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The Business Case for Asterisk - the Open Source PBX
While researching for some valuable information to post about Asterisk-based phone systems as a critical resource, I came across the following excerpt from the book "Asterisk: The Future of Telephony." I've read this book previously, but this quote states the case for the extreme flexibility of Asterisk as a critical business telecommunications resource:
1.6. The Business Case
It is very rare to find businesses these days that do not have to reinvent themselves every few years. It is equally rare to find a business that can afford to replace its communications infrastructure each time it goes in a new direction. Today's businesses need extreme flexibility in all of their technology, including telecom.
In his book Crossing the Chasm (HarperBusiness), Geoffrey Moore opines, "The idea that the value of the system will be discovered rather than known at the time of installation implies, in turn, that product flexibility and adaptability, as well as ongoing account service, should be critical components of any buyer's evaluation checklist." What this means, in part, is that the true value of a technology is often not known until it has been deployed.
How compelling, then, to have a system that holds at its very heart the concept of openness and the value of continuous innovation.
Since this book was originally published in 2005, Asterisk has come a LONG way, with many additional features, graphic user interfaces, appliance-based hardware options, and phones.
We continue to find the case for Asterisk as the base of a business telecommunications system to be compelling. Among some of the most compelling arguments are:
- the ability to break free from the traditional wire-based tie to your local phone company. Not only is your phone NUMBER independent of your physical location, but your phones are no longer tied to your physical office.
- Telecommuting -- especially with steeply rising gas prices, employees can have phones at their homes, and be more location independent. Calls are made, placed, and transferred from phone to phone using internal extensions, and customers or clients may never know the difference!
- Feature Options -- the long list of feature options available with Asterisk-based systems is impressive. What's better, you don't pay licensing fees, or install separate software for each additional feature you want (or need). They're all there, part of the base installation! Sure, there are other add ons available -- mostly open source, but some commercial that may make life even easier.
- Phone Options -- If a phone speaks "SIP", it will probably work great with an asterisk-based system. Hardware phones (Aastra and Polycom are my favorites), or "softphones" -- those that run on your desktop, laptop, or even cell phone are available!
- PBX Options -- Since Asterisk will run on any PC-based hardware, the options for the PBX itself are wide open. My preference is the appliance-based systems, since they are pre-tested to ensure interoperable components, and the price generally can't be beat! We've also had great success installing a fully operational PBX on available PC hardware, and for larger installations, on full-up Dell servers.
- Dialing Options -- How your calls are received or placed is flexible as well! You can continue to use your existing copper or fiber based analog or PRI-based (preferred) services from your local phone company, or use any of a large number of SIP (or IAX) trunking providers to send or receive calls via the Internet. The latter are generally far less expensive, generally paying only for actual call volume instead of monthly fees plus utilization.
How does your phone system stack up to your business needs? If you'd like more information on Asterisk-based phone systems, any other HCST services, or would just like the opportunity to review your IT infrastructure with an outside organization, please contact me -- I'll be happy to have an initial conversation with you at no cost or obligation to you!


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Agnes was in Switzerland in 1939 to study French. She returned to Budapest in 1940. After the Germans occupied Hungary in 1944, Agnes was given refuge in the Swedish embassy. She then began to work for Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg in his efforts to save the Jews of Budapest, including the distribution of protective passes (Schutzpaesse). When the Soviets entered Budapest, Agnes decided to go to Romania. After the war, she went to Sweden and Australia before moving to the United States.
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In the run up to this year's Festival, we're hoping to shine a light on some of the Festival's best-kept secrets. We begin with the news that the Rocket Lounge and Restaurant is returning to this year's Festival after a break of five years. This legendary guerrilla restaurant, which has now found a home in Shangri-La, is renowned for its uber-high quality food and indulgent approach to hedonism.
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The kitchen is run by Head Chef Chris Gillard, moonlighting from the Michelin-starred St Johns' restaurant in London. The cocktails are by mixologists to the stars, the SoulShakers. The stage is by the infamous Gaz Mayall from Gazs' Rockin Blues. And their menu is looking like this…
Rocket Lounge & Restaurant Menu 2010
Starters (£8)
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– Baby Carrots, Radishes, Green Beans & Boiled Egg, dressed with Vinaigrette
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TACLOBAN, Philippines (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Immediately after super typhoon Haiyan struck the central Philippines, Marilyn Ocena gathered her family of 11 and left Tacloban.
Traumatised by the typhoon, they wanted to get as far from the sea as possible, and walked for almost a day to reach a town further north.
Now the 47-year-old wonders whether it would have been better if they had all perished in the storm that hit the coast on Nov. 8. "At least then we would be together as a family," she said, welling up in tears at the prospect of her family having to split up before long.
The Ocenas, back in Tacloban after failing to find jobs elsewhere, want to go back to fishing. But the government has declared the coastal area where they used to live and work a 'no-build' zone after huge waves whipped up by Haiyan swept away many coastal communities.
The Philippines has an average of 20 typhoons a year and the government has ruled that in future no one may live less than 40 metres from the shoreline.
Experts agree that there should be no human settlements in coastal areas and on riverbanks, and Haiyan survivors acknowledge the dangers.
Yet a lack of information on when and where resettlement will take place have left thousands of people worried and uncertain about their future. Many are concerned there will be no jobs at resettlement sites and they have received little help in finding alternative livelihoods.
Recent complaints that temporary shelters being built by the government are overpriced and substandard have added to the survivors' woes.
Haiyan, possibly the strongest storm ever to make landfall, killed nearly 8,000 people and damaged 1.1 million houses. Over 4 million people remain displaced.
Many of the displaced, like the Ocenas, are relying on handouts to get by. The Ocenas fear they will be relocated somewhere inland, far from the only life and jobs they have known.
"My husband says he has to live by the coast to continue working but myself and the kids could go to the resettlement place," Ocena said, standing outside the tent they're sharing with another family.
"That's not good. It means we'll be separated," she added.
A few minutes down the road lives Richard Padelia, in one of 40 tents provided by the United Nations. The 34-year-old father of four used to live across the street, but his home was destroyed and where it stood is now a 'no-build' zone.
He used to be a rental car driver but lost his vehicle in the storm and has been unable to find a full-time job since.
"I try to be a driver for other people's cars but that's only for one day a week and I get only 300 pesos ($6.70)," he said. Like the Ocenas, his family depends on aid, and he does not know when or where they will move to.
The government, which has been building temporary shelters to house the displaced - including those whose homes are in 'no-build' zones - has denied allegations of corruption after media reports said the bunkhouses, as they're known locally, may cost much less than the government's price tag of 959,360 Pesos ($21,465).
Each shelter has 24 units and each unit, measuring 8.64 square metres, can house one family. The shared toilets, shower and cooking area are at the back.
At one site Thomson Reuters Foundation visited, a worker said the roofs of some units had leaked during heavy rains in the past weeks. At another, the rains have left green, stagnant water under the units.
Some survivors, like Marvin Tabataña, weary of uncertainty about the future, are starting to rebuild in 'no-build zones' despite the risk of being removed.
Tabatana, a 33-year-old tricycle driver, is rebuilding his family's single-storey home, very close to the shoreline, surrounded by debris left by the typhoon.
Tabataña, his wife and their three children are currently living with another family on higher ground, but the makeshift space is too small and it could be months before they have to move, he said. Meanwhile, they need a proper roof over their heads.
It cost him 20,000 pesos ($440) to buy the materials, using money he received from Tzu Chi, a Taiwanese Buddhist Foundation, and part of the cash he and his wife received for clearing debris. He's doing the building work himself to save labour costs and hopes to finish it in a week.
Marvin's neighbour, Junisha Yu, who has lived on the coast for 36 years, has different worries. She has heard that the houses at the resettlement site chosen for them are too small and there are landslides.
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Manchester soccer field dug up in planning mix-upBy MARK HAYWARD
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August 19. 2017 12:40AM
MANCHESTER — City officials and a Manchester developer scrambled this week to address the scalping of a lush soccer field at Precourt Park, a mishap that threatened play just before the season opens Aug. 25.
On Monday, leaders and coaches with the Manchester South Junior Soccer League discovered an unsightly pit of dirt along the edge of one of the two soccer fields that the league manages.
But by Friday, one of the league coaches had laid sod and Manchester developer Dick Anagnost signaled he would cover the cost of the repair. Anagnost and Brady-Sullivan Properties are redeveloping the Osram-Sylvania plant, just to the north of Precourt Park, into a shopping center. A sidewalk between the two South Soccer fields is part of their project.
Anagnost said he would pay for the sod, but stressed that his contractor had dug up the turf at the direction of the city.
"I'm a good neighbor, and I think the children in the soccer league deserve a good field to play on," he said.
City officials acknowledge problems finalizing the exact path for the sidewalk, and said they should have involved the soccer league when plans were drawn up for the park.
"That was our mistake, not contacting the league and bringing them into the picture earlier," said Kevin Sheppard, director of public works for the city.
As part of the redevelopment, the city required Anagnost and Brady-Sullivan to build a sidewalk to link a rail trail, which runs behind the soccer fields, to South Willow Street. Anagnost said his contractor followed city directions, which called for him to swing the sidewalk away from a concession stand.
But the path took away the sidelines, where parents watch their children play, and grazed the field of play, league officials said. By Thursday, city officials had redrawn the sidewalk alongside the concession stand and already laid the asphalt. But a trench for the initial path — about 12-feet wide at its widest point — had already been dug.
"It will be a mud pit," said Nick Gardner, director of player development for South Soccer. "It's bad enough that if a kid's running down the field (and hits the dirt) it's a problem."
He said about 300 children have already signed up for the league.
John Kenyon, a coach and member of the board, laid down the sod on the dirt pit Friday. The owner of Kenyon Lawn and Property Maintenance, Kenyon said he expects that Anagnost will cover the $3,680 cost of the project.
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Nineteen-year-old Jordan Spieth outlasted David Hearn and Zach Johnson on the fifth hole of a playoff to win the John Deere Classic on Sunday, becoming the youngest winner on the PGA Tour in 82 years.
Spieth hit a two-foot par putt to earn a spot in next week's British Open. He is also the first teenager to win since Ralph Guldahl took the Santa Monica Open in 1931.
Spieth forced his way into the playoff by holing out of the bunker from 44 feet on the final hole of regulation.
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So despite having its full user manual leaked and being officially outed by Verizon it looks as though the Droid Incredible had just a few more tricks up its sleeves.
The most significant news is that the Incredible is going to come with 6.6 GB of internal storage; if that number sounds familiar that would be because Taylor had it pegged a little over a month ago. This space coupled with the available microSD slot certainly gives us a lot of room to play with and hopefully is the direction manufacturers will be heading going forward.
The second revelation is that the Incredible is going to offer TV out. Details on how exactly that is going to be offered are absent at the moment, but we will update you as we find out more.
Lastly the Incredible will offer a bevy of LED notification options as you can see in the image below.
So the Incredible just got a little more incrediblerer; do any of these features seal the deal for anyone?
Update: Alright a quick point of clarification regarding the internal storage; it is quite likely that the the 6.6 GB will not be available for app installation, but (as Anakin78z points out below) the phone memory which is definitely available for app installation is 0.92 GB which is still significantly higher than any other Android device on the market at the moment.
Secondly the TV out will be achieved through RCA cables, so no HD unfortunately. And finally while it won't support 720p video recording at launch, but that could be fixed with an update.


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Mortgage servicer Ocwen to offer $2 billion in relief
By DAVE SOLOMON
New Hampshire Union Leader
— New Hampshire residents who had mortgages serviced by Ocwen Financial Corporation of Atlanta or any of its subsidiaries could be in line for a share of $6 million in principal reduction, and cash payments worth more than $1,000, as a result of a national settlement.
Ocwen must reduce loan balances for struggling homeowners and refund millions of dollars to foreclosed borrowers under a consent order with the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and officials from 49 states and the District of Columbia.
Ocwen, the fourth-largest mortgage servicer in the country, failed to account for borrowers' payments, gave false reasons for denying loan modifications and robo-signed legal documents, according to Consumer Bureau Director Richard Cordray.
Under the settlement, Ocwen agreed to more than $2 billion in first-lien principal reduction, and $125 million for cash payments to borrowers on nearly 185,000 foreclosed loans.
In New Hampshire, Ocwen will provide troubled borrowers with an estimated $6 million in first lien principal reductions, and 1,169 borrowers will be eligible to receive a cash payment. The cash payout depends on the number of consumers who submit valid claims, but is projected to exceed $1,000 per customer, according to N.H. Attorney General Joseph Foster.
"What we found in the Ocwen case is similar to a lot of the problems we saw in our other mortgage servicer enforcement cases," Foster said. "This is part of our ongoing civil law enforcement effort to hold servicers, including Ocwen, accountable and ensure that they treat borrowers fairly."
An Ocwen spokesman said on Thursday that the company had set aside funds to cover all but about $500,000 of the required refund payments. The company agreed to the settlement, but did not admit to the allegations, according to court documents.
The settlement does not grant Ocwen immunity from criminal prosecution, nor does it prevent homeowners or investors from pursuing individual, institutional or class-action civil cases.
"In some cases, Ocwen will contact borrowers directly regarding principal reductions," Foster said. "However, borrowers should contact Ocwen to obtain more information about principal reductions and whether they qualify under terms of this settlement."
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As one of the United States' four largest and most influential television programmers, Fox Broadcasting Company (FOX) is a major player in the media and entertainment business. FOX's Web site, FOX.com, is a central destination for television viewers for content and a significant amount of video on its popular primetime FOX shows such as House, Bones, Fringe, The Simpsons, and Family Guy.
David Maharaj, Vice President of Technology at FOX.com described their pre-Alfresco implementation as a "Frankenstein monster" that comprised a disparate stack of technologies. In addition, the system lacked a code repository and web content management. Editorial changes to content in this architecture was a lengthy and woefully inefficient process.
Content authoring required a complex choreography among content authors, producers and a very resource-constrained engineering team in order to create or modify virtually all content no matter how minor that change may be. This hours-long process was further compounded by the fact that every FOX show has its own "microsite", each requiring regular updates to content such as character profiles, episode guides, videos and news.
Mr. Maharaj's goal and vision was therefore to design and implement a new, cleaner architecture that employed a consolidated technology stack, leveraged open source technologies and streamlined the content authoring process so that producers could manage the different sites without requiring engineering involvement. Selecting the WCM that fit the needs best was an important foundation to the entire system.
The company undertook an evaluation of commercial and open source WCM products. Alfresco was selected for its out-of-the-box features, open standards architecture, flexibility, scalability and cost- savings. Although Alfresco is a Java-based solution, it's design did not force that FOX adopt an entirely new web development methodology or programming language. This afforded FOX the flexibility to apply a traditional and inexpensive LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) stack, which went a long way towards simplifying the production architecture. Finally, Alfresco's WCM did not require that FOX undertake a prohibitively expensive migration process, rather they were able to implement a new technology foundation that facilitated the development of new "microsites" while allowing for existing sites to be ported to the new infrastructure over time.
"Our priorities were ease-of-use and programmability, along with straightforward migration of legacy content," said Mr. Maharaj, "In addition, we wanted to have the flexibility for content authors and producers to be able to directly manipulate templates to exponentially speed up the content update process."
Implementing Alfresco WCM offered FOX a solution in which the editorial environment (content creation) was decoupled from the front-end Web servers (content delivery). This was important because it gave FOX the capability to apply different style sheets to the same content and output it in many different formats such as HTML and XML. Pages didn't need to be written in a dynamic language. It facilitated the transport of content between systems so that FOX could, in the future, tie- in a search engine to an XML content data source and be able to query and surface content.
Alfresco's solution allowed FOX to incrementally shift the control of content changes from the developers to the show producers and from a manual to an almost completely automatic process. Using Alfresco's WCM capabilities, FOX was able to come up with an easy-to-use model to give its producers the ability to quickly publish and create and manage content and sites based on templates that were designed and pre-configured in Alfresco.
As an example, the FOX.com home page normally required 2-3 hours per day (over 8 hours per week) to update. By applying an iterative development methodology, the team began to consistently reduce the amount of time required for such updates until arriving at a more manageable 15-20 minute process each day. FOX has also implemented workflows for content review and approval and once complete the content is automatically delivered and published to the Web site.
"We needed to remove the dependency on the Engineering team to manage content and enable the site producers to directly control the process themselves. With Alfresco, the producers can edit show content at any time, preview for correctness and schedule for publishing without needing an engineer-in-the-middle. Engineering could then focus on building web sites."
Alfresco's decoupled approach to WCM meant that FOX's authoring environment, where Alfresco resides and the production Web environment, could be kept separated while still running on an 100% open source LAMP stack. As Alfresco can support multiple delivery languages, FOX is able to run a PHP web application and use Alfresco to deliver that content.
As a result of the Alfresco implementation, FOX was able to more efficiently and cost-effectively manage its Web site content. In particular, FOX was able to:
- Consolidate and simplify the technical architecture built on a 100% open source stack
- Ensure scalability from both an authoring and performance perspective;
- Achieve substantial cost savings
- Apply common templates and assets to maximize re-use where applicable
- Improve ease-of-use and productivity by enabling producers to make content changes directly and dramatically speed the time to publish new content
- Reduce reliance on engineering resources so they can focus on maintaining and improving the underlying infrastructure for its Web site
"We are very happy with Alfresco. It met our requirements from a financial, architectural and feature perspective. With its open architecture, we were able to obtain significant value from our WCM solution to our company."


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Brian Riley, Esq.
Will Evans, Esq.
Massachusetts Teachers Association
20 Ashburton Place
Boston, MA 02108
Appearance for Respondent:
Robert Fabino, Esq.
Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement System
One Charles Park
Cambridge, MA 02142
Administrative Magistrate:
Joan Freiman Fink, Esq.
During the summer months in the years 1965 through 1968, the Petitioner was a student worker and not a regular employee of the Bristol County Agricultural School. He is not eligible to purchase this prior part-time non-membership service either under the provisions of G.L. c. 32, § 3(5) or § 4(2). The decision of the Respondent denying him creditable service for that period of time is affirmed.
Pursuant to G.L. c. 32, §16(4), the Petitioner, Albert Bouchard, is appealing the November 9, 2006 decision of the Respondent, Teachers' Retirement System, denying his request to purchase creditable service for the period of time between 1965 and 1968 when he performed student labor as part of his degree program at the Bristol County Agricultural School (BCAS.) The appeal was timely filed in accordance with the provisions of G.L. c. 32, §16(4).
A hearing pursuant to G.L. c. 7, § 4H was held on January 6, 2010 at the offices of the Division of Administrative Law Appeals, 98 N. Washington Street, Boston, MA. Various documents were entered into evidence at the hearing. (Exhibits 1 - 14.) The Petitioner's Pre-hearing Memorandum was marked as "A" for identification and the Respondent's Pre-hearing Memorandum was marked as "B" for identification. The Petitioner testified in his own behalf.
Based on the testimony and evidence presented, I make the following findings of fact:
1. The Petitioner, Albert Bouchard, d.o.b. 9/24/50, taught agricultural mechanics at the Bristol County Agricultural School (BCAS) from 1976 through 2006. He was a member of the Teachers' Retirement System during that time. (Testimony of the Petitioner.)
2. BCAS is a regional vocational high school located in Massachusetts. It is a fully accredited high school that includes a regular academic curriculum that runs from October 1st to April 15th. (Testimony of the Petitioner.)
3. The Petitioner attended BCAS as a student from September of 1964 through June of 1968. (Testimony of the Petitioner.)
4. BCAS emphasizes agriculture, landscaping, greenhouse gardening, and animal husbandry as part of its vocational mission. Various animals including sheep, cows, pigs, and birds live on the property and there is a working dairy farm on the campus. (Testimony of the Petitioner.)
5. As part of the curriculum during the time that he attended high school at BCAS from 1964 through 1968, the Petitioner was required to work during the summers in an approved program that involved the field of agriculture. This summer time work was required in order for him to graduate from BCAS. (Testimony of the Petitioner.)
6. During the summer of 1965, the Petitioner worked twenty-five hours per week at a repair shop located on the BCAS campus taking care of farm machinery. (Testimony of the Petitioner.)
7. During the summer of 1966, the Petitioner worked thirty hours per week on a dairy farm run by BCAS. He worked thirty hours per week during the summer of 1967 and forty hours per week during the summer of 1968 raising corn in fields owned and operated by BCAS. (Testimony of the Petitioner.)
8. The Petitioner was paid on an hourly basis for the work that he performed during all the summers of 1965 through 1968. (Testimony of the Petitioner.)
9. Taxes were deducted from the compensation that the Petitioner received during the summers. He received a W-2 from BCAS each year relating to his summer employment. However, he did not become a member of any retirement system as a result of his employment during the summers of 1965 through 1968. (Testimony of the Petitioner.)
10. Although BCAS had dormitory space for students who were employed at the school, the Petitioner lived at home and commuted to the school. (Testimony of the Petitioner.)
11. On April 11, 2006, the Petitioner filed a request to purchase as creditable service the time he was employed as a part-time student worker at BCAS during the summers of 1965 through 1968. (Exhibit 3.)
12. On July 24, 2006, the Petitioner purchased approximately one year and six months of the non-membership service he rendered as a student worker while attending BCAS. (Exhibit 4.)
13. The Petitioner retired with superannuation retirement benefits effective September 29, 2006. (Testimony of the Petitioner.)
14. By letter dated November 9, 2006, the Teachers' Retirement System informed the Petitioner that his purchase of part-time non-membership creditable service had been erroneously issued. The Teachers' Retirement System then made the appropriate adjustment to his superannuation retirement benefit to reflect the subtraction of the year and six months of creditable service. (Exhibit 1.)
15. By letter dated November 22, 2006, the Petitioner filed an appeal of this decision with the Contributory Retirement Appeal Board. (Exhibit 2.)
The Petitioner is not entitled to purchase creditable service for his prior part-time non-membership service for BCAS while he was a student at the school as he was not employed as a teacher during that time and was not eligible for membership in the Teachers' Retirement System. Nor he was eligible to purchase this creditable service under the provisions of G.L. c. 32, § 3(5) or § 4(2)(c).
The facts in this case are virtually identical to the facts in the case of James Santos v. Teachers' Retirement Board and Bristol County Retirement Board, CR-04-70 (DALA 2005), reversed (CRAB 2006). In that case, CRAB held that Petitioner also a student worker at BCAS during the same period of time as Mr. Bouchard was not entitled to purchase creditable service for his work while he was a student at the school.
In Santos, CRAB noted that there are two provisions of the statute, i.e., G.L. c. 32, that pertain to the issue of creditable service for prior non-membership service. Section 3(5) Credit for Member for Intra-State Service in Governmental Units Where No System Existed provides for creditable service for prior non-member service in governmental units other than that by which the member is currently employed. However, as CRAB further notes Section 3(5) specifically refers to service in a temporary, provisional or substitute position and makes no reference to part-time service.
Section 4(2)(c), on the other hand, provides that the board may grant creditable service for prior part-time provisional, temporary, temporary provisional, seasonal or intermittent employment or service rendered by a member during such period as he or she was not eligible for membership provided that it has adopted rules and regulations approved by the actuary permitting it do so.
In Santos, CRAB held that in light of the omission of part-time service in section 3(5) relating to service "in a governmental unit other than that by which he is presently employed," section 4(2)(c) should not be construed to include part-time service in such other governmental units. Rather, CRAB held that section 4(2)(c) applies only to previous periods of "part-time provisional, seasonal or intermittent employment or service" in the same governmental unit. CRAB added that "while the wisdom of excluding such prior non-membership part-time service in another governmental unit when service is granted for prior non-membership temporary, provisional, or substitute service is not readily apparent, it is beyond the power of this Board to make such policy decisions."
Arguing in his own behalf, the Petitioner asserts that his case may be distinguished from the Santos case as Mr. Santos lived at BCAS while Mr. Bouchard commuted from home while he was attending school and working part-time. As Mr. Santos applied the earnings he made from BCAS toward the cost of room and board, he did not receive any substantial earnings and was not issued a W-2 form yearly, unlike Mr. Bouchard. The fact that the Petitioner received actual compensation that was indicated on his yearly W-2 forms rather than room and board in exchange for his employment, like Mr. Santos, does not trigger the application of either section of the statute to award creditable service for part-time non-membership service in another governmental unit.
The ruling by CRAB in the matter of James Santos v Teacher's Retirement Board and Bristol County Retirement Board, supra, which has not been appealed, is controlling in this matter.
Accordingly, the Petitioner is not eligible to receive creditable service for his part-time non-membership service. The decision of the Teachers' Retirement System is hereby affirmed.
/s/ Joan Freiman Fink, Esq.
Administrative Magistrate
Dated: 3/5/10


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A 4-2 win Thursday night over Quebec's Jean-Michel Menard put the defending champions at 9-0.
Howard's round-robin wins over Manitoba's Jeff Stoughton and Brad Gushue of Newfoundland and Labrador, both 7-2, ensured Ontario would be ranked higher in the event of a tie with either rink.
"The bottom line is, I think we're No. 1 no matter what," Howard said. "That's the first goal, so we made it. With two games to go, that's fantastic."
The top four teams at the conclusion of the round robin Friday make the Page playoffs, with ties for fourth solved by tiebreaker games.
Eight wins has made the cut every year since playoffs were introduced into the Brier format in 1980.
Seven wins has been good enough some years, but not enough for teams with four losses to be confident of securing a top-four spot. A tiebreaker game is a more realistic hope for a team that sits at 7-4.
The top two teams in the preliminary round meet in a Page playoff Saturday, with the winners punching their ticket to Sunday evening's final.
The loser drops to Sunday morning's semifinal against the winner of Saturday's playoff between the third and fourth seeds. So Howard's reward for a top-two finish is a second chance in the playoffs.
He will make a bid to go undefeated through the preliminary round. His was the last team to do so when Ontario went 11-0 at the 2010 Brier in Halifax. Alberta's Kevin Martin also went unbeaten in the 2008 and 2009 Briers.
Howard's rink finishes the round robin versus Prince Edward Island and then, coincidentally, Martin in Friday's final draw.
"We're going to go and try and win our next two," the Ontario skip vowed.
After ruthlessly mowing through the field for most of the week, Howard had to sweat for a pair of wins Thursday.
Ontario held off a tenacious Newfoundland 6-5 before Quebec's Menard missed an in-off by mere centimetres for the win.
Northern Ontario's Brad Jacobs and Quebec were both 6-3 ahead of Martin at 5-4. Saskatchewan's Brock Virtue and New Brunswick's James Grattan were both 4-5.
Kevin Koe of the Territories (3-6) was eliminated from playoff contention Thursday as was the 1-8 teams of B.C.'s Andrew Bilesky, Nova Scotia's Paul Flemming and Prince Edward Island's Eddie MacKenzie.
Manitoba fell 9-4 to an inspired Northern Ontario team, but was still in position to claim a top-two seeding Friday. Stoughton has the Territories and B.C. as his final opponents Friday.
"It's good that we don't have to look around and watch anybody else," Stoughton said. "We just have to beat Territories and B.C. at night so we'll take it."
Northern Ontario had lost three of four going into the game versus Manitoba, but won emphatically. Manitoba curled 91 per cent as a team, but the Sault Ste. Marie foursome one-upped them at 92 per cent.
"We all drank a huge Red Bull before the game, honestly," Jacobs said. "Just feels good to have our back against the wall slightly and come out and play as well as we did, especially after we've been struggling the last few games.
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Jacobs also has two winnable games Friday versus P.E.I. and Nova Scotia.
After losing four of its first five, the host province was giving Rexall Place a reason to keep faith. Four-time Canadian champion Martin edged Saskatchewan 6-5 for a fourth straight win. The Edmonton team faces two formidable opponents on Friday — Ontario and Newfoundland and Labrador.
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Another notable game Friday is Quebec's Menard, who upset Howard to win the 2006 Canadian championship, versus 2006 Olympic gold medallist Gushue.


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AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2003: A member of the WCC All-Academic honor team ... raced in six competitions during the season ... best finish was a 10th-place showing at the Santa Clara Invitational ... registered an 18th-place showing at the WCC Championships with an 8,000-meter clocking of 27:06 at Crystal Springs ... ran 26:57 at the Stanford Invitational ... finished 132nd at regionals with a 10,000-meter time of 33:23.
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2002: Competed in six of the first eight meets of the year ... best finish was identical 14th-place efforts at the USF and San Francisco State meets at Golden Gate Park ... clocked a time of 21:58 at the four-mile USF Invitational ... best 8,000-meter time was a 26:17 clocking at the Stanford Invitational.
HIGH SCHOOL INFORMATION: A 2001 graduate of Granite Bay High School in Granite Bay, Calif. ... coached by Ann Simpson and Steve Barth ... voted team's most valuable runner in track and cross country as a senior ... recorded personal bests of 17:19 in the three-mile, 10:01 in the two-mile and 4:47 in the mile ... earned academic merit award and school's scholar-athlete award.
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- January 20, 2014 - 10:45 AM
MIDDLETON, Wis. — Students at Middleton High School will no longer have access to their cellphones during test times.
The new policy follows allegations of widespread cheating. Teachers will collect all electronic devices from students before tests are handed out and won't return them until the tests have been turned back in.
Math and science teachers also will create more than one version of their tests to discourage cheating, Middleton-Cross Plains School District spokesman Perry Hibner told the State Journal (http://bit.ly/1ifZysw ).
The policy comes after allegations that students cheated on a December calculus test. All calculus students were required to retake the exam. Hibner said scores on the second exams were 3 percent lower overall than the first test.
He said the difference doesn't mean cheating occurred, but that teachers will meet with students who scored at least 10 fewer points on the second test. Hibner said faculty also will interview students who answered a question correctly on the first exam but answered the same question incorrectly on the second.
"It's not about interrogating," he said. "It's asking 'Why do you think that is?' . 'What can we do to better help you have success?'"
School administrators said they received anonymous letters alleging students were sharing or selling cellphone photos of the test questions.
Under the new policy, if students are caught with a second electronic device, "the test will be collected and the student will be escorted to Student Services."
"We understand that collecting cellphones will not eliminate the cheating problem, but it does mimic the secure testing conditions on all standardized tests," the policy stated.
A parent forum on academic integrity is scheduled for Wednesday evening at the high school.
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Kim Kardashian and her husband Kris Humphries celebrate their recent wedding at A Night of Style & Glamour held at Capitale on Wednesday (August 31) in New York City.
The evening, hosted by publisher Jason Binn, welcomed Kim and Kris back to NYC as newlyweds. The pair married in a lavish ceremony earlier this month.
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This is a sad article for me to post….we are losing our freedoms folks.
Freedom can be defined in many ways. However, one of the greatest indicators of freedom and liberty is economic freedom. True free-market capitalism is the basis of individual liberty. However, America is no longer a top 5 contender, and we haven't been for a years. Actually, America is barely even in the top 10. The 2012 Index of Economic Freedom study reports that America continues to fail. Who took first place in economic freedom in 2012? The
Source: http://www.gfmag.com/tools/global-database/economic-data/12067-economic-freedom-by-country.html#axzz2JI3AV7Pz
answer may surprise you. It was Hong Kong. Hong Kong's score was an 89.9%, which was a 0.2% increase from 2011. Following Hong Kong in order: Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland, Canada, Chile, Mauritius, Ireland, and finally America at number 10. America's economic freedom score was a 76.3%, which is down 1.5% from 2011. In fact, America is no longer even rated as a "Free" nation, which is a title granted only to countries with a score above 80%, but a "Mostly Free" nation. Right behind America rated at number 11 is Denmark. Denmark places the highest total tax pressure on its citizens in the world.
This study takes the following 10 benchmarks into account when rating countries: Freedom from corruption, property rights, individual fiscal freedom, restrained government spending, monetary freedom, business freedom, labor freedom, trade freedom, investment freedom, and financial freedom. As mentioned earlier, economic freedom is more vast than it may sound on the surface. It includes all of the above benchmarks, which affect our everyday lives. Money is not the root of all evil; however it is at the root of our lives and if we are not economically free one must ask themselves if our freedom simply a fallacy. There are 9 other countries more economically free than America and our rating is dropping drastically. In 2010, America was rated number 8. With the numbers trending down and all of the benchmarks trending towards negative values America's rating should not be expected to improve when the 2013 ratings are released.
There can be no liberty unless there is economic liberty. -Margaret Thatcher


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It is very pretty and has that vintage look...I guess sometimes we just have to meet in the middle...yay, you still get to keep your pj's!! Can't wait to see it in your room.ReplyDelete
where? where? give us the details on the lamp! I love it! can't wait to see it installed. -DeniseReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 27, 2010
Big ugle tv's and ceiling fans - two of the ugliest things ever created - why do men like them so much?! If you have to meet in the middle, I like the one you chose - it can be mixed in with so many different styles. You're a trooper!ReplyDelete
Keep the jammies! :)
LOL..I'm glad you found something he liked...gotta find that middle ground sometimes.I'm glad you get to keep your pj's too!!ReplyDelete
Sorry to say, I'm taking hubbies side. Your pick makes the girl in me all mushy feeling but the fan makes the practical side of me come out.ReplyDelete
Currently, I have a horrible, ugly fan much like your old one but I love it. It keeps me cool and the stuffy air at bay while I sleep. I wouldn't be without it.
I love the new fan you picked out and I'm hoping to talk my hubby into replacing ours with some as gorgous as that!
Love the ceiling fan! So perfect. My hubby loves his too, and I must admit that in our builder subdivision home with master over the garage, heating and cooling our bedroom is challenging. I don't think we could live without a ceiling fan for air circulation winter/summer either. But that beauty would be sooo worth it.ReplyDelete
Oh for the day when they make a chandelier/ceiling fan combo!!! Good for you & the jammies! ;) BethReplyDelete
LOVE the one you found! I do have to tell you though - I have seen ceiling fans with a chandalier beneath it. It looked gorgeous still! Keep hunting if that's what you really want- either than or get the one he likes and then hang a little chandie over your side table? Maybe a little reading nook in there with a chandie?? ;)ReplyDelete
haha too cute ;)ReplyDelete
Beautiful...My choice for sure.ReplyDelete
Very nice, and when you start having those hot flashes you will be glad that fan is up there. JackieReplyDelete
Hubby and I were just talking about ceiling fans the other day.ReplyDelete
My eight year old daughter wants to redo her room and we were looking at cute chandeliers. His only question was, "but what about her ceiling fan?"
They do love those fans!
It's a great fan, sorry about the chandie.ReplyDelete
PERFECT!!! We share the same struggle! hehe, I think mine might consider letting me hang the chandie..I said MAYBE...lolol..Perfect choice, so cute! ~luluReplyDelete
Oh, I like it. I have never seen a fan look so vintage. Nice choice.ReplyDelete
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My husband feels the same way about his fan. I just bought a smaller chandy and put it in the "sitting area" and swagged and plugged it in. It's on my last post if you want to check it out. We both got what we wanted!ReplyDelete
you are so funny. Love the new fan. I love that chandie too....but the really wonderful thing here is you get to keep your flannel jammies. : )
I didn't think he'd give up that fan, but at least you found a compromise!ReplyDelete
Although, that chandelier would be soooooooooo beautiful!!
Hey, that's not a bad compromise! ;)ReplyDelete
I usually get run of the decorating around here, but there's one issue about which my husband refuses to budge: the big clown picture.
I still consider myself blessed to be able to go about my business and decorate to my heart's content without much "interference." But as soon as the basement gets finished, that clown picture gets a new home. :)
That is awesome. I'm like everyone else...we'd love the details!ReplyDelete
well... look at the bright side... he doesn't want a recliner in the bedroom! That ceiling fan will look great, and I dare say it is just as stylish as a chandie!ReplyDelete
too cute!!! Bravo to you for finding the BEST ceiling fan ever!!! Love the nautical/fisherman look of it!!!ReplyDelete
the chandie is gorgeous of course...maybe in another room!
That fan is awesome! I love it!ReplyDelete
You are so cute! I love that you are keeping the flannels, and I also love the compromise. Nicely done girl. :)ReplyDelete
SUSIE! Where on earth did you find that? I want to change ours and.. sigh... we have to have a fan too-- I found an outdoor fan just like that but it was in a different finish that wouldn't work in our room.ReplyDelete
That would be PERFECT.
I'd take a little industrial glam alongside my flannel pj's any day. :)ReplyDelete
Great choice!
The fan is a great compromise. My hubby just loves "his" fan too. Says he can't sleep without it. I am willing to lose sleep for a little chandy bling...so why can't he?ReplyDelete
haha...mine won't part with his fan either!ReplyDelete
I love that fan. Great compromise!ReplyDelete
I am just like you....don't like ceiling fans but my hubby will not give them up. I do like the one that you picked out!ReplyDelete
You're so funny Susie! I love reading your blog posts. I won't get a pretty chandelier in my bedroom either, but that's ok with me. Our bedroom is upstairs and I can't even imagine not having a fan in there. I just have to choose a tropical wooden looking fan to go in our bedroom.ReplyDelete
very cute story... it hard but sometimes we all have to compromise...ReplyDelete
He can have his fan and you can have your chandy - they have chandy light kits that you can add to the fan. Here is only example:ReplyDelete
Look around as there are many.
Susie I have got the ceiling fan for you. Check this out http://www.irawoods.com/Casablanca-K44V-Four-Light-Victorian-Fixture-w-Center-Stem-Mount-For-S101-S106-Shades?sc=2&category=547342ReplyDelete
and this
I want this light kit to attach to my ceiling fan because then you can have the best of both, a chandie with a fan. I have the same problem, a hubby that won't give up his fan. Let me know what you think of these?
Uggh. . . I did a whole post on this topic not too long ago! It's titled "Finding Sleep With a Fan" if you want to read it. I hate ceiling fans (although I do have to admit that you found a good one). Nice work. Where'd you find it?ReplyDelete
I don't know that I could part with my flannel jammies for anything! I love that you found a great ceiling fan-- that is the greatest ceiling fan ever!ReplyDelete
I do love a good chandy though-- is there another place in the house you could sneak it into?!
I love the ceiling fan you found! : ))))ReplyDelete
This is such a cute post!
It took my husband a long time to agree to crystal chandeliers. I had to agree that we would get a t.v., we had been without a t.v. for a long time. and he could watch u.f.c. Now guess who likes the chandeliers? : ))))
Have a great week!
Take Care,
Oh, Susie girl, I have missed reading your posts! I have sat here for the last few minutes just soaking up all the last few. Love the slipcovers, LOVE the ceiling, praying for Kaylee.ReplyDelete
I'm so glad you found a middle ground for the fan. I love pretty chandies, too, but a ceiling fan is just the thing for warm nights. Yep, gotta go with the hubs on that one. : )
I love the fan! They do have ceiling fan chandelier light kits so if your hubby doesn't want to give up his fan and you don't want to give up girlie you can have both!ReplyDelete
Oh, so many people hate ceiling fans but we LOVE them. It keeps the house so much cooler in the summer and I love their breeze. Glad you found one that will work for hubby AND you.♥ReplyDelete
Absolutely LOVE IT! I need to look at the site. We have been looking for a ceiling fan with unobtrusive light fixture for 3 years!ReplyDelete
Love it! And I think it will blend well with what you have going on...go for it!ReplyDelete
Oh my word. Wallpapering the ceiling? You are SO brave!! :D It does look fantastic...great job!! And, I don't think that I could get away with taking down our bedroom ceiling fan...my hubby loves it! I think that your lovely ceiling fan choice is a great compromise! Hugs and God bless.ReplyDelete
Now THAT is a good, vintage looking ceiling fan! Please tell us where you found it???? (I think you may be credited with saving marriages around the world with this one!!~!!!!!)ReplyDelete
Where did you ever find that chandie?! I'm in LOVE with it!!!ReplyDelete
OH I like that chandelier!! My husband would also not part with the fan!ReplyDelete
Don't hate me, but I gotta say I'm with your husband on this one. I'm so hot-natured that I'm the one who would be lobbying for keeping the fan! I just have to be cool when I'm sleeping. But it needs to be a pretty fan, for sure. So you've done a great job of meeting in the middle, I think--you can have good looks and that wonderful breeze! :)ReplyDelete
Gorgeous chandelier and fan! Tought choices. I replaced the fan in our guest bedroom/my office with a chandelier. I don't regret it at all. I LOVE it. I have a standing floor fan that I use when it is hot (which is a lot of the time since it's FL. LOL)ReplyDelete
Hubby will not let me change our master bedroom fan for a chandelier though. I love the fan you found!
The silver is pretty eye catchy-BUt Boy do i love that white fancy shmancy chandelier- I WANT IT -it would not match a thing in my home -but i love it..ReplyDelete
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Gosh. As much as I love the chandie, I would have to choose to keep the fan. I live in Texas and our ceiling fans, I'm sure, have saved us LOTS O MONEY on the electricity bill. The fan you've shown is great. Maybe the chandie can go in a different room?ReplyDelete
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February 05, 2013 16:00 ET
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IPNC draws crowd to Linfield
The three-day event includes programs about various grapes and wine-making techniques, dinners prepared by big-name chefs, wine tastings and other activities.
Some elements, such as winemakers' dinners held at area wineries, will take place off-campus. Guests also will be taking tours to many of the wineries in Yamhill County.
This year's featured chefs include:
Carrie Mashaney of Aragona of Seattle; Kat Whitehead of Aviary in Portland; Jamie Lewis of Blue Raven Farmstand, Amity; Patrick Fleming and Brannon Riceci of Boke Bowl, Portland; Sarah Marcus of Briar Rose Creamery, Dundee; Tommy Habetz and Nick Wood of Bunk Catering, Portland; Holly Smith of Cafe Juanita, Seattle;Adam Sappington of The Country Cat Dinner House and Bar, Portland; Jack Strong of Chinook Winds Casino; Dustin Joseph of Community Plate, McMinnville; Katy Millard & Ksandek Podbielski of Coquine Supper Club, Portland; Scott Ketterman of Crown Paella, Portland; Gregory Gourdet of Departure; Courtney Sproule of Din Din, Portland;Chris Flanagan of Dundee Bistro; Alissa Frice of Frice Pastry, Portland; Jesse Valle of Gem Creole Saloon of McMinnville; Mark Hosack of Gracie's, Portland; Andrew Biggs of Hunt and Gather Catering, Portland; Ben Bettinger of Imperial, Portland; Chris Czarnecki of the Joel Palmer House, Dayton; Kate Koo of Kate Koo Sushi, Portland; Ken Forkish of Ken's Artisan Bakery, Portland; Erik Van Kley of Little Bird Bistro, Portland; Stephanie Pearl Kimmel of Marche, Eugene; Kristen D. Murray of Maurice, Portland; Jason Wilson of Miller's Guild, Seattle; Jason French of Ned Ludd, Portland; Eric Ferguson and CArmen Peirano of Nick's Italian Cafe, McMinnville; Cathy Whims of Nostrana, Portland; Elias Cairo of Olympic Provisions, Portland; Ethan Powell and Tobias Hogan of The Parish, Portland; Keena Tallman and Shane Chapman of PBJ's Grilled, Portland; Jamie Curl of Quin, Portland; Paul Bachand of Recipe, Newberg; bakers from Red Fox Bakery, McMinnville; Shiloh Ficek and Jody Kropf of Red Hills Market, Dundee; Jeff McCarthy of Remedy Wine Bar, Portland; Justin Wills of Restaurant Beck, Depoe Bay;Ben Dyer, David Kreifels and Jason Owens of Reverend's BBQ, Portland; David Ezell of Ringside Fish House, Portland; Becky Burnett and Lisa Herlinger of Ruby Jewel, Portland; Kyle Lattimer and Paul Losch of Ruddick/Wood, Newberg; Joseph Mihm of Rye, Eugene; Kim and Tyler Malek of Salt and Straw, Portland; Johanna Ware of Smallwares, Portland; Jason Stoneburner of Stoneburner, Seattle; Matt Bennett of Sybaris Bistro, Albany; Billy Schumaker of Taqueria Nueve, Portland; Jon Rowley of Taylor Shellfish, Seattle; Jason Stoller Smith of Timberline; Brian Scheehser of Trellis, Kirkland, Wash.; Elizabeth Beekley of Two Tarts, Portland; Matt Christianson of Urban Farmer, Portland; David Briggs of Xocolatl De David, Portland.
Most of the activities are open only to those who purchased package tickets far in advance — the $975 tickets to this year's comprehensive festival sold out months ago.
However, local residents still can buy tickets for Passport to Pinot, a food and wine even that will run from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday, July 27, in Linfield's Oak Grove. More than 35 winemakers will pour their vintages and discuss the nuances of Pinot noir. In additon, Northwest chefs will prepare dishes designed to accompany the wines.
Tickets are $125, available thrugh the festival website at www.ipnc.org/passport.php.


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should I offer wireless internettyann Feb 3, 2011 11:34 AM (in response to cosmo33)
As a traveler, I look for wi-fi. It's nearly a must, as many people like to keep up with their emails (and Facebook) while on vacation - even if it's just to post their pictures each day so family and friends can see what they're doing.
If you're satisfied with amount of time you currently rent your place, then maybe you don't want to do it. If you are looking for more guests, you most defnitely will want to add the extra amenity.
As for cost, it is usually between $20 and $70 per month, depending on your location and what methods are available to you (cable, dsl, satellite). Even one additional guest usually covers the cost. You could also see if your neighbors would want to go in together to make a wi-fi community and split the cost. There are some condo complexes, neighborhoods, and even towns that are completely wi-fi.
Tyann Marcink
should I offer wireless internetsandyk Feb 5, 2011 3:21 PM (in response to cosmo33)
Do you have wired Internet service or none? If you have Internet service already, offering wireless is inexpensive and only is the cost of the hardware. Many routers are less than $50.
If you do not have any Internet, you are hurting yourself. All ages now travel with computers. No Internet would likely wipe out a high percentage of potential guests. Check into a plan that does not require you to sign a long term contract so you can cancel during off season. Do your providers offer a vacation home package which puts your service on hold for certain months? Some areas have enough vacation homes they offer this if you ask. Offer wireless during your peak season and see if it makes a difference. It should increase your rental. I agree, one rental should recover your cost. Hopefully your area has more than one Internet provider so you can shop around.
should I offer wireless internetamyg Feb 5, 2011 8:30 PM (in response to sandyk)
Cosmo, we have 4 cabins...all have high speed internet except one and interestingly enough, it's our best revenue-producing cabin. We provide access to dial up because no cable, DSL or even satellite internet service is available there. I pay $7 per month for dial up so we can at least provide the bare minimum for guests. I also provide a list of area WIFI hot spots in our guests' welcome package information.
If you have a very strong property that books well for the limited number of weeks you rent out each year...you maybe be able to get by without it. Not everyone wants or needs internet on vacation--thought I'd say the number of people in that category is diminishing. Since you only rent 10X or so during the summer, it may not be financially feasible to invest in high speed internet service unless you are able disable the service during the off-season. (I believe with some you are permitted to do a service suspension for 6 months.)
If you find inquiries are down and it's harder to book, it would be worthwhile looking into high speed if your rental income can justify the investment. For example if you rent 10 weeks during the summer at $3000 a week, adding internet is a no-brainer. If your property is a little lakeside cabin that garners $850 a week, it's hard to support the additional expense.
If I were in your shoes, I'd definitely check into the cost and whether I could suspend service for the off-season. High speed internet is a valuable amenity today but you may be able to get by without it depending on your situation. Good luck whatever you end up doing!
should I offer wireless internettom.roland Feb 5, 2011 10:53 PM (in response to cosmo33)
The others have already clarified what to do and how to get it. As a traveler I would ALWAYS choose the lodging that offered Internet access over one that didn't. It's just a must and if you use the property yourself at all, you will want to use it yourself to keep up with your guests and inquiries.
should I offer wireless internetdesertphile Feb 8, 2011 7:16 PM (in response to tom.roland)
"As a traveler I would ALWAYS choose the lodging that offered Internet access over one that didn't."
Indeed, given similar places to stay, I would choose the place that had WiFi over the place that did not.
should I offer wireless interneteureka.deepholecreek Feb 8, 2011 12:33 PM (in response to cosmo33)
I think wireless internet is a must.
Now, the question is, why have a land line?
With good broadband wireless, and all guests now have cell phones,
why put that extra $$$ in Verizon's pocket each month???
should I offer wireless internetdongile Feb 8, 2011 1:46 PM (in response to cosmo33)
absolutely, 100%....
should I offer wireless internetdesertphile Feb 8, 2011 7:07 PM (in response to cosmo33)
We offer WiFi at the Casita rental near the main house via satellite dish, since there is no tellephone service here at the ranch. The two rentals are deep within a canyon, far from what passes for "civilization" these days, and the only means renters have to let their friends and family know how they are doing is via email.
Most of the people who rent here at the ranch use the WiFi. But other renters, who rent the remote cabin four miles west of the main ranch, are just as happy without it.
On the whole, WiFi seems to be a "plus" in renter's opinions.
If WiFi is offered, care must be taken to regulate ports and bandwidth. We have the router secutrity turned off because we are more than 20 miles from anyone who might wish to abuse the WiFi access.
should I offer wireless internetdesertphile Feb 8, 2011 7:30 PM (in response to cosmo33)
"Does anyone know a inexpensive way to get wireless internet?"
Alas, it depends on where your rental is. Is your rental near your house? If your rental is near your house and if you have internet at your house, you can put a "router" in your window (the antenna) and then an "extender" in your rental's window. That will be an "access point" for your renters. But you will need to set the security on the router to require a password.
If your rental is not near your house, dial-up / DSL is the cheapest option if your rental has telephone service. The problem with that option is, of course, renters might abuse the elephone service. They would also need to know the local phone number to call for their ISP: you do not want them using your ISP because that means you would have to change your user name and password after every renter left.
If your rental does not have telephone access, the DSL line would have to be added.
If your rental has cable TV, that is the best way to go: cable internet uses a modulator / demodulator, and you can add a WiFi router so that internet is available in every room of the rental.
Stay away from Earthlink at all cost: the business is run by the $cientology crime syndicate.
Satellite is expensive. $100 to "rent" the equipment, and from $60 to $90 a month depending on the service level desired. Satellite internet falls under "fair use policies," which means upload and download bytes are regulated in speed and quanity per 25-hour period. Hughes.net limits their basic (least expensive) service to 200,000,000 bytes per 24 hours. That means email, web briwsing, but no video and limied audio. The major problem with sattelite is that they require a 24-month commitment: that flatly just ain't worth it.
should I offer wireless internetkimberly.jacobson Feb 16, 2011 2:14 PM (in response to cosmo33)
We own a sprint wi-fi card personally. It costs about $39 per month. I offer it to my renters for an additional charge. By doing this, the renters end up paying for the cost of the wi-fi card. It uses the cell phone towers so you must have good cell phone coverage which we do. Most of my guests do not use it.
should I offer wireless internetrobert.vaughan Feb 21, 2011 10:11 AM (in response to cosmo33)
We provide shared DSL to our guests that is wired from our main house. We also share the DISH network for TV. By sharing the utilitites, it saves money for all. I do have to check the network quite frequently, so there is a little bit of work.
should I offer wireless internetwiffle Feb 23, 2011 12:39 AM (in response to cosmo33)
I would not rent your home unless it has internet access.
I wouldn't mind wired access as long as there is a cable in the house. In fact, although we offer wireless in our rental, we do keep a cable in the house in case of connection issues.
You state that you only rent your home out 10 or so times during the summer. Would it perhaps rent more often if you offered internet?
People expect internet access. That is how they find things to do, restaurant reviews, etc.
should I offer wireless internetnono Feb 24, 2011 10:59 AM (in response to cosmo33)
I agree, I would choose a property with WiFi over one without but there are work arounds! I have been able to list WiFi as an amenity without incuring the costs of a year round obligation to the phone/cable company. I have a Virgin Mobile Broadband 2 Go USB device (about $90 at Best Buy) in the unit. Virgin Mobile picks up the Sprint signal. The device is as fast and as my at home high speed cable. I upload unlimited 30 day access for $40, which I can do from my computer from home. This way I only have to pay for months that are busy or when I am there for a long stay. I no longer have a home phone active as everyone uses their cell phone these days and Sugarbush gets full reception to all carriers. Visio has a TV set that allows people to put their USB device into it and access their Facebook, Netflics etc through their USB into the TV.
Technology is changing so rapidly today that it doesn't warrant the off season contract monthly costs. Most people who really need continuous access use a Blackberry, Droid, G3 or G4 phone device when they are on the road.
should I offer wireless internettewy Feb 25, 2011 1:11 AM (in response to nono)
We have just bundled the internet, cable and phone through Comcast. The phone may seem a bit of overkill, but all calls in Nth America are free PLUS we can call back to Australia when we are there for 9c a minute.......... bargain!
Re: should I offer wireless internetdbmeyer May 4, 2012 1:53 PM (in response to nono)
" I have a Virgin Mobile Broadband 2 Go USB device (about $90 at Best Buy) in the unit. Virgin Mobile picks up the Sprint signal. The device is as fast and as my at home high speed cable. I upload unlimited 30 day access for $40, which I can do from my computer from home."
Question: Can you give me the details on the $40/30 day option? Is it from Sprint or Virgin Mobile? Do you have a link I can use to check it out? Thanks very much.
should I offer wireless internetd63re58r Mar 11, 2011 7:47 PM (in response to cosmo33)
I'm sure by now you've received, perhaps, more advice than you bargained for. We elected to have Wireless added by our phone company. It costs about $45/per month including tax. We use it ourselves, when we are here, so obviously this impacted our decision to add it. One bit of advice that you may not have received yet would be to add the following paragraph to your rental agreement "Cable TV and wireless internet is provided and the service level has been chosen by the landlord. No refund of rents shall be given for outages, content, lack of content, or personal preferences with regard to cable TV or wireless internet service."
Re: should I offer wireless internetmarilyn Apr 10, 2012 9:38 PM (in response to cosmo33)
This is a must have in any rental property. Although families take vacations, away from it all, we are never really away. We all stay connected 24/7, and Internet is now a necessity, no longer a luxury. 99% of all potential renters ask if we provide wi fi. From the mom or dad in the family to kids on social network sites, Internet is a must.
Re: should I offer wireless internetchelm Apr 22, 2012 10:21 AM (in response to cosmo33)
We just added wireless internet to our unit along with a long distance service that is free to Canada. My question is how on Vacation Rentals does everyone put this into your listing. I wasn't able to add it as an amenity but only in the description. Is there a way to do this so travelers can sort on "internet".
Re: should I offer wireless internetsusaninrehoboth Apr 22, 2012 11:02 AM (in response to cosmo33)
Internet is so important that I have it as part of my headline. A few things to keep in mind:
1) Anyone booking a rental through VRBO, HA, etc. uses the internet. So it's likely they want internet available during their vacation.
2) Sadly, the only way some people can take a vacation is to stay connected to their job.
3) Would you book a vacation rental without internet? I wouldn't!
Re: should I offer wireless internetchelm Apr 22, 2012 11:57 AM (in response to susaninrehoboth)
I'm not asking if you should offer internet. I'm asking why VRBO doesn't make this important amenity a sort option?
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Re: should I offer wireless internetmsdebj Apr 22, 2012 12:04 PM (in response to chelm)
Chelin, well, then your should be directing that question to HA/VRBO. As much as we hope their moderators look at these forums, they often do not.
It's a good suggestion to HA/VRBO. But most OWNERS who provide internet include that in our amenities ( and hope that potential guests actually READ our lisitng descriptions in full- though, we know most don't).
Re: should I offer wireless internetmarilyn Apr 22, 2012 12:58 PM (in response to chelm)
Perhaps you might wish to call customer service and personally request this. It might be an easy add on for them.
Have a great day,
Re: should I offer wireless internetmarilyn Apr 22, 2012 12:59 PM (in response to chelm)
Call VRBO customer service and ask them to add this. It might just be an easy add on unto their site.
Re: should I offer wireless internetsophie Jul 6, 2012 9:38 AM (in response to chelm)
Just an update to say that wifi IS a filter item on the new seach program. It's surprising to see how many DO NOT have wifi when using the filter.
Re: should I offer wireless internetmarilyn Apr 22, 2012 11:21 AM (in response to cosmo33)
99.5% of all inquiries ask if we have Internet.
75% of all inquiries ask if we have premium cable tv.
20% of all inquiries ask how many tv do we have.
25% of all inquiries as what outdoor activities do we have.
Re: should I offer wireless internetloscuatrotulipanes Apr 22, 2012 12:17 PM (in response to cosmo33)
Cosmo, according to a Trip Advisor survey canvasing 1000 travelers and 600 hotel representatives, the five most important amenities are:
1. WiFi
2. Breakfast Included
3. Loyalty Points
4. Restaurant
5. Shuttle Service to Local Attractions/ Airport
The least important amenities are:
1. Turndown Service
2. Pets Allowed
3. Spa
4. Tours/Excursions/Activities
5. Room Service
This is to say Cosmo, internet is king (some more of their stats):
· 88% of travelers expect Wi-Fi Internet access to be free of charge in all lodging types
· 41% of travelers have never paid for Wi-Fi Internet access.
· 65% said they have used free Wi-Fi Internet in an accommodation's lobby or common areas to avoid paying for in-room access.
· 93% of accommodations report offering some form of free Wi-Fi Internet access to their guests.
Keep in mind these stats apply mostly to hotels, but vacation rental owners can benefit from their conclusions.
Matt is the stat-obsessed author of the http://www.vacationrentalmarketingblog.com
Re: should I offer wireless internetbennico May 3, 2012 12:30 PM (in response to cosmo33)
First time on here.
Plesae do not have any form of wi-fi installed. I am a renter, and that would mean more enquiries for me due to less competition !!
Re: should I offer wireless internetunclebob Jul 4, 2012 1:25 AM (in response to cosmo33)
I agree with the majority here. WiFi has become more the standard rather than the exception. We have 3 cabins and installed WiFi in all of them. Since we also vacation within our own cabins/invite friends up, it makes sense to do this both for the guests and for when we are up here. Also, this allows me to do some work/business when I'm up in the cabins (like right now for example)
Although everybody is different, I think most folks, except the elderly are interested in WiFi at a VRBO rental.
Uncle Bob
Re: should I offer wireless internetmike-dfv Jul 6, 2012 8:19 AM (in response to unclebob)
I stayed one night in a hotel, a major chain, this week and was quite surprised to find there was a fee for WiFi. The cost was $12.95 per day, which is astronomical. What are they thinking? WiFi should be included as it is at almost all hotels and rental properties. These days everyone expects and assumes free WiFi.


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