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Ron Paul Says the Constitution Makes Abortion a States-Rights Issue
The United States Constitution established a carefully limited federal government and Ron Paul actively defends the government it established. He says that the Constitution has nothing to say about abortion, that prior to Roe v. Wade, the issue of abortion was left to the states, and that, if Paul had his way, abortion would again be left to the several states to permit or outlaw as each individual state determined.
Roe v. Wade was wrongly decided, but not because the Supreme Court presumed to legalize abortion rather than ban it. Roe was wrongly decided because abortion simply is not a constitutional issue. There is not a word in the text of that document, nor in any of its amendments, that conceivably addresses abortion. There is no serious argument based on the text of the Constitution itself that a federal "right to abortion" exists. The federalization of abortion law is based not on constitutional principles, but rather on a social and political construct created out of thin air by the Roe court.
Under the 9th and 10th amendments, all authority over matters not specifically addressed in the Constitution remains with state legislatures. Therefore the federal government has no authority whatsoever to involve itself in the abortion issue. So while Roe v. Wade is invalid, a federal law banning abortion across all 50 states would be equally invalid.
In a post at ronpaul.com, Paul is described as holding
that the ninth and tenth amendments to the U.S. Constitution do not grant the federal government any authority to legalize or ban abortion. Instead, it is up to the individual states to prohibit abortion.
Is Paul correct? Is it necessary to set aside the Constitution to defend innocent life?
The first thing to consider is the context of the Constitution. In 1787, when the Founding Fathers set to overhaul our country's failed first attempt at national government, certain things were already in place. The common understanding of Law and Government was famously set forth by these same Founding Fathers in the Declaration of Independence. The framers of our Constitution held that mankind is "endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights , that among these are Life …", etc. The framers did not need to re-stipulate what they had already published only 15 years prior. The war they fought to secure that right punctuated it far more effectively than mere repetition.
The second thing to consider is the Constitution itself. Now, the main body of the Constitution seems to leave almost everything to the States; but the amendments tell a far different story.
- Amendment 4: The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated…"
Is it really possible that I am protected against seizure of my person but not against the murder of my person? Are the unborn not likewise protected by this very clause?
- Amendment 5: No person shall … be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law…
Was Roe v Wade a "due process of law"? No, it was certainly not. In fact, this provision bars even a state legislature from authorizing the death of non-combatants who are not lawfully convicted for a capital crime.
- Amendment 9: The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
Thou shalt not construe the Constitution to deny the already-recognized right of life, thou nor the libertarian that is within thy gates.
- Amendment 14, Sections 1and 5:
- 1. …No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
- 5. The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.
Abortion deprives prenatal persons of their right to life; Congress has explicit power to enforce protection of that right.
One may point out that I am viewing the Constitution, figuratively speaking, through the lenses of my pro-life ideology. I freely admit it. I view the unborn as living persons. From that starting point, it follows that our legal history recognizes: that those persons have been endowed by their Creator with the unalienable right to life; that seizure, or worse, of their person is prohibited by the Constitution; that the right to life was never denied nor disparaged by the enumeration of rights in the Constitution; that no State may abridge that right; and that Congress has explicit Constitutional jurisdiction to enforce that right.
If, on the other hand, the unborn are not persons, why, then the Constitution offers them no protection. If the unborn are not persons, each State may legislate whatever they deem wise respecting these living things just as states regulate groundhog season and insect extermination and Congress has no authority whatsoever to involve itself in the issue (as long as federal interest in inter-state commerce and the protection of endangered species are preserved).
One might infer, since Dr Paul denies fetuses have constitutional protection, that he denies that fetuses are human persons. I won't. In fact, it sounds like Paul comes close to sharing my view. In that same post at ronpaul.com, Paul is quoted stating his belief that human life starts at conception:
… I can assure you life begins at conception. I am legally responsible for the unborn, no matter what I do, so there's a legal life there. The unborn has inheritance rights, and if there's an injury or a killing, there is a legal entity. There is no doubt about it.
How then are these babies beyond the constitutional power of Congress to protect? Either these legal entities are persons whom God has given the right to life which our Law recognizes and which Congress has explicit authority to protect, or the legal lives with inheritance rights are not persons. Which is it, Dr Paul?
Either you are pro-life and you need to correct your flawed Constitutional argument or you are not pro-life.
Again, in this same post, his website points out that
For many years, Ron Paul has been speaking up for babies' rights. He passionately defends those who cannot speak for themselves because they haven't been born yet.
Dr Ron Paul, please continue to passionately defend the unborn; but, please begin to do so in the context of a correct view of the Constitution.
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Meet the FUSION 18 Education Team! These high-profile volunteers have worked hard to source a robust agenda packed with top-quality speakers, only selecting the very best topics, breakout sessions and professionals to inspire and inform. Check out the results!
Jill Zimmerman – Education Team Chair
Over the last 20 years, Jill has fulfilled a variety of roles within the IT industry, in both commercial and government practice. She is currently is the Vice President of DHS Services and ITSM Training at Zenetex. In addition to managing the ITSM training program, she is the program manager for a multi-million-dollar IT Transformation Program for Customs and Border Protection. She leads a team of highly-skilled and talented SMEs in the areas of ITSM best practices, enterprise reporting, organizational change management and strategic communications.
In addition to her work on the FUSION Program, Jill is serves as the treasurer for the Penn State Professional Women's Network of DC.
David Traynor – Education Team Advisor
David Traynor has more than 30 years of experience in IT. He's currently the Director of the Service Management Office at Southern Company, where he leads a team responsible for all IT service management initiatives, continual service improvement, service desk, strategic planning, tools and automation, and analytics. David received his B.A. in business analysis and accounting from Texas A&M University. He's a certified ITIL Expert and an active member of the Atlanta LIG, itSMF USA, and HDI.
David Lowe – Content Advisor
David is responsible for integrating capability management, quality methods, and change management practices to achieve Continual Service Improvement. By contributing expertise in the areas of data analytics, cloud computing, and process frameworks, David helps organizations build IT capabilities for today's digital business environment. Previously, David held various executive-level, managerial, or technical lead positions in the financial services, manufacturing, motion picture, engineering, legal, consulting, academic, and music industries.
David earned his MBA from the University of Southern California and his B.S. in applied mathematics from the University of California, Los Angeles. David is an ITIL Expert, PMP, and a PRINCE2 Practitioner, and he holds various additional industry certifications in architecture, cloud computing and data science. David is an active member of the Los Angeles chapter of ISACA, and between 2001 and 2014 he has helped facilitate the chapter's annual spring conference.
Chuck Wysocki – Content Advisor
Chuck is a business and IT Service Management process expert with over 20 years of experience, both as a practitioner and consultant. In addition to business process improvement, he has expertise in delivery of business and IT service solutions supporting automotive, distribution/logistics, healthcare, pharmaceutical and retail industries. Chuck has led teams of business, technical and project management specialists to develop and support complex enterprise services.
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Andy Atencio – Advanced Service Management
Andy Atencio, a certified ITIL Expert and Organizational Development Process Certified Professional, has worked in the IT industry for more than 25 years, in various roles from support to leadership. For the last 16 years, Andy has served as the Chief Technology Officer for the City of Greenwood Village, where his focus has been on helping not only his small public-sector organization, but also other organizations, understand the cultural and organizational impact and changes IT Service Management can create.
Andy leverages his Master's Degree in organizational behavior and expertise in psychological personality to foster organizational understanding of the change from technology being about things to technology being about people, and the impact this change has on leadership.
Barry Corless – Dev Ops and Agile
Barry has over 30 years of experience in IT operations management, education and consulting roles across an extensive portfolio of organisations in both the public and private sectors. He has presented on service management and business improvement engagements in 25 countries on four continents. Barry is Global Knowledge's Global Product Director for Service Management. In 2005, he joined the board of the IT Service Management Forum (itSMF UK), responsible for its events portfolio, a role which he held for two years before acting as vice chairman of the organization for a year. Between 2009 and 2011, Barry served as the chair of itSMF UK.
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Monica Morrison – Capitalizing on your Service Management Investment
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Brian Newcomb – IT Performance Improvement
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Funds wanted for Wynyard BMX Club
The Wynyard BMX Club is hoping for funds to improve facilities to create an inclusive and safer sporting facility for the community.
The club is rallying politicians, council and business owners for funds and grants which would benefit the whole community as the track is publicly accessible.
Sponsorship coordinator of the Wynyard BMX Club Sam Eaves said he wanted to upgrade the track to keep children active and to make the existing track safer.
"We want to create more opportunities through sport and reduce children's time spent on social media and video games," Mr Eaves said.
He said this was the only club on the North-West Coast and the track had not been redesigned since 1980.
Mr Eaves said at the moment the track only just met national standard and it cost $20,000 each year to resurface the track each month.
Some of the proposed upgrades include a higher starting hill to meet national standards, a safer starting gate to replace the unsafe guillotine gate, concrete berms to prevent the current dirt erosion and a sic surface to save resurfacing the track each month.
He said this would make the track the best in Tasmania, on par with mainland tracks and make it possible to hold a national meeting which would generate tourism on the Coast.
Club member Chad Maher said his son had an audio processing disorder and the club accommodated for his needs and gave him encouragement.
Mr Maher said the club had bought his family together and hoped it could do the same for other families.
Both Liberal member for Braddon Adam Brooks MP and Labor Candidate for Braddon Justine Keay have supported the Wynyard BMX Park Inc's applications for funding grants.
Mr Brooks said that the park was established almost 38 years ago and now has 200 members and had produced four Tasmanian champions.
"The Wynyard BMX Club is a community organisation catering for all ages, they would like to develop their sport and facilities to encourage riders to compete at the highest level they wish," Mr Brooks said.
Ms Keay said the club caters for men, women, young children and senior riders.
"Wynyard BMX Club has also worked with the local community to give people with challenging life circumstances a renewed direction," Ms Keay said.
Mr Eaves said the club had raised $12,750 in eight weeks and were waiting for grant application outcomes.


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In Accra this morning, there will be no doubt in anybody's mind: Ghana were cheated out of the World Cup. As Dominic Adiyiah headed the ball goalwards in the final second of extra time in their quarter-final against Uruguay on Friday night, the Black Stars appeared destined for glory. The ball's trajectory insisted that they were to become Africa's first representative ever to reach the competition's semi-final. Then Uruguay's Luis Suarez stuck out a hand and palmed the certain goal away. Which wasn't really on, since he was not the goalkeeper. The referee spotted the infringement and awarded Ghana a penalty, as well as sending Suarez off. But Asamoah Gyan smacked the spot kick against the crossbar, the game went to a shoot-out, and Ghana lost. Thus Uruguay progressed and the whole of Ghana can agree on this: Suarez's basketball moment proved that, ultimately, cheats prosper.
Once again, after Frank Lampard's ghost goal against Germany was not allowed, and Carlos Tevez's five yards' offside goal against Mexico was, football's ability to administer justice fairly in this World Cup appears to have been proven wanting. After all, it doesn't happen like this elsewhere. In rugby union, a sport with more laws on its statute books than haunt Nick Clegg's worst nightmares, the reaction to a similar misdemeanour to Suarez's would have been absolute: a penalty try would have been awarded, the five points put on the scoreboard automatically. In cricket, had a bowler taken a wicket with a deliberately transgressed no-ball, the punishment would have equally unequivocal: the strike would have been removed from the record, no advantage could be gained.
But football, like a sporting sharia court, left the punishment up to the victim. Gyan's nerves proved too shaky for it to be administered fully. So justice was horribly undermined.
In Uruguay, however, it won't be seen quite like that. The streets of Montevideo will even now still be filled with hordes celebrating a moment of supreme self-sacrifice. Suarez knew even as he handled the ball that he would be dismissed and with the red card would come a ban from the semi-final. But he put aside self-interest and took one for the lads. His selfless act had its reward: Uruguay won. And already the manager's team talk will have been written for the semi: OK boys, do it for Luis, the new national hero. For the boys in blue, that Gyan missed the penalty was simply part of the game's beautiful cruelty. Uruguayans will engage in no moral doubt: the right team won.
That is the fundamental thing about sport: cheating is a relative concept. It really depends which side you are on. And it doesn't much matter which sport you are talking about. In motor racing, whole laboratories full of white-coated scientists spend lifetimes poring over the designs of Formula One cars to see how they can gain advantage. When they make a significant breakthrough, perhaps in the process pushing existing regulation to its limit, they call it research and development. Their rivals cry cheat. Even in the paragon rugby union, England's Neil Back, spent much of his career, whenever out of the referee's eyeline, illegally handling in the ruck. His transgressions were seen by English commentators as evidence of the player's streetwise genius. In Wales, they just thought him a cheat.
Even in golf, the only major sport that is not patrolled by referee, umpire or any judging committee, things are relative. True, the game's history is littered with remarkable acts of self-incrimination. Take Ian Woosnam, who, while among the leading pack at the 2001 Open, noticed his caddie had packed in his bag one too many clubs than is allowed. It was a minor transgression that had no bearing on his performance, but Woosnam blew the whistle on himself and was promptly excluded from the tournament. It seemed incredible, his honesty, particularly to those of us who have been somewhat liberal with our arithmetic on the course. "That was two off the tee, one to the fairway, three in the woods, two in the bunker…" we say as we tot up our score, by which time we hope the other players have lost interest and we can knock a couple of those thrashes in the long grass off the record.
No one took advantage of self-regulation more fully, it seems, than US presidents. And none, as the author Don Van Natta Jr discovered when he challenged all the living ex-presidents to a round and then wrote a book about it, was as elastic in his counting as Bill Clinton. Drop shots were forgotten, air shots not counted, the occasional use of a throw from the rough reckoned the best way of proceeding. Clearly, Clinton approached the game as he approached the rest of his life, with a liberal attitude to boundary.
Indeed, you wonder what lessons the strict self-regulation of golf teaches its practitioners. Before his disgrace, it often used to be said that golf made Tiger Woods. Maybe it did. Perhaps the constant need to control himself on the fairway led to him relaxing all control off it. Thus has a man who has never once cheated in his sport come to be defined outside it as the greatest of all cheats.
Yet for the sporting Corinthian, golf's approach to rules remains the only way. The founding fathers of Victorian games – those who many watching football's endless round of cheat and whine believe had the right approach to their sport – reckoned that the practitioner should not only follow the rules, they should enforce them on themselves. How would they view this World Cup, then, with players forever diving and feigning injury, miming yellow cards and trying to incriminate their opponents? For the Corinthian, there can be no equivocation: Germany's goalkeeper should have admitted to the referee that Lampard's shot had crossed the line. Not to report the matter they would have considered cheating.
But, then, even the Corinthian way has its complications, its impracticalities. An adherent to the movement would have found himself in a dilemma had he been involved in the Ghana game. The Corinthian Casuals, the movement's footballing expression, refused all offer of a penalty. They regarded the acceptance of one as a form of cheating. Which is the irony: the ultimate in sporting moralists would have allowed Uruguay to prosper from Suarez's handball without even an attempt at delivering justice. There are none in Accra who would agree with that as a way of proceeding with our sport. And not many in Montevideo either.


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When you own rental property you are essentially running a small business. Here are 10 primary tax deductions for rental property owners that you can use to reduce your rental income for income tax purposes.
Just as you would report your mortgage interest on your primary residence on Scheduled A of your income tax return, you can do the same with mortgage interest from rental property. However the interest deduction is reported instead on Schedule E, Supplemental Income and Loss, where the interest is fully deductible against rental income.
Likewise, real estate taxes are also fully deductible as a business expense of the property.
Any utilities paid on the property directly by the landlord are considered deductible for tax purposes. For example, the tenants may pay their own heat and electric, while the landlord pays for water and sewer and trash removal. The landlord can deduct the expenses for water and sewer and trash removal, but not the heat and electric.
You can also deduct the cost of any insurance for the property. Homeowners insurance can obviously be included, but so can flood — or earthquake-insurance if is either are necessary.
Private mortgage insurance (PMI) is also deductible for landlords, even though it is not usually deductible for individuals who live in owner occupied homes.
As the owner of a rental property, there will always be maintenance costs as well as occasional major repairs. Maintenance costs can include engaging the services of a lawn service, a pest or termite service, cleaning services in between tenants, as well as the cost of painting and other minor repairs.
Major repairs, such as the replacement of the roof or any major component systems such as air-conditioning or heaters, are considered capital improvements that must be depreciated over several years.
This is a common fee associated with condominiums and with swim and tennis neighborhoods. There is usually an association that maintains common elements in the community, such as the physical structures in the case of condominiums, or the pool and tennis courts in a neighborhood. The neighborhood association will assess monthly or annual fees in order to pay for the maintenance of these amenities.
Those fees can be fully deducted as a business expense if the rental property is located in such a neighborhood.
One of the finer aspects of depreciation is that it can eliminate an actual profit on a rental property. For example, after collecting rents for the year and deducting all expenses paid, you might show a $5,000 profit. But once depreciation is factored in as an expense, the profit is gone and the tax liability disappears with it — even though the property actually made money for you.
Generally speaking, depreciation is based on the purchase price of the property. It is calculated based on physical improvements on the property only. For example, let's say that you purchased the property for $250,000; out of that $50,000 represents the land value of the property, and $200,000 are the improvements.
Depreciation is calculated on the value of the improvements, or $200,000. As residential rental property, this value will be depreciated over a period of 27.5 years according to IRS charts. Any improvements to the property subsequent to purchase are set up on a separate depreciation schedule, based on the expected life of that particular improvement.
As the owner of rental property, you may have management fees or even broker fees. Management fees are fees you pay to a property manager who manages your property for you. Usually they collect a certain percentage of the rent income, so the expense can be substantial, and it is also fully deductible.
Broker fees can apply if you ever use a real estate agent or apartment broker to help you find tenants for your property. Brokers typically charge a percentage of the annual rent, or even a full months rent as a fee for their services, and this fee is also fully deductible for tax purposes.
As the owner of rental property you will have to make trips between your home and the rental property. You can deduct these expenses. You can either deduct the actual cost of expenses you pay for your car, and allocate a percentage to your rental property activities, or you can take the standard mileage allowance. The IRS allowance is 54.0 cents per mile for 2016, and 53.5 cents for 2017.
If the property is located more remotely, you can deduct airfare, hotel costs, and any other expenses related to your trips.
You will probably have general business expenses not specifically related to the property itself. These can include a home office, bank account fees on an account specific to the rental activity, postage, office supplies, and an allocation of the percentage of your tax preparation fees related to your rental business.
Each of the expenses listed above — and some that aren't — can be deducted for rental property purposes. In the event that the expenses on the property are higher than the income, resulting in net loss, there are special rules that apply as to whether or not the loss can be fully deducted. The calculation is fairly complex, but it is fully addressed in IRS Publication 527.
There is a free service I thought would be worth mentioning here to help people get bigger tax refunds this year:
It automatically finds donation and purchase receipts that are in a person's Gmail account, which hopefully will help them save a few bucks (e.g. uncover that tax deductible donation or business expense from several months ago that they forgot about).
I was wondering what the differences would be for a landlord that lives in part of their rental. I now own a duplex and live in half and rent the other. Would I still get the same deductions even though I live in part of my rental?
Hi Tim – You can deduct the landlord portion of mortgage interest and real estate taxes on your Schedule A as a personal deduction, but you will lose the pro-rata portion of all the other expenses, such as utilities, depreciation and repairs and maintenance.
This is good information. I am hoping some day I will be able to use it, lol.
Hi Kurt–Yes, you're correct about depreciation lowing the basis. That will raise the profit on sale, but if you plan to hold the property indefinately, it won't matter to you. Once the mortgage on the property is paid, the property will be a cash flow machine that you may not want to sell.
Agreed! Rental property is a solid way to diversify your retirement income.
Great list! Makes it clear why some rental property can generate tax-free positive cash flow. Or maybe I should say tax-deferred–the owner has to keep in mind that capital gain tax will be due when the property is sold, and all that depreciation will reduce the basis. Am I right about that??


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Tuesday, October 6, 1998 Published at 07:50 GMT 08:50 UK
Universities 'must serve business'
Jospin: "Embrace the market but don't be swallowed"
The French Prime Minister, Lionel Jospin, has told a global conference on higher education that universities must guard against being ivory towers, but must not become dominated by business considerations.
"I agree that higher education must adapt to the marketplace, but I reject the mercantile concept that it should be shaped by the marketplace," Mr Jospin told the opening session of the World Conference on Higher Education.
The conference, which is sponsored by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, UNESCO, brings together some 2,000 people including government policy makers, teachers, students and business leaders. There are 28 countries taking part.
The participants hope to produce a declaration and framework for priority action for higher education in the 21st Century.
The draft declaration says: "The traditional missions of higher education institutions (to educate, to undertake research and to provide services to the community) are still valid, but we affirm that its main mission nowadays is to educate citizens, providing a permanent space for higher learning.
"Moreover, higher education has acquired an unprecedented role in present-day society, as a vital component of cultural, social, economic and political development, and as a pillar of endogenous capacity-building, democracy and peace."
It says institutions "...should enjoy full academic freedom and preserve their autonomy, while being fully responsible and accountable towards society."
Debate will be focused on four major themes : pertinence, quality, management and financing, and international co-operation.
Mr Jospin said the academic community must both remain in close contact with the economic world and "instruct democracy, train citizens and teach individuals how to blossom".
"Whenever the university has been transformed into an ivory tower, it has failed in its mission," he said. "This lesson must not be forgotten.
"Academic freedom and institutional autonomy are inseparable as far as their responsibility to society is concerned."
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World Cup dark horses Switzerland and Ecuador kick off at noon.
The Swiss look to redeem themselves after failing to advance in the 2010 World Cup despite a shocking upset over the eventual champions Spain. Meanwhile, Ecuador's La Tri hope playing close to home gives them an edge.
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Our Approach: We work to understand the needs and priorities of communities that invite us in, determine if Bridges is a good fit, and then execute specifically-tailored programming for that community. Our approach is complete in that it includes community assessment, programming, and followup.
Bridges works by invitation only because projects that are created externally and then pushed onto communities without their ownership or participation don't have the lasting desired impact. This is usually due to a mismatched understanding of what is needed, and an unsustainable model of the human resources required to execute. Rather than taking this stance, Bridges adopts a pull approach in all of the work we do. We work with local community partners to clearly understand and define their needs and priorities, and to determine which resources would be most relevant and effective in meeting these needs. If Bridges is a good fit, we tailor and execute our programming to work for the community (visit the Programming page for more information about our programs), and we followup by mentoring interested program participants and by connecting them to appropriate resources. And, if more relevant support for community needs exists elsewhere, connections are made such that the community can find a good fit.
Example: Bridges' Unveiling Youth Potential program first started because of an invitation from a group of university-educated immigrant and diaspora youth. They were in need of leadership development and social entrepreneurship training such that they could inspire positive change in their home countries. However, given the many invitations we've received to run the program in Canadian Aboriginal communities, we've adapted the program to work for them. While the core concepts remain the same (as we believe they are fundamentally important for capacity-building work), the execution and integration of these concepts differs depending on the group with whom we are working.
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The little black dress should be a staple in everyone's closet!!! Whether you're going to work or going out to a nice dinner, a black dress is something you should have. This dress is a bit more fun than the usual corporate or cocktail black dress. The long sleeves give a sweet look, and the lace detail make it classy. When wearing all black, I love to wear fun shoes to bring the dark color out. I paired this outfit with some nude wedges, but this outfit would look good with some Jeffery Campbell Litas in a sparkly color, or even some classic Tory Burch flats.
A black dress is something that you could dress down for work, and dress up for nighttime. I was feeling very hippie in this dress, so I decided to add my favorite floppy hat from Cotton On, which pulled this outfit all together. Again, it's all about accessorizing. You could have the most basic outfit, but if you accessorize, it makes it into such a put-together outfit. Next time you're in your closet, find your black dress and add your favorite accessory. I guarantee it will bring that boring black dress alive.
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The carbon energy supply to the industrial revolution in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Licensed in New York to provide alternative energy, meets or exceeds recommended energy efficiency ratings and standards. With the advent of the automobile, aircraft and with the widespread use of electricity, oil became the dominant fuel during the twentieth century. The growth of oil as the main fossil fuel was reinforced by the continuing decline of prices between 1920 and 1973. If this has piqued your curiosity, check out NYC Mayor. After the oil crises of 1973 and 1979, in which oil prices increased from 5 to 45 dollars per barrel, there was a tightening of oil consumption. The coal and nuclear energy became be elected fuels for electricity generation and conservation measures increase energy efficiency. U.S. The average car has more than doubled the miles per gallon. Japan, which bear the brunt of the oil crises, make dramatic improvements and now features the world's most energy efficient. After the last forty years, the use of fossil fuels has continued to grow and its share in energy supply has increased. In the past three years, the carbon, which is one of the dirtiest sources of energy, has become the fossil fuel faster growth. . However, the photovoltaic solar energy is being rapidly incorporated as a replacement for fossil fuels as a dominant source of energy. Note the above comparison on availability: The total resources of all fossil fuels in total represetan 0.4 YJ , while the availability of solar energy is 3.8 YJ andalusia year.


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Today saw the death of Bob Appleyard, a genuinely high-class Yorkshire bowler of the 1950s – a decade that saw England possess its strongest bowling attack at least since Tom Richardson and J.T. Hearne were in their prime from 1893 to 1897.
Appleyard had a short career due to illness, playing at his peak for the equivalent of only three seasons, but amidst more competition than ever he still managed to play nine Tests between 1954 and 1956, in which he averaged a mere 17.87 runs per wicket – a marginally flattering figure from playing against the weak New Zealand batsmen in 1955 and taking four for seven in the lowest total in Test cricket history – 26 all out. Appleyard began as a fast-medium bowler with a deadly break-back, but from 1954 he turned to off-spin whilst retaining his seam bowler's action. He was the size of a front row forward In his first incarnation Appleyard achieved the astonishing feat of taking 200 wickets in his first full season, in the process winning a 'Cricketer of the Year' nomination from Wisden.
In 1952 and 1953 Appleyard played just one mach owing to illness and there were no expectations he would play again, but in the spring of 1954 he returned and again headed the first-class averages.
Since Alf Gover died in 2001, Appleyard has stood as the sole survivor of the 200 wickets in a season club. The feat was once common (there were twenty-eight cases by ten different bowlers between 1923 and 1937) but after 1938 it gradually became impossible even before the reduction in first-class cricket in 1969. With the 55-overs new ball rule and covering of pitches, negative seam bowling took over from the enterprising spin of the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. Captains saw that spinners were much easier to hit than fast bowlers who pitched short, whilst with increasing taxes as the workers made gains in England's class war, schools and their students found spin too unaffordable and difficult to bowl. As more and more of the money required for training was diverted to pacify the working and welfare classes, it became more essential to gain income earlier in life and unaffordable for long-lasting jobs to apprentice into adulthood like professional spin bowlers in county cricket had previously earned. This is especially true when it is seen that earnings of old English spin bowlers could not serve their post-career years until their thirties – mastering this art took that long.
The consequence of the reduction in spin bowling was and is that first-class cricket has become entirely a parasite on limited-overs and latterly 20/20 cricket. The requirements of the shorter forms of the game for economical bowling absolutely exclude the styles of play capable of making first-class cricket self-supporting. First-class cricket has became self-supporting (able to support itself from gate money without patronage or subsidies from limited-overs cricket) when and only when there has been near-complete reliance on attacking spin bowlers, as found in late 1940s England, 1950s to 1970s India, and 1930s Australia. The trouble is that, under most conditions of pitch preparation, these spin bowlers are ineffective at winning international matches, whereas crowd-repelling fast bowlers are extremely effective. More than that, the common suggestion that making conditions easier for batsmen will improved crowds has proved a constant failure because it has encouraged more defensive bowling – and crowd figures show that there is no more certain way to keep people from first-class cricket than defensive medium-fast seam bowling or intimidatory fast bowling.
The conditions under which this problem can be mitigated seem to be very restrictive and never permanent – England in the 1900s, Australia in the 1920s and 1930s, and the subcontinent throughout the 1950s to 1970s did manage to achieve this and gain large profits from the longer forms of cricket. Sustaining it under modern political conditions may be quite impossible, but I have gathered a sense that first-class cricket is critically different from either shorter forms of the game (even perhaps to its modern version subsidised thereby) or (other) Enriched World team sports. This is because it depends much less on short-term athleticism (like soccer or basketball or gridiron or ice hockey) and more upon dexterous skill or upon endurance. This difference is substantially lost with limited-overs cricket, which depends so much on athletic fielding to keep runs down.
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Executive Seminar Series "How To Value And Exit Your Business For Maximum Profit"
A Neumann & Associates, New Jersey, announced their 21th Executive Series seminar "How To Value And Exit Your Business For Maximum Profit".
Princeton, NJ – November 2018 - A Neumann & Associates, New Jersey, announced their next Executive Series seminar "How To Value And Exit Your Business For Maximum Profit". The event will provide business sellers and investors with in-depth knowledge how to value and properly plan an exit of privately held businesses, or how to invest in such businesses. Topics include:
• How to properly value a business
• What drives valuations higher
• What is the correct transition team
• Correct process steps to sell or buy a business professionally
• Maintain confidentiality with maximum return
The event will be held at the Princeton Marriott At Forrestal, Princeton on Thursday, November 15, 2018 (Lunch will be served).
Interested parties should contact Eileen Zengel for registration information. More information can be found at www.TransferMyBusiness.com
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Passaports list
From today onward Foggia citizens have a new service: consulting issued and / or renewed passports list is now possible. Citizens can consult this list using the receipt they have on which record number is.This receipt is given to all users who send on passport requests by Questura Foggia Passport Office or by province Police - stations.
We remind You Passport office window opening time is: MON- TUE - WED - FRI 09.30a.m. - 01.00 p.m. / THUR 04.00p.m. - 06.00p.m.
tel.no: 0881/668258 - fax: 0881/668259INFORMATION FOR USERS:
- Passport requests have to be sent on by windows exclusively to allow photos acquisition and receipt issuing.
- Only regular holder or intentionally deputed person can withdraw ready expatriation documents.
- Incomplete requests won't be accepted. Photos have to be already certified otherwise person who requests passport has to be present at the window when sending on to legalize photos at the moment of delivery.
- When certificates valid for expatriation of minors are requested, it is advisable to indicate Country of destination to verify document validity in that Country and to avoid troubles at frontier.
- To go to U.S.A. minors need their own passport.
- Passport request needs to make a payment into Post Office on current account no. 67422808 of 44.66 euro for 32 page passport or 45.62 euro for 48 page one. This payment has to be entered in Economy and Financial Ministry - Treasury Department - reason: cost of electronic passport.
- From Sep 1st 2007 passport issuing duties have to be adhesive , printed by machine and with amount of 40.29 euro.
NEWS FOR MINORS: in addition to the document valid for expatriation, minors who go to Croatia without their parents or other person who has paternal authority, need:
- parents or other person who has paternal authority signed approval. In this document personal data, certified signatures of parents or person with paternal authority, reason and period of stay and minor companion personal data have to be related. This form is translated in english and croatian languages and is already available at Questura Foggia Passport Window.
- Minor companion has to be of age.
- In case of school excursion, sport or cultural events these instructions won't be observed. In fact minor will be inserted in a certified participant list translated in english and croatian language.
From Sep 1st onward a new service for citizens is possible: on passport request citizens can write their e- mail address to know by mail and saving time when their own passport is ready or if there are some problems which don't allow to issue it.
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If you head down to your basement and see a large (or small) crack in the property foundation it can send fear through your heart. The foundation of a building is literally the building block of a structure and if this foundation is not sturdy there is a chance the house will crumble. The majority of people, when seeing foundation cracking, are not only concerned for the crack itself but also the cost of repairing that crack. To repair a crack you will require specialist services and these can be rather costly. Fortunately, if you take the time to educate yourself and gain some information on managing foundation cracking you will realize that the situation is not as overwhelming as it may seem. In fact, fixing the crack can be quite simple if you locate the right technician and use the most suitable method.
What can cause a foundation to crack?
There are various reasons as to why a structure's foundation may crack. For example, an incorrect fill material may have been used when building the foundation leading to later cracking. Another common cause is water damage causing by bad plumbing or other types of water leaks. Damage by machinery is possible, as is cracking caused by a change in weather and shifting of the soil beneath the foundation. Identifying the overall reason for the crack is important in choosing a repair method and professional technicians can help with this procedure. These technicians can also assist in waterproofing the basement after repairing the damaged area.
What options are available to fix the foundation cracking?
Other methods to repair a foundation crack include rebuilding of the foundation, particularly where the crack is very large; however, these methods are far more costly than patching and require specialized services.
How can I find a repair technician?
If you notice a foundation crack at your residence it is important to locate a reputable and reliable technician to repair this difficulty as soon as possible. Of course, you should seek out a company offering the patching option as this is the most cost-effective method; however, it is recommended that you identify a foundation repair company that offers additional repair methods in case the crack is more severe than anticipated. Always check if the chosen technician has positive reviews via a third-party online review site and take these testimonials to heart.
Dealing with a damaged property foundation can be difficult, but by following the advice in this article it can be less overwhelming than imagined.
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Acts and Regulations
List of Acts by Mode
Transport Canada has the responsibility and authority to propose and enforce laws and regulations to ensure safe, secure, efficient and clean transportation.
As a department, Transport Canada is responsible for the following:
- List of Acts
- List of Regulations
- Forward Regulatory Plan
- Service Standards for High-Volume Regulatory Authorizations
- Interpretation Policy
- Interpretation Policy Improvement Priorities (2015-2017)
- Administrative Burden Baseline (2014)
- Administrative Burden Baseline (2018)
- Departmental Actions to respond to the Red Tape Reduction Commission's Recommendations Report
All of the government's Acts and Regulations can be found on the Justice Canada website.
For more information
- Government-Wide Forward Regulatory Plans
- The Cabinet Directive on Regulatory Management
- The Red Tape Reduction Action Plan
- The Canada–United States Regulatory Cooperation Council
To learn about upcoming or ongoing consultations on proposed federal regulations, visit the Canada Gazette and Consulting with Canadians websites.


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I often talk to my friends about the idea of an actor's toolbox. The concept is easy – just as a plumber or a carpenter, the actor will arm himself with the tools he needs to tackle the jobs before him. And different tools are appropriate for different jobs: Meisner for 20th Century American Realism, clown for Commedia dell'Arte and Shakespeare's fools, and slap stick for early Vaudeville-esque musicals. The tools you are comfortable are on your top shelf. The ones that are more cumbersome or are more specialized are kept in the drawers below and are taken out only when necessary.
But I am discovering that the practice of acting, and art in general, is more fluid than my initial analysis. The more tools you can arm yourself with and meld together, the better. Sure there are still those crazy shows that demand specialized Noh training, but those are few and far between. Even then, the clown shows or commedia shows still require you to have a solid foundation as an actor before you can apply the specialized training. The more techniques you can understand and use in dialogue with each other, the better.
And never let the technique be the end all and be all. It is too easy to get caught up in playing the technique rather than the reality of the scene. This makes for lazy acting and bad productions. Be wary of any director who is staging a play in any one particular style. If the impetus for a production of Hamlet is Viewpoints, rather than what actually happens to Hamlet, go running and screaming for the hills.
For when it comes down to it, acting styles are really just different names and ways of getting to the essence of creating character on stage. Call it Stanislavski, Viewpoints, or Method, their ultimate goal is good acting and in the end, the audience will not care which one was used – just that their experience in the theater was fulfilling.
So have your actor's toolbox. And employ the tools that best suit you. But be flexible to adjustments and grey area. Be ready to look at a scene or a character from different techniques. Serve the journey of the story, the arc of the scene, and the motivations and desires of the character. For just as characters will not ascribe to any one style, neither do the human beings they are trying to imitate.


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Always remove your makeup before sleeping
Use beauty products according to your skin type
A wrong product can do more harm than good no matter how expensive it is. If you have oily skin and you use heavy creams on your face, it will lead to acne and other skin problems. On the other hand, not using a good moisturising cream on dry skin will make your skin irritated and dull. So, ensure that you use the right products according to your skin type to keep it nourished and flawless for long.
Apply sunscreen every day
While there are several cosmetic brands that offer natural products, it is a good idea to use ingredients in their raw form every once in a while. Make natural beauty packs at home using ingredients like honey, aloe vera gel, green tea, milk, curd, eggs, etc. to reap in their benefits sans any chemicals. However, do a patch test on your arm before you apply it all over your face and body.
Pamper your tresses with a hair spa
Most of us end up using our favourite makeup products till they absolutely run out. Though we know just how hard it is to find that perfect shade of red lipstick, makeup products have a shelf life that needs to be kept in mind. Another common habit is that of not washing your makeup brushes regularly. The product build-up in such brushes can rub off on your face, promoting the rise of acne and blemishes on your skin. Using products after their expired date, or using unwashed makeup brushes to put on your face, are terrible ideas, because they can have a wide range of negative effects on your skin. Make a new year resolution to throw out all your expired products, and keep your brushes clean to ensure that you skin is just as happy this year as you'd want yourself to be.
Your skin is your largest canvas, and no amount of makeup products can recreate the glow and charm of healthy skin. While you're stocking up all the makeup products you can lay your hands on to experiment with different looks in the upcoming year, we strongly suggest you focus on getting some skincare products for your vanity as well. Moisturisers, under eye creams, night creams, hand creams cleansers and toners are all products that you must invest in and use in the coming year.
It is so easy to forget your nails when it comes to caring for yourself. We all love a fabulous manicure, and with nail art becoming such a huge trend this year, taking care of your digits has now become of vital importance. Start off the new year by giving your cuticles the TLC they deserve with massage creams and cuticle oils. They will help repair and protect your cuticles, while keeping the dryness at bay.
There's nothing worse than bad hair days, and though reaching for your handy straightener or curling tong seems like a great idea to fix the issue quickly, you're only gearing up for more hair problems in the future. Limit your usage of heat-styling products, and let your hair breathe for a while every week to ensure that you don't end up compromising on your hair health in the long run.
Maintain hectic work hours and a semblance of a social life can take a toll on anyone. Find some time in the week for yourself, where you can lie down in a hot tub and read a good book. Invest in some bath oils and bath salts to give yourself a luxurious pick-me-up at the end of every week, and you'll notice how it affects your physical and mental health in no time.
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How to Use Microsoft Office for Free and LegallyOctober 28, 2018
- To get 60 days trail of evaluation copy of MS Office, Follow this link: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/
- Then, Search for Microsoft Office. Currently office 2013 pro plus is available for 60 days free trail.
Microsoft Office is the most popular office software solution around the world. Unfortunately, This is not free. That means, You must pay a few bucks, If you want to use it. But, There are peoples around the world who don't like to pay for a software. Open source is their main preference. There are plenty of Microsoft office free alternatives. But, None of them as much better as MS Office. So, They may want a way that allows them to use microsoft office software for free. Some users may stop finding ways as they think there is no legal way. But, It's not true.
There are plenty of options to use MS office for free without any legal issues. If you research for a few minutes or hours online, You will get more than 1 way.
How to Use Microsoft Office For Free and Legally:
It's true. There are multiple legal ways to use MS Office for free. You won't have to crack or do anything that weaken your security. Here are these methods.
1. Are You Student or Faculty? You can Use MS Office for Free:
Microsoft has a free software campaign for the students and faculty. The students or teachers of illegible educational institutions may have access to specific web store where they will find many premium software including microsoft office for free. If you are a student or faculty, you can contact with relevant department of your university or college for more information. You can check your school's eligibility for free microsoft office education edition from this link: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/education/students/deals/default.aspx
If your school / college or university is eligible, You can definitely use microsoft office for free.
2. Use Microsoft Office Evaluation Copy / Free Trail / Preview Version:
Microsoft office 365 home is available for free 30 days trail. But, You can get 60+ days trail of Office Pro Plus evaluation copy. Unlike office 365, It doesn't require any credit card info to acquire free trail. Else, Before releasing final copy of office software, Microsoft often gives free access to MS Office preview versions to public. You also can grab that offer to use office for free.
3. Use Office Online:
Unlike MS Office desktop software, Its online version is totally free for any users who have Microsoft Account (live, hotmail, outlook etc.). You can just visit: https://www.office.com/0/ and sign in with your microsoft account. Then start using office online for free. It has all basic features of desktop office software. So, You may feel comfortable by using it unless you are a power user.
Microsoft also has browser extensions for office online. It will definitely make everything much more easier. It also makes easy to browse and read / edit any office documents from your desktop storage. That means, You can use office online like any other software in your PC. Only one thing you will require is internet connection. Here are office online browser extensions download links.
Unfortunately, There is no official add-ons for office online in Mozilla Firefox. Microsoft Edge is really better to use office online. If you are a windows 10 user, You can definitely try it.
4. Use Microsoft Office Apps for Free:
Unlike Microsoft Office desktop applications, Its apps are completely free. These can be installed in both mobile and PC very easily. These apps are available in all major platforms. But, If you want to use them in your PC, You must have windows 10 / 8 installed. Because, Windows store is not available for windows 7 or earlier versions. Anyway, If you want to use microsoft office for free, This is a good option for you.
Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, OneNote, Sway, Outlook & Calendar almost all basic apps are available in google play store, apple app store and windows app store. These are free to use. In your mobile and tablets, You can use these apps to read or edit any documents. But, In your PC, You can only read or preview documents. To have editing eligibility, You must have a office 365 subscription.
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A journalist's account of the unexpectedly rich life she and her French husband made together after leaving Paris for a small town in southern France.
When a very pregnant Bard (Lunch in Paris, 2010) and her husband, Gwendal, visited Céreste, it was to see the village that had been home to a French poet and Resistance leader named René Char. After they chatted with the daughter of Char's wartime lover, they discovered that her family was about to sell the house where the poet had lived. The pair bought the house on impulse the next day, certain only of the fact that Céreste was "where [they] would become a family." A neighbor's move-in gift of a basketful of homegrown vegetables became the symbol of what would quickly become the couple's organizing principle: food. Not only was it something that, in all its delicious Provençal variety, was one of Bard's "central pleasures." It was also the way she would continue to forge an identity for herself apart from her Brooklyn-born mother and her American supermarket tastes. Through sharing recipes—many of which she includes in this book, as in her previous book—Bard negotiated and built relationships with her French friends and extended family. When she realized that pain from her own childhood was preventing her from bonding with her son, cooking with her child became the way she repaired the rift between them and healed her own heart. Gwendal also found his own salvation in food. Faced with a decision to rejoin the corporate world and become an unhappy "cog in the wheel," he decided instead to open an artisanal ice cream shop with his wife. Like the Provençal food and lifestyle it celebrates, Bard's book is one to be savored slowly and with care.
Delectable reading.


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Oxford HealthCare's Memory Care Program Presents:
Coping with Caregiving
This free event will be held Tuesday, June 9th from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. at the Library Center, 4653 S. Campbell, Springfield.
The program will focus on learning strategies for managing the challenges of caregiving, reinforcing coping skills and obtaining resources to assist in providing care at home.
Register at: firstname.lastname@example.com by June 5, or call 417-883-7500.
Dementia affects the entire family, and there will be ongoing changes and challenges. Oxford HealthCare will be there to help. Our Memory Care program offers an innovative and compassionate approach to finding solutions to the challenges you and your loved ones face.
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text: I didn't see this article posted anywhere, and it seems most appropriate to post it here. The Elusive Green Economy There's actual a brief mention of the Roadster: The article covers the first attempts by the Carter administration to move towards a greener economy, how Reagan and cheap oil in the 80s basically killed everything Carter tried, and how we are now (finally) getting back to what Carter tried back in the 70s. The main thrust of the piece is how the inconsistency of policies coming out of DC during those periods has taken the US' market leadership in greentech and shipped it to Europe, where incentives have been much more consistent. It also makes the fairly obvious point that unlike many other areas (such as the internet), government policy, incentives and money are needed in order to spur greentech.


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Ancient relics from
A time that has long since passed.
Analog device.
According to cartoons (which is where the authors of the Lync Server PowerShell blog have gotten most of their knowledge about history and culture), back in the 1950s the ultimate insult was to tell someone that "your mother wears army boots!"
Note. Yes, we're a little surprised that Microsoft would allow us to publish such an inflammatory statement, too. That just shows you what a hip, liberal, totally with-it company we've become.
Of course, times have changed since the 1950s (when gas was 14 cents a gallon and stamps 3 cents apiece). These days, telling someone that their mother wears army boots doesn't draw much of a reaction; after all, their mother probably does wear army boots (along with Spandex bike shorts, an oversized T-shirt, and multiple rubber wristbands stamped with slogans like WWTLSPBWD: What Would the Lync Server PowerShell Blog Writers Do). In other words, if you're looking for someone to insult (um, besides us, that is) the old standby "Your mother wears army boots" just won't do. Instead, you need to get really nasty and really mean. You need to tell them, and pardon our language here, you need to tell them: you're so analog!
That's right: in this digital world of ours, nothing could be worse than to be branded – gasp! – analog. After all, analog is old, analog is outdated, analog is outmoded, antiquated, and just plain useless and archaic.
Note. In the interests of full disclosure, we should note that the preceding definition of "old, outdated, outmoded, antiquated, useless, and archaic" was not taken from the dictionary. Instead, it was lifted word-for-word from the last performance review of the author of today's haiku.
And yet, even though it is a digital world, there are still plenty of analog devices that need to be maintained and administered, just like their flashy digital counterparts; this includes things like telephones, fax machines, modems, teletype/telecommunication device for the deaf (TTY/TDD) devices, and other contraptions connected to the public switched telephone network. That's all well and good, except for one thing: in a digital world, how the heck are you supposed to manage analog devices?
After consulting our WWTLSPBWD wristband, we decided to do what the authors of the Lync Server PowerShell blog would do: we'd use the CsAnalogDevice cmdlets included in Microsoft Lync Server 2010 in order to manage our analog devices. (For the record, that's Get-CsAnalogDevice, Move-CsAnalogDevice, New-CsAnalogDevice, Remove-CsAnalogDevice, and, everyone's favorite, Set-CsAnalogDevice.) The CsAnalogDevice cmdlets provide a way for you to create Active Directory contact objects that represent your individual analog devices (like old-fashioned telephones or fax machines). For example, this command creates a contact object that represents the telephone with the phone number (425)555-6001:
New-CsAnalogDevice -LineUri tel:+14255556001 -DisplayName "Building 14 Receptionist" -RegistrarPool redmond-Cs-001.litwareinc.com -AnalogFax $False -Gateway 192.168.0.240 -OU "ou=Telecommunications,dc=litwareinc,dc=com"
Big deal, you say? Well, you're absolutely right: this is a big deal. After all, as soon as your analog device has a corresponding contact object you can do things like assign dial plans and voice policies to that contact object; in turn, that then allows you to manage your old-fashioned analog device in the exact same way you manage your cool new digital devices. For example, this command assigns the voice policy RedmondVoicePolicy to our newly-created contact object:
Grant-CsVoicePolicy –Identity "Building 14 Receptionist" –PolicyName "RedmondVoicePolicy"
Once you've done that, everything allowed (or not allowed) by the voice policy RedmondVoicePolicy will apply to your analog phone. If that's not cool, well, then we don't know what is.
Note. And yes, it has been suggested, on several occasions, that we don't know what's cool.
And if you're one of those people who cringe at the idea of having to use two whole commands in order to carry out a task, well, we have good news for you: you can create a new analog device and assign a policy (or policies) using just one command. To do that, just be sure you include the PassThru parameter when calling New-CsAnalogDevice; that ensures that the contact object you just created will be passed through the pipeline and thus get handed off to the next cmdlet (e.g., Grant-CsVoicePolicy). You need to do that because, by default, New-CsAnalogDevice does not pass objects through the pipeline: without the PassThru parameter, New-CsAnalogDevice will create the new contact object and then quit right then and there.
Here's an example of how you can create a new analog device contact and assign that contact a voice policy, all with one command (and possibly with one hand tied behind your back):
New-CsAnalogDevice -LineUri tel:+14255556001 -DisplayName "Building 14 Receptionist" -RegistrarPool redmond-Cs-001.litwareinc.com -AnalogFax $False -Gateway 192.168.0.240 -OU "ou=Telecommunications,dc=litwareinc,dc=com" –PassThru | Grant-CsVoicePolicy –PolicyName "RedmondVoicePolicy"
And there you have it: not only is it OK if your mother wears army boots, but it's also OK if she still uses an analog phone.
What a great time to be alive, eh?


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Author and illustrator Chris Van Allsburg, creator of �The Polar Express� and �Jumanji,� said he was drawn to the house at 36 Harwich Rd. in Providence because it looked like the classic archetype of a house
Author and illustrator Chris Van Allsburg, creator of �The Polar Express� and �Jumanji,� said he was drawn to the house at 36 Harwich Rd. in Providence because it looked like the classic archetype of a house � red brick, central front door, a peaked roof with a chimney at each end.
Inside, though, was another story. The 1920s house underwent a makeover in the early �60s, with shag carpeting, picture windows, hollow-core doors, smoked glass light fixtures. The fireplace was clad in polished granite.
�My reaction was that the house had been violated,� Van Allsburg said.
After Van Allsburg and his wife, Lisa, purchased the house 23 years ago, they thoroughly redesigned almost the entire interior.
The Van Allsburgs moved to a home in Massachusetts about two years ago, and originally planned to keep their house in Rhode Island. But as they spent more time in Massachusetts, and moved more of their possessions there, the Rhode Island house felt less and less like home, so the Providence house is for sale.
Lisa Van Allsburg said her husband was a perfectionist when it came to the Rhode Island house. �I�m not a perfectionist. I�m just very observant,� Chris Van Allsburg said.
He chose to give the interior an Arts & Crafts look, which means wallpaper designed by William Morris, rough-hewn plaster, paneled wainscoting, and beamed or coffered ceilings.
Van Allsburg said there�s an indirect relationship between the style of the house and his books, since they�re the product of the same imagination. In �Zathura,� for example, the house has floral wallpaper and white woodwork.
On the outside at 36 Harwich Rd., Van Allsburg added a brick retaining wall and hedges, with a low white gate. The front door is protected by a brick portico with arched entry, pitched roof and white �welcome bench� on either side.
A beautiful door of leaded glass leads to the central hall. There�s white paneled wood wainscoting and a vintage light fixture the Van Allsburgs bought at a flea market hangs from the ceiling.
To the left is the living room, with William Morris floral wallpaper above rough plastered walls and a coffered ceiling. Van Allsburg said he couldn�t find a plasterer who could obtain the right 1920s effect, so he learned how to do it himself.
A large fireplace has a white wood mantle and brick hearth. It�s surrounded by pretty tiles in ochre and green.
To the right is a large dining room with beams across the ceiling, triple windows overlooking Harwich Road and French doors that lead out to a stone patio.
A swinging door leads to the kitchen, which has a tile designed by Van Allsburg, a central island with granite top, and a granite counter with lots of glass-fronted cabinets overhead. Van Allsburg created a pantry, with an arched entryway and a tiny window at one end of the kitchen. There�s a matching archway over the sink at the other end.
Up the stairs, there�s a large Palladian window at the landing to bring in lots of light. To create the master bedroom suite, Van Allsburg converted two smaller rooms by removing a wall and replacing it with low bookcases and columns. That created separate seating and sleeping areas while still opening up the space.
The master bath has black and white tiles, a separate space for toilet and bidet, and a multi-functional shower that can be used as a bath, steam room or shower.
The second floor has two additional bedrooms, one with its own bath. It�s a smart arrangement for families, Van Allsburg said, because the two bedrooms are far enough from the master to enjoy some privacy � but not too far for parental peace of mind.
Van Allsburg�s former studio occupies the third floor. It�s a long narrow space with skylights, track lighting and angled ceiling, with elaborate trusses, that follows the roofline. There are two small windows at either end, each set within an arched niche.
The basement family/media room has a more contemporary feel than the rest of the house. It has a stone floor with radiant heat, wood paneled walls, fireplace, a recess over the fireplace intended for a large-screen TV and built-in storage space.
The basement also includes laundry room and a small sauna.
The house at 36 Harwich Rd., Providence, is for sale at $975,000. It has 4,543 square feet of living space, the most recent real estate taxes were $26,503. Realtor is Kevin Fox, Residential Properties, email@example.com, (401) 688-5556. There will be an open house Sunday, Sept. 22, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.