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Disable autorun in 98 to Vista
This is just and FYI, it is a little off my normal topics.
I had to write up something for a newsletter that tried the gpedit.MSC approach. That way had many pitfalls and several limitations. I gave them a simple regfix to do the same thing.
Stop CDs from Auto Running:
If you don't want your CDs or DVDs to Autorun, you can turn this off.
To do this in any system from 95 to Vista:
|Open Notepad and copy/paste the following 3 lines
|Save the file as disableautoCD.reg. (You have to be sure to change the "Save File as Type" to "All Files" before saving, or Windows will try to save it as a .txt even if you typed in .reg.)
|Locate the file you just saved and double-click the file to run it. You will receive a prompt asking if you want to add the data to the registry. Click yes to allow the modification.
To re-enable Autorun:
|Open Notepad and copy/paste the following 3 lines
|Save the file as enableautoCD.reg. (You have to be sure to change the "Save File as Type" to "All Files" before saving, or Windows will try to save it as a .txt even if you typed in .reg.)
|Locate the file you just saved and double-click the file to run it. You will receive a prompt asking if you want to add the data to the registry. Click yes to allow the modification.
D-LINK Response Point install
I finally got a moment to play with this unit further. I have set it up as mentioned earlier. With this system you must be on a simple network as you are required to run a software suite to program the system. The cd that comes with the system auto launches and presents you with several options. You need to choose your phone system model # and then choose to install the software. After pressing next several times, agreeing with the legal speak it cranks through installing the software. As a side note you do need to check the admin console box to install the configuration software. This is so you can make one machine the Admin and all of the rest will just have functionality software.
With that done I launched the admin software. The phone system is listed by mac address and model #. I chose our system and pressed connect. There is another option to specify the IP as well. This opens up another screen and requires the needed info. I went the easy route, after all this needs to be simple enough to be installed by the end user. After pressing connect you get an "Are you sure this is your system?" type prompt. Agree and enter the default password of admin. Note this is case sensitive. It will ask you to change your password and log you in.
Setting up a phone was very easy. You connect it to the network and click phones on the menu. Choose add new phone. The phone will appear in a list of unassigned phones. Choose your phone and then choose assign user. This brings up a new screen. One of the cool things I noticed about this was I can assign the phone to a person, location, group, or Job Role. This will change the identifier (CID) of the phone. I chose location and put in Front Desk as this will be my Operator/Secretary phone. Choose next and it programs the phone and brings the phone up as its new extension.
All in all it is very easy! This may be a competitor to companies like the one I work for. If you have a small business customer who needs a phone system you can ship this to them and they can figure 99% of it out. I don't see that as being a good solution as you want to build a relationship with the customer. I see easily see this system being sold at Wal-Mart and Best Buy. It has a basic user set with a few bells and whistles. It includes the vital services such as Voice mail and address book integration as well as cool features as dial by voice. If I want to call the front desk for example I press the blue "rp" button and say call "bob". The system repeats back basically what you said and then connects the call.
I am going to play and will write more later.
Switchvox update Finally Released
It has been a long year wait but it is finally released. I will do an update and let you know how it goes. Anyway here is the new enhancement feature set.
Released on 2009-04-06
Unified Communications
Fax – Send and receive faxes using Switchvox. You can use your fax machine, or fax files from your desktop computer.
Video calling – You can now use video phones with Switchvox. Video phones do not require any special set up, but for video quality we recommend that you use the same kind of phone on both ends of the call.
Chat – The new Switchvox private chat server uses the XMPP protocol. The Switchboard offers a Chat Panel, or you can use your favorite XMPP-based client. Also, you can set the chat (Jabber) hostname for Switchvox in Network Settings, and the chat (Jabber) hostname for any VOIP Providers that run a Jabber-based chat server that you will use (including a peered Switchvox).
IMAP Mailbox – Each extension now has a one-stop IMAP Mailbox for both voicemail and faxes.
Admin Features
Phone Setup for snom technology, Inc. phones – Phone Setup is available for VOIP phones manufactured by snom technology, Inc. (Phone Setup for Polycom, Inc. phones has been available since v9337).
Disk-space Quotas – You can set a disk-space quota for voicemail and fax usage for each extension and extension group. Also, you can see the voicemail and fax disk-space usage, in total and for each extension.
Call queue improvements – Queue members can log into, out of, and pause their status on each queue (rather than a set of queues). In the Switchboard, queue members can pause their status (when they are logged in), and add a comment about why they are unavailable or when they might be back. Also, queue status changes are now available as URL Manager events.
Notification Templates – Admins can customize multiple templates for voicemail notifications. These templates are available to users as 'default' templates. When Users sets up their notifications, they can select from these default templates or (if they have permission) customize their own templates.
Centralized Voicemail on Peered Switchvoxes – You can set up a peered Switchvox as the SIP Provider for External Voicemail.
Bulk Import Extensions tool – You can use a CSV file to create and modify extensions.
IVR Menu Actions –
Send an email (with or without a sound)
Set global (system-wide) variables
Get global (system-wide) variables
Get extension status
Get extension type
Check a user password
Perform math
Concatenate variables
Send a recorded sound to a voicemail box
Store a recorded sound in the Sound Manager
Upload a sound to a Web application
Play a sound from a web application
Merge sounds
Access Control – You can set up multiple rules to limit network access to Switchvox services.
BRI: B410P Support – This card is configured in the Channel Admin.
HD Voice G722 Support – High quality wideband audio.
6-digit extensions – Extensions can be 3, 4, 5, or 6 digits.
Scheduled Reports – You can set up regularly scheduled reports to be emailed as HTML, XML, or a chart.
Advanced reports on inbound DIDs – Call Reports can now be created based on the Incoming DID.
Network and VOIP Provider Settings –
Network Settings: IP ToS settings (audio and video)
VOIP Providers: RTP Port Range
SIP provider:
Caller-ID method
Include user=phone in SIP
Use Local Address in From Header
Enable Jitterbuffer
Allow Reinvite
Channel Admin:
Ring Debounce (for analog lines with FXO signaling)
Network Specific Facility Code (for PRI T1/E1 Bearer channels)
PRI Reset Interval (for PRI T1/E1 Bearer channels)
Password-strength indicator – When an Admin or a User is creating a new password, a password strength-indicator lets him know how strong his new password is.
Subscription-Expiration Alerts – New alerts let you know if your Subscription is expiring soon (or if it has already expired), and Renewal links help you easily get your Subscription renewed.
XML API: Switchvox Extend – An XML-based API lets administrators access call logs, call reports, and extension lists.
Digium Addon Products – Admins can easily register Digium products for Switchvox. In particular, you can register your fax license (in the Admin Suite, select Machine Admin -> Digium Addon Products).
Advanced Debugging – You won't need to use these tools unless requested by a Switchvox Service Representative. It includes SIP and PRI debug, and Asterisk console viewer.
User Features
Voicemail Greetings – You can customize multiple voicemail greetings, specify which greeting should be active, and assign different greetings to play when you are unavailable versus on the phone.
Organized Phonebooks – You can create and manage multiple phonebooks, to keep your contacts organized. You can also see each contact's `Additional Numbers' that they publish, and create and modify your own additional numbers for them.
Additional Numbers – You can set up your own `Additional Numbers' so that co-workers can easily call you at the numbers you publish (your mobile phone, or an extension on the manufacturing floor).
Call queue improvements – You can log into, out of, and pause your status on each queue. When you pause your status, you can add a comment to let people know when you might be back.
Conference Announcement – A caller can record his name before entering a conference room. Then, when he enters and exits the conference room, the recording is played.
Chat Panel – The chat panel includes the company directory for easy communications.
Company Directory Panel – The Company Directory panel offers type-to-find, to help you quickly find your co-workers' extensions.
Multiple Phonebook Panels – Each of the your Phonebooks is available as a Switchboard panel.
Centralized presence – Across peered Switchvox PBXs, Phonebook entries show consistent Presence and call details.
Presence Settings – Presence settings include:
Away (includes a comment)
Extended Away (includes a comment)
Do Not Disturb
One-click options – These features are now available with quick one-click access in your Switchboard panels:
Phonebook entries let you dial additional phone numbers.
Extended entries let you Barge and Whisper.
In/out/pause queue-status icons let you set your status for each queue (including a comment for a paused status)
The extension type `Call Queue Agent' has been removed. If you have extensions of this type, you can still maintain them. However, we recommend using a `Virtual' extension instead, which offers the same features as the `Call Queue Agent,' but without the limitations.
I have noticed something that is glaringly missing from this kit. POE. All devices have power cords so keep that in mind when you install it. I would recommend a small UPS for each desk. Otherwise your phones go dead when the power is out. I think that the addition of POE would make this a much better kit as you would need fewer UPS units and fewer cords at the desktops. Moving on…
After looking at the system I am wondering how necessary the switch will be. The Router has an 8 port on it and should handle a small phone system fine. We shall see.
I am going to set the system with just the Router (Left), Phone System (right), and one Phone (center). I will also connect my laptop to the setup to run the CD that came with the system.
I am still very pleased with the exceedingly small size of this system!
To get the unit going I powered up the router for IP, the phone system, and then a phone. So far it is very plug and play. The phone, phone system, and my laptop pulled an IP with no issues. All of the devices came with a short cat 5 cable. I am a little concerned the length of these as they appear to be about 4 ft long. I have a hard time getting a 7 ft cable to be long enough on most installs. I would recommend purchasing a 7ft plus cable for each phone before you install this.
Microsoft Response Point on D-LINK out of the box to a test install.
In the continuing march to make VOIP inexpensive enough for any small business, D-Link released a Microsoft Response Point phone system. I have dealt with an early release Response Point from Syspine. It was neat and well suited to a small company that needed a basic phone system. What let me down before was the lack of programmability and expansion. It was along the lines of do you want voicemail? Yes or No? There were really no other options. We have now entered the second release and I have high hopes.
I was just handed a D-LINK DVX-2000MS Response Point phone system bundle to play with. (GOODY!) I started opening boxes and this is what I found: A D-link switch, a Business D-link router, 5 D-Link phones, an analog gateway, and the phone system.
To start with the phone system is very small. (4″X9″X8″ approx) It looks like a micro PC that has most of the connectors blocked off. USB, audio out, a 12v barrel connector, and a NIC are the only ports available. I can see that if limited space is an issue this will be a good option.
The switch (DES-1228) and router (DIR-130) are from D-Links business line. I do not have much experience with these but I am pleased they did not include the Best Buy consumer models as they are not all that great. It also had a wireless router (DIR-330) with it that I will not use in this test.
The phones (DPH-125MS) are small with few buttons. They have a basic LCD and use a menu system for some features. I am very happy to see hold, mute, and voicemail have physical buttons. I have dealt with soft buttons and such for those and that makes it a pain to use so good job there. It has a speaker phone as well. They are also nice looking to boot.
The Analog Gateway is something I am happy to see for several reasons. First is expansion. The Old system was what you see is what you get. With the migration to gateway devices you can "stack" the units to add lines as you need them within reason. The second reason is that you can have your analog gateways near the dmark which is generally speaking a hostile environment. This leaves the system to be placed next to a managers desk or next to the server if you have one. That way if you damage the gateway you can just buy a new one as opposed to having to replace the whole system. Very nice!
Now we have the hardware listed I will start the setup but that is the next post.
HP Switches and Valcom IP Page
Sorry for the break in writing, I have been doing grunt work lately as I have been wiring up a Valcom page system that integrates Via SIP to my SwitchVox phone system. It has gone great with the exception of white noise on the over head speakers.I have been working on this with Valcom and have finally found a solution to a white noise issue on my overhead Valcom speakers. It appears that the POE from the HP 5400 series chassis has a little noise in it. Normally this is a non-issue, but with speakers from the PA being run directly off the POE the white noise comes though loud and clear.
If you are doing this install I recommend smaller 1u switches from HP or 3Com as they do not present the white noise so badly.
This is another example of integration betwwn older analog tech and the digital world. Digital clocks for POE network the Valcom IP Clock.
Simply add a clock to any location on the network via RJ-45 connection. Power to the clock is provided by Power-Over-Ethernet (PoE) which eliminates the need for additional costly outlets.
Consistent and accurate time across an entire organization maintains efficiency and smooth company operation:
Manufacturing Facilities – Synchronized time promotes adherence to schedules keeping the organization consistently meeting productivity goals.
Healthcare – Daily healthcare requires synchronized time schedules which are critical for patient care and timely delivery of medications.
Schools & Universities – Accurate timekeeping is crucial in transitioning students from one class to the next. Access control systems (security) require synchronized timing … doors lock at a certain time all across the campus.
Valcom IP Clock Features:
Set automatically by NTP (Network Time Protocol)
10/100BaseT Ethernet compatible
DHCP or static IP addressable
Power over Ethernet (IEEE 802.3af)
No master clock required
Simple User Control for:
IP configuration
NTP server address
Time zone offset from UTC, Daylight Savings Time
Time Display, 12/24 hour format
Status reporting
Industrial grade metal housings
Digital Clocks
2.5" or 4.0" numerals with four (4) or six (6) digit display
Red LED seven-segment display
Analog Clocks
12" or 16" round
Valcom's IP PoE Clock Systems eliminate the need for specialized software – manage one single clock or thousands of clocks from any PC on the network.
The SwitchVox Fix ALL
I have been waiting for the promised Silver Bullet Upgrade from SwitchVox for over a half a year now. It is supposed to come out sometime this month. Now I have been told all of my echo issues on the analog cards are due to old drivers not playing well with the new analog boards and echo cancel boards. That being said I would really like to know why they are dragging their feet on releasing the fix.
I should give you a little back story…
In July my company started selling a phone system from Digium called SwitchVox. I was very excited about this product as it had TONS of features an innovative web interface and very easy configuration. The other major plus is that almost everything was in the box ready to go. No additional licenses for IVR (auto attendant), Call groups, voicemail, etc. If Switchvox could do it, it was free with the system. (there are some add-ons from other vendors you have to get separately but these are things like voice recognition and other cool options.) SwitchVox is an awesome package for a very reasonable price. We tested it for some time and it seemed to work great in house. Ok, let's sell it as it looks great! First install went smoothly and it all seems ok. It was a very quick install and a very happy install tech. Next day, Customer calls the echo is terrible to the point of not useable, odd. Lets run the built in echo settings tool. It seems better now. It was rinse and repeat after that as the issue kept returning. We called tech support. They were Johnny on the spot and great to work with. SwitchVox configured up a phone remotely so they could hear the issues and worked to resolve them. It was better now. A month later the issues retuned. This is getting old. Now keep in mind we have several installs out now and they all had the same issue. Strange that our in house demo unit did not have the issue. Contacted the supplier (Interlink Web) and they were the ones to tell me the ZAPTel driver in the software did not properly support the newly released analog cards. Of course that is what we sold out customer, the latest and greatest. Sigh.
Now I am still waiting as they want to get the release "just right" and support a bunch of new features. From what I hear the new features are holding up the release. Just one thing, I COULD CARE LESS ABOUT NEW FEATURES AT THIS POINT! I just want the box to work with analog lines. It appears that they are more worried a about video phones (cool) working then making the existing systems function. Now that we are near the end and the release is near I was able to hold on to most the customers and keep them on SwitchVox. Now reach install is different. One is on a SIP trunk so they do not use the analog lines and is ecstatic about the system another other wants the echo problem to just get fixed.
Don't get me wrong I like SwitchVox a lot and will continue to recommend them once they fix the analog issue. As far as features, options, and configuration goes it is a great solution. They just need to work on problem resolution over the latest new feature.
Just the latest rant.
3Com on a VPN
Due to necessity we have a remote user on a VPN tunnel to run her laptop and phone. While I hear many of you groan (I did at the time too) there are just no way out of doing it at times. Recently she called into the office, via Cell, to tell us that her phone was not working. I logged into her Sonicwall and discovered I can ping the phone and the phone system. I then logged in to the phone system and it shows her as IP unknown with the correct IP listed. It also shows all of the VPN tunnels as up. I then sent her the request via Email to do the following:
Can you pull the little black cord from the phone wait 1 min. and then plug it back in for me?
OK did that now I have a dial tone. I tried that yesterday but it did not work so glad this time it did.
Thanks for your help!
No problem. Unfortunately you may have problems now and again as the phone is going through a VPN. Usually the best fix is as follows.
Open a Command window (Start – run –Type CMD – enter)
A black window should appear. In that black window type Ping 192.168.40.10.
You should get a response back with times.
If you get a "Timed Out" comment give the office a call or wait 10 min and try again.
If it pings back properly; please pull the power from the phone for one min then plug it back in.
It seems these kinds of procedures are necessary for older proprietary VOIP systems. The newer SIP based solutions (Asterisk/Switchvox/Trixbox) seem to have an easier time of it as does the Altigen VOIP as it seems to have been designed with this in mind. In time as the bandwidth and quality on the internet improves I think many companies will not even have a phone system as it will all be "hosted" elsewhere and the phones will just connect via the net. Until that day if you have remote users take a hard look at Altigen and Astrisk to control all of just your remote users or deal with the randomness of the VPN tunnel.
Valcom Speakers and Paging
I will admit that page is a fairly new addition to my arsenal of education. It was an outgrowth from the SIP/VOIP side. I had worked with Roland and Bogen before but from my stand point VALCOM is definitely the winner. All speakers are connected in Parallel using cat 3 – 2 pair wire. Two of the wires Black – White are for power. The green red is the audio source. The advantage here is there is no main amp that can blow out as all of the speakers have their own amp integrated in. It also means a single span running down the hallway will support all of the speakers. They also have a wide variety of speakers for any application.
The other reason I like Valcom is for the SIP integration boxes. Currently I have a school where each zone (Building) runs off a single VIP-801. This allows the phone system (SwitchVox) to page the phones (Polycom) and the overhead simultaneously by just dialing an extension. The 801 is set up just like a SIP Phone with an easy to use interface. Very cool and it saved the school money as they did not need a speaker in every room as the phone itself repeated the page.
I will have more on this later but until I find something better Valcom is my Page System provider.


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Curmudgeonly comments documenting an unsuccessful attempt to remain in the Episcopal Church (USA) and the Anglican Communion at the same time---with some leavening for good measure.
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
A Pewster's Primer on Property Lawsuits
Q Who is suing whom?
A Most often, the plaintiffs bringing the lawsuits are the Episcopal Church itself, together with one of its 100+ dioceses, which are its regional members. When a congregation in one of the dioceses serves notice that it is pulling out of the Church (for various reasons), the Church and that diocese file suit against it for its buildings, bank accounts, hymnals, prayer books, vestments, candlesticks, crosses, vessels and altar cloths. Not only that, but they sue the parish rectors and vestry members as well, and frequently seek punitive damages against them, both as a means of punishment and intimidation, and to make it more costly for them to have to defend themselves in addition to their parish.
Q Why do they sue for those things? Don't they belong to the congregation that paid for them, and that saved the money in its bank account?
A On paper, all those things are in the congregation's name, yes, because (almost always) the congregation has paid for them, and neither the Church nor the diocese has paid a thing. But the Church and the Diocese claim that all the congregation's assets are held in trust, and cannot be used outside of the Church. So when the congregation votes to leave, the diocese says: "Fine, but leave us your keys, your deeds, and your bank accounts."
Q Did the congregation know about that trust?
A Most often not, until just before the lawsuit is filed. That's because it was created by passing a Canon (bylaw) at the Church's national convention in 1979, and then neither the Church nor the dioceses told their congregations about it. Even one of the Church's bishops admitted recently in a lawsuit that "no one expects church members to know much about the Canons."
Q How can the Church enforce a trust that no one knew about?
A Because many courts are allowing them to. They say to the congregation: "When you joined the Church, you agreed to abide by all of its canons."
Q But did congregations joining the Church in the 1800's agree to abide by a Canon passed in 1979, if they weren't told about it?
A The courts say it doesn't matter. The congregations were supposedly "represented" at the national convention that adopts the Canons, whether they actually knew about them or not.
Q Even if a congregation knew about the 1979 Canon, how can a Church simply declare that a trust exists on all of its parishes' properties, just like that? Wouldn't each congregation have to sign a deed placing its property into such a trust, for it to be recognized in court?
A Again, that's they way everyone else has to create a trust, yes -- the owner of the property in question has to sign a document in writing that places the property into a trust.
Q So how do the courts let the Episcopal Church get away without having the signed consent of each of its congregations?
A Because it's a big national church, and claims it has the power over each of its congregations to do so. And the courts don't like to ask too many questions about the structure and power arrangements of a church, for fear of interfering with the "free exercise" of its religion, under the First Amendment.
Q Has the Church succeeded in each of its lawsuits to date?
A By no means. Its arguments have been successful to date in about nine states, and have been unsuccessful thus far in about eight others. Final decisions are still pending in other states. Each State decides the cases according to its own law of trusts, and those differ widely.
Q Will the differing results ever get resolved?
A The United States Supreme Court could help, by making it clear that an earlier decision was not intended to grant national churches a special privilege to bypass State trust laws.
Q Is there any chance of its doing so?
A There are three cases now pending before it asking it to do just that. We will probably not know whether it will agree to hear them before June, or possibly not even until next October.
Q How much is all this litigation costing?
A I estimate about $25 million to date -- there is nothing so expensive as litigating over 75 lawsuits, some of them through several appeals. You can read how I arrive at that estimate here.
Q What are the Church and its dioceses doing with the properties they win in their lawsuits?
A Most of the time they have no remaining congregations sufficient to occupy them and pay for their upkeep and the costs of operation, including the salaries. Very few of the properties -- less than half a dozen or so -- are now in the hands of Episcopal congregations who actually use them each week.
Q So what can the diocese do with a property for which there is no congregation?
A It tries to sell it -- and if it does so, it is usually for a loss (in the current market). It uses the money to defray the costs of litigation.
Q Could the congregation that lost purchase it from the diocese?
A The leadership of the Episcopal Church strongly discourages that, and practically all of the dioceses have refused to sell, to what they regard as "the schismatics", i.e., "the competition."
Q How does that make sense?
A It doesn't. Frankly, it's madness. Despite their protestations, the leaders of the Church have not managed to preserve any assets "for future generations", and they have consumed far more of the Church's endowment on lawsuits than they will ever replace through sales of property.
Q So why does the litigation continue?
A Solely as a means of intimidation against those who are thinking of leaving, and as a punishment of those who left. And it will continue until the Episcopal Church itself either depletes its own available assets, or until those in its pews and pulpits bring the leaders to their senses.
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You might add that the Episcopal Church is also suing the rectors and vestries of the departing congregations, alleging fraud and wrongdoing on their part and demanding damages from them too. Of course there is no justification for that other than pure evil.ReplyDelete
You are right, sophy0075, and I have corrected my first Q and A to reflect that dastardly element of ECUSA's strategy in these cases.ReplyDelete
Great job on helping those who don't know what's really going on in the church property litigation front. Here's another question I thought of:
Q: Have individual parishes made settlements/deals with TEC and what is the outcome?
A: Yes, several have; however, part of the settlement is that the parish pays for the property AND is not allowed to associate with any Anglican province (e.g, ACNA, CANA, etc.) for at least five years.
What about Mississippi? I've read about a Catholic church on the Gulf Coast and a Presbyterian church in Madison who left PCUSA and kept its property, but I don't know if this was all settled in local probate court, or if some things on neutral principles had to be straightened out, etc. I think the Madison Presbyterian church took some issue not to the state Supreme Court, but to the US Circuit. I can find nothing about the decision, but since that was back in 2007 and the church is still there, I assume they won...but I don't know.ReplyDelete
In my opinion, there is a bold and useful thing the Abp. of Canterbury could do before relinquishing his post that would leave him standing taller and with a legacy much brighter than if simply quietly winds things down. What I suggest is related to the fact that the Abp. has operated on an apparent belief that there is no reason to have a time certain for ending mediation and negotiation of an issue or issues, while in actuality--whether at the courthouse steps or some other further next-step that may follow mediation or negotiation--a no-time-certain approach with regard to mediation or negotiation will almost universally operate to deny justice to one of the parties to a dispute, as has occurred in the case of congregations where there has been a clearly demonstrated desire of individuals not to remain affiliated with TEC/ECUSA. Thus, what the Abp.can now do to rectify his past approach involving issues in property litigation cases is to file amicus briefs in every property dispute pending in an appellate court in this country in which TEC/ECUSA is a party and clearly point out that TEC/ECUSA is largely at fault for the entire matter being before the court. This should deservedly take much of the wind from TEC/EDCUS's "sails" and would provide necessary guidance to the courts as what is really involved in these disputes.ReplyDelete
To hopefully simplify my post relating to what may now available to the Abp. of Canterbury with regard to submitting an amicus brief in various TEC/ECUSA's legal actions against congregations where a majority of members have voted in favor of no longer remaining affiliated with TEC/ECUSA: (A). A bishop is consecrated in TEC/ECUSA in violation of Church law of provinces in the Anglican Communion. (B). The Abp. of Canterbury provides the greatest possible forbearance to TEC/ECUSA in dealing with this situation (i.e., under what I termed a policy of a no-time-certain end to mediation and/or negotiation of various related issues). (C). In no way, morally or legally, does (B)justify TEC's/ECUSA's proceeding in property litigation against a congregation where the majority of a congregation has voted in favor of no longer remaining affiliated with TEC/ECUSA,if,in fact,(as noted in (A)), the above consecration in TEC/ECUSA simply continues to remain in violation of Church law in provinces of the Anglican Communion.ReplyDelete


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RMOUG – Call for Nominations to the Board of Directors 2012-2013
RMOUG – Call for Nominations to the Board of Directors 2012-2013
The Rocky Mountain Oracle Users Group continues to be the leading locally organized user group in the country. The success of RMOUG can be attributed to its members, the volunteers who support the activities of the users group, and the Board of Directors who provides direction for the users group.
The RMOUG bylaws require the regular election of the Board of Directors.
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February 27, 2013, Kennewick, WA (ISN) – Portland jumped out to a two goal lead and when all looked grim, the Americans true colors showed.
Facing the two goal deficit, the Tri-City Americans (37-22-1-2, 77 pts) rebounded as Justin Feser sparked an Americans comeback in his 311th consecutive game, helping them earn a 4-2 win over the CHL's best Portland Winterhawks (51-10-1-2, 105 pts) in front of 3,783 on Tuesday night at the Toyota Center.
Feser tied the WHL record set by Dwayne Newman for most consecutive games played. He is anticipated to break the record on Friday against Seattle. Feser had a goal tonight, which was the 150th of his career.
The Americans extended their season high win streak to six games while snapping Portland's five game win streak. Portland won the season series over Tri-City 6-3.
The first period was advantage Portland, outshooting Tri-City 14-8. Portland scored first as Shaun MacPherson received a stretch pass from Nicolas Petan as MacPherson got out of the penalty box, allowing a breakaway chance and slipping a backhand past Troy Trombley to take a 1-0 lead. Tri-City had two power play opportunities in the first, but couldn't capitalize on either chance as the Winterhawks had a one goal lead after one.
Portland increased their lead to two early in the second period. Petan fed a pass to Ty Rattie, who was able to slip the puck into the net. But Tri-City fought back into the game midway through the second as Justin Feser sparked the Americans by scoring his 39th goal of the season, firing a laser past Brendan Burke. Parker Bowles tied the game with just over two minutes remaining in the period. Both teams had 12 shots in the period but it was Tri-City with the momentum heading into the third period.
Tri-City took their first lead of the game 6:42 into the third. Connor Rankin battled for the puck in front of the goal crease and was able to slap it into the net to take a 3-2 lead. Less than two minutes later, the Americans would pad the lead as Malte Strömwall passed it to Zachary Yuen in the slot, firing a wrist shot under Burke's glove to make it 4-2. The Winterhawks pressed to try and cut the lead to one and eventually tie the game, but excellent defense and Trombley's play in net kept the puck out of the goal and helped the Americans complete the comeback win.
With the goal tonight, Bowles is the youngest Americans rookie to reach 20 goals in a season at 17-years-old. Jaroslav Kristek was the youngest Americans rookie to score 20 goals in a season when he was an 18-year-old rookie during the 1997-98 season.
The Americans were 0-for-2 on the power play, bringing their home power play goal streak to an end at six games. The Americans killed off all three Portland power play opportunities.
Trombley made 37 saves in his sixth win in a row, while Burke made 27 saves in the loss.
Tri-City will play their final game of the six game home stretch on Friday, March 1 when the Seattle Thunderbirds (21-34-7-1, 50 pts) come to the Toyota Center. Game time is at 7:05 p.m. Tri-City has won the last four meetings between the two teams, including a 4-3 overtime win in the most recent meeting in Kent. NewsTalk 870 will broadcast the game beginning at 6:45 p.m. with the pregame show. WHL Live will stream the game starting at 7:00 p.m. Tickets are still available at the Toyota Center Box Office, any Fred Meyer outlet, at any Ticketmaster location or online at Ticketmaster.com.
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Wrecking Dawn
I realize many of you aren't up to date with the Twilight series, but don't worry: I'm here for you.
Besides, according to Wikipedia this latest installment of sparkly vampires and shirt-o-phobic werewolves is really just your basic story of love, marriage, childbirth, and C-sections performed with teeth.
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- Susan B. Anthony's "Is it a crime for a U.S. citizen to vote?" was a public attempt to convince potential jurors who might be called to weigh in on whether she was wrongly arrested for voting in a presidential election. She gave this speech nearly 50 times in the process, and we've got a great and detailed legal analysis of it from the Federal Judicial Center.
- Annie Oakley's libel cases and courtroom speeches were an effort to regain control over her public image, following spurious newspaper reports about her alleged drug use and erratic behavior. The celebrity sharpshooter turned out to be an effective legal advocate in her own behalf.
- Anita Hill's Senate testimony about Clarence Thomas happened during his confirmation hearings for his appointment as a U.S. Supreme Court justice--and detailed her sexual harrassment by Thomas. While it did not change his appointment, her testimony prompted thousands of women to step forward about their own harrassment.
- Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor spoke on "Portia's Progress" in 1991, at a ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of women's admission to New York University's law school, drawing on her own struggles advancing as a woman in the legal profession.
- Heidi Damon faced her attacker in court and, following a case in which he was tried for attacking and nearly raping her, shed the "Jane Doe" label. In taking back her name publicly, she made herself less of a victim and more of a role model, empowering other women to speak out about attacks.
- Caroline Criado-Perez gave a speech on talking back to cyber bullies that detailed her own experiences after she successfully campaigned to put historic women's images on UK currency. After she shares the violent sexual epithets hurled at her online, she counters what she was told about the police being unable to pursue her attackers, making a legal case for pursuing online trolls.
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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Stock futures moved marginally higher on Monday, as an important week for U.S. data kicks off with an Institute for Supply Management survey due after the opening bell.
Upbeat Chinese manufacturing data has given overseas markets a lift.
Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average US:DJM4 rose 19 points to 16,723, while those for the S&P 500 index US:SPM4 inched up 1 point to 1,922.40. Futures for the Nasdaq-100 index US:NDM4 gained 2.25 points to 3,737.75. Both the S&P and Dow industrials closed Friday at record levels.
At 9:45 a.m. Eastern Time, the Markit purchasing managers index for May will be released in what is a busy week for global PMI data. But the more closely watched data will come 15 minutes later, when the Institute for Supply Management publishes its May survey. The ISM index, which gauges the confidence of manufacturing executives, is seen edging up to a healthy 55.8% in May from 54.9% in the prior month. Any number above 50% signals expansion.
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"Everybody is more comfortable and understanding the current economic conditions are such that (it is) appropriate for monetary policy to remain highly accommodative well into 2015 and you know it could even be 2016," he said.
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The baton for Wall Street's rally was picked up by Asia on Monday, with the Nikkei 225 index NIK, +0.06% surging 2.1%. China's latest official PMI index rose to a five-month high of 50.8 in data released Sunday, helping boost Asian markets. That helped spur the U.S. dollar back over 102 yen USDJPY, +0.00%, which in turn boosted Japan stocks. Chinese markets on the mainland and in Hong Kong were closed for a holiday.
The strong Chinese data also helped European stocks, with gains for the Stoxx Europe 600 SXXP, -0.05% driven by natural-resource firms.
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Shares of American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust Inc. US:HCT surged 11% on news that Ventas Inc. VTR, +2.96% has agreed to buy the company in a $2.6 billion deal.
Shares of Protective Life Corp. US:PL soared 17% in premarket trading after Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co. 8750, -0.30% said it was considering buying a life insurer, in response to a report that it was mulling a $4.87 deal to buy Protective Life, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Another that could see active premarket trading is Allergan Inc. AGN, +0.31%. Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. US:VRX late Friday lifted its bid again for the Botox maker to $55 billion from $49.4 billion.
Shares of Conn's Inc. CONN, -0.65% surged 11% in premarket trade after the retailer beat analysts' first-quarter profit and sales estimates.
In other markets, gold futures for August US:GCQ4 eased, while crude oil for July delivery CLN24, -50.16% pushed slightly higher.
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Striving to make every day "a sensational fashion day" (taking a "Fashion Shower" — whatever that may be — seems like an integral part of it), Anna Dello Russo is taking OTT fashion to the masses with her new H&M collaboration. The full lookbook was released today and included a huge line of 50 products, ranging from Groucho-Marx-eyebrow sunglasses, to a clutch topped with a miniature version of Anna's dog, Cucciolina. The whole line aims to recreate what it's like to travel to Fashion Weeks around the world (that explains the turquoise suitcase with the gold scrolls), and the fantasy that goes along with it: "It's like a dash of fairy tale magic, or Alice's white rabbit — a door to a new dimension." Hey, if there's any way to make a pit stop at Panera a little more glamorous, we're in. Now, hand over those earrings! (WWD)
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Mayor Bloomberg Announces Pearson PLC Will Add 600 Jobs in New York City Through Relocation and Creation of New Media and Technology Jobs
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Pearson North America Chief Executive Will Ethridge today announced that Pearson PLC will add 600 jobs in New York City by the summer of 2014 through relocation and the creation of new media and technology jobs. The global learning company will expand its presence in Manhattan's burgeoning Hudson Square neighborhood, where a portion of Pearson's operations are already headquartered. The expansion includes the relocation of professionals from Upper Saddle River, New Jersey and White Plains, New York to 270,000 square feet of newly renovated space at 330 Hudson Street. The relocated jobs have an average annual salary of $72,000. New York City Economic Development Corporation(NYCEDC) and Empire State Development (ESD) worked closely with Pearson to provide benefits and additional savings for its new location. Mayor Bloomberg and Pearson Executive Will Ethridge were joined for the announcement at 330 Hudson Street by State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn, NYCEDC President Seth W. Pinsky, ESD Executive Director Peter W. Davidson, Beacon Capital Partners Founder and Chairman Alan Leventhal, Trinity Real Estate President Jason Pizer and Hudson Square Connection President Ellen Baer.
"To expand and create jobs, businesses need to have confidence in the future. Pearson's relocation to and expansion at Hudson Square and its long-term investment in New York City is the latest example of the private sector's confidence in the direction of our City and future growth of our local economy," said Mayor Bloomberg. "It's a smart move. We've worked to continue to grow New York City as a vibrant center for media, technology and innovation, and together with Trinity Real Estate and other partners, we've worked to promote Hudson Square as a prime commercial destination. Add to that a developer willing to invest more than $100 million in the area and a global company willing to bet on its future and the results are clear: hundreds of new jobs for New Yorkers."
"Pearson and New York City share a passion for innovation. We believe that the Hudson Square area is precisely the type of vibrant, stimulating center for media, education, and digital services for businesses like ours," said Pearson North America Chief Executive Will Ethridge. "Toward this goal we are consolidating our New York workforce at 330 Hudson Street, relocating professional employees from New Jersey and Westchester as well as expanding our workforce, especially in areas such as learning technologies, and as a result, setting up a new future technologies center in the City."
"The arrival of Pearson PLC is more proof that Lower Manhattan is fast becoming the media and new media capital of the world," said Speaker Silver. "Whether you're a young innovator starting new business, or an established firm looking to be where the action is, it is clear that Lower Manhattan is the place to be."
"I am thrilled that Pearson PLC has decided to move over 600 jobs to New York City, and especially to my own Council District," said Speaker Quinn. "We are working continuously to bring more jobs to the city, and this is a testament to that effort. Today's announcement illustrates that Hudson Square continues to be a haven for good paying, creative, highly sought after jobs."
"One of the main reasons New York has continued to outperform the national economy is that more people want to live in New York, more people want to work in New York, and more people want to visit New York," said Deputy Mayor for Economic Development Robert K. Steel. "Today's announcement by Pearson is the latest example of a growing trend of companies 'voting with their feet' by choosing to do business in New York City."
"Today's announcement is a great win for our City," said NYCEDC President Pinsky. "By adding hundreds of well-paying jobs right here in New York, Pearson is making a significant contribution to the Bloomberg Administration's ongoing efforts to ensure long-term economic growth across the five boroughs. I would like to thank Pearson for this major investment in the future of our economy. I would also like to thank our partners in the City and State for their work, and congratulate them on this important achievement."
"Bringing Pearson PLC to Manhattan demonstrates the strong efforts New York State has taken to attract private sector investment and job growth," said Empire State Development President, CEO & Commissioner Kenneth Adams. "ESD's Excelsior Program was the ideal tool to offer a maximum incentive package to the company while guaranteeing a great return on our investment with the more than 600 high-paying full-time jobs the company will bring to the state."
Pearson, whose US businesses include Pearson Education, The Financial Times Group, and Penguin Group US, will lease 270,000 square feet in a newly-renovated 440,000-square-foot building at 330 Hudson Street in Manhattan. The new facility, taken together with space Penguin occupies in 345 and 375 Hudson Street, will increase Pearson's Hudson Square footprint to some 706,000 square feet. The long-term investment in New York City's economy is expected to be complete by the summer of 2014. The lease on Pearson's new Hudson Square space will be held with Beacon Capital Partners, which earlier this year acquired a 99 year land lease on the property from Trinity Church. Beacon Capital Partners is leading the redevelopment of the building and will invest $113 million to refurbish the existing eight-story structure, add an additional eight stories, and partially fund the renovation of the floors Pearson will occupy. Pearson will invest an additional $21 million in the renovation. In addition to Hudson Square, the company will also relocate jobs to Hoboken, NJ.
NYCEDC offered Pearson $4.5 million in Business Incentive Rate energy savings for both the 330 Hudson Street space and the other spaces within their growing Hudson Square campus. New York State, through ESD, offered Pearson $9 million in Excelsior Jobs Program tax credits over 10 years for the new positions relocating from New Jersey. These benefits and energy savings are in addition to benefits Pearson is expected to apply for through the Lower Manhattan Relocation and Employment Assistance Program, an as-of-right program administered by the New York City Department of Finance. In addition, the building's developer, Beacon Capital Partners, is presently pursuing benefits through the Industrial and Commercial Incentive Program, also administered through the Department of Finance.
Hudson Square is fast becoming one of New York City's most dynamic and creative business districts. Located between the Hudson River on the west, Avenue of the Americas on the east, Houston Street on the north and Canal Street on the south, the former industrial warehouse and loft district, is now home to a diverse roster of companies, including MTV, New York Magazine, Omnicom, Saatchi & Saatchi, the Guggenheim Foundation, and Edelman, among others. According to the Hudson Square Connection, the area's Business Improvement District, more than 30,000 professionals presently work in Hudson Square. Hudson Square is also home to the 160 Varick Street incubator, the first in the City's network of nine incubators designed to provide affordable space to start-up businesses and to spur entrepreneurship throughout a variety of sectors.
"We are thrilled that Pearson is bringing 600 jobs to the district and is further evidence that Hudson Square is the city's home to creative sector companies in fields such as publishing, multimedia, architecture and design," said Ellen Baer, President of the Hudson Square Connection Business Improvement District. "In the past year, more than 400,000 square feet of space in Hudson Square was leased by creative businesses that came to the district to be close to peers in the industry."


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The GHO issues analytical reports on the current situation and trends for priority health issues. A key output of the GHO is the annual publication World Health Statistics, which compiles statistics for key health indicators on an annual basis. The World Health Statistics also include a brief report on annual progress towards the health-related MDGs. In addition, the GHO provides analytical reports on cross-cutting topics such as the report on women and health and burden of disease. Lastly, the GHO provides the link to specific disease or programme reports with a strong analytical component.
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Use the following guidelines when you bulk import data from a data file to an instance of Microsoft SQL Server:
Obtain required permissions for your user account.
The user account in which you use the bcp utility, the BULK INSERT statement, or the INSERT ... SELECT * FROM OPENROWSET(BULK...) statement must have the required permissions on the table, which are assigned by the table owner. For more information about permissions that are required by each method, see bcp Utility, OPENROWSET (Transact-SQL), and BULK INSERT (Transact-SQL).
Use the bulk-logged recovery model.
This guideline is for a database that uses the full recovery model. The bulk-logged recovery model is useful when performing bulk operations into an unindexed table (a heap). Using bulk-logged recovery helps prevent the transaction log from running out of space because bulk-logged recovery does not perform log row inserts. For more information about the bulk-logged recovery model, see Backup Under the Bulk-Logged Recovery Model.
We recommend that you change the database to use the bulk-logged recovery model immediately before the bulk import operation. Immediately afterwards, you should reset the database to the full recovery model. For more information, see Considerations for Switching from the Full or Bulk-Logged Recovery Model.
For more information about how to minimize logging during bulk import operations, see Prerequisites for Minimal Logging in Bulk Import.
Back up after bulk importing data.
For a database that uses the simple recovery model, we recommend that you take a full or differential backup after the bulk-import operation finishes. For more information, see Creating Full and Differential Backups of a SQL Server Database.
For the bulk-logged recovery model or full recovery model, a log backup is enough. For more information, see Creating Transaction Log Backups.
Drop table indexes to improve performance for large bulk imports.
This guideline is for when you are importing a large amount of data compared to the amount of data that is already in the table. In this case, dropping the indexes from the table before you perform the bulk-import operation can significantly increase performance.
If you are loading a small amount of data compared to the amount of data already in the table, dropping the indexes is counterproductive. The time required to rebuild the indexes might be longer than the time saved during the bulk-import operation.
For more information, see Optimizing Bulk Import Performance.
Find and remove hidden characters in the data file.
Many utilities and text editors display hidden characters, which are usually at the end of the data file. During a bulk-import operation, hidden characters in an ASCII data file can cause problems that cause an error of "unexpected null found". Finding and removing all the hidden characters should help prevent this problem.
See Also
Importing and Exporting Bulk Data by Using the bcp Utility
Importing Bulk Data by Using BULK INSERT or OPENROWSET(BULK...)
Data Formats for Importing or Exporting Data
Scenarios for Bulk Importing and Exporting Data
Other Resources
bcp Utility
BULK INSERT (Transact-SQL)
OPENROWSET (Transact-SQL)
Help and Information
Getting SQL Server 2005 Assistance
Change History
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OrangeSeed Design Holiday Tea Card
This is a holiday card about appealing to the sense – it looks, smells and feels just right. OrangeSeed Design created this card for their holiday message plus a cup of orange tea. We letterpress printed the cards on French Paper Poptone Sweet Tooth, 140lbC. Also included were string tags for the tea bags on the same press sheet. The card was die cut with a slit to hold the tea bags and scored into tri-fold panels.


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UC Santa Barbara
Competed in Discuss and Javelin in his first year at UCSB. Threw a season best of
46.12m in discuss throw at Oxy Invitational where he placed 15 th. Placed sixth in
Javelin at Big West Challenge cup.
High School
Was basketball Co-MVP for the 2010-2011 season...Fourth in the record books for all-time rebounds in a season (285)...Placed first in the Empire League his junior and senior year...Achieved the Coaches Award in football his senior year...Graduated with an unweighted GPA of 3.59...Prominent member of the Drama and Environmentalist Club.
Son of Albert Hughes Jr. and Serette Mitchell-Hughes...Has siblings, Bonniann Flowers, Andrew and Alicia Hughes...Chose UCSB because the competition brought him here...Hopes to double major in Philosophy and Political Science...Enjoys school and studying and playing basketball...Favorite movies include The Matrix Trilogy...Lists his favorite artists as LMFAO and Right Said Fred...Favorite novel is East of Eden...Blake Griffin is his favorite athlete.
Collegiate Bests
Discuss Throw- 46.12m (Oxy Invitational, 5/05/12)
Javelin- 50.74m (Big West Challenge Cup, 4/13/12)


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This is a page for a mediation process we are developing to help address interpersonal conflicts in and relating to the Noisebridge community. Mediators are committed to helping to de-escalate conflict, seek resolution, and provide community support and protection for the rights of all parties.
ConflictResolution contains general guidance for members of the community who are experiencing problems. These suggestions might help someone who is trying to decide if they should seek mediation or not.
The following people are available to help mediate conflicts and provide a sounding board and guidance for people who are experiencing troublesome interpersonal interactions.
- Rachel Lyra
- Rachel M
- Mitch
- Kelly
- Sean C
The following resources might be helpful in approaching mediation situations
(internet conflict mediation resources?)
Noisebridge operates by anarchic chaos, doocracy, and, like all organizations, a healthy serving of precedent. There are no rules for how this process should work, but we have some suggestions:
General process:
Mediators can actively mediate a discussion between individuals who are having conflict, or talk to one individual as a proxy for the other.
Mindfulness towards Escalation:
At this point, the Mediator (and indeed everyone involved) should start to tactfully ask around and find out if this is an isolated conflict or a more generalized problem in the community. Most personal problems at Noisebridge can be resolved through a series of mediated discussions. If mediation is unsuccessful, the Mediator may suggest that you bring your problem to meeting level for discussion.
Before a problem with an individual is brought to group level, someone must step forward to act as an advocate for the individual, even if they are widely disliked. It is easy for conflict to make people act in ways that they later regret, and plenty of people are willing to act as an advocate at group level (see mediator volunteer page).
Discussing personal conflicts at group level is rarely necessary, but a supportive group environment committed to discussion and de-escalation can help defuse a problematic situation, or assess if more attention to the situation is warranted. If you try to follow these suggestions, that would be totally excellent.
Specific process
First, talk to the person who asked you to mediate to find out more about the conflict.
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Another key area of focus is on interoperability. Zend works with database vendors to ensure that PHP has consistent database functionality across a wide range of database applications. Some of this work has also had a direct impact on the database developments themselves including Oracle's recent support for database resident connection pooling in Oracle 11g. This can provide massive improvements in scalability for large business-critical PHP deployments.
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Skylight's 'Porgy' a homecoming for Stampley, McKinney
When the Skylight Music Theatre stages "Porgy & Bess" in May, it will be a homecoming for Broadway and London theater veteran Nathaniel Stampley, a Milwaukee native who will return here for the production.
Stampley, who will sing the role of tough guy Crown in the Skylight's production, performed in the Broadway production of "Porgy" starring Audra McDonald, which closed in September after more than 300 performances. McDonald won a Tony Award for her performance. Stampley understudied the roles of Porgy and Crown in the Broadway production, and went on a number of times as Porgy.
Stampley, a baritone, has also performed on Broadway in "The Color Purple" and as Mufasa in "The Lion King" in London. He met his wife, Lanette Costas, while they were both performing in a touring company of "The Lion King."
Stampley won't be the only hometown guy in the production. Jason McKinney, a Whitefish Bay High School grad, will sing the role of Porgy for the Skylight.
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Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria celebrates 40th birthday today. It's a big day for Crown Princess Victoria as the Swedish royal celebrates turning 40, with festivities set to take place across two days in multiple parts of the Nordic country.
Victoria Ingrid Alice Désirée; born 14 July 1977), is the eldest child and heiress apparent of King Carl XVI Gustaf. If she ascends to the throne as expected, she will be Sweden's fourth queen regnant (after Margaret, Christina and Ulrika Eleonora) and the first since 1720.
So for today I believe "God Save the Queen" would fit nice, it's a tune by the British punk rock band the SEX PISTOLS. It was released as the band's second single and was later included on their only album, "Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols" . The song was released during Queen Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee in 1977. The record's lyrics, as well as the cover, were controversial at the time, and both the BBC and the Independent Broadcasting Authority refused to play the song. The song is an attack on the treatment of working-class people in England in the 1970s by the government.
SEX PISTOLS manager Malcolm McLaren released this to coincide with The Queen's Silver Jubilee, a celebration commemorating her 25th year on the throne. The SEX PISTOLS and their fans detested the monarchy and this celebration.
The Queen's Silver Jubilee took place on June 7, 1977. On that day, The SEX PISTOLS attempted to play this song from the Thames river, outside of Westminster Palace. It was a typical Malcolm McLaren promotional stunt, as they played up how the band was circumventing a "ban" by playing on the river instead of setting foot on ground. The performance never took place, as they were thwarted by authorities.
This was originally called "No Future." The band played it live and recorded a demo version with that title, but changed it when lead singer Johnny Rotten got the idea to mock the British monarchy.
This became an anthem for the punk movement in England. It expressed the anger young people felt toward the establishment. In the UK, this outsold the #1 song at the time, Rod Stewart's "I Don't Want To Talk About It," but it mysteriously and controversially stayed at #2.
The SEX PISTOLS were signed to A&M records when they recorded this. They dropped the band just as this was released, pulling all the singles. The ones that slipped through became valuable collectors items. In 2011 Record Collector magazine compiled its Top 50 most collectable records, and top of the list came the A&M release of this song - if you happen to have a copy the good news is it worth $12,000 (£8,000).
This was released on Virgin Records, the third label to sign The SEX PISTOLS (EMI and A&M both dropped the band because they were too much trouble). It was released as a single in May 1977, but the album did not come out until December, as they had many problems recording it.
Bass player Sid Vicious joined the band shortly before this was released - it was one of only two songs he played on. Original bassist Glen Matlock was fired because he was too nice.
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OSI for CCNA Layer 1: Physical
The CCNA exam has extensive coverage of hardware. That's the physical layer. The physical layer provides the electrical, optical, or over-the-air connection between the sending host device and the receiving host device. This typically involves copper or fiber-optic cabling, or wireless radio connections, patch panels, signal repeaters, submarine cables, or satellites.
CCNA certification does not require you to be a space science expert. However, you do need to understand that data is always converted into bits that can be transmitted over a medium using electrical current or optical signals that simulate a 1 (signal) or a 0 (no signal).
In a nutshell, the physical layer defines mechanical, electrical, optical, radio, procedural, and functional standards to enable the transmission of data-link (Layer 2) frames over a certain transmission medium.
These standards define how a physical link is built, activated, maintained, and deactivated to enable transmissions between DTE (data terminal equipment) and DCE (data communications equipment).
DTEs are host devices. DCEs are network devices, that is, any device that stands between two host devices.
Most hubs are amplifying the electrical signal; therefore, they are really repeaters with several ports. Hubs and repeaters are Layer 1 (physical layer) devices.


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MOSCOW – In eastern Europe history is politics and vice versa.
That's why everyone is carefully parsing the words of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin Tuesday at a meeting of European leaders in Gdansk, Poland, to mark the 70th anniversary of the massive Nazi invasion of Poland that triggered World War II.
Standing beside Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk at the memorial meeting Tuesday, Putin proclaimed that "Russia has always respected the bravery and heroism of the Polish people, soldiers, and officers, who stood up first against Nazism in 1939."
Mr. Putin's not-so-delicate problem is that he unrepentently represents Russia, the successor state of the USSR, which two weeks after the Nazi invasion followed through on a secret agreement with German dictator Adolf Hitler by invading and occupying eastern Poland.
The Russian attack was described Tuesday by Polish President Lech Kaczynski as "a stab in the back ... and this blow came from Bolshevik Russia in accordance with the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact," the Soviet-German bargain whose secret protocols divided eastern Europe between the two dictatorships.
The Poles were hoping that Putin might apologize for that, and for the subsequent execution of 20,000 Polish military officers, whose burial site in Russia's Katyn Forest has only been officially acknowledged since the collapse of the USSR.
In an open letter Monday to the Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza, Putin went beyond previous official pronouncements by describing the Nazi-Soviet deal as "immoral" and denouncing the mass murder of Polish soldiers by the Soviet NKVD secret police as a "crime."
But Tuesday he dodged an apology and stressed Moscow's view that everyone "made a lot of mistakes" in the prelude to World War II, including the Western allies, who sold out Czechoslovakia to Hitler at Munich in 1938. "As to what preceded the tragedy, that should be left to experts to determine," he said.
The issue of World War II remains so sensitive in eastern Europe because the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact, essentially ratified by the Western allies in subsequent wartime meetings with Joseph Stalin, determined the shape of Europe for more than four decades and left many countries – including Poland – under Soviet control.
"This order lasted until 1989, when the Berlin Wall came down, so it's not ancient history at all," says Pavel Felgenhauer, a security expert with the opposition weekly Novaya Gazeta. "These issues are very real and important to eastern Europeans, and that's why they continue to worry about Moscow's attitude.
Russian experts say Putin probably went as far toward meeting Polish demands as any Kremlin leader could, given that Russia is currently in the midst of an intense domestic battle over the nation's past.
"I think Putin was conciliatory," says Roy Medvedev, one of Russia's leading historians on the Soviet period. "It was a step forward, considering that we haven't had any high-level contacts with Poland for a dozen years."
Mr. Tusk appeared somewhat mollified. "Our meeting [with Putin] showed from the first minute that we are making another step toward strengthening confidence in the past so that we can build our future on it," he said. That future involves better access to Russian gas, on which Poland is dependent for about half its current usage, he made clear.
"Gas must not be used for political gains, but for business interests," Tusk said, adding that he hoped for "the rapid signature" of a contract to construct a new Russian gas pipeline through Poland. Russia's neighbors have repeatedly accused it of using gas supplies as a political weapon.
Whatever progress Putin may have achieved on the historical front in Gdansk Tuesday might have been undone by the publication on the same day of a book of "secret documents" released by Russia's SVR foreign intelligence service.
The volume, entitled "Secrets of Polish Policy 1935-1945," purports to document plans by Poland to join Nazi Germany in an invasion of the USSR in the years before World War II and also details Poland's minor but actual role in the dismemberment of Czechoslovakia following the Munich accord in 1938.
"This is all part of an old Russian game," says Mr. Felgenhauer. "Putin wants to portray himself to the West as a liberal who's surrounded by wolves back in Moscow, but it's really business as usual."


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Greens: OFA dodging Keystone
Climate activists already pessimistic about the Obama administration's upcoming decision on the Keystone XL pipeline are seizing on another reason for worry: The president's grass-roots political organization is refusing their pleas to take a stance against the project.
Organizing for Action has been winning cheers from environmentalists for calling out climate change skeptics in Congress. But they say activists who support OFA also want the group to press President Barack Obama to oppose the pipeline, which they call a major threat to the Earth's climate.
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"If you're going to be a grass roots, you have to actually listen to the grass roots," said Daniel Kessler, spokesman for 350.org, a group that has organized mass sit-ins in front of the White House to protest the pipeline.
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"I think they're going to have to respond to calls to address these issues," he added. "You cannot expect to have the passion of the people if you're not satisfying what their demands are."
Other anti-Keystone groups like Bold Nebraska and CREDO Action also want to see OFA on their side.
But OFA's mission statement says the group was created to support Obama's agenda. And Obama has said repeatedly that he doesn't have a stance on Keystone yet — he's still waiting for the State Department to complete its review of the pipeline's environmental impact.
OFA echoes that argument.
"It has been made clear since our first day as an organization that we support the president's plans from comprehensive immigration reform to reducing gun violence to climate change, including the completion of the State Department review," said OFA spokeswoman Katie Hogan.
Instead, she said, OFA is focusing on climate change through its campaign against "deniers" in Congress — a recent email to supporters was labeled "tin foil hat alert" — and its push against Republicans who boycotted a committee vote on Gina McCarthy's EPA administrator nomination. The group also held 99 action planning sessions across the country on climate change to promote the denier campaign.
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It's common practice for football recruits to say their college choice is based primarily on academics. Whether or not that popular refrain is true is often up for debate. But when Bishop McNamara safety and honor roll student Milan Collins says academics were a major factor in his choice, you believe it.
"You can only go so far in the game of football, so when that curtain call comes, when you have to wrap it up, for me, it may be my senior year in college. I want to give myself the opportunity to get a job and provide for myself and my family," said Collins, who will sign with Maryland next month. "Pursuing this degree in kinesiology will give me the opportunity to pursue my goal to go to medical school and become a doctor. That's the main reason why I'm going to Maryland. They have this direct line to one of the premier hospitals [Johns Hopkins] in the world. I think that's the main reason why I picked Maryland."
Collins, the son of a computer scientist and a nurse, said the academics and networking opportunities Maryland provided "blew him away." Collins landed scholarship offers from Boston College, North Carolina State, Rutgers, Syracuse and West Virginia, according to Rivals.com, but the three-star prospect maintains that academics "pushed my decision to go to Maryland."
Outside the Bishop McNamara classrooms, Collins was a dynamic dual-threat quarterback and free safety for the Mustangs. The future Terp said Maryland defensive coordinator Brian Stewart likes his "IQ for the game."
"They like my size and athletic ability to go from offense to defense," Collins said. "The success is what they like. If I come in and know the ins and outs of the playbook and am able to make tackles in open space, just be a field general at free safety, they say I have a great opportunity."
Here's an introduction to Collins:
Name: Milan Collins
Birthdate: April 21, 1995
Birthplace: Atlanta
Hometown: Slidell, La. and Waldorf
Nickname: "Some of my friends call me Superman. And I got the nickname 'The Maryland Flash' at a camp … my sophomore year when I ran a 4.5-flat. The coaches called me 'The Maryland Flash.'"
Height: 6-2
Weight: 200
Position: Safety
High School: Bishop McNamara
Senior statistics: Approximately 1,500 yards passing, 500 rushing, 300 receiving, 15 total touchdowns. 60 tackles.
Rankings: Rivals.com -- Three-star prospect, No. 20 player in Maryland, No. 73 athlete. Scout.com -- Three-star prospect, No. 42 safety. ESPN.com -- Three-star prospect, No. 32 player in Maryland, No. 151 athlete, 72 rating. 247Sports.com -- Three-star prospect, No. 26 player in Maryland, No. 67 athlete, 85 rating.
Bench max: 315
40-yard dash: 4.49
Runner-up school: "I'm not sure. Great question. A lot of great schools extended the opportunity for me to extend my football career and get a good education, so I'm not sure where I would've went. I know a lot of great schools out there extended that opportunity."
Other schools considered: "Notre Dame, Ohio State, Penn State, West Virginia and Syracuse, with them being my first offer."
Favorite NFL player: "Ed Reed is the best free safety to ever play the game. Ray Lewis and Cam Newton are up there [for favorite players] as well."
Favorite NFL team: "I really don't have one. I just love the game, love to watch it, love how there's a surprise team each year, someone who makes a late push to get to the Super Bowl. I really don't have a favorite team. I just love the excitement of the game."
Favorite all-time Terp: "E.J. Henderson was a great player. Vernon Davis was a great player. Torrey Smith was a great player. I really don't have a favorite, per se. I just hope to go to Maryland and be one of the greatest of all time and have some kid say I'm his favorite player to ever go to Maryland. When I get there, I'm hopeful I can be the greatest player that ever played college football."
Favorite music: "I listen to basically everything – slow music to relax me and then I'll speed it up to get me hyped for a game. J. Cole and Michael Jackson are artists who I listen to."
Favorite movie: Friday Night Lights
Favorite book: "Talent is Overrated" by Geoffrey Colvin
Favorite TV show: "ESPN shows like Pardon the Interruption, Around the Horn, SportsCenter, College Gameday. Anything revolving around sports is what I usually watch."
Favorite food: Steak
Favorite high school class: Functions, Statistics and Trigonometry
Other high school sports: "Ran track and played basketball my freshman year."
Hobbies: "Just relaxing with my family, working out, listening to music, playing with my dog, things like that."
Intended major: Kinesiology
Something that not many people know about you: "Not too many people know I burnt my left hand when I was 1 year old. I brought a TV down on myself when I was 3 years old. I had a pretty crazy childhood."
Best football moment: "My senior year playing Georgetown Prep, both defenses were playing well. With about three minutes to go, I threw the game-winning touchdown 80 yards. That was the biggest thrill I had throughout my high school career."
Role model: "My role models would be my two parents, basically for all the things they've done for me, stressing the importance of academics, character and leadership, and just being there for me every step of the way through the process. I know they will continue to support me as I take the next step in college. Those are my role models."
Why Maryland? "Maryland gave me an opportunity to see the field as a freshman. They've given me the opportunity to get a great education. The networking system for Maryland is tops. The opportunity to do a straight line to Johns Hopkins Medical School and Hospital is the main reason why I'm going to Maryland."