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The latest edition of the gay newspaper The Washington Blade displayed what liberal newspapers don't find controversial: "Medicare to examine ban on gender reassignment." In other words, leftists are pushing the Obama administration to subsidize sex-change operations. We're posting enormous deficits, but the "progressives" are always searching for new entitlements.
As usual, liberal journalists refer to this lack of "access" to taxpayer money a "ban." Chris Johnson reported: "The document from the Department of Health & Human Services, dated Dec. 2, finds that the reasoning for the ban is 'not complete and adequate' to support denying Medicare coverage for transgender people seeking the procedure."
The HHS Department Appeals Board states the ban -- which is codified as National Coverage Determination 140.3 -- "fails to account for development in the care and treatment" for transgender people over the course of the last 30 years....
Masen Davis, executive director of the Transgender Law Center, was optimistic the ban would be lifted following the discovery process.
"Current Medicare standards are based on science from the 1960s, so it's about time for a review," Davis said. "Because the current scientific evidence overwhelmingly shows that sex-reassignment surgeries are effective and medically necessary treatments for some transgender individuals, we are hopeful the board will find the exclusion is not supported.
The DAB initiated the review of the ban on Medicare-provided gender reassignment surgery in response to a request filed in March by a quartet of LGBT advocates: the National Center for Lesbian Rights, the American Civil Liberties Union, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders and civil rights attorney Mary Lou Boelcke.
The challenge was filed on behalf of Denee Mallon, a 73-year-old transgender woman in Albuquerque, N.M. A Medicare recipient, Mallon was recommended to have gender reassignment surgery by doctors to treat her gender dysphoria.
In a joint statement provided to the Washington Blade in response to the HHS memorandum, the ACLU, NCLR and GLAD expressed optimism that DAB would come to the conclusion after discovery that the ban on Medicare-provided gender reassignment surgery should be lifted.
"Because the current evidence overwhelmingly shows that sex-reassignment surgeries are effective and medically necessary treatments for some individuals with gender dysphoria, we are hopeful the Board will find the exclusion is not supported," the statement says.
The Blade story also noted "the American Medical Association and the American Psychological Association support gender reassignment surgery for transgender people as a means to treat gender identity disorder."
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The Cost of Face Time
By Heather Chapman (New York City)
U.S. companies could save upwards of $260 billion dollars a year by implementing a telework (also known as "telecommuting") policy. So says Undress for Success, an online resource site for people who work from home. Using recently released U.S. Census figures and data from several different studies, as well as their Telework Savings Calculator, they also determined that U.S. consumers could save around $228 billion dollars a year and that the U.S. government could see $14 billion dollars in savings.
Currently, there are less than 6 million people in the U.S. who currently work from home, half of whom are not self employed. But, according to Kate Lister and Tom Harnish, publishers of the Undress for Success site, there are another 33 million people working in the U.S. whose jobs are suitable for teleworking. They say that if these people worked from home for half of the time, "businesses could improve their bottom line by over $7,900 per new telecommuter per year—the result of lower real estate, electricity, absenteeism, and turnover costs together with increased employee productivity."
Undress for Success found that, thanks to teleworking:
• Sun Microsystems saves $70 million a year in real estate alone;
• McKesson saves $2 million a year in real estate and other expenses;
• Dow Chemical saved a third of its non-real estate costs through telework;
• Best Buy, British Telecom, JD Edwards, and American Express show home-based employees to be 20-40% more productive than their office counterparts.
The Glass Hammer reached out to additional sources to see what they thought about teleworking and if they too had seen savings like this for their own companies or themselves.
Grace Tiscareno-Sato, a Senior Global Marketing Manager at Siemens Communications, agreed that teleworking is an amazing opportunity for both the company and its employees. Citing cost savings in real estate, the leasing of office equipment, and transportation, she also mentioned that "teleworking was once thought of as a luxury for the employee, but that isn't the case any longer. Employees expect to have this sort of flexibility at work, and once they start teleworking, they don't want to go back. There is no longer the need to drive into work daily for face time if no one is working at the office, and there is the additional benefit of not having a daily commute."
Ms. Tiscareno-Sato also pointed out that once employees begin teleworking, the rate of employee retention rose, which is another way that companies will see savings. Speaking for herself, she said, "it's hard to tempt the employee away when other companies don't offer this kind of work flexibility and freedom."
A final point that Grace offered was that by having a workforce that works remotely, "organizations now have the ability to market themselves as a greener company, which improves their company profile with potential and current customers, shareholders, and employees." She gave LiveOps, a leading distributed call center that is headquartered in Palo Alto, California, as an example. In a 2007 press release, LiveOps stated that "its use of home-based customer service agents has avoided the use of over 1. 4 million gallons of fuel per year, and the associated carbon emissions. By working from home, LiveOps' 10,000 home agents have saved a staggering $4,281,248 ($3.00/per gallon) in gas money. According to CEO Maynard Webb, 'Companies and governmental organizations are all finding ways to support the cutting of carbon emissions. One by one, 10,000 LiveOps home agents are helping, too. By running their own home-based businesses, home agents have cut out their daily commutes, saving them time and money and also sparing the environment.' "
Jennifer Flaa, CEO of Vettana, a software quality assurance (SQA) company, agrees that teleworking is absolutely essential for any company today. "As a high-tech business-owner, the coolest thing about telecommuting is that it opens up a vast pool of talent. We are not limited geographically [in] finding personnel, but can use the best talent around the globe in order to provide outstanding service to our clients. Telecommuting also aids in employee retention. Businesses invest in, and rely heavily on, their knowledge workers. If someone has to move, they no longer have to quit. They can still do their job from their new location."
Jennifer also mentioned how the savings her company sees from having her employees work from home are shared with her company's clients. "The bottom line is that our virtual business (with telecommuting workers) saves our clients money. We are able to keep our overhead low and pass that savings on. That strategy was key to keeping us in business during the dotcom bust and is serving our clients well as our economy is in recovery mode."
Jean Murray, a Product Manager at Siemens, says that being able to telework "helps with the work-life balance. As I manage teams everywhere from Europe to the West Coast, if I had to be in the office, I would never see home." She adds that "[a]lthough my hours are long, I can schedule in trips to the gym or run errands around my other responsibilities to make sure everything gets done both personally and professionally."
Jean did point out what she sees as the downside of teleworking, noting that "[a]ny type of creative development activity, brainstorming, or solution development is much easier and arguably much more productive in person. A number of tools and techniques are available which help with these challenges, but one of the best remedies is to have targeted in-person meetings planned for these types of activities where possible. This also helps renew and refresh team relationships, which helps maintain a good team dynamic during the times between in-person meetings."
Caroline Co, senior manager of professional sercies at Avaya Professional Services, says, "Avaya has been working with many customers to deploy teleworking programs through its technologies and consulting services. Much like our customers, we too have benefited from leveraging our own solutions to enable employees to telecommute." Caroline pointed out that about 70% of Avaya's Professional Services organization is virtual; as a result, the company has seen its real estate costs lower. "The flexibility of our solutions lead to improved retention and provides Avaya with a broader talent pool beyond specific locations."
Avaya has also noticed the additional green benefits that teleworking has provided. "Our internal study shows we have saved 3 million pounds of carbon annually. We have also reaped tax credits by allowing teleworking. Our customers achieve similar benefits in lower real estate costs, carbon emission reductions, and increased employee retention."
On a personal level, Caroline appreciates the benefits that teleworking provides her. "As a global company, I need the ability to work early in the day or late at night. At Avaya, I can work anywhere as long as I have my laptop." She also notes that "[l]iving in California, commuting is a challenge. Working from home not only saves me gas, it affords me a better quality of life by saving me anywhere from an hour or two of sitting in traffic everyday. I can just as easily be at soccer games or in a different state—and it's seamless to the people I work with. Overall, our technologies have given me the flexibility and latitude to better balance my work and personal life."

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(Gray News) – Some wedding crashers are more welcome than others.
A British couple got a big surprise during their Las Vegas wedding this week when Rock & Roll Hall of Fame singer Rod Stewart showed up unannounced at the ceremony at Caesars Palace.
Andrew Aitchison and Sharon Cook, from Liverpool, England, nearly had to cancel their wedding when their travel operator, Thomas Cook, collapsed on September 23, CNN reported.
But Caesars Palace and Delta Air Lines came to their rescue to help make the wedding happen for them and their guests.
The couple was told to expect some surprises but being serenaded by Sir Rod with "Have I Told You Lately" went beyond their imaginations.
"So @rodstewart just turned up at our wedding and sang to my wife! I can't believe what has happened in the last week and this has just topped it off," Aitchison tweeted. "Thank you Rod you've absolutely made our dream wedding you absolute legend."
"We woke up today with quite a hangover not sure this actually happened, it was like a dream. You helped make it the best day of our lives," Aitchison said in another post to Twitter.
"Thank you from the bottom of our hearts, you are an absolute Gent and legend Sir Rod. My only worry is that Sharon didn't want to let you go!"
Later, the rock legend gave them a shout out from his Twitter account.
"Congratulations to the happy couple!" he said.
Stewart is performing in Las Vegas as part of his residency "Rod Stewart: The Hits" at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace. The couple will see him again in concert Friday night.
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10 Tips for Fast and Effective Office Moving
Office moving is considered to be a real challenge for every employee and manager. Expanding the area, improvement of the office facilities, infrastructure changes or fast-growing staff make the industry move. No matter what the reason is to relocate your business is a rather difficult task.
The Main Difficulties of the Office Move
If you've never moved from one place to another, the relocation may require very little skill or effort. The truth is that the process of the office move is rather complicated. It includes not only the physical rearrangement, boxes packing, and uploading. You should be aware of the following issues:
- Productivity losses. They happen even if your enterprise doesn't work 24/7. It takes some time to return to the habitual schedule.
- Don't forget to change the legal address requisites of the company and to update the business cards.
- Re-establishment of the working Net. The modern world lives in the age of the Internet. That's why the absence of the connection even during one day is rather stressful.
The office staff can move their things by themselves but the process would be rather slow and non-effective. That's why it would be a great mistake to move the office with the help of the personnel. There are 10 tips that will assist to relocate the company quickly and help to avoid a headache.
The Golden Rules of the Moving
- Plan you move.
Planning includes researching, analyzing and anticipating information. It's necessary to look through dozens of guidebooks while preparing the moving. The moving companies deal with all difficulties. It's enough to appoint a responsible person among the office staff. He or she will inform the movers about the building peculiarities. And it's better to estimate the scope of work in advance.
- Sort.
Any enterprise is a complicated organization with its own peculiarities and oddities. The huge amount of papers or folders should be sort by categories. It's possible to use color labels or stickers. The essential box is a must.
- Organise. In order not to lose any necessary papers or items, you should use accustomed cardboard boxes or eco-friendly plastic containers. You need to buy them. The plastic containers can be rented in a special firm.
- Coordinate.
All the employees should know the exact date of the Big Day. Each department should be responsible for its own documents.
- Certificates and insurance are important.
The moving process can lead to losses and damages to the property. In order to be insured, you should hire only certificated truck and mover companies. You should pay attention to details of the insurance coverage and don't forget about padlocks, trailer locks and tie down straps.
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Any process should be controlled especially when it comes to your money. You should check all the containers and be aware of extra fees.
- Hire professionals.
Nowadays it's not a problem to find the moving company. However, it's difficult to find the real professionals. Before signing up the contract, you should get acquainted with the history of the company, read reviews and contact the former clients.
- Create a buffer zone.
The business is impossible without clients. You need to create a special buffer zone for your customers so that they won't be affected by your relocation.
- Do not neglect the logistics.
The great plus of the hiring moving company is that the movers choose the best route for the trucks by themselves in order to avoid the traffic jam. The parking of the trucks should be discussed with the building management in advance.
- Have fun!
The moving out opens new horizons. The best way to endure the moving is to treat it as a quest.
To draw the bottom line, organizing the office moving is not a piece of cake. however, it's rather exciting and overpowering.


text: E News Articles Upcoming Events Latest Research E Source Blog February 8, 2017 Customers Think Rooftop Is the Cheapest Solar: Utilities Need to Address This … Fast! Adam Maxwell It's imperative that you effectively engage customers with solar education. Current utility solar education techniques are falling short, causing customer backlash and driving the perception that utilities are anti-solar. E Source studied a unique approach to educating customers in new market research: explaining the relative costs of rooftop, community, and large-scale solar. The results were remarkable. Customer support for large-scale solar dramatically increased, while customer support for rooftop solar dwindled. Check out our white paper, Customers Believe Rooftop Solar Is Cheapest, but an Educational Nudge Could Change Their Minds, for more findings. What's Driving Solar Appeal? Solar appeals to customers in ways unprecedented in the modern utility industry. Efficiency is a tough sell. People aren't exactly knocking down their utility's door to get in an insulation installation queue. Yet solar interconnection queues are growing so quickly that utilities can't keep up. The reasons behind customers' love for rooftop solar are well documented (read more in the December 2015 issue of E News)—environmental benefits, bill savings, visual triggers, and social status drive emotional attachment to solar. New E Source market research uncovered an additional driving force behind this emotional attachment: Customers believe residential rooftop solar is a low-cost alternative to traditional grid-supplied electricity. Customers Genuinely Believe Rooftop Solar Is Cheapest In our online survey of more than 7,000 North American residential customers, 68 percent of respondents believe rooftop solar costs the same or less than traditional grid-supplied electricity. Ninety percent of respondents believe rooftop solar has a neutral effect or reduces overall electric system costs. These inherent beliefs present a major challenge for utilities. Utility communications about cross-subsidization or increased grid costs due to net metering conflict with customer perceptions and are going to come across as anti-solar. Given customers' positive perceptions of solar, being viewed as anti-solar will certainly harm your brand image. How can you address this complex issue and avoid the dreaded "anti-solar" moniker? The first step is educating customers about the costs of different types of solar. Our market research dove into customers' opinions on future utility investments in solar. We asked respondents to allocate a hypothetical $100 of utility investment in solar among four options: large-scale solar, community solar, residential rooftop, and business rooftop. We included a short description of each and explained how the benefits and costs accrue to different customer groups. The result? Residential rooftop came in first, with respondents allocating $31 to it, while large-scale solar came in second at $29. Providing Education on Relative Solar Costs Makes a Big Impact We then tackled how customers' allocations would change with a better understanding of the rough costs of delivering electricity from these four options. We explained the rough costs, stating that rooftop solar costs twice as much as large-scale solar per unit of electricity and community solar costs 50 percent more than large-scale. We then asked respondents, with their new knowledge, to again allocate the $100 their utility will invest. The results changed dramatically, with investment allocation rising over 40 percent for large-scale solar, the two rooftop options each dropping about 22 percent, and community solar staying about the same. With this relatively simple level of education, customer opinions about solar swayed significantly. People's love for rooftop solar is here to stay, and you should never try to dissuade that support. However, this type of basic cost education provides a way for you to explain why your utility pursues large-scale solar over rooftop. The lack of broader customer awareness about different types of solar demonstrates a challenge of hitting both the rational and emotional sides of this issue in order to help customers better understand what solar provides both personally and for the entire grid. To learn more about customers' solar cost perceptions, download our white paper, Customers Believe Rooftop Solar Is Cheapest, but an Educational Nudge Could Change Their Minds. We performed this market research as part of the E Source Distributed Energy Resource Strategy, an annual research service that provides deep customer insights to help utilities develop robust solar strategies that meet customers' evolving needs. Contact us today to learn more and subscribe to the service. 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Before we knew what hit us, the Pineapple Express had inflicted its rage upon the homes of Rossmoor.
However, no torrential downpour of rain and hazardous winds would dampen our kindred Christmas spirits. Although collateral damage was reported of fallen lighted palm trees, and instead of reindeer, we had a few flying Santas and a wondering elf or two. All was restored for the weekend, and the homes of Rossmoor illuminated the night once again, ready for Christmas travelers to find refuge in the dancing stars, colored dinos, Christmas card landscapes and happy feet – you'll understand that last reference as you read further.
It's the 8th annual Rossmoor Homeowners Association Christmas Lights Celebration, and the RHA proudly announce and highlight the homes that received 2014 Recognition Awards, and we enthusiastically list all the Honorably Mentioned homes that are identified for you to enjoy on the Rossmoor Christmas Hot Spots Map (link here to download). These are the 20+ homes and streets that "Made the Map" and the reason why we do the Christmas Lights Celebration in the first place.
After downloading the map and viewing the images (special thanks to Lynnette O'Bryan for the pictures), check out these dwellings for real, in-person, with family and hot chocolate. Take the car. Take a bike (with Christmas light reflectors of course). Take a hay ride. Take the kids or anyone acting like one. Enjoy the Christmas season and let the home owners know you appreciate their efforts to bring Christmas magic to our neighborhood!
Jurassic Christmas Award, Curd Family, 12101 Chianti Drive
Let's start by going back in time to Christmas of the Jurassic era. That's what you'll see outside the Curd family's house, but keep in mind, this place is more kid friendly than Barney. The happy dinosaurs in Santa hats will gladly gift wrap your presents. This is a Rookie (first-time) entry, and not only is the display fun, but so much work went into decorating the entire house and surrounding trees. Drive by and enjoy it while you can. It may not last forever.
Happy Feet Award, Fieldson-Burling Family, 11302 Pemberton Road
OK Happy might not be the reoccurring theme here, but we are going from happy dinosaurs to happy feet. You'll know what we mean when you visit the house, as it's amazing how many penguins you can fit in a front yard. Yes, these little and some rather large loveable characters can be seen from miles away (well – at least from across any angle of Rossmoor Park). There's also a polar bear in the far left, but just like the Coca Cola commercial, they all seem to get along quite fine, and are greeting you with all smiles and bright lights.
Honey – Get the Kids Award, Ryan and Kelly Herzog, 2892 Aceca Drive
The reaction: one judge immediately texts his wife, "The kids have got to see this house." Another judge tells us she's going to take her kids back here for a study break. Seems to be a universal response when people are suddenly engulfed in the dancing sights and musical Christmas sounds of the Herzog family house. Not kidding, this is just awesome. Our judges were so captivated, we made it through three songs, with the Santa image above the front door singing along. Forget the car or bike, bring the lawn chair, but not the tent. That would be tempting but a little too weird.
Merry and Bright Award, Bill and Lorraine Jones, 3262 St. Albans Drive
This is a family oriented Christmas celebration and the Jones family home exemplifies why Christmas is magical. Definitely one of the Rossmoor repeated favorites, Bill and Luanne add another element each year. The Green HoHoHo was the not-so-subtle addition along with the snowflake walkway that invites visitors to take their Christmas photos right in front of the house. It's happened many times already, and we're grateful to Bill and Luanne for always being so Merry and Bright!
Good Neighbor Award, Benjestorf and White Families, 3371 and 3361 Druid Lane
We think it was Robert Frost (good winter name) who said something like good fences make good neighbors. Well, we think Christmas lights work even better as evidenced by the Benjestorf and White Families! They have combined forces to create an illuminating experience starting at the corner of Druid and St. Cloud and heading across rooftops. Beautifully styled house lights and lawn decorations you don't want to miss entering the hood as you escape from the 405. To us, they are saying, "Hey you're done with work or shopping for the day. Time to enjoy the Christmas season!"
Most Festive Street Award, Woodstock between Martha Ann and Foster
Last year, we thought we were clever in a Where's Waldo sort of way, saying try to find Woodstock on Woodstock when Lance and Debbie Slimmer secured Snoopy's pal to their Rossmoor Holiday Light Post. Well the residents of Woodstock between Martha Ann and Foster blew Waldo out of the water because so many of the homes have Woodstock proudly displayed on their font lawns. The street is definitely filled with community Christmas spirit. If one is good, more is better, and Woodstock, without a doubt wins our Most Festive Street Award. Check it out as it will make you and Snoopy happy.
Classic Christmas Award, John and Annette Farber, 11352 Wembley Road
Red, white and green all sparkling across the home from north to south. So impressed with the decorations, one judge said, "This is exactly what I want my home to look like." This is the image one puts on a Christmas card. Of course we'd have to photoshop in the snow, which the Pineapple Express failed to deliver to Rossmoor. The Farber house was so appreciated by the neighbors that it was a close friend on the street who entered the home, and for that we are grateful!
Silent Night Award, Russ and Pam Cross, 11541 Martha Ann Drive
Russ and Pam are now two-time recipients of this special award. The judges were so enamored with the manger scene with attention to detail, like the two new angels flying overhead, they almost broke out into the silent night song. Well, that's a slight exaggeration, but the tranquility could make one feel like singing. This home has it all – farm animals surrounding the garage that's somewhat shaped like a barn. Plus the star of Bethlehem in the not so distant background. A well thought-out, peaceful display by the Cross Family!
Rookie of the Year Award, Herrin Family, 11552 Wallingsford Road
Lights – check; Candy canes – check; Illuminated forest animals – check; wrapped lighted pillars – check; lighted roofline – check; multi-colored trees – check; decorated window display – check. High level of effort to make it all work in an enchanting display – check! What's missing? Basically nothing except perhaps a polar bear sliding from the chimney to the front lawn with 20 elves along for the ride. Well, even without the bear, it was plenty for Zac & Nicole Herrin to earn the Rookie of the Year Award, and we can't wait until next year.
All of these following homes are Honorable, worth Mentioning and also made the 2014 Rossmoor Christmas Lights Hot Spots Map!
|2662 Tucker Lane
|2762 Salmon Dr.
|3321 Wimbleton Dr.
|11325 Donovan
|2682 Brimhall Dr.
|12705 Martha Ann Dr.
|2862 Coleridge Dr.
|2982 Brimhall Dr.
|2751 Mainway Dr.
|3272 Walker Lee St.
|3331 Huntley Dr.
|3341 Kenilworth Dr.
|3172 St. Albans Dr.
|3011 Shakespeare Dr.
|3072 Burney Pl.
|3282 Tigertail Dr.
|2951 Yellowtail Dr.
|3171 Kittrick Dr.
|3051 Inverness Dr.
|11831 Martha Ann Dr.
|11811 Norgrove Ln.
|2942 Edgeley Pl.
Now it's time for you to hit the Rossmoor streets with your egg nog or warm cocoa, however you want to defy the Pineapple Express, and enjoy the spectacle of lights (and sound) that's been prepared for you.
Thanks for playing and enjoy the
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Histats.com is a real time visitor's stat telling platform that makes the website owners able to check the real-time traffic on their websites. The users of Histats.com can even monitor the activities of their users by checking the duration on website, article view by the visitors, tag or keyword if any used by to approach a specific article on the website. Histats.com is way to know about the behavior of the visitors and then create the content accordingly. Histats.com support for both graphical, chart and text based reports system. In a chart and graph mode, the users of Histats.com can check for the new visitors, total visitors and page visited in a day. In the same manner, they can also check for the number of visitors on any specific article by filtering through visit according to title and according to link. It also displays the number of visitors currently on your website and average stay on the website. It is very simple like 1, 2, and 3. Simply create an account with Histats.com by providing the link of your website. You will be provided with a simple code that you are required to paste into the analytic section of your website and you will immediately start getting the information of visitor.
3. AFSAnalytics
AFSAnalytics.com is said to be the advanced level of stat teller because of the features that it delivers to its users. Telling about the new visitors, total visitors and the number of pages visited is a common service being provided by the most of the web track and visitor tracking tools. But what make the AFSAnalytics.com special one is that it allows the users to get the location, IP address and even the system being used by the visitor. AFSAnalytics.com is not about telling the number of visitors and behavior of visitor only. It is about providing you each and every information of your user so that could plan and manage the content of the articles as per the requirements of the visitors. In that's way, you can ensure the high traffic and permanent engagement of visitors at your website. Chart, graphs and text based reports all are supported by the AFS Analytics. You can also check for the sources from where the visitors are coming. This will make you able to plan even at the search engine levels as well. AFS Analytics also support for the visitors coming from social media channels. In short, you will be provided with all those resources that will make you able to track the performance of your visitors on your website.
4. Piwik
Piwik is a free and open source web analytics tool that provides detailed reports on your website regarding its visitors, search engine used, keywords used, page visited, files downloaded and many more. Apart from report system, its users can save notes and attach them to any previous date. Its multiple features such as transitions, goals, e-commerce, page overlay, row evolution and custom variables gives the users best way of organizing their marketing strategy. In addition to custom features, many customizable and directly features related to web traffic such as privacy options, scheduled reports, log importing, the API and the mobile app are also being provided by Piwik. The main advantage of using Piwik is that it is an entirely open source analytics platform that works beyond the simple analytic platform. It is an entirely free analytic platform that requires no cost at all at any stage. Piwik is designed for marketplaces, developers, hosting providers, and customer service based websites. In addition to default settings, Piwik is a highly customizable platform that support for the addition to third party applications as well to extend its functionalities. From individual level to commercial businesses, Piwik is designed for all.
5. Woopra
Woopra is a commercial real time customer analytics service for marketing. The tool is designed to assist organization optimize the customer behavior by providing data of individual website visitors and aggregate analytics reports of all visitors. Besides giving reports, it provides a comprehensive profile for every single user in 100% real time. Reporting like segmentation, funnels, retention and much more are the part of its features. You can integrate Woopra with multiple tools like pipedrive, WordPress, MySQL, HubSpot, Marketo, box, etc. In order to be smart in online world you required to be now about the intelligence of your visitors. Woopra will tell you to know about the preferences and all type of behaviour of your users. What make the Woopra special one is that it in addition to website, it can be used for tracking the visitors' performance on apps and even emails as well. You will be able to get a pulse on every customer interaction by way of accessing customer profiles, real-time analytics and personalization. In the customer profile area you will get the data and track the activity of your visitors in real-time. Then there is analytics from where you can access the customizable analytics. Woopra is a highly personalized analytic platform that makes you able to automate data driven actions.
6. KISSmetrics
KISSmetrics is a customer intelligence and web analytics service, which connects all your data to real people. If you are using multiple devices and browsers then it will also connect all your data to a single person in KISSmetrics. You will check everything that visitor has done from the initial stage to the last. It will provide you accurate data of real people by which you will be able to optimize your marketing strategies at every step. Moreover, it provides multiple reports such as funnel reports, A/B test reports, revenue reports and cohort reports to web owner that have a great impact on the success of business. The three main advantages of KISSmetrics are track people, better segmentation & campaign results and retain the engaged visitors. The four basic features of KISSmetrics are analyze, engage, click to track and integrations. All these features then opened in the various other features and functions. A lot of marketing tools and articles are there to improve your marketing level. KISSmetrics is an entirely commercial service that is available against four premium plans. KISSmetrics is available in the four premium plans of KISSmetrics Starter, KISSmetrics Basic, KISSmetrics Pro and KISSmetrics Enterprise. These plans are available against per month price of $200, $700, $2000 and special order price respectively.
7. Clicky
Clicky is a web analytics tool, which provides the real time data of the visitors. Everything which you think necessary for web marketing will be surely available on this platform. Clicky allows you see individual visitor and every action they perform on your site, their usernames and email addresses. Heatmaps feature is a unique feature of the Clicky, which provides you the data of those visitors who completed a specific goal. Its on-site analytics widget allows you see how many visitors are on you site and how many on the page you are currently viewing. It also alerts you in case of your sites go offline, so you can take necessary steps immediately. From analytics to marketing, Clicky provides the all necessary tools to the users. Check out some stunning features of this real time web analytics platform that are everything in real-time, in-depth detail of all activities, detail of individual visitors and their actions, availability of Heatmaps, on-site analytic platform and uptime monitoring system. In addition to web analytic system, Clicky also delivers the powerful and flexible API for twitter analytics, Google search engine rankings, video analytics, bounce rate, HTTPS tracking and much more. Clicky will always delivers you the best possible tracking options.
8. Open Web Analytics
As it is mentioned in the Open Web Analytics word Open that is telling for a web analytic platform that is an entirely open source web analytic platforms. This platform is specialized in delivering those analytical tools that will make you able to track and analyze the activities of your visitors on your websites and even applications. Open Web Analytics is a multifunctional analytic tool that you can use to track and analyze the behavior of visitors. OWA is an open source web analytics, which means that anyone can install and run it on their host. Major new features that are integrated in its latest version are custom variables provides you to set the five custom properties of your customers regarding page views, sessions, clicks, action, events, etc. Segmentation, live view, result set filtering, lots more metric and dimension combinations, independent tracking modes, IP address exclusion, IP address anonymization and many more features will surely made your marketing as you have in mind. Open Web Analytics is the provider of default and customizable features. It is a simple yet powerful way to know about the behavior and intelligence level of your visitors in a more professional and simple way.
9. Mouseflow
Just like its name Mouseflow, it is a platform that makes the users able to track the mouse clicks and movements of the visitors on the website. Mouseflow is a web analytic platform that provides you the behavior of visitors towards your website. Everything performed by visitors like what they read, in which post they are interested, movement of mouse and many more are available on fingers. It is one of the best analytical tools that in addition that will make you able to increase sales and boost conversions. This simple web analytic tool gives you plenty of statistics and features and figure out how intuitive your site feels on the whole. Deloitte, The Weather Channel, LexisNexis, GreenPeace, sears, Phone.com, INTUIT, etc. are the customer of this web analytic service. If you are looking for a professional level of analytic tool for your serious marketing projects then Mouseflow is best for that purpose that allows you to understand visitors, their behavior, and intelligence level and take appropriate action like never before. Heatmaps that are regarded as important element of analytical tools are the parts of Mouseflow. Mouseflow is a totally paid analytical platform. The three commercial plans by Mouseflow are Mouseflow Starter, Mouseflow Growth and Mouseflow Pro. These are available against per month prices of $24, $79 and $299 respectively.
10. AWStats
AWStats is an all in one analytic tool suitable for analyzing the performance of websites, mail, FTP servers, streaming media and various others visitors based channels. All these platforms make the AWStats a universal level of analytic channel that can be even used for other channels also in addition to websites. It is a free and open source analytical platform that is even used as a file analyzer and for advanced statistics purpose also. One used, AWStats will provide you all those information that your log contains within few web pages. It is expert in getting the information from all major servers including the Apache log files. Check out the main highlighted features and functions of AWStats that are number of unique visitors, total visitors in a day, visit duration, rush hours, normal hours, average, browser used, and a lot of others. In short, AWStats will make you able to get the each detail of the visitors visiting your website. Moreover, it support for all web browsers.
11. Ptengine
Ptengine is a web analytic and heat map tool for the webmaster and digital market managers to view how their website is doing on internet world. If you want a simple and easy to use web analytic platform that make you able to view the performance of your website in a user friendly display environment then Ptengine is among simple yet powerful web analytic platform. Ptengine is way to improve the performance of your website by examining the taste and behavior of visitors on your website. By using the Ptengine, you will be able to get the basic information about the visitors about page visit, clicked, time of entry and exist, tag or keyword used and a lot of others. The Heatmaps system of Ptengine will make you able to understand the intelligence level of visitors about what they do on the web pages. From stunning click to scroll, you can get the entire information by way of Heatmaps. Ptengine is available in four options that are Free, Lite, Startup and Growth. The free one is hundred percent free with limited feature. Per month prices of the remaining three are $7, $39, and $79 respectively. Features of premium version are same with limitation on quantity.
12. Plumb5
Plumb5 is a real-time end-to-end customer centric digital analytical & marketing automation utility system helping marketers to generate more leads using automated tools. It allows you to pin out intent based targeting and personalization by involving with web audience at high time. It is an inventive and a state of the art utility for today's reach. Some main advantages of using Plumb5 are the helping tools that Plumb5 offers in shape of gathering data at centralized place, web analytic platform, scheduling of meeting, and much more in real time. Today thousands of webmasters and web owners are using Plumb5 because of the highly advanced services delivered by the Plumb5. Some main highlighted features and functions of Plumb5 are visitor analytics, personalization, content measurement, chat, mail campaigns, lead management, communities, social search, unified profiles and much more. The automation system of Plumb5 makes the users able to process the data, improve the results and reduce the time. Before going to the premium version of Plumb5, the users can go for fifteen day free trial to explore the features of the Plumb5 in advance.
13. Survicate
Survicate is a marketing SaaS tool that allows you find out your prospects pain points and requirements with onsite surveys. The service enables you understand what your visitors want and what's preventing them from achieving it. Survicate uncovers friction points and objections at various levels of the buying process. Survicate is a highly advanced way to collect the feedback of your visitors in shape of monitoring their activities on your website. It is a way to discover more about their visitors by knowing what they do on your website. Discover here are the features of the Survicate that are survey invitation, message screen, targeting, reports analytics, reporting module, reporting API, email reports, CSV exports and much more. The integration system of Survicate makes it a universal level of web analytic tool. It is fully compatible with the Google Analytics, HubSpot, Intercom, Woopra and various other web analytic and reporting tools. Moreover, Survicate is a highly customizable web analytical platform that allows the users to configure the analytic part of the Survicate subject to the requirement of their websites.
14. A1WebStats
A1WebStats is a web analytic and lead identification platform that will enable you to check for the stat of visitors on your website. A1WebStats is website analytics utility giving information for each web visitor including company, which pages they looked at, and other such stuff. This service comes with link popularity tracking, online advertising tracking, page views, referral source tracking, reporting & statistics, activity by search engine, average time viewed, keyword tracking, and much more. A1WebStats is a lead identification platform for the large business and brands to check for the visitors' behavior on their websites and against their digital media campaign. It is very easy to install the A1WebStats in the website and get the real time behavior of visitors on the website. If you want to know about which companies are visiting your website, or want to get more from the product website or want to assist the deciphering website visitors data then here is the A1WebStats that will help you in all these sections. If you want to test A1WebStats without paying anything then thirty days free trial period is available for the willing users. Moreover the paid plans of A1WebStats are also available whose price ranges from $70 to $150 per month.
15. Bizible
Bizible is a system that lets companies to efficiently track offline revenue back to the accurate online marketing source so that they can easily track and optimize marketing by ROI in Salesforce. Bizible includes features such as online advertising tracking, page views, referral source tracking, reporting & statistics, activity by search engine, conversion tracking, and much more. Bizible analytical tools are purely based on the behavior of the general visitors that's why Bizible it make it possible and simple for its users to always get the real time information of the visitors in a comprehensive way. This platform actually unifies the visitors' behavior and advertising data and allows the users to increase the chances of success of marketing investment. Search, advertising, content, social and offline are the some basic factors Bizible consists the solutions of which. Now doubt it is designed for the marketing and advertisement purpose but the content section of the Bizible allow the users to know about the visitors performance on PR, blog, website, referral and emails. These features collectively make the Bizible a multifunctional analytical platform.
16. Mixpanel
Mixpanel is an analytics solution that can be deployed for both web and mobile. It delivers reliable and accurate customer behaviour analytics for mobile applications. The solution takes a different approach to measuring and analyzing the action or step taken by people who enter your system or application. It was designed and developed to enable organization and companies, regardless of size, in order to monitor and effectively analyze user behaviour. Mixpanel has millions of users around the world who can use to analyse their commercial projects. The best thing about this platform is that it offers a simple and straightforward interface that allows you to drill in and discover how people behave within your application and give you a closer look at how they use it and provides insight on how to further improve your system. Mixpanel is also known as an event-centric platform where tracking does not mean recording and assessing page views and click. In order to make it better than others, it also includes core features such as push notification, customer engagement, auto track, annotations, visual coding, bookmark and much more. As like the others similar conversion and rate optimization solutions it also has multiple SMB and enterprise plans, each one has its own cost and core benefits.
17. App Annie
App Annie is a world's leading platform that delivers the most trusted application data and actionable insights for your business to succeed in mobile through the only data platform support the entire app lifecycle. It combined with unparalleled service and support. App Annie is an excellent platform that helps you to create winning mobile strategies that are completely different them from competitors. It is also known as an engaging platform that drives user engagement, increases retention and effectively targets your audience by better understanding their interests and behaviour. As compared to all the others similar systems it also has set of tool that attract the more audience around the world. The most interesting thing about this solution is that it has a powerful dashboard where you can access it all features and add more functionalities without any limitations. App Annie includes core features such as unmatched data accuracy, global support, industry standard, different price plans and much more. If you are looking a trusted application data platform than try it out, it is specially made for you.
18. Google Analytics
Google Analytics is a freemium web service, which provides statistic for website owners, who are using Google Adword, Google AdSense and Google Webmaster tools. With the help of this tool, web owner can access the data on their website regarding visitor location, time spent on site, page visited, monitoring system, browser used, Internet speed of visitor, etc. There is one limitation over using the Google Analytics and that is its availability for the Google AdSense and Adwords users only. That limitation make the Google Analytics a very limited analytic and visitors tracking platform. Google Analytics will make you able to get better insight of your website about how it is performing. You can get result across all of your websites, apps and even offline channels as well. It will make you able to get the behavior of your visitors in real time. Among a lot of features and advantages the major one of Google Analytics are that it will assist you in improving your engagement.
19. IBM Cognos
IBM Cognos is an all-in-one Business Intelligence software that enables them to quickly and confidently determine and make decisions on insight. It is provided by Cognos Analytics encourages business users to configure dashboards and reports on their own while providing IT with a proven and scalable platform that can be deployed on-premises or in the cloud. With this analytic solution, users get formatted and interactive dashboards that claim highly scalable distribution and scheduling capabilities, as well as custom visualizations. IBM Cognos also comes with a wide selection of advanced analysis tools including what-if analysis, trend analysis, advanced analysis, and analytical reporting etc. Its self-service functionality enables users to interact with reports on mobile devices, or even they are offline. Just like all the other similar platforms it also has social networking tools that facilitate collaboration within teams and allow businesses to make the most out of the aggregate intelligence of their entire organization. IBM Cognos includes key features such as simple and intuitive interface, scheduling, easy upload, best automatic visualization, drag and drop functionality and much more. Try it out; it is an excellent choice for all kind of businesses.
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21. Dundas
Dundas BI is a leader in business intelligence, chosen by both startups and commerce pioneers to estimate the relevance of their business operations. The solution consolidates different analytic tools inconsistent dashboards and uses open APIs in order to facilitate customization and adjustment to varying industry-sector data. Visualization and reporting are enriched with valuable charts and tables, while documents are saved in a comprehensive data which can be accessed on mobile devices. The power of this solution consists in the fact that it can respond to the needs of all business scales, which is once again confirmed by its pricing plans. It offers an advanced level of flexibility, meaning that it joins data from all possible systems under a single analytic system. The solution takes only a few seconds to extract, store, and convert their data, and the results are 100% reliable. Unlike other similar solutions, it also includes key features such as drag and drop tools, customizes dashboard, templates, notifications, reports, charts and maps etc. There are different price plans; each plan has its own cost and core advantages.
22. ClicData
ClicData is a Business Intelligence software designed for different types of businesses and industries of all sizes. It is equipped with intuitive, flexible, and dynamic functionalities that help users master the metrics and data of their business operations, performance, and team productivity. The solution also helps users accelerate their success through robust reports and actionable information. As compared to all the other similar platforms, it is quite fast and offers lots of new functionalities that make it better than others. ClicData enables users to integrate their data from different sources with the software, and the sources include Google Analytics, Salesforce, Oracle, Facebook, MySQL, Dropbox and lots of others. Once their data are connected with software, they will be able to manage and manipulate them in any way. In addition, they can also be able to create live dashboards in order to centralize their data and set up alerts to notify when their indicators go below or above a defined level. With this solution user can also collaborate on their data and business reports by adding comments to dashboards, sharing their dashboards with their co-workers, or publishing them in other web applications. Data management, data manipulation, interactive dashboard, data merge, multi data source and real-time analytics. These are a core feature of this solution.
23. Analyse-it
Analyse-it is a Data Analytic software that provides businesses with all the tools they need to carry out in-depth statistical analysis in MS Excel. The intuitive interface integrates seamlessly with Microsoft Excel and features an advanced visualization and statistical analysis tools. Analyse-it works well even for the not-so-technical users as the documentation is in easy to understand English. The tool uses Microsoft Excel to get the job done, it has no proprietary file formats, and all the data are kept in an Excel workbook that makes collaboration much easier. The solution feature task-based workflow which makes more sense to users who don't have a sound technical background. Analyse-it is available in four different editions such as Standard Edition, Method Validation Edition, Quality Control and Enhancement Edition and the last one is Ultimate Edition. The user needs to pick the edition that works best according to their requirements budgets. Each edition has its own cost, functions and core benefits. The solution makes it easier to identify relationships between variables and visualize them with biplots and monopolists. Moreover, to continuous numeric data, it also supports categorical data with statistical procedures. Analyse-it includes key features such as T-test, item reliability, factor analysis, deeming, sigma matric and correlation etc.
24. Exago
Exago is an advanced self-service BI (business intelligence) solution loaded with all the major features such as ad-hoc reporting and analysis, data management and customizable dashboards etc. It is a robust solution that also comes with interactive data visualization that makes it easy to use even for non-technical business users. The best thing about this solution is that it is total web-based and provide users with absolute control over the entirety of the lifecycle of the reporting. It also offers complete functionality and not require downloads or any plug-ins to operate. With Exago BI, users can easily create and manage different kinds of reports with advanced functionalities. From charts to maps and crosstabs, it makes business intelligence processes accurate, easy and fast. For users who prefer to stick with conventional reports, this BI solution also provides a very familiar, Excel-like design grid that also has comes with all the modern functionality like the Formula Editor, Charts, Maps, and Conditional Formatting. This makes it simple to work with complicated tables with Exago's Crosstab Wizard feature that enables users to create tables according to their preference. Express reports, standard reports, dashboard design, templates and mobile device support these are a key feature of the solution. Try it out, it best for all size of businesses.
25. Splunk
Splunk is a software that lets you search, monitor and analyze all your IT infrastructure data from a single location in real-time. It captures and correlates real-time data in the searchable repository from which it can create graphs, alerts, dashboards and visualizations. The main objective of this platform is to make machine data accessible across an organization by identifying data patterns, providing metrics and intelligence for business operations. Splunk comes with advanced tools; user interface lends itself to learning more about your organization from the logs you gather, through metric of trends of the logs being gathered. There are also specific modules and add-ons for popular application in order to provide more value and event-based monitoring. It is known as one of the best leading monitoring and analyzing solution that has millions of users around the world. Splunk includes core features such as real-time answers, connect to machine data, scale, AI, web-based GUI and customization etc. There are different SMB and enterprise plans; each one has its own core benefits and cost.
26. ArcSight
ArcSight is an all-in-one threat detection, analysis, and compliance management SIEM platform that dramatically reduces the time in order to mitigate cyber-security threats. The software designed with the needs of highly complicated, geographically dispersed and heterogeneous business and technology infrastructures in mind and deliver the industry's only vendor-neutral solution for identification and prioritization as well network response to external security attacks, insider threats, and compliance breaches. It is an award-winning solution that intelligently collects and distills millions of business-wide events down to the most critical details necessary for organizations in order to make informed decision to protect their businesses. The best thing about this platform is that it offers a workflow automation system that automatically manages a range of tasks and activities that it better than others. ArcSight also offers core features such as powerful distributed real-time data correlation, community-driven security content, unified permission matrix, and investigate integration, etc.
More About IBM Watson Analytics
IBM Watson Analytics is a Data Visualization Software for discovering patterns and insights in your data. The solution guides you through the process of discovery and automates the predictive analysis and related cognitive processes which come afterwards. It offers natural language processing capability that allows you to interact with your data as you are having a conversation with it. As such, you can extract an answer from structured and unstructured information with ease. Unlike all the other data visualization software it also has a list of advanced tools that help you to manage your data and find the factor that affects your business. Rather than presenting data in the standard text format, the solution lets you arrange them in the more visually engaging manner. You can do it by employing any one of the pre-ready templates and customize it further for the structure of your report. This way, you can easily get your point across to your people through more interesting and digestible method. IBM Watson Analytics also has lots of interesting things that make it more interesting. Try it out.


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The Spanish King's traditional Christmas Eve address did not go to air live on Catalonian public TV for the first time in its 30 year history, and the restoration of the Spanish monarchy.
It highlights growing separatist feeling in the North Eastern region.
Ironically King Juan Carlos called for Spanish unity.
"For many years, we have walked side by side building our democracy. Together we have resolved problems even more difficult than the ones we face today, and always with the same objective:- to reach a common goal."
Catalan nationalism used to lean more towards greater autonomy while staying within Spain
Recently, a more radical independence movement has grown up, and polls suggest half of Catalans would vote for full independence.
But Madrid says a proposed referendum next year would be unconstitutional, and has vowed to block it.


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Collected in between surf sessions. Some things that you would not expect to find and some that we are getting all too used to seeing. There are 29 identified items in this small grouping (and a few mystery items, too).
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This. Makes. Me. Sad.
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Me. Too.
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The Oldest Mosque of Iran
Jameh mosque of Fahraj or Congretation mosque of Fahraj, Friday mosque of Fahraj or Grand mosque of Fahraj, Imam Hassan mosque is a mosque from early Islamic era located in Fahraj, Yazd country, Iran.
The knowledge of the history of Iranian architecture during the first five centuries of the Hegira (from the 7th to the 11th century of the Christian era) is important to better understand the roots and evolution of the architecture of the Islamic period until today.
From a historical point of view, the first centuries of the Hegira were marked by major events in the history of the country: Arab invasion, fall of the Persian Empire of the Sassanids, collapse of the Persian state and domination of the country. califal order, progressive Islamization of Persia, appearance of the first Muslim Persian states followed by the emergence of Turkish-speaking dynasties (the Ghaznavids and Seljuks).
Iranian historians often view this long leg of the country's history as a "transitional period."
In fact, if the Arab invasion and the collapse of the Sassanian Empire were rapid events that suddenly changed the political order of a great empire that became the eastern possession of the califal order, the other socio-cultural developments of that period only in a progressive way: the disappearance of the Persian medium replaced by the modern Persian, the substitution of the old writing by the Arabic writing to write the Persian, the Islamization of the population, the mixing of the Persian culture with Muslim culture, etc. The arts and architecture were undoubtedly directly influenced by these major socio-cultural developments.
The mosque "the oldest of Iran" remained unknown for over a thousand years until it was discovered by chance in the mid-1960s by Professor Mohammad-Karim Pirnia (1922-1997), historian and theorist of Iranian architecture. One day, as he was traveling from Bafq to Yazd in his official vehicle belonging to the Organization for the Protection of Ancient Works, he saw from a distance a minaret of land in the village of Fahraj. He was intrigued, and wished to see more closely the mosque to which belonged this minaret. He left the main road and went to the village. When he got off his vehicle, he saw a group of villagers near the mosque gathered in front of the mosque. The inhabitants were talking about a decision to destroy the old building of the mosque and rebuilding a brand new mosque. When he got off his service vehicle, the people, who had seen the logo of the ancient works, gathered around him and asked him for advice. When Professor Pirnia came into the mosque to visit the site, he was amazed: the mosque he was visiting was a Sasanian building more or less intact for more than a thousand years. The only thing he could do at the moment was to explain to the inhabitants the historical and cultural value of the old mosque in their village and urge them not to touch the building until the experts examine the place. . Professor Mohammad-Karim Pirnia published his first article on the Fahraj Mosque in 1969 and made it known as the oldest mosque in Iran. According to his studies, the mosque of Fahraj was built during the first half of the first century of the Hegira (second half of the seventh century of the Christian era), that is to say in full conquest of Persia by the Arab troops. According to his studies, the small mosque of Fahraj was older than the Tari-Khaneh mosque of Damghan, considered until then as the mosque oldest of Iran.
The dating done by Professor Pirnia was later questioned by some Iranian and European experts. Mehrdad Shokouhi published an essay on the Fahraj Mosque in 1976 and estimated that the mosque was built in the 2nd century AH (around the middle of the 8th century AD). A year later, Italian researchers Riccardo Zipoli and Bianca-Maria Alfieri published the results of their research on the Fahraj Mosque. For them, the mosque was built late, in the fourth century of the Hegira (tenth century of the Christian era). Finally, the German Barbara Finster estimated, in her book The first Iranian mosques, that the mosque of Fahraj was built in the third century of the Hegira (ninth century of the Christian era). These authors questioned the dating conducted by Professor Pirnia in the late 1960s, finding that the very obvious existence of elements of Iranian Pre-Islamic architecture of the Sassanid era (224-651 of the Christian era) would not be enough to say with certainty that the building was built at a date close to that of the fall of the Sassanid empire. To support this hypothesis, these researchers recalled that these very obvious elements of pre-Islamic architecture of Persia appeared in the construction of buildings of the Islamic period, including mosques, until the fourth century of the Hegira (10th century AD). the Christian era) and even later.
However, despite these doubts about the dating of the mosque of Fahraj, this building retains all its importance in the history of the Iranian architecture, but also in the history of the construction of the mosques in the Moslem world: it does not There is no doubt for contemporary scholars that the Fahraj Mosque, with Tari-Khaneh of Damghan, is one of the oldest mosques in Iran. What accentuates this historical importance is that the architectural plan of the mosque has remained intact for a millennium. In addition, unlike most of Iran's ancient mosques, which were built through the planning and transformation of pre-Islamic Zoroastrian temples, experts believe that the Fahraj temple was built from the beginning as a mosque. Another peculiarity of the Fahraj Mosque: despite its antiquity and its historical and cultural value, it still functions as a mosque and the inhabitants of the village always frequent it regularly.
The mosque of Fahraj is located in the village of the same name 22 kilometers from Yazd, on the road that connects Yazd to Bafq. The village currently has a population of nearly 3000 souls. The name of the village was mentioned several times in the works of geographers of the Islamic period, attributing the creation of Fahraj to the Sassanid emperor Qobad I (Kacadh), who ruled from 488 to 496, then from 499 to 531 of our era.
Historians have cited Fahraj's name in the chronicles of the events of the mid-seventh century Arab invasion. On their way to Tabas, in pursuit of the last Sassanid king, Yazdgerd III, a small part of the Arab troops lost themselves in the desert and arrived near the village of Fahraj. The Zoroastrian inhabitants of Fahraj allied themselves with the Jewish inhabitants of a neighboring village, Khavidak. They attacked the Arabs during the night and killed them all. The cemetery of these latter is currently not far from the mosque of Fahraj, called the "Cemetery of the martyrs".
The main plan of the ancient mosque has remained intact until today and indicates that the mosque was, in a way, a replica of the Prophet's mosque in Medina, rebuilt according to the elements of the architecture of the time Sassanid. The mosque has a prayer hall and a portico all around the central courtyard. Inside the prayer room is a series of rectangular columns on which the roof of the building is supported. The details of these columns indicate, according to some experts, that the techniques used to build them would have been more advanced than those that were common in the construction of small mosques of the first two centuries of the Hegira (VII-VIII centuries of the era Christian). The small plaster mihrab that indicates the direction of Mecca would have been built at a later date.
As the 3D plan indicates, the prayer room (shabestan) has a higher height compared to the rest of the building. In addition, the central courtyard of the mosque is not a regular square, which required the construction of four porticos to cover the widest part of the building. The cylindrical minaret of the mosque was added one or two centuries after the construction of the mosque, around the fourth or fifth century of the Hegira (10th or 12th century of the Christian era) according to the date of Professor Pirnia . The researcher Mehrdad Shokouhi shares the same opinion. The small rooms at the foot of the minaret were probably built in place of an older building, but the researchers have not yet discovered their original function. The size of the terracotta bricks (32 × 32 × 5 cm.) Used in the construction of the mosque is identical to that of the bricks commonly used towards the end of the Sassanid period. This tradition lasted for several centuries after the Islamization of the country. One of the things that attracts the attention of researchers is the absence of any epigraph and inscription in the Fahraj mosque. Indeed, the mosque was built at a date prior to the appearance of such epigraphs in Iranian mosques. The epigraph in Kufic writing of the ancient mosque of Beylaghan (today in the south of the Republic of Azerbaijan) bearing the date of 308 AH (921 CE) is, in fact, the epigraph the oldest of an Iranian mosque ever discovered.
For almost fifty years, studies on the historical origins of the Fahraj Mosque have been based solely on the architectural aspects of the building, as no archaeological research has been conducted there. In addition, the ancient texts that mention the existence of the mosque of Fahraj do not offer precise details on its origin or its architectural particularities.
The construction techniques and the general plan of the mosque are in continuity with the traditions of pre-Islamic architecture of the Sassanid era. The plan of the prayer hall and its columns, however, reveal the influence of the Arab architecture, not of the first century of the Hegira (seventh century of the Christian era), but that of the Western regions of the caliphate of the Abbasids of the 3rd and 4th centuries of the Hegira (9th to 11th century). Other architectural details of the building can be attributed to the originality and creativity of the builders who were obviously trying to create a harmonious whole between ancient traditions and the general plan of a mosque to offer the building an identity independent. These efforts bore fruit under the Seljuk dynasty in the fifth and sixth centuries of the Hegira (between the middle of the eleventh century and the end of the twelfth century).
In any case, that the mosque of Fahraj, denominated by the inhabitants "mosque of Imam Hassan", was built during the first half of the first century of the Hegira (second half of the seventh century of the Christian era As Professor Mohammad-Karim Pirnia maintains, or dating from the 3rd century AH (9th century AD), it is without a doubt one of the oldest mosques in Iran. with, as we have mentioned, the Tari-Khaneh mosque of Damghan. These mosques thus represent the best examples of what historians sometimes call "transition period".
The website "www.360cities.net"; offers you a panoramic view of the mosque of Fahraj, which gives a more precise idea of the exterior facade of this ancient monument.
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So I made some earrings and a bracelet last night. My plan is to make a bunch of items and then make a website showcasing them and the prices that I'll research and thus charge for them.
So I'll be making updates every so often to show what I've made etc. I'm really enjoying this experience and having tons of fun shopping for beads etc ^_^


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After putting out feelers early in the year the Central Connecticut Chambers heard an overwhelming response, that yes, young professionals in the area want greater connection. And YES, we do in fact exist!
From there interested individuals from all walks of life — business, community, government, entrepreneurs — came together to form the Cabinet, which would serve as the group's Board. Those individuals met since February to plot the structure and launch of the group that has now been come to be known as PYVOT, which stands for Professional Young Visionaries of Tomorrow. Cleary we're a group looking to shift our lives, careers, and region in a better direction with superhero-esque prowess.
And that looks like what other Central Connecticut area young professionals want to do too as well, as at the very first event in PYVOT history, upwards of 70 people came to Cugino's Restaurant in Farmington to experience the evening.
The evening was chalk full of fun with a fun Instagram cut-out to take selfies in, espousing the group's fresh presence in the area. A suggestion board for attendees to jot down ideas for events they'd like PYVOT to throw — brew tours to casino trips and happy hours, to educational seminars, speed networking, and more.
Then came the fun ice breakers game. People who came in were given name tags a letter from the word PYVOT was circled on their card at random. Those people were divided into sections and sat at tables to meet others where individuals shared what they did and also an interesting hobby or fact about themselves. The trick was, you couldn't give it away, and the table had to guess. It was a ton of fun, which loosened up the room for general mixing and mingling to follow.
All in all a superb and successful event! We can't thank enough all the young professionals and entrepreneurs who make up this group's initial membership! And what a spread put out by Cugino's, which was sponsored by Beaty Entourage.
We are all thrilled to continue the momentum of a great initial evening, and look forward to the passion for this movement to continue to elevate our lives and region. Stay tuned and get ready to PYVOT!


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Journey to Guyana
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When the author's husband, a civil engineer, told her they were going to Guyana. she replied: "Wonderful. I've always wanted to go to Africa", a self-critical comment she quotes to indicate how little is known about the country
She spent two years there in Georgetown on the narrow coastal trip where 750,000 lived - (while she was there), with 30,000 in the rest of the 83,000 square mile. She made many expeditions into the interior and has produced a balanced, vivid, often hilarious, account of a diverse people and a land still at a formative stage of development.
As she emphasises, the population is multi-racial. Most of the original, inhabitants, known as the Amer-indians, live in the interior. When European settlers needed labour for their sugar plantations they imported slaves from Africa.
With the abolition of slavery in 1833, the Europeans brought indentured labour from the East Indies and India itself. As free men they hoped to earn enough to return home but few did and they now form the largest single racial group. Those of them who have gone into rice growing are now among the richest men in Guyana.
Bacon sympathetically analyses the two widely dissimilar races, the Africans endearing and child-like with a slapstick sense of humour even when very poor, and the East Indians reserved and less boisterous. She also gives a refreshingly frank picture of life for the British in Georgetown, especially the women who, insufficiently occupied, devoted most of their time to gossip and grumbling at cocktail parties.
Poor, backward and with a humid climate, Guyana did not attract, she suggests, able administrators, although the country needed the services of men of exceptional quality. Sometimes they emerged by accident, like the first real cattle rancher, a Scot named Melville, who came prospecting at the end of last century and, ill with malaria, was deserted and later rescued by Amerindians and founded a powerful oligarchy.
Bacon's expeditions into the interior, while explaining the nature of the sugar, rice and bauxite industries which are the mainstay of the economy, also give her book the liveliest human passages. Exploration by river, in impossibly small and unstable craft, also hold the menace of a quick death by piranha or anaconda or, on land, an invasion of primitive quarters by legions of cockroaches.
Back in Georgetown, she wrote book reviews for a local paper which was a mass of misprints and pictures printed upside down, reflecting their attitude that "anything will do". A pompous article by a bishop concluded. "Life, my friends, is not all beer and shittles".
Margaret Bacon has illumined by sensitive observation, gentle humour and intelligent interpretation one of the world's less well known corners. The photographs, her own, enrich the feeling of exploration she so subtly sustains.
The author writes of the original Amerindians, "decimated by the first Europeans"; descendants of African slaves, whose restlessness she understands because of their history; reserved, more sophisticated East Indians; cheery West Indians, and Portuguese. She speaks of their poverty gaity, and talents.
There was Singh, the sensitive East Indian gardener who "delighted in all living things"; cheerful Myra, the maid who, presented with an egg-timer, boiled it with the eggs; Miss Macatee a suspicious lodging-house keeper modelled on an English seaside landlady on the doorstep of the jungle; the East Indian wife of a quarry owner, whose conversation "came out of Cranford" and who took the author to "wash her hands" to a box-like structure intended for more primitive purposes and (conveniently?) overhanging a precipice.
On the way to the airport to fly home, they admitted to their driver they were sad to be leaving. "Den why," he asked with true Guyanese logic, "why den you work so hard to get it finished so quick?"


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Brace yourself. There are many. But it's so hard to choose with babies this cute!
There were swings and hammocks underneath the house, along with great beach sand for playing. Really a perfect place for families with kids.
The vacation house was on Charlotte Harbor, so our beach was more like a lake-beach, but still so wonderful for splashing, kayaking, fishing, building sandcastles. And simply gorgeous views!
So nice having our own pool to hop in during a hot afternoon or for a late night dip.
Jamesy started standing on his own during our trip. Growing up.
Seriously? Who taught him this?
Check out this little girl. Same place. Three years ago. Sigh.


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After losing every match in (my) living memory (sorry guys, but seriously, it was painful!) Elite finally found some form earning themselves a well-fought draw against Phoenix Unathletic last week.
Elite got off to a flying start, opened the scoring after just one minute through Alex Gilfoyle, and Paul Brunton was unlucky not to make it two a few seconds later.
At the other end, Ginge, filling in for the injured Chris Podolchuk between the sticks, kept Phoenix at bay, and when Luke's good control resulted in a chance, Dale Hart pounced to put the ball in the net after three minutes.
Hart then turned provider, teaming up with Brunton to create the opportunity for the latter to slot the ball home with a lovely finish.
Phoenix had no substitutes but they certainly had fighting spirit, and just six minutes in began to redress the balance, finding Elite's net despite Ginge's efforts.
Good saves from Ginge denied Phoenix a second, and Dave Madeley was unlucky not to score at the opposite end.
Handling in the area cost Elite a penalty, which was duly dispatched by a Phoenix forward on 11 minutes.
Ginge pulled off a great high save, but couldn't stop Phoenix grabbing their third on 16 minutes to take the two sides level. Another flying save from Ginge stopped Phoenix taking the lead but Shakes wasted an opportunity to put Elite in front before an ambitious back-heel from Hart proved fruitless.
Half-Time: Elite FC 3 Phoenix Unathletic FC 3
It was Phoenix who came out of the traps first, scoring twice in quick succession before hitting the post and narrowly missing out on their sixth.
Elite regrouped and Hart's patented back-heel trick finally came off flicking the ball into the net with a flourish.
The goal galvanised Elite, and Madeley finally saw a reward for all his hard work when he chipped the Phoenix keeper on 28 minutes.
A classy goal from Shakes followed soon after to draw Elite level, but Phoenix made it seven on 31 minutes.
A nice bit of link-up play between Shakes and Hart caused Elite to draw level once again on 32 minutes before Shakes and Phoenix bagged another goal a piece, making the score 8-8 at full time.
Full-Time: Elite FC 8 Phoenix Unathletic FC 8
Man of the Match: Dave Madeley was unlucky not to score more, Paul Brunton made some great contributions and Ginge put in a good shift but Dale Hart takes the honours with an impressive performance and some good goals.