, Skype for Asterisk goes a step further, integrating Skype directly into the heart of the PBX and thus overcoming limitations such as the number of Skype operations that can take place at the same time.
The system has been designed to attract a broad small-business base. Windham estimates it would cost the typical small business owner only a few thousand dollars to implement an Asterisk solution, based on the number of users and needed functionality. Add to this a few hundred dollars to set up the Skype component, and a fairly inexpensive yet flexible system emerges.
Adapted from Voipplanet.com.
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There are only nine craft breweries in tiny Delaware, according to a recent count. But the state hosts what's been named the nation's best craft beermaker in a new poll.
TheDailyMeal just released its list of the 25 Best Craft Breweries in America. The list is based on the input of craft beer experts consulted by the site, as well as votes cast by thousands of readers and beer fans. Like any list, this one is sure to generate plenty of second-guessing — but only more so than usual because of the particularly subjective nature of what constitutes great beer and great breweries.
While releasing its list, TheDailyMeal admitted "there's plenty of subjectiveness in picking a craft beer." But the editors did the best they could, gathering 72 best brewery nominees and putting it to a vote that has hopefully produced a list that lands at the "intersection of best and beloved" craft brewers around the country.
Cut to the chase: Landing atop the list is Dogfish Head, which is brewed in Milton and has a brewpub in Rehoboth Beach—both in Delaware, of course. According to an interactive craft beer map created by the New Yorker, Delaware was home to nine craft breweries per, and Dogfish Head was the 13th largest craft brewer in the nation.
(MORE: Trouble Brewing? The Craft Beer vs. 'Crafty' Beer Catfight)
The top 25 also includes the nation's three largest craft brewers, the Boston Beer Company (maker of Samuel Adams), California's Sierra Nevada, and Colorado's New Belgium Brewing, ranking on TheDailyMeal's list at #20, #10, and #6, respectively. Surely, there will be plenty of discussion concerning whether Dogfish Head is truly the nation's best craft brewer, and what terrific craft brewers didn't made the cut. Of the nation's top three craft brewing states per capita (Vermont, Oregon, Montana), there is just one representative on the list: Rogues Ales, based in Portland, Ore.
Ideally, there would be a fair amount of overlap on various "best beer" lists, but drinkers aren't likely to find much in the way of consensus. At the recent U.S. Open Beer Championships held in Atlanta, the top three winners—based on number of beers landing in the top three in various tasting categories—were the Capital Brewery and Stevens Point Brewing, both based in Wisconsin, and Sweetwater Brewing, made (a little suspiciously) in the city hosting the event, Atlanta. What's noteworthy is that none of these three are to be found on TheDailyMeal's "25 Best" list. Another example: At Beer Advocate's Top 250 Beers list, which is based on user ratings, you won't find a Dogfish Head beer until the #148 spot.
Does this mean Dogfish Head doesn't make terrific beer? Absolutely not! It's just that these lists are always problematic, and easy fodder for debate—which is part of the point, of course.
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What's not debatable is that beer drinkers today are the beneficiaries of an ongoing craft beer renaissance in the U.S. This week, the Brewers Association released new data showing that through the first six months of 2013, craft beer sales were up 15% in terms of dollars and 13% by volume, while beer sales overall decreased 2% compared to the same period a year ago.
Nearly 450 new breweries opened in the last 12 months, and while craft beer still represents only a small fraction of overall beer sales, craft brewers now constitute 98% of all U.S. brewers. As Brewers Association director Paul Gatza said while the organization released the latest craft beer statistics, "It's a very good time to be an American beer lover."


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The First Themed Compilation of the EXCALIBUR Series of Celtic Rock Albums The Ladies of the Lake – NOW AVAILABLE!
London – The Ladies of the Lake is the first themed compilation of the gold and platinum-selling EXCALIBUR series of Celtic Rock albums.
The creator of Excalibur, Alan Simon, said of the compilation: "Since for creation of the first Excalibur album, it's been a privilege to work with so many strong ladies characters. I speak not just of Guinevere and Morgane, but also of the talented singers who have brought some of the roles to life."
The compilation follows the re-release of the Excalibur Trilogy, and the recently released fourth album, Excalibur IV: The Dark Age of the Dragon.
Alan Simon continued: "The rock genre is often dominated by so many male musicians, but it shouldn't be forgotten how much Moya, Jacqui, Maddy, Karan, Kohann, Nikki, Sonja, Siobhan and Maite have given of their unique musical talents. This compilation is a tribute to them. they are the Ladies of the Lake. the Ladies of Excalibur. Please enjoy :)"
The compilation features the guests:
Moya Brennan
Maddy Prior
Karan Casey
Siobhan Owen
Jacqui McShee
Nikki Matheson
Sonja Kristina
Maite Itoiz
1) The Origins feat MOYA BRENNAN
2) Secret Garden feat MADDY PRIOR
3) The Girl & the Demon feat KARAN CASEY
4) Skye feat KOHANN
5) Calling For You feat MOYA BRENNAN
6) The Last Lament of a Fairy feat SIOBHAN OWEN
7) There is Someone feat SIOBHAN OWEN
8) Silver Moon feat MOYA BRENNAN
9) Yseult feat SIOBHAN OWEN
10) Sacrifice feat JACQUI MCSHEE
11) A Prayer For My Lover feat SIOBHAN OWEN
12) Morning Song feat NIKKI MATHESON
13) The Passion feat SONJA KRISTINA
14) Dreaming Again feat SIOBHAN OWEN
15) Dun Angus feat MAITE ITOIZ
To purchase:
Amazon CD: http://geni.us/ExcalA
iTunes: http://geni.us/ExcalAdig


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Join Don Henley, Steve Miller Band, Roger Daltrey + More on a 'Rock Getaway'
In late October and early November, the Hard Rock Hotel in Riviera Maya, Mexico, will turn into the ultimate destination for classic rock fans. The inaugural Rock Getaway will be held at the resort, with music provided by such legends as Don Henley, Roger Daltrey, the Steve Miller Band and Bad Company.
The trip combines a music festival with an all-inclusive vacation, and fans can choose between a pair of four- and seven-day packages, or one that goes across 11 days. The four-day plan will take place from either Oct. 26-29 or Nov. 2-5, with the seven-day running from either Oct. 26 – Nov. 1 or Oct. 30 – Nov. 5. The full 11-day event runs between Oct. 26 and Nov. 5.
Those who choose the four-day plan will be treated to concerts be Miller, Daltrey, Bad Company, Foreigner, REO Speedwagon, Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo, Cheap Trick, Don Felder, Blue Oyster Cult, Starship featuring Mickey Thomas, Foghat, Queensryche and Los Lobos. The seven- and 11-day vacations add shows by Henley, Santana and George Thorogood and the Destroyers.
Attendees can stay at either the Hard Rock Hotel or the Hotel Unico, but the music will take place at the Hard Rock. In addition to the music, there will be plenty of pool parties, late-night jam sessions and afterparties. There are also excursions to the Mayan temples, shopping in Playa Del Carmen, snorkeling and fishing. All food and beverages are included in the price.
Tickets for the Rock Getaway go on sale next Monday, April 17 at 10AM Eastern. Prices start at $1,997.50 per person for a four-night Bronze package at the Hard Rock, with bigger, more luxurious rooms with greater amenities available in Silver, Gold and Platinum packages. For full information, visit the Rock Getaway website.
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Changing Fonts
We are a design-centered studio that shares a real passion for typography and all its characteristics: from admeasurement and spacing to hierarchy. That's why we have a strong focus on offering you enough room to find the right match between the type layer and your unique branding approach.
Pairing fonts together in a manner that makes them look good and complement each other is no easy task (unless you are an experienced designer). Choosing the correct fonts for your website's design can be the difference between a compelling and attractive website and a dull, ordinary one.
Fonts make a difference in the type of message you want to send to the world and how you present yourself. If you aim to show playfulness, joy, and quirkiness, you can't settle just with the words; your fonts need to match that. And, when it comes to a website, there are a lot of areas where your text shows up, so a lot more ways to mess things up.
Here are two rules that, if you follow, should place you on the safe side:
- Limit yourself to only a few fonts: it's best to stick with two fonts, but if you're feeling ambitious, three is the maximum.
- Always use headings to create hierarchy and coherence within the structure of a page or a blog post.
Have no worries, we've put in place the right font controls so you can make your website look the way you want with just a few clicks.
Change the font style and characteristics
Using the Border WordPress theme, you can make different font adjustments—change font family, weight, size, set a letter spacing, and choose a text-decoration. Depending on what particular text you're willing to adjust, there's a specific path for each one.
You can simply play with the theme's fonts for Headings, Navigation, Body, and Gallery Covers by going to Appearance → Customize → Fonts.
To help you even more, we developed an automated calculation system to accurately and correctly adjust fonts and sizes for all devices—mobile, desktop, tablets, and everything in between. Thanks to this tool, you can now be certain that your website displays the right font sizes on all gadgets—one worry less. If you want to learn more about our process of creating true fluid web typography and our approach to responsive web design, you can read this article.
Using Premium Fonts
If you want to go even further, you can always appeal to custom fonts. You can quickly make that happen through seamless integration with Fonto, our custom fonts management plugin. For further details on how to use it, you can read this helpful article.