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• Six SeniorCare Network facilities in Southwest Pennsylvania received a superior rating on a management and operating review at the Professional Affordable Housing Management Association Conference at Seven Springs. Also, 17 communities in the network, Presbyterian SeniorCare's property management affiliate, received a 90 percent or better rating in physical inspections and were placed on the Real Estate Assessment Center Honor Roll.
• The three-story building at 601 McKean Ave., Charleroi, which contains the Rego bar/restaurant and a 32-room hotel has been sold to Eric and Evonne Henderson for $200,000. Rego's dining room seats 80, and a private dining room seats 16, said Elisa Ciotti of the Bob Moncavage Team at Priority Realty, who handled the sale. Sellers were Orlando L. Lorraine and Nino Giorgi, through the Giorgi Family Trust in Charleroi. The buyers plan to continue the restaurant and renovate the hotel, Ciotti said.
• Interest rates on several Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority Machinery and Equipment Loan funds have been reduced through March 31 from 2.75 percent to 1.5 percent. The state Department of Community and Economic Development will not charge commitment fees through March 31.
• Fannie Mae, a national provider of mortgage credit, will suspend evictions of foreclosed single-family and 2-4 unit properties from Wednesday through Jan. 2. Although legal and administrative proceedings may continue, families living in foreclosed properties will be allowed to remain in the home during this period.
• Brooks Brothers will remain Downtown at 600 Smithfield St. through 2019, said Michael Lock of McKnight Management Co. Brooks Brothers, a men's and women's apparel store, extended its lease for five years.
• MedExpress Urgent Care has opened at 3024 Washington Pike, Bridgeville; it is the 50th center in Pennsylvania.
• Purchase of The Waterfront in Homestead, Munhall and West Homestead by M&J Wilkow of Chicago and BIG Shopping Center USA of Los Angeles was financed in part through an $81 million loan arranged by Holliday Fenoglio Fowler of Pittsburgh.
• Cris and Cindy Murphy, owners of Win Home Inspection Murrysville, opened a second location at 3000 Village Run Rd., Unit 103, North Hills. The company performs home inspections, pest inspections, radon testing and well testing.
• Massage Envy has opened its sixth location in the Pittsburgh area, at Settlers Ridge, Robinson.
• Burns & Scalo Roofing's MasterKey, a cloud-based online customer portal, provides information to a building owner about the condition of its roof. The owner can view inspection reports, dispatch a crew to stop a leak and see progress updates.
• Owners of manufactured (or mobile) homes will have added protection against potential foreclosures by community owners. Under a bill signed by Gov. Tom Corbett, community owners must provide residents with notice of a closure within 60 days of deciding to close the community. Residents will have up to 180 days to move before the community is closed. Community owners must provide relocation expenses.
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Brand New! Too Blessed To Be Stressed"In the past, I've told stories that were mostly inspired by my own life," the former prizefighter and literal son of a preacher man offers. "This time, I've written 10 songs that express more universal truths, and I've done it with a purpose: to make people feel good."
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Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine is warning consumers to beware of phone scams involving utilities.
Two Ohio consumers reported losing about $800 each recently after receiving a call from someone claiming to represent a utility company and demanding payment. Dozens of other consumers are reporting unsolicited calls about lowering their energy rates.
"With current technology, it can be difficult to determine if a call is legitimate or a scam, and with fluctuating temperatures and high bills, utility scams can be more effective," DeWine said. "It's important to remember that any time you receive an unexpected call, you have the right to ask questions, demand answers, or simply hang up."
In a recently reported scam, a caller - pretending to represent a utility company - said the consumer's electrical power would be shut off unless the consumer sent hundreds of dollars using a prepaid money card. In reality, the call was not coming from the consumer's utility company.
Consumers also are reporting unsolicited phone calls from people claiming they can lower consumers' natural gas rates. The Attorney General's Office has received about 100 complaints about these calls in the past two months, and more than 80 of the complaints were filed since July 1.
In the complaints, consumers from Northeast Ohio generally report receiving a call from a 740 or 440 area code. The caller claims to represent Dominion and offers a discount or a lower gas rate. Dominion East Ohio said these calls are not from the company and the business does not solicit consumers via the phone.


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Posted: 01/25/2010 - PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Chris Paul made a 15-foot jumper with 3.8 seconds remaining, lifting the New Orleans Hornets to a 98-97 win over the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday night.
Posted: 01/25/2010 - PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Chris Paul made a 15-foot jumper with 3.8 seconds remaining, lifting the New Orleans Hornets to a 98-97 win over the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday night.
Posted: 01/25/2010 - CHICAGO (AP) - White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen has told veteran slugger Jim Thome he won't be asked to rejoin the team as a designated hitter.
Posted: 01/25/2010 - LA QUINTA, Calif. (AP) - Bill Haas made a short birdie putt on the 18th hole to earn his first PGA Tour victory at the Bob Hope Classic on Monday, beating Matt Kuchar, Tim Clark and Bubba Watson by one stroke with an 8-under 64.
Posted: 01/25/2010 - SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Sacramento Kings rookie forward Jon Brockman bruised his left hip in practice and is questionable for Tuesday night's game against Golden State.
Posted: 01/25/2010 - BOSTON (AP) - The Celtics parquet floor is sweating.
Posted: 01/25/2010 - SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Carlos Boozer had 21 points and 20 rebounds and rookie Wesley Matthews scored 10 of his career-high 21 points in the fourth quarter as the Utah Jazz rallied for a 124-115 win over the Phoenix Suns on Monday.
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Posted: 01/25/2010 - WASHINGTON (AP) - The five college football conferences that don't get automatic bids to the Bowl Championship Series will receive a record $24 million from this year's bowl games, according to BCS figures obtained Monday by The Associated Press.
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Posted: 01/25/2010 - NEW YORK (AP) -- Brett Favre and Peyton Manning. A New York team and the city of New Orleans.
Posted: 01/25/2010 - SYRACUSE, N.Y.(AP) Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim winced with every early shot by Georgetown. When the game was over, he couldn't help but smile after the Orange's stirring comeback.
Posted: 01/25/2010 - LAWRENCE, Kan.(AP) Cole Aldrich had 12 points, 16 rebounds and blocked seven shots, helping No. 2 Kansas run over rival Missouri 84-65 Monday night.
Posted: 01/25/2010 - MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- Former No. 1-ranked Justine Henin reached the semifinals in her Grand Slam comeback, beating Nadia Petrova 7-6 (3), 7-5 Tuesday to take out the last seeded player in her half of the Australian Open draw.
Posted: 01/25/2010 - IRVING, Texas (AP) -- Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo is going to his third Pro Bowl, while Dallas cornerback Mike Jenkins will go for the first time.
Posted: 01/25/2010 - FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) -- New York Jets defensive end Shaun Ellis has been added to the AFC Pro Bowl roster, replacing the Indianapolis Colts' Robert Mathis.
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Posted: 01/25/2010 - MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- Roger Federer improved his six-year winning streak to 15 matches against Lleyton Hewitt with an overpowering 6-2, 6-3, 6-4 victory in the fourth round at the Australian Open on Monday.
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Updated: 01/24/2010 - LAS VEGAS (AP) - Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts opened as a four-point favorite to beat New Orleans in the Super Bowl.
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SantaBarbaraCarFree.org is jumping on the bandwagon, offering deals and rolling out the welcome mat.
We invite Los Angeles area residents and visitors to use this freeway closure and traffic as a chance to 'Think Outside the Car.' Take the train to Santa Barbara and avoid 'Carmageddon' entirely at the end of September; or plan to take a car-free vacation in Santa Barbara in the future. Travel green and save some green," says Mary Byrd, manager of this car free program led by the Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District. "Throughout 2012, the Santa Barbara Car Free Project invites visitors to save 20 percent on Amtrak Pacific Surfliner and San Joaquin services, and up to 50 percent at more than 65 hotels, activities and restaurants with "Cool Car-Free Discounts."
For Carmageddon II, special Santa Barbara Car-Free offers include savings such as: I Bike Santa Barbara is offering $20 off per rider on biking tours of wine country; Hotel Oceana is offering a 15 percent discount on its room rates; and admission is free at more than 10 area museums on Sept. 29, including the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden and Santa Barbara Maritime Museum. More offers will be posted on the Car Free website, along with information on special events that weekend—including the SOL Food Festival celebration of local organic food on Sept. 29."


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The Arizona man who has sued the Boy Scouts of America in Warren County over alleged sexual abuse now says his Scoutmaster abused him in the parking lot at Kings Island during a Boy Scout-sponsored trip.
Thomas Abner, 25, sued the Boy Scouts in February, claiming his former Scoutmaster Steven Woodard — who is now deceased — abused him at a local hotel during a family vacation to Kings Island. Abner's attorney, Konrad Kircher, claimed Woodard abused Abner more than 300 times during a three-and-a-half year period.
The Boy Scouts filed a motion to dismiss the case in May. The motion claimed there is no jurisdiction in Warren County because the Boy Scouts organization is based out of Irving, Texas; the plaintiff is in Arizona and never lived in Ohio; and most of the alleged acts occurred in Abner's home state of Indiana.
"This case has an extremely random, tenuous, fortuitous connection to the state of Ohio," attorney Carolyn Taggart wrote. "Neither of the parties reside in Ohio currently, or were alleged to have resided here at the time of the events alleged in the complaint. Plaintiff does not allege the perpetrator was a resident of Ohio. Nor does the plaintiff allege that the Kings Island trip was part of any scouting activity."
Abner's amended complaint, filed July 11, alleges Woodard sexually abused him on Boy Scout-sponsored trips to Kings Island, Cedar Point and Grand Lake St. Mary's State Park in Mercer and Auglaize counties in the mid- to late-1990s.
"The Boy Scouts had a legitimate point, that if there was only one family trip to Ohio, that's not enough contact with the state of Ohio for the Boy Scouts to be implicated…," Kircher said. "Now that we've identified three Boy Scout sanctioned and organized trips to Ohio, the Boy Scouts are implicated because they were responsible for those trips and for the conduct of their scout masters on those trips."
Taggart said she couldn't comment on the latest development, but said it is "likely" a motion to dismiss the amended complaint will be forthcoming.
Woodard pleaded guilty to three counts of child molestation in 2002 in Delaware County, Ind., and was sent to prison for seven years. He died in 2005.
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Afghan Hound
A gold coated Afghan Hound
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|Sage Baluchi, Tazhi Spai, De Kochyano Spai, Tazi, Ogar Afgan
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An Afghan Hound is a dog from Afghanistan. Other names for them are Kuchi Hound, Tāzī, Balkh Hound, Baluchi Hound, Barutzy Hound, Shalgar Hound, Kabul Hound, Galanday Hound, or sometimes, incorrectly, African Hound.
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This is a very old dog breed. They have hair instead of fur. It can be many colors. They often have a dark mask: the hairs on their snout are black. Their hair grows from the top of their legs and down to their toes.
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The Afghan Hound is not a very easy dog to train. They like to run away from home. Thay can run very fast. Fences needs to be really high. If the fence is low, the Afghan Hound will jump over it and will run away. If they are being walked outdoors, keep them on a leash for safety from escaping.[1]
This is a quiet dog for indoors, but needs to have regular exercise and play time. If an Afghan gets bored, it can tear things up. This is a friendly dog that is not shy with people or other dogs[1]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Afghan Hound Temperament What's Good About 'Em, What's Bad About 'Em". Your Pure Bred Puppy. http://www.yourpurebredpuppy.com/reviews/afghanhounds.html. Retrieved 15 November 2014.


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We're looking to redesign the interface of VDownloader to more closely match the style of Windows 8 and make everything a bit cleaner and more user-friendly. In terms of application architecture we think the current system of tabs for each input method (direct download, search, feed, history, storage) is quite good though having DVD in the same list might not be the most logical since it's for output (burning converted video to DVD).
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Did You See This? Michigan banner on Notre Dame Stadium
How about that? We're still days away from the Michigan-Notre Dame game, and Wolverine fans already have hit up Notre Dame Stadium. Thanks to @stephenjnesbitt, we have visual proof of it. Evidently, Michigan fans placed a blue "Beat the Irish" banner on the stadium, facing Touchdown Jesus.


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Communication Consulting Inc. Working through Growing Pains
Caruthers, Chrystal, Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
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Name: John Meyer
Age: 49
Business: Communication Consulting Services Inc.
Headquarters: Lombard
Revenue: $3.3 million
Philosophy: "If you're on your own, you can only make as much as you can build."
The world of consulting seems like the most lucrative next step for an experienced engineer seeking release from corporate confines. But it's not that easy.
Communication Consulting Services Inc. of Lombard is a prime example.
It was started by a former Motorola electrical engineer, John Meyer, who spent 10 years toiling for corporate fortunes, then left the comforts of big business to stake his own claim.
Meyer founded Communication Consulting Services in 1995 with $50,000 and dreams of exploiting the radio engineering market.
His plan was to help large telecommunications companies find sites for transmitters and also design network connectors. In the first year, business took off.
He hired six people within a few months and garnered more than $300,000 in the first partial year of business.
But the easy growth didn't last.
Though the company now has more than 25 employees, and has been profitable every year it's been in business, Meyer said his company is suffering through a "mini-recession" while the economy at large continues to prosper.
"This lull has forced us to get work in South America and Asia when we never really intended to," he said.
According to Meyer, the radio communications industry became stagnant when the Federal Communication Commission held up licensing agreements for a new band width. The government auctioned the rights to a new frequency, but companies seeking to use it are still litigating for that right, he said.
In the meantime, Meyer found work in Indonesia, where the economy has collapsed, causing riots. "We never got paid for that work, and probably never will," he said.
The failed overseas attempt and the lack of opportunity in radio engineering has led Meyer to find a new direction for the company. This year, the focus is on the Internet.
ADSL is the latest buzzword in the telecommunications industry. ADSL allows people to use their local telephone service for high speed data transmission over the Internet. With ADSL, the possibilities, Meyer said, are unlimited. People have the option of not just sending data, but also voice messages over the Internet.
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text: Bali won points with UNESCO this year not for its beaches but for its inland farming regions, specifically five rice terraces and connected water temples that make up a water management and irrigation system of subaks (canals). This setup dates back to the ninth century and includes the Royal Water Temple of Pura Taman. The subak system is itself a philosophical concept harmonizing the spiritual, natural, and built world, and represents the exchange of ideas between Bali and India. Locals say it's a major reason why Balinese rice growers are among the most successful in Indonesia.


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By Matthew Seymour
From: 1996 Dodge Van, USA
Mar 16, 2008
Just a litle more info on the route.
The second pitch climbs fingers in a right-facing corner then goes to hands for the last 25 feet in a left-facing corner.
Additionally, the 3rd pitch as described above can be done in two pitches. There is a two bolt anchor at the "rest." This way is probably more comfortable, unless you want to carry three 4s and a 3 through the 5.11 finger section, and leave your partner in a hanging belay for longer.
Further, the last half of pitch three, after the "rest", does involve offwidth and squeeze, not just fists. The upper half of the pitch is protected with bolts and drilled angles, so there is no need for protection larger than #4 C4s.
Really good route, the first half of the second pitch is mediocre, but the rest climbs good rock with great position.
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|Just stumbled upon this route. This is a great solo clean aid route for those that don't mind yarding on etriers.
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Chris Pine gave his opinion recently regarding the news that J.J. Abrams will be directing the next Star Wars movie. As expected, the actor was happy for Abrams, but he had a warning for Abrams. From my standpoint, J.J. is a science-fiction genius, said Pine. To have him over in the Star Wars camp is going to be a great thing. Im sure its going to be a great film.
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Author has written 6 stories for Mediator, Darkest Powers, Drop Dead Diva, and Airhead.
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My favorite books are The Medaitor Series The Five People you meet in heaven,The Pigman & The Pigman's Leagcy by Paul Zindel, Stealing Heaven by Elizabeth Scott ,The Catcher and the Rye, Coffessions of a Teenage Starlettle Devilish Fly on the Wall Speak , Audrey Wait! Airhead Triogloy, Heather Wells Mystery Novels. Anything by Kate Brain and Meg Cabot.
Favorite Music (Soundtracks and Artists/Bands) : Sugarland, My Chemical Romance, Girls Don't Cry, TAI..., RENT, Hairspray, Mamma Mia, Abba, Enchanted, Go Betty Go, Carrie Underwood, Toby Keith, Taylor Swift, Kellie Pickler, Brad Paisley, Paramore, Twilight, Annie, The Dollyrots, Reba, Liz Phair , One Life to Live-Prom Night:The Musical, Trailer Choir Glee Cast and more
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Favorite Teams (basically favorite pairings and such) Jesse(Mediator), Christopher(Airhead)
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Las Vegas, NV (KTNV) -- The man who turned himself in after stabbing his wife told police he did it because she wanted a divorce.
40-year-old Richard Magdayo Dahan walked into a police station on Jan. 10 and turned himself in. During an interview with police, Dahan told them that he felt that killing 28-year-old Daisy Casalta Dahan was the "only thing left for him to do" and that if he could go back in time, he would kill her again.
The police report, which was released Monday morning, describes the murder in graphic detail.
According to the report, Dahan said the relationship between himself and his wife had changed after moving to Las Vegas and she became jealous and demanding. Dahan said Daisy did not like him seeing his ex-girlfriend whom he has two children with and would become angry if he gave money to his children.
Dahan said that on the day of the murder, Daisy was sitting at their dining room table in their small apartment at the Camden Vintage Apartments near Vegas Drive and Torrey Pines.
She told him that she wanted a divorce and wanted him to sign the paperwork.
Dahan said he became angry and took a large knife out of their dishwasher. He then walked up behind Daisy and stabbed her in the base of her neck.
Daisy began fighting with her husband and he forced her to the floor. He then began trying to saw at her neck with the serrated neck but the knife became tangled in her hair.
Dahan next used a meat cleaver on his wife. He struck her several times on her head. After that, he stabbed her in her abdomen and placed the knife in her mouth, cutting outward from the corner.
Even though he wasn't sure that she was dead, Dahan told police he took a shower while still wearing his bloody clothes. He then removed his clothes and replaced them. Next, he left the apartment and drove to the police station.
After the confession, Dahan was advised that he was under arrest for the murder of Daisy with use of a deadly weapon. Dahan agreed and thanked the detectives.
Dahan, who received minor injuries during the incident, was transported to University Medical Center for treatment. Afterwards, he was booked into Clark County Detention Center.
Dahan is a former chef at Mandalay Bay and his wife worked at the Life Center of Las Vegas.
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Girl Talk
There are GIGs and there are BIGs—by which co-authors Annie Zaidi and Smriti Ravindra mean there are Good Indian Girls and Bad Indian Girls—and contrary to popular belief, the two are not sharply distinct creatures. The GIG is full of casual mischief, surreptitious acts and carefully kept secrets. The BIG is often considered bad only because her good actions are misinterpreted and misunderstood.
The Bad Boy's Guide to The Good Indian Girl is a charming collection of short stories accompanied by a running commentary from the two authors of the book. Partly fiction and partly a sociological document, it is made up of tales fashioned out of anecdotes told to Zaidi and Ravindra by real women. Thanks to the fieldwork and the authors' imagination, the 29 stories in The Good Indian Girl are mostly credible, well-observed and poignant. Interspersed are commentaries that give the stories context and provide explanations for the actions of the GIGs and the BIGs. Most of the girls and boys in the different stories are connected, and consequently there's a winding map through the strange worlds of girlhood, romance and adulthood in the book. Among our favourites in the collection are "Finger Play", "BIG Girls" and "Stains".
Zaidi and Ravindra's storytelling and commentaries suffer bouts of laboured poetry but by and large, there's a lightness in their tone that ensures The Good Indian Girl reads engagingly without dismissing the complexities of being a woman in India. And there are complexities aplenty. Petty little cruelties end up leaving scars that don't fade. Defiance must be carefully enacted. Every GIG has her dirty little secrets and every BIG has a good side. All of which adds up to many good stories.
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CardDAV, CalDAV, WebDAV
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Sascha Kolb commented
I am really curious wether M$ will follow the users wish ... I want it !
jistme commented
Why doesn't Microsoft implement this?
It looks like MS very much want to have all contacts information from all Windows Phone users on Microsoft servers.
Why? This doesn't give me much trust in Microsofts trustworthiness and probably hidden 'Big-Brother' agenda.
Craig commented
Fingers crossed for Windows 10!
The lack of CalDav support for other independent cloud services is the only reason the can make me switch back to android or iPhone. Please!
René Fehlow commented
CardDAV and CalDav is running with some tricks... but I'm still missing webDAV!
Arkus commented
This is one out of 3 for leaving WP.
Matthias W commented
It really is about time to support CardDAV, CalDAV, WebDAV for independent/individual cloud solutions. What does MS gain by locking that? VERY UNPROFESSIONAL!
Bartek Krawczyk commented
This is the main reason I'm switching to BlackBerry or iPhone. Why can't we have normal CalDAV/CardDAV suport after 3 years?
At least 4 people in my friend circle would switch to Windows Phone if it wasn't for the absence of carddav and caldav.
Come on, MS: you open sourced .net! So pls extend your openness to email, calendar and contact sync! It's a no brainer!
Nate commented
CalDAV would really help me out.
Dimas commented
CALDAV !!! My company has 130K employees... if you GIVE windows phone for free they cannot use calendar at work... NO CALDAV :(
Peter commented
A smartphone that fails to do the very basic tasks, like syncing contacts, calendars etc. via. standard protocols is plain and simple not worth the term "smartphone".
I wanted to switch from android to wp8.1, but since they prefer to fix "holes", that did allow carddav/caldav to other services then google, instead of proviidinf full acess, WP completely disqualified itself for business use and for secure provate use. It's a shame
Thomas commented
Seeing how you can already use your own Cal & CardDAV (i.e. OwnCloud) by using a nonexistant Google/iCloud-Account, this should be a no-brainer to implement.
Need CalDav with my windowsphone 8.1 and OwnCloud
CaTho commented
thought about leaving android, but CardDAV/CalDAV is a must!
Bartek Krawczyk commented
My company uses CalDAV and CardDAV and right now I cannot use my Windows Phone to keep up with work. Should be easy to fix since you added CalDAV for Google...
Nic Watt commented
The Cal Dav and Card Dav support in Windows Phone 8 prior to 8.1 could be tricked into using other external servers. This loophole seems to have been closed in 8.1 which is a shame as it worked really well.
Can I request that you allow an advanced option in System> email+accounts so that those of us who use CalDav and CardDav on our own servers or with other service providers can set them up.
1) Try to set up an account for CalDav or CardDav in Settings > email+accounts
2) Note there are only options for the main big players in the market: Yahoo, Apple and Google
3) Users cannot add CardDav or CalDav accounts for their own servers or use other third party providers
Windows Phone 8.1 should have the same support for CalDav and CardDav accounts as the competitors iOS and Android do.
Roderick commented
Come on Microsoft, just build it
Axel Antony commented
I am running a private cloud server based on owncloud for my comlete family spreading the information on mulitple devices like Windows 7 PC, 2 Android phones, Ipad, Iphone and now I wanted to start using the nokia 925 with WP8. On all other devices / OS I am successfully syncing contacts & calender but not with a Windows Phone !!!! I bought the phone because i suggested this is a commodity functionality. For a private usage an i dont want to go to goolemail or other services I don't have any controll on ......... sorry typical german ! but we love our privacy.
It should not be a be deal to delete the function blocking for other services than Google !
CardDav=Vcard and please support the reference number ("REF:field:" in vcard. every vcard version support this. see wikipedia vard. It contains date of last change. Please also in outlook.com.
Best woudl be if you extend vcard for additonal fields: date and time of cration of contact; and last change.
And that you can sort in outlook.com and in windowsphone for this


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What do you wish you could do that you can't bc you're pregnant?
I wish I could....
Me + DH = team green baby around 12-14-12.
Single Mom, Expecting Baby #2??
I miss not being tired! LOL. I also miss Dr. Pepper and an occasional glass of wine after a stressful day at work... So, here's a gingerale cheers to a long journey well worth the sacrfices and wait!
Nicole (27) & Richard (31)w/Evan(11) Happily Married since 10/2005
Proudly welcomed Daniel Louis on 3/16/08
Proudly welcomed Grace Ann Marie 12/10/12
i wish i could comb my hair, fold laundry, clean my house, unstrap my bra and many other basic things, since about 2-3 months ago i have carpel tunel really bad and it's getting worse. doc says it'll go away after baby and i'm due next month so we'll see... i definitely hope so.
I wish I wasn't always hungry for junk.
I wish my BM's would go back to normal.
I wish my cravings were veggies lol
Kat (23) + Frank (24) = Christian Frank born December 4, 2012
I miss having a dos equis dressed with lime and salt! Everytime we go to chili's my husband has one and I miss it so much!


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The History of our Monastic Ministry.
Founded in 2011, the Monastery of Jesus, Mary and Joseph is blessed to be an oasis of thanksgiving, prayer and peace in today's world — a desert of chaos and strife.
Monasticism has always played a decisively important role in the life of the Church and will continue to do so today. In the ancient Europe of the fifth and sixth centuries, following the collapse of the old Roman order, it was the Benedictine monks who acted as a force of stability and strength throughout the chaos. In the near East, ravaged by religious upheaval and wave after wave of intense persecution, it was the monasteries that preserved the Catholic Christian way of life, as was particularly the case with the Maronites in the mountains of Lebanon.
So too, today, here in America, where an increasingly powerful anti-culture of death has taken root, it seems very fitting that God would ask monasteries for His church to set down roots and thus foster new, however small and delicate flowers of love.
Hopefully, with God's mercy and the prayers of our Lady and the Saints, and with your generous help, the Maronite Monks of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph might grow strong, so that by its presence the people of this place may be brought into the life giving fount of the Church, and so transformed into a beautiful garden for the glory of God and the salvation of their souls.
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In sum, we suggest that both the valence and intensity of feeling evoked by an ad exert an influence on brand attitude. While we do not believe that ads are especially strong affective stimuli, we do believe that within the range of reactions to advertising, those ads on the poles of an affective continuum have a greater impact on brand familiarity than neutral, matter-of-fact advertising. It may be that extreme ads receive more attention at exposure or that associations resulting from those ads are stronger. In either case, the benefits of increased brand familiarity would seem to be particularly important for low involvement situations and for new, unfamiliar brands.
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The ROI of Twitter, Explained
Jul 22nd
Twitter is a mystery to many. It's understandable. You see, to really understand your return on Twitter, you might have to put away your spreadsheet … and that freaks a lot of people out.
I want to measure financial returns as much as any one but If you are going to win in this new digital age, you must humble yourself and accept that value will also come to you from MRS — Magnificent Random Synergy. Let me explain through an example.
Hello Kitty
I have a friend in The Netherlands who I discovered through Twitter — Kitty Kilian. Twitter simply opened the door, created an introduction if you will, that led to bigger things.
Though Twitter, Kitty discovered my blog and became a frequent commenter. I was so impressed with her amazing writing ability and original thinking that we hit it off intellectually and became friends, even though we had never met.
Through one of my my posts she discovered that I was scheduled to give a speech in Amersfoort, a lovely town near Amsterdam and not far from her home city of Utrecht. (By the way, this invitation to speak had come from another Twitter connection, Volkert Deen!)
Kitty and I connected via email and made plans to meet. In fact, I got her a free ticket to the conference where I was speaking.
When I arrived in Amsterdam, Kitty and her husband Martin greeted me and we spent a wonderful morning walking through the city. Martin is a professor at the University of Amsterdam and an art historian so my tour was filled with wonderful insights and stories about the city that I could only learn from a local.
Off track
In the afternoon I ran into a problem. I had to take a train from Amsterdam to Amersfoort, where I was giving my speech but the ticket kiosks for the train would not take any of my credit cards (A problem in Holland in general!). Kitty was happy to step in to pay for my ticket and make sure I was sent off on the right train.
But I was a little worried. I still had to get BACK to Amsterdam's Schiopol Airport after my speech the next day to catch a very early flight to London. I learned there were no human ticket booth people in Amersfoort due to budget cuts. How was I going to buy a train ticket?
The same scenario must have been running through Kitty's mind. That evening I received an unprompted email from her: "I will see you at your speech tomorrow and I'll bring you a train ticket back to Amsterdam!"
Let's review. Through my Twitter connections …
- I secured a paid speaking assignment in Holland.
- Volkert Deen found a keynote speaker for his conference.
- I received a historical tour of Amsterdam with new friends.
- Kitty got a free ticket to a conference.
- I networked with interesting people in Amersfoort who could become new business connections.
- I was saved from a difficult travel situation.
What's the ROI of that?
My point is that quite often the return from Twitter, and the social web in general, cannot be expressed quantitatively. And yet, we did receive legitimate qualitative benefits, didn't we?
As marketers, we need to measure everything we do and there are certainly many quantitative measures available through our analytics. But to really make the most of the web, you also need to account for qualitative benefits or you will miss an important part of the economic picture.
And by the way, small companies generally have an advantage with this kind of thinking!
To really succeed in this space, you have to embrace the Majestic Random Synergy! Are you seeing it now?
This post was brought to you by IBM for Midsize Business and opinions are my own. To read more on this topic, visit IBM's Midsize Insider. Dedicated to providing businesses with expertise, solutions and tools that are specific to small and midsized companies, the Midsize Business program provides businesses with the materials and knowledge they need to become engines of a smarter planet.
Why CEOs Shouldn't Trust Marketing
Jun 25th
By Eric Wittlake, {grow} Contributing Columnist
8 in 10 CEOs don't trust marketing.
As a marketer, that stings. Sadly, the CEO who doesn't trust marketing today isn't the CEO who doesn't get it. As marketers, we aren't earning trust. Actually, we are actively destroying it.
We grossly exaggerate
Many marketers are like the stereotypical weekend angler. "I caught a fish THIS BIG!" Yeah… no you didn't. And those marketing performance reports? It's the same thing.
We keep over-reporting sales. Just because they used a coupon we sent doesn't mean they bought because of the coupon. Or the Tweet. Or searching our brand name (seriously, they were already looking for us!). But over and over again, we keep claiming responsibility for what would have happened without us!
Digital marketing, because of all of the data that is available, is actually making this worse, not better. Here are four common tactics that keep contributing to this problem.
We talk about the wrong things
How big was that fish again? So how much did you sell that giant for or how many meals are you going to get out of it? That's cash in your pocket or food on your table. Even someone who doesn't care about fishing can see the benefit.
Clicks don't matter. We are the only people that actually like Likes. We even manage to butcher ROI, replacing "investment" with "I" words like innovation or insight. And then we talk about the I, ignore the R and think people should care!
How often do you hear a marketer talk about their impact on gross margin, return on equity, operating income or earnings per share? And do it without grossly exaggerating? Until we start connecting our activity to the metrics that matter to the business, why would the CEO trust that you are driving those metrics?
We are so easily distracted
I take my two year old for walks in our neighborhood most evenings. It is a leisurely evening stroll… until he sees a cat or dog. Suddenly the sidewalk doesn't matter! He'll run up onto a stranger's porch or across the street to see this furry potential new friend. So when we walk, I hold his hand. Tightly.
What are we doing with Snapchat? Look, a parallax infographic! Animated GIFs on Twitter!!
Wow, look at all these brand GIFs on Twitter. Wait, what was I talking about?
It is easy to get distracted in the sea of new and innovative marketing opportunities today but if you can't stay focused on what you need to accomplish, why would your executive team trust that marketing will actually deliver?
And then we say "but trust me"
At the end of the day, it is difficult to measure the impact of marketing on a business's bottom line.
- Coca-Cola, with their sophisticated measurement infrastructure, concluded that social media buzz doesn't impact sales. But then Wendy Clark essentially said "trust us, we know it matters, we just can't measure it."
- In an academic working paper, researchers from Google and Microsoft make an academic case (i.e. statistical background required for reading) that it is nearly impossible to measure the return on advertising separately from other more impactful variables and show that widely varying advertising ad expenditures don't necessarily lead to varying business results.
So trust us, we are making a difference. Even though we exaggerate our results and don't seem to care about the metrics the CEO cares about, just trust us. Marketing really is critical to our business.
I'm a marketer too. I've seen these challenges first hand and I've contributed to the problem. But if we want the CEO to put his or her faith in our marketing, we need to change.
Eric Wittlake spends his days working with B2B marketers and shares his marketing views on his personal blog, B2B Digital Marketing. You can find him on Twitter (@wittlake) when he isn't spending time with his three young boys.
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Facebook's latest move just the tip of the privacy iceberg
Jun 13th
I'm not the kind of guy who would typically say, "I told you so."
But what the heck. I told you so.
This week Facebook took another step to harvest profits from the lives of its billion users by allowing advertisers to target ads based on user's private web-browsing habits.
Advertisers applauded the move. But privacy advocates expressed concern, and several called for a Federal Trade Commission examination of the change. They said that although Facebook offers an opt-out it is difficult and ineffective.
In any event, this is a bold move by Facebook to turn your private web browsing history into advertising gold. And this is just the beginning.
On the brink of Facebook's 2013 IPO, I wrote a post titled "Why Facebook will Become the Most Dangerous Company on Earth."
The premise of the article was that becoming a public company creates an inexorable and relentless pressure to meet quarterly sales goals. I wrote: Maybe it will will take a few months, maybe it will take a year or more, but inevitably the marching orders of Facebook executives will be determined by this constant drumbeat of "more, higher, faster."
Of course the source of Facebook's revenues is you and me.
Virtually the entire economic model of Facebook is based on a single tactic — collect as much personal information about us as possible as a way to sell highly-targeted ads. So for Facebook to succeed as a public company, it simply must collect increasing amounts of information about us and release it to advertisers.
That's what we began to see with the announcement this week and without question, this is only the beginning.
At some point, Facebook will be faced with a stark reality — the well of available personal information will be tapped dry. The opportunity to create advertising impressions will slow. Mark Zuckerberg will face unimaginable pressure from Wall Street and his shareholders. His company will have to find radical new ways to turn their vast resource — our personal information — into new sources of profits.
And that's when Facebook becomes the most dangerous company on earth. Will anybody care, or will they be heads-down in Farmsville?
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Five important lessons on the economics of social media
May 19th
I would like to tell you a short story today about my friend Stanford Smith. If you hang with me through this little tale, I promise you'll see five important lessons about the economics of social media unfold. And then we'll discuss how you can make this work for you and your business.
A story at the heart of the economics of social media
Some time in early 2011, I started to see an increasing amount of activity on my Twitter stream that mentioned @pushingsocial. Intrigued, I clicked and discovered Stanford.
I watched his Twitter account and soon began to read his blog. I was blown away. This guy was one of the best writers I had seen on the web. He was also an original thinker who was effectively connecting the dots between an agency, clients and content. I wanted to get to know this man!
So, I called him up.
We hit it off immediately and I think we talked for two hours. He was more than a mysterious Twitter connection now. We were beginning to be friends.
At this point I was hiring my first regular bloggers to contribute to {grow}. Stan agreed to be one of my first contributors and penned dozens of posts that became some of the finest work on this blog. He blogged on {grow} for almost two years, the second-longest tenured blogger behind Mars Dorian.
The exposure Stan received through my blog helped pump up his presence and reputation. He was becoming a social media star!
One of Stan's dreams was to write a book. As I was working on Return On Influence, I got stuck on the difficult research about the history of influence marketing and thought of Stan. I wondered if he would want to help me on the project. He jumped at the chance and he got his first mention and credit in a published book in 2012.
The benefits grow
About this time, my publisher McGraw-Hill wanted a follow-up to the mega-hit book Tao of Twitter Could I write a similar small, helpful book on blogging? Stan had mentioned to me that he was thinking about writing a book on blogging but wasn't connected to a publisher. This seemed like a match made in heaven and we decided to write Born to Blog together.
The process of writing the book with Stan was one of the most pleasurable creative experiences of my career. Our working styles fit like a hand in a glove. We didn't always agree and we exposed our divergent views in the book, making it richer, honest, and human. It is now the best-selling book on blogging in the market.
As I was planning the 2012 Social Slam event, I knew I needed to have Stan on the stage. He volunteered his time for a chance to speak and appear on a panel. He was a huge hit — his first professional speaking appearance.
After our book came out, Stan decided to leave his agency and start his own business. I was able to funnel leads to him that turned into paying customers. I felt great that I was able to help him get some business traction in some small way.
This week Stan had me on his new podcast and we reminisced about how far we have come together in a short period of time. Here was a deep personal connection on display, two people who would support each other over a lifetime.
The business lessons of the economics of social media
This is more than a feel-good story about friendship and collaboration. It also illustrates important lessons about the dynamics of the social web, the economics of social media, and the measurement of social media success. Let's dig a little deeper.
1. The essential role of "rich content"
Sure, content is king on the web but not all content is created equal. Could this connection have formed through only a tweet, a Facebook post, or a LinkedIn update? Probably not. It was Stan's blogging that got my attention.
Through his blog I was able to learn about him as a man and as a business professional. I could see his powerful writing skills on display and gain insight into his values and experience.
To have the best opportunity for massive exposure and real connection (for an individual or a business), you need to generate at least one source of "rich content" — generally a blog, video series, or podcast. This becomes the fuel for the rest of your social media platforms.
Content is the catalyst to creating business benefits on the web.
2. The truth about weak links
One of the most misunderstood ideas on the web is that your audience equals power. It doesn't.
I have 90,000 real followers on Twitter. If I ask them to buy my new book through a tweet, how many will open up their wallets and do it? Probably none.
That's because most social media connections are "weak links." They are merely opportunities — doors to be opened — not real relationships ready to take action.
The true business benefits are created by doing the work to convert weak links into strong ones. I recently published a social influence case study where I raised $6,000 for a charity entirely over the social web. But nearly everyone who donated was somebody I had actually met in real life!
3. Networking as a human
The turning point in this story was my first phone call with Stan. Does it seem bold to you that I actually called one of my weak link connections? But making that human connection is the way business has been done for centuries. We conduct business with those who we know and trust and that is not likely to occur if we rely on Twitter alone!
So many businesses I see have created a digital divide between themselves and their customers. We need to remember that behind that avatar is a person who has the potential to have a deep and loyal connection to us. If you don't do the work and reach out, you may never discover that.
4. Beyond ROI, the economics of social media presence
Let's quickly list some of the business benefits mentioned in this short story.
- Exposure for Stanford
- Original content for my blog
- A publishing credit in Return On Influence for Stan.
- Research help on the book.
- A collaboration that led to Born to Blog.
- An opportunity for Stan to start his speaking career.
- A high-quality presentation for the Social Slam event.
- Customers for Stan.
- Exposure for my new book on Stan's podcast.
… And I could go on. Now look at this list and answer this question: How many of these important, tangible business benefits could neatly fit on a spreadsheet or pie chart? Not many.
My point is that benefits like "exposure," "new content," or "collaboration" are qualitative, not quantitative. I'm not saying don't measure, or don't drive toward ROI if you can. What I am saying is that if you don't also recognize the real qualitative benefits of the web, you could be missing important value!
5. Expectations and helpfulness
Another characteristic of this case study is that the business benefits accrued over years, not weeks or months.
This is such a huge problem for most businesses today — we manage toward quarterly goals. An economic platform built on relationships doesn't fit cleanly into that model, so somehow we need to adjust our expectations to fully grasp the opportunities.
One last point. I have had a long career in corporate sales and marketing. I had been conditioned to ALWAYS be selling and I've had to adjust toward adopting the mindset of authentic helpfulness. If Stanford sensed in our first phone call that I was "selling" something, would we have become friends?
For somebody who has grown up in a traditional sales role, it is pretty unnerving to stop selling and start helping. And you can't fake authenticity. You need to make that shift to "If I generously help people, the business benefits will follow."
Putting it to work
I realize this post has been on the "long" side so thanks for making it this far!
It is important for me to acknowledge that there are many, many economic benefits of company social media applications in customer service, sales, HR, research, compliance, purchasing and more. We have covered just one small sliver of social media economics today and yet, I think MOST businesses and individuals can benefit from the networking aspects of the social web.
I passionately believe that if you understand some of these economic drivers you can make these social media networking opportunities work for you and your business too.
Are you with me?
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