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And the animals? Well, don't always expect the traditional donkey or sheep.
"You might see puffins or penguins," Palo Alto resident Marguerite Hancock says.
Hancock's church, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Palo Alto, is one of the best places around to appreciate this diversity. Hancock is a longtime volunteer with the annual Christmas creche exhibit that's now in its 24th year there.
The five-day show features a varied array of about 500 creches from 60-some countries, on loan from other churches as well as from Hancock and other individual collectors. It's free, as are the periodic performances by musicians and marionette artists in the church.
Last year, the event drew nearly 10,000 people from as far away as India, Italy, Australia and Singapore, says Teena James, who handles exhibit publicity. Hundreds of volunteers set up the show over six days, staff it and take it down. This season, the exhibit will be open Dec. 3 through Dec. 7, from noon to 9 p.m., at the church at 3865 Middlefield Road.
St. Francis of Assisi is credited with starting the creche tradition in 1223, when he set up an outdoor manger scene in the Italian town of Greccio. It was what came to be known as a "living nativity," with live animals and human performers. Scenes both living and static, indoor and outdoor, became popular in many countries and remain especially so in Italy, where a presepio, or creche, is a common holiday sight in towns throughout the nation.
In Marguerite Hancock's home, there are creches nearly everywhere you turn. Even in the bathroom, where nativity figures line a shelf and a miniature scene that could fit in an orange peel stands over the sink. Christmas trees glow in the living room, the dining area, children's rooms.
Every year, the family starts decorating for the holidays on Thanksgiving weekend, before the big exhibit set-up begins at the church.
"The spirit should start with me," Hancock says.
At the moment, Hancock has several of her own creches set up at her house, to give a Weekly reporter a preview before they are moved to the church. A classic Italian scene greets visitors from atop a glossy grand piano. Carved from marble, the figures have elegantly draped robes. Mary holds her hands together in prayer over the baby, and a particularly regal-looking man stands solemnly
"You can see that even a king has taken off his crown to acknowledge the king of kings," Hancock says.
This scene used to be displayed in a Chicago department store, as far back as the years preceding World War II, Hancock says. She has bought other creches in her travels, and friends have also given her nativity scenes to add to her collection.
In a nearby window, another creche is composed of metal silhouettes made from big oil drums in India. A cast-bronze creche from Africa has Mary playfully swinging the baby high over her head as musicians play a drum and xylophone.
In an Indonesian scene displayed on a kitchen island, the dark-wood figures have their arms bent so that either Mary or Joseph can hold the baby.
One of the works of art has special meaning to Hancock. It's carved out of wood from the linden tree and comes from China, where Christianity is a minority religion. A few years ago, Hancock decided to honor her Chinese ancestry by commissioning a carver there to create a nativity scene.
The creche merges Chinese influences with a more traditional look, Hancock says. She points out a rooster — good luck in China — standing with Mary, Joseph and Jesus. A wise man has a long braid down his back, and an angel is mounted on high with chopsticks.
Soon the creche will be on view to the public, but for now Hancock has found the perfect place for it in her home — a 500-year-old, elaborately carved antique Chinese chest.
What: The 24th annual Christmas creche exhibit, with musical and marionette performances
Where: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 3865 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto
When: Dec. 3 through Dec. 7, noon to 9 p.m.
Cost: Free
Info: Go to http://christmascreche.org or call 650-856-3781. Events on opening day include performances by the Zion Youth Choir at 4:30 p.m. and by the Menlo School Choir at 7 p.m., and marionette shows at 12:30, 1:30, 5:30 and 6:30 p.m. A full schedule is online.
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Joe McGinniss, Bestselling Author and Intrepid Reporter, Has Died
Bestselling author and political gadfly Joe McGinniss died today after a year-long battle against inoperable prostate cancer. He was 71.
McGinniss first drew attention as a young reporter covering the 1968 presidential election for the Philadelphia Inquirer. The result, "The Selling of the President 1968," was the first real coverage of the political advertising machine that helped get Richard Nixon elected. The book—which got then-young-Nixon-aide Roger Ailes fired—spent months on the New York Times bestseller list and propelled McGinniss to a national stage.
Ten years and a few novels later, McGinniss was approached by a former Green Beret named Jeffrey MacDonald, who had been accused of murdering his pregnant wife and two small children. MacDonald asked McGinniss to write a book about what really happened.
MacDonald, who sustained a punctured lung and minor injuries, had insisted that the house was overrun by a gang of drug-crazed hippies that chanted slogans such as "Acid is groovy" and spelled "PIG" in blood on a bedroom wall, a murderous rampage seemingly inspired by the then-recent Charles Manson killings.
But the result, McGinniss's 1983 tome "Fatal Vision," settled on MacDonald (who had at that point already been convicted by a jury) as the culprit, describing the man as a sociopath who killed his family in a diet-pill frenzy.
Nor did McGinniss's most recent publication, "The Rogue" fail to attract the attention and controversy that followed his earlier works: to research the book on Sarah Palin, he famously moved to Alaska and rented the house next door to hers. Among other assertions, McGinniss's book claimed Palin had a "fetish" for black men, cheated on Todd with an NBA player, and used cocaine and marijuana.
McGinniss's attorney and long-time friend Dennis Holahan told the AP that he died at a Massachusetts hospital earlier today.
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In Wadsworth, Ohio, 40 miles south of Cleveland, a 1,629-student high school and 750-student middle school share a 95-acre parcel with a senior center and cafe, a community television studio, a recreation center managed by the YMCA and doctors' offices.
Across the bay in Emeryville, plans are underway for a 7.6-acre "center of community life" that will house 750 students in grades K-12 and an array of community services including a library, health and family-support services, job training and recreation opportunities.
Such a scenario at Cubberley is far from reality, but planning for shared city-school use in the future was a central recommendation of the Cubberley Community Advisory Committee, which issued its findings in March.
The status quo — the city's payment of $7 million a year to the school district to lease the aging campus as a community center — is no longer viable, said the committee, whose members included several former mayors and school-board presidents.
If the city-school lease, which expires in 2014, is to be renewed it must contain provisions for longer-term planning and investment, the committee said.
Committee members identified three joint-use arrangements — in Wadsworth, Emeryville and Livermore — that could hold lessons for Palo Alto.
In Wadsworth, the shared use, which began last fall with the opening of the new Wadsworth High School, means students easily use the YMCA recreation center after school and are launching programs to go to the senior center to help people learn to use computers.
The key to success in sharing space has been communication, Principal Steve Moore said Wednesday.
"We treat each other as two separate entities, but we do share some of the facilities, and communication is the key to making sure all are aware as to who gets the facility at the appropriate times," Moore said.
"Once we figured it all out, the relationship has been outstanding.
"We have had huge success for both entities and neither one has been truly inconvenienced."
The same architect designed Wadsworth's entire shared campus, said Harry Stark, the city's director of economic development and assistant director of public service.
"The look is very similar and complementary to each other," Stark said.
"During the design and construction, the city and school district worked very closely together on all details.
"The community center has the indoor pools, which the school shares and uses. The schools have the field house and gym courts, which the community shares and uses.
"The interaction between the two entities is to share spaces in order to save money long term during construction as well as maintenance and operations."
Stark described the buildings as "connected but separate."
"The areas are separated by doors that are secured," said Joseph Magnacca, director of facilities for the Wadsworth school district. "They prevent community-center users from entering the school side of the building."
Separate parking lots were built for the different users, but the parties have agreed to shared parking during events, Stark said.
Public reaction has been positive, he said.
Though surveys have not yet been taken, memberships in the senior center and YMCA are at records levels.
In Emeryville, planners said the multi-story $62.7 million Center of Community Life, projected for occupancy in 2015, is designed as a "flexible facility that can adapt over time to a variety of uses."
School areas are designed to be secured and separated from community users during the day, said planner Graham Hill of Nexus Partners, a collaboration of three architecture firms designing and overseeing construction of the project.
The design includes a series of folding gates that can be opened or closed depending on operational agreements.
"One of the biggest challenges for designers was maintaining a sense of openness and a welcoming feeling while still having the ability to secure and enclose certain areas to separate user groups when needed," Hill said.
Planners consulted with school officials and public librarians to design a library that will be shared, Hill said.
In Livermore, a three-agency bond measure approved by more than 81 percent of voters will provide $110 million for school upgrades, $20 million for a joint-use library and $20 million for a youth community center. The public agencies involved were the Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District, the City of Livermore and the Livermore Area Park & Recreation District.
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As expected, the House Friday passed a bill that will allow the FAA to end sequester-forced furloughs that have been causing flight delays around the country this week.
The bill, which will use money from an FAA infrastructure improvement account to pay the salaries of furloughed air traffic controllers, sailed through the House 361 to 41. The previous night it passed unopposed in the Senate, over objections from some Democrats who didn't see why the airline industry, over all the other industries affected by the federal sequester, should receive special treatment.
"We ought not to be mitigating the sequester's effect on just one segment, when children, the sick, our military and many other groups who will be impacted by this irresponsible policy will be left unhealed," House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said, according to The Hill.
White House press secretary Jay Carney likened the $253 million money shift to a "band-aid" in a Thursday press conference, but still cast the bill as "good news for America's traveling public." FAA officials could not predict when staffing, and therefore service, would return to normal.
"But ultimately," Carney added, the bill "fails to address the overarching threat to our economy posed by the sequester's mindless across-the-board cuts."
So why did so many Democrats end up voting for bill? And how did cuts to the FAA inspire action from legislators in Washington when cuts to other agencies and programs, from Meals on Wheels to Head Start, have gone on unaddressed?
To some observers, it's all about the impact this particular agency has on the lives of lawmakers.
An Atlantic headline put it this way: "Politicians Will Only Roll Back Parts of the Sequester That Hurt Them, Naturally."
"Unlike previous sequester effects which mostly hurt the already economically, socially, or geographically marginalized in American society, these cuts were going to get serious, because they were hitting Northeast Corridor elites where it hurt: on the DCA-LGA shuttle," the article said, referring to delays at New York and Washington airports "frequented by politicians and the national media."
A Salon piece made the same point, arguing that the people who fly between Washington and New York are "people Congress listens to" and "people Congress is."
NBC News' First Read team echoed the point, boiling the lesson down to this: "Congress will act, but only if it and its friends are hurt or simply inconvenienced. That's a devastating indictment on how Washington works."
Others pointed out that airline delays were the most visible effect yet of the across-the-board spending cuts triggered last month after Congress failed to strike a deal on reducing the country's deficit.
On Sunday the FAA began furloughing all 47,000 of its employees, including 15,000 controllers who would have to stay home one extra day per week to save the administration salary money.
While the first day of furloughs appeared to go relatively smoothly, their effects were soon felt and seen in airports around the country. The agency attributed more than 850 flight delays Wednesday to staffing reductions and warned that if unaddressed the upcoming travel season could present big challenges to travelers.
The airlines too campaigned aggressively against the FAA cuts, encouraging passengers to voice their opposition to the agency's "unnecessary and reckless action."
An airline trade group, Airlines for America, filed a motion with the U.S. Appellate Court for the District of Columbia last week to stop the furloughs, citing safety concerns. Meanwhile, other business and travel groups argued that this furlough in particular could harm the economy, at a time when the country's just beginning to feel all the other sequester effects.


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Watch Nancy Grace live from Sanford, Florida, tonight at 8 p.m. as she sums up the day's events in the Zimmerman trial. HLN & HLNtv.com will cover the Zimmerman verdict live.
It was only a short time ago that George Zimmerman's attorney began his opening statement to the court with a knock-knock joke. But things quickly became more serious after friends and family testified about the killing of unarmed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.
Zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder for fatally shooting Martin on Feb. 26, 2012. A jury must now decide his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt or find him not guilty. Zimmerman could also be found guilty of a lesser charge, manslaughter.
Friday, the day the jury got the case, Martin supporters leaned on their friends to show solidarity with Martin and his family on social media.
A stream of photos on Instagram with the hashtag #blackout shows images of Martin in his hoodie alongside calls for others to black out their profile pictures. Hashtags like #JusticeForTrayvon trended on Twitter alongside #blackout. Facebook users are also changing their profile pictures and using the hashtag to share images of Martin Luther King Jr. wearing a hoodie or their own analysis of what the blackout means to them. The same is true for people on the blogging site Tumblr.
While support for Zimmerman is not being portrayed on social media in the same way, it has been shown through financial donations to his website, the GZ Defense Fund. This week alone, the site has raised almost $80,000.


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My daughter found this - photo attachedd - emerging from a "cocoon type thing" on an apple (purchased in Edinburgh UK) she was about to eat and I've been trying to identify it. I've googled the details, of which the most striking are: a whitish / yellowish dot on its back, with two lower-placed, smaller, similar coloured ones, reddish antennae (?), and about 8mm long (just body and head sections). The images which came up on those details closely ressemble our one, and are 'Daring Jumping Spiders' - Phidippus Audax. These appear to be North American
I'd be very grateful for any information.
It certainly looks more like a jumping spider than any other sort of spider, although I suspect a narrower ID is going to be impossible from that photo. It might be worth checking out Sitticus pubescens which is a fairly common species.
Thanks very much for that, jaguarondi. I've looked up the Sitticus Pubescens, and it's definitely not one of those.
My problem now is what to do with it. What do they eat? Can it be released in Scotland, or are the conditions wrong? I know nothing whatsoever about beasties, but I'm guessing that the jar its currently living in is not an optimal environment for its health and happiness.
Hi Susan
Without knowing the species it's hard to say whether it could survive outside. Some jumping spiders seem good at distributing themselves around the world on imported food etc. (like the Phidippus you mention) but could probably only survive in the UK in a greenhouse or similar and maybe yours is such a species. Can you get a better photo? Jumping spiders pounce on small insects to which they are attracted by their movements. The ones on the wall of my house feed mainly on flies but bugs, greenflies, other spiders also feature in their diet.
Tried and failed to get a better picture. So I took it to Edinburgh Butterfly and Insect World, where a member of staff recognised it as a male Phidippus Audax. Don't know where I got the 'reddish antennae' bit, because he has nothing of the sort, and the lower front bit of his face is green.
They have a female version of the same thing, and were delighted to take him off our hands, so I no longer have to worry about housing, feeding and stimulating him.
Many thanks for your help! I've learned a lot about spiders in the past few days, and they are much more interesting creatures than I gave them credit for...


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My very own prediction
Naruto: What? One jutsu?
Kakashi: Yeah....when he dematerializes
his body, his actual body is sent to
another dimension, the same dimension
where my Kamui sends objects.
Naruto: Woah...I actually get that...
Kakashi: When he tries to absorb
someone, it's the exact same thing as my
Naruto: Say what?? That sounds like a
completely different jutsu?
Kakashi: Yeah...but that's the thing...
Kakashi looks at Tobi
Kakashi: I watched you die....
Gai/Naruto/Bee: !??
Tobi: ...
Naruto: What the hell? You know him?
Kakashi: Don't you find it strange....he
apparnetly has known me for a while,
shares the same type of jutsu, and even
has the same shape and appearance...
Gai: !?? That boy...don't tell me.
Kakashi: Obito...is that you..
Tobi: Splendid as always. Amazing
analytical skills Kakashi. However, I'm not
this Obito you speakl of, while I can see
why you came to that conclusion.
Kakashi: ...if you're not Obito...then...who
the hell are you?
Tobi: I already told you, I'm no one. I
don't exist, I'm nothing more than a void.
Tobi: *That rasengan damaged my arm
pretty badly...so....*
Tobi's arm becomes a machine, similar to
Asura path.
Bee: Naruto, isn't that....
Naruto: Yeah, he's using the six paths
technique, be careful.
Tobi fires a laser canon at their direction
which separates them.
Kakashi on Bee's hand
Kakashi: Bee-san, buy me some time, I
need to figure this out, I'm so close I
can't lose it...
Bee: Roger!
Naruto and Gai on the other side of them,
hiding behind a rock.
Gai: Dammit, he took my masters
Naruto: That's a good thing big eyebrow
sensei! If you had them now they would
get you killed.
Gai: Naruto, how did you beat Pain?
Naruto: He has every catagory on lock
Gai: I see...it all comes down to how fast
he can use those moves...
Naruto goes in KCM
Naruto: Bushy brows, can you keep up?
Gai smiles and enters the 6th gate.
Gai: Lead the way!
Gai and Naruto attack Tobi
Naruto creates a raenshuriken
Gai uses morning peacock
Tobi: Futile, I'll just absorb it all.
The fire gets hits his hand, which burns
his glove off
Tobi: *So it's not chakra? He's actually
creating real fire from punches?
Tobi: Shinra Tensei.
Gai gets sent back
Gai: Good, I distracted him.
Tobi: !!
Naruto's Futon rasenshuriken is being
guided to his neck
Tobi dematerializes
Naruto sends it back
Tobi: *This, I can absorb.*
As Tobi absorbs it Gai comes flying in
with a kick
Tobi: ....
Tobi dodges Gai's kick but takes the cut
from the rasenshurken
Kakashi: !?
Naruto: What the hell? I got him?
Gai: !? what happened.
Kakashi: I get it...he has to switch
between eyes, it takes time. He can't
simply use his sharingan with the
rinnegan at the same time. Instead of
taking the hit by Gai, he took a bit of
Naruto's Rasen shuriken.
Tobi's right arm is cut and falling off.
Bee: !! Look at his arm...there's no blood?
Naruto: Hey! That's just like those white
Kakashi; Is he...even human?
Tobi: Injuring me twice, not many people
can do that.
Kakashi: Every jutsu has a weakness, and
you're over using yours.
Tobi: Indeed. Time to end this.
Tobi forms seals
Tobi: Chibaku Ten--
Out of nowhere Madara grabs his hand
and stops him.
Tobi: !!!?
Naruto and co: !?!
Madara: Don't use that silly technique. It
makes the rinnegan look bad.
Kakashi: That's....Madara?
Naruto: He was fighting granny Tsunade
and the other kages last time I checked.
Did he kill them?
Madara: Kyuubiboy....and the Hachibi...
Tobi: They're annoying, but necessary,
although I have the 10 tails in
preparation, they would speed up the
Madara: Well done. Now, Take that silly
thing off.
Tobi: ...as you wish, sensei.
Tobi take off his mask
Kakashi: !!? It can't be? That's!
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Well, the moment has finally come! I've saved up for a very very very long time and now I am in the the position to get myself a new setup after over 12 years of listening to records on thrown-together, used hand-me-downs. I was wondering if there are any other vinyl enthusiasts who could possibly point me in the right direction as I'm going to start from scratch. I have read tons of reviews, gone through loads of forums, but I'd love to hear some opinions specifically about vinyl. I'll start by answering some of the usual questions:
Budget: £2200 - £2500
Type of music: Mainly soul, Modern Indie, New Wave, Electronic, Alternative, Grunge. Occasionally Jazz, Classical, Classic Rock, Prog. Seldomly Folk, Acoustic, Country, Singer-Songwriter.
Format: Mainly vinyl. I work in a record shop and I own and have access to lots of great second hand records. I may also use the set-up for an occasional film and although it's normally reserved for the commute to work, I may use Spotify to preview albums.
Size of room: 5m x 6m. When listening I'll probably be 3-4M away from the speakers.
Room decoration: Quite minimal, far from lush with no cushions, carpeting, etc. Just two small couches, and a table. (I am going to decorate my sitting room with sound)
Wife or other restrictions: None. Girlfriend said I can do whatever I want. We'll see how long that lasts :
The sound I like: I like sound that would be punchy with a good amount of clarity and ability to single out the intricacies of the instruments. I would like the recordings to be represented well, allowing the superior albums to rise to the top.
Usual listening volume: Medium to loud, never soft.
Previous systems: Probably the best set-up I ever had was a Technics SU 810 integrated amp (http://www.audio4maniacs.co.uk/technicssu810.html), Technics SL1200 MK3D, Monstorous Sansui speakers (don't know the number, but they were over a meter tall and heavy as hell), Stanton Discmaster Cartridge & D3 Stylus.
I'm in a bit of a predicament because I am in rural Ireland and although there seem to be a couple showrooms in Dublin, neither of them seem to have what I would be considering buying all together in one spot. There's gonna be some blind purchasing at some point. For instance, I am deciding between the Pro-Ject Carbon Esprit SE, Xperience or the Rega RP3, but I am only able to find one dealer that sells the Rega, but nothing else. I am also interested in the Arcam FMJ A19, but nobody seems to have it in stock here. Any suggestions? Here's a full list of what I am considering in speakers: KEF LS50's, Monitor Audio Silver Rx6, Dynaudio DM3/7, Rega Rs5. Turntables: Listed above. Amps: Denon PMA720AE, Rega Brio R, Arcam FMJ A19.
Sorry if this is turning into a novel. I just don't really know how to proceed to get the right working combination. Should I just get the KEF's because everyone across the board seems to rave about them and use those as a starting point? Also, if you have any other Amp ideas or info as to whether or not I should get a phono stage, I am open to any suggestions. Cheers in advance.


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Washington (CNN) – President Barack Obama enjoyed a beer with Dakota Meyer on the patio outside the Oval Office Wednesday. The president will present Meyer with the Medal of Honor Thursday during a ceremony at the White House.
"Meyer asked the staffer if he could have a beer with the President," Carney said.
"POTUS invited Dakota to come by the White House this afternoon."
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Good for you, Mr. President.


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First-year Clarkson University Students Win Top Prize at New York State Business Plan Competition
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When first-year business students Andrew J. Wegner of Farmington, N.Y., Dietrich Diehl of Clarence Center, N.Y., Sean Cheung of Norwich, N.Y., and Christopher Behrens of Rhinebeck, N.Y. entered Clarkson University just nine months ago, they knew one of their classes would require them to start and run a business. But their story will not end with their final grades this semester.
Last week, their team, Innovative Delivery Systems (IDS), was awarded first prize in their category in the third annual New York State Business Plan Competition held at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering of the University at Albany.
Competing against more than120 business teams from 25 colleges and universities across New York state, the team came away with $10,000 in cash, and professional services valued at $5,000.
"My fellow judges and I were impressed that the IDS team had identified a clear market opportunity and had successful results with their live beta test," said competition judge David Hessler. "Many judges expressed surprise that this was an undergraduate team; most of their competitors were from graduate programs."
IDS created "OrdrIT," a Web application, which allows spectators to access a stadium's concession menus from their seats without missing the action. The product was used at Clarkson's Cheel Arena this winter and the IDS team will be meeting with stadium managers throughout New York state this summer to sell their product.
"We will be using the funding to purchase demo receipt printers for our prospective customers, cover expenses such as server payments, and continue the development of our web application," says Cheung. "As a developing company we have learned a great deal regarding the business start-up process and now with funding we can begin operations."
The New York State Business Plan Competition was established in 2009 to encourage innovation and entrepreneurship throughout New York State's colleges and universities. The largest competition of its kind in New York, and one of the nation's biggest, this year's event drew a record number of entries, with student-led start-ups presenting business plans for innovations in the areas driving the 21st century economy, including nanotechnology, health care, information technology, and clean energy.
Clarkson University launches leaders into the global economy. One in five alumni already leads as a CEO, VP or equivalent senior executive of a company. Located just outside the Adirondack Park in Potsdam, N.Y., Clarkson is a nationally recognized research university for undergraduates with select graduate programs in signature areas of academic excellence directed toward the world's pressing issues. Through 50 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, arts, sciences and health sciences, the entire learning-living community spans boundaries across disciplines, nations and cultures to build powers of observation, challenge the status quo, and connect discovery and engineering innovation with enterprise.
Photo caption (left to right): Dietrich Diehl, Sean Cheung, Andrew Wegner and Christopher Behrens celebrate their New York State Business Plan Competition victory at last week's Clarkson University Reh Center Annual Entrepreneur Recognition dinner. Their team, Innovative Delivery Systems (IDS), was awarded first prize in their category in the competition.


text: ^As I said, they were talking over each other at that point, and that's hard to get across in prose. It's possible there was some improvisation or "additional dialogue" for Chris Pine so that he'd have something to say over Pike's line, and that might not have been reflected in the script Foster got. Novelizations are almost never an exact reflection of the dialogue in the final film, because there can be subsequent rewrites, ad-libs, editing, looped dialogue, and the like which can change things from the script the novelizer worked from. So the actual film always takes precedence.


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I'm Related to Famous People
Recently, I used the "find famous relatives" tool on ancestry.com and these were the results:
Davis Family
George Wythe (1726-1806) Virginia Representative. 3rd cousin 10 times removed
Katharine Hepburn (1907-2003) American Actress. 7th cousin 3 times removed
Chester Alan Arthur (1830-1886) 21st President of the United States. 6th cousin 5 times removed
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American Author. 5th cousin 7 times removed
Sam Bass (1851-1878) American Outlaw. 6th cousin 5 times removed
William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951) Newspaper Magnate. 6th cousin 6 times removed
Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924) 28th President of the United States. 6th cousin 7 times removed
Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867-1957) American Author. 8th cousin 3 times removed
Margaret Mackall Smith Taylor (1788-1852) First Lady. 4th cousin 11 times removed
Robert Penn Warren (1905-1989) American Poet and Novelist. 7th cousin 5 times removed
John Peters Ringo (1850-1882) American Outlaw. 8th cousin 3 times removed
Pretty Boy Floyd (1904-1934) American Outlaw. 8th cousin 3 times removed
Gregory Peck (1916-2003) American Actor. 9th cousin 2 times removed
William Lamb (1779-1848) Politician. 7th cousin 6 times removed
William Wordsworth (1770-1850) English Poet. 7th cousin 6 times removed
Clyde Barrow (1909-1934) Infamous American Robber. 8th cousin 4 times removed
Edwin Hubble (1889-1953) American Astronomer. 10th cousin
Bette Davis (1908-1989) American Actress. 10th cousin 1 times removed
John Cage (1912-1992) American Composer. 9th cousin 3 times removed
Walt Disney (1901-1966) American Animator. 9th cousin 3 times removed
Butch Cassidy (1866-1908) American Outlaw. 7th cousin 8 times removed
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) Scottish Novelist and Poet. 8th cousin 7 times removed
Button Gwinnett (1735?-1777) Georgia Representative. 7th cousin 11 times removed
Elizabeth Browning (1806-1861) English Author and Poet. 10th cousin 5 times removed
Bob Hope (1903-2003) American Actor. 7th cousin 13 times removed
William Charles Wentworth (1790-1872) Early Settler. 12th cousin 5 times removed
Williams Family
Harriet Lane (1830-1903) First Lady (niece of bachelor President James Buchanon). 3rd cousin 7 times removed
John Allerton (1591?-1920) Mayflower Passenger. 12th great grand uncle
Isaac Newton (1643-1727) Scientist and Mathematician. 1st cousin 14 times removed
William Brewster (1567-1644) Mayflower Passenger. 1st cousin 15 times removed
Thomas McKean (1734-1817) Delaware Representative. 6th cousin 6 times removed
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) English Poet. 5th cousin 10 times removed
Lucy Ware Webb Hayes (1831-1889) First Lady. 7th cousin 6 times removed
Davis and Williams Families (Yikes!)
Zachary Taylor (1784-1850) 12th President of the United States. 4th cousin 7 times removed
Maybe I can get a discount at Disney World from cousin Walt? Click here if you need help understanding the various "cousin" relationships. It basically means if you go back far enough, these famous people and I have a common ancestor.


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@ClydeFacts "When one of his ladys asked clyde why he doesnt text he said if you dont get the message by now a phone aint gonna help." Except for Kate. Wobble Wobble!
Indeed Melo has been playing great.
Amar'e played great tonight too. While Melo seemed to outshine him, 23 points on 43% shooting with 12 rebounds is pretty good when you're going up against JaVale McGee
And Tyson Chandler with NINE offensive rebounds and 15 total rebounds. This is what we brought him here for.
Unsung hero of the night? Bibby. Clutch 3's FTW.
I need to watch the gaaaaaaaaaaaaame!!!! I need my daily dose of Knicks basketball!!!!
Yeah, I like Shumpert alot, and Anthony is obviously a beast, but my 2 biggest things were Stoudemire, while not amazing, looked much closer to what I grew accustomed to last year, and Chandler bounding and astounding which we greatly needed. To me any Chandler points are a bonus, but we need him in double digit rebounds nightly and altering plenty of shots. Agree with many peoples saying Shumpert, Fields, Anthony, Stoudemire and Chandler as starting 5 for the time being.
"Tough times don't last forever, tough people do"
Think we may have something special in Shumpert. Guy was playing the point, barking orders, waving stat and melo around the floor. That was fun to watch from a youngster.
Yeah, I like Shumpert alot, and Anthony is obviously a beast
Word. Would that WNY refer to WNY, NJ? That's were I was raised.
STAT showed finally, Melo was...Melo. And IMAX was the breath of fresh air being pumped into our lungs of longing.
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@ClydeFacts "When one of his ladys asked clyde why he doesnt text he said if you dont get the message by now a phone aint gonna help." Except for Kate. Wobble Wobble!
double post. fuk, sorry
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@ClydeFacts "When one of his ladys asked clyde why he doesnt text he said if you dont get the message by now a phone aint gonna help." Except for Kate. Wobble Wobble!
Nah I'm not a tri-stater, in this instance WNY stands for Western New York. I visit the city as well as New Jerz at least twice yearly though and love the area.
"Tough times don't last forever, tough people do"
I said it before the season and ill say it again...Melo could get himself the scoring title this year. Right now its between him and Lebron, everybody else is about 3 points behind.
Melo could easily get the scoring title, especially if Antoni's offensive game plan is to give the ball to Melo and let's see what happens. Did Melo take the last 20 shots tonite or what? I understand going to the hot hand, but no plays whatsoever? Knicks are so lucky they won tonite.
how come Antoni doesn't foul when up by 3 at the end of games? Even Clyde Frazier said he'd foul in that situation, and sounded exasperated! What does Mike know that Clyde does not? what a D'ick!
John Wall busting through the matador swiss cheese defense at will, until the mighty Shumpert made an appearance. Imax's +/- would have been better than +20 if Melo wasn't chucking at the end, allowing the worst team in the league back in the game. Live by the 3...
Shumpert needs to start, better PG than Toney D by far. probably a better SG than Fields. wouldn't mind seeing Shump/Fields, or Bibby/Shump as starting backcourt, but the Bib needs to show more consistency. Toney D is sixth man material and a shooting guard. let's just take the ball out of his hands, and take that PG pressure off. OK?
nice game thread, but calling for Balkmania to start over STAT? I DUNNO!!! that's just kinda lame.
I did not like new sportscaster Spiro, he seemed to be saying STAT's name wrong, and that irked me to no end! was it just me?
not a great game, but I'll take the win.
Antoni's gotta go. i hate him and his lame coaching.
and what's with his dumb brother just sitting there when the Knicks won?
Stoudemire and Anthony for the 2nd time I've seen have played off eachother so well tonight. Some analyst are talking and saying Melo took too many shots(31) but in the last 3 minutes D'Antoni went iso and he took 7 shots, and most of his shots came late in the clock and were rushed, nonetheless he's playing at MVP level but most likely wont get consideration.
All in all we only had 5 guys score over 2 points which we cant have.
I mean Melo took a lot of shots but his percentage was 48%. I'm pretty sure if you knew a player was going to make 48% of his shots, you'd tell him to get the ball and start chucking ASAP.
I see your point. TD blew so much ass tonight. That punk couldn't even get a damn point against the Wizards, the worst team in the NBA. Seriously his lack of passing ability and PG skills is pathetic.
I hope by now KO will finally realize that you can't take a shooting guard and make him into a PG just cause you need him to be one. Like I've said since last year, TD is an SG, he will always be an SG.
I think he'd be a better PG if we knew earlier that we were going to ditch Billups, though. Then TD could've spent the summer working on his court vision and studying the film and game plan. Honestly, though, he doesn't seem capable of being a good PG it just doesn't seem like it, IMAX got that role down.
One thing I noticed from IMAX is that even though his shot selection is not great, his decision making as a PG looked pretty solid. He found the open man, created offense, and didn't turn the ball over that much (2 TOs in 37 minutes is pretty good). If he can produce games like this (6 or 7 assists, 10-15 points), he'll be a fine starting PG who can shift over to the 2 guard position when the Baron is healthy enough to play. His shot selection obviously still needs work but again he's a rookie, it'll get better with time.
Watched the game at my friend who's a huge Knicks fans house I like what I seen from Shumpert he looked a lot more comfortable than TD running the point he needs to start. Also Amare finally seems to be going after rebounds, Chandler with a great game, and Melo continues playing like a top 5 player in the league.
Word, somethings don't seem as big, but Chandler getting mad boards was huge, and Stoudemire looking more aggressive and not being a total stiff was also huge
"Tough times don't last forever, tough people do"


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It's ironic that one of the biggest stories in automation and control for the next decade will focus on the collaboration of control engineers, engineering management, and their information technology (IT) counterparts in manufacturing production facilities.
With manufacturing targeted as one of the biggest beneficiaries in the move to the Internet of Things (IoT), this group of stakeholders is in a pivotal position to achieve a new level of connectivity between engineering and enterprise management. With the goal of bringing both the supply chain and even customers closer to the manufacturing process, plants will need new levels of communications access, security, and networking resources (video and remote services) to make it happen.
If we look at the value being placed on the IoT, we can see how both engineering and IT are key players to making a major transformation occur. Targeted areas include asset utilization, employee productivity (with an emphasis on mobility), supply chain and logistics, innovation, and customer experience. Nearly all of these areas will require an infusion of technology into plant operations that spans the skill set and responsibility of both groups.
Breaking down the silos
"The longstanding issue is how to break down the silos and achieve convergence in managing networks more holistically," Dan McGrath, industrial automation solutions manager at Panduit, told Design News, in an interview. "We need the IT side to understand the business value and priorities of control integration, and to take more of a leadership role. The controls side needs to understand the need to partner and work more closely with IT to take advantage of these technologies. The value of the data and impacting the plant operation needs help from the plant director level to help break down those barriers to avoid turf battles."
Tools for the engineering and IT teams to manage and understand this market transition are vital. The plant director and maintenance manager can see the payback benefits in efficiency and waste reduction, then take plant productivity to the next level. How can personnel be enabled to be part of the IoT vision, along with a plant IT manager who is managing the explosion in the number of devices and data?
In a recent blog post, Paul Brooks, business development manager at Rockwell Automation, wrote about how breaking down the silos is really a need for organizational and cultural convergence:
"While technology and network convergence have occurred within many manufacturing companies, the bigger challenge is often organizational and cultural convergence. This convergence is essential to truly break down barriers and eliminate silos of information and isolated systems. Only then can a manufacturing organization align technology with its business objectives and become more responsive and efficient."
One critical area is the link to the supply chain. The plant can pull out data, but that data also needs to be analyzed and turned into tangible, intelligent decisions. The goal is to use data analytics to achieve efficiency and to react efficiently to changes. Customers can become more connected to the plant using their devices, and those interactions will also affect the production facility. Processes and organizations need to be connected, and IT is the common thread to connect them. But is still a challenge to put all of the pieces together.
Panduit, Cisco, and Rockwell Automation are founding members of a new organization called the Industrial IP Advantage that has just launched a new discussion forum to encourage discussion of these topics. These problems and initiatives to address these issues are not new, but now top management and executives are focusing on plant-floor data initiatives to drive operational and business excellence, faster time to market, and immediate access to data from machines on the factory floor. That may provide a major part of the impetus to make it happen.
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Fact is the Right supported the dismantling of the government of Libya, the condition on the street in Libya and the continued US diplomatic presence in Libya. We shouldn't have gone in and certainly shouldn't have had any none military staff on the ground when the government was in no position to defend. Fox news and the right wing Senators and Congressman jumping on this are the first ones who supported dismantling the government in Libya and putting our staff in a position where anarchy was present.
Everyone knows it was a screw up. Cover up of a cluster f**k hardly. Who in this country doesn't know it was screw up. The real issue the one that the Republicans and Fox news will never go after is why the US without Congressional approval decided to insert ourselves into a civil war and topple the government of Libya. They won't because the far right was cheerleading the move.


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Discussion in 'TV & Media' started by Trekker4747, Sep 23, 2008.
This has got to be the nastiest ep of House i've ever seen. Eeew!!
I KNEW that was gonna happen!
^ The bad thing is so did I.
House has a new buddy
^ Who participates in his felonies.
for cash
Yeah, that was a rather obvious bit wasn't it?
As is the PI becoming House's new "Wilson", althgouh he was charging House.... and wouldn't if they were friends.....
I really think Wilson will be back. NotFriend seems to have a problem with House's felony. I wonder if House did this to get out of the bill?
I like this guy. He's Wilson 2.0.
I'm convinced as well that Wilson will be back. Havne' theard any kind of rumblings that Leonard is leaving. And that exchange he had with House was vintage and superbly done.
House and another ballsy move, getting NotFriend to switch the meds.
up to 5 grand now!
^i don't think his annual hooker budget is that high
Gave the ep a 'good'...just shy of excellent, save for the poop joke.
Keeping him on retainer I wonder if he'll be a semi-reg.
So did I. I covered my eyes...
Gave it a good rating. The case was interesting, and the investigator was funny. I agree, he's Wilson 2.0. I think Wilson will be back, though.
It was actually curious to see House so utterly vulnerable when he went to Wilson's apartment. He seemed genuinely upset that Wilson would spend time with the others and not him.
Very good episode, I'll give it an excellent.
Interesting medical mystery, cute POTW, I loved the bit with House "auditioning" his new BFF at the begining (we need to see more of that! ) and the interaction with House and the PI was pretty good too.
Good episode, classic House stuff in it.
Not enough 13 and Cuddy, though.
I liked the Doctor Friend.
Good ep. I loved the audition of the new friend...handed teh shippers a big ol plot play [LOL]
Interesting diagnostic works. Wish I had a transcript of his explaination to Cuddy so I could follow it a bit better.
I've been forgeting to put this in the first post of the thread, so I'll put it here and try and remember it next week and in further episodes:
House Medical Reviews
This was definitely one of the grossest episodes to date. Ewwwww...
Great medical mystery, but I'm not terrible keen on House's new friend. The sooner the status quo is reset with Wilson, the better.
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Budget Balances (Deficits and Surpluses) for 54 Middle Income Countries From 1976-2007 (ICPSR 29341)
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Welcome to 2013 and the very first Love Strokes blog for the year from Love from Inside Out.
While the sparkle is still on 2013 lets look at some shiny, fresh ways to sparkle up your life and relationships with yourself and others.
For ultimate success use your thoughts, feelings in your body, your hearts desires and powers of visualization to make your dreams come true.
Albert Einstein knew the power we have inside of us to create our own reality even if we can't yet see it!
Our minds have access to the reality beyond that we can see. - Albert Einstein
To be successful it pays to know what you really want because if you don't have a destination you won't ever arrive. Or worse you arrive and don't like where you're at and want to be somewhere else!
So first of all take some time out of your day and have a heart to heart with yourself.
If it means you end up talking out loud or chatting to yourself in the mirror then do it. Just get it done!
I personally like to get out in nature, the back yard or in a park (I prefer the water) and write in my journal.
- Purposefully decide what you want. Do you want improvements in all areas of your life or to set an over-riding theme for 2013? Set an intention that motivates you towards your desire. If you want more love and passion in your relationship then you will write "I experience ultimate love and passion with my wife/husband all through 2013."
Look at the ways you relate to each other now and decide whether these activities serve or detract from your highest intention. Let go of the activities that don't help and replace them with activities that bring you closer
- Over the next 10-20 minutes saturate your mind with thoughts and visualize better relating and passionate experiences you want with your mate.
Do whatever you can to turn up the love and passion around you. Such as revamping your bedroom, organize activities for two or replace old tired sleeping attire with something a little more exciting.
- Talk to your partner about your desire for more love and passion making sure to let them know all they ways they make you happy already before sharing how things can improve.
Why not start the new year on your best foot by shining the light on your relationship, giving it a chance to grow? Like all things a brand new year is the best time to get things back on track.
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Teams Bumped From No. 1
Hot Waterloo Continues Surge
the first time this summer, a team other than a club from the
prestigious Cape Cod League occupies the No. 1 spot in Perfect Game's
weekly ranking of the nation's summer-college league teams.
Northwoods League's Waterloo Bucks, ranked No. 2 for the last four
weeks, finally took over the top spot with their continued hot play.
The Iowa-based Bucks (46-16) posted the best record in the 16-team
Northwoods League in the first half at 24-10 and have been even more
dominant in the second half at 22-6 with a week remaining in the
regular season.
not only leads the Northwoods League in hitting, but has received
dominant performances from several key pitchers, including Florida
righthander Aaron Rhodes (5-2, 3.03) and Arkansas righthander Landon
Simpson (6-1, 3.42), both freshmen, and ace closer Adam Dian, a
sophomore righthander from Temple, who is 2-0, 0.42 with six saves,
along with 40 strikeouts in 21 innings.
the Chatham Anglers, who had held the No. 1 spot this summer for all
but two weeks, stumbled down the stretch of the Cape Cod League
season, losing their last five games. But the Anglers had already
built up a substantial lead in the Cape's Eastern Division and
still managed to post the league's best overall record. The
eight-team Cape Cod League playoffs open Tuesday.
Cape League's Falmouth Commodores, meanwhile, won a three-team
fight for top spot in the Western Division, and actually surpassed
Chatham in the latest PG team rankings, moving to No. 2. The dominant
offensive team on the Cape, Falmouth produced the league's top two
hitters, leading home run hitter and the top three RBI producers.
summer leagues around the country wrapped up play and crowned
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LSNTAP Community Training Series - LEP 201: Tips and challenges in expanding LEP capacity in different technology contexts
Wednesday December 12
- By: LSNTAP, Pro Bono Net
- Time: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
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Webinar, United States
Brian RoweLSNTAP(206) 395-6094
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Date: Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Time: 1 pm ET / 12pm CT / 11 am MT/ 10 am PT
The past 3 years has seen a proliferation of online and web-based initiatives addressing the legal needs of those with limited English proficiency using different technologies (web sites, online forms, machine translation, etc). As these initiatives mature and are ready for replication, we are in a position to share how to replicate LEP capacity through technology in various languages. During this 90 minute webinar, we will share lessons learned and tips for easier adoption. From creating content translation using machine translation tools, to exploring the potential of memory translation never before used by legal non profits, to modifying commonly used tools specifically for this population in API languages, the creation of LEP content still requires additional resources and important considerations before jumping in. Please join us and our panel of innovators to learn how the current environment may impact your creation of online LEP tools, how to identify potential hurdles, new advocacy opportunities, and lessons that might make the path for your projects easier.
Jeff Hogue- Staff Attorney at Legal Assistance of Western New York
John Freeman-Supervising Attorney at Legal Services State Support MN
Dennis Rios- Spanish Content & Outreach Coordinator at Illinois Legal Aid Online
Tony Lu- Citizenship Works Project Coordinator at Citizenship Works
Liz Keith- Law Help Program Manager at Pro Bono Net
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Breckin Meyer's dude-centric TBS comedy, "Men at Work," is about to get an executive dose of reality in the upcoming episode "The New Boss." And the new boss is played by the one-and-only Peri Gilpin ("Frasier's" Roz Doyle).
In this exclusive sneak peek at Thursday's episode, the guys of Full Steam Magazine -- Milo (Danny Masterson), Tyler (Michael Cassidy), Neal (Adam Busch), and Gibbs (James Lesure) -- get word from Full Steam exec P.J. (J.K Simmons) that the competing magazine Icon has not only beat them out for a Best Magazine award, but Icon owner Lindsey Tucker (John Michael Higgins) is flashing the "loser" sign all over the place.
[Related: TBS renews 'Cougar Town' for Season 5]
"That's what you are, P.J., a loser," Tucker digs before introducing the Full Steam crew to his "ace in the hole" editor, Alex Turner (Gilpin). "That woman right there is the reason you will never ever beat me," Tucker tells P.J.
No so fast, Tucker. Looks like P.J. is about to poach Turner right out from under you. And, just like that, she's the editor at Full Steam.
To find out how these fellows handle a tough female boss, tune in to "Men at Work" on Thursday, 4/18 at 10 PM on TBS.


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Dave Winfield, Ken Caminiti, Phil Nevin and Will Venable. Those are the only four San Diego Padres to have at least 40 hits and at least eight home runs in a single month. Venable finished August 40-for-109 at the plate with the National League's top slugging percentage. Then yesterday Venable was rewarded with a two year deal worth $8.5 million dollars.
Richmond, Oregon State, Fairfield and Denver all announced their 2013-14 schedules.
The Stags got word that Pitt transfer Malcolm Gilbert will be eligible to play this season.
USA Today has Joe Scott's Pioneers ranked 51st nationally.
Yesterday Aaron Young held a press conference to announce he was heading to Princeton. Look for profiles on Young and Mike LeBlanc coming to the site soon.


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M.Div. (Lay Ministry Studies)
Benedict, in his Rule, calls the monastery a "school for the Lord's service" (Rule of Benedict Prologue). Graduate study and ministerial formation at Saint John's draw on this tradition; students prepare for service with the help of a community.
The three year Master of Divinity program for lay ministry candidates readies students for church leadership as lay ecclesial ministers. Consistent with Co-Workers in the Vineyard of the Lord, the formation program addresses the whole person, attending to human, spiritual, intellectual, and pastoral development. The program guides students through discernment of their call to ministry, their gifts, limitations, and pathway to ministry.
Classroom learning, Clinical Pastoral Education, and field education work together to teach students to reflect theologically on their ministerial experiences, while spiritual direction and communal prayer nurture students' spiritual lives. Through theological study and formation, students grow in their understanding of God's activity in their lives and develop an understanding of themselves as lay ecclesial ministers called to serve in Christian communities.
- Program Outcomes
- Degree Requirements
- Formation Program and Field Education Requirements (Student Handbook.pdf)
Master of Divinity students may also earn a Master of Arts degree, either simultaneously with or after their Master of Divinity studies, by completing 18 additional credits, two graduate papers or a thesis, the language proficiency exam, and comprehensive exams.


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Does anyone use iConnect www.iconnectsa.co.za for VIOP?
Our VIOP over ADSL gives varying call quality and I am lead to believe that iConnects VOIP over IPC will improve our call quality.
Anyone had experience with this situation?
Does anyone use iConnect www.iconnectsa.co.za for VIOP?
Our VIOP over ADSL gives varying call quality and I am lead to believe that iConnects VOIP over IPC will improve our call quality.
Anyone had experience with this situation?
I got various hassles with them I switched to https://www.telfreeclassic.co.za/ and I am amazed by the quality and high level of service. The pricing is very competitive as well.
Im just using them for a sip trunk though and manage my VOIP gateway myself.
PS. Im running of Mweb uncapped 4mbps ADSL
Last edited by GoofySmurf; 07-03-2012 at 09:39 AM.
What sort of hassles did you have, if you don't mind me asking?
We use Iconnnect - we've been migrated from clearvoice.co.za after their merge / buy-out.
It may be the handsets we're using (Seimens A580IP) but my (three) staff are forever muttering about the poor call quality. From that location we use an IPC account over a 1Mbps DSL line.
At home I use 8ta data and a SNOM320 handset and I can't complain about my call quality.
I will try a SNOM at the the other location, but haven't had the gap yet.
in my experience the A580's are always "too soft" and no matter how high you set the volume (3 steps in total) it always sucks on sip, other than that the phone is okay, as far as the call quality goes, check that the phone is sending the right codec (under settings you need to select own codec preference and use only g729) and that the rtp ports match to what the sip server is expecting.
So far my experience with iConnect has been somewhat of a disaster:
I have been waiting for nearly 2 months a proper contract. The one supplied had incorrect call rates and was for a contract period of several years. I am waiting for their new prepaid contract with the correct call charges.
The support guys were unable to send details for my PBX configuration in one go. The configuration settings have been sent to me during the course of a month in no less than 4 emails.
To date no one can confirm what call rates we are on.
The night before we went live, we could not receive incoming calls on our new phone number. We were however able to make outgoing calls.
Between 16:00 and 18:00 I spoke to iConnect no less than 4 times asking to speak to technical support. Each time they took my details and reassured me that someone from afterhours support would contact me. No one contacted me…
I called on the "go live" day and spoke to the support department manger and told her of my situation. She did not convey any surprise or concern than no one from afterhours support had contacted me. I asked her to get back to me about why no one contacted me from support. I am still waiting for her call…
Today I still do not have incoming calls and no one will tell me what call rates we are on.
Our phone bill is circa R20,000 per month but perhaps that is not enough to get any attention.
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The problem is that you are not on a core network with iConnect, I know they are resellers for various carriers,
If you have the infrastructure in place I can have you switched to Nashua ECN within 48 hours with inbound and outbound working at the rates below.
ECN Rates as follows: (pure per second billing)
local 27c
national 37c
blended 34c
Vodacom / MTN 85c
All other 95c
Thankfully after speaking to the management I got a call from a senior technician yesterday afternoon who sorted out the incoming call problem in about 15 mins.
I still have not been provided with the call rates we are currently being charged. By my calculations we are being overcharged compared to what we were initially quoted. I would have thought it was easy to tell a customer what call rates they were on.
InfinityMVS, would you please PM me with more details.
If iConnect cannot sort things out by close of business on Friday I will be going back to my old service provider and then looking around for alternatives.
Give me your business. I will give you better rates and better service. We preconfigure all of our PBX's and then ship them to customers making it a completely painless experience.
Hi Superspeed,
We have gone back to our old service provider and will reevaluate the matter in the near future. Cheers
The with iConnect problems continue. After iConnect finally calculated the amount they overcharged us, they are now dragging their heals with the refund. The last message I had from them was requesting me to invoice them for the refund!? I have never heard of having to invoice a company to get a refund.
Hi Oceans11. Are you sorted now. I have good relats with most people in the voice industry if you need to chat.


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Pujols 5 Restaurant Opens
Pujols 5 restaurant had its grand opening on Tuesday. I look forward to heading to Westport Plaza and sampling the cuisine when I'm back in town next week and will be sure to add my review. Yadi, Walt, Jose Vizcaino, and Fredbird were in attendance for opening night (didn't anyone tell Fredbird worms weren't on the menu?). I thought Patrick's, the former occupant of the space and Pujols' business partner in this venture, was nothing special, but I am sure Albert and Diedre have spiced things up. Has anybody been there yet? If so, fill out a comment card below.


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I have a multicolumn ListView control which I have created directly using the CreateWindowEx function. It has the LVS_REPORT style. I use LVM_INSERTITEM to add items and then LVM_SETITEMTEXT to set the individual columns.
However, LVM_INSERTITEM always adds new entries at the top of the list. Is there any way to get it to add them at the bottom?


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Resilience in the wake of a changing climate
"This is not the time for illusion or evasion; it is a time for transformation"
-- David Orr, 2011
The devastation wrought by Superstorm Sandy last month serves as a sad reminder that climate change is real; and it is having a very real and detrimental impact on our communities, our families and our livelihoods. The economic and human costs of Sandy are staggering. We cannot wait for the next Sandy or Irene, or the next historic blizzard, heat wave, drought or wildfire. We must address the causes of climate change and prepare for its inevitable impacts. We need to plan, and we need to act.
Vermont has an opportunity to lead this effort. Living in small communities, close to the land, we know first-hand that everything is interconnected; vibrant communities, healthy people, well-balanced ecosystems and a strong economy go hand-in-hand. We see that when ecological systems become unbalanced there is a corresponding detrimental impact on our lives and our pocketbooks. We need look no further than our backyard for evidence that this is so: in places where pollution from storm water runoff has made the waters in Lake Champlain un-swimmable, businesses that rely on visitors to the lake are suffering. Where air quality is poor, increasing numbers of children are experiencing asthma attacks that cause unnecessary suffering and economic hardship as parents miss work and pay thousands of dollars in medical expenses. Where wetlands have been compromised or destroyed, flood damage becomes more severe, impacting lives and seriously impairing already strained budgets.
After witnessing the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, author Andrew Zolli wrote in a New York Times commentary that we must learn to be resilient - "to imbue our communities, institutions and infrastructure with greater flexibility, intelligence and responsiveness to extreme events." At the same time, we need to take steps now to ensure that our ecosystems can bounce back and adapt to the changes we are experiencing. When we protect our environment we invest in our future resilience.
So let's begin to envision what Vermont would look like as a collection of resilient communities. In each of our cities, towns and villages we can begin to identify our strengths and vulnerabilities. Let's think creatively about the investments we could make today that will help us survive, and even thrive, in the face of unexpected challenges. Let's rethink how we build (or rebuild) our transportation infrastructure; how we get and deliver our energy; where and how we grow our communities and preserve or restore ecosystems; and how we create greater economic opportunities for our neighbors.
These are all issues we are looking at as a part of the work we are doing in Governor Shumlin's Climate Cabinet. However, one thing we know is that, while government has to be part of the solution, a lot of the changes we need to see require all Vermonters to get involved. And many of them have:
-- Our shared environmental ethic means that Vermonters are clamoring for information about how they can help ensure our ecosystems remain resilient into the future
-- Communities are rebuilding our battered infrastructure with climate change in mind
-- Our planners are considering ways to reconnect rivers with their flood plains so that our communities might be protected from future floods
-- We are investing in a smart grid and building new renewable energy projects
-- Volunteers across the state are helping with early alerts for new invasive pests and our public health officials are working together to anticipate and educate the public about recognizing diseases that may be new to the area.
-- The "buy local" and the local food movements, and investments in our Working Landscape initiative are helping local farmers, foresters and artisans. This makes our communities more economically resilient by keeping dollars local, while reducing our reliance on fossil fuels.
-- Our children lead the nation in getting outdoors to learn and play, ensuring that the next generation will understand the importance of the natural environment to our well-being
The difficulties we face in the wake of Irene and now Sandy serve as stark reminders that the work we are doing to create resilient communities is vitally important. These are changing and challenging times; but one thing we have learned as Vermonters is that by working together we can make a difference for ourselves and for future generations.
Deb Markowitz is Secretary of the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources.
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Biddick extends lead in title race
PUBLISHED: 14:43 31 January 2012
WILL BIDDICK extended his lead for the National jockeys' championship at the South Devon with a comfortable Confined race success on Alpha Native, writes Granville Taylor.
. Owned by Peter and Sandra Clarke and trained by Keith Cumings, Alpha Native was giving the Cornish rider his 11th winner of the season. "He stays and jumps well and we may go for a hunter chase," reported connections.
Glacial Call gave 25-year-old James Legg the first winner of his career in the Novice Riders' contest. A winner of six point-to-points and a hunter chase during the past few seasons, the mare had shown very little in her two races so far this season, but responded to every call from her rider this time. James's parents Roger and Jennifer Legg bought Glacial Call to give James race riding experience, but the mare's victory prompted the stewards' to enquire about the running of the 12-1 outsider of the six runners. Better going and the application of cheek pieces instead of blinkers had brought about the necessary improvement.
Shrewd Investment had taken the first race of the season at Black Forest Lodge and the six-year-old followed up with Restricted success here ridden by Nico de Boinville who works in the Nicky Henderson yard. The winner is trained at Barbury Castle by Laura Thomas for her father Norman. "We tied his tongue down for the first time today and may send him hunter chasing," said the trainer.
The Mamur Zapt was closing on Shrewd Investment when sprawling badly at the last in the Restricted, but his rider Darren Edwards had better luck when making all the running on Minella King to win the Open Maiden. This time Darren survived a first fence blunder on the winner, but was always holding runner-up Buster to give the rider his sixth success of the season. Minella King is owned and trained by Clare Bowles at Lovington, Somerset, but races with a Tredegar Farmers' certificate.
The Welsh point-to-point season does not get under way until mid-February, but there have been several successful raids by Welsh trained pointers into the Westcountry already this season. Sunday proved no exception, with three more prizes finding their way across the bridge.
The Pembrokeshire qualified Makena, owned by David Evans, stayed on strongly to win the Mixed Open with her trainer Alan Johns in the saddle. The mare was always travelling well and was left clear when Border Castle refused at the second last. Alan Johns rides out for Peter Bowen and said, "I am kept busy because I also ride my own horses and spend the evenings studying for an Open University course".
The two and a half miles Open Maiden also went to a Pembrokeshire trained horse in the shape of seven-year-old Anobium, who overhauled front running Bach On Tow in the home straight. Peter and Lisa Hall bought Anobium at Cheltenham sales in May 2010 and the gelding is stabled with Paul Tolman near Tenby. Paul's fiancée Jodie Hughes had the mount on Anobium. "That is the 40th winner of my career," said the delighted jockey who is one of the strongest lady jockeys riding today. Anobium had finished third to Flemenstar in his only Irish point and that form received a boost when his conqueror won a grade 1 chase at Leopardstown on Sunday, just a few minutes after Anobium's success.
Jockey John Mathias completed a good day for Wales by partnering his first winner since dislocating his hip last April. John steered home Renta Gallery to beat 15 rivals in the Mares Maiden. Luke Price trains this mare at Ynysybwl on behalf of father and son owners Adrian and Richard Thomas.
Confined: 1 Alpha Native (W Biddick); 2 Turning Tide (M Wall); 3 Whatcanisay (Miss B Frost); 6 ran; 2 1/2l; 25l; 6m 31s
PPORA Novice Riders': 1 Glacial Call (J Legg); 2 Lidjo de Rouge (Miss C Hawker); 3 Tres Bien (J Newman); 6 ran; 4l; 1l; 6m 25s
Open Maiden 2m 4f - four to seven-year-olds:1 Anobium (Miss J Hughes); 2 Bach on Tow (Miss L Gardner); 3 Cousinade (M Barber); 11 ran; 3l; 12l; 5m 9s
Mixed Open: 1 Makena (A Johns); 2 Gunner Be Quick (R Tory); 3 Penyfan Dawn (N Williams); 9 ran; 12l; 15l; 6m 27s
Restricted: 1 Shrewd Investment (N de Boinville); 2 Where's My Slave (M Wall); 3 The Mamur Zapt (D Edwards); 13 ran; 2l; 5l; 6m 27s
Mares Maiden:1 Renta Gallery (J Mathias); 2 Jaunty Dove (R Jarrett); 3 Shanann Star (D Edwards); 16 ran; 2l; 1l; 6m 31s
Open maiden: 1 Minella King (D Edwards); 2 Buster (M Hampton); 3 Central Bank (M Wall); 14 ran; 5l; 12l; 6m 35s


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These expeditions to California were a faint sign, perhaps, that the age of the small observatory in the U.S. was quickly passing. Lick had been the first observatory in the nation built (1888) in the mountains to obtain better "seeing" (i.e., less atmospheric disturbance). But its largest telescope was still only 36", and smaller, well-made instruments in the clear air of rural America were not yet completely outclassed. By 1917, however, with the completion of a 100" reflecting telescope at Mt. Wilson near Pasadena, it was becoming clear that the leading work in astronomy would henceforth be done with huge telescopes high atop mountains.
The Carleton astronomy program's unquestionable contributions to the growth and steady popularity of astronomy as both vocation and avocation were recognized in 1925 when the annual meeting of the American Astronomical Society was held at Goodsell. This honor can be said to have fittingly marked the beginning of the end of Goodsell Observatory's glory days.
Herbert Wilson retired in 1926, and another portent of the end of an era swiftly followed. Fath urged President Donald Cowling to discontinue the time-service that fall.
Time-signals were still being used by three major railroads, but Fath argued that the time and effort it took to send the signals were incommensurate with the now negligible publicity the service generated. In addition, it was now true that signals from the U.S. Naval Observatory were the equal or superior of the Carleton signals in accuracy - a fact which had been recognized as far back as 1914, when a receiver was mounted atop Laird Hall to receive wireless time- signal transmissions from Washington. After much discussion, the telegraphic time-signals from Goodsell were continued until December 1931, when the small company operating the wires into Northfield went out of business. What the commanding general of the U.S. Signal Corps had called, in 1881, probably the largest and best organized time-service in the U.S., succumbed to the modern age.
However, the spirit and activities of the Carleton astronomy program were far from ready for the dustbin of history. For another decade the College continued to provide time-signals to the public in Northfield, by broadcasting them over the radio. In 1926, Fath was elected to membership in the Astronomical Society of France. He was also a member of the Royal Astronomical Society, and hence the most widely honored astronomer ever to serve at Carleton. That same year he published the first edition of a book which would make both him and the College more prominent: Elements of Astronomy, which went through four editions in the next 20 years and was arguably the most popular astronomy textbook in the U.S. for the next ten years. In addition, Popular Astronomy reached a peak circulation of 1,200 (200 overseas) before the war. And a meteorological station was re-established at the College.
There was, moreover, still useful astronomical work to be done at observatories such as Goodsell. Within the next five years, Fath had the Clark telescope remounted for more effective work, and embarked on an ambitious joint program with Lick Observatory to study the relationship between the brightness and velocity of certain variable stars. In the 1930s, instructor Richard Zug, after building a double-plate camera for the Brashear refractor, would undertake some important work - in the study of galactic star clusters, the absorption of light in space, and the size of the galaxy - and receive a prestigious National Research Grant-in-Aid to develop a thermoelectric photometer, before moving on to a more advanced research facility. Zug's departure merely emphasized the inescapable fact that despite its celebrated history and continued research activity, the Carleton observatory as a place of really substantive astronomical work was not long for this world.
The vigor and buoyancy of the program in the 1930s was soon to receive an even mightier setback: World War II brought (if the pun may be excused) Carleton astronomy firmly back to earth. While Fath taught Engineering Astronomy and Meteorology to the soldiers of the Army Specialized Training Unit stationed at Carleton, there were no astronomy majors again among the civilian students until 1948. Popular Astronomy, needless to say, suffered a major disruption of its subscriptions, especially overseas. Not even the radio time-signal service survived the war.
The situation went from bad to worse. Fath retired in 1950, and the astronomy curriculum suffered a serious decline when a suitable replacement for him could not be found for four years. Gingrich, in the process of himself retiring a year later, died unexpectedly, leaving the affairs of Popular Astronomy in turmoil. The administration had no one to edit the journal, and tried unsuccessfully to negotiate a sale. At the end of 1951, the periodical ceased publication forever. It may have been just as well; some scholars have since claimed that Popular Astronomy could no longer really compete with its glossy, commercial competitors, such as Sky and Telescope (established 1941).
As, perhaps, an appropriate symbol of these setbacks, astronomy lost its independent standing as an academic department in 1950. Although a major in astronomy was still possible, for the first time since 1890 the Carleton course catalog listed only a joint department of Mathematics and Astronomy. Such a merger was an anachronism, since math was no longer the foundation of astronomy. In 1967, Astronomy was merged instead - more aptly - with the Department of Physics; it has been the Department of Physics and Astronomy from that day to this.
With the end of 70 years of publishing and the retirement of its last Who's Who astronomer - not to mention the advent of numerous gigantic optical telescopes and the blossoming of radio astronomical technology, which made the facilities at Carleton all but useless for cutting-edge research - Goodsell Observatory clearly and inevitably lost its national significance. The era when a good small observatory on the prairie could make a name for itself in astrophysics was gone. Fortunately, the College had, during those years, broadened the base of its reputation far beyond the renown of its observatory.
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No. 6 Louisville rallies, downs Memphis
Luckily for them, Chane Behanan helped make sure Louisville took home the victory.
Behanan scored 16 of his 22 points in the second half, and the Cardinals rallied from 16 points down in the first half to beat Memphis 87-78 on Saturday.
"This was as good a crowd as we've played in in quite some time," Pitino said of a near sellout with 18,392 in FedExForum. "It will rival any Big East crowd, certainly. Great arena, great fans, great crowd. We had to battle all the elements to get a victory and we did."
Louisville (9-1) trailed 25-9 in the first half before pulling out its fourth straight win in this rivalry with a team the Cardinals have played in three conferences. The Big East will be the fourth when Memphis joins in July.
But the Cardinals hadn't played in a week since beating Missouri-Kansas City on Dec. 8, and they seemed to forget all the plays they worked on in practice since then passing the ball to the 6-foot-6 Behanan near the basket. Behanan took only two shots in the first half as Memphis led 35-28 at halftime.
"It doesn't pay to work on it all week," Pitino said. "At halftime, I gave them a piece of my mind saying, 'You've got a great player here but you're ignoring him.' They got the message, and they didn't ignore him."
Russ Smith scored 13 of his 19 points in the second half for Louisville even after hurting his left ankle so badly in the first half he couldn't put any weight on it as he was helped to the bench.
Peyton Siva added 19 points, and Luke Hancock had 11. Behanan isn't talking to the media this semester under team discipline, but Smith said Pitino made sure they found the big sophomore in the final 20 minutes.
"We made an effort to try and come down and give him the rock every time possible," Smith said. "I think we did a pretty good job with that."
Memphis (6-3) had five players foul out, helping Louisville to a huge edge at the free-throw line. The Cardinals were 38 of 46; the Tigers 14 of 20. According to STATS LLC, Seattle was the last team to have five players foul out in regulation in a game against Washington on Jan. 10
"This one stings," said Memphis coach Josh Pastner, now 0-11 against ranked opponents.
Joe Jackson led Memphis with 23 points and eight assists, and Tarik Black added 21 points. Geron Johnson added 12 and D.J. Stephens 10.
These teams have been rivals for decades dating to when both belonged to the Missouri Valley Conference, then the Metro Conference and most recently Conference USA between 1995 and 2005.
They're due to be back in the same league starting in July for at least a season in the Big East, if Louisville doesn't bolt early for the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Memphis called for a "blue-out", and fans responded. They also spent much of the game on their feet, booing or cheering every call and basket. The foul disparity was such that fans stood and cheered the Big East officiating crew derisively when Hancock was called for a foul with more than 6 minutes left.
Jackson said he could feel the difference from the crowd.
"You made a big shot, they erupt," Jackson said.
The Tigers outshot Louisville 51.8 percent (29 of 56) to 42 percent (21 of 50) and outrebounded the Cardinals (34-28). They just couldn't overcome the difference at the free throw line and finish off a big win.
Memphis led 54-44 on a dunk by Johnson with 12:25 left. That's when the Cardinals took control scoring 13 straight points, and Hancock hit a pair of 3s and Behanan added another. Kevin Ware hit a pair of free throws to cap the spurt and put Louisville up 57-54 with 9:58 left.
Pastner said he went to a zone to protect his team with all the foul trouble.
"They were 1 of 8 in the first half from 3, and they hadn't shot well from 3 all year long," Pastner said. "We have to give them credit for making them."
The Tigers could get no closer than five in the final minute as Louisville sealed the win by hitting 10 of 12 at the free throw line down the stretch.
"We had to gut this one out," Smith said. "This wasn't going to be an easy win. We all knew that coming in. We're just really proud of ourselves now that we can go home after a great road victory."
Louisville jumped out 5-1 before Jackson got Memphis going by hitting a 3, and the Tigers wound up hitting 13 of 22 in building a 16-point lead and appearing ready to give their young coach his signature win.
Stephens even stepped out and hit a 3-pointer, which put Memphis up 25-9 with 10:05 left. Memphis kept the Cardinals off balance by switching up defenses from its usual man to man, and the Cardinals wound up shooting 8 of 24 through the first 10 minutes.
The Cardinals took advantage of Memphis turning it over a season-high 24 times, converting those into 29 points.


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By Annie Reuter
As the world remembered Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday (Jan. 16), numerous musicians and actors took part in their own tribute to the late civil rights activist.
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Chance The Rapper, Alicia Keys, Common, Diddy, Jennifer Lopez, Lady Gaga and Pharrell joined Oprah, Shonda Rhimes, Kerry Washington, Tracee Ellis Ross and Connie Britton, among others, on Twitter to help recite Dr. King's famous "I Have A Dream" speech.
Each person wrote a line from Dr. King's speech and included the torch emoji. It can be read below as well as through Twitter Moments.
#IHaveADream today!—
Lil Chano From 79th (@chancetherapper) January 16, 2017
I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted #IHaveADream—
shonda rhimes (@shondarhimes) January 16, 2017
and every hill and mountain shall be made low, #IHaveADream—
lee daniels (@leedanielsent) January 16, 2017
the rough places will be made plain and the crooked places will be made straight #IHaveADream—
Alicia Keys (@aliciakeys) January 16, 2017
and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together."" #IHaveADream—
COMMON (@common) January 16, 2017
This is our hope, and this is the faith that I go back to the South with. #IHaveADream—
Jennifer Lopez (@JLo) January 16, 2017
With this faith, we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. #IHaveADream—
kerry washington (@kerrywashington) January 16, 2017
With this faith, we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. #IHaveADream—
Connie Britton (@conniebritton) January 16, 2017
With this faith, we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, #IHaveADream—
xoxo, Joanne (@ladygaga) January 16, 2017
to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, #IHaveADream—
Tyler Oakley (@tyleroakley) January 16, 2017
knowing that we will be free one day. #IHaveADream—
Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) January 16, 2017
And this will be the day -- this will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with new meaning: #IHaveADream—
Sean Diddy Combs (@diddy) January 16, 2017
My country 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. #IHaveADream—
Tracee Ellis Ross (@TraceeEllisRoss) January 16, 2017
Land where my fathers died, land of the Pilgrim's pride, #IHaveADream—
Pharrell Williams (@Pharrell) January 16, 2017
From every mountainside, let freedom ring! #IHaveADream—
Oprah Winfrey (@Oprah) January 16, 2017