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German tuner, MTM , has decided that even the most powerful A3 in Audi 's line-up can be improved significantly. Their new package based off of the RS3 Sportback 2.5 TFSI provides the sports hatch with a drool-inducing boost in power and some signature coloring.
Getting the RS3 to a level of supremacy took a series of high tech components, including a modified turbocharger that gives the engine a high-powered air supply. This turbocharger is teamed up with modified spark plugs that ensure the optimal firing of the combustion chambers and a new exhaust system specifically tailored to suit the different power variants. Final counts come in with an output of 472 HP, up from the RS3's standard 340 HP.
A jump of 132 HP is nothing to shake a stick at so nothing else needed to be done for the Audi to shine. Of course, it was mandatory that MTM splash their customary exterior color combination of black, orange, and white just in case the home of this package was questioned.
Pricing for this package comes in at 10,600 Euro - or about $14,100 at the current exchange rates.

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Alumni Headlines
27th Annual Bellarmine Golf Classic
Posted August 13, 2014
The Alumni Council is pleased to announce the 27th Annual Bellarmine Golf Classic will be held on Monday, October 13, 2014 at Cinnabar Hills Golf Course.Read More
Bellarmine Magazine: Graduation Edition, Summer 2014
Posted August 6, 2014
Check out the most recent edition of the Bellarmine Magazine.Read More
Sports Booster Membership
Posted July 23, 2013
Bellarmine Boosters, a program of the Dads' Club, provides financial support to the school's athletics program. Funds raised through the Booster Club benefit Bellarmine's annual athletics budget, in addition to assisting in funding school projects through which student-athletes benefit. Click HERE to join today.Read More
- Fri Sep 19
Varsity Football 56 Win Piedmont Hills High School 20
JV Football 49 Win Piedmont Hills High School 7
Freshman Football 35 Win Palma High School 21
- Wed Sep 17
Varsity Water Polo 6 Loss Sacred Heart Prep 15
JV Water Polo 5 Loss Sacred Heart Prep 8
- Sat Sep 13
Varsity Water Polo 6 Win Schmitt Invitational (St. Mary's) (Tournament) 5
Freshman Water Polo 12 Win Santa Cruz Tournament (vs Valley Christian) 5
Freshman Water Polo 2 Loss Santa Cruz Tournament (vs. Palo Alto HS) 20
Varsity Water Polo 11 Win Schmitt Invitational (vs Northwood) 8
Freshman Water Polo 12 Win Santa Cruz Tournament (vs. Santa Cruz HS) (Tournament) 10
Alumni News
Mayoral Candidate Forum
Posted September 15, 2014
A Mayoral Candidates Forum was held at Bellarmine the morning of September 15. Santa Clara County Supervisor Dave Cortese '74 and San Jose City Councilmember Sam Liccardo '87, candidates for the office of Mayor of San Jose, participated in the question and answer session, moderated by Bellarmine ASB officers Drew Descourouez '15, and Reed Piercey '15. As a nonprofit educational institution, Bellarmine does not endorse any campaign. The forum was presented as an educational opportunity for our students. The event was also streamed online live, a recording of which may be viewed at the link below.Read More
Feast Day of Saint Robert Bellarmine
Posted September 16, 2014
On Sept. 17, the Catholic Church celebrates the Italian cardinal and theologian St. Robert Bellarmine. One of the great saints of the Jesuit order, St. Robert has also been declared a Doctor of the Church and the patron of catechists. This statue of St. Robert Bellarmine, located on the Bellarmine College Prep campus, was designed and sculpted by Jerry Smith '54 and was a gift to the school by members of the Class of 1954.Read More
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Posted September 11, 2014
We here at Bellarmine College Preparatory believe it is important to better engage our community and utilize many of the 21st Century tools available to us each day. As we continue to better utilize 21st Century Social Media tools to communicate with our families, please know that we are now on Instagram! We hope this regular glimpse into a day in the life of our students will be an enjoyable method of communicating with you!Read More


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The Nevada Department of Agriculture has confirmed the presence of West Nile Virus in Washoe County, Carson City and Mason Valley.
Officials tested dozens of areas including wetlands, ditches and other small bodies of water.
West Nile Virus is transmitted when mosquitoes feed on infected birds and pass it on to other birds, animals and people. It is not spread by person-to-person contact.
West Nile was first detected in this area in 2004.
Mosquito season in this area usually ends with the first killing frosts in October.
Until then, area residents are reminded to take the following precautions during summer months to prevent an increase in the mosquito population in and around their homes:
•Clear the yard area of any free-standing water that may become a mosquito breeding-ground
•Wear long sleeves and long pants in mosquito prone areas
•Use mosquito repellant and follow label precautions
•Repair any window screens that provide entry for mosquitoes
•Vaccinate horses for Western Equine Encephalitis (WEE)
•Vaccinate horses for West Nile Virus (WNV). Four effective vaccines exist for horses, but vaccine development for humans is still underway with currently no available product in sight.
•Report night-time mosquito activity to the District Health Department at 328-2434
The Dept. of Agriculture says products containing the below active ingredients typically provide reasonably long-lasting protection:
• DEET (Chemical Name: N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide or N,N-diethly-3-methyl-benzamide) • Picaridin (KBR 3023, Chemical Name: 2-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperidinecarboxylic acid 1-methylpropyl ester ) • Oil of Lemon Eucalyptus* or PMD (Chemical Name: para-Menthane-3,8-diol) the synthesized version of oil of lemon eucalyptus • IR3535 (Chemical Name: 3-[N-Butyl-N-acetyl]-aminopropionic acid, ethyl ester)
EPA characterizes the active ingredients DEET and Picaridin as "conventional repellents" and Oil of Lemon Eucalyptus, PMD, and IR3535 as "biopesticide repellents", which are derived from natural materials. For more information on repellent active ingredients, please visit: http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/health/mosquitoes/ai_insectrp.htm.
For other information, visit the WCHD web site at www.washoecounty.us/health or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at www.CDC.gov.
In response, the Washoe County Health District will target certain areas to prevent the virus from spreading.
Crews with the district's Vector-Borne Disease Control Program will conduct mosquito "fogging" bright and early Wednesday morning. They'll be working in south Reno bordered by South Meadows Parkway, Rio Wrangler Road, Gieger Grade and U.S. Highway 395.
The fogging -- which involves a mist of insecticide will happen throughout the morning to combat West Nile and reduce mosquito activity.
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ACTS Faculty
- Gabriel Barrera
- William Bloodgood
- Kimberly Carbone
- Lue Morgan Douthit
- Christopher DuVal
- James Edmondson
- Ezra Severin
- Jim Giancarlo
- Jane Hickinbotham
- Jakey Hicks
- Michael J. Hume
- Theatre Teacher Training Faculty
- Lynn Jeffries
- Annette Julien
- David Kelly
- Konnie May
- Jeremy Lee
- Eric Levin
- Maggie McClellan
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- Sean O'Skea
- Jamie Peck
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- Deborah Rosenberg
- Chris Sackett
- Dennis Smith
- Jonathan Spencer
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Jonathan is the Resident Fight Director for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and an Associate Certified Instructor Dueling Arts International. He is also a certified and recommended stage combatant with the British Society of Fight Directors. He holds a 3rd degree black belt in Aikido. Jonathan has been a professional actor for over 20 yrs. He received his BFA in Acting from the University of Connecticut. After which he went on to study classical theatre at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts. During his tenure with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival he has performed in a myriad of roles such as Peter Quince in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Dad in Distracted, Philippe Petit in UP, Irvin in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Taylor in Gibraltar, Hofbauer in The Visit, Menas in Antony and Cleopatra, Francis Flute in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Larry in Handler, Trinculo in The Tempest, Jason in Wit, Laertes in Hamlet, Aramis in The Three Musketeers, Zavel in Vilna's Got a Golem, Bernard in Death of a Salesman, Ralph Berger in Awake and Sing!, Andrew May in Pravda.
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Mini Grilled Gyro Burgers With Tzatziki and Pickled Peperoncini
A gryo-spiced beef-and-lamb mixture is formed into little patties, grilled, and topped with tzatziki and pickled peperoncini for one tasty sandwich. More
A gryo-spiced beef-and-lamb mixture is formed into little patties, grilled, and topped with tzatziki and pickled peperoncini for one tasty sandwich. More
Ethiopian berbere spice adds a fiery kick to perfectly grilled lamb chops, and a subtle heat to a refreshing lentil salad with cucumber and mint. More
Coming from a book with 'meat' in the title twice, Tom Mylan's chili in the The Meat Hook Meat Book is unsurprisingly brimming with a ton of meat. Okay, not a ton, but an impressive five pounds—two of beef, two of pork, and one of lamb—or 20 quarter-pounders, to put things in perspective. More
I ate a lot of good things when I was in Istanbul last winter—eggs scrambled with tomatoes and chilies, flatbreads topped with cheese and eggs, teeny tiny dumplings served with yogurt and sumac—but kebabs, made with juicy lamb meat molded around flat metal skewers and grilled over live coals were the kind of thing that even at their worst, were still pretty freaking awesome. Here's how to make them at their best. More
Greek loukaniko with orange and leeks is a brightly flavored sausage that's perfect for summer grilling. More
Instead of being bound in traditional sausage casing, Cypriot sheftalia (lamb-and-pork sausage) is wrapped in sheets of caul fat, which renders over a live fire. As the fat drips, little towers of flame lick the meat, creating a super crusty exterior that's still moist and juicy inside. More
A coating of Dijon mustard and mixed herbs gives these flavorful leg of lamb skewers a crisp, intensely flavorful crust. More
Unlike most Southern cookbooks, Brys Stephens's book, The New Southern Table, does not include a recipe for slow-cooked collard greens. More
Inspired by the deep, rich, and balanced flavors of Moroccan dishes, this delicious grilled rack of lamb is rubbed with a complex spice mixture that includes paprika, cumin, and cayenne pepper, then crusted in a bright and fresh pesto-like blend of fresh cilantro, parsley, olive oil, garlic, and lemon juice. They're flavors that can both stand up to and enhance the strong flavor of lamb. More
Lahmacun are Turkish flatbreads rolled up around a tomatoey lamb mixture, sprinkled with pepper flakes and topped with a spritz of lemon juice. They're a cousin of larger, milder pides, most often known as Turkish pizzas. More
Corned beef may be what most Americans will eat to celebrate St. Patrick's Day today, but I'm here to make a case for a rich, homey shepherd's pie. After a weekend of revelry, there's nothing better than digging into a bowl of warm, meaty stew topped with creamy mashed potatoes. More
The aroma of a good biryani is intoxicating as it cooks away slowly. Meat, spices and the fragrant Basmati rice make it a hearty, robust, all-in-one meal. More
This particular dish is Anglo-Indian in origin. It envelops the tender braised meat (your choice of goat or lamb chops) in fresh breadcrumbs that turn crisp and crunchy as soon as they touch the sizzling hot pan. More
My obsession with meatballs rivals only my long-held fixation with David Tanis's first cookbook. So I couldn't stand to cook through his new cookbook, One Good Dish, without trying his Tunisian meatballs. More
These lamb sandwiches with caciocavallo cheese, watercress, and an olive-anchovy mayonnaise are a great way to use leftover lamb as a distinct and hearty meal. More
Slow-roasted boneless leg of lamb comes out extra tender with a crisp, well-browned crust and juicy pink meat flavored with garlic, rosemary, and lemon zest. More
Smoking a lamb shoulder roast prior to braising adds a smoky flavor to the already layered earthy and spicy barbacoa sauce. More
Crying Tiger Lamb from Katie Chin's new cookbook, Everyday Thai Cooking, is named for its ability to make even a tiger weep. It's not only fiery, but it's also got a strong hand with salty fish sauce, sour lime juice, and grassy cilantro. In other words: it's seriously awesome, and a true gift to lamb lovers. More
Cevapi is a simple finger-sized sausage of Balkan origin whose simplicity makes finding the right few ingredients important to getting the tastiest links possible. More
Grilled merguez on a toasted baguette with sweet caramelized onion, sharp Manchego cheese, fresh cilantro, and spicy harissa mayo makes for one insanely awesome sandwich. More


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- Jeffrey Fadness
- Pacifica, CA
- United States
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Are we on the brink of creating a human-like digital mind?
The human brain contains some 100 billion neurons, grouped in specialized function zones, connected by a hundred thousand billion synapses - the neurons representing individual data processing and storage units; and synapses the data transfer cabling, connecting all the processing units.
Correlating its processing ability to a supercomputer, it's been estimated it can perform more than 38 thousand trillion operations per second, and hold about 3.6 million gigabytes of memory. Equally impressive, it's estimated that the human brain executes this monumental computational task on a mere equivalent of 20 watts of power; about the same energy to power a single, dim light bulb. In today's technology, a supercomputer designed to deliver comparable capabilities would require roughly 100 megawatts (100 million watts) of power; an energy equivalent that could fully satisfy the power consumption needs of roughly a thousand households.
An ambitious $1.3 billion project was very recently announced in Europe to simulate a human mind in the form of a complete human brain in a supercomputer. It's named the Human Brain Project. A similar project in the U.S. planned by National Institutes of Health (NIH) is called the Brain Activity Map project.
Assuming we learn enough from these efforts to design a new architecture in computer processing which can approximate the ability of the human brain - what's to stop us from creating the cognitive faculties that enable consciousness, thinking, reasoning, perception, and judgement? After all, we as human beings develop these abilities from data we acquire over time through sensory inputs connecting us to our experiences, and from information communicated to us by others.
Think about it. Is there anything related to our experience - be it physical, historical or conceptual - that cannot be described in language, and therefore be input as executable data and programming to create a human-like digital mind?
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Mar 26 2013: 'Brink' is a subjective term.
Several comments have been posted referring to a 'rapture'. I believe the posters are referring to 'The Rapture of the Nerds'; sometimes called the technological singularity.
Ray Kurzweil does a good job of this topic with a simple thought experiment.
Imagine that it becomes possible to simulate a single neuron with absolute fidelity down to the molecular level. Keeping in mind the exponential increase in computational capability, now imagine we can simulate with absolute fidelity down the the molecular level 2 neurons and their interaction. Now 4 neurons, now 8, now 16...
Eventually, we reach 100 billion neurons. If, as some believe, that consciousness is an emergent phenomenon, would not the behavior of the simulation be an exact duplicate of the brain being simulated? Would not the subjective 'experience' of the emergent consciousness be identical to the original?
So the question becomes, does it matter what substrate consciousness runs on?
Mar 27 2013: Your questions exclude the possibility that our brains leverage quantum computing techniques, in which case modeling or simulating the 100 billion neurons is just the beginning of the physical substrate required for consciousness.
Whether or not that is also required, there is also the issue of the speed at which the simulation runs relative to its surrounding environment. If the simulation of a mind is running at, say, 1000 times slower than a brain-based mind, then it may not succeed at producing what we would consider a human-like mind. This would be true even if all the neurons in a brain were somehow mapped out.
Alternatively, we might discover that trees are in fact conscious - it's just that they think so slowly we are unaware of their minds. But being in a forest, they do send chemical messengers around and so colonies of trees do communicate. For that matter, the largest living thing in the universe, as far as we have seen, is a fungus in Oregon that is four square miles big. Maybe that has a type of consciousness living at a different time scale?
Indigenous herbalists discover drugs our scientists can not discover, and they say the plants spoke to them and told them about their healing properties. Do they have a mind that lives on plant or fungus substrate?
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Bay Conference Player of the Year Sandy Cohen of Seymour was named to the Associated Press All State Boys Basketball first team Wednesday. Cohen led the Thunder to the conference title averaging over 20 points a game. He is joined on the first team by Riley LaChance of Brookfield Central, Diamond Stone of Whitefish Bay Dominican, Henry Ellenson of Rice Lake and Kevin Looney of Milwaukee Hamilton who was named the player of the year. Kelly Appleby who led Brown Deer to the WIAA Division 3 state championship, was named the AP Coach of the Year.
Several other area players were recognized. Matt Heldt of Neenah was named second team all state, his Rockets teammate, Adam Pohlmen was named to the third team. Chandler Diekvoss of West De Pere and Kyle Monroe of Ashwaubenon were selected to the 4th team. Honorable Mention players included Cody Schwartz of West De Pere, Dakota Zinser of NEW Lutheran, Matt Ferris of Appleton Xavier, D.J. DeValk of Little Chute, Nate Neveau of Oshkosh North, Josh Erickson of Manitowoc Roncalli, Charlie Noone of Oshkosh Lourdes, Kolin Neils of Plymouth and Tyler Zastrow of Sheboygan Lutheran.


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This page lists suggestions which have been sent to the Innovation Team for consideration. Suggestions which resulted in an immediate fix or response are not listed here.
1. Suggestions under consideration
|Date proposed
|Original suggestion
|Ticket (internal to OUCS)
|Allow delegation on accounts without requiring Outlook
|In rt.oucs #1605942 I had to request that OUCS give Editor permissions on a user's mailbox to another user because the initial user did not have Outlook (and configuring Outlook on another machine was not feasible at the time). A platform-independent way to do this would be helpful. OWA has the ability to delegate permissions on calendars, it seems, but not on mailboxes. (I don't mean delegating full access/send-as rights, which I understand is currently being worked on)
|Now that we have started on an upgrade to Exchange 2010, any further investigation is on hold until we see if that solves the problem
|Selective access to ITSS-restricted facilities
|Are there any plans please to allow itss01s to control access to each of the facilities available to itss in their unit - for example in being able to restrict Oxford account rescue to selected itss rather than all of them? A list of tick boxes for the various facilties could be used to specify who could do what.. I've queried registration@oucs about this, who tell me there aren't any plans to do this, so can I ask for this to be considered please? The range of itss-restricted facilities is now extensive and runs the gamut from mild to very powerful - it would be very useful to have a granular approach to determine who could do what.
|This is complex. OUCS is very sympathetic to the problem, and as services change this will be taken into account where possible
2. Resolved suggestions
|Date proposed
|Original suggestion
|Ticket (internal to OUCS)
|Git server
|It would be useful for us to be able to host git projects internally. Developing features concurrently, creating hot fixes, timing major releases and merging is an order of magnitude easier than with subversion. Also, it's considerably faster. A google of 'git vs subversion' will give a host of reasons why e.g.: http://thinkvitamin.com/code/why-you-should-switch-from-subversion-to-git/ Of course, if our policy is to develop most software in open source, there's no reason why we can't use external hosting like github or sourceforge (at no cost to us). Although I have no direct experience, by virtue of the architecture of git I would imagine git is easier to maintain server side than subversion.
|Sysdev at OUCS would like to offer Git alongside Subversion as part of a version control portfolio, but at present there is no resource to work on it. We suggest that Subversion for purely internal projects is adequate, and that Github for OSS projects is probably more sensible anyway.
|Windows terminal services
|I currently use a Mac for development but need to do testing and experimentation on Windows, running a VM works but means my computer starts to crawl due to lack of RAM and disk IO. Having a second computer isn't a very green or cheap option. I would really like it if there was a terminal services server I could connect to and work on. Maybe in the first instance this could just be an internal OUCS service.
|We do not think that terminal services are the best way to meet this need. We suggest borrowing Windows machines, and getting more memory for your VMWare
|Passing back info from OUCS to ITSS
|Please could OUCS review procedures surrounding passing requests by members of the University back to ITSS. It would help reduce ITSS workload and provide a much more efficient service overall if OUCS Help Desk staff could record relevant information about a request and pass this back to ITSS for action (rather than just referring people back). This way ITSS will be able to act more quickly and 'customers' won't have to chase a response. Examples of this would be where students want project accounts or staff who have entered their SSO account details into a phishing email will be dealt with quickly. Obvious solutions would be simply passing free text in an email back to ITSS or using more structured online forms - perhaps for self-self-provisioning. With the example of phishing then this should be past to the OxCert team who monitor these 'attacks'.
|This is being pursued by OUCS help centre and ITS3. We accept the principle, but need to consider the best way to manage it.
|An Oxford PURL server
|We, Kwiakowski Group at The Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, are thinking of running a Purl server (see http://purl.org/) within our name space eg http://purl.cggh.org/ . Before we proceed I would like to know whether OUCS is planning to run such a service at a University level i.e. http://purl.ox.ac.uk/
|OUCS has no current plans for this, but would be happy to work alongside your group if you set it up.
|Altiris server for Oxford
|It might be good to provide a repository for Altiris .bin files for ITSS to use for rolling out security updates. It might be that ICTST would be the major contributor but others could also contribute. It would be great if OxCERT security announcements could include pointers to this repository so people could roll out patches/updates easily and not all have to replicate the work of making Altiris packages.
|This is agreed in principle, and work at OUCS has been chartered
|Mailling list logs
|Would be extremely useful for a maillist-manager to be able to view logs for emails sent to an OUCS-hosted mailing list - specifically to answer queries about why a message failed or to verify that yes, a message has been sent this time. As well as being able to audit the traffic to the list. (This is specifically for lists where the people authorized to send to the list are not actually on the list themselves).
|This has been added to the desiderata for the new maillist system planned for 2nd half of 2011. We will not be planning changes to the existing system
|RSS Feed on vacancies
|I would be very interested to here of upcoming vacancies in OUCS and would consider that a RSS feed from the vacancies page to be most useful.
|We are looking to move job vacancies into OXITEMS to solve this
|Poster Printing
|I would like the ability to print A0 posters on fabric rather than card. This would allow me to fold my poster in my main luggage for conferences rather than risk it with hand luggage. This facility is available at no extra cost to the end users at the University of Manchester
|Sadly, we cannot do this. Our printer does not accept fabric. It will be born in mind if/when the printer is replaced.
|semantic web/linked data help
|Work is now being undertaken in this area as part of a project with Estates Directorate
|Server Network Monitoring
|I produce a lot of data that I make publicly available and which gets quite heavily used. I'd like to start making my data readable in some format aka the semantic web/rdf etc. Is there any support available to help me do this? I think this is going to be a very useful thing to do and I'd like to get a bit ahead of the curve.
|Work is now being undertaken in this area as part of a project with Estates Directorate
|Embedded viewer option on podcasts.ox.ac.uk
|I think that one of the options on podcasts.ox.ac.uk should be a link to (dynamically generated) embedded viewer page to watch the videos. This would be convenient for those users who don't have appropriate media playing software on their computer or don't want to fire up such software to watch the first 20 seconds of something to see if they are interested in it.
|This will in Weblearn from start of 2011
|alternative to anonymous proxies
|As a web developer trying to serve different content to different audiences (and of course hide some content from some of them), it is quite often useful to be able to check what 'the rest of the world' can see of our pages. While it is possible to do this by viewing a site from home using a commercial ISP connection, or using an anonymous browser, it would be preferable to be able to use a secure, safe, in-house resource rather than have to turn to an advertisement-driven third-party site
|The wireless network 'eduroam' provides this facility neatly, as it puts users outside the Oxford network. We suggest using a wireless laptop connected in this way to test webpages.
|Secure transfer of c.300MB files from NHS to Oxford Networks
|A new service for this will start in Hilary 2011, and be in full service in Trinity 2011
|Poster printing
|It would be good if the poster printing service would accept files submitted electronically. It would be trivial for me to place a high-res PDF on our departmental website, and email in a confirmation of payment from the online shop.
|OUCS will be implementing this later in 2010
|Signed TSM packages from HFS
|I'd like to request that (human/time) resources be available so that the TSM client packages are signed. We use the HFS backup service on our servers. HFS do not want anyone to use 3rd party packaged TSM clients. HFS say that they will not 'sign' the packages they produce as it causes work (see RT#1499104) however it puts the updates they push out at risk of tampering - that is, a compromised package would compromise all hosts using the hfs client without any warning to the individual sysadmins. The comment in that RT ticket that 'only oucs' requests this is not because oucs is unreasonable but because we are expected to have the technical knowledge to know why these situations are bad. It shouldn't be made trivial to silently compromise the majority of oucs's infrastructure by compromising one server simply through refusing to sign packages.
|Accepted, will happen in due course
|mailing list system that ties into predefined groups
|This will be part of the deliverables of the OAK Groupstore project, scheduled for 2010
|Windows 7 x64 VPN Support
|Please add support for a VPN client which supports a 64bit version of Vista/ windows 7.
|The current release (Connect Anywhere) should be fine with Vista/7 64-bit
|Wireless Registration Step by Step Guide for New Starters
|We get many new starters who connect up to the OWL network, see the OWL-Visitor home page and then don't really know what to do next. A super simple 'idiots guide' web based setup wizard on the OWL-Visitor home page would be really useful.
|We quite agree, and are actively working on a new guide now.
|Nexus Address Book Alias
|Displaying everyone's login user name as their 'alias' in the address book in the nexus new message interface is not a particularly useful feature and would be an aid to those wishing to hack into the accounts of others, particularly those prone to using weak passwords etc.
|We are sorry, but this is not possible. We have to provide a short form alias, and the username is the obvious choice. It is exposed in all sorts of places across Nexus, and it is not practical to conceal it from people.
|mailing list system that ties into predefined groups
|A mailing list system that ties into predefined groups that are automatically updated according to University card status and unit affiliation
|This will be part of the deliverables of the OAK Groupstore project, scheduled for 2010
|Captcha service
|Centrally-hosted captcha service for spambot protection
|We do not consider this would offer university members a significant advantage over the freely-available 3rd party systems; in addition, the accessibility problems over Captcha make this a rather controversial area which we do not have the resources to get into.
|Subsidised upgrades to Snow Leopard
|Given the imminent migration to an Exchange Server, the support for this built into the new Mac OS, and the University's site-license for Windows Operating Systems, I suggest that some funds should go to providing free or subsidised upgrades to Mac OS 10.6.
|OUCS does not have any budget for this. Volume discounts are available from Apple.
|Auto updating of mailing list subscriptions
|In many situations, the e-mail addresses for a list can be automatically generated from an existing database (e.g. all graduates, all staff). The existing Ezmlm mailing list facility allows a list owner to manually upload a text file with a list of subscribers. It would be useful to have an interface (e.g. SOAP) which allowed an automated process to update the subscription to mailing lists without human intervention.
|This will be part of the deliverables of the OAK Groupstore project, scheduled for 2010
|2007-12-17, 2008-08-12
|Large temporary space for file download
|Imperial College run a rather nice service at: https://fileexchange.imperial.ac.uk/ . It allows a non IC person to upload a (possibly several 100Mb) file to be collected by the owner of an IC email address, or an IC person to upload a file for someone outside the University. It's simple to use and effective and would be great for Oxford. I know of quite a few users making use of external services such as megaupload, dropload etc to transfer files too large to email. But they're usually heavily ad-infested and offer questionable security.
|Work on a system to implement this functionality will start in January 2010 and should be completed by April 2010
|See 1249774 for a reminder on this topic; also 1405739
|Nexus Folder Usage Table, sortable
|The 'Nexus folder usage' page on https://register.it.ox.ac.uk/self/nexus displays a table of Folder/Items/Size. It would be good if this folder was sortable by any of these (particularly size).
|Agreed that this is a good idea, passed to Registration team for implementation
|Team blogs
|It would be nice if the various teams could have (central) blogs, so that we on the outside could see a little more of what they're all up to, if they're willing to share.
|OUCS staff now have team and individual blogs at http://blogs.oucs.ox.ac.uk; we hope you enjoy them.
|Automated update of mailling lists
|It would be useful to have an interface (e.g. SOAP) which allowed an automated process to update the subscription to mailing lists without human intervention.
|OUCS anticipate adding this feature in due course as part of a larger reworking of the mail list service (either a replacement of the software used to provide mailling list services, or through the Group Store project which will provide group-based mail lists and interfaces for programmatically updating group membership). We do not therefore anticipate doing any development of the current system in isolation.
|See 1352778
|Secondary authentication
|Could OUCS and BSP begin to explore the use of one time passwords for managing more sensitive data eg changing staff and student records or oucs mail routings. This will become more important when these systems move to using webauth for routine operations. Where data is changed- not just read- there needs to be extra security in place in case a webauth account is compromised. eg http://blog.nominet.org.uk/tech/2009/03/18/a-quick-review-of-yubikey-one-time-passwords/
|A UAS working group is now actively looking at this
|Central RT service
|A centrally managed RT system would be really useful. Several units around the University use Request Tracker (RT) to manage IT support requests, maintenece requests etc. OUCS already use it to manage several of their support queues, and it is easy to add Webauth integration. St Antony's college is considering using RT for IT helpdesk and maintenence. Although it is relatively straight forwards to set up, we would be interested in using a centrally provided RT were one to be offered.
|RT is sufficiently easy to run locally that we do not see a real case for a central installation. NSMS will run it for departments if requested.
|Register of clubs
|The register at http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/clubs/register/index.shtml has been is this state for several years. There would be benefits for the clubs and to OUCS and the University if this site had up-to-date data. This is independent on what computing facilities OUCS give to the clubs themselves ;-) but if we do continue to give them facilities then update to date data on who is currently registered is essential- and much better that the information is public than just a file send to OUCS.
|The director of OUCS is liaising with the clubs committee to ensure more timely exchange of information
|wiki upgrade of OERC
|I'm quite sure the this wiki instance is horribly out of date, although I haven't been able to find a version number, but the following my give an indication: MoinMoin/InstallDocs (last modified 2006-08-08 15:59:59)
|The OUCS sysdev team manage the wiki server using Debian, and follow their cycle of updates for software like MoinMoin
|Groups in Sakai/OAK
|The Medical Sciences Division is developing a student record system (SRS) that takes data from OSS. We frequently need to divide a year cohort into smaller groups for teaching. Our SRS will generate and maintain groups. We would like to be able to write these and other groups to Oak. We also want to produce personalized timetables for students, possibly from Sakai. To do this we would need to be able to populate 8 - 12 groups per year cohort automatically. Groups change rather dynamically through the year and are different for each year of study.
|The writeable group store now under development should provide the necessary facilities.
|Project collaboration workspace
|Are there currently any OUCS-supplied utilities that enable a collaborative workspace for projects? I'm looking for something that is available now and could be accessed from anywhere within the University, and would offer something like bulletin-board or blog functionality as well as somewhere to share and edit documents.
|The new WebLearn Beta pilot service (based on Sakai) will offer shared (collaborative) workspace / filestore, a wiki, protected and public facing web pages, a bulletin-board, research diary and an announcements tool. There is no blog tool at the moment but this could possibly be added at a later date if there is enough demand. The pilot service will become a production service in June 2009. The new Groupware service will go live in summer 2009 as well, offering Sharepoint services for research and admin projects.
|Increase personal disk space on linux.ox.ac.uk
|I am currently using my account on linux to back up my thesis work, but I find the quota is quite small, 100m right now. Can I get a larger one, say 500M - 1G for convenience?
|The quota has been increased to 250 M but in general the HFS is recommended for backup
|Seminar interface to OXITEMS
|Oxitems works very well as a newsfeed but it doesn't quite answer a growing need for a system to collect and display up-to-date interdepartmental seminar information... [we need] .... to develop an interface and script that would automate this, essentially allowing seminar organisers to post their own information,
|This will be carried forward by OUCS' information services team working on OXITEMS. A new version is planned for summer 2009
3. Archived suggestions no longer under active consideration
|Date proposed
|Original suggestion
|Ticket (internal to OUCS)
|I do not know exactly how much time is being lost by ITSS/IT staff having to re-install systems that have been deemed too highly infected by viruses or trojans but I suspect that it is a lot. (....)
|The view at OUCS is that re-installs _are_ quite often required. Reinstall from trusted media followed by immediate update is the only way to be *sure* of a clean installation. In any case. we see far too many systems allegedly "cleaned" which turn out not to be.
|I suggest that as part of student pre- registration and each year renewal, that each student must either connect to a pre-defined (heavily firewalled) portal which does a remote check of the machine and ensures that Windows/Mac system updates are in place and that there is a virus checker/trojan checker installed. A system policy could even check that a virus check is done or has been done. We can also do the normal security checks and establish details of the MAC address and type of connection.
|This is not something OUCS has a mandate or ability to take forward. Our distributed IT support setup does not support the sort of scheme outlined.
|Nexus email
|Would it be possible to add to the junk-mail filters an option to shred (rather than send to junk-mail) any messages not in Roman script? A lot of junk emial in cyrillic is coming in, and clogging up my junk-mail box - they are clear candidates for 'Invisible deletion'
|The current architecture of Nexus precludes us offering a "delete on server after spam check" at the moment. It is possible that we will review that when the next version of Exchange is deployed, but that it is not in the near future.
|Personal User Webspace
|Could the space allowed for personal web space be increased from 15 MB?
|The personal web space provision will be looked at in 2010, but we do not anticipate a big increase here. With the availability of personal space in Weblearn, the forthcoming Sharepoint service, and departmental/college web servers, and numerous external services for non-university work, there are plenty of better alternatives.
|Webauth as OpenID provider
|In my travels through the Blogosphere, I find myself wanting to log into sites with an OpenID. Right now I'm using LiveJournal (delegated through my own domain) as my OpenID provider, but given that I'm logged into WebAuth a lot of the time anyway, it would be great if that could serve as my OpenID too, saving me from logging into multiple accounts.
|After much debate, we have concluded that the benefits of this to Oxford are not enough to justify work on this.
|1186203; requested again by RT 1335743 June 2009
|Simplification of Janet Certificate Requests
|I have the impression that several units in this university find it difficult to generate and manage their certificates. OpenSSL is not the most intuitive tool, the java keytool lacks some very basic functionality (e.g. export key from the keystore to .pem), and with every other tool you find there is some problem (UTF8, ...). Generating CSR isn't trivially easy, but it could be. What do you think about creating a simple Java applet to generate the key and CSR? ('As is', without accepting any liability). * Key is generated locally by applet * We can make sure the CSR is in a format Globalsign will accept it * Do sanity checks - printablesting, 'University of Oxford', DNS ends in .ox.ac.uk and exists - etc. * Automatically check the submitter is on the ITSS register (webauth/LDAP) 'Nice to have' features: * Offer the CSR/key for cut and paste, optionally automatically submitting to globalsign * Automatically send FAX (after confirmation by RA) This applet does not address this issue of key-management (which is a MUCH larger task). It solely is supposed to simplify the process of issuing certificates.
|The suggestion was appreciated, but the feeling was that this is not a very high priority, and could perhaps be helped just by a review of documentation.
|University Calendar as CalDAV
|Every begin of the term hundreds of hours of (more or less well paid) academics are wasted by transcribing the university calendar into their personal calendars and calendar programs. In the times of calDAV and other standards, it would be a huge advantage (at low cost or effort) to provide the University Calendar subscribable online. I hope this will be realized at short timescale.
|Groupware will provide this in due course, we expect. A serious aggregation is beyond the scope of OUCS. Passed to firstname.lastname@example.com
|Create visitor network accounts within OWL
|https://visitor-network.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ for creating accounts should be accessible from the OWL wireless network without needing an account (other than SSO, of course) in advance.
|We do not feel it is necessary to make this change, because the visitor network account admin service is already available from other networks, such as the University network itself, or Eduroam, or via the VPN service. Instructions and software for joining the VPN service or Eduroam are available over OWL, and the University would prefer its members to be using these encrypted wireless services for all business
|changing Tips
|Have you thought of including a link to a series of changing Refresher Tips on Webmail intro page (and maybe also OUCS HomePage)?
|Considered; we won't be changing webmail, but the idea of top tips elsewhere will come in. The OUCS home page already has helpful short notes about services.
|Shop site navigation
|Make shop waaaaaaay easier to navigate especally for repairs.
|The shop site is not under OUCS' control; a new version is promised for spring 2009
|Adverts on OUCS web pages
|I think herald webmail could have little advertisement banners at the bottom to make some profit for the university.
|Webmail is now frozen; but we are anyway bound by JANET contracts not to do this.
|Webmail enhancements
|(there have been many complaints about, and suggestions for, Webmail interface and facilities)
|The university is now engaged in a major procurement of a new groupware system, which encompasses email. See http://www.ict.ox.ac.uk/odit/projects/groupware/project for details. OUCS is not, therefore, considering an update to Webmail at the moment.
|(examples) 1280889, 1283819, 1197572 1197486, 1201703, 1201841
|Oxford tinyurl service
|Very often the authors of the documents sent us urls like http://tinyurl.com/11cchf which is quite pleasant when compared to horrible long urls. That made me think that a central service could probably be offered so that these short urls would be generated within the ox.ac.uk domain. Something like http://ox.ac.uk/1223fgh would be relatively easy to set up centrally, possibly...
|This was considered at some length; but we are not currently working on it, since the free service is regarded as being OK to use. More importantly, we are reluctant to make external sites look as if they have an Oxford URL.
|Security probing service
|I consider that a useful service that might possibly be offered via ITSS would be the opportunity to register systems to be regularly probed and reports of potential vulnerabilities be sent to the registered keepers of those systems (e.g. using a tool like Nessus)
|OUCS is reluctant to provide this, as it is better if ITSS take full responsibility for security. We can however look at site licensing costs of Nessus.


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Officials with the Big Spring Police Department say Wednesday's arrest of a pair of alleged counterfeiters could be tied to recent reports of fake bills in other Permian Basin cities, however, it's too early in the investigation to know for sure.
James Anthony Griego, 17, was arrested Wednesday and booked into the county detention center Thursday by the BSPD on a charge of forgery of a government instrument after police officials say he and a juvenile suspect tried to pass counterfeit $100 bills at the Wal-Mart SuperCenter.
According to Sgt. Tony Everett, public information officer with the BSPD, cashiers with the local department store spotted the fake bills and alerted authorities.
ŌĆ£The cashiers weren't fooled by the counterfeits, which weren't of a very high quality at all,ŌĆØ Everett said. ŌĆ£They altered the police department. The suspects left the store without the merchandise because the store employees are not allowed to detain the suspects.
ŌĆ£Shortly after the call came in on the counterfeit bills, a patrol officer spotted a vehicle matching the description fitting the one provided by the employees at Wal-Mart. The occupants in the vehicle also fit the description and they were arrested and charged.ŌĆØ
Everett said this may not be the first time the paid have tried to pass funny money in the Big Spring area.
ŌĆ£We've had similar counterfeit $100 bills turn up previously,ŌĆØ Everett said. ŌĆ£We had one show up at the H-E-B a while back that was very similar to the ones these two were trying to pass. We're not sure if they were passing them or if they might have made their way there by circulation. The investigation is ongoing.ŌĆØ
Everett said the Secret Service ŌĆö the federal agency charged with investigating most cases of counterfeiting U.S. Currency ŌĆö has been notified.
ŌĆ£We're not sure yet, but there's a chance this case is tied to other counterfeiting cases in Midland and Odessa,ŌĆØ Everett said. ŌĆ£We're hoping the Secret Service will get involved and pick up the investigation in a larger scope so we can see how far this thing goes.ŌĆØ
In the meantime, Everett said local vendors should be on the lookout for fake bills that could still be in circulation.
ŌĆ£The bills that were being passed Wednesday weren't of high quality at all. It's not hard to tell they aren't the genuine article,ŌĆØ Everett said. ŌĆ£Trust your senses and use the resources you have available to you. Nothing is foolproof, but the pens that identify real bills are very helpful in most situations. Only very, very old $100 bills aren't compatible with them.ŌĆØ
To report a counterfeit bill, contact the Big Spring Police Department at 264-2550.


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Glamorgan Building, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff
A short article by Steve Whitcombe and Elaine Jenkins entitled "Reflections on the Bernstein Symposium" can now be found in the news section of the website.
Following in the footsteps of the four previous residential symposia in the University of Lisbon in 2000, the second symposium at the University of Cape Town in 2002, the third at the University of Cambridge in 2004 and the fourth at Rutgers University-Newark we are pleased to announce the fifth to be held at Cardiff University from Wednesday 9th to Saturday 12th July 2008.
In keeping with prior meetings, the purpose of this symposium is to permit scholars from around the world to discuss work undertaken within the broad framework of Bernstein's theory. In deliberating about possible themes to structure the programme we considered the classics such as Bernstein and class, family, gender, educational institutions and policy, yet decided in the end not to be prescriptive. As in previous meetings we encourage papers that extend Bernstein's theoretical framework in new and original ways and/or test empirically Bernstein's theories in local, national or global contexts. We encourage participants to consider inter-relationships between Bernstein's oeuvre and other theoretical traditions in order to stimulate critical debates such as the place and direction of the Sociology of Education. In order to sustain the same high level of scholarly discussion as that engendered in the previous events, the symposium will be restricted to 50-60 participants. We have booked 30 residential places at locations at varying prices, The Hilton Hotel (£150.00 per night), The Park Plaza (£95.00 per night), The Lincoln Hotel (£65.00 per night) and Column Road students' accommodation (£26.00 per night - a booking form is available in the Related Resources section). All accommodation is en suite and prices are approximates. Further information on accommodation can be found by clicking on the Accommodation Information link on the right.
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In keeping with previous practice, the organizers will be responsible for selecting from submitted abstracts with the aim of producing a programme that is coherent and complementary, that gives fair representation to established and new researchers and which reflects the distribution of interests within the research community in terms of both themes and geographical locale. The provisional Symposium Programme will be made available on the web by February 2008. The final session on the morning of Saturday 12th July will be devoted to a discussion for the next symposium in 2010.
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Please may we remind you that we require an electronic copy of your full paper by 1st June 2008. All papers will be posted on the website for you to download. In previous years we have all made a big effort to read ALL papers prior to the symposium and we shall be assuming that this is the case this time as well.
Could you submit your full paper to Sian Moseley at email@example.com by 1st June - Arial type point 12, double spaced.
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Acceptance of Abstract: 20th December 2007
Final Request for Accommodation: 29th December 2007
Provisional Symposium Programme: Available from the 'Related Resources' section of this page
Final Registration Date: 28th March 2008
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Symposium Dates: Wed. 9th to Sat. 12th July 2008
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My current research, entitled "Mexico Mestizo: Blacks and the Problem of National Identity, 1821-1910" focuses on Mexico's exclusion of all things African from its national identity. Current studies of Mexico are constrained by the concept and discourse of mestizaje-or the Cosmic Race-a legacy of one of Mexico's most influential twentieth century intellectuals, Jose Vasconcelos-which has influenced historians to focus almost exclusively on the contributions of the Spanish and Indigenous aspects of Mexico's idealized "multiracial" (but essentially bi-racial) national identity. But, rather than the visionary thinker he is credited with being, Vasconcelos can be seen as the likely outcome of nineteenth-century racial politics and processes. Because Vasconcelos is a product of the social, economic, and political factors that shaped nineteenth-century Mexico, his writings represent the culmination of the development of mestizaje as an official ideology. Vasconcelos defined a process that had been taking place a century prior. Discourses of mestizaje and notions of equality in Mexico were prominent as early as the nineteenth century. However, those discourses were not recognized as being part of a larger ideology of race. I seek to not only give a name to those discourses but also to shed light on how those discourses began to erase Mexico's African history. In addition to a re-conceptualization of mestizaje, I seek to answer the question of how the nineteenth-century architects of national identity were able to erase the African historical presence from the national consciousness of modern Mexicans. This research will open avenues to a rethinking of the contemporary identity of Mexicans, including a recovery of the (obscured) African presence.


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Gray Knob Kennels
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These tables were prepared by the Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality (CBHSQ, formerly the Office of Applied Studies), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and by RTI International, a trade name of Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. Work by RTI was performed under Contract Nos. 283-2004-00022 and HHSS283201000003C. Contributors and reviewers at RTI listed alphabetically include Jeremy Aldworth, Kimberly Ault, Kortnee Barnett-Walker, Ellen Bishop, Michael R. Bradshaw, Stephanie Bruns, Nancy C. Braxton, Lisa Carpenter, Pinliang (Patrick) Chen, Chuchun Chien, James R. Chromy, Kristen Conner, Elizabeth Copello, David Cunningham, Chris Cummisky, Lanting Dai, Teresa R. Davis, Barbara J. Felts, Misty S. Foster, Peter Frechtel, Julia Gable, Gina Geercken, Harper Gordek, Wafa Handley, David C. Heller, Erica Hirsch, Lauren Klein, Larry A. Kroutil, Jeff Laufenberg, Amanda Lewis-Evans, Bing Liu, Mary Ellen Marsden, Peilan Chen Martin, Andrew Moore, Lisa E. Packer, Brenda K. Porter, Jeremy Porter, Rosanna Quiroz, Tania Robbins, Harley Rohloff, Neeraja Sathe, Jennifer Schoden, Kathryn Spagnola, Thomas G. Virag (Project Director), Jiantong Wang, Matthew Westlake, and Carol Woodell. Contributors at SAMHSA listed alphabetically include Peggy Barker, Jonaki Bose, James Colliver, Lisa Colpe, Joseph Gfroerer, Beth Han, Arthur Hughes, Michael Jones, Joel Kennet, Pradip Muhuri, and Dicy Painter. At RTI, Farrah Bullock Mann and Brenda K. Porter formatted the tables; Claudia Clark, Amanda Lewis-Evans, Amber McDonald, and Richard S. Straw provided editorial assistance; and Teresa F. Bass, Joyce Clay-Brooks, Cassandra Carter, Kim Cone, Pamela Couch Prevatt, Roxanne Snaauw, and Cheryl Velez provided Web conversion support. Final report production was provided by Beatrice Rouse, Coleen Sanderson, and Jane Feldmann at SAMHSA.
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Broadband service providers changing home security landscape
iControl Networks home management software platform to power Comcast's Xfinity Home Security service
A number of home security providers are changing the game and suffice to say, it's not only those that reside as providers in the electronic security industry. Comcast, who first offered their XFINITY Home Security service to Houston residents in mid 2010 is now rolling out the service to six additional U.S. market areas including Philadelphia, Portland, Ore., Jacksonville, Fla., Sarasota/Naples, Fla., Chattanooga, Tenn., and Nashville, Tenn. Additional markets will be introduced on a rolling basis. Now, the nationwide provider most known for their Internet and home entertainment services has the backing of broadband home management software-provider iControl Networks, whose OpenHome software platform now powers Comcast's XFINITY Home Security package.
"Home security is going to be the basis for the broadband home," explained Jim Johnson, co-chief executive officer of iControl Networks. "It is about to change. We get a lot of inquiries about applications not only related to energy management but home healthcare. There are many home monitoring and elderly home healthcare device manufacturers that are approaching us to enter our partner program and become authorized manufacturers. And this resonates with consumers. They are the ones who should start looking for those types of capabilities in a home security platform."
And while Johnson was not specifically referring to Personal Emergency Response Systems (PERS) he confirmed that the technology is a large part of this application development. "It might be somebody proactively saying 'I need help' but it might a device monitoring the quality of your sleep or your weight or measuring your blood pressure or glucose," Johnson continued. "Software in the back-end analyzing this data from those types of devices and passively monitoring that and alerting you when there is something you should be aware of."
The XFINITY Home Security platform offers consumers the ability to create personalized settings that provide users with real-time e-mail or text alerts when doors open or close; or when motion detectors report activity occurring inside or outside of the home. The touchscreen security panel is UL-certified for dual-mode broadband and cellular connectivity to the central monitoring station.In addition to Comcast, iControl also works with ADT in helping them to provide their Pulse home management solution.
A number of partnerships among home security providers drives this market right now. This was evident when iControl and uControl joined forces in late 2010 and continues to be present as the company strengthens its platform, partnering with such technology providers as Visonic and Technicolor in recent months.
"Visonic has a proven, long history in the security space," Johnson said. "Zigbee enabled their existing family of home security sensors and that enables them to talk with the touch screens-the media tablets-that are deployed with any of our partners. We also have a number of partners that manufacture the media tablets that go in the home which coupled with the Visonic sensors, creates a nice partnership for Visonic and our customers. It's a win-win for everyone."
ZigBee technology offers numerous benefits for security devices designed to operate as part of a complete home management solution, including long battery life and long range. The first Visonic iControl-certified security sensors and peripherals will be available later this year.
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My friend who goes to Miami University in Ohio sent me this picture of a flier that was taped up in a men's bathroom there. I don't need to explain why this is horrifying, do I? She's asked that we signal boost the shit out of it and get the word out about the degree to which rape culture pervades the campus. Please help her out with that if you can.
…yeah, that's my university. I think I'm going to be sick.
i don't care if this is a joke i'm starting to hate men a lot
if anyone rapes one of my friends i'm going to slit their goddamn throat
…Is everyone sure that this isn't just a parody/joke? Yes, I agree that's it's a very sick, horrible, and unfunny parody/joke but I doubt the writer actually intended it as instructions. I mean 'rape rape rape it's college'?
to me it doesn't matter. you don't parody or joke about rape. which we all know
except tosh. and with all the idiots out there I'm sure there's someone who would actually take one of these seriously.


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I'm excited to announce that I have opened an Etsy shop where I will be selling some of my photos {from this blog} as fine art prints. Click here to visit the shop, or see on the sidebar ------>
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9-11 Explained
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This interview fills in the gaps and answers all the questions. John B. Wells interviews Susan Lindauer.
Lindauer has written a book Extreme Prejudice: The Terrifying Story of the Patriot Act and the Cover Ups of 9/11 and Iraq about her experience.
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Anything4jerry February 17, 2012 3:23:43 AM CET
Outstanding; Good work Coast to Coast and Disclose TV! That was the best interview I have ever heard on the subject. She is so right about everything. I am eager to see the next false flag because I will already know the truth thanks to Ms. Susan Lindauer. A Wall Street bombing is a perfect assault on the ignorant and arrogant sleeping American citizens who still believe in their government. Of course, the sad fact is that we don't know exactly where or when it will be placed, but, we do know who they will blame it on. Of course, it could be anywhere any time!


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The PlayStation 4 has made some significant steps forward in the next generation. Some of the largest leaps we've seen that finally help separate consoles from the PC gaming scene. Finally, console gamers, specifically PlayStation gamers, can remove them selves entirely from the PC versus console dilemma because now consoles offer an entirely different experience.
The main theme of the presentation was the integration of the PlayStation with well... pretty much everything. The PlayStation 4 is aspiring to transcend the living room, and aims to offer a gaming experience that connects not only the various PlayStation platforms and devices, but an array of social and interactive mediums.
Unfortunately, when it comes to interacting with your own PlayStation 4 console Sony decided to use methods that have already been done, and quite well I might add, by the Xbox 360. The controller has the grip and curves of the Xbox 360 controller. The next gen "PS Eye" looks very similar to the Xbox 360's Kinect; only real difference seems to be that you still require the Move controller.
So, we may have been a little harsh in our assumption that the PlayStation 4 is borrowing a few things from the Xbox 360. The truth is it doesn't matter. There's been endless ridicule on the PlayStation controllers, so maybe switching the design up a little to match the comfort of the Xbox 360's controller is a good thing. One thing is for sure, the shape of the controller, and new PS Eye are not that important, especially when the biggest features are truly a game changer for the whole industry at hand.
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The Milwaukee area's Multiple Listing Service reports a 24 percent increase in sales of existing houses in November, compared to a year ago.
Realtors sold just over 1,200 homes last month in Milwaukee, Waukesha, Washington, and Ozaukee counties. That's 234 more than in the same month of 2011.
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My talented friend Nyla released her first full-length book of poetry this week, called 'Sumptuary Laws' and Nick and I went to the launch party.
It was held at Reposado. The bar specializes in Tequila and had quite an array of choices, however neither of us is overly accustomed to drinking tequila, but we're curious to learn more about it. We both liked it there and are looking forward to going back.
Nyla read some of her poems and we enjoyed the good snacks served by the bar. I had a nice conversation with a new friend, Julie, who also keeps a blog, Knitted Bliss.
The fall night was dreamy so we decided to walk. All in all, this was a really fun night out.
How about you? Do you drink Tequila?
Thank you for visiting.
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