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Revisions have been made to our materials that obsolete some (but not all) of the information in this document.
Please see the latest updates here.
Many of you have been asking us for an update to our CCIE Voice to CCIE Collaboration materials transition. This document will serve to update you both on where we currently are with new materials, as well as give you a transition path and material to work on until we have everything fully transitioned over to the new Collaboration blueprint.
If you happen to be quite new to beginning to study for the CCIE Collaboration then you may not be aware of what many others already know, namely that this is not a brand new CCIE track, but rather a renaming and slight evolution of the CCIE Voice track. In fact, when we begin to talk about Collaboration, many technologies and products that are very active in your enterprise come to mind: TelePresence, MCUs, WebEx, VCS-C / VCS-E Expressway. Yeah – none of that is in the CCIE Collaboration Written Blueprint nor the CCIE Collaboration Lab Blueprint (Note: VCS is present in the backbone only – and all the hard work is on the VCS and out of the control of the student). So then you think to yourself, "… well Jabber, Jabber must be in the blueprints at least!" – and it is in the blueprint … and from looking at the written and lab blueprint we can clearly see that it's worth a whopping 6% in the written and 8% in the lab. So then what is new to this lab from the old CCIE Voice exam? Not terribly much. New telephony dial plan features in UCM such as EMCC, CCD, Hunt Group Queuing, ILS and SIP URI dialing. Video –which we were always told in years past from the content manager at the CCIE Techtorials at Cisco Live that it was testable in the old Voice lab so you had to study it and INE covered it in our materials– there just weren't any endpoints to test it out with, and now there finally are with the SIP 9971 IP Phone with USB camera attached. So really there are a lot of new telephony features, but little in the way of true Collaboration. So then how does this affect your studies and what new material do you really need? While there are quite a number of new features in UCM and other application platforms that we have already developed content for and will be releasing very soon, this means that there is already a vast amount of content that INE offers today that you can be studying with. What will follow is a breakdown of our existing content along with the very few sections that are no longer relevant (basically anything that relates to H.323 Gatekeeper). Everything else that we offer is 100% valid and very much worth studying. Even though this is labeled a Collaboration exam – it is still very much a Dial Plan and Troubleshooting-centric exam, with the vast amount of points going towards getting a proper dial plan functioning along with the necessary media resources to allow that dial plan to function (40%), and troubleshooting that setup (25%). Major difference is simply that now the media resources now include Video. And we have you covered in spades when it comes to dial plan, troubleshooting and all of the other ancillary product-specific topics such as UCCX, Unity Connection, CUE and CME.
Update on New Collaboration Materials
We have built completely new racks that should be released into the scheduler at the end of next week. I have included an updated rack diagram below and each rack has the following specs:
- Cluster1:
- VMs: 3x UCM, 1x IM&P, 1x CUC, 1x UCCX, 2x Jabber
- Rack Phones: 3 direct attached 7961s (remotely controlled w/ variphy)
- Remote Phones: 3 including 9971s at your physical study location via L2VPN
- Cluster2:
- VMs: 3x UCM, 1x IM&P, 1x CUC, 1x Jabber
- Rack Phones: 1 direct attached 7961 (remotely controlled w/ variphy)
- Remote Phones: 2 including 9971s at your physical study location via L2VPN
- IP/PSTN Cluster:
- VMs: 1x UCM, 1x IM&P, 1x VCS, 1x TMS, 1x Jabber/JabberVideo
- Rack Phones: 1 direct attached 7961 (remotely controlled w/ variphy)
- Remote Phones: 1 at your physical study location via L2VPN
- Shared between Clusters:
- Site Routers: 3x 2911 running IOS 15.2(4)M5 each with:
- 1x HWIC-2T for Frame Relay (sigh, yes Frame Relay)
- 1x VWIC3-1MFT-T1/E1 for ISDN PRI
- 1x PVDM3-128/256 for Transcoding/Audio/Video Conferencing
- 1x EHWIC-4ESG-P and PWR-2911-POE (branch sites only) for PoE switching
- 1x SM-SRE-710 (branch 2 site only)
- PSTN Router: 1x 2811 running IOS 15.1(4)M3 with:
- 1x HWIC-4T for Frame Relay
- 3x VWIC2-1MFT-T1/E1 for ISDN PRI
- 2x PVDM2-64 for TDM to VoIP
- HQ Site Switch: 1x 3560E-V2 running IOS 15.0(2)SE5
I have already recorded 30 hours of videos that cover newer feature topics like Jabber, URI dialing, video phones and video conferences between 9971 and Jabber (w/video) and in depth troubleshooting on MGCP, H.323 and especially SIP, that are being edited by our video department and should be released within a few days. I will update this post with the new playlist in the next section as soon as they finish.
Again, we have already created quite a number of tasks and screenshot-based solutions, and they will be coming out very shortly on our new delivery system that we announced at our INE Rewired party at Cisco Live this week.
How to Use Existing INE CCIE Voice Materials
Below is a list of our CCIE Voice products with links, along with the very few sections of content that are no longer tested and that may be skipped. Also, I offered in another blog post an 18 month plan, complete with downloadable spreadsheet to plan out your exact study dates. As our video department finishes editing more videos and releases them, I will update this post with links to that material.
CCIE Collaboration – Unified Communications on Unified Computing System (UC on UCS) Videos
All new and relevant and necessary for written.
CCIE Collaboration CCD/SAF Videos
All new and relevant and needed for both written and lab.
CCIE Voice ATC Videos
Everything relevant except the sections related to "H.323 Gatekeeper":
- H.323 Gatekeeper with CUBE – Concepts & Slides Part 1
- H.323 Gatekeeper with CUBE – Concepts & Slides Part 2
- H.323 Gatekeeper with CUBE – Demonstration Part 1
- H.323 Gatekeeper with CUBE – Demonstration Part 2
- H.323 Gatekeeper with CUBE – Demonstration Part 3
- H.323 Gatekeeper with CUBE – Demonstration Part 4
CCIE Lab Preparation Videos:
Everything relevant except the sections related to "H.323 Gatekeeper":
- Dial Plan – H.323 Gatekeeper: Part 1
- Dial Plan – H.323 Gatekeeper: Part 2
CCIE Deep Dive Series Videos:
Everything relevant except the sections related to "H.323 Gatekeeper" and I even cover things such as CME with both SIP and SCCP phone configurations:
Module 08 :: Expert H.323 Gatekeeper :: Runtime 7 hours 6 minutes
- Provisioning IOS H.323 Gatekeeper
- Registering CUCM with H.323 Gatekeeper
- Registering CUCME with H.323 Gatekeeper
- Routing Calls from CUCME to CUCM via Gatekeeper in Multiple Zones with Dynamic E.164 Aliases
- Routing Calls from CUCM to CUCME via Gatekeeper in Multiple Zones with Multiple Tech Prefixes
- Routing Calls from CUCME to CUCM via Gatekeeper in Multiple Zones with Multiple Tech Prefixes
- Routing Calls from CUCME to CUCM via Gatekeeper in Multiple Zones with Static E.164 Aliases
- Routing Calls from CUCM to CUCME and Back via Gatekeeper in One Zone with One Tech Prefix
- Gatekeeper Call Admission Control
- Routing Calls from CUCM to CUCME and Back via Alternate Gatekeeper Clustering in Multiple Zones with Multiple Tech Prefixes using GUP
CCIE Voice Volume I Workbook:
Everything relevant except the sections related to "H.323 Gatekeeper":
- Expert Gatekeeper
- Provisioning IOS H.323 Gatekeeper (GK)
- Registering CUCM with an H.323 Gatekeeper
- Registering CUCME with an H.323 Gatekeeper
- Routing Calls from CUCM to CUCME via Gatekeeper
- Routing Calls from CUCME to CUCM via Gatekeeper
- Gatekeeper – Call Admission Control (CAC)
- Gatekeeper – One Zone w/ One Tech-Prefix
- Alternate Gatekeeper – Clustering with Gatekeeper Update Protocol (GUP)
- Extensive Testing
- Troubleshooting Gatekeeper
CCIE Voice Volume II Workbook:
None of the Full Multi-Protocol "Mock Labs" in Volume II contain any H.323 Gatekeeper tasks, but do contain tasks that a CCIE Collaboration lab today would require you to accomplish, making them all great labs for a prospective student to shoot for being able to accomplish in 5-6 hours maximum, leaving you additional time for the extra tasks that would be related to new features. These are still very relevant mock labs!
Recommended Reading
It should go without saying that for any person wanting to attain a CCIE certification, that hundreds of hours go into reading alone (outside of hands-on lab hours) during your studies. Much of this will come as you work within the construct of our materials.
First up is the Unified Communications 9.x System Reference Network Design Guide (SRND) It's around 1200 pages and worth reading every single page.
Reading some of the Midmarket Preferred Architecture guides such as this one for general Collaboration and this one for Jabber can be great entry points and ongoing reference guides.
Also, this time when Cisco wrote their written and lab blueprints, they took some time to include links at each topic level to reading material that are usually system guide references to the topic. Occasionally they want you to pay to gain access, and usually it's really not worth it – plus you already have an INE All Access Pass to the same topics, so it's most likely redundant. At any rate, most of the links are to very good documentation reference materials to read.
CCIE Collaboration Written blueprint breakdown topics.
CCIE Collaboration Lab blueprint breakdown topics.
This next book is incredibly written and covers WAY more than you need to know for the CCIE Collaboration lab, but is still definitely worth the read if you do any enterprise, SP or Data Center work with Quality of Service. End-to-End QoS Network Design: Quality of Service for Rich-Media & Cloud Networks, 2nd Edition
And as Brian so eloquently put it in an earlier blog post, for those of you that have never heard of Cisco Live Online On-Demand Library before, you're welcome. This is where all the video recordings and PDFs of slide decks live from every Cisco Live convention for the past 5 years. Use the filters on the left to limit your search to presentations with video, from the past few years, and limited to Collaboration and Voice – such as this filter is already setup for.
How to Study for the CCIE Lab Exam
At the risk of ever-so-slight plagiarism (at least I work for the same company ), I'm going to reiterate pretty much word-for-word what Brian said during his pass of the CCIE Data Center lab, simply because many people that study for this exam probably wouldn't have had much reason to come across and read much in the way of a data center post.
Brian Dennis and Brian McGahan teach a methodology that I have also been personally using and teaching for the past 8 years, even if I didn't always have this very simple set of slides to define it as I found they had when I arrived at INE 5 years ago. I saw these two simple slides they created and that I now use in every class I teach. This methodology is essentially a four step process of learning and testing incrementally. This is also the same methodology that has helped Brian Dennis obtain five CCIEs, Brian McGahan to obtain four CCIEs and the CCDE, and myself to obtain three CCIE, so you can quite easily trust that it works.
The methodology is a basic four step process as follows:
- Gain a basic understanding of the technologies
- Gain basic hands-on experience to reinforce and expand your understanding
- Gain an expert level of understanding
- Gain an expert level of hands-on experience
It might seem self-explanatory that you need to start at the bottom and work your way up, i.e. A then B then C then D, however over the years we've seen so many CCIE candidates try to shortcut this process and try to go from A directly to D. Traditionally these are the candidates that end up taking the lab exam 5, 6, 7 times before passing, essentially trying to brute force their way through the lab. Believe it or not, INE has had customers in the past that have attempted the CCIE Lab Exam in the same track 10 or more times before passing. Coincidentally, these are also usually the customers that don't want to hear that they don't know something or that their methodology is wrong. Go figure.
The CCIE is much more about the journey than it is the destination. You really only cheat yourself coming out of the process without truly being an expert at the technologies covered, so make sure you really take the time and be meticulous about going through absolutely everything.
INE has tons of material that you need to make you truly an expert. Don't wait until every last bit of new material has been released to get started now. You need an incredibly deep solid understanding of the core fundamentals, and INE already has 90% of the content you need to make you an expert, and more being released in every few weeks. Also, since INE has made the commitment to treat CCIE Collaboration as CCIE Voice v4 for our customers, and therefore ensure your investment, there is no reason you shouldn't get started with your studies today, and add on to them as we continue to add the new feature topics!
About Mark Snow, CCIE #14073:
Mark Snow has been actively working with data and traditional telephony as a Network Consulting Engineer since 1995, and has been working with Cisco Call Manager and voice-over technology since 1998. Mark has been actively teaching and developing content for the CCIE Voice track since 2005, and the Security track since 2007. Mark's story with both data and voice technology started out quite young, as he began learning around the age of five from his father who was a patented inventor and a research scientist at AT&T Bell Laboratories. Mark started out on Unix System V and basic analog telephony, and went on from there to large data networking projects with technologies such as Banyan Vines, IPX and of course IP, and large phone systems such as Nortel 61c, Tadiran Coral, Avaya Definity and of course Cisco Unified Communications Manager in both enterprise and 911 PSAP environments across the US and internationally. Mark is also an accomplished pilot and punched his ticket in 2001. When Mark isn't learning, labing, consulting or teaching, he can be found either piloting or possibly jumping out of a perfectly good airplane, hanging off a rock somewhere or else skiing out west. He also might just be enjoying a quiet day at the beach with his wife and two wonderful young kids, Ryleigh and Judah.
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36 Responses to "CCIE Collaboration Study Guide and Rack & Materials Update"
The dropbox link for the ccie voice 18 month blog post is disabled..
thanks for this detailed post Mark. I'm beginner to voice and still waiting to see single post describing building a practice environment to study for CCNA, then CCNP voice (or collaboration) with maximum possible virtual solutions rather that buying hardware. thanks a lot.
Hi Mark,
Thanks for the update, was looking for it from quite some time. I have question other question, I attended the last bootcamp for CCIE Voice v3 at Shorebreak hotel from Dec 2nd – 13th and I remember it was mentioned that retake would be free excluding the POD. Does that still hold good ?
Thank you.
Hi Mark,
Awesome work and thank you so much for the updates. Once the new racks are available will this in some how effect my future rack rental reservations on CCIE Voice? or do I have to re-book all my reservations?
It seems that the CCIE Collaboration racks are deployed currently and I have received an email from Webdev team about the current lab session has been removed due to the change.
Please advice, cheers
Mark – is there anything online about the new content delivery system? I kept checking after the INE party and have not found any formal announcements about what it is, how it'll work, etc?
Also you spelled out a lot of rack based phones. For those of us who previously provided all of our phones remotely can we continue to do that to avoid using veriphy?
Finally – any chances to the remote vpn setup with the new rack technology? Been waiting for this!
Great thanks! Looks like only difference from the lab is a bit of video. I have my own rack replicating your old ccie voice rack with 8 7961s. I also have cucm, cuc, uccx all version 9.1. Don't really want to upgrade to isr g2s quite yet due to price. I never was a believer of studying the lab but only studying the technology.
My question is will I get all of the voice aspects down with my rack and just rent rack time through ine to play with the video portion of the lab.
Hi Mark, I wanted to know if you need to have cisco 9971 phone or is remotely possible that these administered as 7961., They are very expensive and not get my copies so easy
Hi Mark, I forgot to ask how many phones 9971 are required
Hi sir. i am new in voice . Will this rack work for NP Voice also?
Any reason not to use an 8945 phone instead of a 9971?
Also, I understand that the vast majority of the v3.5 workbook is relevant to Collab as you mention above, but just curious what the timing might be for the release of the v4 workbooks?
Thank you very much Mark. Great post.
in leu of using 9971, using a 8945 with SIP fw and DX650 should suffice for SIP URI dialing correct?
Hi Mark,
Needs your help on some consideration of investment for my own lab.
– If I have two 3800 routers with NM-CUE module and two 3900 routers, then do I need to invest on another ISR G2 with SM-SRE-710 or I can leverage the existing 3800? Of course I will have PVDM3 for the two 3900s but dont know if it's a must for three 3900 with PVDM3 and SM-SRE-710 instead of NM-CUE
– if I use L2VPN for all phones, then do I need to invest on EHWIC-4ESG-P module?
Thanks a lot for your advices,
When will the new lab be available?
Hi Mark,
Does the CCIE Collaboration ATC replaces the CCIE Voice ATC ? or both are part of the study plan ?
You recommended in the study plan to combine watching Deep-Dive videos and workbook questions while at this moment the workbooks are ccie voice related and there is no access to the old CCIE voice rack.
How do you suggest me to start learing to the CCIE Lab exam ?
Thanks a lot for all you're doing.
Tom Golan.
Dear Mark,
Thanks for the article and information on CCIE.
I am a software Engg by profession and working in Digital Video Domain (dvs)and have 8 years of experience in NMS and DVS. I am new to CCIE and preparing for CCNA in VOICE and planning for CCIE-VOICE Certification.
I have a question. is it good to switch from DVS to CCIE – VOICE Domain? … Please clarify…
(Typically, DVS and VOICE has similar concepts of Networking)
How to prepare for CCIE Lab Examination?
Best Regards,
Karthikeyan L.C
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Thu, 18 December 2008
Earlier in the week I had planned to go with a different concert for this episode but it seems that Santa had an early present for me. Last year around this time I featured Warren Haynes' 19th Annual X-Mas Jam and I decided to continue the tradition when I came across multiple concerts from the 20th X-Mas Jam. The lineups are always so good that I might have to make this a yearly tradition.
The music for this show will feature a new band with a familiar lead singer. During the Beastie Boys recent "Get Out and Vote" tour, Ben Harper debuted a new lineup, Relentless 7. The beginnings of the band's formation date back to 1998 at a concert Ben played in Austin. While on the way to the show, the guy driving Ben's van asked to play a demo tape. Ben was so impressed that he got the band a record deal and continued to work with their guitarist on several projects, including one of the tracks on Both Sides of the Gun. The band was Wan Santo Condo and guitar player Jason Mozersky, is now playing lead for Relentless 7.
This concert begins with a track called "Number With No Name," which is from their debut album, White Lies For Dark Times, which will be out in May of next year. The limited tour stops they have made so far have been at smaller venues than typical for the Innocent Criminals. The reason for this can be attributed to the following quote from Ben Harper: "I wanted us to earn it, this is where it needs to be for it to be sincere". I for one am hoping they stick with this philosophy on their album tour next Spring, just be sure to get your tickets early.
Song listing
If you enjoyed this podcast click the following link to download the the show in lossless format
Derek Trucks Band 12/12/08
Del McCoury Band 12/12/08
Dumpstaphunk 12/12/08
Warren Haynes & John Paul Jones 12/12/08
Joan Osborne 12/12/08
Gov't Mule 12/12/08
Travis Tritt 12/12/08
Johnny Winter 12/13/08
Coheed & Cambria 12/13/08
Michael Franti & Jay Bowman 12/13/08
Steve Earle 12/13/2008
Christmas Jam Band 12/13/08
Support the artists in this podcast by buying CDs and watching them live!
Check tour dates and band information for Ben Harper and the Relentless 7.
Direct download: livemusicpodcast_040.mp3
Category:Podcasts -- posted at: 6:49pm EDT
Mon, 15 December 2008
If you are still looking for a Christmas gift for the live music fan in your life I highly recommend picking up Rodrigo y Gabriela's new album "Live in Japan". The duo never cease to amaze me with the energy and rhythm that are on display during this performance. Although it is available digitally, for this one you should buy the plastic version so you get the bonus DVD.
More live Rodrigo y Gabriela can be found on Podcast #11: Rodrigo y Gabriela - Santa Cruz, CA - 04/27/07.
Category:Album Picks -- posted at: 9:36pm EDT
Thu, 4 December 2008
Well it's that time of year in Kansas City as I'm sure it is in many other areas where you are listening when the inevitability of winter starts sinking in. With the majority of my outdoor activities coming to an end for the next several months the thoughts of spending the majority of my time indoors has put a slight damper on my mood. So in light of this I thought it would be fitting to do a blues show for this episode. Also, it has been a while since I featured a recording from my hometown and this recent download I came across fit both of those criteria perfectly.
Last month wrapped up the end of Gov't Mule's Kinder Revolution Fall Tour and supporting them on this tour was a great blues band called Back Door Slam. The trio comes all the way from the Isle of Man which is at the geographical centre of the British Isles. Despite that they seem to spend a lot of time touring the US because I saw them open for Rusted Root about a year before at the same venue. They really are a great opening act and I'd love to see what they can do with a full set sometime. This recording was captured by Nick Hatfield aka MOMule on November 16th, 2008 and is sure to get you fired up on even the coldest winter day.
Follow the link below to listen to the concert in loss-less format.
Back Door Slam - Kansas City, MO - 11/16/08
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1) Outside Woman Blues
2) Tear Down The Walls
3) Come Home
4) Back Door Slam
5) Country Girl
6) Coming Into Los Angeles
7) It's a Long Long Road
8) (Tell Me) What the Fuss is All About
9) What in the World
Support the artists by buying music and watching them live!
Check out Back Door Slam's Homepage for tour dates and more info about the band.
Also check out the amazing Gov't Mule set that followed their performance.
Gov't Mule - Kansas City, MO - 11/16/08
...and last year's concert from the same venue
Podcast #14: Gov't Mule - Kansas City, MO - 11/01/07
Direct download: livemusicpodcast_039.mp3
Category:Podcasts -- posted at: 10:09pm EDT
Tue, 2 December 2008
I have been listening to more streaming concerts on Wolfgang's Vault now that the company I work for has for some reason unblocked this site. I'm not really sure why since it seems like it would be a giant bandwidth hog, but that isn't really my problem.
Here is one that I found featuring a compilation of some of the greatest guitar players of all time.
Guitar Greats: Vault Top 10
Category:Feature Streams -- posted at: 9:54pm EDT
Thu, 20 November 2008
For this episode I am featuring an Australian artist that was last seen touring the US with Ben Folds. If you guessed Missy Higgins then I guess you win although I didn't really come up with any prizes. I got the chance to see their sold out stop in Kansas City last month and despite waiting in line during a cold and rainy night for about a half an hour, it turned out to be one of my favorite concerts this year. I can be fairly cheap so when I get to see 2 great bands in the same night it kind of feels like I got a little extra for my money.
The job of the opening band can be quite difficult with many crowds and especially with one that is cold and wet. Typically half of the people show up in time for the opener and half of those are trying to talk to each other during the songs. An opener really has to do something special to excite a crowd in this kind of environment and for the audience in attendance at the Uptown Theater, Missy Higgins was absolutely captivating. Her expressive and slightly sassy style was a great complement to Ben Folds and perfect for a small theater like the Uptown. A good indicator of how well an opener is doing is the difference between the crowd noise during the songs and in between. Let's just say that a lot of headliners would be jealous of the loud applause after and near silence during each song.
Try as I might, I was not able to find a recording of that night's performance. I did however find an excellent recording of a concert that was taped about a year before in Hollywood, California.
Follow the link below to listen to the full concert
Missy Higgins - Hollywood, CA - 10/18/07
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1) Peachy
2) This Is How It Goes
3) Forgive Me
4) Any Day Now
5) Where I Stood
6) Angela
7) Secret
8) Warm Whispers
9) The Special Two
10) Scar
11) Steer
Support the artists by buying music and watching them live!
Check out Missy Higgins' Homepage for tour dates and more info about the band.
Also check out this recording that almost made it to the podcast
Missy Higgins - Telluride, CO - 6/17/06
Direct download: livemusicpodcast_038.mp3
Category:Podcasts -- posted at: 10:43pm EDT
Wed, 19 November 2008
NPR does it again...this time an exclusive live acoustic performance of songs from the Raconteurs album 'Consolers of the Lonely'.
The Raconteurs: Acoustic 'Consolers'
Set List:
1) Old Enough
2) Top Yourself
3) These Stones Will Shout
Support the artists by buying music and watching them live!
Check tour dates for The Raconteurs
Category:Feature Streams -- posted at: 2:07pm EDT
Sun, 16 November 2008
I came across this really amazing concert completely by accident while searching for recordings of the band the Zutons. Instead of the Zutons I found Mark Ronson and his band teamed up with the BBC Orchestra and numerous guests for a one time engagement on the BBC series Electric Proms. The result is a mix of familiar and not so familiar covers by a wide range of uber talented musicians.
I recommend cranking it up on this one....
Mark Ronson and BBC Concert Orchestra - London - 10/24/07 - Audio
Mark Ronson and BBC Concert Orchestra - London - 10/24/07 - Video (partial)
1) Overture / Apply Some Pressure [Maximo Park]
2) Just [Radiohead] (with Alex Greenwald)
3) Cold Shoulder (with Adele)
4) Oh My God [Kaiser Chiefs] (with Ricky Wilson)
5) Sunny [Boney M] (with Candie Payne)
6) Back to Black [Amy Winehouse] (with Charlie Walker from Rumblestrips)
7) Our Lips Are Sealed [The Go Gos] (with Terry Hall)
8) Sail on Sailor [Beach Boys] (with Sean Lennon (Wurlitzer), Alex Greenwald, Daniel Merriweather, Stuart and Tawiah)
9) God Put A Smile Upon Your Face [Coldplay]
10) Valerie [Zutons] (with Kyle Falconer from The View)
11) Stop Me [Smiths]/ Hanging On (with Daniel Merriweather)
12) We Can Work It Out [Beatles] (with Daniel Merriweather, Tawiah and Sean Lennon)
Category:Feature Streams -- posted at: 10:40pm EDT
Thu, 6 November 2008
After what seems like an eternity the 2008 election came to conclusion this week. I know I stayed non-partisan in my previous postings but I'm going to break away from that for a moment and tell you that I am absolutely thrilled to have Barack Obama as my next president.
So with the election out of the way I don't have much else to talk about at the moment so I'm going to get back to focusing a little more strictly on the music. For this show I have for you 13 songs from The Black Keys' May 13th, 2008 concert in Washington, D.C. I actually hadn't intended to make a political connection for this show but I guess it must have slipped in subconsciously because this was the concert I picked out among the several that I downloaded. I've only been listening to the Black Keys fairly recently and have never seen them live, but this recording really blew me away. In fact until researching for this show I wasn't even aware that there were only two members in the band. Despite having only two members they are able to create a live show that is more powerful than most bands twice their size. Now I present to you the Black Keys….
Follow the link below to listen to the full concert
The Black Keys - Washington, D.C. - 05/13/08
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1) Girl is on My Mind
2) Set You Free
3) Thickfreakness
4) 10 AM Automatic
5) Same Old Thing
6) Busted
7) You're the One
8) Oceans and Streams
9) Your Touch
10) The Breaks
11) I Got Mine
12) Psychotic Girl
13) Till I Get My Way
Check out The Black Keys' Homepage for tour dates and more info about the band.
Direct download: livemusicpodcast_037.mp3
Category:Podcasts -- posted at: 9:09pm EDT
Tue, 4 November 2008
New Downloads #6 - Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds - 2008-10-26 - Last Chance for Change - VCU - Richmond, VA
One last election posting before it's all over. This is a great recording of Dave and Tim playing in their home state of Virginia. As Dave puts it, he's a "real" Virginian and he's voting for Barack.
Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds - Richmond, VA - 10/26/08
Category:New Downloads -- posted at: 2:45pm EDT
Mon, 3 November 2008
Ideally I would have gotten this posted sooner than the day before the election. However it looks like you can still get free music downloads from HeadCount.org by pledging to vote. Free downloads are available from Phish, Dave Matthews Band, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Wilco w/ the Fleet Foxes, Younger Brother Live, and many more, but this offer may end after the election is over. Click the following link for your freebies.
I like voting and free MP3s
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You are invited! "Ohio's Charter Schools: Where Are Our Tax Dollars Going?"
In the interest of discussing what is "thorough and efficient" about Ohio's charter schools, concerned community members are invited to join Ohio Senate Minority Leader, Senator Joe Schiavoni and other expert panelists at Central Ohio's first Community Forum on Charter School Accountability (May 7th, 6 – 7:30 p.m., at the Upper Arlington Public Library, 2800 Tremont Rd., Cols, Ohio 43221).
Joining Senator Schiavoni are Southwestern City Schools Treasurer, Hugh Garside and School Board member, Lee Schreiner. Southwestern City Schools has lost 108 million dollars to charter schools since the year 2000. Also on the panel are the former Head of Ohio Virtual Academy, Jeff Shaw and the former Director of Charter Oversight at the Ohio Department of Education, Denis Smith. Former charter school teacher, Britt Mickley will share her story of special needs students being neglected by her administrators and how she "blew the whistle," and had the charter school shut down. Steve Dyer, Education Policy expert at Innovation Ohio will round out the panel with his in-depth research on charter school financial accountability and academic performance
"Ohio's Charter Schools; Where Are Our Tax Dollars Going?" is sponsored by Central Ohio Friends of Public Education, a regional branch of Ohio Friends of Public Education, the statewide advocacy group for public education. COFPE is a "citizen-driven, non-partisan movement to inform and engage Central Ohioans, at the community level, to support and strengthen public schools."
"Thorough" and "efficient" as they relate to Ohio's schools are two words making front-page news across the state these days.
Just how "thorough and efficient" is the Charter School industry in Ohio today?
1) Are Ohio's Charter Schools' and their CEOs "thorough" and "efficient" in investing billions of our tax dollars into building strong schools, staffed with expert, professionally certified educators who help our children become successful students that graduate from high school ready to build a solid career path?
2) Are Ohio's Charter Schools "thorough" and "efficient" in providing accountability and transparency to taxpayers so that the public knows what percentage of our taxes are providing vital resources to students and educators and what percentage of our tax dollars are funding CEO salaries, student recruitment and advertising costs?
3) Are Ohio's Charter Schools "thorough" and "efficient" in educating and supporting children of all ability levels, keeping all students enrolled, from the beginning to the end of the school year, year after year, until students graduate from high school?
The answer is NO, NO and NO to all of the above.
1) A graduation rate of 30 – 40 % for Ohio's Charters, which is less than ½ of our Public School graduation rate of 81.5% is not a "thorough" and "efficient" use of our taxpayer dollars. 87 % of Charter School students attending a school that is rated a D or F is not a "thorough" and "efficient" use of billions of taxpayer dollars.
2) Multi-million dollar salaries to for-profit charter school CEOs, who increase class sizes and plug students in on-line to reduce brick and mortar fees, use millions of our tax dollars each year to advertise and recruit students, and hire non-certified teachers is not a "thorough" and "efficient" use of taxpayer dollars.
3) When record numbers of Ohio's charter schools are closing their doors mid-year and thousands of students "ping-pong" back and forth from their neighborhood public school to a charter school and back to their public school, hard-earned taxpayer dollars are pocketed by charter CEOs. Losing millions of dollars a year to shuttered charter school operators is not a "thorough" and "efficient" use of taxpayer dollars.
In fact, the only thing "thorough" and "efficient" about Ohio's charter schools has been their ability to dictate legislative policy that turns billions of our public tax dollars into private funding for corporate run schools that are exempt from 150 state laws public schools must adhere to.
We are parents, grandparents, business owners, educators, principals, superintendents, school board members, doctors, stay-at-home moms and dads, city council members and concerned community members joining together for our children today.
We believe that educating our children to become the best students and human beings possible, to be happy, inspired, and motivated in life should not be political. It is the fundamental charge we have as adults in a democratic society, to help our children build successful, secure futures while fully enjoying their childhood. Profiteering off of our children turns their education into a political minefield where kids are the victims. It is as simple, and as tragic, as that.
In the words of John F. Kennedy: "Let us not seek the Republican answer, or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future."
Please join Central Ohio Friends of Public Education's Community Forum on "Ohio's Charters, Where Are Our Tax Dollars Going?" on May 7th.
We believe it is time to stand up together, as a community; for our children, their futures and the future of public education in the state of Ohio today.
Maureen Reedy
Founder; Ohio Friends of Public Education
I hope there will be more forums like this. I will be too busy recovering from working the polls to attend this one. It makes no sense to build profit into a public service like schools. I think people who believe in using public money to fund these special interest schools should fund scholarships for students to attend select schools instead of wasting tax dollars on all these experimental money pits.
Hopefully the way in which for profit charter schools, especially online charter schools waste tax payers money, drain scarce funds from publc schools and show little academic progress will be a central message for candidates running for state board of education, state rep, state senate and for governor. This electoral vulnerability by the present majority in the House and Senate and in the Governor's office needs to be hit hard and continous so that some legislation can move forward in 2015.
The charter school status quo is indefensible. By regularly raising this issue it is a poweful way to isolate the majority as defenders of the millionaire charter school operators..
Michael Charney District 7 candidate for State Board of Education


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Did Kim Woo Bin pass a fan's gift off to his girlfriend Yoo Gi Ahn?
As we all know Heirs star Kim Woo Bin is confirmed to be dating model Yoo Gi Ahn, but did he actually give her a gift that a fan gave to him?! That's what netizens are apparently freaking out over this week. So ok, there's an Instagram photo floating around of Yoo Gi Ahn wearing a shirt that cost over $900 by Balmain which was actually given to Kim Woo Bin by a fan.
Usually netizens are known for their extreme (and most of the time ridiculous) viewpoints, but this time I actually think they have a right to be upset. First off, I don't understand these fangirls buying expensive gifts for people they don't know. Like you may feel close to them because they're in HD, but you're not hanging with these people, having meals with them, having conversations on the phone with them; they don't even know you exist so please. Also even if you did know them, I'm sure if you're not dating them you wouldn't drop a thousand dollars on them so please, PAUSE your life and think about things before you do them.
But ok, this person did spent money on Kim Woo Bin, and according to the reports, like right after the shirt was given to him, there's Yoo Gi Ahn wearing it. Now if this is true, well then Kim Woo Bin slipped up. Regardless of price whether it's $9.00 or $900.00, someone gave it to him as a token of appreciation and it just comes across as rude to pass it on to someone else. Like if I gave a DramaFever shirt to Kang Min Hyuk and the next day his manager is wearing it; I'd be upset and eat a potato out of sadness just like Joo Won did in Bridal Mask.
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Defects in mitochondrial gene expression can cause a myriad of mitochondrial disorders, including mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) syndrome, Kearns-Sayre syndrome, and Leber hereditary optic neuropathy. These diseases have a large impact in the population since, when considered as a class, they are estimated to have a prevalence of at least 1 in 5000. Furthermore, a progressive decay in mitochondrial function is associated with human aging and mitochondrial deficiencies are thought to contribute to the onset of age-related diseases. Clear associations exist between deficiencies in mitochondrial function and neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease, as well as diabetes and cancer. There is extensive evidence linking mitochondrial deficiencies to human pathology, and in particular of the central role that defects in mitochondrial gene expression play in pathogenesis. A crucial requirement for mitochondrial gene expression is proper ribosome biogenesis. This process, which is not well understood, involves several posttranscriptional RNA modifications that are thought to be crucial for ribosome assembly. KsgA and Dim1 methyltransferases dimethylate two adjacent adenine residues in a conserved stem-loop in the small subunit of the bacterial and eukaryotic ribosomes, respectively. Both the stem-loop structure and methylation events are conserved in the human 12S mitochondrial rRNA. Mitochondrial transcription factor B1 (TFB1M) is essential for mammalian development and catalyzes the analogous rRNA modification in mitochondria. Methylation by KsgA is related to bacterial aminoglycoside sensitivity and TFB1M activity could similarly be related to the effect of aminoglycoside antibiotics on the mitochondrial ribosome and aminoglycoside-induced hearing loss. Consistently, aminoglycoside sensitivity in humans is often maternally inherited, and methylation activity by TFB1M modulates the effects of a pathogenic mtDNA mutation linked to deafness. Other TFB1M polymorphisms are associated with reduced insulin secretion and increased risk of type II diabetes mellitus, further highlightin the importance of this modification for normal mitochondrial function. Metazoan mitochondria contain a second TFB family member, TFB2M, in addition to TFB1M. TFB2M was discovered along with TFB1M as a putative mitochondrial transcription factor that associates with the mitochondrial RNA polymerase and promotes initiation of mitochondrial transcription. It is now accepted that TFB2M is essential for the initiation of transcription in mitochondria, yet surprisingly, neither TFB1M nor TFB2M display similarity to any known transcription factor, raising the question of why a protein with a predicted methyltransferase fold plays a central role in transcription initiation. This question remains unanswered, since the mechanism by which TFB2M promotes initiation is not yet known. Both TFB1M and TFB2M are predicted to adopt methyltransferase folds, yet their atomic structures remain unknown. Key structural differences must exist between them that explain their evident functional divergence. The goal of this proposal is to provide a more complete understanding of how TFB proteins influence disease pathogenesis by elucidating the roles that they play in mitochondrial gene expression.
Roughly one out of every 4000 children born in the United States will develop a mitochondrial disease before the age of 10. The mortality rate is roughly that of cancer, and there is no cure or proven treatment. Mitochondrial dysfunction is also involved in aging and age-related diseases, neurodegenerative disorders, diabetes, and cancer. Much work is needed to understand these processes and ultimately, develop improved treatments for these devastating disorders.
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|Yang, Meng; Lu, Rui; Guja, Kip E et al. (2015) Unraveling Cholesterol Catabolism in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: ChsE4-ChsE5 ?2?2 Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase Initiates ?-Oxidation of 3-Oxo-cholest-4-en-26-oyl CoA. ACS Infect Dis 1:110-125
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The role of social media in the insurance industry is still a source of discussion among industry experts. Yet, results of a survey point to promotion and customer interaction as areas of interest for targeting young adults, men and high-income earners. Mintel Comperemedia surveyed 964 insured adults and found that these three groups are the most likely to already use social media for insurance research and communication.
When asked where they last researched insurance policies, only 4% of respondents said on a blog, online discussion group or social networking site. However, 10% of individuals making between $75,000 and $100,000 a year, 9% of those aged 25 to 34, and 6% of men researched policies on social media Web sites. Moreover, these adults were more likely to say they posted a question on a social networking site as part of their insurance research.
"Adults under age 34, men and those earning upwards of $75,000 consistently reported more usage of and interest in social networking," says Daniel Hayes, VP of insurance services at Mintel Comperemedia. "Because these individuals are already engaged in social media and because they use the Internet more for insurance research, policy management and purchasing, I'd like to see insurance companies start targeting them when creating social networking initiatives."
Only 11% of all respondents said they follow companies on social networking Web sites, but 20% of 25 to 34, and 19% of those earning $75,000 to $100,000, said they do. Younger adults and men also are more likely to say they find advertising on social networking sites useful.
North American insurers only beginning to invest in social media for marketing, sales or service are laggards—many firms began experimenting with social media as early as 2007, according to Chad Mitchell, a senior analyst with Forrester Research, and regular contributor to INN's Insurance Experts' Forum.
"Social media isn't a fad for North American insurers any longer," Mitchell writes. "Insurance eBusiness managers are integrating social media strategies across the enterprise for marketing, sales and service. Liberty Mutual Insurance's Responsibility Project led the way nearly two years ago with a focus on customer experience and branding contributing to Liberty Mutual's highly improved customer experience rankings. GEICO, Nationwide Mutual Insurance and USAA are using ratings and reviews to influence purchase decisions. Allstate's Vehicle Vibe community is trying to lower risk with driver education and safety tips. And Progressive Casualty Insurance effectively uses Twitter for customer service to update consumers in severe weather (e.g., the Georgia floods in September 2009)."
When shopping for insurance, Mintel also found that 35% of 25 to 34 year olds, and 30% of those earning more than $100,000, said they prefer the Internet to an agent. This compares to 23% of all respondents.
This article can also be found at InsuranceNetworking.com.
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If you've been watching the weather at all this week you've heard about hurricane Matthew. I have been praying for all the people that have been affected by this huge hurricane and I hope you have too. At the time of this writing no one knows the direction hurricane Matthew will take after it makes its turn north westward, but if it doesn't take an eastern route those of us who live along the southeastern coast line could be in trouble … that includes us.
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Pokémon GO, everyone's favorite augmented reality game, is picking up some new features courtesy of an update rolling out now.
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From Nick Pell at Red Star Times.
I don't think a city ever needed a hardcore scene more than Boston. Beantown is a cold city, both the temperature and the population. Whether you're a Beacon Hill patrician or a Charlestown townie a basic attitude of "fuck you" underlies each and every human interaction. Add to that an influx of obnoxious art school and college kids and you've got a recipe for extreme alienation for anyone with a brain and an independent streak.
It's hard for me to imagine what Boston was like before hardcore dropped. Legend has it that the city was full of, in the eloquent words of Al Barille, "new wave faggots and new romantic bullshit." I'd like to say that I can't imagine BU students going to Landsdowne on a Friday night in pirate shirts and Adam Ant-style warpaint, but sadly I can picture such a thing all too easily. To this day, Boston is plagued with skinny jeans, angular haircuts and a hipper-than-thou aesthetic that has infiltrated even my beloved hardcore scene. But it wasn't always this way.
Boston hardcore was forged in a climate of bad weather, worse people and just a tiny taste of the sounds coming out of Washington, D.C. I give respect to D.C. for being the inspiration for Boston. However, where D.C. had the optimism and intelligence of the children of diplomats and Senators, Boston is marked by the chip-on-the-shoulder of kids from the more well-to-do elements of the working class. Boston hardcore was too clever by half. Kids in the scene and the bands were smart enough to know they were getting stepped on, but not quite smart to do anything about it and a little too smart to just not care.
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Warning: Full Spoilers for the episode follow.
When we last left Sookie Stackhouse, in the random and meandering Season 3 finale "Evil is Going On," she'd vanished into the Fairy Kingdom with her fairy godmother, Claudine. Now, after discovering that everyone there is being held captive by a fruit that tastes like "biting into pure happiness," including her Grandpa Earl (Gary Cole), she makes a run for it. So...basically if you're still "in" after the silly, cheesy opening scene where the Queen Mab, revealed to be twisted and monstrous, lobbed magical blue energy grenades at Sookie, then pretty much nothing on True Blood is going to turn you off or sway your vote.
"She's Not There" benefits greatly from a year-long time jump that allows many of the character to change, relocate and get on with their lives in a way that no previous seasons had allowed. A big, distracting element on this series (which has been referenced more than a few times by characters on the show even) is that each season so far has taken place over the course of a week - or even less. Meaning that we've watched, so far, about a month in these characters' lives; with Bill and Sookie's relationship lasting about two weeks before he proposed to her and then went missing in Season 3. The "Nexus"-like time suck of the fairy kingdom allowed Sookie to return to the fold after a year of being missing, thus allowing her and the audience to catch up with all the characters' lives and see where they'd wound up.
Without this time jump, for example, Arlene's baby would have never been born. Not for many more seasons anyhow. And while her storyline (thinking her child is evil because the father was a serial killer) is pretty much throw-away garbage, I'm still happy to see things move along. I wish each season could pick up after a significant time-shift. It allows the show to breathe and it allows characters to experience much needed downtime. Time when no crazy monster business happens.
The jump has allowed Lafayette to be in a year-long relationship with Jesus. And it's allowed Jessica and Hoyt to be in one as well, even though things are stale and grumpy on their end. It's allowed Jason to become an actual police officer and Tara to head off to New Orleans to... become a lesbian cage fighter. Look, I'll let y'all figure out how you feel about Tara now. I was never one of the full-blown Tara haters of the world, so I kind of like her new gig, as preposterous as it might be. It might be a little irresponsible of the show to have the tough character who's been raped transform into a gay MMA fighter (cracking skulls to Joan Jett's cover of "Real Wild Child"), but at least Tara's happy and not a misery-magnet.
Let's face it. True Blood is not a show that moves along and "arcs" like most of us would like it too. While it may be a serialized show, it's also a soap. Which means that the series acts more like a revolving door for guest characters coming in, good or evil, while our core characters remain safe. One of its saving graces though is the fact that Sookie doesn't sell all the ridiculous s*** that goes on like she was on a soap. She's a straight-shooter and a great audience surrogate, despite being outrageously stubborn.
And while I enjoyed seeing Sookie "make her rounds" and reconnect with most everyone, I found her surprising lack of empathy for those who missed her, and even mourned for her, while she was gone to be annoying. She really did feel like people "gave up on her." Even though they dragged the lake, set up a missing persons website and scoured the area looking for her. "You being back, it's about the happiest I've ever been in my whole life," Jason said. Followed by Sookie scolding him for selling her house. Like everyone was supposed to know she was just fine. Of course, Jason's words, on a show like True Blood, also mean that he's about to get an ass-load of punishment. It's like saying "I'll be back" in a slasher flick.
Meanwhile, the vampires (remember them?) are still in the midst of a PR crisis concerning Russell Edgington and are trying to make commercials that make them seem friendly and welcoming. "The blood is warm and so is the service," Pam fails out of her mouth, trying to film a bit promoting Fangtasia. Eric buying Sookie's home and the revelation that Bill is now "King Bill," were definitely the high spots of this premiere - giving us actual interesting twists instead of merely introducing us to new creepy creatures. Plus, at the top of the show, Bill actually was able to order Eric to leave Sookie's porch. Now that's how you rebound! Casa de Compton is now a full-on compound, with armed guards and all.
Check out what the cast of True Blood told IGN about Season 4!
So where were the witches that we've been hearing so much about? Well, they were there, but not in full-force. Lafayette and Jesus sat in with a coven who had a frumpy leader/vessel named Marnie who could contact the spirits of the dead. Eddie (from Season 1, played by Stephen Root) made a "return" of sorts, as he found Marnie and spoke through her to Lafayette. Later on, Marnie raised a bird, briefly, from the dead, freaking the rest of the "most casual" witches the eff out! The witches must be of some interest to someone since "your majesty" Bill had planted a hot, red-headed spy in their midst. The "cliffhanger" ending here, with Eric cornering a naked Sookie, will most-likely turn out to be a non-event since most of this show's "gotcha-moments" turn out to be nothing.
"She's Not There" didn't really give us much to chew on, but it was still fun seeing where all the characters wound up after a full year. Again, I like some stories more than others. Some characters pop and some don't. I enjoyed Sam's new shapeshifter support group, but I still groan whenever Tommy walks into frame. I like how much of a parent that Jason's become to the Hot Shot meth-billy panthers, but I feel like something should be done to change help their situation rather than just let them sit in squalor, dropping off ice cream every once in a while. This episode was decent, but like I find myself saying with True Blood more often than not these days: "The next one will probably be better."
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Lake Living in Delaware County! If you love to ski and fish this is the place. Located conveniently to I-69, this is an incredibly well cared for home built in 2010 that features 2905 square feet of living space, 4 bedrooms, 2 full baths in the main house and another 1.5 baths in the 3 car detached garage. The homes sits on the 20 acre Sunset Lake with 150 feet of frontage. Skiing on this lake is fantastic and its always smooth. There's a slalom course ready to test your abilities too. The heated 3 car garage also has a finished bonus room above it. The attention to detail in and around this home is amazing. Stamped concrete surrounds the home. The entertainment space is fantastic. Enter the home from the barrel ceiling entrance and you're greeted by tall ceilings and impressive custom cabinetry in the great room. The kitchen features impressive cabinetry, quiet close doors, high end appliances (gas range), and lovely granite countertops and range backsplash. The master is situated on the South end of the home and has access to the hot tub out the back sliding door. The huge bathroom also has a jetted tub and custom tile walk in shower. The master closet has a well planned door to the laundry room for easy access. Two other bedrooms are to the North as well as a large den off the front of the home. For even more room, the attic above the garage is a huge recreation room (or bedroom) with a gigantic closet and separate HVAC. Sunset Lake is a private lake. HOA rules available upon request. $150/year HOA fees. Other: Avg. monthly Utilities only $121 for Electric and $80 for Gas. The garage has a bonus room and 2 bathrooms. Lake is 7-8 ft. deep. Boat Lift,Hot Tub, Audio/TV in great room all negotiable. 5k worth of Pine Trees were installed Fall 2017 to block out more visuals to the interstate. Easy to show! You have to see this home to really appreciate the great location and amenities. MATTERPORT VIRTUAL TOUR NOW LIVE!.
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Horsham, PA, March 26, 2015 – Astea International Inc. (OTCQB: ATEA), will release the company's fourth quarter and full year 2014 financial resultson Tuesday, March 31, 2015. Immediately following, management will host a conference call that will be broadcast live over the Internet. Zack Bergreen, Chief Executive Officer, Rick Etskovitz, Chief Financial Officer and John Tobin, President, will host the call.
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The conference call can be found under the subheading, "About Us," and then "Investors," or use the following URL to access the link: http://www.astea.com/about_investors.asp. To listen to the live call via the Internet, please go to the website at least fifteen minutes early to register, download, and install any necessary audio software. To listen to the live call via the telephone, please call 1-800-862-9098. For calls from outside North America, please dial 1-785-424-1051. For those who cannot listen to the live broadcast, a replay will be available, via the Internet, two hours after the call.
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Coquitlam History
This exhibit showcases Coquitlam's early history, from the opening of Fraser Mills to the settlement of Maillardville. The exhibition is divided into five sections: Maillardville, Lumber Industry, Farm Life, Community Landmarks, and Education. Please click on a section title (located above) to learn more and see photographs.
A Brief History
The earliest residents of Coquitlam were the Kwikwetlem First Nation. By the 1860s, Europeans began to settle in the region, partly as a result of the construction of North Road, which connected New Westminster and Port Moody. In 1891, the municipality of the District of Coquitlam was officially incorporated. By the late 1890s, Frank Ross and James McLaren opened Fraser Mills, an impressive and technologically advanced lumber mill on the north bank of the Fraser River. "By 1908, the little mill town boasted 20 houses, a store, a post office, a hospital, office block, barber shop and pool hall, and it took four police officers to maintain law and order" (Pioneer Tales Book Committee, p. 24). Wanting to further the mill's growth, the owners of Fraser Mills looked to recruit experienced mill workers from Quebec. In 1909 the first contingent of 110 French Canadian mill workers arrived in Coquitlam, with a second contingent arriving in June 1910. Named after Father Edmond Maillard, a young Oblate from France, the vibrant community of Maillardville was born. Thanks to its roots in strong industries and agriculture, Coquitlam steady grew to become the culturally diverse, urban city it is today.
Top, left to right: Henry Locken - 1945, Dorothy Dearden - 1915, Antonio Paré - 1946. Bottom, left to right: Antonio Paré - 1920, Antonio Paré - 1914, Zoe Edgar Fetherstonhaugh - 1931.
City of Coquitlam. "History and Heritage." City of Coquitlam. www.coquitlam.ca/economic-development/heritage.aspx.
Coquitlam Public Library New Horizons for Seniors Committee. Coquitlam Then and Now. Coquitlam, B.C.: Coquitlam Public Library, 2011.
Pioneer Tales Book Committee. Coquitlam, 100 Years: Reflections on the Past. Coquitlam, B.C.: District of Coquitlam, 1990.


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Climber falls to his death on excursion with friends, girlfriend in Utah canyon
(KUTV) Tragedy struck at a popular climbing spot in Big Cottonwood Canyon, Thursday as a climber fell to his death in front of his girlfriend and friends. Matt Hearn, who happens to be a member of the KUTV family, was climbing when he fell 100. According to investigators his gear somehow failed him.
It happened on Thursday night in the Storm Mountain area in Big Cottonwood Canyon, which is popular with climbers. Some had a difficult time hearing the news.
"It makes me very emotional. I had a friend in college that had a 40-foot fall, and was paralyzed. It's terrible. It's terrible to hear about," said Dan Robinson who has been climbing in the Storm Mountain area for 20 years. "It doesn't matter what the sport is whether it's biking or climbing or any other sport there are dangers in everything."
The news of Hearn's death especially hit hard to the East High School Lacrosse team where Hearn was the offensive coordinator for the varsity team.
"I couldn't believe it," said head coach Pete Idstrom. "He was fun he was competitive he lifted our entire program just by his presence."
Team members tell 2News that Hearn had an incredible way of connecting with them and making them better players.
"I always remember him as a friend more than a great coach," said player Jack Ritter.
"There was a very clear difference as to when Hearn was there and when he wasn't there," said player Will Gleave.
Hearn, who played Lacrosse at Westminster College, had only been with the varsity team for one season when he was awarded the Assistant Coach of the year for Lacrosse in the state of Utah.
"He's been around for one year, but people could see the impact that he's had on our program," said Idstrom.
It's also a very emotional and difficult day at KUTV where Hearn worked as a marketing consultant for more than three years.
"He was so good as a person and as a member of our staff. These people loved him. They loved him. It's a very sad day," said Doug Beck, KUTV's general sales manager.
"He's a dream person in that you would want your daughter to marry him. You would want him to be your best friend. Lucky enough to have him as a co-worker, so wonderful," said KUTV's executive assistant Sue Odette.


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Welcome to our PVFT website. It is the hope of the PVFT Executive Committee that this interactive website will be another way in which we can disseminate information to our members. By accessing and using this Website you will have the pertinent information you need, whenever you need it.
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Here's a new painting - about 2 weeks old, called Ginger cat in the red room.
I seem to associate red with creativity, Matisse has a red studio painting doesn't he? Twenty odd years ago when I was an art student I bought a red paisley skirt at a jumble sale for 2p!!! And then wore it to the studios everyday for the next 3 years. I called it my painting skirt and somehow putting it on put me in the right frame of mind to be creative. Eventually it wore thin and fell apart - I wish I'd known I was going to end up gluing fabric to my paintings and I'd have saved the scraps to turn into art!
Here's a photo of one of the pineapples, also about two weeks ago, growing bigger and with tiny purple flowers.
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NES Book Awards
The New England Society Book Awards are designed to recognize books that honor New England culture and to help expand the audience for these books. The awards are presented by the New England Society in the City of New York (NES), one of the oldest social, charitable and cultural organizations in the United States. To qualify for consideration for the NES Book Awards, nominated titles must be about New England or set in New England.
The New England Society Book Awards are presented annually to the authors of books published the previous year. Books are nominated by the publishers and there are four categories for nominations: Fiction, Nonfiction, Art & Photography and Specialty Title. The Awards Program is highlighted with June events in New York City attended by the winning authors – an evening Literary Salon followed by an Awards Luncheon – that bring the authors together with appreciative audiences. In addition, award recipients receive a certificate and the right to use an award seal that can be placed or printed on the book for increased visibility.
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Who doesn't like roses? Is there anyone who doesn't admire its beauty? I think there is no one like that. For me photographing flowers has been one of my favourite interests. As you can see in this blog, out of the 57 posts I have published till now, 23 of them have the tag – flowers, either about flowering plants, trees, or just flower photographs. And I will come with more and more flowers, as I explore more.
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Since 2008, the business has grown from an idea to a professional and highly regarded organisation generating annualised revenues of over A$100 million with 62 clinics and 446 staff in six States and the Capital Territory making it the second largest corporate dental group in Australia.
Our size and scale makes it an appropriate time to restructure and strengthen our leadership team. In February 2013, Malcolm Lean, Dental Partner's CFO, was appointed general manager and we will be recruiting a new CFO as well as senior executives for HR and marketing and adding additional resource to our IT function. Alan Clarke has been acting as executive chairman for the past six months as we transition to the new management structure.
Dental industry revenue in Australia is expected to increase in line with a growing and ageing population, rising household incomes and a lift in government subsidies paid for dental services provided to children. Reports estimate that over 60% of dental visits are covered by insurance arrangements and the proportion of the Australian population covered by private healthcare is estimated to have steadily increased since the early 2000s. More targeted publicly funded dental programmes are being introduced to replace the previous Medicare Chronic Disease Dental scheme. The closure of this scheme has had limited impact on Dental Partners.
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Alicia's Mexican Grille
Popping and hissing, an iron skilletful of beef fajitas landed on a nearby table as I sat waiting for my check in Alicia's Mexican Grille. A boy of perhaps 11 greeted their arrival with wildly flapping hands — shoo, smoke! — and puffed-out cheeks, blowing the spiraling steam as if he were the north wind.
Flap, flap, huff, puff, sizzle, pop, repeat. This went on for some time. I was watching a powerful food ritual, one that this young man will one day recall whenever he hears that particular fajita music or smells the aroma of grilling beef.
I'd be willing to bet that wherever he goes in life, he'll use Alicia's fajitas as a beloved standard of comparison. They're that good: potently smoky, touched with tart lime, tender, slightly striated in texture. They are cooked through and none the worse for it — a minor miracle.
This colorful, contemporary restaurant on U.S. 290 in Cypress would be notable for its fajitas alone, but the kitchen does such a good job on so many things that Alicia's qualifies as one of the best Mexican spots in Houston. One bite of its improbably delicious mushroom enchiladas — gilded with white cheese and a remarkably graceful spiced ranchera cream sauce — proves once again that there's serious food to be had outside the Loop.
Alicia's owner David Herrera's new venture is a far-northwest neighborhood hit, hopping at peak dinner hours and spawning a line on Friday evenings.
They're queuing for stand-up table salsas of red and green; thin, crackly tortilla chips; frozen margaritas that, with a few extra squeezes of fresh lime, achieve a balance that's rare for the breed. They actually stay frozen, too, instead of quickly devolving into slush.
Any of the grilled beef dishes here are worth ordering. Those fajitas are good rolled in house-made flour tortillas the size of dinner plates, or plunked by the thick slice onto simple, white-cheese nachos al carbon.
You can get an uncut slab of fajitalike carne asada, Black Angus skirt steak cooked so as to leave a little pink inside, in a number of guises — including a classic "mar y tierra" that layers four jumbo, shells-on grilled shrimp atop the beef. The shellfish were beautifully cooked, still juicy and bathed in a vibrant garlic butter. They tasted ever so faintly of iodine, and for once I didn't care.
Perhaps the best beef dish is the skillet of Puntas Chimino, pan-seared tenderloin tips in a frisky jumble of ham, bacon, onions, mushrooms and seriously hot green-chile strips. Together with a molcajete of chunky, lime-spiked avocado relish, the puntas make eloquent roll-your-own tacos. Everyone at my table competed for the scraps.
Grilled chicken breast Alicia, which got a garlicky white-wine-and-lemon butter to go with its mushrooms and artichokes, came with a bed of spinach for a pleasing effect that did nothing to conjure Mexico. It was good enough to warrant a future sample of the Pollo con Rajas, with poblanos, onions and a bit of cream, or the chicken in creamy chipotle sauce.
Alicia's offers the usual combo plates, including several in classic Tex-Mex style, but the more ambitious dishes are better bets — the opposite of what you might expect. I liked both the chicken enchiladas suizas and the carnitas enchiladas — neither had quite enough tomatillo sauce — without forming a permanent attachment to either one. Perhaps just a tablespoon or two more of salsa verde might have won my allegiance. Or not.
I was particularly unmoved by the lumpy, bland Spanish rice. Refried beans that were unrepentantly salty one evening were vastly improved the next.
The El Presidente combo, however, was smartly composed and perfectly executed: a long taco al carbon with beef so smoky and tart it was good without salsa or fixings; one of those decadent mushroom enchiladas in its genius ranchera cream; and blobs of fresh, good-quality guacamole and pico de gallo.
Chile con queso here is a gamble. One day's version tasted salty in the extreme. Another evening the salt was tamer and the results easier to love. If I've noticed any shortcoming in this kitchen, it's the wildly varying salt levels.
The deep-fried, cream-cheese-stuffed jalapeños here are a guilty pleasure on a par with those reprehensible little Thai cheese rolls I love, to my eternal embarrassment. A slightly oily appetizer portion of chicken flautas, though, suffered in comparison to the elegant, slender flautas at Romero's Las Brasas, just a few miles away on Highway 6 North.
All in all, though, there is little to complain about at Alicia's and much to rejoice in. If I lived on the northwest side, I'd be here once a week.
Instead, I'll leave that privilege to young Mr. North Wind. May he go on flapping and puffing over sizzling fajitas for decades to come.


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Philadelphia's NBC10 is reporting that a Villanova University student has been caught after using his phone to record a woman undressing in a bathroom so he could upload the video to a porn site. Tyler Jones will face felony and misdemeanor charges for recording at least three women; he'll also face a child pornography charge because one of the victims was just 17.
Police in Radnor, PA were tipped off by a woman who said that a friend reported seeing a video of her on a porn site. How awkward. Anyway, the woman is convinced that she was spied on while in Jones' brother's bathroom during a 2012 trip to Switzerland.
According to Detective T.J. Schreiber, the investigation lead to the discovery of two more videos that Jones recorded. Jones, 19, admitted to police that the videos were recorded in Switzerland, then uploaded to the website X-Hamster in his dorm room.
Jones, who is free on bail, is on a leave of absence from the university. There's no way they'll want him back after this.
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I guess we disagree on what trivializing the problem means ;) I didn't mean to imply that all instances of the problem in fact do have solutions which are so small -- that is clearly not true. My intent is that, if it helps you, your solution can solve a restricted but "reasonable" subset of instances (and to make things clear, define what restricted subset your solution is correct for, if you can). What is "reasonable?"
I basically want to rule out smart-ass solutions like this:
It works for largest(6,9,20), but one instance is a trivial subset of the problem space. Unreasonable.sub largest { 43 }
The set of instances whose solutions are less than 1000.. 10000.. is that a "reasonable" subset? The idea is to find a concise algorithm to solve this particular problem, and to solve all these instances correctly, (a) you must actually carry out some sort of computation, and (b) your algorithm must probably be correct. To me, that's reasonable enough.
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Community Rating Doing well
At 8 p.m. ET, "Community" (2.2/7 in 18-49, 4.8 million viewers overall) jumped week to week by 22 percent in 18-49 rating (2.2 vs. 1.8) and 15 percent in total viewers (4.806 million vs.4.195 million) to match the show's highest 18-49 rating since March 4. Despite intense time-period competition that included CBS's "Big Bang Theory," "Community" scored a 16 percent increase on NBC's average in the slot for the traditional '09-10 season (1.9, non-sports, "live plus same day"). In the time period last night, "Community" ranked #2 among NBC, ABC, CBS and Fox in men 18-34 and men 18-49 (tie).
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One of the most exciting young performers of our times, the Scottish violinist Nicola Benedetti joined Manchester Camerata on Saturday in Harrogate for a thrilling evening of music presented with the Harrogate Choral Society.
|The young Scottish violinist Nicola Benedetti - just a few days ago voted by the Evening Standard one of London's most influential people - played to a sell-out crowd at the Royal Hall in Harrogate on Saturday 12 November 2011.
Part of a regular and ongoing relationship with the Harrogate Choral Society, Camerata presented an all Mozart programme featuring conductor Andrew Padmore.
Nicola won over the audience with a very delicate performance of Mozart's Fifth Violin Concerto, followed by an encore of solo Bach.
The rest of the programme featured Mozart's Requiem and two smaller choral works by Mozart, Sancta Maria and Ave Verum.
The Next concert with the Harrogate Choral Society will be at the Royal Hall on Saturday 3 December – it will be the ever popular Handel Messiah.
For the performance, Manchester Camerata will once again be conducted by Andrew Padmore, who'll be joined by soprano Elizabeth Craggs, countertenor Robert Ogden, tenor Timothy Hill, and bass Duncan Rock.
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