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Freedom of the Press
Freedom of the Press 2010
Broad setbacks to global media freedom
Global press freedom declined in 2009, with setbacks registered in nearly every region of the world. This marked the eighth straight year of overall deterioration, and produced a global landscape in which only one in six people live in countries with a Free press. These largely negative developments constitute the principal findings of Freedom of the Press 2010: A Global Survey of Media Independence, the latest edition of an annual index published by Freedom House since 1980.
The year was notable for intensified efforts by authoritarian regimes to place restrictions on all conduits for news and information. The trend included repression of print and broadcast journalism, but a growing focus on the internet and other new media was also apparent. While there were some positive developments, particularly in South Asia, significant declines were recorded in Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa, and the Middle East. Countries with largest downgrades included South Africa, Iran, Mexico, the Philippines, Senegal, and Guinea.
Threats have emerged both within and across state borders. China's government introduced several new methods of internet censorship, and it remained a global leader in the jailing of journalists. Moreover, the Chinese authorities attempted to control expressions of dissent overseas, demanding that the organizers of foreign cultural gatherings remove speakers or works of art that they found objectionable. In another attempt to globalize censorship, the Organization of the Islamic Conference spearheaded a campaign aimed at embedding onerous anti-blasphemy language into international law.
In a year when significant declines outnumbered gains by a two-to-one margin, press freedom suffered setbacks even in Free media environments. In southern Africa, both Namibia and South Africa were reduced from Free to Partly Free status. Mexico and Senegal also showed notable deterioration, and substantial negative trends were apparent elsewhere in the Americas (Ecuador and Honduras) and in Asia (Fiji and the Philippines). Conditions for journalists in strategically important authoritarian states such as China and Russia remained extremely repressive, while Iran's already highly controlled media space contracted further due to a crackdown on both old and new media in the wake of the flawed presidential election. By contrast, South Asia provided a glimmer of hope, with substantive improvements in several countries.
Of the 196 countries and territories assessed during calendar year 2009, 69 (35 percent) were rated Free, 64 (33 percent) were rated Partly Free, and 63 (32 percent) were rated Not Free. This represents a move toward the center compared with the survey covering 2008, which featured 70 Free, 61 Partly Free, and 64 Not Free countries and territories.
The survey found that only 16 percent of the world's inhabitants live in countries with a Free press, while 44 percent have a Partly Free press and 40 percent live in Not Free environments. The population figures are significantly affected by two countries—China, with a Not Free status, and India, with a Partly Free status—that together account for more than two billion of the world's roughly six billion people. The percentage of those enjoying Free media in 2009 declined to the lowest level since 1996, when Freedom House began incorporating population data into the findings of the survey.
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Note: Reports with asterisks in the following list are for territories rather than countries.


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EMC Handicap Driving Controls
Electronic Mobility Controls manufacturers unique and necessary digital mobility driving devices for drivers who are disabled. EMC enables greater independence through their electric disabled driving devices. Whether you seek primary control options or secondary control options, EMC answers the call. Access Options in Watsonville and Sunnyvale is the best source for EMC disabled equipment in California.
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EMC WL-Series
Gas, Brake, and Steering System
The WL-Series is a Gas, Brake & Steering system that utilizes the same wheel input device as the W-Series for Steering and the same lever input device as the L-Series for Gas & Brake. These input devices are designed to be mounted on each side of the driver. However, they are interchangeable so that the system can be tailored for right or left hand steering.
EMC XL-Series
Gas, Brake, and Steering System
The XL-Series is a Gas, Brake & Steering system that utilizes two separate control inputs. A joystick constrained to the X-axis (same as the X-Series) is used as the Steering input and a lever input device (same as the L-Series) is used for operation of the Gas & Brake.
EMC XY-Series
Gas, Brake, and Steering System
The XY-Series is a Gas, Brake & Steering system that utilizes two separate control inputs. A joystick input device constrained to motion in the X-axis is used for Steering (same as the X-Series) and a separate joystick input device constrained to motion in the Y-axis is for Gas & Brake (same as the Y-Series). This system is well suited for persons requiring joystick control but able to utilize dual input devices.
EMC WY-Series
Gas, Brake, and Steering System
The WY-Series is a Gas, Brake & Steering system that utilizes two separate control inputs. A wheel input device is provided for Steering (same as the W-Series) and a Y-axis joystick for Gas & Brake (same as the Y-Series). This system is well suited for persons requiring extremely low-effort Gas & Brake control and a miniature low-effort steering wheel.
EMC J-Series
Gas, Brake, and Steering System
The J-Series input device is a Gas, Brake & Steering system that utilizes a multi-axis joystick input device. Motion in the X-axis is for Steering and the Y-axis motion is for Gas & Brake. The exposed height of the joystick is approximately 4.25" and an angular displacement, or range, of only 50 degrees is required to move the input from the full left steer position to full right steer or from the full gas position to full brake. As with all AEVIT
EMC SmartShift
Electronic Shift Control
Smart-Shift sets the industry standard for "Electronic Shift" applications, and can be installed into any vehicle equipped with an automatic transmission. No more missed gears or waiting in traffic for other actuator systems to slowly move. Smart-Shift travels from Park to Drive in 1.3 seconds! Simply press the desired key one time and the actuator moves to the desired gear automatically.
There are 2-styles for Smart-Shift
Smart-Shift incorporates positional feedback as well as fully automatic positioning of the actuator in any of the five gear selector choices, i.e., Park, Reverse, Neutral, Drive and Drive 2. When a key is depressed, the actuator will move the transmission to the selected gear, stop automatically, and illuminate the LED indicator.
EMC Econo Series
Econo Series Console System
The Econo-Series Touchpad is offered as an alternative to drivers not requiring Primary Controls for gas/brake and steering. It is designed as an "intermediate" console system to meet the needs of individuals who require touchpad access to only the most commonly-used vehicle functions. Because of its universal design, it also has the flexibility to operate in nearly any make or model vehicle.
Econo-Series is the simplest and most economic solution for those individuals who require remote access to more functions than can be provided with our 2-Function touchpad products.
The contoured Econo-Series keypad (6"H x 4-1/2"W x 1"D) offers access to fifteen vehicle functions with only eight multi-function buttons. Each button is color-coded and represented by universal icons and lighted LEDs so that a person can take full advantage of his/her visual perception for quick, at-a-glance operation. Also, these raised tactile buttons are sufficiently spaced to prevent inadvertent activation by individuals lacking finger dexterity.
We serve clients across San Mateo, San Jose, Fremont, Hayward, Palo Alto, Mountain View, Santa Cruz, and Watsonville, California.

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The Sale Rural is an advertising site for buy and sell agricultural products for all Brazil, with respect to offers of agricultural inputs and products of interest to the rural producer. They can be found with prices, photos, availability, city, state, location and other.
The Sale Rural system is different from others classified sites, where the products are simply presented with some data and interested in buy or sell come in contact to conduct business. In the Sale Rural system is the Rural Market Physical hence all ads must have value of venda and if a buyer wants to negotiate a commodity, through our portal, it can data such as name, phone and e-mail the seller of product. So he decides how buyer will close business, if vai pay to view, the term, in installments, financed, as vai be the freight, who vai pay the value of the goods, if vai lead in transport itself, finally, all the details of a normal trading with resale or private.
The products are separated by categories, but also by brand, size, type, location, price, region, new or used, and so on. Recently pages were created where the offers are separated by state, or municipality of Brazil. See
View Vehicles by state by states.
Many people use the Sale Rural to find prices of Rural products and to make better business, buying cheaper products within reach of a click. They usually seek on the Internet by search engines where to find rural products,where to find deals of rural products, and inevitably end up falling on the site Sale Rural, which has a large and diverse number of ads. We often manage to find and buy quality products, cheaper and with good price and conditions that do not normally find in local trade.
So if you think some day, "want to sell rural products" or "want buy rural products" and other rural products, visit the site where Sale Rural, where the sale occurs between themselves and dealers where you can find stuff to respect the market rural, as well as some stories from agriculture or livestock farming in Brazil. With little work you put all their production available to farmers or people from throughout Brazil Agribusiness.
In Sale Rural is very easy buy and sell
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Need some help? Call 01432 279 612 or email email@example.com
Specialising in Janitorial Supplies, Hygiene Supplies, Cleaning Supplies, Catering Supplies, Workwear Supplies and Protection Equipment Supplies, CleanMy is one of the countries largest and most established suppliers. Buying all our products in bulk from manufacturers we are able to give high quality service at competitive prices.


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For two years, members of The Beehive Collective interviewed hundreds of people about how mountaintop removal and coal mining affected their lives. After those conversations, the hive's illustrators drew up visual metaphors and scenes from the stories they'd been told. Images were fused to create a long, intricate banner. The painstaking process resulted in the kind of art you can look at for a long time, forever gleaning more meaning and noticing new details.
The "True Cost of Coal" art campaign focuses on environmental and human struggles in Appalachia. There, companies are scraping forests off mountains, toppling vast quantities of soil into valleys and then hacking off the rock to expose coal seams. Environmentalist Robert Kennedy Jr. said if Americans could see the full effects of the devastation, there would be a revolution.
If Americans could see the full effects of the devastation, there would be a revolution.
Robert Kennedy Jr.
The hive is getting the word out and telling the story—visually, powerfully—of the people who've been hurt by this extreme mining. The collective is touring other parts of the country coping with fossil fuel extraction. Final poster in tow, volunteers are aiming to spark a conversation.
They'll be swarming Albuquerque, likely because of its proximity to coal plants and hydro-fracking. There are four coal-fired plants in the Land of Enchantment. And New Mexico has been home to fracking for decades with 60,000 oil and gas wells in the state, according to a KUNM News report. Nearly all of them are hydro-fracked.
As part of a national tour, the Beehive Collective will be at Small Engine Gallery (1413 Fourth Street SW) on Thursday, Nov. 15, at 6 p.m. The talk is free. For more on the event, go to bit.ly/BeeMind. For more on the nonprofit, all-volunteer, political art organization, check out beehivecollective.or
More than 75,000 gorgeous political posters have been distributed through grassroots means. The work is anti-


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Gas Scooter Starter Catch/Pawl - This is the metal cog with the metal tab. It is an aftermarket upgrade starter catch for your gas scooter. These will fit the gas scooter pull start #1 as well as the gas skateboard pull start #1.
This aftermarket cog is going to save you a lot of time and headache as it does not wear out like the plastic cog starter catches.
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US's Global IP Cops Bemoan Anti-IP Activists For Making Their Lives More Difficult
from the just-as-bad-as-pirates,-apparently deptOne of our readers, Virginia, alerted us to a report concerning a gathering of US IP Attaches (basically, the US gov't's international copyright cops that we send around the world to try to enforce draconian IP policy), in which they spend most of the time complaining about how countries around the world don't agree with the US's view on intellectual property and are quick to ignore it when possible. In fact, those countries often don't even want to invite their US counterparts to meetings because they're "too aggressively pro-IP."
Of course, rather than take this as a sign that maybe their views are too aggressively pro-IP, they instead want to blame anyone who is pointing out the dangers of being so aggressively pro-IP. The article quotes US Chamber of Commerce President Tom Donohue, saying that US IP cops can't just focus on pirates and counterfeiters, but need to start worrying about those of us crazy enough to point out the dangers and downsides of aggressively pro-IP policies:
"[There is a] second threat [from] a growing movement of anti-IP activists drawn from universities, foundations, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), ideologically driven interest groups, and even governments."You see, we're not a part of the debate and the conversation -- perhaps showing how their strong belief in stronger IP is dangerous -- but we're a "threat" that needs to be dealt with. Nice to know that the US's worldwide IP enforcers have such open minds.
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In the wordpress menu I would like to add a link to the buddypress user profile and messages. These links are dynamic based on the username like, http://buddypress.org/community/members/username/messages/, for example.
I know you can get the username with php but that is not allowed within wordpress menus (wp-admin/nav-menus.php) from what I can tell. I also need to add them at a specific place in the menu, not just at the end. What would be the simplest way to add these dynamic links to the wordpress menu?
Main Menu -> Human Resources -> Employee Resources -> Messages
Messages needs to link to the buddypress user's messages


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Hudson making progress at Arizona League
PHOENIX -- D-backs right-hander Daniel Hudson threw a scoreless inning in his second rehab appearance for the team's entry in the rookie Arizona League on Saturday.
Hudson is attempting to come back from a pair of Tommy John surgeries. He was just 10 days or so away from returning from the first one last June when he re-tore the ligament during a Minor League rehab outing.
"It's just progressing in the right direction," Hudson said. "I need to get a little bit of command back and feel for a couple offspeed pitches, but for the most part, feeling pretty good. Once I get a few more outings under my belt, I'll feel pretty comfortable out there -- enough to be confident I can get Major League hitters out."
The D-backs have taken things slowly with Hudson the second time around. His mechanics have been tweaked so that he puts less strain on his elbow and the plan for now is to use him as a reliever, hence the pair of one-inning outings so far on his rehab.
"It's a little different than what I'm used to, but it's just throwing a baseball," Hudson said. "It's different mentality, that's for sure, but at the same time, still just trying to get three outs."
Hudson will have two more outings in the Arizona League before likely heading to Triple-A Reno. The plan at this point is for him to make four to six appearances for the D-backs in September. The team will limit him to one-inning stints and watch his pitch count closely.


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VANCOUVER -- Thirteen charges laid against a father accused of repeatedly sexually assaulting his teenage daughter were stayed because of a two-year delay in translating his statements into English.
It is a shocking story that was "fumbled" by the justice system, said Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, B.C.'s representative for children and families. She raised multiple concerns about the case in a report released Thursday.
"Allowing budgetary considerations to outweigh the plight of the vulnerable children involved in this case is shocking, unacceptable and should never happen again," says her report, The Impact of Criminal Justice Funding Decisions on Children in British Columbia.
The failure to provide the translation services within a reasonable amount of time led a Provincial Court judge to stay the 13 charges because the father's right to a fair trial had been breached.
As a result, Turpel-Lafond said, a heartbreaking message has been sent to the complainant in this case — as well as to other victims — "that she didn't matter enough" to the judicial system.
"It is so important that victims have the opportunity to come forward and that there is a prosecution. Prosecution allows individuals to be empowered and … it gives a sense of closure to have a trial," Turpel-Lafond said in an interview.
The increase of non-English-speaking residents in B.C. makes this case of particular concern, she added.
Attorney-General Shirley Bond said Thursday she is "incredibly disappointed and devastated" by the handling of this file.
"There is no excuse for what happened in the case," she said. "It was an operational decision not to assign the resources that were necessary. That is unacceptable. I have already had conversations with Crown and with police authorities."
The facts in the story are disturbing.
The parents immigrated to Canada as refugees in 2005 and settled in the Lower Mainland. Their names are not revealed to protect the identity of the victim, but the judge's ruling says statements to police were made in Russian and an unusual dialect.
The 13 charges — including assault with a weapon, sexual assault and incest — were laid in 2008 against the father after his daughter told her high school counsellor her father had allegedly sexually abused her and directed her brother to physically abuse her from late 2006 to mid-2007.
It was alleged the father had engaged in sexual activity with the daughter and at the same time was obsessed with ensuring she had not had vaginal intercourse with anyone.
The daughter said her father forced her to be examined by several physicians. She "gave [police] three letters from walk-in medical clinics attesting to her virginity – documents obtained at her father's insistence," the report says.
The experience must have been humiliating, said Turpel-Lafond, who has contacted the College of Physicians and Surgeons about its policies around unnecessary female genital examinations.
It was only after the father returned to his home country to visit an ill relative that the family sought help. The mother alleged she was also abused, and had witnessed the alleged abuse of her daughter.
"The mother told police that the family tried to hide all the cooking knives in the apartment because the father had [allegedly] frequently threatened to stab her or the oldest daughter," the report says.
Following the father's arrest, the family moved into a transition house and the children were all diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder.
Family members gave statements to police, and it was the responsibility of police to get them translated into written form by a court-approved translator.
In-house police translators were busy with other files. A translation company estimated the bill would be $40,000, but senior police managers did not approve the expenditure.
The investigating officer then tried to save money by having a translator record an audio translation in English, which could then be transcribed by police clerical staff — but this was time-consuming.
In March 2009, following a series of translation delays, the trial date was adjourned until January 2010. A judge warned the Crown any more delays would result in a stay of proceedings.
In December 2009, Crown counsel revealed two more lengthy statements from the father had been denied translation funding by police after the request sat on the desk of a senior officer "for many months."
None of the statements would be translated in time for the January 2010 trial, so the judge stayed the charges.
Although prosecutors raised multiple concerns with police about the delays, Turpel-Lafond says senior Crown should have become "alarmed" and worked with police brass to avoid the case derailing.
Bond — who oversees prosecutors in B.C. — agreed.
"There needs to be Crown leadership over files like this," she said.
Bond said there is no specific budget for translation, but it is a service that is expected to be done, even if one of the languages in this case was "a very rare dialect." Since 2010, she added, Crown has tried to flag these types of files.
"I think there is more work to be done," Bond said. "But I can assure you it is an absolutely unfortunate tragedy that I am going to do my best to ensure does not happen ... again."
Among Turpel-Lafond's three recommendations, she calls on B.C. to "ensure a reliable and appropriately funded system of access to accredited translation and interpretive services."
Bond has accepted the recommendations.
Bond said she was told this case was "unique" in B.C.
Turpel-Lafond said it is impossible to know how frequently immigrant families face challenges within the justice system. "However, with the changing demographics of B.C., it is highly unlikely that this is an isolated case," she wrote.
The B.C. Society of Translators and Interpreters provides the only court-approved translators in the province, and has 330 members who speak about 50 languages. Demand for their services has skyrocketed.
"This is an ongoing situation. I think it is parallel to the immigration trends ... I get at least 25 to 35 telephone calls every day for translation service," said the society's John Tahberer.
"For court interpreting, I would say the demand is growing rapidly. And well-qualified court interpreters are incredibly busy."
Tahberer said not enough post-secondary institutions offer translation courses in B.C.
Although the father in this case was not convicted of any crime, he was ordered by the courts to have no contact with his family.
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EMS, of course, stands for emergency medical services. These words, in some sense, are in the wrong order. The smallest part of what we do involves truly time-critical life-threatening emergencies. While most of the assistance we give to the Austin and Travis County communities is medical in nature, everything we do is about service: service to our patients, their families and loved ones; service to our community; and service to the people who make up Austin-Travis County EMS.
Service is more than simply responding to calls. It is evaluating what we do so that we can improve our performance and meet new needs as they become apparent. Service is working with our community to help people better care for themselves and each other. It is taking care of our own people, so they are better able to serve their patients and the community. Through this service, we have the opportunity to save the lives of some, and change the lives of many.


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Manny Pacquiao worked Brandon Rios over for 12 rounds early this morning in a fight that more resembled sound check at a reunion tour than a match in contest. Whether or not that's enough to launch Pacquiao back into the realm of "men who might actually be able to knock Floyd the hell out" remains to be seen.
As lopsided fights go, this one wasn't half-bad. Pacquiao led end to end—you'd have to try very hard to give even two rounds to Rios—controlling the fight and moving around the ring generally unthreatened, which was expected, if not quite certain. Rios, whose aggressive, stalking style was put into hibernation by Manny's own offense and speed, never really threatened to make this much of a fight. But obviously, the intricacies of the fight itself don't matter as much as the look into the state of Manny Pacquiao, championship-caliber fighter. And Pacquiao looked like good, like he belongs in a fight with someone much more talented than Rios.
Rios didn't look like he belonged for much of the night. Even early, before Pacquiao's body work made the hand speed difference even more lopsided, he couldn't muster any sustained, credible pressure. Near the end of the second, he ate a straight left counter to the face while trying to throw a jab, just completely befuddled by Pacquiao's setup and speed. It's almost comical on the slow motion replay.
By the fifth, the mismatch was obvious. In the first minute, Manny feinted a jab, Rios tried to throw one of his own, and Pacquiao slipped in and tagged him with a massive straight left to the face. Rios recovered—he didn't look good, but he took a few shots in this fight that would have at least staggered most fighters—and lumbered forward with a few looping swings, but Manny had already danced away. Pacquiao looped around to his right (he was getting outside of Rios at will for most of the fight), and started in again, punching through Rios's defense, moving him backwards, wearing him down.
The rest of the fight looked more or less like that, with the exception of Manny sort of taking the 8th off. This wasn't the menacing, bloodthirsty Pacquiao from last December, who was stalking Marquez, looking for a knockout before walking into that cement mixer right hand. He was cagey, keeping Rios's left hook under control, and throwing combinations more or less when he wanted. Rios kept coming forward, but it was mostly empty aggression, often moving with no intention of throwing; no real danger, but never completely safe either. And as in control as Pacquiao was for the night, you never really shook off the Well, I hope Manny doesn't literally die in this fight state of mind until the final bell.
Still, it's hard to watch Pacquiao fight, and fight well—strong, fast, dangerous—without admitting that the old power didn't flash like it used to. Even throwing out the Hatton bloodbath, when you'd see the old Manny wear a guy down like he did Rios this morning, he wound finish him off—and you know he wanted this KO badly enough to be hunting for it. Some of that is Rios being genuinely tough and walking through big shots (and some more is him being the rare, delightful fattish welterweight), but in the 9th and 10th, Manny was punching through and around Rios's defense with shots that, at one time, probably would have put him down.
Maybe Manny gets back to that form in another fight or two. Maybe he doesn't quite, but runs on anyway as a damn good fighter fighting damn good fights. But that we're here asking that, standing on the given that Manny is again, or still, a world class fighter, is a good enough start. We can get back to the Floyd (or Bradley) dick-mutilating contest later. Manny's back. And God, Manny's fun to watch.


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The value of cloud computing: CIOs discuss expectations and payoffs
CIOs are cautiously deciphering the value of cloud computing, and finding that their expectations don't always match the payoff. Yet the service delivery model is gaining traction.
Ask CIOs what they expect from a hosting company or an outsourcer, and they rattle off a list of capabilities and terms, right down to clauses in the partner contract. Ask what they hope to gain from a cloud services provider -- what the true value of cloud computing is -- and they hesitate.
It's not that CIOs don't understand the technology behind the concept, it's that the concept itself means different things to different CIOs and depends on their industry, company size, economic situation, business needs and IT infrastructure -- to name just a few factors. Then comes the list of unanswered questions and uncertainties surrounding data privacy and security, application and network performance, bottom-line costs vs. an in-house deployment, existing infrastructure investments, and service-level agreements (SLAs).
As with any new release, CIOs are waiting for the bugs to shake out -- and doubts surrounding security and costs are some big bugs.
Rich Adduci, CIO of $8 billion medical device maker Boston Scientific Corp. in Natick, Mass., said he thought email would be a simple first foray into cloud computing, but found that it was a no-go from a privacy and security perspective.
"I thought it would be a low-hanging fruit that we could put out in the cloud, but we are just so heavily regulated that it wasn't possible," Adduci said.
Jay Kenney, CIO of Lincoln Property Co., a large U.S. residential property management and development company, no longer has a data center, having outsourced his mission-critical applications -- ERP, customer portal for payments and service inquiries, and email -- to a mix of Software-as-a-Service and cloud providers. The Dallas-based company's conversion (with the help of systems integrator Cloud Sherpas LLC) from an in-house Novell GroupWise email system to Google Apps is expected to save the company about $200,000 a year.
Kenney, however, doesn't think his company's approach will be emulated by a lot of other enterprises, he said. "Many companies have big data centers that I don't see them moving," he said. "Financially, it's less compelling if you're already running a data center and could stand up another application without increasing costs internally in terms of space, power and personnel in your own data center. [On the other hand,] we were renting space at a data center in Dallas, and all that was left that was considered mission-critical in there was email, so we could shut it down," he added.
Kenney said he's even considering bringing his data backup services, which a third-party provider handles, back in-house because the service costs continue to rise. "I keep waiting for someone with scale to offer a less expensive service, but it hasn't happened yet and I'm running out of time [from a cost perspective]."
Value of outsourcing vs. value of cloud computing
Amtrak CIO Ed Trainor sees the value of cloud computing for extra capacity, although like many CIOs, he isn't calling it a cloud computing relationship.
"Our outsourcing agreement is structured in a way that I can ramp up our capacity for computing and storage by paying an additional, prenegotiated price," Trainor said. "If we want to call that cloud computing, I suppose we could, but it's a very mundane version of it."
As for mission-critical systems, such as enterprise resource planning (ERP) or SAP, or Amtrak's reservations system, "it is really unique," Trainor said. "It's not a generic thing where we can go out and buy it over the Web from other people."
Trainor still views cloud computing, or "IT as a Utility," as potentially transformational to IT and the business, and doesn't see it going away anytime soon, he said. "But I have seen so many of these things oversold. We move in [those kinds of] directions, but we don't leap. Maybe I'm a dinosaur."
Or maybe Trainor is a CIO who has a long history of seeing how trends shake out. While he was senior vice president and CIO of Paramount Pictures Corp., film companies used to outsource their global distribution. As it became clear that this segment was increasingly a profit source, however, the film studios brought the function back in-house because it was a competitive advantage.
Trainor said he believes the same will hold true with cloud computing: The areas of IT that can confer competitive advantage on a company will not be hosted with cloud providers that, at least at this juncture, can't give companies the kind of SLAs and perhaps the confidentiality necessary to protect intellectual property, he said.
What CIOs hope to gain
Erik Dubovik, vice president of information technology at private equity firm Audax Group LP in Boston, is seeking a business partner.
My only issue with cloud computing is that I can't do it fast enough. I would like to never have another asset in our organization that carries depreciation.
Denis Edwards, senior vice president and global CIO at Manpower Inc.
While he was vice president of IT strategy at Digitas Inc., an advertising agency bought by Paris-based Publicis Groupe SA in 2006 for $1.3 billion, Dubovik outsourced the company's resource, staffing and project management business processes to OpenAir Inc., now owned by Net-Suite Inc.
At first, Dubovik's motivation was to shed the burden of managing a mishmash of off-the-shelf and open source platforms supporting those applications. But what sold him and the business on cloud computing was the business process expertise gained from the relationship with his oursourcer.
"[OpenAir] truly became a partner -- we could leverage their expertise, which was based on best practices gathered from their network of customers, and use them to improve our business processes," Dubovik said.
What Dubovik was buying wasn't a technology or infrastructure, but resources his company could use to solve business problems, he said.
The speed of change
For Denis Edwards, senior vice president and global CIO at Manpower Inc., a Milwaukee-based staffing company with 400,000 clients in 82 countries, the value of cloud computing is the opportunity it offers to improve IT's ability to accommodate business needs faster.
"My only issue [with cloud computing] is that I can't do it fast enough," Edwards said during a presentation at the Fusion 2010 CEO-CIO Symposium in Madison, Wis. "I would like to never have another asset in our organization that carries depreciation. I would like to find a way to be as flexible as I can for the business. I do not ever want to have to say no to the business to a viable opportunity.
The caveat? One of the challenges preventing the company from a swift adoption of cloud services is that it's locked into assets that can't be disposed of right away.
And urged by federal government CIO Vivek Kundra to save money and go green, many public-sector CIOs are developing cloud services for other agencies and the public, or are in talks to develop private clouds:
- The Ames Research Center introduced the Nebula cloud computing platform, an open source self-service platform that will support Mission Control and act as an information portal for the public.
- The National Business Center developed its own set of cloud computing services, the NBC Cloud, for the 150 government agencies it serves, which can have their applications hosted on NBC's mainframe or x86 servers. The NBC Cloud already includes hosted collaboration, issue and bug tracking tools, and blogging applications. Upcoming offerings will include a software development tool environment, customer portal and file storage
- Bill Oates, CIO of the city of Boston, said he's talking to "like-minded cities" about ways to develop and share applications in the cloud. "Think of applications like 311 [Citizen Connect] available on the iPhone, and how we could work with other cities to develop such applications and share services, and not have to build out [our own] systems and infrastructure for those applications," he said.
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Census Records for Virginia
This entry was originally written by Johni Cerny and Gareth L. Mark for Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources.
Population Schedules
• Indexed'1810 (part), 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930
• Soundex'1880, 1900, 1910 (Miracode), 1920, 1930
Industry and Agriculture Schedules
• 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880
Mortality Schedules
• 1850 (indexed), 1860, 1870, 1880
Slave Schedules
• 1850, 1860
Union Veterans Schedules
• 1890
The first federal census was taken in 1790, but neither the first enumeration nor that of 1800 has survived, except for the 1800 censuses of Accomack County (microfilm) and Louisa County (in print). Only part of the 1810 census exists. Virginia Tax lists from 1782 through 1785 (see Tax Records) were used as a substitute for the 1790 census, reportedly lost when the British burned the city of Washington during the War of 1812. Nettie Schreiner-Yantis and Florence Speakman Love, comps., The 1787 Census of Virginia: An Accounting of the Names of Every White Male Tithable Over 21 Years'¦, 3 vols. (Springfield, Va.: Genealogical Books in Print, 1987), is the best substitute available for the 1790 census. Compiled from Virginia's 1787 tax lists, this source offers both more and less information than the original census. The 1790 census listed only heads-of-household but enumerated their families, including women. In contrast, tax commissioners in 1787 were required to list all free males subject to taxation, not just heads-of-household; women were only included if they owned personal property subject to taxation or were widows with sons aged sixteen to twenty-one. In cases where 1787 tax lists have not survived, Schreiner-Yantis and Love substituted other extant records.
Beginning in 1820 and continuing every ten years through 1930 (except for the 1890 census, which was also destroyed by fire), Virginia's federal census records are available on microfilm at the Library of Virginia and through the FHL. john heise
Two early censuses of Virginia have survived intact; only statistical abstracts remain of other censuses conducted. The first census is dated 16 February 1624 and is a list of the names of persons living in Virginia and the names of those who died since April 1623. The colony conducted a second census in January and February 1625. The Musters of the Inhabitants of Virginia were taken by household and includes ages, relationships, dates of arrival in Virginia, the name of the ship each person arrived in, and enumerations of weapons, buildings, foodstuffs, and boats. The information included varies from household to household and from plantation (or town) to plantation. Another census was conducted in 1634 but is apparently lost. The best transcription of the 1625 Musters is in Virginia F. Meyer and John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607'1625, 3d ed. (Richmond, Va.: Dietz Press, 1987).
Other lists of Virginia inhabitants include militia musters (see Virginia Military Records), tithables lists, and quitrent rolls (see Virginia Tax Records). These lists cover a single county or precinct rather than the entire colony.
External Links
- Virginia Census Records - free up-to-date guide to accessing Virginia census records. Identifies federal, state, and colonial censuses, as well as substitute records (FamilySearch Research Wiki).


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What: 118th birthday celebration
When: 6 p.m. Sept. 22
Where: Trinity A.M.E. Zion, 123 S. Academy St., Blacksburg, S.C.
Featuring: The Golden Trumpets of Forest City; the Royal Six of Gaffney, S.C.; Soul Lifters of Spartanburg; Mighty Revelations of Gaffney; the Rev. Heyward Boyd of Chester, S.C.; and master of ceremony, Deacon Charles Montgomery of 1180 Radio
What: Ushers ministry anniversary, �God�s Door Keeper�
When: 3 p.m. Sept. 23
Where: Walls Memorial Baptist, 2223 Elizabeth Ave., Shelby
Speaker: the Rev. Albert Hillman, pastor of Moore�s Chapel Baptist, Lincolnton
Information: 704-484-3433
What: 125th church anniversary
When: 3 p.m. Sept. 23
Where: Mundys Chapel United Methodist, 550 Trinity Road, Mooresboro
Speaker: the Rev. Robert Lipscomb, Haynes Grove Church, Cliffside
What: Prayer walk at Cleveland County Schools
When: 5 p.m. Sept. 30
Where: Every school in Cleveland County
Details: A prayer leader will be at each school to begin prayer walk with prayer requests
What: Sixth Annual Teen Summit, �Giving You Something You Can Feel�
When: Oct. 12-13
Where: LeGrand Center, Cleveland Community College
Featuring: Movie screening on Friday and tribute to an icon, Whitney Houston; summit, workshops, seminars and concert on Saturday; featuring eight-time Grammy Winning Gospel Artist Ce Ce Winans; seven-time Grammy Nominee R&B Artist Kelly Price; Essence Magazine Editor at Large, Mikki Taylor; Keynote Speaker, Dr. Tony Luck of Johannesburg, South Africa; welcoming back, Dr. Yolanda Thompson, Dr. Shirley Shields, and two time Grammy Winner Dr. Cissy Houston and other guests
Tickets: Available at Celebrity Consignment, 110 E. Warren St, Shelby; $30 in advance; $40 at the door
Information: 704-482-8223
What: Fall Festival
When: 5-8 p.m. Oct. 27
Details: Food, games, cake walk, prizes, candy, hay ride and more
Where: East Gold Street Wesleyan Family Life Center, 701 E. Gold Street, Kings Mountain
Information: 704-739-3215
What: Free community supper
Where: Lawndale Baptist, 407 W. Main St., Lawndale
When: 5:30-6:30 p.m. first Thursday (Oct. 4) of each month
Contact: 704-538-8794
What: Free vegetables
When: Saturdays, 10 a.m.
Where: Cook shelter of Mint Arena, Polkville Baptist, N.C. 226, Polkville
Details: Anyone wishing to donate from his or her garden may bring a donation at 9 a.m.
What: Community Breakfast
When: 7-10:30 a.m. Sept. 22
Where: St. Paul Baptist, 227 Hull Road, Casar
Details: Country breakfast served for free will offering accepted toward the new fellowship building; dine in or carry out
What: Car and bike show, hot dog and bake sale fundraiser for Jackie Brown, who needs a double lung transplant
When: 9 a.m. Sept. 22
Where: Fellowship Independent Baptist, 150 Christopher Road, Shelby, car and bike show fundraiser, Sept. 22
Details: All cars, bikes and trucks welcome, no entry fee required but donations appreciated; trophies for first and second place in each class and an overall winner; children age 15 and under can enter a die cast car or model to be judged; all children will win a prize with first and second place receiving a special gift. Tickets to vote on the cars will be $1 each, with all money going to Brown. A hot dog and bake sale will also be held with the price of two hot dogs, chips and drink for $5, or a slice of pizza from Domino�s of Shelby; local vendors, including Panther Grafx, Thirty One, Pampered Chef, are participating and crafts, featuring homemade bath and body products, duct tape novelties, tutus, bows and more, will be available; the entire event is being held through generous donations from community members. Registration starts at 9 a.m. and voting begins at 11.
Information: the Rev. Randy Bumgardner at 704-692-0528 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
What: Ride for the Rock
When: Sept. 22
Where: Rock Springs Baptist, 1184 Rock Springs Road, Blacksburg, S.C.
Details: A motorcycle ride to raise money for the church building fund; registration at 9:30 a.m. with the ride starting at 10:30; registration is $25 for each bike, which includes a T-shirt, ticket for a door prize and barbecue lunch
Information: David Richardson, 864-809-5394 or the Rev. Dale Welch at 864-764-0116
What: Pancake Breakfast
When: 7:30-10:30 a.m. Sept. 22
Where: Fatz, Shelby
Details: All you can eat pancakes served with sausage, fruit and beverage; $8 per person; sponsored by Safe Harbor Community Church of Kings Mountain; all proceeds go to Jackie Brown for her double lung transplant.
Tickets: Available at The Sewing Center, 937 S. Morgan St., Shelby, 704-484-0977
What: Gospel fundraiser for Felicity Hamilton
When: 4 p.m. Sept. 23
Where: Metropolitan AME Zion, 111 Sycamore St., Gaffney, S.C.
Groups: The Mighty Revelations and Joe Brown and the Melodyaires, both of Gaffney, Debra Taylor and the Spiritual Voices of Woodruff, S.C., The Joy Gospel Singers, Lasting Peace and Bishop Sexton, all of Shelby, and others
Information: 864-219-0603
What: Fore Our Kids Golf Tournament Fundraiser, East Gold Street Wesleyan
When: 9 a.m. shotgun start, Sept.29
Where: Challenger 3 Golf Club, 1650 N. Post Road, Shelby
Entry Fee: $20 (by Sept. 15) or $30 (after Sept. 15) Sign up individually or as a team of four.
Details: Includes green fees, bag lunch and door prizes; Captain�s Choice, best ball winners receive trophies and gift cards, also prizes for closest to the pin.
Contact: Brian Denham at 704-860-2373 to register
What: Yard sale
When: 7 a.m. Sept. 29
Where: Living Light Baptist, 1540 Kings Road, Shelby
Details: A variety of items available; all proceeds will go to the building fund
What: Golf Tournament sponsored by Youth Ministry of Flint Hill Baptist
When: 2 p.m. Sept. 29
Details: Captain�s choice format with shot gun start; entry fee is $60 a person which will include lunch; trophies and prizes awarded
Information: 704-473-1610
What: Second annual �Cruisin� to the Cross�
When: Oct. 6, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., car, truck and bike show; and noon-2 p.m., concert with Blood Bought
Where: First Baptist, 107 E. Washington Ave., Bessemer City
Details: Prizes to top 25, model car show with no entry free; entry fee for others is $20; proceeds from entry fees, food and T-shirt sales benefit childcare and youth ministries
What: Breakfast, sponsored by United Methodist Men and United Methodist Women
When: 7-9:30 a.m. second Saturday of each month (Oct. 13)
Where: Aldersgate United Methodist, 1207 W. Dixon Blvd., Shelby
Details: All you can eat eggs, grits, sausage gravy, pancakes and french toast (made to order) country ham, sausage, bacon and livermush with coffee and juice cost is $6 for adults $3 for children; funds go to the building fund
What: Annual Barbecue
Where: Waco Baptist
When: 4-6:30 p.m., Oct. 13
Details: Barbecue plates, drink and dessert, $9, dine in or carry out; Boston Butts, $35, preorder by Sept. 30
Information: 704-435-9300 or 704-435-2865
What: Britt�s Sixth Annual Bike Show & Auction
When: 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Oct. 13; (rain date: Oct. 20)
Hosted by: Driven By Grace Biker Ministry, A Ministry of Lincolnton Church of God
Where: 1435 Riverview Road (NC 150 Bypass West), Lincolnton
Details: $15 Entry Fee includes lunch. All bikes must ride in. Bike judging at 1 p.m.; food, band, auction items, prizes, shirts, vendors and more
Information: 704-732-0012
What: Revival
When: 7 nightly Sept. 21-22
Where: Crossroads Baptist, Fallston
Details: Different speaker each night with special singing
Information: 704-538-9309 or 828-358-6274
What: Homecoming
When: 10:30 a.m. Sept. 23
Where: Royster Avenue Church of God, 504 Royster Ave., Shelby
Details: Speaker is former pastor, Dr. Ronald D. Martin, who is currently serving as a field representative for Church of God World Missions; music by Heart 2 Heart Ministries from Belmont; lunch served
Information: Pastor Richard L. Shores, 704-487-5987
What: Prophesy revival
When: 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Sept. 23 and 7 nightly Sept. 24-26
Where: Rock Springs Baptist, 1184 Rock Springs Road, Blacksburg, S.C.
Details: the Rev. Frank Walker is the speaker; special music each service, nursery provided
What: Revival
When: 6:30 p.m. Sept. 23-26
Where: Faith Missionary Baptist, 822 Churchill Drive, Shelby (off Kings Road)
Speakers: Pastor Earnest Simons of Ebenezer Baptist; Pastor Billy Ramseur of Ramseur Baptist; the Rev. Dr. Clint Feemster of Mount Pisgah Baptist; Pastor Melvin Clark of Washington Baptist; and Pastor Dr. Michael Isaac of Shoal Creek Baptist
Information: 704-685-5326
What: Stirring the Fire Fall Revival, theme: �I�m not looking back�
When: Sept. 23-26
Speakers: 7 p.m. Sept. 23, Pastor J. David Webber Sr. or New Way Missionary Baptist; 7 nightly Sept. 24-26, Pastor Robert W. Fuller of Zion Hill Baptist
Where: New Way Missionary Baptist, 105 Waco Road, Kings Mountain
Information: David Webber Sr., 704-482-4224
What: 22nd Homecoming and Revival
When: 3 p.m. Sept. 30, Homecoming; 7 nightly, Oct. 1-4, Revival
Where: Peoples Baptist, 1010 Groves St., Kings Mountain
Speakers: Dr. Arthur Bankhead of St. Luke Church No. 1, Sharon, S.C., is the homecoming speaker; the Rev. Robert Coleman of Hoppers Chapel in Shelby is the revival speaker
What: Homecoming
When: 11 a.m. Oct. 14
Where: East Gold Street Wesleyan, 701 E. Gold St., Kings Mountain
Speaker: The Rev. Harold Bumby
Details: Fellowship dinner to follow service
Information: 704-739-3215
What: Revival
When: 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Oct. 28 and 7 nightly Oct. 29-31
Speaker: The Rev. Dale Freed
Where: East Gold Street Wesleyan Church, 701 E. Gold St., Kings Mountain
Details: Nursery provided during services
Information: 704-739-3215
What: New Jerusalem Rebirth & Restoration Ministries
When: 11 a.m. Sundays for worship; 7 p.m. Wednesdays for Bible Explosion
Where: Canaan Baptist, 300 Ross Grove Church Rd., Shelby
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What: Senior Day
When: 10 a.m.-2 p.m., third Saturday of each month (Oct. 20)
Where: Brooks Chapel United Methodist, 110 Brooks Chapel Court, Polkville
Phone: 704-538-9506
What: Bible Study
When: Wednesdays, 6-7:30 p.m.
Where: Brooks Chapel United Methodist, 110 Brooks Chapel Court, Polkville
What: Singing with The Shireys
Where: 7 p.m. Sept. 21
Where: Hudson Memorial Baptist, 762 Warlick Road, Lawndale
What: Sunday Best Two (special edition)
When: 3:15 p.m. Sept. 30
Where: City of Hope and Love, 712 Buffalo St., Shelby
Featuring: Tyrone Rice and the Gospel Southern Lights of Spartanburg, S.C. (first time in this area); New Creation of Spartanburg; The Royal Six of Blacksburg, S.C.; The Kings of Joy of Forest City; Island Creek Male Chorus of Cowpens, S.C.; Sisters of Faith of Greenville, S.C.; Charles McClee and the Southern Sons of Charlotte; and the Linder Sisters of Spartanburg
Information: Willie at 704-989-9869 or Walter at 704-484-0613
What: Gospel singing
When: 3 p.m. Sept. 30
Where: Faith Harvest Church, 1001 Buffalo St., Shelby
Featuring: Faithful Gospel Singers, Lasting Peace Singers, Joy Gospel Singers, Pastor Ann Jenning, Salvation for Soul, Community Baptist All Male Chorus, Shiloh Baptist All Male Chorus, Walls Memorial Baptist All Male Chorus, all of Shelby, Mighty Revelations Singers, Unity Gospel Singers
Information: Pat McGowan, 704-481-2962
What: Anniversary for Clarence Quarles (1180 AM, Gaffney, S.C.)
When: 4 p.m. Nov. 11
Where: Holly Oak Park Center, Shelby
Details: Early Bird tickets are $10 (during September)
Information: Big Mama�s Soul Food Restaurant and Catering at 704-466-3987 or 704-252-4552, 704-884-6504
What: JC & Company presents program in song and testimony
When: 11 a.m. Nov. 11
Where: Mount Hebron Church, 2869 Hudlow Road, Forest City
Information: the Rev. Dennis Tomlinson, 828-874-8956
What: Gold City in concert
When: 7 p.m. Nov. 17
Where: Elizabeth Baptist
Tickets: $20; available in the church office, 301 N Post Rd, Shelby.
Information: 704-482-6339
What: Usher�s Program, Friends and Family Day
When: 3 p.m. Sept. 23
Where: Light Oak Baptist Church, 2311 Oak Grove Road, Shelby
Speaker: the Rev. Tony Thompson and his congregation from Victory Temple Christian Center of Hickory
Information: Thomas Williams, 704-482-2655
What: Appreciation Service for Dr. R. E. Devoe
When: 3 p.m., Sept. 23
Where: Canaan Baptist, 300 E. Ross Grove Road, Shelby
Speaker: The Rev. James L. Smith
What: Rainbow Tea
When: Noon, Sept. 29
Where: Brooks Chapel, 110 Brooks Chapel Court, Polkville
Details: Tickets are $10 per person
Contact: Sis. Betty Gidney or Patricia Withrow at 704-538-7249 or 704-538-3616
What: Movie, Courageous
When: 9:45 a.m. Sept. 30
Where: Green Bethel Baptist, 120 Bethel Ave., Boiling Springs
Details: Hot dogs, popcorn, Kool-Aid and soft drinks will be served during intermission.
Contact: Wade Wallace at 704-434-6003 or 704-466-3588
What: Bless the Animals Service
When: 1 p.m. Oct. 6
Where: Bethea United Methodist, 605 E. Maryland Ave., Bessemer City
What: �Calvinism: Fate or Faith?� Greater Cleveland County Baptist Association workshop
When: 6:30-8:30 p.m. Oct. 1
Where: Ross Grove Baptist, 1225 Fallston Road, Shelby
Details: Led by Dr. Wayne Stacy, former professor and dean of the Gardner-Webb School of Divinity, presently serving as a professor at Liberty University; topics: �Calvinism: Defining Terms,� �Calvin in Context,� �Calvin the Theologian,� �Southern Baptists and Calvinism,� �Calvinism: An Assessment,� no pre-registration or cost
Information: 704-482-3472
What: Break Free � An interdenominational Ultra-contemporary Service
When: 6 p.m. Oct. 20
Where: East Gold Street Wesleyan Family Life Center, 701 E. Gold St., Kings Mountain
Details: Starts at 6 p.m. with food and games and the service starts at 7 with Praise Band, �3:16� and speaker, Rainey Belt, East Gold Street Wesleyan
Information: 704-739-3215
What: Woman�s Day
When: 10:45 a.m., Sept. 23
Where: Green Bethel Baptist, 120 Bethel Ave, Boiling Springs
Speaker: Minister Cassanadra Gash
Contact: Shamona Fernanders at 704-434-6003
What: Christian Women�s Club
When: 11:30 a.m., third Thursday (Oct.19)
Where: LeGrand Center, Cleveland Community College
Details: $15 at the door; to make a reservation call Lib Grayson at 704-482-1627 by Sept. 18. Cancellations are necessary by Sept. 19
What: Woman�s Day Program
When: 3 p.m., Oct. 21
Where: Brooks Chapel United Methodist, 110 Brooks Chapel Court, Polkville
Speaker: the Rev. Louise Learson, St. James United Methodist, Denver, N.C.
Send announcements to Church News, The Star, P.O. Box 48, Shelby, NC 28151, fax to 704-484-0805 or e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com. Church news must be received by Wednesday at noon to be published the following Friday on a space available basis. Please type or print announcements on an 8�-by-11-inch sheet of paper. Please include church address and contact telephone number.


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This is our 4th cruise with RCI and we had a wonderful time, we booked to board at 1230 and arrived at pier and informed attendant of this and they checked our paper work and sent on to the section of check in, on board in about 15 mins from dropping off our bags.The ship has so many wow factors and the cabin was a decent size (balcony deck 8 D8 ).Make sure you book what you want to see and if you want to eat at any of the speciality restaurants as they seem to get booked out, this can be done online and also book the drink package as well more expensive to buy on board. The food on board was amazing and no problem if you wanted a particular meal mention to waiter and they will arrange for the following night, we visited Jamie Olivers Italian restaurant along with Wonderland, for what you get and the presentation is well worth extra price. We have booked again for next season out of Sydney, ship never felt overcrowded and staff always polite and helpfulRead more
- Cruise Name: Ovation of the Seas
- Destination: Australia
- Sailed: February 2017
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Sailed with my wife , 3 daughters and one of their boyfriends on 8 day cruise on Explorer of the Seas to Noumea, Mystery Island and Mare from Sydney on 14th Feb 2017. Had 2 balcony cabins on Deck 9 next to each other and an inside on same deck across alleyway. From the moment we got on board till we got off we had a great time. Loved the food in both the Windjammer and the Sapphire Restaurant. Daughter and boyfriend ate twice in Giovannis and said food was great. he is a chef by trade and liked the food on the ship. Our cabin stewards were great. Nothing a problem. Table waiters in restaurant were the best. Looked after us so well. Entertainment. We went to all the shows and all were first class. Ice skating show was great. Found plenty of room to chill out on decks. So many bars etc that ship did not feel crowded. Islands were great especially Mystery Island and Mare. Noumea? Once is enough. Would i travel on Royal Caribbean again. Yes.Read more
- Cruise Name: Explorer Of The Seas
- Destination: South Pacific
- Sailed: February 2017
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Great cruise and fantastic entertainment. Very friendly staff and helpful. Shore leave could have been organized better. Coffee on this cruise ship was very ordinary no matter how strong you asked for it was still weak. Overall the ship was greatRead more
- Cruise Name: Ovation of the Seas
- Destination: New Zealand
- Sailed: December 2016
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"Nice ship few disappointments. "
We cruised from Singapore to Fremantle on this ship. The crew were amazing so friendly & helpful. We did not eat in main dining room but loved Windjammer. The staff in here were incredible. The pool area is lovely with the live band & movies has everything you need. We did not find drinks too expensive & did not bother with drinks packages. Our 3 year loved the kids club & the staff in there. I went to the dsy spa twice one time was incredible & really worth it but second time I was really annoyed with the worker. I declared a condition i have & she kept telling my dr doesn't know how to treat my condition & some "herbal" drugs she was selling onboard would clear it. I asked where you can buy them but they aren't available in or allowed to be sent to Australia. She was very persistent & ruin my dayspa experience. Did not go back after this. Our only main complaints are RCI themselves assured us the kids pool & play area is still on board when is definitely is not & assured me there is free wifi for email only which there is not!! This is a very large ship but you don't notice this when onboard. Would definitely go on board again. Was a great family holiday & look forward to doing it again!Read more
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For Steve Candland, life is best when the rich are getting richer.
He is managing director of Angela Mortimer-US, a traditionally British domestic staffing firm that recently opened offices in Greenwich and New York City. These days, times are definitely good.
"When you look at the growth of the demographic of the 1 percent, and the top 50 percent of the 1 percent, and the 1 percent of the 1 percent, that growth demographic, fairly or unfairly, is a very fast-growing community," he says.
It's Candland's job to understand the needs and desires of these ultra-high-net-worth families. Many reside in Fairfield County, but they're also in New York City, Chicago, San Francisco and elsewhere.
It's a low-profile industry, but a very competitive one. While serving as a middleman between wealthy families and the people looking to work for them, Candland screens discerningly for reliable and good matches. He often creates employment manuals that spell out things like compensation, benefits, vacation time and non-disclosure agreements.
Road to the job
Candland didn't set out to get into this business. Originally from Washington, D.C., he got his MBA from New York University in the '80s and headed to Wall Street. Eight years at Morgan Stanley, he says, convinced him he's better at working with people than at quantitative analysis and other skills that are helpful in high finance.
Eventually, he and his wife, Catherine, co-founded Advantage Human Resourcing, which was based in Stamford and became one of the world's largest staffing firms. In part, he hired support staffers for companies like Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. After selling the company in the last decade, he worked a stint at the global executive search behemoth Korn Ferry International.
Over several years, he came to know Angela Mortimer herself -- a woman he describes as "extremely classy" and "very British in every way." Eventually, when he set out to create the company's North American operation, Candland -- a father of three daughters -- called upon an old attorney friend to draw up confidentiality agreements.
"One of his daughters and my younger daughter were together at Greenwich Academy and classmates at the University of Virgina," says George Birnbaum, who lives in New Canaan and specializes in employment-related law.
Birnbaum had reason to believe that Candland is a great organizer. In 2007, Birnbaum, Candland and several other fathers of Greenwich Academy daughters had to perform a 15-minute Beatles rendition in front their kids at a pre-graduation dinner. The music director, Birnbaum says, was very demanding, forcing the dads to practice for several weekends leading up to the show.
"Steve kind of did an enormous job of organizing this whole thing," Birnbaum recalls. "He had a lot of these masters of the universe singing and dancing; it was great."
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That enthusiasm could come in handy. This industry is, of course, rather competitive in a place like Greenwich. The oldest such company in town, Lindquist Group, dates back to the 1890s. It's operated here for over 30 years.Read Full Article
"I think that we have probably the strongest client list in the industry," says Judeann Warner, senior counselor and COO of the Lindquist Group. "Many of our clients are on the Forbes 100 list."
The company is headquartered in Greenwich, but also has offices in New York City, Palm Beach and Miami -- which it leverages, since many clients have multiple homes.
There are regional differences, she says. In New York City, chauffeurs are in high demand. In Florida, families more frequently are looking for butlers. Both jobs are in demand here, she says, but Greenwich is an especially hot market for estate and property managers.
Bonus points to the prospective estate manager who can not only take care of things that break around the various homes, but also cut costs in the household budget. "And if they can use a computer, that's great," she adds. "Lots of people have smart homes now. Those are kind of the newer things we're seeing in Greenwich."
Room for growth
For Candland, there's lots of room to grow. He currently has a small space in Greenwich and a spacious office in New York City, on the 20th floor of a Madison Avenue skyscraper.
These days, his website gets about 1,000 visitors a month, he says, more than half of which comes from Europe -- where the company is better known, but where clients also may be looking to take up residence in the U.S. Candland hopes to flip the website trend by year end.
Typically, his clients pay him a fee of 20 to 25 percent of a new employee's first-year salary. If a family hires a personal chef for $100,000 a year, Candland will pull in $20,000. These days, the European operation has annual revenues of about $90 million a year, he says. His North American upstart is targeting $3 million to $5 million for 2014.
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What's the fastest-growing job in Greenwich?
One is a personal assistant to whichever spouse is staying home, he says, which is typically a wife. Such a family might already have a team that includes a housekeeper or two, a landscaper, a driver, a cook and a nanny. The personal assistant can help free up additional time.
"They have a busy social life, a busy charity circuit schedule," he explains. "Their husband is typically very busy with lots of work obligations, and travel situations. They're looking to accomplish amazing vacations with their kids and friends."
Candland pauses, breaking into a sly grin.
"I hate to call it a status symbol, but there's a little of that too," he says. "'I'll have my gal call your gal. We'll get that lunch scheduled.'"
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Fourth in a series analyzing Raiders position groups with a contingent of scouts and coaches in Indianapolis at the scouting combine:
Starter: Zach Miller. Backups: Tony Stewart, Brandon Myers.
Review: Once upon a time the Raiders being laughed at behind the scenes when they signed Miller, their second round draft pick in 2007. It wasn't that they'd taken Miller so much as they ended up paying him about a million dollars more than necessary when looking at the way contracts were slotted before and after him.
Turns out it was money well spent.
Miller is proof the Raiders don't always go for the biggest, fastest and most imposing physical specimen. On this occasion, the Raiders instead went with moderately-sized player who wasn't a basketball or track star and whose best attribute was finding open areas and catching a football. He's the anti-Rickey Dudley.
Over the past three seasons, Miller's receptions have gone from 44 as a rookie to 56 and 66. His yardage has escalated from 444 to 778 to 805. While not a blazer, Miller had a 63-yard touchdown reception in 2008 and an 86-yard catch in 2009. He's pretty much the only receiver who developed any kind of chemistry with JaMarcus Russell.
If there's a criticism of Miller it's that he doesn't get into the end zone often enough _ seven touchdown receptions among his 166 catches.
Miller's backup, Tony Stewart is a core special teams player who caught 10 passes for 78 yards and is a physical blocker. Brandon Myers had an excellent training camp and caught four passes for 19 yards. His forced fumble and strip on a kickoff return against Cincinnati set-up a game-winning field goal.
Contract status: All tight ends are under contract.
What's next: Miller had two concussions last season and missed a game because of his second one. With the NFL paying much closer attention to concussions, the Raiders will be looking hard at young tight ends. Myers also missed time due to a concussion last year.
It may not be someone who plays tight end at the moment _ Al Davis is fond of tinkering with athletes at the position. If Miller can keep his head clear, the Raiders can comfortably experiment with the tight end position in hopes of finding someone unique while at the same time knowing they've got a classic, sure-handed tight end on the roster for the next several years.
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We received a fingering weight 80% merino wool, 20% cashmere in 100 gram hanks. Each hank has 450 yards of merino-cashmere yarn. This beautiful yarn has a lovely hand and begs to be knitted, crocheted and worn next to skin. Malabrigo Merino/Cashmere Fingering comes in Stonechat, Teal Feather, Azul Profundo and Ravelry Red color lines. They are pretty and beautifully dyed in richly saturated color lines.
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Staff at Dogs Trust Ballymena are thrilled that one of their long-term residents has found her special someone.
Six-year-old Border Collie cross Polly, who is a firm favourite amongst the canine carers, recently headed off into the sunset with her new family and is settling in well.
A resident at Dogs Trust Ballymena for more than 500 days, Polly was made an honorary member of staff during her stay and has previously supported the work that goes on at the Rehoming Centre. In January this year she helped promote the Northern Ireland Campaigns team's microchipping efforts when they microchipped their 1,000th dog.
The following month she helped provide valuable information to the public around appropriate tasty treats for dogs ahead of Shrove Tuesday and then supported the promotion of the team's rehoming efforts for April Fools' Day. It seemed only fair that when the rehoming centre extended it's walkway for dogs a few months later, Polly should be the first dog to take a test stroll.
After a very busy stay at Dogs Trust, Polly was spotted online by the Smyth family.
Richard and his wife Janet, along with their two daughters Laura and Anna, had been looking for a new pet after their previous dog Jet - also a rescue dog, sadly passed away after 10 happy years with the family.
Richard said: "We, like the staff of Dogs Trust Ballymena, couldn't understand why no one had come forward sooner to give Polly a home. After meeting her we could tell she was a very relaxed, happy dog who would fit in nicely with our family. She especially loves people and has given all visitors a warm if noisy welcome. We definitely believe Polly chose us just as much as us choosing her. We couldn't ask for a better companion for our family and look forward to plenty of trips to the country and beach for walks."
Oonagh Phillips, Rehoming Centre Manager at Dogs Trust Ballymena, said: "We couldn't be happier that Polly has finally found a new home. Richard and his family definitely seem to appreciate her for the amazing companion she is and we look forward to keeping in touch with them to find out how she is progressing." If you are interested in adopting a dog, you can get in touch with Dogs Trust on 0300 303 0292 or visit www.dogstrust.org


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The Federal Reserve on Thursday announced it intends to keep interest rates low and inject billions more into the still flagging economy.
Following a meeting of the Fed, Chairman Ben Bernanke released a statement saying the central bank planned to keep rates low through mid-2015, and will spend $40 billion a month buying up mortgage-backed securities indefinitely.
That's good news for people looking to get a mortgage, bad news for people relying on interest-bearing retirement savings and, according to one economist, a push when it comes to the unemployment rate -- even though the Fed's announcement cited slow employment growth and high unemployment among the reasons for its actions.
"I do not think that this third round of quantitative easing is going to have much of an effect on the rate of unemployment," said Martin Uribe, a professor of economics at Columbia University. "We have seen the balance sheet of the central bank increase enormously, from $800 billion to almost $3 trillion, and we haven't seen much of an effect on the unemployment rate."
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But Uribe doesn't think these moves will hurt, either. He would like to see the Fed try increasing inflation to bring down real labor costs.
"I don't see the battery of policies the Fed is implementing right now geared toward that objective," Uribe said.
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The announcement comes as the presidential election is heating up, putting the Fed in the awkward position of appearing to play politics, which it traditionally avoids.
Wall Street responded to the news with a 200-point jump on the Dow, but GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney's top economic advisor, Lanhee Chen, was pointedly critical.
"The Federal Reserve's announcement of a third round of quantitative easing is further confirmation that President Obama's policies have not worked," said Chen in a statement. "After four years of stagnant growth, falling incomes, rising costs, and persistently high unemployment, the American economy doesn't need more artificial and ineffective measures. We should be creating wealth, not printing dollars. As president, Mitt Romney will enact bold, pro-growth policies that lead to robust job creation, higher take-home pay, and a true economic recovery."
Republican House Whip Kevin McCarthy also took the announcement as proof of President Obama's shortcomings.
"The actions of the Federal Reserve today make one thing clear: the economic policies of the current Administration have failed miserably," said McCarthy in a statement.
While low interest rates are great for borrowers, a recent survey shows they will cause as much as a third of the country to delay retirement.
"Forty-five percent of non-retired Americans and 34 percent of retirees fear that current low interest rates may cause them to 'outlive' their money in retirement," Wells Fargo said in a statement in June.
Nonetheless, Uribe thinks investors still get a decent trade off.
"In spite of an enormous increase in risk, in spite of an enormous increase in the balance sheet of the central bank, prices of U.S. government bonds have remained extremely strong. What that means is that returns have been low, but that these are very safe assets. I think many people welcome a little bit of sacrifice on the return side for the availability of something really safe."


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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Shares of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. fell on Tuesday on news of the bank's sizeable settlement related to the Bernie Madoff fraud case, while Netflix Inc. was among the biggest losers in the wake of a Morgan Stanley downgrade.
J.P. Morgan JPM, +1.36% slid 1.2%. J.P. Morgan will pay $1.7 billion on charges stemming from its decades-long relationship with Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities. The government announced criminal charges for two felony violations of the Bank Secrecy Act but said the charges will be deferred for two years under a deal where the bank has to reform its anti-money laundering policies.
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Netflix NFLX, -0.41% shares lost 5.6% to end at $339.50 after its stock was downgraded to an underweight rating from equalweight on Tuesday by Morgan Stanley, which also cut its 12-month base case estimate to $310 from $333. Netflix faces increased competition from services such as Amazon Prime Instant Video, HBO Go and Hulu Plus, which could hurt subscriber growth and increase costs, the Morgan Stanley analysts wrote.
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Best Buy Co. BBY, +0.87% shares fell 2.6% in the wake of weak sales data at competitor Hhgregg Inc. The regional electronics retailer said Monday its same-store sales fell a worse-than-expected 11% in the third quarter.
Flir Systems Inc. FLIR, +2.16% rallied 9.7% following the release of several new products at CES, including a thermal imaging system for smartphones.
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Marijuana is broken up for use by customers at Frankie Sports Bar and Grill in Olympia, Wash., on Sunday.
Pot smokers in Washington and Colorado are inhaling a little easier after President Barack Obama said the federal government has more important things to do than go after "recreational" drug users in states that legalize marijuana.
"We've got bigger fish to fry," Obama told ABC News' Barbara Walters.
He was weighing in on the issue for the first time since voters in the two states approved initiatives to legalize the recreational use of marijuana – which is still a crime under federal law.
Obama admitted this disconnect between federal and local laws had put him in a tough spot.
"I head up the executive branch. We're supposed to be carrying out laws," he said. "And so what we're going to need to have is a conversation about how do you reconcile a federal law that still says marijuana is a federal offense and state laws that say that it's legal?"
The Justice Department is still looking into how to handle the conflict. But in the meantime, Obama suggested, the feds aren't gearing up for what might be a costly, unpopular crackdown on tokers in Colorado and Washington.
Related: Americans to feds -- Keep your hands off our pot
"You've seen the voters speak on this issue. And as it is, the federal government has a lot to do when it comes to criminal prosecutions," he said.
"It would not make sense for us to see a top priority as going after recreational users in states that have determined that it's legal."
The president's comments on the new Colorado and Washington laws echo the stand he took on medical marijuana during the 2008 campaign, when he said prosecutions would be a low priority.
Related: So where will all that 'legal' pot come from?
Two years later, though, federal authorities toughened up that stance, announcing that dispensaries and growers in 18 states that have legalized medical marijuana could be charged with violating drug and money-laundering laws. Dozens of medical marijuana collectives have been ordered shut since then.
Washington State's new law makes it legal for adults to possess up to one ounce of marijuana, but some speculate the federal government will prosecute those who use marijuana on federal land because federal law prohibits marijuana use. NBC's Kristen Dahlgren reports.
Federal prosecutors have not sounded as relaxed as Obama about new state legalization efforts.
Hours before the law in her state went into effect, the U.S. attorney in Washington, Jenny Durkan, issued a warning that "growing, selling or possessing any amount of marijuana remains illegal under federal law."
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Ezra Klein explains how reclassifying marijuana to a lesser category can reduce some of the tension between federal law prohibiting the drug and new state laws allowing its use medicinally or in small quantities.
Obama – who revealed in his 1995 memoir that he was a regular pot smoker in high school -- said he doesn't back wider legalization of marijuana "at this point." And he wanted to nip in the bud any suggestion that he's pro-weed.
"There are a bunch of things I did that I regret when I was a kid," Obama said in excerpts of the interview, which airs Friday on "20/20."
"My attitude is, substance abuse generally is not good for our kids, not good for our society," he said. "I want to discourage drug use."
Related: Feds fire warning shot over pot legalization
Obama was frank about his youthful drug use in his best-selling book, "Dreams from My Father."
"I blew a few smoke rings, remembering those years. Pot had helped, and booze; maybe a little blow when you could afford it. Not smack, though," he wrote.
"Junkie. Pothead. That's where I'd been headed: the final, fatal role of the young would-be black man."
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