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Which operating system is better on the server, Windows or Linux? We talked to some IT professionals to find out.
The battle between Linux and Windows for server-side dominance is continuing to play out in data centers worldwide.
While some are drawn to Microsoft due to Windows' ease-of-use, manageability and application availability, others feel that low cost, high stability and the freedom of being able to tweak and analyze source code makes Linux the only choice.
SearchEnterpriseLinux.com recently conducted an unscientific survey of readers asking them to size up the current state of the battle between Linux and Windows on the server. Most agreed that while Microsoft is still by far the dominant player, Linux is only getting stronger, and is gradually moving out of the realm of "edge" applications and into more mission-critical tasks.
Positive progress for both
Steve Lee, an IT/IS technician with Mescalero Apache Telecom Inc., a tribally owned telecom and ISP in Southern New Mexico, said most of his firm's eight servers are loaded with Red Hat Enterprise 3 or later and are used for everything from Web serving to virtual hosting.
"Red Hat has come such a long way in the development of their distro," Lee explained. "[It] generally comes with many more tools on the distro disk, or [tools are] readily available as an RPM download, to manage your network, firewall, your LAN and WAN [wide area network]."
Despite his longstanding bias toward everything Linux and open source, Lee said Microsoft has been making significant progress on the server of late.
"Microsoft is doing a lot better in supporting and updating their security and other features. More programs and apps are being included in the installation disks," he said. "And, of course, they are the big boys in the industry, so there is more commonality when dealing with end users and their PCs."
Guillermo Horner, an IT worker who did not name his company, said his firm turned to Linux two years ago when searching for a low-cost way to deploy a firewall. Currently, Horner said he's still running that one Linux firewall server and has plans to deploy a second Linux server for his company's intranet. The firm's six remaining servers are all running Windows.
Horner said the biggest benefits of Linux include low overall cost and tight security, while Windows is "easy to install and [offers] IT professionals support from a big corporation."
Walt Sullivan, a security and systems administrator with Magma Communications, deployed Linux for the first time in 1997 because he wanted a secure, multi-tasking, multi-user system.
Sullivan, who is not a fan of Microsoft, said the major benefits of Linux over Windows include reliability, configurability, availability of source code for inspection, and the large community of knowledgeable and helpful users.
The main benefit of Windows that Sullivan named was "the opportunity to be constantly entertained by the flow of 'urgent' patches emitted by Microsoft."
A need for more Linux training, interoperability
Steve Baugh, systems programmer with ANPAC, said the fact that so many people are trained to work in a Windows environment is a plus for Microsoft.
"Linux needs to be able to provide an environment closer to what the people trained in Microsoft tools are accustomed to working with," said Baugh, whose firm first installed Linux on the mainframe about two years ago.
Alternatively, Baugh said, "Linux is superior in what it can provide, but there's not enough support for MS tools."
Conventional TCO wisdom questioned
Tom Simpson, a consultant currently working with Fujitsu Computer Systems, said for edge applications like e-mail and Web serving, Linux is usually the way to go. But for desktop and business applications, "Windows wins hands down [in terms of] reliability and the amount of readily available software and support."
Simpson also had an unusual perspective on the issue of Linux vs. Windows total cost of ownership (TCO).
"From a TCO standpoint, I don't care what Microsoft says and I don't care what Red Hat says, the real answer is that they are almost neck and neck over time," Simpson said. "What you save in software cost, you lose in extra training, support and other areas."


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As young people mature, the decisions they make have an enormous impact on their families, their communities and our world. But growing up surrounded by poverty, war or in the aftermath of disaster increases their risks and limits their choices.
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When disaster strikes, young children are especially vulnerable to developing emotional and social problems that can jeopardize their futures. Mercy Corps worked with experts to design our signature Comfort for Kids program that helps children process their trauma and recover through play, sports and art activities. See our expert's recommendations for how parents and caregivers can help children through times of crisis ▸
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Did you know that Georgia is listed in two of the world's 34 "biodiversity hotspots"? Located on the Southern slopes of the Great Caucasus Mountain Range, Georgia hosts many endemic species. IUCN and its Members are active in the country and the Caucasus region to protect this rich natural heritage.
As a consequence to its geological history, its very diverse relief and climatic zones, a developed hydrographic system and a wide variety of soils, Georgia is rich in biodiversity and hosts a high level of endemism. Georgia is listed in two "biodiversity hotspots": the Caucasus and the Irano-Anatolian hotspots. WWF also identified the area as one of the priority "Global 200 Ecoregions".
A wide array of ecosystems is concentrated in a relatively small area contributing to the uniquely high level of biodiversity. Major biomes include floodplain forest, semi-desert, steppe, arid light woodland and hemixeropyte scrub, forest, sub-alpine, alpine, subnival and nival zones and wetlands.
Georgia's flora is remarkably rich. There are 4,300 species of vascular plants, 600 of which are endemic to the Caucasus region and 300 endemic to the country. The country has a diverse fauna with 16,054 species described to date. The vertebrate fauna is presented by 758 species, with 76 mammal, 300 bird, 52 reptile, 12 amphibians and 84 fish species, including Caucasian endemics.
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For Salvaged Ember founder Jacob Jones, what started as one side project has turned into a side business.
It all began on the patio of Jones' home in Green Cove Springs when he decided to construct a wooden table. When Jones' wife, Kimberly, proudly posted a Facebook photo of her new table people began to notice – and call Jones to build them similar tables.
That's when Salvaged Ember was officially born. Now the business has grown into a one that will be featured in One Spark as a creator in April. While the business was new for Jones, construction wasn't.
"I grew up around my father and grandfather building stuff," Jones said of how he decided to start building as a hobby.
After that first table for his wife, Jones began working on pieces for other people. Since the transition to a business last spring, Jones has used salvaged pallets and other salvaged materials to build tables, cabinets, headboards and shelving units, among other things. Customers can share their desires and ideas with Jones and he will design something based on their specifics.
Jones said he tries to use salvaged materials and be as green as possible, as long as he can find the materials he needs. He finds the pallets and other materials through Craigslist and connections the couple have made through networking with business contacts.
With an increasing customer base, Jones has enlisted help from his wife, Kimberly,
to handle the business side, handle orders and help with staining and finishing the projects. There are two other people involved in the project, Josh Puckett and Justin Thompson, who help Jones keep up with orders. Thompson's wife, Carla, also helps the team to finish projects when needed.
Jones currently spends 15 to 20 hours per week building. He works three or four nights a week after work and on the weekends.
"We have a system now," said Kimberly. "It is busy but it's bearable."
As a creator in the Innovation category for One Spark, Jones hopes to gain enough financial support to expand Salvaged Ember into a full-time business. He also hopes to get funds to purchase better tools and increase the company's customer base.
"Jacob is enjoying it, I am enjoying it," Kimberly said of the project. "We want it to blow up."
It seems like a logical step for the couple to turn the hobby they enjoy into a career. If they receive the funding necessary to expand their business, they plan to find a studio in Jacksonville where they can both live and work.
Their first big commercial project was constructing two large tables for Maple Street Biscuit Company's Jacksonville Beach location.
Salvaged Ember will be displaying its project during the One Spark festival along the Northbank Riverwalk. Jones will bring some of the company's recent pieces, a few that haven't yet sold, to display to voters at the festival.
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For more than a century, photographers have been capturing spooky stuff on film: semi-transparent figures standing in the cemetery, for example, or glowing clouds of "ectoplasm" above a seance table, or orbs floating in a forest, or arcs of light encircling someone's head.
Ghostly pictures play a key role in the plot for the horror flick "Shutter" - and the movie's producers are asking people to upload their own spirit photographs. Is there anything substantial behind the spookiness?
Even the people who take spirit photography seriously admit that most cases can be explained away as hoaxes or optical glitches. "I'd say 95 percent of it is just crap," said Barry Taff, a psychophysiologist who played a part in one of the most celebrated cases of the past 50 years.
Back in 1974, Taff and other researchers were called in to investigate the case of a single mother in Culver City, Calif., who said she was being tortured by a demonic supernatural being. The investigation team saw flashes of light and snapped pictures. "At one point we had over 25 people in this woman's bedroom," including several photographers, Taff said.
One photograph taken during the case appears to show an arc of light, with the woman cowering underneath. "Whatever this image was, it was in space," Taff said. "Well then, what was it? ... Is it coming from her, or is it her with something coming from us?"
The case stirred quite a controversy, and spawned the 1982 horror film "The Entity" - which starred Barbara Hershey and credited Taff as a technical adviser.
"The Entity" is Taff's biggest claim to fame, but he's seen plenty of spirit photography before and since. "It's one of the elements we've been investigating over the last 40 years," he said.
Taff figures he's taken on about 4,000 cases over those four decades, "and the majority don't go beyond one interview." In most cases, he has seen a correlation between reports of spooky visions and not-so-spooky explanations: a history of epilepsy or seizures, for example, or a tendency toward psychological instability.
"If we don't experience something and/or measure it in terms of video or still film, or if we don't measure it with our instruments, it's just not worth our time," he said.
But he's not willing to write off spirit photography entirely. In addition to the "Entity" case, he's seen some linkages between high magnetic readings and optical anomalies - the sort of thing studied by Canadian-American psychologist Michael Persinger. Taff thinks electromagnetic phenomena, coupled with our own bodies, may explain some of the reports about poltergeists, and perhaps even the "Entity" case.
"No dead people, no ghosts," he said. "This appears to be coming from us - living people."
That's why he's still investigating cases, when he's not involved with his "day job" as co-owner of a medical-device company. He declined to identify the company because of the stigma associated with the spooky business, but said "I think we're getting closer" to the day when such research might seem respectable.
"We're at a point now, after 40 years, that I believe we might be able to electromagnetically drive the phenomenon, whatever it is," he said. "If we can trigger it, rather than sitting around like a bunch of clowns, then we can document it."
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|This photo, submitted to the "Shutter" Web site, shows a misty pattern seemingly
superimposed over the scene. "The articulated detail of this image is quite
fascinating and really makes one wonder as to what other type of paranormal
events are associated with the location or the man in the shot," Barry Taff says.
Reality check from the other side
Researchers from "the other side" - that is, the scientific skeptics - don't think that day will come anytime soon.
Investigator Joe Nickell, who works for the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, has been looking into purported cases of spookiness almost as long as Taff has. Nickell literally wrote the book on photographic investigation - and so far, he's not impressed.
"To date, since the invention of photography, not a single ghost or spirit photograph has been authenticated by science. Not one," he told me. "And yes, I'm sure."
Nickell makes a distinction between spirit photography, which were the supernatural studio portraits that became so popular during the heyday of 19th-century spiritualism; and ghost photography, which refers to the weird stuff seemingly caught by accident in somebody's snapshot.
Using that definition, Nickell said that all spirit photographs are obvious fakes - while ghost photographs are still fakes, but not so obvious.
"They're always directly linked to photographic trends and techniques of the period," Nickell said. "Once the public is able to get cameras, and you get rolled film, you start getting anomalies. ... Usually it's a double exposure of some kind, or maybe a mysterious blurry spot."
The rise of digital cameras has led to new types of phenomena. "Today, a lot of so-called ghost photographs don't look anything like people," Nickell said.
Some flash photos reveal glowing orbs of light that weren't noticed when the picture was taken. "They're caused usually by particles of dust in the air bouncing the flash back," Nickell said. The light comes back into the camera as an out-of-focus spot, appearing as a bright circle on the picture.
Other photos may show mysterious blurs or complex, smoky-looking shapes.
"Almost anything that can get in front of the camera, and particularly can be emphasized with the flash on, will produce ghostly effects," Nickell explained. "Someone smoking, or even one's breath on a crisp, cold night, can produce misty effects. Some bright object in the background reflecting the flash can make an area look washed out or misty."
Nickell has seen effects created by wandering fingertips, strands of hair, jewelry or tree twigs that get in front of the lens. He said the camera strap is a notorious spook-generator: "That can create what's called an 'energy vortex,' or strands of 'ectoplasm.'"
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What about the idea that high magnetic fields can generate anomalies?
"There's not good evidence for that," Nickell said. "I've investigated haunted houses for more than 30 years, and the idea that there were high concentrations of electromagnetic radiation in the places where people were experiencing those things is unlikely in the extreme. ... I believe that's a pseudo-explanation. A far more powerful influence is the power of suggestion."
Nickell doesn't necessarily dispute claims that the electromagnetic field meters are picking up high readings.
"The problem is, the instrument may be measuring something indeed, just exactly the kind of thing that the instruments are made to detect, such as faulty wiring or microwave radiation from nearby broadcast towers," he said. "What it is not measuring is ghostly energy."
He said it's a "fool's errand" to look for ghosts by waving around scientific instruments.
"Much of what is offered as evidence for ghosts, or other forms of paranormal activity, is something where the person who is reporting it does not know what it is, but is drawing a conclusion about it," he said. "It's a logical fallacy called 'arguing from ignorance.' Because we don't know what's causing the sound of footsteps on the stairs late at night, it must be a ghost. Well, no, if you don't know what it is, then you don't know.
"You can't say, 'I don't know, therefore I do know.' ... That's at the root of so much of this."
Nickell applies that rule not only to ghost photography ("I don't know what caused this blur on the photos, so because I was at a haunted place, it must be a ghost"), but also to UFO sightings as well as claims of miraculous cures ("My cancer is in remission, therefore it's a miracle").
Psychologist http://www.skeptic.com/archives03.html">Ray Hyman, another skeptical inquirer (and sometime magician), emphasized that most of the fake ghost pictures are not intentional hoaxes, but rather cases of misinterpretation known as pareidolia. Just as some people can see the Virgin Mary in a grilled cheese sandwich, or a man in the moon (and on Mars?), they can also jump to conclusions about a spooky spot in a snapshot.
"Once you've convinced yourself that you see something, you can't undo that," Hyman told me.
For more on how perceptions can add to a scene's spookiness, check out this Halloween edition of Cosmic Log as well as this 2002 interview with Hyman.
Now it's your turn: Have you seen some spooky photography worth a second look - or pictures so scary you don't want to take a second look? Have you had a paranormal experience that turned out to have a normal explanation - or no natural explanation whatsoever? Feel free to add your recollections or observations as a comment below.


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Patagonia Women's R1® Fleece Pullover
Extremely versatile and highly revered, our R1® midlayers are made for cool-weather active layering to keep you warm and comfortable across the full spectrum of mountain endeavors—climb, hike, mountain bike and transition effortlessly between all three. Made with light and breathable Polartec® Power Grid® fabric, R1 provides outstanding stretch, compressibility and durability. With HeiQ® Fresh durable odor control to keep you welcome among friends. Fair Trade Certified™ sewn.
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marcusdumouchel needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 52 designs submitted by 15 freelance designers.
Need business cards with new logo for a real estate investment & brokerage firm. Want logo and cards to be classy, with a presitgious look.
Dumouchel Investment Group
Commercial & Residential Real Estate
We are a small company, with a big company mentality. Growing quickly. We need a design/style that is professional and classy, but with an edge. Style is important to us. Be creative, but not too out there. We leave the inspiration for the style of our company's business cards (an extremely important part of our business) in your capable hands. We're open to varying styles, within reason for a professional corporate atmosphere.
This contest was originally listed in multiple categories:
- Logo Design
- Stationery Design
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For Release in North America: February 2013
Release Number: 38PR13
The new four-wheel-drive Cat® 450F Backhoe Loader Center Pivot complements the durability, reliability, and lifting performance of its 450E predecessor with a more efficient overall design, including more horsepower, electronic control of the hydraulic system, serviceability improvements, and added operator comfort and convenience. Powered by a Cat C4.4 ACERT™ engine meeting U.S. EPA Tier-4 Interim/EU Stage IIIB emission standards, the 450F also retains the 450E's unrivaled versatility, available with a hydraulic thumb, pin- puller-type coupler, and a range of compatible work tools, including buckets with integral forks, hammers, and plate compactors. The machine will be available during the second quarter of 2013.
With 5 percent more gross power than the 450E, the new 450F has added capability for aggressively digging in stubborn banks and stockpiles, for maintaining faster road speeds, and for more easily climbing grades. The engine delivers 396 lb.-ft. (536 N-m) of torque and has a torque rise of more than 30 percent, allowing the 450F to power through tough applications. An Automatic Engine Speed Control feature reduces engine speed if hydraulic functions are idle, contributing to increased fuel efficiency and reduced sound levels.
The 450F incorporates a closed-center, load-sensing hydraulic system that uses an extremely efficient variable-flow main pump, which is now electronically controlled to provide enhanced power management and response, resulting in more precise control of backhoe and loader functions, added productivity, and increased fuel economy. A replaceable-cartridge hydraulic filter allows environmentally friendly disposal. For operator convenience, the loader is self-leveling and incorporates a return-to-dig feature.
Other design features that add to the 450F's reliability and ease of maintenance include a composite fuel tank that reduces condensation and resists rust, new electric fuel-priming pump that simplifies routine service, single-plane cooling package for improved efficiency and easier cleaning, engine-sump drain tap for controlled oil evacuation, relocated primary fuel filter that is easily accessed, standard battery-disconnect switch, and relocated engine ECM (electronic control module) that facilitates trouble-shooting.
The 450F operator's station features an air-suspension seat, ergonomically designed joystick controls, redesigned gauge cluster that simplifies navigating through system information and control settings, and an available Machine Security System that utilizes a programmable key to deter theft, vandalism and unauthorized usage. For operator convenience, standard equipment includes a 5F/3R AutoShift transmission, with four wheel drive and the Cat Ride Control system, which smoothes the machine's ride, whether on the jobsite or the highway, whether the bucket is loaded or empty.
Optional equipment for the 450F includes an extendible stick, deluxe cab with air conditioning, cold-weather package, third-function loader valve, six-function backhoe valve, auxiliary hydraulic lines, and the Cat Product Link™ telematics system that reports machine location and operating parameters via a secure website.
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11 ft. 6 in. (3.5 m)
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Shapircx needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 23 designs submitted by 10 freelance designers.
Shenandoah Maids
Shenandoah Maids Cleaning Company
Shenandoah Maids has been cleaning homes since 2005. We began as a small company just cleaning homes in and around Northern Virginia and last year we in 2010 we moved the company and its base of operations to the Shenandoah Valley and renamed the company. Shenandoah Maids is a professional residential cleaning company serving a large part of the Shenandoah Valley. We take pride in providing a high level of service to our residential customers that goes beyond and always gives a little bit of something extra.
Shenandoah Maids is a cleaning company that believes that excellence is born from the top and thrives only when ownership and management adhere to the principles of integrity and pride. We believe our customers are special, and so we listen carefully to the individual needs of our customers. We take extra care to insure that we clean and provide an environment that is health and safe for people and their family pets. Our attention to detail and the attitude of our staff clearly sets us apart as a very special residential cleaning company.
Shenandoah Maids is a company that knows the value a home has to a family and its inhabitants, and it is that philosophy that we continue to extend to our clients. We like to think we go that extra mile…
Business people from a metropolitan area that recently moved to a increasingly suburban rural area.
Commuters(government and tech workers) that commute 2+ hours a day
New money that can now afford cleaning services and views that having a cleaning service is a status symbol
Old money that expects a high level of service and has always had a maid
Families that are too busy to clean their own homes
Elderly people that are unable to clean their own homes and can afford a maid
People who primarily view the information on these services online, but may also pick up a pamphlet to find out about these services
The logo design will primarily be used as a marketing tool to promote cleaning services. It will be used in some capacity on the cleaning services website to identify the service and also in some printed materials. It should incorporate a regional rural feel/imagery (Shenandoah valley, VA[mountains, rivers, wildlife, trees]), a feminine sense, and invoke trust in a high level of service. It should be clearly legible (Script fonts are OK for typography, but the font should stay away from anything that has too much of a handwritten vibe). The colors used should reflect the area (blue ridge mountains, foilage, etc) and also be slightly feminine. A clearly identifiable symbol of cleaning should be incorporated. Also, if possible, imagery reflecting the area would help this logo really stick. Something slightly minimal is good, but don't let that restrict you.
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78 HASKINS & SELLS August In the Footsteps of Tradition THE mental laggard is as a rule devoid of initiative. It apparently hurts him to think; at least he finds it disagreeable. He follows the crowd and does what everyone else is doing. The thoughtless man is only one step removed from the mental laggard. He goes along doing his work mechanically; following form and getting results such as they are. The slave to tradition is of the same family. New thoughts may rise in his mind, but they are whipped back and perish without fruition. He fears to take a new step lest it be out of harmony with established custom. Tradition is often the rock on which progress comes to grief. It rears its head like some mighty force which will not be denied. It encompasses society, business, and finance. There is scarcely a field of activity which does not feel its power. In a way this is highly desirable. A basis is thereby afforded which serves as a guide. And who can gainsay the value of a guide? But to follow blindly in the footsteps of tradition is unsafe and unsound. Such procedure is bound to make for trouble. It is sure to bring results which are unsatisfactory if not worse. It is a check to initiative and hinders healthy growth. There is no field perhaps where tradition is a greater hindrance, except when properly treated, than in accountancy. There is no activity in which more attention needs to be given to cutting the cloth to the specifications of the suit. Every individual who is engaged in accounting work has to be alert to the needs of the situation before him. A knowledge of principles and practice is not enough. They must be intelligently applied to the case under consideration if most effective results are to be obtained. Because a certain engagement has been handled in the same way for fifteen years is no reason why it should be so handled the sixteenth time if the conditions relating to it have changed. Cases are numerous where machine or department rates have, in systems of cost finding, been established and used from year to year without change. Blank papers in place of securities are reported to have been passed by twenty-four successive bank examiners because the first examiner had sealed the packages and it did not occur to any of the others during a period of ten years to scoff at tradition, break the seals and examine the contents. Following in the footsteps of tradition in this case made possible embezzlements aggregating three or four hundred thousand dollars. The treasurer of a large and well-known manufacturing corporation was permitted to have in his possession from time to time over a period of several years large numbers of notes signed in blank by other officials whose signatures were necessary to make them effective. When signed by the treasurer they obligated the corporation for hundreds of thousands of dollars. Because the practice had been established and in existence for years it was long after someone should have thought of it that the president of the corporation suddenly awoke to the opportunity which the treasurer had of obtaining money on the notes and putting the money in his pocket. This situation was corrected by placing the notes in the custody of the auditor who issued them, after registration, to the treasurer. Taking payroll receipts for years and years from several hundred office employes illustrates again the slavery to tradition. In this case thousands of dollars of unnecessary expense for paper and time of employes in preparing the receipts would
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In the footsteps of tradition
Tradition (Philosophy)
Accounting as a profession
Haskins & Sells Bulletin, Vol. 04, no. 08 (1921 August 15), p. 78-79
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Notre Dame guard Skylar Diggins was selected Big East player of the year for the second consecutive season on Friday, leading an Irish sweep of the conference's three major awards.
Muffet McGraw was voted the coach of the year and guard Jewell Loyd earned freshman of the year honors.
Notre Dame (28-1) won its second straight regular-season Big East title, finishing 16-0 in conference play and earning the top seed in this weekend's Big East tournament, which started Friday at the XL Center in Hartford, Conn.
The Irish have never won a Big East tournament title, but come into this season's tournament on a 23-game winning streak.
They were picked in the conference's preseason poll to finish second, behind Connecticut. However, the Irish beat UConn twice this season. They've been winning games by an average of more than 25 points, despite losing three of its top players from last season, Natalie Novosel, Devereaux Peters and Brittany Mallory, to graduation.
"This team has been unbelievably easy to coach and I appreciate everything they've done to get us to where we are right now," McGraw said.
Diggins led the way, averaging 17.3 points, while dishing out 5.9 assists.
She is the sixth woman to be picked player of the year more than once, joining Villavona's Shelly Pennefather and Connecticut's Kerry Bascom, Rebecca Lobo, Dianna Taurasi and Maya Moore.
"I'm glad to say that I finished my four years in the Big East Conference, the best conference in the country," she said Friday, the day the Big East announced seven Catholic schools will form their own basketball conference. Notre Dame plans to join the ACC in all sports except football.
Loyd has averaged 11.7 points and 5.3 rebounds.
McGraw is 707-257 over her career at Lehigh (88-41) and Notre Dame (619-216), winning her 700th game this year at Villanova on Feb. 5.
Notre Dame went undefeated in the conference for the first time since joining in 1995-96 and became the first team to win six of its last seven games against Connecticut in more than two decades.
DePaul University guard Anna Martin was the only player not from Notre Dame on the podium Friday. She was voted by coaches as the league's scholar-athlete of the year.
In honors announced Thursday, Martin also earned the sportsmanship award, Syracuse's Carmen Tyson-Thomas won the Sixth Man Award, UConn's Kelly Faris won defensive player of the year and shared the most improved award with DePaul's Brittany Hrynko.


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Fujitsu will push two notebooks with built-in discrete graphics cards during Softex Taipei (April 9-13)– the 13.3-inch LifeBook S6420 and 14.1-inch Fujitsu L1010.
The LifeBook S6420 comes with S3's Graphics Chrome 430 ULP GPU while the Fujitsu L1010 is equipped with Nvidia's GeForce 9300M GS.
Fujitsu will price the LifeBook S6420 at NT$45,000 (US$1358) and L1010 at NT$39,800 at the show
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Join more than 18,000 tax professionals who trust Spidell to prepare them for tax season
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Open USATT Board Meeting in Las Vegas
USATT is pleased to announce that there will be an Annual Assembly convened at the Las Vegas Convention Center , December 15, Room N110 from 7 pm to 10 pm. All USATT members are invited to attend. Refreshments will be provided.
The USATT Board will be meeting according to the following schedule, also at the Las Vegas Convention Center, in Room N116.
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Part of owning your own swimming pool is maintenance. It may not be glamorous, but it has to be done if you wish to keep everything in operating order and wish to extend the life of your investment. A major aspect of pool maintenance is your filtration system. A whole host of problems can occur if you neglect your filters. These are some of the most common:
- Pool water becomes murky. There are certainly other reasons this can occur, but after ruling them out by testing your pool water chemistry and making sure your water cycling feature is running long enough, you should check the filter. Is it dirty? Does it fit properly?
- Filter (and/or housing) is leaking. You hear a dripping sound or notice water beside the system. Although your pool will probably not leak all of the water out, this can still be an annoying problem. You may need to check and repair the belly band on a split tank type of filter. Also, drain plugs are also known to leak, so make sure to maintain these as well. If your filter housing has a hole in it, replacement is your only option.
- Filter seems to be washing debris back into the pool. This is likely a backwash valve issue. Make sure to inspect all of the valves and fittings for damage and repair or replace as needed.
There are 3 major types of filtration systems. Here are general maintenance guidelines for each:
- Sand Filter: This type should be backwashed whenever sand pressure rises 5-8 lbs. above normal. The frequency depends of how heavily the pool is used. A lightly used home pool may only need once each week. Additionally, the sand should be changed every 3-5 years, again depending on use.
- Cartridge Filter: Should be cleaned when pressure rises 5-8 lbs. above normal. After safely removing filter, simply use a standard garden hose to spray out debris. If the water alone does not remove embedded dirt and debris, it may be necessary to use specially formulated filter cleaner. If this doesn't work, you will need to replace the filter.
- DE Filter: Backwash when pressure rises 5-8 lbs. above normal. If this is needed more than every 3-4 weeks, then you may need to clean your filter. Cleaning is needed generally twice during the season. After backwashing, disassemble filter and all parts, clean with your garden hose, cleaner (as needed) or replace.
Maintaining your swimming pools' filtration system is of utmost importance. Yes it can get messy and it's not always fun, but by adhering to maintenance guidelines for cleaning and replacing filters, you can relax and enjoy your pool all season long.
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With the right team, technology, and process, you can take advantage of the opportunities that come with a work-from-home inside sales team.
Compiling comprehensive data from internal and external resources provides an opportunity to maximize conversion rates, grow new markets, launch new products, and leverage your marketing dollars.
Even if you haven't considered how to leverage an inside sales strategy, chances are your competition is reviewing their sales efficiency options.
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A dog was stolen from outside a supermarket in Poulton town centre earlier this afternoon.
The small black Patterdale Terrier was tied up outside Booths when a woman approached, untied it, and led it away, police said.
Officers have now released a picture, captured by a nearby CCTV camera, of a woman they want to speak to about the theft, which happened at 12.45pm, at the entrance facing the Teanlowe Centre car park.
Information can be reported to police by calling 101, quoting LC-2016-09-07-0722.


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Is It Really Back To School Time?
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And confession?
I'm scared to death.
Right on schedule
My due date for baby No. 4 happens to fall precisely one week before school starts. Assuming that she actually arrives by her due date (because babies are famous for that, right?), I will have a one-week-old to cart into school for all the back-to-school happenings. A school year that, I might add, will involve daily morning drop-offs at 8:25 a.m., thrice weekly preschool pick-ups at 12:30 p.m. and then daily pick-ups for the first-grader again at 3:35 p.m. Not to mention, I'll have to try to handle keeping my emotions in check about my second daughter starting preschool for the first time. Hormones will not be my friend that week. Oh, and then there's the fun of on-demand breastfeeding. Parking lot feedings, anyone?
And did I mention that my daughters' school is walk-in only? Meaning that not only do I have to be there and be presentable with a brand-new baby, but I have to take all four still-carseated children in with me every time.
Help me.
Finding a new normal
I know that I'm not the first mother to do the post-baby freak-out and to wonder how on earth she will do it all. And I also know that, in the end, it will all work out and we will fall into a new rhythm that suits our family. I think that it's completely normal to wonder how a new baby will affect the "norms" we have established in our daily routines, but let's be honest — since when do babies care about our precious schedules?
Over time, I've found that the best way to adapt to a new baby is to realize that life will be completely crazy for the first few months — and most importantly, to be OK with working a baby into our family life, instead of basing life solely around a new baby.
Asking for help
That being said, I'm finally starting to realize that this time around, I may just have to break down and admit that it's time to cut some corners, give myself a break and ask for a little help. Here's the plan:
- Two words: online shopping. As much as I actually do enjoy back-to-school shopping, this year, I'm planning to do a lot of it online. I can order personalized backpacks, water bottles, lunch boxes and school clothes all while battling my Braxton-Hicks from the comfort of my own home.
- Find another baby mama. And by this, I mean the plan is to align myself with another mother with a new baby and other young children who gets how hard this time in life can be. Hopefully, finding another mother who can help with the intricacies of coordinating school pick-ups and drop-offs will help ease the burden for both of us.
- Talk to the teacher. I've already talked to my daughter's teacher about some options I might have for the pick-ups and drop-offs. Having my daughter walk out with an older student from the next class up? Putting another parent's name on the permission form so she can walk my daughter out to the parking lot for me? It won't be forever, right?
- Hire a babysitter. I've tracked down a long list of homeschool students, college students and one unsuspecting sister who I'm hoping to look into hiring on a part-time basis during the fall, just until I can get settled in my new role as a working mom of four. Hiring a sitter could help me immensely, by allowing me to leave the littles at home while I do the morning drop-offs and pick-ups. Alternatively, I could hire a sitter to watch the baby while I catch up on work in the afternoons. Either way, just the presence of another (adult) set of hands might just save the day, even if costs me financially in the short-term.
- Be OK with not volunteering. Honestly, last year, with just two toddlers and a kindergartener, I couldn't keep up on volunteering on a regular basis. So this year, I know I will be even more of a slacker parent. And I'm learning to be OK with that. I won't always have young children and babies, and when that time comes, I will be more than happy to volunteer my time more at their school.
Do you have any tips for juggling the back-to-school season with a new baby?
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Funkyfoodshop specializes in unusual and hard-to-find food products which make great gifts and healthy snacking. When we get a new product we ask: Is it fun? Is it different? Is it tasty? Is there a twist, something that distinguishes a product from the run-of-the-mill? If it's available at your local minimart, we usually take a pass. Funky Food Shop is dedicated to the inspired entrepreneurs who mix up a batch of homemade specialties on their stove top and follow their dream to the marketplace. We are the spiritual home of these independent food makers, purposely free of corporate shenanigans and answerable only to our customer's taste buds. Since 2004, we've been offering fast delivery and friendly service to our customers who have made us the Internet's #1 destination for freeze-dried space foods. We're also the headquarters of Space Food Sticks which we re-launched in 2006. We answer the phones. If you have any questions feel free to email us at: email@example.com


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Guide for Patients with Advanced Cancer: Getting the Most Out of Your Oncologist
Guides for Patients are designed to assist patients, their relatives and caregivers to better understand the nature of different types of cancer and evaluate the best available treatment choices.
- In a unique partnering of oncologists, patients and patient advocacy groups, ESMO has produced this guide to help patients with advanced cancer and their treating oncologists.
- For patients and their family members, it provides practical advice regarding cancer care, communicating with oncologists, important questions to ask, getting information and the challenges of living with an advanced cancer.
- For practising oncologists, the guide will serve as a tool to help focus important discussions with their patients and to assist in addressing the many issues their patients are confronting. You can also access the accompanying guide: "User's Manual for Oncology Clinicians" on OncologyPRO.
Patient Guide by language
New translation in Portuguese with the guide also available to download below in English, German, Spanish, French, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Dutch, Romanian, Russian and Turkish.
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- EN | A Guide for Patients with Advanced Cancer
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- FR | Un Guide pour les Patients Atteints d'un Cancer Avancé
- EL | Guide for Patients with Advanced Cancer in Greek
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Men's classic cut t-shirt, high quality 100% cotton, hand screen printed in Sheffield.
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Volunteer Teaching Placements Abroad
Projects Abroad Teaching placements offer you the chance to make a positive impact on the lives of students in developing nations. With Teaching projects in over 25 destinations around the world, this is an exciting opportunity to provide valuable educational support, explore a new culture and gain international Teaching experience.
Next Step: Click here to choose a destination for your Teaching project
Volunteers work alongside local teachers as an assistant, teaching students in primary schools, high schools or even those at university level. As part of our long-term development goals, you will be involved in helping to improve the learning environments for students around the world. Resources across our destinations vary, and classes are often overcrowded. Your help is much appreciated, especially when it comes to giving students vital individual attention to support their studies.
You don't have to be a teacher to volunteer on our Teaching projects, and there is no need to have a TEFL qualification to gain work experience in any of our overseas destinations. Furthermore, you don't even need to speak the local language. Our Teaching programme is open to all volunteers whether you are on a gap year, at university or wanting a career break. All we require is a good standard of spoken English.
What subjects can I teach?
Volunteers have several options when it comes to Teaching abroad.
- Teaching English: One of our most popular projects is Teaching English, where you will work to improve students' written and verbal language skills through educational activities, lessons and fun games. Find out more about Teaching English.
- Teaching other languages: Volunteers fluent in French or German are also able to teach these languages in certain destinations
- Teaching IT: Basic technological know-how is a vital skill in today's world! By teaching IT skills to students, you will make a great difference to their chance of future success.
- Teaching Music: Volunteers with musical talents have the opportunity to teach children in disadvantaged communities to play various musical instruments.
Volunteers usually find themselves assisting with other subjects, as well as running extracurricular activities such as arts or sports. If you have any special interests or skills, do let us know when you apply. We will then try to match you to a school where your talents will be put to good use. Projects Abroad also offer specific school sports placements, if you're more interested in coaching children than working inside a classroom.
"I can now say with confidence that I can teach a whole class of children. But most importantly, in my opinion, I am now connected with an entirely different group of people halfway across the world. Cambodia and the Khmer people are not just a faceless name on a map, but instead a diverse set of humans who welcomed me with open arms. I have nothing but happy memories, and I can't wait to return to the country again – something that I will, for certain, be doing."
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Teaching volunteer in Cambodia
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Martyr Trophimus and 14 Others in Lycia - Troparion & Kontakion
Troparion — Tone 4
Your holy martyr Trophimus and his companions, O Lord, / through their sufferings have received incorruptible crowns from You, our God. / For having Your strength, they laid low their adversaries, / and shattered the powerless boldness of demons. / Through their intercessions, save our souls!


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Please forgive me if I am posting this in the wrong place. I have looked at the "Scouting Books Online" link when you go to meritbadge.net, and I think it must have been made when there weren't many "boy scout books" online. But in 2016, I am guessing around 100+ scouting books available on the internet, which are in the public domain. I appreciate the hard work someone must have taken making a whole page for each different chapter, but I believe it might have been more efficient to link to the public domain copies available on Project Gutenberg.
I have a list of Boy Scout novels I made for a PD audiobook project, and it is available here. Some of them don't really display the Scout Law and Oath real well, like the Herbert Carter series and the George Harvey Ralphson series. But others were actually authorized by the BSA, like "Roy Blakeley", "Tom Slade", "Pee-wee Harris", and "Westy Martin."
Again, I'm not sure if this is the right place, I cannot find anywhere else to put this.
Edit - Could a moderator please move this to "The Campfire"? I couldn't see that until I was logged in, and I actually pressed create a topic before I signed in.


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Oregon Heritage was awarded a grant by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for an Oregon Connecting to Collections (OC2C) project in 2012 to support archives, libraries and museums in collections care and disaster preparedness. The project includes three components:
A statewide network of volunteers trained in collections care and emergency management work directly with Oregon museums, libraries and archives to improve the care of cultural collections and prepare for emergencies.
MentorCorps members provide free consulting, mentoring and training on these topics in ways that meet the needs of over 1,000 cultural heritage organizations in Oregon. Mentors will visit in person or provide assistance electronically or telephonically.
Mentors work with organizations in their region of the state. All nonprofit and government archives, libraries and museums can access the free service.
For information on requesting a mentor for an organization, visit the Heritage MentorCorps website.
Job Description for a Mentor
A website was developed and continues to be updated to help people access information about collections care and emergency preparedness. Take a look.
In addition, you can use a Pocket Response Plan for your organization to prepare for responding and recovering from disasters, both small and large.
Oregon Heritage provided workshops in basic and advanced collections care, and in disaster planning and response. Stay tuned for future workshops, including those at the Oregon Heritage Conference and Oregon Heritage Summit.
For details about the program, information on becoming a mentor, or to request a mentor, please contact:
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The Oregon Heritage MentorCorps, trainings and website will assist archives, museums and libraries in the state with collections care and emergency management. In addition, the Heritage Commission appointed two dozen statewide preservation leaders to an advisory group to plan and strategize on initiatives to preserve heritage collections. The Connecting to Collections Project planning group had found that more than half of the archives, libraries and museums in Oregon had no paid staff for preservation, and that 25 percent of heritage institutions have no funds allocated to preservation. In addition, 85 percent of the institutions do not have a disaster preparedness plan that is current and ready to be activated. Its final Needs Assessment Report was made following public meetings, an online survey and a summit involving leaders of statewide archive, library and museum organizations. In 2006, the Heritage Health Index identified millions of items in the nation's museums, libraries and other cultural institutions that were in danger due to neglect, poor environmental conditions, lack of training, and other causes.
The Connecting to Collections Project partners include the Oregon Heritage Commission, Oregon Library Association, Northwest Archivists, Oregon Museums Association, Oregon State Archives, Oregon State Library, Oregon Historical Society, Tamastslikt Cultural Institute, and other organizations.
The Oregon Library Association has devoted an issue of its OLA Quarterly to this Oregon preservation effort.
Progress ReportsMarch 2013October 2014December 2015
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How to set up Tripwire on CentOS
Tripwire is a software application that provides data integrity and security for Linux-based operating systems by monitoring changes in certain system files. The open source version is available for free, although it isn't included with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). The commercial version of Tripwire is part of the TriSentry suite of security tools available from www.psionic.com. Once Tripwire is downloaded and installed, it needs to be configured for its environment. After being initialized, Tripwire can be started from the command line.
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Install Tripwire
Move to the /tmp directory:
Download the appropriate distribution package for your system. The following wget command downloads the latest version of Tripwire for a 64-bit Linux system:
Install Tripwire with this rpm command:
The most common configuration changes for Tripwire deal with sending reports, since email support isn't enabled by default. Modify /etc/tripwire/twcfg.txt to deliver email reports for your environment. Assume for this example that you have a central host named localhost that will send Tripwire reports for you. Change the line that reads "MAILMETHOD =SENDMAIL" to read "MAILMETHOD =SMTP". Add a line below that one that reads "SMTPHOST =localhost".
Edit /etc/tripwire/twpol.txt to provide email reports as needed for each rule. These rules generally begin with lines similar to the following:
severity = $(SIG_HI)
Add a comma to the end of the severity line above if it's not already present. Add another line below it to provide your email address as follows:
This section should now appear as follows:
severity = $(SIG_HI),
emailto = email@example.com
Create the key files
Enter the following command to generate the key files for your machine:
The above command will prompt you for a pass phrase for site key files, which you'll need to enter twice. You'll also provide a pass phrase for local key files by entering it twice. You'll then provide the appropriate pass phrase to generate the keys for the site and local key files.
Initialize the Tripwire database
The following command will initialize the Tripwire database:
Enter the local pass phrase when prompted. The initialization process will normally require at least several minutes and generate many warnings for missing files.
Start Tripwire
Start Tripwire with the following command line:
This command will perform an integrity check, after which you'll be prompted for your local pass phrase to write the database file.


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Zoe Saldana's Star Trek speech problem
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- 29 March 2013
Zoe Saldana found it difficult to keep up with her character's snappy dialogue in 'Star Trek Into Darkness' and was forced to re-do scenes by director J.J. Abrams
J.J. Abrams made Zoe Saldana re-do her scenes in 'Star Trek Into Darkness'.
The actress - who reprises her role as communications officer Nyota Uhura in the hotly anticipated sequel to 2009's 'Star Trek' - found it difficult to keep up with the film's fast-paced, snappy dialogue as English isn't her first language and she often had to film numerous re-takes of her scenes.
She told Empire magazine: "He writes these mouthfuls of dialogue and it's hard for me because Spanish my first language. So there were moments, at least once a day, where we'd have to cut and he was like, 'Zoe, it's not traject-ory, it's traj-ECT-ory.'
"Or he'd say, 'That was great, but this next take, say it all 30 per cent faster!' It was a trip."
Despite finding it difficult to keep up with the director - who is known for being a perfectionist - the actress praised Abrams' ability to lead such an ambitious film.
She said: "He's a wonderful leader because he's very demanding, but with such kindness and care that his crew and his cast feel a part of him."
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Colorado legislative session: the good, the bad and the snug
The 2015 Colorado legislative session is the history book. Republicans controlled the Senate for the first time in a decade. Gov. John Hickenlooper was more engaged than before and even hinted at a veto. And there were all sorts of folks who made a name for themselves, and issues that stood out.
Some of them made it into The Denver Post today in separate winners-and-losers package — one from the Capitol team and one from the opinion section — but there are plenty more observations. Read on:
Sen. Mike Johnston, D-Denver: Whether it's reducing education testing, police reforms or complicated financial issues, Johnston seems to have his knowledgeable fingers in a lot of pies. And wearing his late father's suit was a tender touch.
Becker & Becker: What sounds like a law firm is actually two House members, Republican Jon Becker of Fort Morgan and Democrat KC Becker of Boulder, who are known for their effectiveness. Jon knows the budget inside and out, having once served on the JBC — and it shows. KC has a strong background in land and water use and local government — and it shows.


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This is the online help and manual for users of version 1.0.0 of the Kino DV non-linear video editor for the GNU/Linux and BSD platforms.
Keywords:GNU,Linux,DV,video,editor,non-linear,capture,Firewire,IEEE 1394,
Copyright (C) 2006-2007 Dan Dennedy. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License."


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Jeanette Winterson
Jeanette Winterson is the author of more than twenty books, which include novels, non-fiction and works for children. Her first book, the autobiographical novel Oranges are Not the Only Fruit, won the 1985 Whitbread Award and her adaptation of the novel for television won a BAFTA. Winterson was first published in Granta in 1988 and was later chosen as one of the magazine's Best of Young British Novelists in 1993.She teaches creative writing at the University of Manchester, and is currently working on a film about Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas.


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Issued at 3:16 pm Wednesday, 27 February 2013.
A severe weather warning for thunderstorms and heavy rainfall has been issued by the Bureau of Meteorology for people in the Southern Tablelands, South West Slopes, Riverina, Snowy Mountains and parts of the Illawarra, South Coast, Central Tablelands, Central West Slopes and Plains, Lower Western, Upper Western and Australian Capital Territory Forecast Districts.
Severe thunderstorms are likely to produce heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding in the warning area over the next several hours. Locations which may be affected include Nowra, Bowral, Goulburn, Cooma, Yass, Wagga Wagga, Albury, Deniliquin, Griffith, Hay, Wilcannia and Ivanhoe.
30mm of rainfall in 60 minutes to 2:00pm at Cabramurra AWS.
21mm of rainfall in 15 minutes to 3:10pm at Yalwal in the Illawarra.
The State Emergency Service advises that people should:
* Keep clear of creeks and storm drains.
* Don't walk, ride your bike or drive through flood water.
* If you are trapped by flash flooding, seek refuge in the highest available place and ring 000 if you need rescue.
* Unplug computers and appliances.
* Avoid using the phone during the storm.
* Stay indoors away from windows, and keep children and pets indoors as well.
* For emergency help in floods and storms, ring the SES (NSW and ACT) on 132 500.
The next warning is due to be issued by 6:20 pm.
If severe thunderstorms develop in Sydney Newcastle Wollongong or surrounding areas or Canberra and Queanbeyan, a more detailed Severe Thunderstorm Warning will be issued to people in these areas.
Warnings are also available through TV and Radio broadcasts, the Bureau's website at www.bom.gov.au or call 1300 659 218. The Bureau and State Emergency Service would appreciate warnings being broadcast regularly.
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The celebration of our nation's independence is an important moment to reflect on the blessings of God, the meaning of freedom, and the task to expand the blessings of freedom to our unborn brothers and sisters who are still enslaved by our nation's abortion policies.
That's why Priests for Life begins today a special novena of prayer for our nation, in preparation for Independence Day. You can download the prayer at priestsforlife.org.
The prayer reminds us that our Founding Fathers took inspiration from the Gospel in founding this nation, and that our task is to secure liberty and justice not just for some, but for all, including the unborn.
Please visit www.priestsforlife.org, download the Independence Day Novena, and invite your family, pro-life groups, schools and parishes to take part in it.