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Trending: More North Americans than ever consider moving outside the U.S., while Panama continues to be one of the top places to go. The Red Frog Beach Island Community in Bocas del Toro Panama announces the start of construction for its Beach Condos called La Perla Azul to Provide Luxury Island Living alongside Panama's Economic Benefits.
BOCAS DEL TORO, Panama, April 12, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Panama has become one of the hottest spots for Americans seeking a 2nd home. A recent poll by Morning Consult/Vox showed that 1 in 4 Americans would seriously consider leaving the U.S. if a particular candidate wins the presidency. Continue reading


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Classic EMU boots feature 100 percent Australian sheepskin construction and linings made from Australian Merino wool. Some of EMU's other designs feature construction with high-quality Australian leather, while some designs have suede finishes. All EMU boots have abrasion-resistant molded rubber soles.Continue Reading
EMU places an emphasis on choosing all-natural, quality materials for its products, including sheepskin, chosen for its thickness and water-resistant qualities, as well as its comfort. Because Australian Merino wool is an all-natural product, it has excellent insulating qualities, but is still breathable, which aides in combating odors and keeping the feet cool and comfortable. EMU states that it chooses the highest quality leather for its products to ensure lasting quality and a luxurious feel. The suede finish adds breathability and durability to the products without taking away from the overall design aesthetic.
The design of the EMUsole combines quality and durability with comfort and support. The special design features a rubber outsole for traction, soft EVA insets for comfort and soft foam inserts for added support.
Some EMU products display the The Woolmark Company symbol. The symbol denotes quality testing by Woolmark, guaranteeing the product is 100 percent wool and that it complies with Woolmark's performance and fiber content standards.Learn more about Shoes

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The Animals and Wildlife designs appeal to people of all ages. The designs are securely sealed between two layers of the double insulated tumblers. They are protected from the elements and are dishwasher and microwave safe, ensuring they look great for a lifetime. Features: -Set of 4 tumblers. -Complements the Animals and Wildlife collection. -Color: Clear. -Solid design. Specifications: -Capacity: 12 oz.. -Dimensions: 4.3″ H x 3.7″ W. -Material: Polycarbonate. -Microwave, dishwasher and freezer safe.
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A Quasi-New Look at Elizabeth Olsen in 'Silent House'
Open Road Films and Liddell Entertainment recently set March 9, 2012 as the national release date for Silent House (review), the horror thriller starring talented newcomer Elizabeth Olsen (Martha Marcy May Marlene) and co-directed by filmmaking duo Chris Kentis and Laura Lau, who left audiences terrified with the hit film Open Water. We just now landed a quasi-new look at star Elizabeth Olsen.
" 'Silent House' is a uniquely unsettling horror thriller starring Elizabeth Olsen as Sarah, a young woman who finds herself sealed inside her family's secluded lake house. With no contact to the outside world, and no way out, panic turns to terror as events become increasingly ominous in and around the house."
The screenplay was written by Laura Lau and based on the Uruguayan film La Casa Muda, written by Oscar Estevez.


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Justin Bieber's pet monkey confiscated in Germany
Justin Bieber continues his troubled European tour with some monkey business. His capuchin monkey was confiscated at the Munich airport after the singer failed to present the proper paperwork.
Justin Bieber has been getting into a lot of monkey business as of late with a rocky European tour and spats with his neighbor. However, this time the trouble involves a real monkey and the country of Germany.
The pop singer arrived in Munich aboard a private plane with his capuchin monkey, a gift from record producer Mally Mall. Unfortunately, Bieber didn't have the proper paperwork to bring the animal into the country. That's when customs officials stepped in.
Thomas Meister, spokesperson for the customs office at the Franz Josef Strauss Airport in Munich, told People, "Justin Bieber brought his monkey to Germany, but had no official paperwork with him. We were forced to confiscate the animal."
Justin Bieber threatens to take a break >>
Bieber was detained and his monkey was quarantined because he did not have permission to bring his pet into the country. The music superstar will be fined, and he will have to cover the costs of the quarantine.
As of Saturday, it appears the owner has been reunited with his cuddly friend. On Instagram, there were several photos of the two hanging together, including one captioned, "Kickin it with og."
Are Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez back together? >>
Bieber is performing in Austria on Saturday night, but it's unclear what he's going to do with his precious pet the next week. He has a series of dates back in Germany beginning on April 2 with "Call Me, Maybe" singer Carly Rae Jepsen.


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One way of finding outstanding warrants in Colorado is to call the warrants unit of the county sheriff's office. Another is to use the jurisdiction online system or third party sites that offer such services. Lawyers advise that people avoid going into court if an active warrant has been issued for them, as they will likely be arrested on sight.Continue Reading
Arrest warrants remain in effect until either the individual has been arrested or appears in court. However, judges may cancel issued warrants for different reasons. Some of the more common reasons for issuing warrants in Colorado include:
The best approach to an outstanding warrant is to speak with a legal professional, who can provide advise on the details of the warrant and the best course of actions to take. People with outstanding warrants can also opt to turn themselves in at the nearest police station. An important point to note is that arrest warrants are not automatic convictions. Most minor arrests can be resolved quickly if the affected person pays a fine.Learn more about Law


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Dr. Carol Dahl is the Executive Director of The Lemelson Foundation, leading the Foundation's work to use the power of invention to improve lives. The Foundation inspires and enables the next generation of inventors and invention-based enterprises to promote economic growth in the U.S., and help solve social and economic problems for the poorest populations in developing countries.
As the founder and CEO of Ashoka: Innovators for the Public, Bill Drayton has pioneered the field of social entrepreneurship, growing a global association of nearly 3,000 leading social entrepreneurs who work together to create an "Everyone a Changemaker" world.
We sat down with these two fascinating leaders in a unique opportunity to chat about the intersection of invention and social entrepreneurship.
Ashoka: Why is the intersection of invention and social entrepreneurship so important?
Carol Dahl: Inventions can play a critical role in addressing social need, but they require a pathway to mature into products and ways for those products to get to those who need them the most. Entrepreneurs and businesses play equally critical roles in ensuring that life-changing inventions and technologies don't just sit on shelves. We recognize that invention can have the greatest impact in developing countries when an environment is fostered that nurtures and celebrates individuals and organizations that create high-quality, user driven, invention-based businesses that address social needs.
Ashoka: What is an important trend in invention-entrepreneurship in developing countries in the past five years?
Bill Drayton: There has been an increasing recognition of the importance of user-centered design that helps ensure that state of the art science and engineering is developed with the end user's psychology, context, and needs in mind. This was the central lesson learned by the early appropriate technology movement: Inventions designed by engineers failed unless they were designed for and with the client. Moreover, one has to, with the client, understand the full lifecycle. How many billions of dollars have been wasted by putting in biogas facilities in villages without thinking through social attitudes towards waste or who would do the repair and maintenance? This is where social entrepreneurs are critical; their chief genius is in redesigning human systems. This focus on the user, combined with a strong self-sustaining business proposition, are the keys to building a successful invention-based social enterprise.
Take, for example, India's Ashoka Lemelson Fellow Pradip Sarmah. He took a casual conversation with a rickshaw puller and saw a need that became an opportunity to transform the lives of those pullers. In talking to the pullers, Pradip understood that they rarely make enough to buy their own rickshaws, which then led Pradip to deeper conversations with other rickshaw pullers. Ultimately, Pradip was able to develop the Rickshaw Bank which provides opportunities for pullers to eventually own their own rickshaws, while also working with engineering students to reinvent the rickshaws themselves, making them lighter, safer, stronger, and capable of bringing in additional revenue through advertising. For the first time they also protect the puller from the elements. It's this kind of deep and iteratively developed understanding of user needs that we're finding is integral to developing strong invention-based enterprises like the Rickshaw Bank.
Ashoka: What are some of the most transformative examples of invention-entrepreneurship that you've seen in the last five years? What makes these examples inspiring, and what can we learn from them?
Drayton: I think the most important development is the growing number of teenage inventors/social entrepreneurs. Once one has achieved one's power by actually changing the world at 14 or 17, one will be an entrepreneur for the good for life.
Take the example of Eden Full, who as a young teen began developing solar equipment that will aim at the sun over the course of the day without using any electricity to do so (using the differential expansion and contraction rates of different metals as the day warms and cools). Her invention reaps 40% more solar energy and has now been demonstrated in Africa as well as in prototype in the U.S.
This is the most personally satisfying part of my work. There is nothing as magical as watching someone get his/her power and also develop the confidence and values to serve the good of everyone.
Dahl: For me, the ones that are probably the most exciting are ones that are just emerging with the value proposition that can – or already does – affect millions. These are social enterprises like IDE India, which has reached out to over 1.25 million small holder farms with low cost technologies like drip irrigation that enable farmers to earn more money, thus improving the quality of their lives. Likewise, d.light designs is a social enterprise that designs, manufactures, and distributes solar lighting and power products enabling millions of families in 40 countries to have access to affordable and reliable power that also improves lives by reducing reliance on harmful lighting alternatives like kerosene.
Lately, we've also been very excited by a start-up company called Sanergy, which is working in the heart of Nairobi slums to provide access to adequate sanitation through a network of small, modular, prefabricated "Fresh Life" sanitation centers that provide basic services like a hot shower and a clean toilet. What's exciting about Sanergy is that their solution goes beyond other sanitation centers, which often use large septic tanks of deep pits that eventually let waste to leach into the water table. Instead, Sanergy is using cutting edge technology and smart design to convert the waste into organic fertilizer which can be turned around and sold at a profit. Eventually, Sanergy hopes to also develop the systems to convert the waste into biogas and then into electricity, which could be sold to the national grid.
Ashoka: What is the future of the invention-entrepreneurship space (the challenges and opportunities)?
Drayton: The central force redefining the strategic environment for all of us is the simple fact that the rate of change has been growing exponentially since at least 1700. In other words, the new game is: change begets and accelerates change. As a result, we must organize in fluid, open teams, because now we're serving a kaleidoscope of interconnected and constantly changing groups – and must constantly be changing our team of teams to do the best possible job.
In this world, you can't afford to have anyone on your team who isn't a changemaker. You need everyone to understand the environment and contribute to adapting to it. You also need people who are going to be able to work in constantly changing combinations.
Dahl: There are an unlimited number of ingenious ideas that can yield inventive solutions that can also turn into financially viable businesses. But we do see a limited set of people who have the ability to identify these opportunities combined with the skills and training to develop invention-based social enterprises. So the real opportunity is to build an ever-increasing pipeline of inventors and entrepreneurs who understand how invention can tackle the world's big problems. This is done by 1) integrating awareness of how to identify problems worth solving into the education process; 2) equipping students with the important science, technology, engineering, and math skills needed to turn their ideas into inventions; and 3) equipping them then with the knowledge of how to find a great business proposition so they can turn ideas and inventions into a healthy business through entrepreneurship.


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Couples who touch while sleeping happier: Study
How a couple sleeps together shows how happy they are in their relationship, a British study has found.
Researchers at the University of Hertfordshire polled 1,000 people about their preferred sleeping position and their relationship.
The study found 42% of couples sleep back to back, 31% sleep facing the same direction and just 4% sleep facing each other.
As well, 12% spend the night less than an inch apart.
"One of the most important differences involved touching, with 94% of couples who spent the night in contact with one another were happy with their relationship, compared to just 68% of those that didn't touch," researcher Richard Wiseman said in a press release.
The study found 86% of those who sleep less than an inch apart from their partner are happy with their relationship, compared to only 66% of those who sleep more than 30 inches apart.


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It's a good thing police don't have to go in and disarm law biding citizens like they did with Katrina.. Aren't most guns illegal there already?
New Yorkers in fuel scramble as storm-hit pumps dry up
Drivers and homeowners scrambled to secure fuel for their cars and generators in the U.S. Northeast on Wednesday as storm-hit gasoline stations started to run dry.
More than half of all gasoline service stations in the New York City area and New Jersey were shut because of depleted fuel supplies and power outages, frustrating attempts to restore normal life, industry officials said.
Reports of long lines, dark stations and empty tanks circulated across the region. Some station owners were unable to pump fuel due to a lack of power, while others quickly ran their tanks dry because of increased demand and logistical problems in delivering fresh supplies.
The lack of working gasoline stations is likely to compound travel problems in the region, with the New York City subway system down until at least Thursday and overland rail and bus services severely disrupted.
Looters target Coney Island after Sandy sweeps through
A wave a looters followed the Sandy storm surge in Coney Island, creating a double-whammy for business owners trying to pick up the obliterated pieces.
The thieves started down Mermaid Avenue Tuesday morning as the chest-high water receded, turning the seaside community known for its hotdogs and tourist attractions into a lawless free-for-all.
"People were running in and out of Rent-A-Center carrying these big flat screens. They were holding on tight," said witness Aisha John, 20. "I couldn't understand how someone could steal a big TV in broad daylight, but no one cared."
She said people were running out of a nearby Rite Aid with bags of diapers and wipes.
"It was complete lawlessness," said Ron Troyano, owner of Joann's Discount Wine and Liquors on Mermaid Ave.
He said looters used tools to bust through his steel security gates around 11:30 a.m. Tuesday.
The thieves then shattered his storefront and helped themselves to thousands of dollars worth of top shelf liquor, he said.
'Even momma got outta house to loot new shirt'
I think it's responsible of the media to limit coverage of this kind of things. Limits copycats. I wish they would have done it when all of those school shootings were happening years ago instead of giving the perpetrators so much airtime/attention.
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I was thinking about this yesterday when they reported how much perishable food would be thrown away, I wondered about it during New Orleans too, these shop owners should pass out the perishable items, they are going to throw it away anyway, but I guess they never think it will get this bad,
I also worry about my diabetic daughter if I had to steal for insulin I would, it is a terrible thing to worry about, but in the case of a natural disaster, yea I would do it.
Tempers flare in NJ city where thousands stranded
HOBOKEN, N.J. (AP) — Officials in the city of Hoboken, N.J., are defending their response to severe flooding from superstorm Sandy.
Public Safety director Jon Tooke says at least 25 percent of the city on the Hudson River across from Manhattan remains under water. He estimates at least 20,000 people are stranded and says most are being encouraged to shelter in place until floodwaters recede.
Tempers flared Wednesday morning outside City Hall as some residents complained the city was slow to get food and other supplies out to the stranded.


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Oikia Roti residence and rented rooms are located in the heart of Vasa Kilaniou village. Vasa Kilaniou is a small picturesque village located in the centre of vine growing area of Limassol in Cyprus. The residence is situated just at the entrance of the Vasa village. The public car parking area is at a very short distance from the residence, and the village square is approximately one hundred and fifty meters away. The residence is built on an area of 1000 square meters, constructed with wood and local hand carved stone.
The residence is surrounded by stone walls and colorful gardens bearing flowers, fruit trees and herbs. These attractions of the residence make it an obvious choice for the guests to choose their place of stay during holidays In Cyprus. At the Roti residence, the guests are provided with quality accommodation in an amicable location, situated in one of the most affable villages in Cyprus. The holidays of guests are sure to be a memorable once in the beautiful and scenic village of Vasa.
The rooms of Oikia Roti residence have one double bed and are divided into a set of three types, all differing in the number of facilities available. In the first type of double bedded room, the facilities like central heating, television, veranda, internet access, en-suite shower, water heater and fully equipped kitchen in case the guests want to cook for themselves. In the second type of double bedded room, the facilities available are television, veranda, central heating, water heater, en-suite shower and internet access. The third type of double bedded room is similar to the first type. The rooms are fully furnished and equipped with all the basic amenities required on a holiday. The first and third types of rooms are larger than the second type of room. The Kitchenette is provided to the guests for self catering purpose if they feel like being at home.
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There are a number of places to visit near the establishment in Vasa kilaniou. The guests can visit the local Winery, which is famous for its award winning wines, where they can taste a wide variety of wines which they have never tasted before. Other place is the small Byzantine Museum where different kinds of exhibitions like permanent exhibitions, temporary exhibitions, behind the scenes and educational programs take place. A church of the Ascension of Virgin Mary built in 1906 is found in the centre of the village square. Beside the holy place of the church one can find many traditional coffee shops where soft drinks and Greek coffees can be sipped in.
The Oikia Roti residence is surrounded and encircled by large and small mountains, steep hillsides, cliffs, and plateaus all overgrown with vines providing a scenic view to the guests. The village is located at an altitude of 750 kilometers. Limassol city is 35 kilometers away from the residence. This accommodation is thus a perfect place with lots of greeneries around and many options of places to visit nearby.
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BARGAIN SHOPPING: Low Income Families Find Holiday Deals
Iowa families took advantage of some holiday bargains Saturday.
The sixth annual Christmas Boutique was held at the Salvation Army on Sixth Avenue in Des Moines.
Families from local shelters were invited for a day of shopping with items marked down as much as 90%.
Some items for sale included kitchen supplies, toys, and clothes.
Employees at Pioneer and students from Saint Pius Middle School donated the merchandise.
"They get to shop, they get to choose gifts, they get to for them themselves, and they go home speaking about the bargains they got rather than the charity they got," said event organizer, Mary Oliver.
Families could get their gifts wrapped for free.
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Byat Thursday, June 23, 2011
One of the very interesting features that came to iOS 5 is LED flash alerts for missed calls that alert users of missed calls or text messages. For who can't wait until getting this feature natively this fall, now here's a jailbreak tweak called MissedReminder that lets you get the same feature.
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Thirteen1 - "..The unspoken tragedy of the Call of Duty games is how underrated their campaign scenarios stand after the dust settles. These games are never remembered for their heavy depictions of human civilisation trying to bite its own throat out, and I can't for a moment understand why we haven't taken the campaign as seriously as we do their online components."
I always loved the campaigns on these, but even the campaigns are going down hill lately.
ewww typical article made by a cod fanboy.
The only story that was good in any call of duty was Black ops. All of the other cod sucked.
i like cods campaign modes more than i like the multiplayer.


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ACT NOW - Celebrate and protect the UK's Very Important Trees
The UK's Trees of Special National Interest have shared a unique bond with people, nature and the landscape for centuries. Imagine the stories they could tell!
We call these trees Very Important Trees ('V.I.Trees'). They are living monuments which continue to make an important contribution to our culture and history as well as our landscapes.
But that's not properly recognised. They're not even fully protected from development! Battlefields and stately homes have more protection than our oldest and most special trees.
Support our call for a safer future
Planning and forestry are devolved matters, so V.I.Trees need help in each country across the UK:
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TOMS RIVER, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — A burglar in New Jersey picked the wrong home.
A security camera captured the suspect climbing through Toms River Police Chief Michael Mastronardy's window.
1010 WINS' Steve Sandberg speaks with Police Chief Michael Mastronardy
Click here to watch video of the break-in.
The suspect was in the home for a minute before a family member returned. The suspect apparently made off with the chief's ring and left through the front door before fleeing in a dark vehicle.
The chief said he installed the cameras two weeks ago because of a rash of burglaries.
Mastronardy told 1010 WINS that of the six homes that were hit, two belonged to police officers — his and the home of a retired police chief from Seaside Park. He said the suspects were targeting cash, jewelry and prescription medicines.
The chief's beefed up security paid off. Video from the security camera helped officers in the investigation and two arrests were made in the case Wednesday night.
"About midnight, my officer's sent me a photo of my ring and said, 'Sorry it took so long,'" Mastronardy said.
(TM and Copyright 2011 CBS Radio Inc. and its relevant subsidiaries. CBS RADIO and EYE Logo TM and Copyright 2011 CBS Broadcasting Inc. Used under license. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report.)


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This Arendelle Iced Coffee Disney Frozen Starbucks case protects your phone on the back, sides, and corners while maintaining direct access to all ports and features.
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Team Members:
Benjamin R. Beede
Ilona Caparros (In Memoriam)
Emily Fabiano
Michael Giarlo, Technical Consultant
Scott Hines, Technical Consultant Linda Langschied
Laura B. Mullen
Patricia A. Piermatti, Team Leader
Thelma Tate Lisa Vecchioli
Myoung Chung Wilson
Currently, telephone information for clients of the Rutgers University Libraries is provided by staff at the following New Brunswick libraries public service points: Access, Information, and Collection Support. The New Brunswick Centralized Telephone Information Service (NBCTS) will provide a new telephone number- 732/932-LIBS (932-5427) for initial access to these service points. The use of this new telephone number will promote the unified New Brunswick Libraries concept and provide an uncomplicated information pathway for the most frequently asked questions.
The primary objectives for instituting a centralized telephone information service are:
A. Improve information service
1. establish a NEW, single New Brunswick Libraries point of contact for a telephone information service;
The range of informational responses provided through the service will be clearly defined by thorough training. The range of responses includes:
D. Information about other RUL web site documents
E. Assistance in locating individuals or particular departments
Appropriate referrals will be made as necessary, to individuals or RUL units.
[for calls from within and outside of Rutgers University]
Greeting (Top Level)
"You have reached the Central Information Service of the Rutgers University Libraries in New Brunswick. For directions or online information about all New Brunswick libraries please see our website at www.libraries.rutgers.edu. For library building hours, press 1. For help with borrowing, your library record, barcode or PIN number, press 2. For other questions, press 3; if you are calling from a rotary phone please stay on the line. For general information about Rutgers University, please dial 732/932-4636. To reach Rutgers University Computing Services, please dial 732/445-2296.
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"The following building hours are for the Fall Semester, September 25 to December 6, 2000. For Alexander Library hours, press 1. For Library of Science and Medicine hours, press 2. For Douglass Library and Kilmer Library hours, press 3. For other New Brunswick libraries, press 4. Library hours are also available on the Rutgers University Libraries website at www.libraries.rutgers.edu "
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Alexander Library hours are:
Monday to Wednesday, 8 am - 2 am
Thursday, 8 am - 1 am
Friday, 8 am – 9 pm
Saturday, 10 am – 6 pm
Sunday, Noon – 2 am
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Library of Science and Medicine hours are:
Monday to Thursday, 8 am – Midnight
Friday, 8 am – 9 pm
Saturday, 10 am – 6 pm
Sunday, Noon – Midnight
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Douglass and Kilmer Library hours are:
Monday to Thursday, 8 am – 1 am
Friday, 8 am – 9 pm
Saturday, 10 am – 6 pm
Sunday, Noon – 1 am
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New Brunswick science libraries hours (excepting Alcohol Studies) are:
Monday to Thursday, 8:30 am – Midnight
Friday, 8:30 am – 9 pm
Saturday, 10 am – 6 pm
Sunday, Noon – Midnight
Please call Alcohol Studies Library at 732/445-4442 for their current hours.
Art Library hours are:
Monday to Thursday, 9 am – 10 pm
Friday and Saturday, 9 am – 5 pm
Sunday, 1 pm – 10 pm
The hours of the Science and Engineering Resource Center are:
Monday to Thursday, 8 am – 1 am
Friday, 8 am – 9 pm
Saturday, 10 am – 8 pm
Sunday, Noon- 1 am
School of Management and Labor Relations Library hours are:
Monday to Thursday, Noon – 7:30 pm
Friday, Noon – 5 pm
Saturday, 10 am – 6 pm
And CLOSED on Sundays
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For assistance with borrowing, your library record, barcode or PIN number, please consult the Rutgers University Libraries home page, www.libraries.rutgers.edu. Click on "Ask a Librarian" for access to the "Frequently Asked Questions" page. For those who do not have Internet access and to speak with a library staff member, press zero.
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[These calls are "Call Forwarded" to (routes to hunt group: 732/932-9411 (Douglass), 732/445-3613 (Kilmer) and then 732/445-3854 ( LSM) )]
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"For other questions press 3. If you are calling from a rotary phone, please stay on the line."
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[These calls are "Call Forwarded" to 732/932-7509 or 732/932-7526]
Footnote: Please refer to the following publication for technical matters concerning the message board:
Bell Atlantic, Premium Message Board: A Bell Atlantic Voice Messaging Service. March 1998; SSI#700-247-452.
A conversation on 2/15/00 with John Whyte, Associate Director of Telecommunications (RU Telephone Office-732/445-7456), yielded the following:
Item Vendor Cost (One-Time) Cost (On-Going)
20 member
Message Board RU $120 $120/month
Installation of new telephone
line, 932-LIBS
(932-5427) Bell Atlantic $200$17.20/month
Telephone handset $340
Addition of line,Bell Atlantic
932-5427 to
Alexander Info Desk
Telephone handset$100
Data line RUNet 2000
Phone jack RUNet 2000
Totals$760 (One-Time) $1646.40 (On-Going)
Queries handled personally by NBCTS are expected to be of a general nature and the time given to each caller to be 5 minutes or less. Callers requiring in depth help will be asked to make an onsite visit.
Informational: IRIS holdings; other "general" … use resources such as the ones listed below.
Subject specific: refer to RUL Research Guides or Finding Aids; make referral
To "Ask a Librarian"; make referral to subject specialist (email address or
Phone number)
Special collection: refer to NBL/RUL department or unit … use telephone numbers which connect to a person and not an automated message board.
New Brunswick Libraries Information Services will appoint an ad hoc training group to review resources and procedures for NBL information assistant training. Existing training materials as listed in the next paragraph will be utilized as needed. NBCTS will be one of the first beneficiaries of the ad hoc committee's work.
Currently available training materials include the Information Services Training
Guide compiled by Scott Hines and Laura Mullen (http://nbl.rutgers.edu/training_guide_versions.htm), the Common Knowledge Database (CKDB) (http://scc01.rutgers.edu/ckdb/search.cfm), the RUL home page (http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/) including the Electronic Ready Reference Shelf (http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/e_ref_shelf/e_ref_shelf.shtml) as well as other appropriate resources. It is assumed that NBCTS staff training will match the service being provided.
Staff Title(s) Total Hours/Year Hourly Wage Cost (On-Going)
Assistants, 2 1175 hours/year$8/hour$5000 *
* Explanation:
The current calculation is that we need 1,175 additional staff hours per year; at $8.00 per hour this would cost us $18, 800.00. However, the team believes that the NBCTS staffing budget only requires an additional $5000 of new funding. Calibration with Alexander Information Desk hours and staff, and some reallocations of staff and voucher funds among NB libraries will enable NBCTS to make up the difference.
NBCTS Librarian
(Librarian V or
Higher) to be appointed from existing staff
Action Item: weekly IA schedule for NBCTS (E. Gilbert and T. Tate)
Note: Although not listed, it is anticipated that there will be central telephone service during summer sessions. See Appendix I for further detail regarding staffing.
First Three Weeks of Spring or Fall Semesters:
Total Hours per week: 34
Spring or Fall Semester:
Total Hours per week: 34
Spring Break:
9a-5p9a-5pClosedClosed 1st Sunday; 12n-5p 2nd Sunday
Total Hours per week: 21
Spring or Fall Exam:
Total Hours per week: 37
Winter Recess:
Total Hours per week: 14
End of year Intersession:
Total Hours per week: 16
· Total estimated hours per year = 1175 per IA
ItemVendorCost (One-Time) Cost (On-Going)
1. Information
Assistants, 2 1175 hours/year$8/hour$5000 *
2. NBCTS Librarian
(Librarian V or
Higher) to be appointed from existing staff
3. 20 member
Message Board RU$120$120/month
4. Installation of new telephone
line, 932-LIBS
(932-5427)Bell Atlantic$200 $17.20/month
Telephone handset $340
(may recycle an SCC
handset )
6. Addition of 932-5427 button to Alexander Info Desk
Telephone handset$100
7. Data line (2 existing) RUNet 2000
8. Phone jack (1 existing) RUNet 2000
9. 1 computer/task chair$350
10. 2 desk lamps$60 X 2 = $120
11. Carpentry and drop holes RU$200 estimated
12. 2 computer pcsRU computer store
for information/Level 1 (recommended by A. Butman)
reference useGateway $1509 X 2 = $3018NB Technology Team's budget
to be charged (M. Kesselman)
13. 2 Glare screens Staples $35 estimated X 2 = $70
Totals $4518 (One-Time) $6646.40 (On-Going)
April 20, 2000 … final report accepted by NB Information Services Group
May 2000 final report distributed to NBL faculty
May – October 2000 new equipment ordered; phone service installation
October - November 2000 test message board and revise message content as needed
November 2000 NBCTS fully operational
Winter 2000/Spring 2001 monitor NBCTS for additional staff and equipment needs
Spring 2001 marketing and promotion
XII. Evaluation
NBL Information Services Team will be reviewing information/reference statistics and revising forms. NBCTS will follow standard procedure and utilize necessary forms. Regular reporting on NBCTS service will be made to NBL Information Services Team and NBL faculty.
XIII. Telephone Directory Listings
NBL Information Services Team will review the telephone listings for the New Brunswick libraries in Bell Atlantic's New Brunswick telephone book, as well as the 2001 Rutgers Faculty Staff telephone directory. In addition to the inclusion of the NBCTS number – 932-LIBS (932-5427), other editorial changes will be recommended as necessary. Any changes will be brought to the NBL faculty for discussion and approval.
XIV. Marketing
NBL Information Services Team will discuss the need for appropriate marketing after NBCTS has been operational for at least one semester. Appropriate media such as, Rutgers INFO, articles in The Daily Targum, The Agenda, and printed brochures or bookmarks will be considered.
XV. Acknowledgment
The chair wishes to thank all those who have served as telephone team members for their long hours of work and contributions. We are excited about the imminent implementation of our vision for central telephone information service in the New Brunswick Libraries.
Information Desk & Telephone Service Hours
Schedule beginning Fall Semester, 2000
Fall Semester
Tuesday, September 5 - Thursday, December 14, 2000
Note: Double staffing from 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. on Monday through Friday, and Sunday.
|Mon. - Wed.
|9 a.m. - 9 p.m.
|9 a.m. - 9 p.m.
|9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
|Noon - 6 p.m.
|Noon - 8 p.m.
Thursday, November 23 - Sunday, November 26, 2000
|9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
|9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
|Noon - 6 p.m.
|Noon - 8 p.m.
Fall Exam Period
Friday, December 15 - Friday, December 22, 2000
|Mon. - Wed.
|9 a.m. - 9 p.m.
|9 a.m. - 9 p.m.
|9 a.m. - 9 p.m.
|Noon - 5 p.m.
|Noon - 8 p.m.
Winter Recess
Saturday, Dec. 23, 2000 - Monday, January 15, 2001
|Mon. - Wed.
|9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
|9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
|9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Spring Semester
Tuesday, January 16 - Monday, April 30, 2001
Note: Double staffing from 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. on Monday through Friday, and on Sunday
|Mon. - Wed.
|9 a.m. - 9 p.m.
|9 a.m. - 9 p.m.
|9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
|Noon - 6 p.m.
|Noon - 8 p.m.
Spring Recess
Sunday, March 11 - Sunday, March 18, 2001
|Mon. - Wed.
|9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
|9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
|9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Closed 3/11
Noon - 5 p.m. 3/18
Spring Exam Period
Tuesday, May 1 - Wednesday, May 9, 2001
|Mon. - Wed.
|9 a.m. - 9 p.m.
|9 a.m. - 9 p.m.
|9 a.m. - 9 p.m.
|Noon - 5 p.m.
|Noon - 8 p.m.
Commencement Intersession
Thursday, May 10 - DAY BEFORE SUMMER SESSION BEGINS, 2001
|Mon. - Wed.
|9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
|9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
|9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Summer Session
EXACT DATES NOT KNOWN June - August 2001 Hours to be determined
|Mon. - Wed.
Summer Intersession
EXACT DATES NOT KNOWN August - September 2001 Hours to be determined
|Mon. - Wed.
Appendix I
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upright row
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deltoid lifts
What I would want to ask you is if it is good to train on these programs alternatively (1) - (2) - (3) - (4) or is it better to group the exercises, something like (1) - (1) - (1) - (1) and then (2) - (2) - (2) - (2) and then so on until I start again from (1) - (1) - (1) - (1).
What would be better for the muscle development, a diversified schedule or something more compact ?
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It is a stark contrast to the Bush 43, who was still afraid of his dad's shadow as president and avoided talking issues with 41.And for the finishing touch:
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Monday, May 6, promises to be one to remember in the U.S. if you are what are commonly called "patent trolls," aka "patent assertion entities" and "patent pirates." That is the day Senator Charles Schumer (D-New York) will be introducing legislation that could stop many patent suits from proceeding in court.
Senator Schumer's bill, to be introduced when Congress ends its current recess, calls for the expansion of a provision Schumer and Senator Jon Kyl (R-Arizona) added to the 2011 patent reform legislation known as the America Invents Act. That provision instituted a program that allowed companies in the financial services industry to challenge business-method patents at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The new bill opens the gates to other businesses, to do likewise.
For those of you who follow my postings, you are aware that this has been a favorite topic of almost two years. The problem of companies choosing litigation over innovation through the hoarding of intellectual property for the purpose of extracting licensing fees and infringement fines - has become a bane of existence for many in the tech community in particular, and the outrage for Congress to fix what is broken, has been thunderous. As others have noted, while companies have complained about the flood of what they view are frivolous lawsuits filed by companies that exist primarily to assert patents, it has not been until the academic community placed numbers on just how onerous such activities that lawmakers have felt compelled to act. Not only do such lawsuits clog the courts, but study after study has shown that they impede innovation and hence have severe economic consequences for competitors as well as the U.S. economy in general.
"Patent trolls are bullying New York's technology companies, stymieing innovation, and dragging down growth," Schumer said in a statement. "This legislation will provide small technology start-ups with the opportunity to efficiently address these claims outside of the legal system, saving billions of dollars in litigation fees."
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The Senator's brief on why legislation and why now, is compelling. He said the expanded program would not only help resolve existing suits in a low-cost way, but would also deter trolls, what are called "non-practicing entities (NPEs)" from marching to the courthouse in the future. The aim is to stop the most egregious practice where NPEs acquire low-quality patents that use broad language, wait for a deep pocket entity to develop a similar technology and then pounce. Some of these NPEs have been very successful because they know how to work the process. They leverage the fact that in many instances, an alleged infringer would rather settle the case than litigate both because of the costs involved and the time to market lost.
Schumer pointed out that in 2011 alone, NPEs cost operating companies $29 billion. The average settlement, he said, costs a small or medium-sized company $1.33 million, while an in-court defense would cost the same company an average of $1.75 million per case.
Under the Schumer-Kyl provision in the patent reform legislation, experts at the USPTO will be able to review a challenged business method patent in a post-grant review. If the USPTO finds it more likely than not that the patent will be deemed invalid, it will take a second look and return a decision quickly.
It should be noted that this is just a start on the problem in many ways since the number of suits brought by NPEs against tech companies far exceeds those involving business method patents. However, it is a start and certainly can serve as a model for even further expansion. Plus, the new provision, which only has temporary status in the America Invents Act, will not only expand the types of business covered but also removes its temporary status.
Since patent reform is a multi-headed hydra, you may wish to pay attention to a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives that takes a different tack on the problem. The SHIELD Act, (Saving High-Tech Innovators from Egregious Legal Disputes Act of 2013), has been introduced by Representatives Peter DeFazio (D-Oregon) and Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah). It proposes that a plaintiff who loses a case that is deemed a trolling expedition would have to pay the cost of the litigation for both parties.
The aim here is simple. The legislation is designed to make NPEs think seriously about filing suits they know would be unlikely to prevail if defendants were willing to take them to their logical conclusion. Faced with a possibility that more defendants would risk a trial rather than quickly settle, this approach does something everyone understands. It changes the odds of success on what many feel are at the core just get rich quick schemes.
The challenge on both bills is that legislation has a habit of moving almost as slowly as court cases. In short, it is problematic as to when and if either bill will be voted on, and then there is the reconciliation process between the two houses. That said, the intensity of complaints has risen to the point, and the lobbying money available to force action by those who would like to stop the NPEs from cashing in and causing problems has been amped up enough that this session could act. This is an instance that is non-partisan, and as such could be something that lawmakers would look to as proof that they are capable of getting something done. Let's hope so. As the studies have proven, there is a lot at stake, and the sooner there is clarity, the better.
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Telescope ReviewsPage 18 By Ed Ting Updated 2/1/02
Click on a Telescope Below: 1) Obsession 36" Dobsonian reflector 2) Meade ETX60AT refractor 3) Orion StarMax 127 Maksutov-Cassegrain
1) 36" Obsession 9/20/01 (36" f/5 open truss Dobsonian, NLA, was $15,995. Serial number reviewed: #4) Anything worth doing is worth doing in excess. Made in the 1990's, these monster Dobs were made by Obsession as "statement" products for aperture-hungry observers with deep pockets. Only four were made, and the sample at hand is the last of the line. Dave Kriege told me "these scopes nearly killed me and my staff." After the manufacture of the fourth unit, the scopes were discontinued due to the huge difficulties in making them. I am writing this in case you run across one, or are simply curious about these fascinating and unusual telescopes.
Godzilla at StellafaneThis is a huge, lumbering telescope. It dominates the observing field, drawing people like magnets. Its owners have dubbed it "Godzilla." There are four finders on this scope - an Orion Short Tube 80 at the eyepiece, a Rigel Quik Point and an 8X50 mounted on a separate stalk, and a Celestron Comet Catcher on the rocker box. Also, there is a large metal rod mounted on the upper truss, cleverly positioned within natural reach of the hand for steering. Three 8 watt lizard cage heaters (I am not making this up) are attached to the rear of the mirror as an anti-dewing measure when the scope is not in use. There are two Kendrick dew removal systems in use on the rocker box. Each finder, as well as the eyepiece, gets its own heater strip. The scope assembles and works much the same way as other Obsessions do. The secondary cage clamps to a wooden ring that holds the truss poles (the ring is necessary due to the long length of the truss poles.) Also, the 36" adds four heavy-duty retractable castors, if you must move it. The mirror is slightly overcorrected and has a trace of astigmatism. I'd complain about this if it were an 8 inch telescope, but for a hand made mirror this large, it's actually a very good effort. I commend its maker (Intermountain Optics in UT, in this case) for their work. I was given a private showing up in the northern mountains of NH on a clear late summer evening. The location was so dark I could see M13, M92, M2, and M3 with the naked eye. We didn't even bother attaching the shroud. The scope was already assembled for me when I arrived (thanks to Barrie, by the way, for his hospitality - he made sure I had everything I needed for the evening.) The first thing I noticed about the scope is that you don't do anything quickly with it. You learn to do things s-l-o-w-l-y. A body at rest tends to remain at rest, especially when it's 15 feet long and weighs 600+ lbs. Even the simple act of raising the scope in altitude to look at Polaris takes much longer than you think. As a result, you tend to spend your time looking at one area of the sky before moving on. Thus, I spent time first in and around the Big Dipper, then I moved on to the Cygnus area, and finally I went down towards Sagittarius. This took the entire evening. Detail on the scope. Note the Rigel Quik Point and 50 mm finder on separate stalkThe second thing you notice is that while the scope may be a one-man job to handle, the ladder isn't. You need at least a 12 foot ladder, and a 14 foot would be even better. I had some safety concerns. The first time you get up that high, it's a frightening experience. While looking at the Ring, I was perched on the second step from the top (you know, the one with the warning label telling you not to stand there) with my shins braced against the top of the ladder. My body was fluttering in the wind. As if this wasn't scary enough, I then had to lean over in the dark and close one eye to look through the eyepiece. My heart was racing, and it took nearly an hour before I was comfortable with the use of the ladder. My first target was M82. Remember that first scene in Star Wars, where Princess Leia's ship comes overhead, firing laser shots behind it? A few seconds later, a massive Imperial Destroyer enters the scene. Finding M82 was a lot like that. I kept finding these annoying little galaxies that I'd never seen before. They were littering the field. Then, suddenly, M82 comes careening by like the Titanic. I gasped. Keep in mind, not only does this scope have nearly four times the light gathering ability of the largest scope I am used to (Obsession's 20") it has a super-long 4,572 mm focal length. As a result, even an eyepiece like the 35 mm Panoptic yields 131X. This is about as low as you can go. You are going to get good at dead-reckoning objects with a 1X finder real fast with a scope like this. Detail on the mirror cell. Large black pads are lizard cage warmers used as dew heaters. Note the castor (R) extended for mechanical stabilityI saw the central star in the Ring Nebula. It's blue, in case you're wondering. The scope almost gathers too much light for the Dumbbell. It's an elliptical bright white blob with an O-III filter. The image was so bright, I had to pull out the eyepiece to make sure the filter hadn't fallen off. I laughed with giddy glee as I followed the Veil all the way around (it does go all the way around in an almost unbroken circle if you know where to look.) M13, M15, and M92 all show colors in their stars. There is a visible red tint to the outer members of the globulars. NGC6207, the little galaxy next to M13, shows detail and looks like the Andromeda Galaxy does through an 80 mm refractor (I know; I checked M31 later with the 80 mm finder.) With the OIII filter in, I swept down to Sagittarius, and had some of the most memorable observing experiences of my life. The Lagoon more than filled the field of the 35 mm Panoptic. The dark lanes in the Trifid were pitch black, and wide enough to drive a truck through. The Swan looked like three or four separate nebaulae piled on top of one another; the dark area inside the crook of the check- mark shape was the blackest I'd ever seen. The most stunning view, though was seeing those Pillars of Creation on M16, something I never thought I'd see with the naked eye. Godzilla's Lair: A custom trailer designed for easy (well, easier) transport. Gun racks (L) hold the truss tubes.After a few hours of this, I got the hang of using the telescope. First, dead-reckon the object with the Quik Finder, then check to see if it's in the 50 mm finder. Then, quickly work your way up the ladder while a friend stands on the bottom support rung on the opposite side. Check the eyepiece - if the object isn't there, use the 80 mm finder. Enjoy the view, then descend and switch places with your friend. Repeat until exhausted. This was a thrilling and humbling experience, and it spoiled me for deep-sky observing for weeks afterwards. The 20" Obsession in my garage didn't seem so big anymore. I've been invited back to use it, so watch this space for more updates. I hope you get the chance to look through one of these someday. 2) Meade ETX60 AT refractor 10/1/01 (60 mm f/5.8 achromatic refractor, Autostar, 25 mm, 9 mm MA eyepeices, tripod, $279 street) I am so glad this telescope came along for me when it did. After using the 36" Obsession (above) I didn't feel like going observing at all. A tiny, computerized refractor might just what the doctor ordered. I was anxious to switch gears for a while and try the 'lil Meade. Meade's popular ETX60ATMeade made a big splash in the fall of 2000 with the introduction of these pint-sized ETX telescopes. The 60 mm and 70 mm are essentially the same scope. The 60 mm has a smaller lens (shimmed-down in the OTA) and a slightly longer f/ratio. The street prices are only a few dollars apart, so there's some product overlap going on here. In fact, by the time you read this, the 60 mm units may be on their way out. With the Autostar included in the package (not as an add-on, as with the larger ETX scopes) they're potentially an excellent value. What's more, to compete with Celestron, who started including the tripod with their smaller NexStars, Meade started throwing in their $99 tripods as standard equipment. You get a lot for your ~$300. What's more, there have been some highly-publicized sales going on with the 60 mm unit in the fall of 2001, with prices as low as $99 for the scope itself. Although I've seen many 60 mm and 70 mm ETX scopes out in the field, I hadn't had one for long-term use until recently. I had a 60 mm unit on loan for about a month and became familiar with it during that time. Made primarily of plastic, the scope is really light - less than 6 lbs. Even on the tripod, the setup is light enough to pick up with one hand. While light weight is a plus in many circumstances, it can be a negative during public star parties as people (especially kids) tend to want to grab it, ruining your alignment. Optically, the scope is fair-to-OK. I detect about 1 wave of undercorrection, with some light miscollimation, minor astigmatism, and the expected false color around brighter objects. I'm not going to harp on this too much. The scope costs next to nothing, and the tripod gets really jiggly even at around 80X, which means you'll probably never stress the optics enough to see the aberrations. No one buys this thing for its optical quality anyway. No, they buy it for the cool computer that's included! The Autostar #494 is a lightweight version of the #497 included with the larger ETXs. Not having played with an Autostar for nearly a year, I had to relearn the initialization process. After entering some basic information like the date, time, your latitude, etc, you enter the alignment mode. First off, forget about the one-star alignment; it doesn't work. You need to use the two-star mode, and it will take you a few tries before you get good at it (it took me about four times with the two-star mode before I could get the scope to slew and track accurately.) I had the best luck using the "high power" (39X) 9 mm eyepiece, and defocusing the stellar image until it nearly filled the field of view. Also, there is no finder, which can be exasperating. My blood pressure went down several points after I rigged a Rigel Quik Finder to the OTA (see below.) You'll feel better if you do thisOnce aligned, the computer either accepts or rejects your data. If rejected, you start over. If accepted, the scope starts making these cool space-age sounding noises as the drives take over. The tracking and pointing accuracy are pretty good for such an inexpensive system. You can make the scope point by using Messier, NGC, Caldwell, and other catalogs. It knows many objects by name (the Ring, the Dumbbell, etc) although there is, on the whole, an over-reliance on Caldwell designations. The Autostar prefers to recognize the Veil Nebula as Caldwell 33/34, for instance. And how many of you know of NGC457 as Caldwell 13? Also, the Double Cluster is filed under "T" for "The" Double Cluster. The Autostar knows a lot. Most commonly-observed objects carry a description of their appearance, distance, and other pertinent information. While looking at the moon, for example, the Autostar will calculate its % luminosity, age in days (carried to the decimal point) and rise and set times. One night, not wanting to run inside to boot up The Sky to calculate moonset, I dragged the ETX out, did a fast align, and had it tell me when the moon would set that night. The Autostar knows some 1400 objects, and you can add your own to the database. Among other things, it's programmed to find 8 planets, 88 constellations, 395 double stars, 189 variable stars, all 110 Messier objects, 66 named objects, and (raise an eyebrow with me now, boys and girls) 11 quasars and 3 black holes. If you get bored late at night, you can have the Autostar entertain you. There are some guided tour modes. One, "How Far is Far?" takes you on a journey starting with closer objects (the moon, the planets) and moves you out in distance to galaxies and beyond. The Autostar picks appropriate objects that are accessible from your location and time of night. There's also a "Tonight's Best" mode that's fun. Mind you, virtually none of these objects look all that great through the ETX - most are just dim smudges. And many will be invisible. I haven't begun to describe all the features. There's a "synch" mode, a "park" feature, you can theoretically do photography, and you can adjust the display to suit your preferences. There's a lot of stuff to keep you busy. But I did notice, you wind up spending most of your time playing with the keypad and reading the display, rather than looking through the scope itself. After a while, looking through the telescope becomes almost an afterthought, a brief diversion from the real action - playing with the controller. In fact, you don't even need the telescope to use the telescope. If it's cloudy or rainy out, or if you have some time to kill during the daytime, you can do a fake one star alignment in the garage, then read up on stuff with the Autostar. Which I did, more times than I care to admit. There are a few quirks. First off, the focuser is maddeningly difficult to use. Every person that came by, and review I have read, has mentioned this little silver knob as a sore spot. The focuser moves the objective lens fore and aft, strange in itself. But the knob is buried in the fork arm when the scope is above 45 degrees or so - it's completely inaccessible unless you have kid-sized fingers. To make matters worse, the 25 mm and 9 mm MA eyepieces are nowhere near parfocal; get used to spinning that little knob a lot. Also, the scope defaults to 8 PM each time to start it up, indicating a volatile memory. But the Autostar does know the last date you started it, and it keeps time, so how much more difficult would it have been to have the unit keep time while it's off? Finally, the manual does an OK job of getting you started, then it just abruptly ends, leaving you hanging. It's billed as a beginner's scope, but I found that advanced astronomers got the biggest kick out of it. Beginners tended to be stymied by all the features and modes, not knowing which ones were important and which ones weren't. And with all the hype that the Autostar doles out, the actual views tended to disappoint. Based on samples I've seen and the mail I get from you, quality control is good, perhaps even better than on the larger ETXs. There are a few dogs out there, however. People are surprised to learn that the 60/70 are my favorite ETX models. They're cheap, and the short focal length gives the Autostar the best chance of acquiring its target. Also, I strongly urge you to buy these new, rather than used, as ETXs tend not to age very gracefully under heavy use or frequent rough transport. This should not be your only telescope, any more than your Palm Pilot should be your only computer. It's a supplement to your other equipment, a cool toy, and a nice conversation piece. Recommended as a stepping stone, or for larger collections. 3) Orion StarMax 127 Maksutov 10/1/01, 2/1/02 (5" f/12.1 Maksutov-Cassegrain, 25 mm Sirius Plossl, 6X26 erect image finder, equatorial mount, case, $539 + shipping) Orion sent minor shock waves through the astronomical world in the fall of 2001 when it announced the introduction of a line of very inexpensive Maksutovs. If you thought the ETX Maks were cheap, check this out: the 90 mm f/13.9 StarMax goes for only $299, the 102 mm f/12.7 is $389 and this 127 mm model lists for only $539. As if that wasn't enough, these prices include the equatorial mount, eyepieces, and soft carrying case. It was enough to flood my e-mail inbox with requests to review it. I was on the phone to Orion as soon as I got my catalog. These Maks are produced in China "to Orion specifications". That's just about all I got out of them, other than the fact that they had plenty of stock on them in anticiaption of orders. Luckily, one showed up at our local club, courtesy of Rivers Camera, and I snagged it for an evening. Wow, only $539! The StarMax 127I am just old enough to remember when the term "Maksutov" meant "big bucks." As a kid I drooled over ads for Questars and Quantums, whose larger units cost as much as a small car. Maks have gained a kind of cult status over the years. With their relatively small central obstructions, historically tight quality control, and easy- to-figure spherical surfaces, Maks have been renowned for their razor-sharp optics and trouble-free performance. Today it's a different story. Maks appear at every price level, and they're almost mainstream. The sight of one at a star party no longer draws a crowd. Can an inexpensive Chinese unit measure up? I was fixin' to find out. The scope is attractively painted in a deep, ruby red. There's very little focus shift when turning the knob (which looks suspiciously similar to the knob on the NexStar 4, but no one's talking.) The scope star tested really well - only a trace of overcorrection, a smooth figure, and almost perfect collimation. I briefly ran the scope up to 320X and the star test was still very impressive. Hmmm... The Ring Nebula was contrasty, and showed the 13.1 star easily. In moments of steady seeing, the 14.2 popped in and out. With an OIII filter, the Dumbbell looked similar to the view through a high quality 4 inch achromat. The double- double was split into four tight little balls at only 81X, which is tough to do unless you have very sharp, smooth optics. With the OIII filter attached again, the Veil was seen as two light, wispy arcs, although without much detail. M13 has that ground-sugar look to it and just barely starts to resolve at 150X or so. Nearby NGC6207 could be seen with averted vision. The mount is yet another variant of the ubiquitous Chinese I'm-Trying-To-Imitate- A-Great-Polaris Mount. It's OK until you get up to the 150X-175X level, then the jiggles get annoying. For the price, I'm not complaining. I highly recommend the drive at $59.95 - with a 1500 mm+ focal length, you're going to get tired of turning that RA knob real fast. Also, the short cables are constantly getting in the way; I recommend ditching the cables altogether and retrofitting little radio-style knobs like the ones you can get at Radio Shack. The finder is OK, but I don't really care for this 6X26 erect image unit. However, it's easily supplemented with a Telrad or Quik Point. The diagonal is a little cheap, and I found the views were more comfortable with better eyepieces. And I wished for a heavier mount towards the end of the evening. Don't read too much into this - when I complain about the accessories on a cheap scope, it's generally a good thing. The optical tube itself seems plenty competent, and is good enough to justify spending some cash on upgrades. All those present were impressed with the StarMax. Keep in mind that the particular group that night has "expensive eyes." The other scopes present included the 14.5" and 11" EL Starmasters. Despite all the premium glass nearby, I didn't hear any complaints about the StarMax. In fact, I heard at least one observer say that he's considering buying one to supplement his other telescopes. One caution about all of this. Most of these Chinese telescopes, regardless of their design, have some sample-to-sample variation, and their quality control is not as tight as similar (but admittedly much more expensive) units from Japan, Germany, or the United States. I got a hold of a good one. But it is a sample of one. They may or may not all be like this. I hope they are. These Chinese telescopes do seem to be getting better, seemingly with every shipment that arrives on our shores. I'm interested in hearing from other StarMax owners out there so I can build a consensus on their quality control. Until then, the StarMax 127 is provisionally recommended. (P.S. This is the 100th telescope reviewed on Scopereviews!) Update, 2/1/02: Having heard from about a dozen of you, I can be somewhat more confident about my recommendation. Of those who were able to star test their scopes, the results were positive almost all the time. I did hear of one lemon, which was replaced by Orion with no apparent hassle. End Telescope Reviews, Page 18


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You probably already know about their existence, and very likely have them on your site already.
For most bloggers, they are … what's the word … obvious.
And don't get me wrong, as great as those plugin are, being constantly hit over the head with yet another "Top 10 WordPress Plugins" list that praises them has become rather tiring.
That being said, this isn't just a list of some obscure creations, but rather a cool set of original WordPress plugins that can give you great benefits despite being a little lesser known out there.
So, to find out what those non-obvious WordPress plugins might be, we invited 30 experts to share their input on the matter.
Here's the question that was asked of them:
Without further ado, here's the leaderboard – the plugins that kept popping up the most:
The top voted non-obvious WordPress plugins that every blogger needs
General observations
Even though we're talking about non-obvious WordPress plugins here, it's worth pointing out that some trends have emerged when compiling this list. A number of experts shared their picks in similar plugin categories.
For instance, image optimization is a thing. With plugins such as WP-Smush or EWWW Image Optimizer, it's clear that bloggers and webmasters care about how much bandwidth their sites consume and how important having this under control is for them.
Another trend is using what can be called helper SEO plugins or link manipulation plugins. For instance, plugins like Broken Link Checker or Pretty Link are among the most popular on the non-obvious list. If we looked a little deeper here, we could probably make an argument that the features those plugins offer are the only missing elements in the big SEO plugins like WordPress SEO by Yoast.
Moving on to the answers:
Experts talk about their top non-obvious WordPress plugins
Custom Post Type UI + CPTR. Since we don't do only written content at 1stWebDesigner, but also podcasts and videos every week, it's really helpful to have tailored and customized settings for every one of our different types of posts. As well as manually picking related content below our posts lets us bring back some older posts, yet still good performing ones.
WP Smush.it + Imsanity. We've always been very determined to reduce our site's load speed, so optimizing or shall I say "smushing" our images we use for our posts has proven to bring good results.
Plainview Activity Monitor. This shows you failed logins to your site which also shows you the passwords used and other stuff that users do which is really useful if you have a multi author blog.
User Switching. Really needed if you have a membership site, you can log in as someone and you see the site as if you have used their details to log in. great for troubleshooting issues from support tickets.
Broken Link Checker. Helps you keep track of broken links so you can fix or get rid of them.
Robots Meta. Allows you to determine whether or not Google indexes a page or not (among other things). This is helpful for hidden pages and other parts of my site that I don't necessarily want Google to find.
Pretty Link or ThirstyAffiliates. Two great WordPress plugins for managing link redirects through your site. Don't worry about having to change hundreds of links when old affiliate relations die, with these plugins you can do it in one click.
LeadPages. Most people are using LeadPages templates through the main site url, however, with the Leadpages plugin you can quickly and easily host these pages through your own site while also using your domain name as the redirect or main url. This will increase conversions and look much more professional.
Captcha on Login. Brute force attacks are a regular occurrence for most sites, especially on login pages. An easy way of stopping them is by adding a captcha to the login screen with this plugin. After using this plugin, bots eventually stopped and it ultimately reduced load on my server.
CoSchedule by Todaymade. You need to manage your editorial calendar and this tool makes it easier. It's got task management built in and makes it easy to schedule social messages. It's not free it's a huge time saver.
Blog Genie
Comment Redirect. Provides an easy way to redirect first time commenters to a thank you page. Use the page however you like, encourage email sign ups, social media follows or whatever suits your site but it's a nice touch that goes a long way to helping you stand out.
WP-Optimize. Acts like a giant broom for your WordPress database and cleans everything with the touch of a button. This is also great for client sites when they are uncomfortable with logging in to PhpMyAdmin.
Design Instruct
Broken Link Checker. Broken links can negatively affect the reading experience because it's frustrating to click on a link that doesn't work. This WordPress plugin makes monitoring and fixing broken links on WordPress-powered sites easier.
EWWW Image Optimizer. I write a lot about Web image optimization because I truly believe that non-optimized images are one of the major causes of slow web pages, which in turn is terrible for the reading experience. The problem is, optimizing images manually requires a little bit more time and effort, and many site owners aren't comfortable using image optimization tools. This plugin helps make image optimization seamless for authors.
WP Mayor
MailPoet Newsletters. Very easy to use plugin. We use it to send out our newsletters and get our readers subscribed to our emails.
Leadin. Cool plugin for those who wants to know their visitor's behaviour. It shows where your reader (the one who contacted you only) came from, which pages visited before and after contacting you through a contact form on your website.
Daily Blog Tips
RSS Footer. A very useful WordPress plugin to add stuff to the bottom of your RSS Feed. I use it to add advertising banners, for instance.
WPtouch. Having a mobile friendly website is a must today, so if you don't have a mobile version yet you can use this plugin to create one on the fly.
DIY Video Guy
Pretty Link is great for two things. First, being able to have shorter redirect links to specific pages or other websites you're linking too. Second, it tracks how many times those links are used, which is also really helpful.
Backup Buddy is a life saver. If anything happens to your WordPress site where it gets hacked or a simple line of code in a plugin screws everything up, BB will make sure you have a recent backup ready to restore to.
Writers in Charge
Hybrid Connect. This WordPress plugin also comes from the developer of WP Sharely, and it is basically a plugin for creating opt in forms; it has a lot of options including allowing users to create in-post forms, sidebar forms, pop ups and slide in forms. Hybrid Connect also allows you to collect opt ins via email or Facebook login, and it has a lot of customization ability as well as tracking to let you know where subscribers are coming from.
Gravity Forms. This is another premium WordPress plugin for creating slick contact forms; it has a built in anti-spam option, tracking for your forms, integration with several top service providers like AWeber for email list building, and a lot of other customization options.
Quick Sprout
Subscribe to Comments. It notifies people by email for new comments that are left on your blog.
Click to Tweet. It helps you get more social shares.
NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster. Autoposts each new entry to social networks. It gets the post out on social media as each entry is published and helps ease the load on a network/blog manager/editor/social media coordinator, especially when working with many blogs and authors. I don't recommend using it as a standalone solution, though. Re-sharing posts manually at different times makes it optimal.
Pippity. Makes it easy for newsletter subscription; settings can be customised to make it user friendly (i.e. not in your face popups all the time); easy integration with newsletter services like aWeber.
Fanciest Author Box. We love Fanciest Authorbox for adding author bios – which is a definite must have for any multi-author blog.
Pretty Link. We use Pretty Link Lite for affiliate links because, well, affiliate links are ugly 🙂
Do It With WordPress
Public Post Preview. It's so nice to be able to just send a draft for someone to look at without having to publish it.
Anti-spam. This has been the plugin that has been the most effective for me for stopping spam (in addition to Akismet).
Perishable Press
Query Monitor. Query Monitor is great because it is very comprehensive. It can do a lot of stuff that other debugging plugins can't, like auto Ajax debugging and the ability to filter results by specific plugin or theme. I use this plugin mostly for debugging database and query variables, but it also comes in handy for testing HTTP requests, WP hooks, PHP errors, and much more. Amazingly useful plugin that doesn't receive the attention it deserves, imo.
Admin Post Navigation. Over the years, I've published hundreds of articles and tutorials at Perishable Press and DigWP.com. On the front-end, navigating all of these posts is a breeze, as I have full control over the theme template and can use choice template tags as desired. But not so much in the WP Admin Area, where it is sometimes necessary to navigate from one post to the next to make updates, edits, and so on. To make this post-to-post navigation possible in the Admin Area, I use a plugin called Admin Post Navigation, which does one thing and one thing well: it adds "Previous" and "Next" links to the Edit Post screen to make serial post editing much easier.
Enable Media Replace. If deleting an image and reuploading a new one with the same name never made sense to you, you need this plugin.
Regenerate Thumbnails. Changing featured image sizes on your site simply wouldn't make sense without it.
Fluent in 3 months
Simple:Press. To build a community around your blog, simple-press is the easiest way by far to set up a forum that piggy-backs off WordPress' system. I've scaled this to tens of thousands of users and it performs very well because of its non-bulky code.
VaultPress. If I had to recommend one plugin, this would be it. It's a paid service, but it has saved my skin several times. No matter what, every single hour my entire site is backed up to VaultPress' servers, and there is a simple one button click backup implementation. When I've done irreversible things to my site on my own server and it's down, and my site admin is asleep, this plugin let's me essentially press "undo" and go back to the most recent working snapshot. You can do it to just the theme, just the database or certain other small parts, in case your changes were fine in other parts, or you don't want to lose conversations or blog posts unrelated to a crash.
Another awesome plugin some may of heard of it is EWWW Image Optimizer it does exactly what is says on the tin. It bulk optimizes images for your blog reducing bandwith and of course load time. A real nifty plugin and one that I use all the time.
Finally one of the best plugins for redirection (I find) is the Simple 301 Redirects plugin it's a great way for non techies to create 301 redirects. So if you're in your Google Webmaster settings page and discovering errors or URLS that can not be found then simply copy and paste and redirect them to a similar page or indeed a new one.
WP Daily Themes
Growmap Anti Spambot Plugin. The perfect plugin to defeat automated spambots and spam messages with a simple checkbox.
Reduce Bounce Rate. Get the real Bounce rate and page views in Google Analytics. Easy and simple to use.
Enhanced Media Library is the best for categorizing media to make it easy to reuse images or pdfs or whatever
Contextual Related Posts is the best performing Related Posts plugin there is (besides Jetpack's)
This one is paid, but for analyzing your post performance Analytify is the easiest and most convenient way to see how visitors are finding your individual posts (I do have a referral link for that as well, but not necessary).
All Blogging Tips
SEOPressor. We already know how important SEO is. There are many SEO plugins but I found SEOPressor best. It shows keyword density of your keyword in WordPress editor. It shows over-optimization warning in case you have added extra tags, keywords, h1, h2, h3 tags. It also supports rich snippet. The best feature is LSI keyword. LSI keywords help you to find relevant keywords from your main keywords, using LSI keyword will make it easy for you to rank in Google.
MBP Ninja Affiliate. If you're into affiliate marketing then this is a must have plugin. I've been using from years and very happy with it. This plugin automatically convert your keywords on your posts into affiliate links. It is a powerful plugin which helps you to manage, track, cloak and shorten unlimited number of affiliate links from one setting page. This plugin helped me alot in saving my time and managing all affiliate links from one dashboard. Ninja plugin is a must have plugin for serious affiliate marketers.
Elegant Themes
One of the primary appeals to WordPress in the first place is how much it (and its amazing community of designers/developers) have empowered the world to do great things with WordPress and its available themes and plugins. Because of this, I think some theme and plugin authors go a little "empowerment crazy" with their products because its an easy sell–"Look how much you can do with this one tool!"
The right way is not always the plug and play way and there is such a thing as too much in one package. With that in mind, here are my three picks:
Code Snippets by Shea Bunge. Sometimes less is more. One of my favorite ways of reducing unnecessary bloat is by finding useful code snippets I can substitute for whole plugins. In this way, the Code Snippets plugin has actually cut down significantly on the amount of plugins I have installed–and therefore also cut down on the amount of plugins I have to configure, update, and maintain.
Shortcodes Ultimate by Vladimir Anokhin. So many themes come with their own sets of shortcodes that are not separated out into another plugin. And some, if they are separated out, are designed to work with just that theme and not at all (or at least not well) with others. To me, aside from being against WordPress standards and best practices, is a disservice. Which is why instead I have really come to love using this massive (free) shortcode bundle by Vladimir Anokhin designed to work well with any theme.
Reviewer WordPress Plugin by evoG. Similarly, many WordPress themes come with review capabilities built in. This looks great as a selling point but many customers do not realize creating a bunch of content using theme specific custom post types such as a review lock them into that theme forever. Or signs them up for a bunch of work later on, if they ever decide to switch themes. This plugin is one that I've used on my site and love. It may not be the review plugin for everyone, but the point is that if you're reviewing things on your blog – use a plugin! That way if you need to change themes down the road you don't leave a bunch of your best content behind in the process.
As someone who is always writing about themes and plugins, there are of course more that could have made this list but didn't necessarily fit the "non-obvious" description. So in closing I also want to take a second to thank everyone in the WordPress community working hard to design and develop the tools we've all come to use and love.
Yet Another Related Posts Plugin (YARPP). A good replacement for nRelate, that shows related content below each post.
Broken Link Checker. Checks content for broken links.
EWWW Image Optimizer. Gives you more image optimization options.
P3 (Plugin Performance Profiler). Good for getting a baseline on plugin performance.
Developer. Excellent if you need to take a closer look under the hood.
Stream. Great for sites that lots of people are working on.
SearchWP by Jonathan Christopher, improves the site search and adds a lot of features to the basic search. Of course there are a good number of search plugins (Here's a list of some of the popular search options available for WordPress), but this one stands above from the rest. Cost: $29 / single license.
Shrink-O-Matic. This is a fantastic app (not a WordPress plugin), that lets you optimize images on your Windows or Mac. Very handy for optimizing images and does not cost a dime. Alternatively, you can use WP Smush.it, if you don't want to use an offline app.
Display Widgets is a great little plugin. Basically it adds checkboxes to each widget to show or hide on site pages. This allows me to customize what I show on my pages sidebar verses my widget sidebar.
This is a great way to A/B test different CTA boxes and really hone in on your audience. You can show different widgets based on a post category or even a custom taxonomy. This can be awesome for affiliate marketing.
Let's say you have a WordPress category and a PPC category. Now you can create separate affiliate widgets for each category and now the ads on the sidebar are directly related to the article they are reading. This will dramatically increase their CTR.
Google Tag Manager for WordPress. Many people I talk with still don't even know what Google Tag Manager is. Basically it is a free management tool from Google that allows you to manage and deploy of your scripts from one location. Such as Google Analytics, AdRoll, Facebook Conversion Pixel, etc.
This free plugin by duracelltomi.com is running on all of my sites. It allows me to stay organized and keep my WordPress sites clean.
ZigWidgetClass. Another great little free WordPress plugin by zigpress.com. This plugin allows me to easily add custom CSS classes to my widgets. What do I use this for? I use it to deploy media queries so that I can hide certain widgets based on their resolution size.
For example, on my site I have an optin box in my sidebar and my footer. On a mobile device there is no reason for it to show twice, so I add my class which pulls my media query and hide one of them.
Snapshot. It's like a time machine for your WordPress site that can backup and restore your entire install and even includes Dropbox & S3 integration.
Custom Sidebars Pro. You can control all aspects of every widget area on your site with this handy plugin. It has a beautiful UI, which makes it even more fun to use.
WP Smush.it / WP Smush Pro. This is one of the first plugins I install on every site I create. It allows you to reduce image file sizes and you can even bulk smush images.
Community Experience Lead and general plugin connoisseur from the team at Slocum Themes
Disable Comments. Despite the large number of downloads (1.2 million) and the obvious title, so many of our viewers and customers want to remove their comments and have no idea that this solution exists.
The use of this WordPress plugin is simple. Install the plugin, go to your WordPress Settings > Disable Comments and check the box to disable all comments. The plugin also allows you to choose whether to display comments on a more case-specific level.
Advanced Tagline. This plugin hasn't been updated in a while (6 years) but we have found that the solution still works for the most part and is fun.
Tapping into the WordPress "tagline" or "slogan", you can create a number of slogans and display one of them randomly or sequentially every time a user loads the page. The application for thought bloggers, spiritual organizations, and businesses is tremendous.
Conductor. For displaying blog content, there is no greater plugin out there than Conductor. While it is the one option on my list that costs money (starting at $97), Conductor works with almost any existing WordPress theme and allows you to display a grouping of your content the way YOU want.
Want to display 8 blogs from the "Dog" category at a smaller size, and only show the featured image and the title? You can do that.
Want to make your most recent post a large featured post on your front page? Done.
Powerful stuff. I can't rave about it enough.
CodeinWP Blog
Revive Old Post. Use it to re-share the best pieces of content from your blog.
WP Rocket. It takes 5 minutes to set up and speeds up your site considerably, implementing a lot of proactive best practices.
Kraken Image Optimizer. It automatically optimizes every new image that you upload to your site. No additional work needed on your part.
As you can see, I like plugins who save me time.
Complete list
Here's the complete list of plugins; each one under its more or less general category:
- Pretty Link
- Broken Link Checker
- MBP Ninja Affiliate ($)
- SEOPressor ($)
- Robots Meta
- Simple 301 Redirects
- ThirstyAffiliates
- Redirection
- MailPoet Newsletters
- OptinMonster ($)
- Pippity ($)
- Leadin
- Hybrid Connect
- Gravity Forms ($)
- Subscribe to Comments
- CoSchedule by Todaymade
- Editorial Calendar
- Shortcodes Ultimate
- Disable Comments
- Public Post Preview
- WP RSS Aggregator
- Clean Archives
- Fanciest Author Box ($)
- Duplicate Post
- Posts 2 Posts
- Admin Post Navigation
- Enable Media Replace
- Simple:Press
- Ultimate Coming Soon Page
- Contextual Related Posts
- Code Snippets
- Reviewer WordPress Plugin ($)
- Yet Another Related Posts Plugin (YARPP)
- Stream
- SearchWP ($)
- Popularity Contest
- Advanced Tagline
- Conductor ($)
- User Switching
- WP-Optimize
- CloudFlare
- WPtouch
- Backup Buddy ($)
- Limit Login Attempts
- Theme Check
- All-In-One WP Migration
- BJ Lazy Load
- VaultPress ($)
- Captcha on Login
- P3 (Plugin Performance Profiler)
- Plainview Activity Monitor
- MinQueue
- Query Monitor
- Rublon Account Security: Two-Factor Auth+
- Reduce Bounce Rate
- Developer
- Custom Post Type UI
- Google Tag Manager for WordPress
- Snapshot ($)
- WP Rocket ($)
- MalCare ($)