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Waltham Massachusetts process servers. Order service of process of your legal documents by calling 617-990-4234.
Pricing includes:
- Printing of your document- up to 50 pages at no charge.
- 4 Attempts at the address location.
- No mileage charges. (additional addresses are an additional charge)
- A notarized affidavit of service or non-service.
As Waltham Massachusetts process servers Attorney Support Group.US can serve your legal documents on businesses, law firms or individuals just by calling 617-990-4234.
We have served many legal documents including subpoenas, orders to show cause, and summons and complaints on the larger companies and residents located in Waltham, Massachusetts. The larger companies in the area include Bentley University, Brandeis University, National grid and Novell. As Waltham Massachusetts process servers we can serve anyone of the 61,000 residents of the city.
Whether you need service of process of a court document from a local Massachusetts court or one from the thousands of jurisdictions across the United States we can act as your Waltham Massachusetts process servers. We will serve your court documents in accordance with your local jurisdiction's rules of civil procedure. The term "personal service" is defined differently from court to court. Some define personal service as only service upon the named individual. While other courts include within the meaning of "personal service" as service of process on anyone in the household. Substitute service is usually defined as service upon anyone in the household or business. Corporate service is generally upon the registered agent or any person that has been authorized to accept service in the business. When you call us at 617-990-4234 please specify what type of service of process in Waltham, Massachusetts that you will require.


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AG Pruitt Sends First Mortgage Settlement Check (Oct 15, 2012)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt has presented the first homeowner check in connection with the state's $18.6 million settlement with the nation's largest lenders.
Pruitt presented a $20,000 check Monday to Zachary and Melissa Zuniga, who say they lost their home in Tulsa after they tried to participate in a mortgage modification program.
Pruitt says more than 700 Oklahomans have applied for relief from the Oklahoma Mortgage Settlement Fund. More than 100 applications have been approved so far. Homeowner payments will range from $5,000 to $20,000 and will average $11,000.
Practices banks engaged in that are covered under the settlement include robo-signing, where signatures were applied to documents without proper oversight, or dual-tracking, which involves banks guiding homeowners on adjusting mortgages while at the same time pushing ahead with foreclosure.
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The Department for Work and Pensions has announced that all job centres in areas affected by adverse weather be closed until 12pm tomorrow (March 1).
The announcement comes after areas across the Central Belt and east coast were issued with a red weather warning for snow until 10am tomorrow.
The affected sites are: Aberdeen (Ebury House), Arbroath, Banff, Barrhead, Bathgate, Bellshill, Blairgowerie, Cambuslang, Castlemilk, Clydebank, Cowdenbeath, Cumbernauld, Cupar, Dalkeith, Dingwall, Drumchapel, Dumbarton, Dundee, Dunfermline, East Kilbride, Elgin, Eyemouth, Falkirk, Forfar, Forres, Fort William, Fraserburgh, Galashiels, Glenrothes, Govan, Grangemouth, Greenock, Hamilton, Hawick, High Riggs, Invergordon, Inverness, Johnstone, Kilbirnie, Kirkcaldy, Kirkintilloch, Kirkwall, Lanark, Laurieston, Leith, Lerwick, Leven, Livingston, Montrose, Motherwell, Musselburgh, Newlands, Paisley, Partick, Penicuik, Perth, Peterhead, Portree, Rutherglen, Shettleston, Sitrling, Springburn, St Andrews, Stornoway, Wester Hailes, Wick.
DWP confirmed that payments due to be made tomorrow would still go through, but all scheduled appointments would have to be postponed, and rescheduled for a later date,
For updates, follow @dwp on Twitter.


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Aeon Command
What do you need help on? Cancel X
The three factions of the Aeon Nebula have broken out into war. The Alliance, Exiles and Cyborgs are each struggling to obtain dominance over the mineral rich nebula. Aeon Command is a tug of war strategy space warfare game. Play as one of 3 unique factions to help gain dominance over the Aeon Nebula! Features include! - 3 Unique Factions each with unique ships and abilities. - 24 Mission single player campaign. 8 missions for each faction. Play through the Alliance, Cyborgs and Exile campaigns to unlock upgrades and abilities. - Skirmish modes including Classic, Close Quarters and Resources and 3 difficulties. - Multiplayer! Go head to head with a friend or other players with your favorite faction. - Persistent upgrade system. Unlock upgrades as you play the game to constantly improve your fleet.


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After attempting to protect an endpoint computer with Sophos Endpoint Security and Control from the central console the deployment failed.
There are several error codes that can be shown in the console (errors covered in separate articles are linked in the table below).
There are several error messages that can follow the error code. Example:
Could not start installation program on the computer. The network path was not found.
The installation did not start. The computer may have been shut down, renamed or disconnected, or a required service may not be running. It may be running Windows XP Home or Windows Vista, or Windows 2008.
The installation could not be started. The computer may need additional configuration before installation.
The installation could not be started: Access is denied. The computer may need additional configuration before installation. See knowledgebase article 29287.
The installation could not be started: The network name cannot be found.
First seen in Enterprise Console
The common causes of these deployment errors are:
Note: The table at the beginning of this article that lists the error codes have links to other articles detailing specific troubleshooting steps. Follow the steps in those articles (where available). Otherwise follow the steps below.
Use the following checklist to ensure you can deploy endpoint software to the computer successfully:
ipconfig /registerdns
Note: To understand how the console protects a computer (useful when troubleshooting) see article 12455.
After changing the computer settings with a GPO and then protecting that computer from the console it is important to allow time for the computer to apply the settings. The endpoint computer may require a reboot to reconfigure itself or you can run gpupdate /force from a run box/command prompt to speed up the process.
gpupdate /force
Ensure the newly-created GPO(s) is linked and enabled in the Group Policy Management Console on the server (click Start | Run | Type: gpmc.msc | Press return)...
On the endpoint computer use the 'Resultant Set of Policy' window (Start | Run | Type: rsop.msc | Press return) to confirm the changes you made central for the Windows services have been implemented on the endpoint...
...and the Windows firewall has been configured to allow creation of the remote scheduled task...
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Genre: Card & Board
No joke – this game is fun! Get ready to lose hours playing a great solitaire game that takes only two minutes to play – as you try to clear the table by picking up cards in sequential order!
You can start with any card – but once you start, each subsequent card you pick up has to be either one point higher, lower, or have the same value.
Move fast! There's only two minutes on the clock. You'll get a warning tone when there's 20 seconds left – and when the clock runs out…that's it!
At the end of the game, you've either cleared the board or you haven't. But even if you haven't won, you can check the lower right hand corner to see if you've beaten your best score!


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Wonder how to work catwalk cool into your own closet? Here's how to translate the trends for real life.
A little bit Gatsby, a little bit cowgirl, a little bit rock star, a little bit flower child, fringe is one of those embellishments that will stand out in the fashion crowd. During the spring 2014 runway shows, it was a designer darling, seen on catwalks including Altuzarra, Derek Lam, 3.1 Phillip Lim, Tibi and The Row.
But if you don't want to be mistaken for wearing a flapper or rodeo costume, you might want to steer clear of the full-on fringe shown at Fashion Week, and instead opt for a little flash of fringe here or there. But, either way, we have to say, fringe does have its benefits.
THE RUNWAY: Altuzarra, spring 2014
A black fringed jacket worn with a purple leather fringed skirt takes cowgirl couture to a whole new rock 'n' roll level.
For a night out: A fringed dress or skirt is perfect for an evening out dancing with your friends. Feeling the rocker vibe? Try an LBD embellished with long strips of fringe. Want something a bit more subtle? A beaded fringed mini paired with a shirt that offers more coverage.
Haute Hippie ombre beaded fringe skirt, $208, neimanmarcus.com; Kate Moss for TopShop long fringed tassel dress, $185, Nordstrom.com; TopShop double V-neck fringed slip dress, $100, Nordstrom.com.
For work or play during the day: A fringe-front top in subtle, neutral shades looks great with slacks for a day at the office, or with jeans for brunch with friends. And if that seems a little much, try a top with just a touch of fringe at the hem – just enough flash to make a style splash.
Floreat fringed Latitudes top, $158, anthropologie.com; Ann Taylor striped fringe top, $69.99, anntaylor.com; Bobeau fringe front sleeveless top, $49, Nordstrom.com
When in doubt look to accessories: As with most trends, if you're not willing to make a full-on commitment, working fringe into your accessories – bags, scarves, shoes, jewelry, is a smart way to go.
Steve Madden fringe tote, $69.99, zappos.com; Vera Wang beaded fringe necklace, $160.65, lastcall.com; Schutz Fiza fringe sandals, $240, shopbop.com
Lesley Kennedy writes for ShopAtHome.com.


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MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Apple Inc was fined A$2.25 million ($2.29 million) by an Australian court on Thursday for misleading advertising of its latest iPad.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) took legal action against Apple in March, after the computer and gadgets maker rolled out the first wave of new iPad tablets in the Australian market.
The competition watchdog accused Apple of misleading customers with the description of its new iPad, which said it was compatible with a 4G mobile data network when it was not.
The court determined Apple had implied "that an iPad with WiFi + 4G could connect directly to the Telstra LTE mobile data network in Australia, which it could not do," according to the verdict emailed to Reuters by the regulator.
Apple "engaged in conduct that was liable to mislead the public," it said.
A spokeswoman for Apple in Sydney could not be reached immediately for comment on Thursday. Apple has already promised to email all buyers of its new iPad in Australia to offer them a refund and agreed to post warnings that its new iPad "is not compatible with current Australian 4G LTE networks and WiMAX networks."
Telstra Corp's network operates on a different frequency to the 4G on Apple's new iPad.
Apple rolled out the first wave of new iPad tablets on March 16. ($1 = 0.9815 Australian dollars)
Reporting by Miranda Maxwell; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman


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The utility industry changes slowly – when it changes at all — but it now is under growing pressure from a variety of directions that are forcing change, according to engineering firm Black & Veatch's annual industry survey.
Those pressures are leading to some pessimism and anxiety among the 548 utility industry executives surveyed.
Among the findings were:
• 96 percent said that there are acceptable renewable energy resources that can be added to meet load – that is up from 84 percent in 2010.
• 67 percent believed there are opportunities for earnings from "green" areas in the future.
• 80 percent of the respondents said they were embarking on a "major investment cycle" that would impact rates.
• 92 percent said rates would continue to rise.
• 56 percent said that coal has a future as a fuel source "when fiscal realities are fully considered. That is down from 82 percent in 2010.
"What we are seeing is the industry trying to navigate between ensuring reliable service and regulation," said Mark Gabriel, a Black & Veatch vice president.


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The book casts new and paradoxical light on the nature of mathematics. It will be interesting — perhaps for different reasons — to school teachers of mathematics and maths majors at universities, to graduate students in mathematics and computer science, to research mathematicians and computer scientists, to philosophers and historians of mathematics, to psychologists and neurophysiologists. The author attempts to start a dialogue between mathematicians and cognitive scientists. He discusses, from a working mathematician's point of view, the mystery of mathematical intuition: why are certain mathematical concepts are more intuitive than the others? To what extent the "small scale" structure of mathematical concepts and algorithms reflects the workings of the human brain? What are the "elementary particles" of mathematics which build up the mathematical universe?
One of the principal points of the book is the essential vertical unity of mathematics, the natural integration of its simplest objects and concepts into the complex hierarchy of mathematics as a whole. The same ideas and patterns of thinking can be found in elementary school arithmetic and in the cutting edge mathematical theories. There are no boundaries between "recreational", "elementary", "undergraduate" and "research" mathematics; the book freely moves throughout the whole range. Nevertheless, the author takes great care of keeping the book as non-technical as possible.The book is saturated with amusing examples from a wide range of disciplines — from turbulence to error-correcting codes to logic — as well as just puzzles and brainteasers. Despite the very serious subject matter, the author's approach is lighthearted and entertaining.Unless otherwise expressly stated, all original content of the book "Mathematics under the Microscope" is created and copyrighted ©2006 by Alexandre V. Borovik and is licensed for non-commercial use under a


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Pharrell's newest album "G I R L" is one more successful notch in the artist/producer's belt.
It's official: Pharrell Williams is back. With the recent success of songs like "Get Lucky", "Blurred Lines" and his newest Oscar-nominated single "Happy", Pharrell has reclaimed his spot in the R&B royal family and is killing it. Not that he was ever really gone, since he's been co-producing for other artists throughout. Either way, the artist and producer has certainly come back from his first solo debut in 2006 with album In My Mind, and has managed to keep the ball rolling since the release of "Blurred Lines" last year. His newest album G I R L, is a nice transition, mirroring Pharrell's current lifestyle. The long-time bachelor is married and in love and is clearly not afraid to sing about it. G I R L is soft around the edges with some impressive tracks and collaborations. The album pays homage to both funk and disco gods like The Commodores as well as legends like Prince and Michael Jackson. It's an album that sticks to it's word— it's a nod to women and it definitely doesn't stray from that.
The album opens with the song "Marilyn Monroe," which sets the tone for rest of the album with some strings and a steady beat. In the song ex-player Pharrell says "I just want a different girl" and not the typical Marilyn Monroe bombshell. "Brand New" featuring Justin Timberlake is the first of a on point collaborations on this album. If there's one thing that Pharrell has proven great at they are his collabs and this one is no exception. This is one of several songs on the album that brings out that unapologetic old funk sound.
"Hunter" is another upbeat track that shows off the album's impressive production. In the song Pharrell says "If I can't have you nobody can/This an animal singin' that'll hunt you down." The song is catchy even though the lack of buildup makes it a little repetitive. But the next track, "Gush," is one of the hotter tracks on the album, with a very MJ "Off The Wall" vibe. Pharrell reminds us what he's all about in this song when he says "I could be the guy to treat you/To a nice movie, feed you/ But I don't wanna mislead you/Tonight I think I wanna be dirty, girl."
Being the first single off of this album, "Happy" is definitely a catchy beat that quickly grows on you. The song sums up the vibe of the whole album with upbeat vocals that promise easy listening. Another favorite is Pharrell's collaboration with Miley Cyrus "Come Get It Bae." The track is well-produced with a solid beat and Cyrus's vocals add a fun touch. In a way this song is a nod to Pharrell, who helped co-produce Cyrus's most recent what she calls "dirty south" album Bangerz.
"Gust of Wind" featuring Daft Punk is the third installment of a series of songs the electro-duo has collaborated on with Pharrell. This track is smooth and breezy, and while it's not quite as strong as "Get Lucky" and "Lose Yourself To Dance" all three collaborations have proven that these three work well together. "Lost Queen" is another favorite with a slower and steady beat but with a worldly edge to it, a combination of hand drums and humming vocals. The song shifts into a second half with ocean sounds and Pharrell singing "you gotta go inwards, to experience the outer space, that was built for you." This track is similar to Justin Timberlake's trademark two part songs, and it adds some spontaneity to not just the song but the album in general.
"Know Who You Are" featuring Alicia Keys is one of the weaker tracks on the album as well as probably the least impressive collaboration. While Keys is a consistent talent, the song itself doesn't really seem to take us anywhere, as opposed to other songs like "Lost Queen" and "Marilyn Monroe" that transport the listener to a disco dance floor or a full moon beach party. "It Girl" wraps it all up and it's a solid ending for a solid album. Pharrell manages to tie a neat bow on his musical tribute to women. G I R L is a successful cohesive project that shows us what Pharrell is all about—combining the old with the new to make something even better.


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Tiny Slugs No Longer Inducing Conveying Headaches
Processing more than 50,000 tons of rollformed storage racks per year requires a network of magnetic conveyors to keep sheetmetal slugs—or punch-outs—moving throughout the facility and into scrap bins for salvaging.
That's the scenario at Ridg-U-Rak, North East, PA, which expanded its manufacturing plant in 2007 to the tune of $6 million. As a result of the expansion, the plant, which manufactures storage racks used in a variety of industrial, retail and general warehousing applications, upgraded one of its rollforming production lines with a new 200-ton Minster stamping press and a hydraulic cutoff press. It also added a press brake, a new 10-ton coil-handling crane, a 1200-ft. powder-coating line and four new magnetic conveyors. The plant's rollforming lines include coil feeders and levelers, automatic welders, pre-forming stamping presses (hydraulic and mechanical), rolling mills, line welders, pull-out mills and cutoff press.
Creating the vertical- and horizontal-shaped units that ultimately form a storage-rack system starts with coils of black or galvanized steel, measuring up to 18 in. wide and weighing as much as 20,000 lb., according to plant engineering manager Jim Gunter. Once the coils are offloaded, they are placed on one of nine rollforming lines where the steel is fabricated into a series of beams and columns.
Capturing Metal Slugs for Salvaging
After the coiled steel is placed on a rollform line, the material is flattened and fed into a hydraulic or mechanical press, where holes are punched into the strip before it feeds through the rollforming stations. Proving particularly challenging to the operation: Conveying the small quarter-sized slugs a from each line to a central under-the-floor conveying line and outdoors to salvage bins.
"We used to use steel belt conveyors with welded tabs on the links," says Gunter, "and the small slugs being transported on the exterior moving links would constantly slide out of position and jam the conveyor track. That problem went a when we switched to conveyors using permanent ceramic magnets inside a liquid-tight housing."
Now, all scrap emanating from hydraulic presses falls onto magnetic conveyors; mechanical presses deposit scrap onto vibratory conveyors, which then moves onto a magnetic conveyor.
Low-Maintenance Magnetic Models
Ridg-U-Rak's magnetic conveyor of choice: Eriez models, the latest of which are equipped with a unique internal track system called Tuf-Trac, a drive system designed for low maintenance, quiet operation and long service life. The punch-outs now glide along the conveyors' stainless-steel slider plate—no moving external parts to jam, break or endanger plant personnel. Except for an externally mounted drive motor, the unit is self-contained and the conveyor mechanism is completely enclosed.
"We use several types of Eriez conveyors to move all the slugs into scrap tubs, which then are picked up by a local recycling company," says Gunter, noting that the plant runs 10 Eriez magnetic conveyors in all, the last four of which are Tuf-Trac models installed as part of the 2007 expansion.
"We use horizontal conveyors directly underneath the presses that move the slugs onto another conveyor which lifts the slugs 14 ft. vertically, where they then are deposited onto outside chutes and into the reclaim hoppers."
In another area of the plant, the punch-outs are dropped below floor level onto an Eriez horizontal conveyor that lifts the slugs 6 ft. vertically into awaiting scrap bins. The bins then are emptied outside into the reclaim hoppers.
Moving Submersible Parts Quickly and Easily
Because of their liquid-tight construction, the lower conveyor sections can be completely submerged in coolant sumps or tanks. The working face is self-cleaning, and excess fluids drain back into the tank—a product feature that ultimately convinced Gunter to install the Eriez conveyors.
"With no moving external parts, the conveyors can go right into coolant and we can pull the slugs out of the coolant and right into the hoppers," Gunter says. "The slugs from the cutoff operations are sometimes saturated with coolant. When these slugs are dropped onto the magnetic conveyors, the coolant runs off and is recirculated, and the slugs are transported to the hoppers."
The majority of the Eriez conveyors installed at Ridg-U-Rak are Model 6 units with 14.5-in.-wide slide plates. The Tuf-Trac design allows the drive chain to ride in an oil-impregnated UHMW (ultra-high molecular weight) track. The design eliminates the need for oil inside the conveyor housing. Magnets are located on 12-in. centers and supported by twin roller chains powered by a shaft-mounted motor reducer. The conveyors come with spring-loaded chain take-up.
"The conveyors have proven to be very durable and have helped to reduce maintenance costs and machine downtime," says Gunter. MFArticle provided by Eriez, Erie, PA: 888/300-3743; www.eriez.com.
See also: Eriez Manufacturing Co.
Related Enterprise Zones: Automation


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Cisco unveils steps toward self-defending network
In his keynote, CEO John Chambers touted product enhancements that advance his push for networks that can defend themselves without human intervention.
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- The vision Cisco CEO John Chambers outlined in his RSA Security conference keynote Wednesday wasn't new to those who've kept tabs on the networking giant in recent years. In speech after speech, he's pushed the concept of a multi-layered, tightly wound network that can defend itself without human intervention.
But as he did in last year's RSA address, Chambers used a list of new product enhancements to illustrate how his San Jose, Calif.-based company is advancing its Self-Defending Network strategy.
"We're working toward the ability for all Cisco devices to work together and communicate with each other to stop attacks," Chambers told his audience. "The idea is that one device can warn another device of a threat," and can lock down the network to blunt the impact.
With people and businesses becoming increasingly dependent on the Internet for commerce, Chambers predicted that many of today's security point products will be folded into what he called a tightly-integrated network security platform. He also predicted a steady trend toward more virtual networks.
"Virtualization is inevitable," he said, adding that companies must keep an eye to the future and look at how individual products will move into the network over time. "[Future networks] will be more complex, and will allow companies to do neat things and boost productivity. But it has to be an architecture with security throughout."
Cisco used the conference to unveil the latest security enhancements designed to push the world closer in the direction Chambers envisions.
This includes the Cisco Security Management Suite, comprised of the new Cisco Security Manager (CSM) and a new version of the Cisco Security Monitoring, Analysis and Response System (Cisco Security MARS version 4.2).
This suite integrated monitoring, configuration and management solution for identifying and enforcing policies associated with data monitoring, Cisco said.
Also unveiled was a new Content Security and Control Security Services Module (CSC-SSM) for the Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) 5500 Series. Cisco said this provides Anti-X services that unify antivirus, antispyware, file blocking, antispam, antiphishing, URL blocking and filtering, and content filtering. The technology is the product of an alliance with Tokyo-based AV firm Trend Micro.
Richard Palmer Jr., VP and general manager of Cisco's VPN and Security division, called the new module an example of the kind of partnerships Chambers said is necessary to make self-defending networks a reality in an interview following Chambers' keynote.
"This shows how we can make the network a platform for services, including the services of our partners," he said, adding that such partnerships will help IT shops deal with the growing realities of online commerce. "Before, an enterprise would just focus on its own network. Now the IT staff must worry about the networks of other organizations it does business with over the Internet."
Finally, Cisco announced that new SSL VPN capabilities have been added to its Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) and Internetwork Operating System (IOS) routers.
Both products deliver new advanced clientless and client-based SSL VPN functionality with robust endpoint and network security while lowering operational and equipment costs, according to Cisco.
Cisco ASA 5500 Series version 7.1 software allows the ASA 5500 Series to deliver up to 5,000 concurrent SSL VPN sessions per device so that organizations of all sizes can provide remote and mobile employees with "simple, highly secure access to the applications and network resources they need from just about any location," the company added. "Integrated VPN load-balancing and full-featured IPSec VPN functionality lets customers reduce the equipment required to scale and secure the VPN to tens of thousands of concurrent users."
After Chambers' RSA keynote last year, IT professionals expressed some skepticism over Cisco's Self-Defending Network strategy. Sure, they said, the concept is solid. But for the average IT shop, it's not necessarily affordable. Furthermore, they said, the average IT shop may have trouble achieving the interoperability Chambers has outlined.
But Wednesday, one IT security professional vigorously endorsed Chambers' vision.
"One thing I noticed in the [conference] exhibit hall was the sheer amount of appliances companies are offering," said Stephen Escher, network security manager for the Hilton Grand Vacations Company in Orlando, Fla. "I already have a Cisco infrastructure in place, so I'm happy because I already have a lot of the features these appliance vendors are selling."
He noted that his company uses Windows, MacIntosh and Unix-based machines and that the Cisco infrastructure has proven itself compatible with each.
"To me, the partnerships [Chambers] talked about translates into interoperability, and in my environment we have that," Escher said. "It's not a case where this only works with other Cisco products."


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They're meaningful, beautiful, portable, and, by the standards of modern gift giving, appealingly inexpensive. They also ship and wrap easily, and allow me to put my money where my heart is: art, ideas and the written word. So why did I hesitate for so long to give books as gifts? For the same reasons, I'm guessing, that a lot of book-lovers refrain. The pitfalls, from giving a book to someone who already has it, to giving a book a to someone who hates it unconditionally, are considerable.
In my world, if you give the wrong jewelry or sweater, you're a lovable klutz — or maybe, at worst, someone with hilariously bad taste. But give the wrong book to a fellow reader and you risk saying something borderline insulting: that you haven't been listening, that you don't understand, that you just don't care.
This piece first ran in Printers Row Journal, delivered to Printers Row members with the Sunday Chicago Tribune and by digital edition via email. Click here to learn about joining Printers Row.
I finally faced my fears for a number of reasons: The book industry is in serious trouble, my knitwear and jewelry gifts are blatantly uninspired, my mother gave me the novel "Olive Kitteridge" and two years ago I couldn't come up with a birthday present for a close friend.
I was struggling mightily to come up with the aforementioned birthday present when I remembered a clarifying conversation. I'd known for a decade that my friend loved horses, but I only really got it when she talked about a retreat she'd gone on with a horse whisperer who showed her how to read a horse's demeanor and get the animal to respond to your words and gestures.
My friend isn't one of those people who want to ride shiny show horses and win brightly colored ribbons, I realized. She's intrigued by the horse as an end to itself: its mind, its spirit, its power and grace.
Having remembered that, I went to Amazon.com, and in about 15 minutes I'd parsed the reviews, professional and amateur, and used the "Click to Look Inside" feature to find a photography book that I knew my friend would love ("Horses: In Living Color" by Barbara D. Livingston). Her over-the-top response was immensely gratifying, and I started branching out.
None of my gifts was a glaring failure, and some were brilliant successes. My hard-to-buy for husband is currently reading "Jackson Pollock: An American Saga" by Steven Naifeh and Gregory Smith," and I gloat every time I see him hunched over that 900-page book. So I'm now willing to go out on a limb and say not only that books make great gifts, but, all things being equal, book-lovers probably should be giving books — at least some of the time, at least to people who really like to read.
If you're ready to give books, or ramp up your book-giving for the holiday season, my main advice is, get started. But I have learned a few things on my journey, and Chicagoland booksellers and librarians have tips as well. Among the highlights: Give the book behind a favorite movie, know where to check the reviews of books you haven't read (but suspect would be perfect), get free advice from a librarian or bookseller, know how to decode Amazon.com, and don't sweat the mistakes.
"If [a book] comes from the heart and it's what you like, somebody can exchange it or give it to somebody else," says Roberta Rubin, owner of the Book Stall in Winnetka. "It doesn't mean it's a 'mistake' mistake. We do take returns!"
Give a book you love
This is the most fool-proof type of book giving: You've read the book, you love the book, you love your friend; what could go wrong?
My only caution: Think twice if the book is "Gone Girl" and your friend hates thrillers or the book is "Cutting for Stone" and your friend is a raging hypochondriac.
As Bleue Benton, collection development manager at the Oak Park Public Library, puts it, "Buy it for them, not for you." That means you can feel free to give the friend with the sharp sense of humor and liberal politics Christopher Buckley's hysterical "Thank You For Smoking." But if your pal's political ideal is Paul Ryan, I suggest you look elsewhere.
None of this is to say that you must be a slave to your friend's preferences and preconceptions. I'm not a short story person, but I went on an Alice Munro reading rampage after a friend who had repeatedly recommended Munro finally gift-wrapped "The Love of a Good Woman" and placed it in my hands.
The key here was that my friend was right: I was a Munro fan waiting to happen. If I wasn't itching to go to forlorn off-the-map locations and dark places in the human psyche, if I weren't endlessly intrigued with the love, loss and the names of common weeds and wildflowers, the gift wouldn't have been such a sensation.
Give me a book someone else loves
I wouldn't give a good friend a novel I hadn't read any more than I'd set her up with a man (or woman) I hadn't met, but that's partly because of the subtext. I read a lot of fiction and I have for 40 years. If I can't find something for you in my mental backlist, we have a problem that goes way beyond gift-giving.
Non-fiction is a different story. I never seem to get around to those big, fat biographies of American presidents, generals and politicians, but there are people who really love them, and there are great scholars and writers who devote their lives to them. Who am I to argue? The key here is, obviously, to know the recipient's interests well: Is he interested in the American Revolution? The Civil War? Teddy Roosevelt and that's pretty much it?
If a book in the right subject area has a National Book Award or a Pulitzer Prize, I'm good to go. If not, I want know what the reviewers say. Benton likes the professional review sources: ALA Booklist, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal and Kirkus Reviews, the last of which offers abundant free online content. For one-stop shopping, I go to Amazon.com, which often includes reviews from prominent sources along with customer reviews.
When using Amazon, you'll want to check the average customer rating (from zero to five stars) and the "most helpful" positive and negative reviews, which address vital issues such as the all-important boredom factor.
Get free help
At Anderson's Bookshops in Naperville and Downer's Grove, co-owner Becky Anderson says her staff will want to know the gift recipient's gender, age, interests and maybe a book that he or she has recently read or enjoyed.
From there, the bookseller can recommend go-to books such as "Gone Girl" for mystery lovers, Jo Nesbo's "Phantom" for "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" fans, as well as techie humor and fiction set on the Great Lakes. A book that inspired a movie the recipient loved is a great way to go, Anderson says; this season that might mean "Life of Pi," or "Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln."
Libraries are another great source of free book advice, says Andrew Medlar, a youth materials specialist at the Chicago Public Library. Medlar, who gives about 30 children's books a year to his nieces and nephew — he uses a spreadsheet to prevent duplicating gifts — says you can also check the library's new "Celebrate Bookamania Every Day" list of kid-lit recommendations available at chipublib.org.
Among his picks: "Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs" and "A Kiss Means I Love You," a picture book about non-verbal communication illustrated with photos of Chicagoland families.
If all else fails
My stepfather, a book lover, gives me an Amazon gift certificate every year, and I can't think of a more perfect gift. I get to choose the books and, believe me, I know what the recipient wants better than anyone.
If your recipient is local, or you're willing to go online and identify their local bookseller, a bookstore gift certificate is a great way to give a little joy — and help preserve a brick-and-mortar store for the readers of the future.
How's that for a gift that keeps on giving?
Nara Schoenberg is a lifestyles reporter for the Chicago Tribune.


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The quantum properties of disordered systems have been the focus of considerable attention in many branches of physics, principally nuclear and condensed matter physics. Recently it has been recognised that many of the same phenomena occur in classically chaotic systems as well. Even more surprisingly, there are also strong similarities with the results from number theory concerning, for example, correlations between the zeros of L-functions (eg the Riemann-zeta function). In the past few years an extremely stimulating and productive cross-fertilization between these fields has developed. The aim of the programme is to accelerate the already significant rate of progress on some of the important common problems which occur, in different guises, in each area. The main topics are expected to include localization, fluctuation statistics of spectra and eigenfunctions, random matrix theory, trace formulae, and supersymmetric methods. There will be a particular emphasis on applications to mesoscopic quantum systems.


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It's time to stop talking and start taking action
We now have 100 days until Copenhagen. Greenpeace China displayed 100 children carved from ice at the Temple of Earth in Beijing today, to symbolise the "disappearing future" for the 1.3 billion people in Asia at risk of water shortage as a result of climate change.
This event, matched in India with another ice sculpture, marks the 100-day countdown before the UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen - where we are urging governments to take strong, effective action to stop climate change.
The melting sculptures of100 children are made from Himalayan glacier water from the source of Yangtse, Yellow and Ganges rivers. The ice sculpture in India is a huge "100" on a World Map and was unveiled in New Delhi to show "the world washed away" by glacial melts.
A climate tipping point is unfolding in the Himalayas. The rapid melting of glaciers caused by global warming is jeopardising the water supply for 1.3 billion Asians who live in the watershed of the 7 great rivers that originate in the region. If we cannot stop runaway climate change, babies born today - at this moment - will face a very different reality when they grow up, where water availability would be a serious problem.
The Himalayan glaciers are melting at a rate faster than recorded for other glaciers anywhere in the world. The IPCC suggests that glacier coverage will fall by at least 43 percent and possibly as much as 81 percent by the end of the century - depending on how effectively we act to restrain our greenhouse gas emissions.
China and India together account for one-third of the world's population but both countries' water resources (per capita are far below the global average. The two largest developing countries share the challenge of balancing the goals of development and environmental protection. They must pursue a low-carbon development path if we are to avert environmental and humanitarian disaster.
In other parts of the world - our activists staged public events to highlight the number of days left for our leaders to take action. In Brazil, we set up large clocks in eight cities together with the tcktcktck campaign. In Belgium, 10,000 people formed a giant human banner in the shape of a big clock. Our team in Switzerland placed a giant banner on a retreating glacier saying ' Our Climate, Your Decision' and there was bike riding activity in the Philippines.
We're proud to be part of the Tcktcktck campaign this year. It's a global campaign for climate action, which has launched 100 days ahead of the UN Climate Summit, and brings together an unprecedented alliance of faith groups, non-governmental organisations, trade unions and individuals at this crucial time. We're working with Tcktcktck to harness the voices of people from around the world - calling for an ambitious, fair and binding international agreement that reflects the latest science. As December's meeting in Copenhagen approaches, tcktcktck will organise around major international meetings and other relevant events to demonstrate the support from citizens around the world in having world leaders attend the negotiations in Copenhagen and produce an ambitious, fair and binding agreement. www.tcktcktck.org
The latest scientific research shows catastrophic climate impacts can be averted by reducing global greenhouse gas emissions after 2015 in order to keep global temperature increase below 2 degrees Celsius. We are urging developed countries, as a group, to agree to cut emissions by 40 percent below1990 levels by 2020. And developing countries must reduce their projected emissions growth by 15-30 percent by 2020.
With100 days until the most important meeting of our time, we're working together with other organisations as part of the global TckTckTck campaign to show that the world is ready for bold climate action. We're asking world leaders to ensure a fair, ambitious, and binding climate deal in Copenhagen this December.
A strong climate treaty will not only reverse the march of dangerous climate change - it will also help us tackle the world's largest challenges. We will create millions of green jobs, reduce healthcare costs, lift millions out of poverty, and put renewable energy into thehands of everyday citizens in the developing world.
The next opportunity for world leaders to step up and show decisive leadership on averting a climate catastrophe will be at the UN General Assembly focusing on Climate, on September 22nd. Sign upto be a climate activist with us and find out what you can do to add your voice to this important process. We'll be keeping track of what's happening in the lead up to Copenhagen but here's a few online resources you might want to bookmark:
Adopt a Negotiator: a project to track and report on the activities of countries and their representative negotiators on the road to Copenhagen.
COP-15 (aka. Copenhagen climate summit) website and blog: set up by Denmark to bring the latest news and insight.
Seal the Deal Newsroom: provides information on recent actions around the Copenhagen treaty summit.
It's Getting Hot in Here: a youth movement blog heavily involved in reporting on international climate treaty issues.
350's treaty tracker: planning actions and tracking Copenhagen climate treaty news.
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change: the official United Nation's site for the Copenhagen climate summit.
Tell world leaders to take personal responsibility for the climate by attending the UN Summit in Copenhagen this year and ensuring a good deal for all of us.
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Where did summer go? How could we already be into autumn, that lovely but most melancholy season of the year?
Time just isn't what it used to be.
A few weeks ago, I stepped outside at 3 a.m. and saw, in the eastern sky, the constellation Orion, rising again after a four month absence. It is a portent of shorter days and long nights and cold weather.
For better or worse, my life is steeped in tradition and hopeless sentimentality, and the fall always aggravates that condition.
Everything I do triggers some distant memory and almost every date on the calendar is an "anniversary," a commemoration of some event that is utterly meaningless to anyone but me...
I remember when and where I drank my first Dr. Pepper.
I own a small jewelry box that belonged to my grandfather that was given to me after he died. Decades later, it still contains the same piece of Dentyne gum that he put there a few days before he passed away.
When Bill Benge died three years ago, he'd just given me a pot of his famous shrimp remoulade... I still can't bring myself to finish what remains in my freezer.
A 1963 Volvo that I bought in 1981 and which was, for years, my only mode of transportation, still resides in my back yard. It is slowly rotting into the ground and has become home to living entities I normally set traps for.
But I can't seem to part with the old car. It's a familiar and needed component of my comfort view shed.
I save gasoline receipts from 1973 and I have a champagne bottle cap that a girl who I was hopelessly and secretly in love with stuck on my thumb at a college dance.
I seem to remember almost everything. My life is full of mementoes and memories and yet I will be damned if I can ever recall where I put my car keys or my reading glasses....
And every summer I make the hike to the summit of my favorite mountain. I scribble an addendum to the cluster of notes I have hidden in a film can, 17 paces from the register box, eat my artichoke hearts and Dr. Pepper, linger a while to absorb the view, then walk back to the pass.
I've made 24 trips to the top since that first hike on September 3,1985, with a friend who died just four months later. This year I returned, exactly 24 years to the hour. It hasn't changed much from year to year. Even my lungs and legs functioned almost as well as they did so long ago, for which I am most grateful.
Though a few of my friends know the destination of my annual pilgrimage, I can guarantee this...it's NOT Abajo Peak.
I visited that summit last month as well, though the experience is not quite the same.
No walking is required; a two wheel drive gravel road hugs the flanks of the Blue Mountains, just west of Monticello, winds around the base of South Peak and finally approaches the summit from the west side.
And the view is partially obstructed by a stunning array of radio and tv towers, microwave dishes, concrete bunker buildings and an assorted selection of warning signs that tell the "peak bagger" of this particular mountain to not touch anything.
The view is still spectacular, but very different from my anonymous summit, where even at night, it's almost impossible to see signs of civilization.
Besides the communications jungle, the land below Abajo Peak is more developed. I can see Monticello, of course, though to its credit, has changed very little. I credit its timeless nature to the complete absence of bars, brew pubs and bike shops and that its biggest tourist attraction is the Mormon mini-temple.
To the east the land is agricultural, looking north I can spot some of the new SITLA residential developments, and at night, I can see the glow of Cortez, Colorado and even Moab 55 miles to the north.
But for me, within this panorama is where most of my life has played out. For years, my Abajo Peak view was my dream and my ultimate destination, a place I obsessed over from the distant green trenches of Louisville, Kentucky.
It's down there where most of the people I have called friends lived. Or still do. From my old pals Ed Abbey and Ken Sleight, to newfound kindred spirits like Gary Dunow and my friend, the "one-and-only" Gene Schafer, and my pal Bill Boyle, who can still type faster with one hand than I can with two (How DOES he do that???)
It was where I met my future ex-wife! It's where my beloved dogs lived out their lives chasing jackrabbits and ground squirrels on public lands (in violation of federal regulations) and where they died old and happy. And it's where my cats were born and where they now, in ancient age, sleep and eat and live a life most of us can only envy.
This is where I have lived and worked and played and grieved and wandered and watched, and where I became hopelessly lost and found, again and again.
Down there is my life. And somewhere, from another peak, is yours as well. Wherever the future takes us, we will all have our memories. From this vista, on a crisp autumn afternoon, they seem particularly clear.
(Jim Stiles is publisher of the "Canyon Country Zephyr -- Planet Earth Edition" now exclusively online. He is also the author of "Brave New West." Both can be found at www.canyoncountryzephyr.com. Stiles lives in San Juan County and can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.)


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If you have a pair of hard-soled shoes, two pressure-sensitive LED tiles, and some baby mama drama from which you need to extricate yourself, let this Instructable be your guide and recreate the special-FX steps from Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean".
Admittedly, I'm not sure how easy it would be to do any sort of dancing with a gigantic LED tile attached to each foot. But when you're standing still, and being viewed from the knee down, you will be the spitting image of the King of Pop.
The Instructable covers all the bases, from assembling the light-up squares to spray-painting the shoes just so. Be forewarned, though, these imitation shoes will make you just as irresistible to women as Jackson was (circa 1983):
You will get a lot of attention from people, people will dance around you on the dance floor, and you will feel a bit shallow, but you love it!
The best chat up line possible is to ask someone to join you on your dance floor so they stand/dance on your tiles, which puts them basically on top of you. Enjoy! Do not use these shoes for evil!
So there it is, plain and simple: don't go around breaking young girls' hearts. [Instructables]


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Seasons greetings to all our partners and clients. Goautodial will operate with a skeletal crew this holiday season. We will however continue to bring quality support and service and as such, our ticketing system is still going to be available 24 hours everyday. Chat support will be available 24 hours as well on Christmas and New Year. Our hotline ... Leia mais... »
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GOautodial Inc. is pleased to announce its partnership with DIDForSale, a leading provider of SIP trunking, toll free, local phone numbers and otherVoIP services to businesses across the world. As part of the expansion strategy in the international market, this is a landmark partnership that will provide unilateral benefits to SMEs that need cost ... Leia mais... »
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Guice (pronounced "Juice") fully embraces modern Java language features and combines simplicity with stunning performance and developer"friendliness. This article is adapted from the book Google Guice: Agile Lightweight Dependency Injection Framework, by Robbie Vanbrabant. Presented courtesy of Apress, all rights reserved.
If you're in the business of creating software, you ultimately want to have maintainable software. You'll certainly agree with me that you spend more time maintaining software than writing software -- and that the maintainability you need doesn't come for free. It requires careful design and a well-defined process for testing and validating the application.
In your professional life, or even as a hobbyist, you've probably picked up the concept of unit testing. Basically, it's about testing little units of source code for validity. Being able to tell with one look at a bar (green or red) whether your code has the right side effects is valuable and will save you time. Unit testing is a no-brainer. Here, unit test examples will use JUnit 4.
I strongly believe that automated testing, like unit testing, is the best way to achieve software maintainability. With the right amount of test coverage, you can rest assured that, when you're making changes to the code, you won't break code somewhere else in the code base. You can simply write your tests, make your change, run the collected set of tests, and feel confident. Poorly designed applications are usually hard to test, which means well tested applications probably aren't too bad. You can write great software without automated testing-you can also win the lottery, but don't count on it.
So there you have it: Unit testing helps achieve maintainability. And what else can help you achieve that? Writing less code, of course! The less code you need to accomplish what you're trying to do, the less code you'll need to maintain. Obviously, you can't just randomly delete blocks of code, but in some cases, code doesn't really mean anything; it's just boilerplate to get you from point A to point B. Wouldn't it be nice if you could get rid of all that noise and focus on the stuff that matters? For lack of a better term, I call this the maintainability mission statement. This is not a complete list, but, among other things, maintainable code needs to be:
- Easy to test (modular)
- Meaningful (as little noise as possible)
You probably already see where I'm going, but before we dive into Guice, let me illustrate how to accomplish these goals in a typical situation. When we're done with that, we'll throw Guice into the mix and dance on the ceiling.
Enter Guice
Like most open source software, Guice is freely downloadable on the Internet. However, before you download Guice, make sure that you have the following installed:
- Java Development Kit (JDK) for Java 5 or above
- Eclipse or your Java IDE of choice.
Once you have that, you're finally ready to slurp up some Guice:
- Go to http://code.google.com/p/google-guice.
- Click the Downloads tab.
- Download the file named guice-1.0.zip.
- Unzip the archive to a directory of your choice.
Inside the archive, you'll find the Guice API documentation and several JAR files. Now, we only need guice-1.0.jar, which holds the core framework. The other ones are either dependencies or extensions.
To follow along with the code examples in this chapter, create a new Java project in your IDE, and add guice-1.0.jar to the class path. Note that because some code listings only show the code relevant to the given section, some examples will not run as they are, but trying out the examples will definitely give you a good feel for how Guice works.


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|Although it's a very serious and worthy episode in many ways, it's great fun to watch this one and try to work out who is playing who. All those actors out of their usual heavy makeup!
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|The Incredible Tales staff are all based on real-life authors. Colm Meaney's Albert Macklin is based on Isaac Asimov. Nana Visitor's Kay Eaton, is based on Catherine Moore and Star Trek's own D.C. Fontana who both wrote under genderless pseudonyms. Benny's character may be based on Samuel R. Delany, an African American science fiction writer whose 1967 novel "Nova" was rejected by Campbell because it featured a coloured protagonist. The novel was eventually published, winning the Hugo Award.
Jimmy uses the word "nigger" in this episode - the first and only time the word has been used in all of Star Trek.
This episode is Avery Brooks and Armin Shimerman's personal favourite. Ronald D. Moore regards it as one of the best episodes in all of Star Trek.
The little silver rocket on Herbert Rossoff's desk is an actual Hugo Award, which was lent to the production by Rick Sternbach.
A memo from Douglas Pabst above Rossoff's desk reads "No one would believe that a cheerleader could kill vampires" – a reference to Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
This is also the only episode in which Michael Dorn ever appears without any alien makeup on.
The "retro future style" Deep Space nine was created by Jim Van Over
There was some concern over Avery Brooks directing this episode, given that his own character features heavily in it - directing oneself is a notoriously difficult thing to do. In the end, the producers felt that the nature of the story demanded a non-white director, since "a story about racism and prejudice... would be wrong if it came from a bunch of people who didn't necessarily know about that experience."
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Do you have any tips for helping kids concentrate on their studies?
Kids will work hard if they have a desire to learn. My philosophy on learning is to begin early to help kids love what they are learning. Make it interesting and relevant to them. Even those subjects that they hate can be made interesting to them through variety, real-life stories, hands-on activities and more. If you make learning enjoyable, they will hunger to learn more!


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The Huffington Post
|May 2005
770 Broadway
New York, NY 10003[1]
Arianna Huffington (major)
Kenneth Lerer
Jonah Peretti
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|Key people
Arianna Huffington (editor-in-chief)
Jared Grusd (CEO)
Roy Sekoff (editor)
Anne Sinclair (French edition editor-in-chief)
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|"The Internet Newspaper: News, Blogs, Video, Community"
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|Political weblog
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|English, French, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, German, Portuguese, Korean, Greek
|May 9, 2005
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The Huffington Post (sometimes abbreviated Huff Post or HuffPo) is an American online news aggregator and blog, that has both localised and international editions founded by Arianna Huffington, Kenneth Lerer, Andrew Breitbart,[3][4] and Jonah Peretti, featuring columnists.[5] The site offers news, blogs, and original content and covers politics, business, entertainment, environment, technology, popular media, lifestyle, culture, comedy, healthy living, women's interests, and local news.
The Huffington Post was launched on May 10, 2005 as a liberal/left commentary outlet and alternative to news aggregators such as the Drudge Report.[6][7][8] On February 7, 2011, AOL acquired the mass market[9] Huffington Post for US$315 million, making Arianna Huffington editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post Media Group.[10][11] In 2012, The Huffington Post became the first commercially run United States digital media enterprise to win a Pulitzer Prize.[12]
In July 2012, The Huffington Post was ranked #1 on the 15 Most Popular Political Sites list by eBizMBA Rank, which bases its list on each site's Alexa Global Traffic Rank and U.S. Traffic Rank from both Compete and Quantcast.[13]
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- Local editions 1.1
- International editions 1.2
- Vertical organization 1.3
- Contributors 2
- Investment 3
Controversies and criticism 4
- Alternative medicine and anti-vaccination 4.1
- Labor disputes 4.2
- Political views 5
- Awards 6
- References 7
- External links 8
The Huffington Post was founded by Arianna Huffington in May 2005[14] and launched on May 9. It has an active community, with over one million comments made on the site each month.
Prior to The Huffington Post, Huffington hosted a website called Ariannaonline.com. Her first foray into the Internet was a website called Resignation.com which called for the resignation of President Bill Clinton and was a rallying place for conservatives opposing Clinton.[15][16][17]
In August 2013 the website banned anonymous comments.[18]
Local editions
In approximately June 2008 the site launched its first local version, HuffPost Chicago.[19] In June 2009 HuffPost New York[20] was launched, followed shortly by HuffPost Denver[21] which launched on September 15, 2009 [22] and HuffPost Los Angeles.[23] launched on December 2, 2009,[24] 2011 saw three new regional editions: HuffPost San Francisco since July 12, 2011,[25] HuffPost Detroit,[26] launched on November 17, 2011,[27] and HuffPost Miami, online since November 2011.[28] The most recent addition is "HuffPost Hawaii," launched in collaboration with the all online investigative reporting and public affairs news service Honolulu Civil Beat on September 4, 2013.[29]
International editions
The Huffington Post launched its first international edition, HuffPost Canada, on May 26, 2011.[30] On July 6 of the same year, the Huffington Post UK launched its UK edition.[31] On January 23, 2012, Huffington, in partnership with Le Monde and Les Nouvelles Editions Indépendantes, launched Le Huffington Post, and the launch of French-language edition is the first in a non-English speaking country.[32] On February 8, another French language edition was launched in the Canadian province of Quebec.[33] On May Day, a US-based Spanish-language edition launched under the name HuffPost Voces, replacing AOL's Hispanic news platform, AOL Latino.[34] The following month an edition for Spain was announced, as well as one for Germany.[35] On September 24, an Italian edition, L'Huffington Post, was launched, directed by journalist Lucia Annunziata in collaboration with the media company Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso.[36] On May 6, 2013, an edition for Japan was launched with the collaboration of The Asahi Shimbun, the first international edition in an Asian country.[37] With the launch of Al Huffington Post there is a third francophone edition, this time for the Maghreb area.[38] On October 10, Munich-based Huffington Post Deutschland has been put online in cooperation with the liberal-conservative magazine Focus, covering German-speaking Europe.[39] On 29 January 2014, the Brazilian version was launched as Brasil Post, in partnership with Abril Group, the first ever in Latin America.[40] In September 2014 Huffington Post announced they will launch in Greece, India, and introduce HuffPost Arabi, an Arabic version of the website.[41][42] On the 18th of August, 2015, HuffPost Australia was launched.[43]
Vertical organization
In 2011, after its purchase by AOL, The Huffington Post subsumed many of AOL's Voices properties (including AOL Black Voices, which had originally independently established in 1995 as Blackvoices.com, and AOL Latino). The Voices brand was expanded in September 2011 with the launch of Gay Voices, a vertical dedicated to LGBT-relevant articles. Other established sections, such as Impact (launched in 2010 as a partnership between Huffington Post and Causecast),[44][45] Women, Teen, College, Religion and the Spanish-language Voces (en español) are also sorted under the Voices meta-vertical.
By late 2013, however, The Huffington Post was taking steps to operate as more of a "stand-alone business" within AOL, taking control of more of its own business and advertising operations, and directing more effort towards securing "premium advertising".[46]
In addition to columns by Arianna Huffington and a group of contributors such as John Conyers, Harry Shearer, Jeff Pollack, and Roy Sekoff, The Huffington Post has many bloggers—from politicians and celebrities to academics and policy experts—who contribute on a wide range of topics. Specialist contributors include spiritual author Craig Taro Gold[47] and health expert Jeff Halevy.[48]
Contributors to the site are unpaid, a fact which has engendered some controversy.[49]
Celebrities are allowed to post blogs on the site, and a number have opted to do so over the years. In many cases, such as that of Robert Reich, former Secretary of Labor, content is cross-posted among multiple sites.[50]
The site also publishes columns by specialists in fields such as Cenk Uygur, Anand Reddi on global health issues, Alice Waters on food, Taryn Hillin Associate Editor of Weddings and Post Divorce, Harold Katz on dental health, Suzie Heumann on sex, Diane Ravitch on education, Frances Beinecke and Phil Radford on climate change and the environment, Jacob M. Appel on ethics, Howard Steven Friedman on statistics and politics, Auren Hoffman on business and politics, Jon LaPook on medicine, Cara Santa Maria on science, Nancy Rappaport on child psychiatry, and Iris Krasnow on marriage. Colon cancer survivor and awareness advocate Eric Ehrmann, one of the original contributors to Rolling Stone in 1968, has been part of HuffPo's group of bloggers since 2009, posting independent political commentary on The Huffington Post, The Huffington Post UK, Le Huffington Post, El Huffington Post, and Al Huffington Post Maghreb. It publishes scoops of current news stories and links to selected prominent news stories.[51] Author and former Hollywood story analyst Julie Gray writes for the Post.[52]
The Huffington Post 's OffTheBus is an online news organization using amateur journalists that is a collaboration between The Huffington Post, New York University (NYU), and Jay Rosen's NewAssignment.Net.[53][54] The Huffington Post 's FundRace is a website that tracks contributions to the presidential campaigns and includes a mapping feature that shows contributions broken down by city, neighborhood, and block.[55]
In August 2006, The Huffington Post announced that SoftBank Capital would invest US$5 million in the site, which had grown in popularity in only a year, to help expand it.[56] Plans included hiring more staff to update the site 24 hours a day, hiring in-house reporters and a multimedia team to make video reports. Alan Patricof's Greycroft Partners also invested. The news marked the site's "first round of venture capital funding".[57]
The site has now invested in video blogging, with many of the site contributors contributing via video, capturing clips in the media and posting them on the site.
In November 2008, The Huffington Post completed US$15 million fundraising from investors to finance expansion, including more journalism and the provision of local news across the United States.[58]
On February 7, 2011, AOL announced it would acquire The Huffington Post for US$315 million.[49] As part of the deal, Arianna Huffington became president and editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post Media Group, including The Huffington Post and existing AOL properties Engadget, TechCrunch, Moviefone, MapQuest, Black Voices, PopEater (now HuffPost Celebrity), AOL Music, AOL Latino (now HuffPost Voices), AutoBlog, Patch and StyleList.[11]
Controversies and criticism
Alternative medicine and anti-vaccination
The Huffington Post has been criticized by several science bloggers, as well as online news sources, for including articles by supporters of alternative medicine and anti-vaccine activists and for allegedly censoring rebuttals written by science bloggers before publishing them.[59][60]
Steven Novella, president of the New England Skeptical Society, criticized The Huffington Post for allowing homeopathy proponent Dana Ullman to have a blog there:
Dana Ullman, a notorious homeopathy apologist, actually has a regular blog over at HuffPo. For those of us who follow such things, the start of his blog there marked the point of no return for the Huffington Post – clearly the editors had decided to go the path of Saruman and "abandon reason for madness." They gave up any pretense of caring about scientific integrity and became a rag of pseudoscience.[61]
Labor disputes
In February 2011, Visual Art Source, which had previously been cross-posting material from its website, went on strike against The Huffington Post.[62] In March 2011, the strike and the call to boycott The Huffington Post was joined and endorsed by the National Writers Union (NWU) and the Newspaper Guild (TNG)[63] The boycott was dropped in October 2011.[64]
In April 2011, The Huffington Post was targeted with a multimillion-dollar lawsuit filed in United States District Court in New York by Jonathan Tasini on behalf of thousands of uncompensated bloggers.[65] The suit was dismissed with prejudice on March 30, 2012 by the court, holding that the bloggers had volunteered their services, their compensation being publication.[66]
Wil Wheaton refused to allow his work to be reused for free on the site, commenting "the company can absolutely afford to pay contributors. The fact that it doesn't, and can get away with it, is distressing to me."[67]
Political views
Arianna Huffington has stated that her paper is "not positioned ideologically in terms of how we cover the news. Headline writers, blogers, and commentators are hostile to their view.[68] According to Michael Steel, press secretary for Republican Party House leader John Boehner, Republican aides "engage with liberal websites like The Huffington Post [anyway, if for] no other reason than [because] they drive a lot of cable coverage."[68] Jon Bekken, journalism professor at Suffolk University, has cited The Huffington Post as an example of an "advocacy newspaper."[69] Wall Street Journal columnist James Taranto mockingly calls it the "Puffington Host" and Rush Limbaugh frequently refers to it as the "Huffington Puffington Post".[70]
- In 2012, The Huffington Post won the Pulitzer Prize in the category of national reporting for senior military correspondent David Wood's 10-part series about wounded veterans, Beyond the Battlefield.[71][72]
- The Huffington Post is 2010 People's Voice Winner in the 14th Webby Awards[73] and is the Winner in Lead411's New York City Hot 125.[74] The Huffington Post lost the 2010 Webby Award jury prize for Best Political Blog to Truthdig.[75]
- The Huffington Post received a Peabody Award in 2010 for "Trafficked: A Youth Radio Investigation."[76]
- The Huffington Post was named second among the 25 Best Blogs of 2009 by Time.[77]
- The Huffington Post won the 2006 and 2007 Webby Awards for Best Politics Blog.
- Huffington Post contributor Bennet Kelley was awarded the Los Angeles Press Club's 2007 Southern California Journalism Award for Online Commentary[78] for political commentary published on the site.[79]
- The Huffington Post is ranked the most powerful blog in the world by The Observer.[80]
- The Huffington Post co-founder Arianna Huffington was named in 2009 as number 12 in Forbes ' first ever list of the Most Influential Women In Media.[81] The same year, she was ranked as number 42 in The Guardian 's Top 100 in Media List.[82]
- In 2015, The Huffington Post was nominated for the Responsible Media of the Year award at the British Muslim Awards.[83]
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Does anyone else feel like their time in the kitchen increases exponentially between Thanksgiving and Christmas? I'm pretty sure mine does. I like cooking for the family, and I really enjoy whipping up cookies and cakes and holiday treats, but sometimes I just need to catch a break.
I recently baked about a million cookies and decided to load my family into the car for dinner rather than stand over that stove another minute. Since it was a Sunday afternoon, instead of shuffling everyone into the nearest restaurant we decided to mix things up and add a little entertainment to our meal. We went straight to the Medieval Times in Lyndhurst, NJ!
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If you're not familiar with Medieval Times, it's a fun, family-friendly dinner attraction based on 11th century feasts and tournaments. Guests at the event are offered a delicious four-course banquet and are treated to a jousting tournament between six knights on horses (each seating area cheers for a different knight). The dinner and event last an exciting two hours.
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I had been to Medieval Times in the past, but this is the first time I took my children, and it really was an awesome experience for all of us. They loved the meal, but they were completely transfixed with the show. It was the first time they had seen jousting and sword fighting in person, and they were pretty much in heaven. We even bought them some glow swords, and they haven't stopped playing with them yet. (In fact, I saw a little crossover fight between a sword and a lightsaber yesterday. I love my kids so much). The show even includes live falcons, which is pretty amazing. Honestly, Medieval Times is a great time whether or not you bring the kids. One of my previous visits was for a friend's birthday party, and she was turning 29. It really is fun for any age or occasion!
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We had The Royalty Package, which includes tickets to the show, preferred seating, VIP lanyards, a cheering banner, and a knight's rally towel for each member of our party. These tickets are an extra $12.00 each, but between the great seats and extra goodies, they're so worth it.
As for the meal, oh my goodness. It truly is a feast! You'll get a giant serving of roasted chicken (wing, breast, and drumstick), sweet buttered corn on the cob, tomato bisque soup, garlic bread, herb-basted potatoes, pastries, coffee, and two rounds of beverages. All the food is delicious, but I'll admit we didn't love the pound cake. By the time dessert was served, though, we were already stuffed anyway.
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Just a quick note and a mini rant: the experience is set up like an authentic feast in the 11th century, so the meal isn't served with silverware, which I think is fun. Some people sneak in plastic forks, but I think that kind of ruins things. Enjoy eating chicken with your hands like the rest of the crowd; I mean, how often can you dig into dinner with such reckless abandon?
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The whole family had a blast at Medieval Times, and the kids are already requesting a return visit, so I know we'll be going back for more food and fun. Hope to see you there!
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Oh, one more thing: right now, Game on Mom readers can grab Medieval Times tickets for a special price! With code MT3629 you can buy adult tickets for $36.95 and children's tickets (12 and under) for just $29.95. This code is valid through 2/28/2017, so don't miss your chance to snag this discount. Visit MedievalTimes.com to purchase today.
Enter now to win a 4 pack of tickets to the Lyndhurst, NJ Medieval Times! Giveaway is open to US residents who are 18 and older. Ends 1/5/17 at 11:59 PM ET. Good luck!
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